The emotional cost of being a black woman in America | Monica Johnson | TEDxBloomington

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  • @QueenV90z
    @QueenV90z 4 года назад +354

    Race will always be talked about until everyone is treated equally. Just be nice and treat others how you want to be treated. PERIOD!

    • @QueenV90z
      @QueenV90z 4 года назад +17

      Thanks for the likes!!! We can make change happen! Let's not repeat history let's change the future!!!!

    • @uditshakya7305
      @uditshakya7305 4 года назад +14

      Yasss...but If they keep burning random stores.. there'll be more hate than justice

    • @uditshakya7305
      @uditshakya7305 4 года назад +3

      @Will Williams haha... Hope there's peace soon.. ✌️

    • @mariajohansson1186
      @mariajohansson1186 4 года назад +7

      @Sy Sharp I'm Swedish and we are not being replaced, we are not some endangered species, stop spreding lies

    • @mariajohansson1186
      @mariajohansson1186 4 года назад +5

      Sending love from across the sea, chang is possible❤️

  • @tashina45
    @tashina45 4 года назад +96

    My tears can't be dried as my pain hollows within me, I applaud you sister, our journey is coming to an end and everything that inflicted agony would be held accountable to the last straw...

    • @moniqueloomis9772
      @moniqueloomis9772 2 года назад +1

      By whom?

    • @AniinditaKNandi5678
      @AniinditaKNandi5678 Год назад

      Hi, I'm an Indian research scholar carrying out my research on the triple marginalisation of Indian Dalit women and African American women, through an analysis of their Life Writings. This research calls for a scope to talk to actual individuals who belong to the communities I am working on. Listening to the first hand lived experiences and their take on the topic I have chosen are very crucial before submitting this study to the world of existing literature.
      Would you be interested to join me for a short interview of about ten to twelve questions related to my research, virtually? Looking forward to your response.

    • @hodedo7803
      @hodedo7803 8 месяцев назад

      Need a kleenex?

  • @laurennix7128
    @laurennix7128 3 года назад +46

    Her voice and the words-- full body chills. Thank you for sharing your truth.

  • @lizwebb8223
    @lizwebb8223 2 года назад +5

    Ms. Johnson,
    Thank you so much for helping me hear. I have so much work to do. I promise you, I’ll do my work to the best of my ability. May you and family be blessed and never moved.
    Peace & Love,
    Liz

  • @misscoldasf9643
    @misscoldasf9643 3 года назад +82

    This woman speaks with such grace yet power

    • @fredyvergara7597
      @fredyvergara7597 3 года назад +2

      Miss greethings from panama

    • @AniinditaKNandi5678
      @AniinditaKNandi5678 Год назад

      I'm an Indian research scholar carrying out my research on the triple marginalisation of Indian Dalit women and African American women, through an analysis of their Life Writings. This research calls for a scope to talk to actual individuals who belong to the communities I am working on. Listening to the first hand lived experiences and their take on the topic I have chosen are very crucial before submitting this study to the world of existing literature.
      Would you be interested to join me for a short interview of about ten to twelve questions related to my research, virtually? Looking forward to your response.

  • @NiekaRichard
    @NiekaRichard 4 года назад +169

    This is great! I love how she’s telling her story. By the way, try not to interact with the negative commentators. They hate themselves and will do anything for your attention.

    • @rajansh213
      @rajansh213 4 года назад +4

      Truth that is important to be accepted .
      Hope so people can truly live with equality one day.

    • @ayeshapyesha7301
      @ayeshapyesha7301 4 года назад +4

      Factsss xxxx

    • @ellaaa812
      @ellaaa812 4 года назад +5

      You are so right!

    • @philipperlacher4507
      @philipperlacher4507 4 года назад +4

      So you discard other opinions without even listening to them just because they differ from your point of view? So you are absolutely right and other are just jelous and craving for attention?
      Its because of people like you that these movements have no credibility and are thougt of as jokes

    • @NiekaRichard
      @NiekaRichard 4 года назад +15

      Philipp Erlacher There you go. Doing it again. I’m commenting on your very special little paragraph. Happy? Would you like an applause or a gold star? Here’s both. 👏🏽⭐️

  • @Gobigaccounting
    @Gobigaccounting 2 года назад +6

    My heart is heavy today. I share & feel your pain. I listened to your TED Talk to try to find inspiration or hope... Thanks

  • @beatricedande5590
    @beatricedande5590 4 года назад +72

    I feel this on a magnified level since I grew up in Africa. It’s a new feeling, hits me hard every time I encounter racism. It’s been 11yrs and it still feels new. It’s something I need to accept but men it’s a difficult truth!

    • @crttsome7504
      @crttsome7504 3 года назад +5

      You are strong and will be stronger than any man.

    • @stardustgirl2904
      @stardustgirl2904 2 года назад

      Every person encounter's RACISM, regardless of skin color! And white people have also been slave's ,but no one talks about it!

    • @bocchithean-cap3404
      @bocchithean-cap3404 2 года назад

      OK N

    • @bocchithean-cap3404
      @bocchithean-cap3404 2 года назад

      @@crttsome7504 Ns are unable to achieve anything

    • @TonyMontana-hf3gt
      @TonyMontana-hf3gt 2 года назад

      Did you experience racism in Africa?

  • @facetedperspectives9950
    @facetedperspectives9950 4 года назад +53

    Her message gave me chills.... I know the pain and hardship of which she spoke. If only the world could understand.....

    • @brandiguarino1778
      @brandiguarino1778 4 года назад +1

      Many of us do.

    • @benverzijlbergen2968
      @benverzijlbergen2968 4 года назад

      I am very sorry to hear that. If there was one thing you could say, that the people that caused this pain and hardship would have to listen and reform to - what would it be?

  • @Useernaamee
    @Useernaamee 4 года назад +116

    It is important for us humans to perceive different perspectives and listen to those people that are different from us, hear their stories and problems, react with compassion and do our part, each and every single one of us. Look inside see how this makes you feel, see how the news make you feel, gather your own information don't just trust one source. Find out if you really feel that way or have you just adapted points of views from other people (parents, friends or even coworkers) or is it really how YOU feel. That is the only way we will finally live up to this human experience and live in our full potential. Everybody is worthy and worth the same. We are defined by our actions, do your part.

  • @Leoxnation
    @Leoxnation 4 года назад +32

    The comments here are what’s wrong with America...wake up people

  • @ReidGarwin
    @ReidGarwin 4 года назад +83

    "home is behind, the world ahead, there are many paths to tread, through shadow, to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight, mist and shadow, cloud and shade, all shall fade, all shall fade" - Pippin's Song Lord of The Rings
    Now I'm wondering if this song was inspired by Holiday

    • @24james
      @24james 4 года назад +1

      Nope! But the McRib damn sure was. 🤣

    • @cookiescream6627
      @cookiescream6627 4 года назад +1

      Beautiful 🥰💞💞💞💋💞💋💞💋💞

    • @AmyHakanson
      @AmyHakanson 4 года назад +1

      I LOVE Lord of the Rings, Tolkien is one of my absolute favorite authors, but that song is not about pain or oppression or horror. It is used in the film VERY differently from the way it was originally written in the book, where it was a song with lyrics written by Bilbo about returning from an adventure to a comfortable home and a warm bed.
      Holiday's performance of "Strange Fruit" definitely changed the world. But I think it's almost insulting to claim that it inspired a lighthearted song about hobbits going home, written by a white British man (in a book considered by many to have problematic depictions of race), and distracts from the power and message of HER music.
      The actual verse that was changed (there are three in the full song):
      Home is behind, the world ahead,
      And there are many paths to tread
      Through shadows to the edge of night,
      Until the stars are all alight.
      The world behind and home ahead,
      We'll wander back to home and bed.
      Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
      Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
      Fire and lamp, and meat and bread,
      And then to bed! And then to bed!

    • @ReidGarwin
      @ReidGarwin 4 года назад

      @@AmyHakanson respectfully educated reply, but I was only putting the lyrics to Pippin's Song to remember what the melody sounded like, not comparing the lyrical background of the song which I can agree there isn't one this comparison was aimed at the music

  • @aylbdrmadison1051
    @aylbdrmadison1051 4 года назад +48

    No one will ever truly be free until *all* are free.

  • @ptweed5531
    @ptweed5531 4 года назад +23

    Thank you Monica for such a great talk. Your words brighten up the world through this dark time of human history and bring hope to the future of humanity, to all people of any colour, gender and origin. Please stand your ground, keep being proud and unmovable!

  • @loveheals6184
    @loveheals6184 4 года назад +19

    That baby's question at 9:13-9:20 just did something to me. 💔 We've been through & go through so much.

  • @Vayhef
    @Vayhef 4 года назад +132

    Imagine being subbed to a channel that advocates open-mindedness only to whine when serious social matters are touched upon.
    Seriously. Everytime there is some kind of racial talk or even racial representation in a Ted Talk, the dislikes are unconfortably high.
    If you think someone coming up on a crowded stage to share their life story to millions of people is asinine SJW stuff, you may seriously want to reflect on yourselves.
    And yeah, I get that technical innovations are a huge part of this channel too, which you might have primarily subbed for ; but let me remind you that technologies mainly aim to get humanity to a better place.
    With that goal in mind, the "SJW Ted Talks" are resolutely as relevant as their counterpart.

    • @jacozard
      @jacozard 4 года назад +8

      Amen, could not have said it better myself. This only stimulates further polarisation between people in my opinion.

    • @macktheripper7454
      @macktheripper7454 4 года назад +13

      I agree if all voices are represented. Sadly they aren’t. By denying some Ted as an organisation loses respect and authority. I have zero problems with anyone voicing their opinion. I have a huge issue with only x y or z opinions being deemed worth of listening to.

    • @justine8558
      @justine8558 4 года назад +2

      beautifully said

    • @LiliumPetal
      @LiliumPetal 4 года назад +6

      @Kevin Richards What?? So being invited to speak at a TED talk - which btw has had an entire talk on city flags - that means you can't have possibly experienced racism in your life? You need to go watch Daryl Davis speak.

    • @mitesine
      @mitesine 4 года назад

      @@LiliumPetal I think he was bring sarcastic

  • @enderhugo
    @enderhugo 4 года назад +60

    I watched this
    and I got chills
    I had to resist the urge to cry
    I can't describe what I felt
    and then, when I finished watching
    I read the comments
    and now I feel shame
    I feel disappointment

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 4 года назад +4

      They call it White Guilt!!! 🙄

    • @mariajohansson1186
      @mariajohansson1186 4 года назад +7

      Not going to lie I cryed like a baby at the end, how anyone can remain unmoved buy this is tragic, not surprising but tragic

    • @carloscjr23
      @carloscjr23 4 года назад +8

      Propaganda only moves the weak minds.

    • @CynicalDad81
      @CynicalDad81 4 года назад +1

      Carlos Juarez
      Savage!
      But true. 😏

  • @deepikachandra7857
    @deepikachandra7857 4 года назад +60

    Love this! Her voice at the start was absolutely beautiful!!!!

    • @genzcurmudgeon8037
      @genzcurmudgeon8037 4 года назад +3

      They’re not body shaming her. They don’t want her to feel shame about her body they want her to love her body and stop abusing it. It comes from a compassionate place I assure you. People with abs just want everyone to have them. We don’t hate you lol

    • @pinklemonade7341
      @pinklemonade7341 4 года назад +1

      True!

    • @asura8495
      @asura8495 4 года назад +2

      you tell people smoking or taking drugs isnt healthy, just as you tell them being morbidly obese isnt healthy. it's already in the name. they say it because the want people to live and be well, not to shame them

    • @redireseFM
      @redireseFM 3 года назад

      Wooow Billie holiday!!

    • @MissUnderstoodasAlways
      @MissUnderstoodasAlways 3 года назад +3

      She’s beautiful.

  • @annablattler2556
    @annablattler2556 4 года назад +29

    This women is such a brilliant talker. She had me hooked right away. Thank you so much Monica for this amazing TEDtalk❤

  • @PAC-nv3ep
    @PAC-nv3ep 4 года назад +76

    I like to keep things simple, everyone should have the same opportunity to succeed in life.

    • @vaishakhkallattil9468
      @vaishakhkallattil9468 4 года назад +7

      Good for you on thinking that, so hopefully you’re acting on that principle and helping the movement

    • @Useernaamee
      @Useernaamee 4 года назад +7

      @A D or very poor families in areas that are plagued by racism and underlying privilege benefiting white people and only white people.

    • @Useernaamee
      @Useernaamee 4 года назад +7

      @Kevin Richards ahh glad to hear you as a white male (assuming but actually pretty obvious because of the privilege in your tone) speak out about the situation, issues and circumstances of a group you don't belong to. It's not about access to information but actually about the system and underlying racism, that part was partially true. Watch the video. Listen to the other people that are telling you from inside the group you talk about and stop talking for people you don't belong to if you don't wanna empower their voices. You are actually sadly part of the problem. Discrediting people while having no Idea what their life is like is pretty low.

    • @benverzijlbergen2968
      @benverzijlbergen2968 4 года назад +1

      @@Useernaamee Asuming race and gender based on statements? Man, you are discriminating so hard, that even if you are right, you deserve your picture next to the definition in the dictionary. Which is pretty neat, since you'd be the only entry with a picture..
      Still what really bakes the cake is your last sentence there.. Disregarding blah blah blah? You did exacly that, hypocrit. Yes, that word is also in the dictionary. Look it up - no picture though. Yet.

  • @princezztia
    @princezztia 2 месяца назад

    You got tears running down my face girl!!!!! OMG!!!!

  • @BooDotBoo
    @BooDotBoo 4 года назад +43

    Not even going to look at comments because whenever something deals with race, it’s bad. But great video! 🙏🏽

  • @pennscyclingschool
    @pennscyclingschool 3 года назад +10

    this is an painful and amazing talk and explanation of the truth!

  • @emmcatherine1460
    @emmcatherine1460 4 года назад +22

    I am white on the out side of my skin, however I am many colours in my heart. God knows our time will come when truth and justice will win .

  • @bittersweetinfinity2911
    @bittersweetinfinity2911 4 года назад +11

    I started crying when she started to sing again.
    It is a big difference between the truth being told and the truth being told and actually heard.

  • @redireseFM
    @redireseFM 3 года назад +16

    That was amazing💯 i felt her soul

    • @AniinditaKNandi5678
      @AniinditaKNandi5678 Год назад +1

      Hi, I'm an Indian research scholar carrying out my research on the triple marginalisation of Indian Dalit women and African American women, through an analysis of their Life Writings. This research calls for a scope to talk to actual individuals who belong to the communities I am working on. Listening to the first hand lived experiences and their take on the topic I have chosen are very crucial before submitting this study to the world of existing literature.
      Would you be interested to join me for a short interview of about ten to twelve questions related to my research, virtually? Looking forward to your response.

  • @ellaaa812
    @ellaaa812 4 года назад +33

    Thank you for speaking out. And I love your voice in the beginning of the video. So soft and beautiful ❤

    • @agoldenheart7507
      @agoldenheart7507 4 года назад

      And I don't think his voice is as beautiful as you look 😊😊

    • @0ihatetrolls01
      @0ihatetrolls01 3 года назад

      @@agoldenheart7507 simp

  • @lionsingh18
    @lionsingh18 4 года назад +8

    From the UK , we are with you all the way

  • @waynewatanabe2207
    @waynewatanabe2207 3 года назад +21

    Seems like there’s a physical cost too

    • @melanatedcelestial7983
      @melanatedcelestial7983 3 года назад +5

      Wym?

    • @WhtsTheSZN
      @WhtsTheSZN 3 года назад +2

      😳

    • @Dadeadbishes555
      @Dadeadbishes555 5 месяцев назад

      It is, bad mental health plays out onto the physical. Some people cope with food, drugs, binge watching, laziness.

  • @prowolf633
    @prowolf633 4 месяца назад

    Those woman is amazing! I don’t know why I can’t find her on social media (found a completely different woman with the same name who also talked on TED!)

  • @cherylmorton2883
    @cherylmorton2883 2 года назад +4

    YOU, BILLIE,THE SONG, THE POETRY, THE SOUL . A'SHE.

  • @darkinside2203
    @darkinside2203 4 года назад +43

    It's ridiculous how the world progressed and evolved and yet it still differentiate based on race, hideous

    • @kevinm8865
      @kevinm8865 4 года назад +4

      It's not simply "race". It's bias in general that is the root of the problem. Bias against another that leads to a system of oppression, either intentional or not. Bias is unavoidable, but acting on the bias is not.

    • @tihomidahg2991
      @tihomidahg2991 4 года назад +9

      Kevin M is it bias or a superiority complex amongst certain groups ?

    • @benverzijlbergen2968
      @benverzijlbergen2968 4 года назад

      @@tihomidahg2991 thinking the problem lies with other groups is biased in itself.. So I think you just answered yourself there.

    • @kevinm8865
      @kevinm8865 4 года назад +2

      @@tihomidahg2991 I say bias that may feed into a superiority complex over tbose the group is biased against.

    • @tihomidahg2991
      @tihomidahg2991 4 года назад

      Ben Verzijlbergen oh ok i get it now.

  • @ackkitsally
    @ackkitsally 4 года назад +9

    Powerful and important to hear

  • @johndasilva2686
    @johndasilva2686 6 месяцев назад +1

    Well said young lady. How about moving to the caribbean , its not perfect but it is 100% better than the USA. Saint lucia a really nice place .

  • @TonyMontana-hf3gt
    @TonyMontana-hf3gt 2 года назад +7

    The blacks from Africa and Caribbean are doing well here in the states. Good jobs, nice houses, families together.........why cant we have the same level of prosperity and decency like them

    • @Amy-wo1sr
      @Amy-wo1sr 2 года назад +1

      We talk about these things too behind close doors.

    • @moniqueloomis9772
      @moniqueloomis9772 2 года назад +4

      That's a lie and an overgeneralization from the Myth of the Minority Playlist.

    • @DoWhatsRight214
      @DoWhatsRight214 Год назад

      Let’s be honest Not Most of them but some of them are doing well. Many come from these areas a struggle and face even more racism in the states. Let’s quit playing the minorities against one another. This is systemic and bigger than feelings

  • @meganeichler8900
    @meganeichler8900 4 года назад +19

    As a 20 year old white female, thankful for this and learning how to simply listened to others❤️

  • @lindsaynicholson2153
    @lindsaynicholson2153 3 года назад +6

    Opportunity separation is real. 💔

  • @kennethporst1738
    @kennethporst1738 4 года назад +11

    Thank you father for truth and loving us each and everyday we are your sons and daughters and this world has NO power over us Amen

  • @Tokuijin
    @Tokuijin 4 года назад +33

    I see that several of the commentors missed the point of her message.

    • @benverzijlbergen2968
      @benverzijlbergen2968 4 года назад

      Or, they got it and just don't agree? Some are being asses though, sure XD
      As for her point - Who is trying to move her anyway?

    • @Tokuijin
      @Tokuijin 4 года назад +3

      @@benverzijlbergen2968, well, we know you definitely missed the point and I doubt a great many of us are in the mood for entertaining ignorance

    • @benverzijlbergen2968
      @benverzijlbergen2968 4 года назад

      @@Tokuijin Ah and there we have it. Different people with different moods and backgrounds reacting to the same thing differently. Isn't the world a beuatifully diverse place? Almost makes you want to ask why people react a certain way, instead of labeling them, eh? Almost.

  • @glitterfucsia9048
    @glitterfucsia9048 4 года назад +8

    kind gentlemen of tedx talks please insert the subtitles in the main languages ​​(also italian). in this way we can all follow you on Android phones that do not translate if it is not the owner of the video that allows this. thank you very much.

  • @snakehead214
    @snakehead214 4 года назад +16

    As a non-american, i can only be sad about what your people have to go through and laugh about what your politcians are saying.
    From an outside perspective its just insane and i swear to god you are so close to get into a new civil war.
    Your whole system is so unstable, so unfair, it is only a matter of time before it breaks down.
    Hope you all stay safe and wont get hurt.

    • @snakehead214
      @snakehead214 4 года назад +4

      @Ribb Rotgut I do live in a western country and we do have imigration. So what? is it so important to safe the white race? Or any race? Why? Does it not matter what race you are? We live on a planet that gets more and more globalised, everything gets exchanged, everything gets mixed. If we want a future of a unionized planet, that is the way to get there. I dont talk about we have to mix or we dont have to or whatever. I just say that it does not matter if we do or if we dont.

  • @Onabeaudire
    @Onabeaudire 4 года назад +10

    I got hypnotised by her speech

  • @hirokokawano584
    @hirokokawano584 4 года назад +6

    Powerful talk.

  • @joshuatree9845
    @joshuatree9845 3 года назад +4

    She is beautiful inside and out

  • @i.balcazar2500
    @i.balcazar2500 4 года назад +9

    This is the answer to feelings, the art of story telling. Breath taking.thanks Monica 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

  • @reginadavis1028
    @reginadavis1028 4 года назад +16

    PHENOMENAL my sista!! And is it just me or does her talking voice sound very similar to Jill Scott?

  • @ekoyal_gemu4446
    @ekoyal_gemu4446 2 года назад +4

    How can people be equal when diet alone determines how long you'll last.

    • @DoWhatsRight214
      @DoWhatsRight214 Год назад

      No diet alone does not determine how long you last. My friend was into Cross Fit and keto and he is dead now.

    • @ksager123
      @ksager123 Год назад

      @@DoWhatsRight214 lies. Dummy

  • @melinaj6077
    @melinaj6077 4 года назад +12

    Best TEDTALK I have ever seen, undoubtly, it is so majestic I cannot describe with words. Thanks so much Monica!

  • @MissUnderstoodasAlways
    @MissUnderstoodasAlways 3 года назад +2

    That voice 💕🙏🏽

  • @ednaamck3831
    @ednaamck3831 2 года назад

    Thanks for posting.

  • @agnescampbell7692
    @agnescampbell7692 2 года назад +4

    Powerful 🔥

  • @ASMRAfricanfolklore
    @ASMRAfricanfolklore 4 года назад +1

    Enjoying what others too enjoy should be everyone's right. Great talk

  • @iamHispen
    @iamHispen 5 месяцев назад

    The laugh when she said she loved the cafeteria ladies speaks volumes.

  • @marytaylor2419
    @marytaylor2419 3 года назад +3

    She said it all!!!

  • @Fulani03
    @Fulani03 2 года назад +2

    What a great and powerful presentation. Thank you, Ms. Johnson, for speaking the truth.

  • @thelauramillershow5651
    @thelauramillershow5651 3 года назад +5

    Beautiful and truth

  • @longshotny
    @longshotny 2 года назад +2

    Pic-A-Nig🤯 This words origins most people have no clue!... But this Ted Talk 💪🏿💪🏿 Outstanding job. thanks

  • @jackielawlor5986
    @jackielawlor5986 4 года назад +41

    So incredibly powerful and hard to hear. I am learning..

  • @z4c4p4
    @z4c4p4 4 года назад +24

    One of the best TED Talks I’ve seen/listened to.

    • @stacifair8991
      @stacifair8991 Месяц назад

      Yikes. How many have you watched?

  • @1Jason
    @1Jason 3 года назад +4

    Hahaha, they go through and erase all the negative comments every day. That's so weak

  • @tybrown32tb
    @tybrown32tb 4 года назад +10

    This was beautiful

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      @orphanagehomemotherlesschi5554 3 года назад

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  • @dasein1592
    @dasein1592 4 года назад +14

    Sure, keep blaming others. You are not against racism, you feed on it ...
    You are the ones who keep it alive.

  • @Useernaamee
    @Useernaamee 4 года назад +11

    If you are incapable or don't want to listen you should unsubscribe to this channel. Those stories, ideas and experiences are not meant for you, they are meant for humans not blind manifestations of negativity without empathy.

  • @judyfrazier3116
    @judyfrazier3116 2 года назад +2

    Outstanding! ❣

  • @imahick5723
    @imahick5723 4 года назад +50

    Some people are unhappy in their own skin.

    • @GuentherVanRaven
      @GuentherVanRaven 4 года назад +2

      muhahaha What a verbal take-down! You badistaboomed her!

    • @chopsuey061987
      @chopsuey061987 4 года назад +11

      Including yourself.

    • @LindaMcification
      @LindaMcification 4 года назад +6

      Tell me if I am wrong. You sound like of a reincarnation of a white plantation owner that came into this lifetime.

    • @Useernaamee
      @Useernaamee 4 года назад +9

      you are thinking pretty one sided and simplistic to watch this channel. The problem is racism. Say it how it is.

  • @nickiepodcast9935
    @nickiepodcast9935 3 года назад +2

    I truly needed to hear this as a Psychology graduate and feeling overwhelmed and pressured to do something or everything at once with post graduate life. I have definitely been feeling overoverwhelmed especially with my own Podcast called "Simply Nickie Podcast " on anchorfm, Spotify , Google and Apple Podcast. I talk about mental health awareness, self care and love journey, etc. Even I too get overwhelmed and your video made me feel heard and seen. Thank you for this

  • @minimalist5930
    @minimalist5930 4 года назад +11

    it stirs up emotions 😢
    Sad truth, racism against all race needs to end.

  • @AmericaineParis
    @AmericaineParis 4 года назад +13

    Thank you for sharing your story! So important for our stories to be told and heard. I see you.

  • @Star-zh3me
    @Star-zh3me 4 года назад +14

    This is the straight truth if you don't like it than click off.

    • @Star-zh3me
      @Star-zh3me 4 года назад

      @Will Miller listen hon

  • @humblesoul2547
    @humblesoul2547 3 года назад

    Great Commentary Video Monica🌷

  • @helloimego6358
    @helloimego6358 4 года назад +10

    PREACH!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @sdseals2076
    @sdseals2076 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you, sista.

  • @cuzz467
    @cuzz467 4 года назад +25

    I would have liked for her to talk about how she was robbed of those opportunities and how her race was involved, just saying you're discriminated against despite being in a successful position.

    • @LindaMcification
      @LindaMcification 4 года назад +6

      Racism is alive in this country. It is in the DNA

    • @moumidas2116
      @moumidas2116 4 года назад +6

      @Will Miller your statement does reek of entitlement tho.

    • @moumidas2116
      @moumidas2116 4 года назад +3

      @Will Miller wasn't trying to prove anything. Just stating an observation. Although, pretty objective.

    • @ericreingardt2504
      @ericreingardt2504 4 года назад

      @@moumidas2116 "Reeks of entitlement" slow your high horse there man!

    • @moumidas2116
      @moumidas2116 4 года назад +1

      @@ericreingardt2504 I like the view from here. You're welcome as well, you'll like to too.

  • @BlackLifeNYC
    @BlackLifeNYC 4 года назад +11

    As an African American man, I found it very inappropriate. Why deliver this in the negative stereotype for a"Black woman"? To a mainstream audience. I wonder the purpose.

    • @jacozard
      @jacozard 4 года назад +3

      Because this message is one that needs to be pounded into our brains from all sides for some reason, you know, you have to divide people in order to get them to fight eachother.

    • @BlackLifeNYC
      @BlackLifeNYC 4 года назад +6

      @@jacozard I can see this was orchestrated by someone wanting to pander to the stereotypical obese African American woman wanting a platform to vent, at a time of civil chaos. Perfect timing 👌

    • @juicystar07100
      @juicystar07100 4 года назад

      Poet Life hi! Can you please explain more in detail if you don’t mind, I’m curious. You seem to have good insight.

    • @BlackLifeNYC
      @BlackLifeNYC 4 года назад +1

      @@juicystar07100 Which part gave birth to your "curious" question? I had more of a question too. But I know how people can pander to the plight of African Americans in America. The play is overtly obvious; put on display a very obese Southern Back woman, and have her lamenting about " The Strange Fruit". To a mainstream audience, as America experiences racial uproar and a pandemic that directly impacts this subjagated people. Was the purpose, to pursue, inform or to entertain?

    • @Ice-FoxXx
      @Ice-FoxXx 4 года назад

      @@BlackLifeNYC well said my friend.

  • @chanelzanee
    @chanelzanee 4 года назад +30

    Of course the first people that make it to the video comment such nonsense.They don’t want to hear the truth.They don’t want to at least try to understand someone else’s pain. 👀❌

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 4 года назад +5

      🙄

    • @chanelzanee
      @chanelzanee 4 года назад +1

      🙏🏾

    • @xiloa23
      @xiloa23 4 года назад +1

      @INERT uh no. We have momentum so let's keep it going. This is the most appropriate content right now. Only thing I wanna see til there's tangible change.

  • @Semper_Iratus
    @Semper_Iratus 4 года назад +36

    Comments never disappoints.

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 4 года назад +4

      Yeah IKR! 😏

    • @uditshakya7305
      @uditshakya7305 4 года назад +1

      And Even of they do, you've got a chance to make it better ✌️🙌

    • @Useernaamee
      @Useernaamee 4 года назад

      Your grammar disappoints too but we don't wanna generalize, do we? ;)

  • @lajoycemorales7634
    @lajoycemorales7634 2 года назад +2

    Epic!

  • @weirman88
    @weirman88 4 года назад +4

    Perfect timing with the release of the video

  • @JK_JK_JK_JK
    @JK_JK_JK_JK 4 года назад +87

    Next: The Emotional Cost of being A White Male in America! 👍

    • @LabRat10101
      @LabRat10101 4 года назад +16

      Next: The Emotional Cost of being poor in MuriKKKa. 👍

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 4 года назад +6

      Suicide rates are huge around midlife, guns certainly contribute.

    • @mohsinAli-hq1nd
      @mohsinAli-hq1nd 4 года назад +9

      J K, dude please stop-

    • @fionafiona1146
      @fionafiona1146 4 года назад +1

      @Adam O so you are willing to waste 20 years training on someone only working half the time?
      Basic human decency might wish for a better world but Healthcare access (including for those even less likely to be insured in America), some workers protections and basic compassion are Utilitarian (and happen to reduce stupidity too).

    • @SuperAtheist
      @SuperAtheist 4 года назад +21

      It sucks getting blamed for all the bad that happened in the world before you were born.

  • @4lokopeach692
    @4lokopeach692 4 года назад +57

    This is getting ridiculous now

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 4 года назад +4

      Yeah IKR! 🙄

    • @kayleekaminski9389
      @kayleekaminski9389 4 года назад +5

      Tell me about it

    • @sofiarossilena4899
      @sofiarossilena4899 4 года назад +7

      oh yeah? why?

    • @walshdog61
      @walshdog61 4 года назад +3

      Sofia Rossi Lena look up what Ideological Subversion is.

    • @kayleekaminski9389
      @kayleekaminski9389 4 года назад +6

      Sofia Rossi Lena how is this not getting out of hand all you see is this kind of stuff I mean it’s like WE GET IT

  • @TheBritishPatriot
    @TheBritishPatriot 4 года назад +8

    I see you're deleting comments you disagree with, so much for being a channel that encourages speech and facts.

  • @brandiguarino1778
    @brandiguarino1778 4 года назад +5

    You are younger than me, slavery has been over since Lincoln was president. That woman wasn’t a mammy, she was a nanny and paid for her services. It may not have been a great job, but it was her job. My grandmother worked in a factory and took in other people’s laundry as a second job. I’ don’t want to devalue your experience, but I want to express that you and your family’s story is one of MANY!

    • @DoWhatsRight214
      @DoWhatsRight214 Год назад +2

      “I don’t want to devalue your story” … proceeds to devalue her story by implying her experiences is not as bad as everyone else. Girl bye

  • @habsamohamed9087
    @habsamohamed9087 4 года назад +48

    These comments make me lose faith in humanity

  • @knowledgewithftitim9753
    @knowledgewithftitim9753 4 года назад +3

    Needed to hear this

  • @CaptainFALKEN
    @CaptainFALKEN 2 года назад +4

    *The emotional cost to being a short/white/straight/lonely male in America 2022

    • @moniqueloomis9772
      @moniqueloomis9772 2 года назад +1

      I don't get it. That just makes you an average white man. 😮

    • @ksager123
      @ksager123 Год назад +1

      @@moniqueloomis9772 you are slow. That's why you don't get it

    • @firstlast-yn4qg
      @firstlast-yn4qg 9 месяцев назад

      whenever i start to feel a way about that i just decide to feel awesome instead.

  • @simpleton3781
    @simpleton3781 4 года назад +21

    I have never loved a tedtalk as much as I love this one

  • @jamesmoten7222
    @jamesmoten7222 4 года назад +1

    Powerful words of Truth

  • @antoniopolak6650
    @antoniopolak6650 4 года назад +15

    as long as you see yourself as a victim you will never move forward.

    • @moumidas2116
      @moumidas2116 4 года назад +9

      Say that to the man who was stopped because of his colour. Oh wait, you can't. He's probably dead.

    • @rosegirl5019
      @rosegirl5019 4 года назад +3

      @@moumidas2116 Well show us your evidence that this " man " was stopped because of his skin colour

    • @moumidas2116
      @moumidas2116 4 года назад +9

      @@rosegirl5019 Do your own research. Educate yourself. Spoonfeeding doesn't go a long way.

    • @benverzijlbergen2968
      @benverzijlbergen2968 4 года назад +2

      @@moumidas2116 neither does running away from a statement after being asked to clarify it. Just throw them a bone, man. Keep the conversation flowing and help the readers understand the different views! Don't leave us hanging..

    • @Jimraynor45
      @Jimraynor45 4 года назад +3

      Even if you really are a victim, it doesn't pay to see yourself that way. There is plenty of psychological research that shows if you think you are just a victim of circumstances, you will do worse in life. If your think your destiny is in your hands, you will do better.

  • @daramariagarayabarca339
    @daramariagarayabarca339 4 года назад +7

    You are an increadible example for all women in the world. In my family, we all call my grandma "mammy" becuase her siblings always do. I didn't know the real meaning of this word. Thanks for making this world a better one. ❤

  • @everett8610
    @everett8610 2 года назад +3

    Race will always be talked about. Even if everyone was a millionaire there will still be people who need to find a problem

    • @DoWhatsRight214
      @DoWhatsRight214 Год назад +1

      Race and money are not the same topic. There will always be people who think they are better than someone bc of race or culture. Let’s not act like even among the rich there is racism.

    • @everett8610
      @everett8610 Год назад

      @@DoWhatsRight214 You sound like the professional victim.. Get a job..

  • @FRH23
    @FRH23 4 года назад +1

    Im blown away. Im from germany, white and I Never Seen Racism in Reality, except the nazis and jews. But this just weighs so hard in my heart. She experienced racism in second grade, as a 7 year old. This Needs to stop, IMMEDIATELY. My Parents taught me to Love all people no matter the race. I stand with you, Signed Petitions. My deepest, deepest apologies for everyone that experienced racism. I stand with you.

  • @HelloThere-jd8vd
    @HelloThere-jd8vd 3 года назад +6

    What's the emotional cost of being morbidly obese?

    • @SomeGuy-cw9rw
      @SomeGuy-cw9rw 2 года назад

      You're wrong for that. But right at the same time. Ha.

  • @mrew7345
    @mrew7345 Год назад

    Hallelujah!

  • @MagathasDarkCorner
    @MagathasDarkCorner 4 года назад +4

    beatiful storytelling and singing talent, voice ripe with truth. thank you.

  • @moderndayempire1627
    @moderndayempire1627 4 года назад +2

    I like to keep things simple, everyone should have the same opportunity towards equality and law. It is important for us humans to perceive different perspectives and listen to those people that are different from us, hear their stories and problems, react with compassion and do our part, each and every single one of us. Look inside see how this makes you feel, see how the news makes you feel, gather your own information don't just trust one source.

  • @indyd9322
    @indyd9322 3 года назад +1

    Heartbreaking

  • @RahTru
    @RahTru 3 года назад

    ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @josieferraris2553
    @josieferraris2553 Год назад

    Thank you and posted Facebook and Twitter. One day ...

  • @tstephens8949
    @tstephens8949 4 года назад +42

    Why can’t we stop talking about race and be one as humans?

    • @sofiarossilena4899
      @sofiarossilena4899 4 года назад +4

      wtf?

    • @digleva
      @digleva 4 года назад +3

      The people don't work like that

    • @JK_JK_JK_JK
      @JK_JK_JK_JK 4 года назад +6

      Yeah I'm White and I feel like a second class citizen now!!! 😡😤😠

    • @mabelspeaks8019
      @mabelspeaks8019 4 года назад +7

      J K
      Not a good feeling,
      is it?

    • @digleva
      @digleva 4 года назад +7

      @@JK_JK_JK_JK mmm feeling like a second class citizen for first time?

  • @itouchtheskyilovetrentino
    @itouchtheskyilovetrentino 4 года назад +2

    Amazing voice. Thank you so much for talking of this argument. Lovely watching and listening to you here on the top of Italian mountain.