Oti ugari you mean the folks that hold their leaders responsible and know their rights and love America , hence why you see no republican cities on fire. Media launches fire balls at republicans all the time. While they say the city of “chaz” is a love festival. Why Dems never change.
So, it's not the color of your skin, but instead it is the content of your character? Well, it would've been really great if someone had said something like this back a few decades ago. Oh, wait a minute...
Doctor King is rolling in his grave, and it makes me so sad and so blisteringly angry at the same time, because NONE of these SJW'S are honoring his memory
@Mr. R doctor king is rolling in his grave seeing how black people are destory their city like chicago,batimore ect.. buliding,street ect.. are destory due to riot
It has been said that the scariest words in the English language are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." History would seem to support that idea.
@@robertdrake560 Actually that was a ICA operation run by the left wing to destroy the United States from within. How dose that cool aid taste going down?
@@robertdrake560 Let us not forget the black politicians who allowed and helped funnel the cocaine into their city’s. Which is what this video is about. If your going to point your finger at politicians for the Iran Contra fiasco then include all of those who where in on the deception. Don’t be fooled, they knew what was happening and took the money.
Great topic. I’m a Black student from Africa & I’ve been looking for ways to write a paper about social welfare & it’s negative economic impact on Black Americans. Thank you for this.
@Graham Zulu Check out Dr. Thomas Sowell. He is brilliant. "Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem." Copied from Wikipedia
please dont write anything about us. most people have no idea what they are talking about. like for instance, most people on welfare are actually white and the biggest group to gain from affirmative action are white women. and most minority contracts and bids go to none black organizations. i grew up in a poor black neighborhood and most people didnt have social welfare. its a misnomer. we get the blame for it but not the benefit. most of us end of working service industry jobs.
Sometimes a person is sitting still because they're lazy and sometimes a person is sitting still because their leg is broken. I don't think poverty is cookie cutter and I think we have so many problems dealing with it because most of us want a simple cookie cutter answer. We shouldn't push or help until we've sat and listened.
@@gurusmurf5921 In that case, you need to find out how to heal the leg of that person. Or how to make himself useful with that broken leg. As heartless as it sounds, "Here's is freebies for you for life" is not the answer.
@@utku8233 That doesn't sound heartless it sounds sensible. Unfortunately, as a society, we seem to be stuck on either "freebies for life" or "beat them til they aren't poor". It's a false dilemma and we should be looking at healing legs, to follow the analogy.
To an extent though... the race of entire culture can change and the culture can remain the same as long as that culture doesn't emphasized the color of said skin. For example a culture that emphasize on hard work , education and making fun of retards will never change just because the race is different. Or the culture can just learn/evolve to realized that focusing on the color of one skin is highly absurd.
This can't be emphasized enough. There is zero connection with your race and culture. I mean, you can be forgiven for being confused since there is such a strong correlation. Like how Chinese people seem to speak Mandarin, but it's just because of where they born. Do you believe people are born with the language they're going to speak? Nope. If a Chinese baby is born in America, they will speak English. It's all culture.
Please spread this video to them by copying it & sharing it to INDIVIDUAL comments at this Utube channel "Brian Tyler Cohen" - be nice - share to every 8th or so comment. Do it at least 80 times. Even if 5% of them actually click & watch this video, I call that a win. BET utube channel is also a great place to share this video. Just use this video's title & then share the video link.
@@Invaxis1 Wikipedia says those born between 1981 and 1996 is a widely accepted definition. Even if there are a few that technically qualify my point still stands. People need to realize there are younger generations out there and millenials are not the same as gen z.
@@Invaxis1 Being 19 doesn't make you an expert on generation dating. Sure you can always find sources that confirm what you want to believe, but the majority (and especially the more recent) or sources would put the cutoff at 1996. All the crazy stuff going on at college campuses in the past few years is exactly WHY the cutoff is widely accepted as 1996. Researchers recognize that these students are quite different than those in years past.
There’s a reason they say don’t feed the wild animals as soon as someone doesn’t have to fend for themselves they lose the ability to live for themselves
Amen. "Black" people all over the world need to change their mindset. First respect themsleves, their families then their neigbourhood and things will strat to change for the better.
@Carl Bryant ... not everything is just plain good or plain bad. I am writing out of my own experience it doesn't mean the video and my comment apply to every single black man on this earth but sadly too many are getting loose and even if it's not everyone this many is enough to rot parts of societies. And by writing this I am not claiming that this is THE issue of the world but it is an issue.
Please spread this video to them by copying it & sharing it to INDIVIDUAL comments at this Utube channel "Brian Tyler Cohen" - be nice - share to every 8th or so comment. Do it at least 80 times. Even if 5% of them actually click & watch this video, I call that a win. BET utube channel is also a great place to share this video. Just use this video's title & then share the video link.
@Awakening sheep: I have black friends from Cuba and Kenya. They are disgusted, yes DISGUSTED by the way African Americans think and behave. My Cuban friend is so embarrassed he doesn't identify as "black" anymore, he's just "Cuban."
He's dead on correct about the Irish. A large portion of my family comes from Irish decent,...and unfortunately he's just spot on about the slowness of the Irish to rise over the last 150 years.
The reason people give for afro-mericans is due to "post traumatic slave syndrome." Not as an excuse, but to provide insight as to why.......do you think that could be the case for the Irish and other oppressed minorities? That their failure is, in part, due to their history? (The same can't be said about Jews tho, so it's not always the case...)
Having an average of ten kids per household wasn't exactly a wise thing either for the Irish - at first. But in the end, the more working people you had in your family the better off you'd be. But the climb was slow. It was similar for Italians.
Frances Haypenny It was wise in the old way of thinking. Many kids died young and they were used to help on the farm and around the house. You can see all ancient cultures prized large families. It was only after the Industrial Revolution that this changed.
Everyone should look up Madam C.J. Walker. She was a black woman who became a very successful entrepreneur in America in the early 1900s. If she could do it then, you can most certainly do it now, if you have the personal ambition and willingness to work hard and use your mind.
Sword of Apollo The welfare state and the handouts have pretty much crush their will to work, They've become too dependent on the federal government and the handouts
During the time of slave ownership, the masters determined what sustenance, shelter, or training, that the slaves needed. Isn't the government just a modern day master? The difference between then and now, the slaves have the right to say, "no more", isn't that when you walk away from slavery as a free man (or woman)?
BRAVO... could not agree more. The black community needs to get off the plantation and start thinking for themselves , and taking care of their families. It's just too easy to give up your pride when you get those welfare checks and abandon your children.. especially the boys.
Ronald Reagan made note of that once, when he pointed out that the same basic things provided by a socialist government (housing, food, and healthcare), are also provided to slaves and prisoners.
The first thing I thought of when I saw this video is how those black senators reacted to President Trumps state of the union address when he told them black unimployment was at an all time low. Edit: And so my notoriety increases.
TheYedmeister If black people start getting their act together then they will not need the black caucus And they know that they need to keep them dependent
"The problem with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism" - Norman Vincent Peale - until blacks can critically evaluate their situation and realize that's there's a problem internally, change will never come. The first step towards any form of sobriety is first to admit there is a problem, after all you can never save anyone from themselves...
True, and a large part of that problem consists of our internal racial indoctrination. I hope we can come out the end of the madness as a decent ethnic group. The racial propaganda is steady and strong, though. The problem with "racial" identity, with any group who subscribes to it, is that it is often more reactive than reflective. It encourages an ideology that says, "My condition is immediately related to my natural state," not one that emphasizes the approach of "I can develop a culture and discipline to condition the way I behave." We must change that and empower our sense of ethnic history/value/direction, and then we can gain a better sense of self-control and structure within our own ethnic families/communities. Full-on individualism is not the best answer either. A dose of healthy collectivism is what's needed to see significant change when it concerns African American people. The foundation of African American ethnic identity is shattered and chaotic.
And as long as conservatives are able to convince people that black culture is and has been the problem, the left will never be able to implement actual solutions.
Martin Luther King said: I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER. We don't remember that part of the quote.
Rafaela Mora No Margaret Sanger openly declared her racist views especially her hatred of blacks and that planned Parenthood was specifically created to exterminate blacks through abortions.
Your content has greatly helped in calibrating my world-view after being bombarded by progressive/liberal agenda/messaging by the mainstream media for decades now. Thank you PragerU.
Abhishek Balaji Congrats from your Hindu brother India has always been less liberal, leftists etc than rest of the world. Today , we are pretty much saved. We should elect modi again in 2019 to achieve sustained success
Yes, I agree with you there. Though I'm a politically a moderate, I feel Modi's the best leader we currently have, and considering his vision and the effort he's put in for over 4 years now, he deserves another term. But in the long term, I feel having a solid and well functioning opposition is critical to keeping the incumbents in check.
Abhishek Balaji You yourself got it bang there . Strong , capable opposition is necessary. But is today's opposition , strong or capable or deserving or functioning ? They have no ideologies. They unite with eternal enemies just to defeat modi , this is no way a democracy functions Listen. India is a secular democracy only because hindus are a majority. Muslims are unwanted and anti democratic everywhere. Hindus only defend , muslims offend , and this is universal
He left out the fact the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT was in play during the 1960's - the 1970's... Might have more to do with the African American economic gains and a little less about African American representatives... He has created a argument with a huge hole that disproves it.
Stormy5430 Who approved the civil rights act? Who pushed it through? No black politicians. Only the black people on the ground, who were working hard to peacefully protest for there rights. So no, there is no hole in the argument.
In the 30s or 40s I bet all blacks were poor because they have no rights, it has nothing to do with blacks in power, they gained right and began to raise, this video is complete bs
Eliminate race. Stop answering questionaire's asking for your race or ethnicity. Why does it matter? MLK said judge a man by the content of his character, not the color of his skin. Why is that so hard to do for the Left?
None of it should matter. The only ID we share are US citizens....that should be our one uniting identity. When the s$#T hits the fan ( e.g. 9/11, Pearl Harbor, an upcoming possible EMP attack, we're all on the same team.)
MikeandCris funny because they predicted the first black president but wrong party 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Democrats started the KKK and said there would be a black Republican president
This is completely true. I’m only in high school but I definently agree. I’m currently in a African American male youth program called project mister that teaches us entrepreneurship skills and how to start businesses and prioritize our time and money skills with speakers coming in weakly to tell us about their life experiences it’s great and it’s helped me a lot more than the obama administration I hate to say
Great Lakes that gives him the confirmation he wants from a certain demographic. The quickest way to success as a black man is to destroy another successful black man.
Funny you say this because Obama pushed for more funding for this exact type of programming. Don't be duped by right wing charlatans. When they're in office all they do is take money out of education and other programs and put it in the military, police, prisons and surveillance. All in the name of "small government."
I believe that more and more black people can see that honoring God and standing up for family will bring tremendous blessing to them personally and to their communities and to this country. Please don’t make the mistake of putting trust in other men. Put your trust in God and the blessings come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Akbar X you think so, you really really sure? Better be. That is the most foolish thing an one can say, God don't exist. Sad. He does!!!! Don't blame it on God, blame it on disbelief in Him and the god of this world that many say doesn't exist either. That man was correct, Blessings will come. Mr Great X
You mean well, I’m not mad at you for thinking that way but I’m assuming you’re a Christian. The thing is that same narrative has been used to control people, in this case I mean blacks. It’s not practical to just go to church and everything will magically get better. Their has been many prosperous black communities and organizations in this country until they get sabotaged by outsiders. You hear about because mainstream noise doesn’t report on it. See Tulsa Oklahoma as one example.
He is not saying we need to keep whites in power, he’s saying there is no direct correlation between a specific ethnic groups position in political power giving that ethnic group a better advantage over other groups.. he also wants you to realize the black elected officials all over the country only improved their own lives through their hard work in obtaining their positions... for people quoting Dr. MLK Jr. the elected officials were elected for their ability... not their skin color.
They same people that would argue against this will turn around and say Barrack Obama can't be used as an example that black people have equal opportunity to succeed. Sorry to bust your bubble, Socialist morons, but equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcome.
I've read both "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed," and "False Black Power?" by Jason Riley. Excellent, excellent books!
When a group of people has to fight harder to get rights and what they want, they skyrocket in achievement. When they are handed everything on a silver platter, they do very little to nothing to improve where they are. There's no need. It's human nature. You take advantage of what you can.
TheYeller7 Yup. For example, even during segregation, George Washington Carver revolutionized agriculture while Oscar Stanton dePriest won a seat in the Illinois state legislature.
@Marlon Moncrieffe Yeahh you are omitting a lot. George Washington Carver is not a representation of the entire group of the time because the group was hated, Carver's intellect made him more valuable, but never really increased his status and any average person of the time would have treated him no different had they not known his name. Also, black people are still being elected to congress and making inventions. In fact, more are than there were before
PragerU:"Blacks in power don't empower other Blacks." Also PragerU: Don't depend on others to help you;claw your way to the top all by yourself and don't hesitate to exploit others for your gain!"
Seeing the exact same thing in South Africa. It’s largely already privileged black kids who make it to the top. Affirmative action laws largely benefit only a select minority of the black majority of our country.
+Kathy Florcruz where do I start? A socialist regime (EFF) is trying to take power. Cape Town is running out of safe drinking water. Our former president has stolen millions. We have been downgraded by Moody's to junk status. Farm murders are plaguing our nation. It's quite a sorry state of affairs.
Is not what happen here in America. European stole native lands and killed them. Enslave blacks But yet people tend to forget Blacks did free labor for 400 year. Made whites so wealthy that they had money to leave their children for generations. Yet when Abraham release them. No compensation or land. Many left hungry having to do crime to survive like steal food etc. Then the whites didn’t won’t them getting their jobs. Many got lock up so they can still do free labor and the cycle goes on.
This is why during black history month in school I gravitated towards the likes of George Washington Carver and Jackie Robinson over black politicians.
Black History Month is a joke. Every US citizen, no matter their skin color, is just as deserving of the entire history of our country as the person next to them. Black history is American history.
Not every American has an Ancestor from the first signing, So no not every US citizen is deserving of our entire history of our country as the person next to them.
If that were the case, then there would be no reason to accept immigrants. When somebody immigrates here they go through naturalization. uscis.gov lists the requirements for naturalization, including: "Reside continuously within the United States from the date of application for naturalization up to the time of naturalization" "Be able to read, write, and speak English and have knowledge and an understanding of U.S. history and government (civics)." "Be a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States during all relevant periods under the law" My ancestors that moved to the US weren't around at the time of the signing, but for over four generations, myself included, my family has been Pennsylvania born and bred. Last I checked there was no class system, written in law or otherwise, that checks to see if your ancestors were on the continent 240+ years ago.
I am one of the few who has an Ancestor from the very beginning. My cousin inherent land from his grandfather who inherent it from his grandfather there is a whole wall dedicated to my mothers side of the family and it is a very sizable farm land so it makes quite about 2 million a year if I recall correctly. The confederate flag/history is and has been significant for my family cause we have old writings and Journals from that era, Its not the Marvel comic book version of the mainstream rhetoric. I wont consider you legitimate cause your not of legacy but of social conditioning. And no Black history is not American history and never will be.
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It is not only true in the US but in most European States too. In the UK (my country) our parliament is made up of mostly white people, but there are more white people in social housing and poverty than other ethnic groups. We have only a small number of MPs of Indian Descent in Parliament yet the Indians are doing far better than any other ethnic group in the UK, it has nothing to do with who's in power, it's all to do with individuals willing to work hard to achieve. Welfare keeps people in poverty because many on benefits lack the ability to save and spend money accordingly, in short; they suck with money. I've been on welfare, got Job seeker's allowance and almost everyone going there for benefits wore new branded clothing, smartphones and even cars so if these people are in desperate need to live, where did all the luxurious stuff come from? I still get DLA (due to having Autism, an unfortunate circumstances for me) but I will never go to the job centre for more benefits because it's unfair on hard working taxpayers to pay double on me. I will admit I suck with money, I am trying to correct that mistake and push myself to get a job, I will not rob the people of my country by sitting around doing nothing.
Thank you for your honesty. I get disability for being Bipolar. The system is the same way here. It is a system that emphasis that you are poor and reinforces that point by limited opportunities. It is set up to keep you poor basically.
Dereka H. I absolutely agree, all welfare systems do is keep you poor. I not yet seen one person come out of welfare/benefits to become self reliant on their income and moved up to the middle or upper class. I laugh that some people say I'm a traitor to the poor class because I stand for self responsibility, tough love and not caring about others before myself. To be a traitor or to be betrayed requires loyalty. I am loyal to nobody and nothing, loyalty doesn't make you free or successful, it makes you blind and stupid.
I've been saying this since I first started observing the American society: all of us need to forget race. And the keywords there are _all of us_ . As long as there are different cultures there will be different percentages of fathers in the household, different levels of emphasis put on academics, and different levels of economic success. We all have a subtle but real reluctance to go outside our racial comfort zone. And now that I have properly identified the problem, this comment ends, because I have no idea how to make us dismiss race from our thinking. It is too firmly entrenched.
Heather, the video is about the single reality that electing black into political office does not seem to improve the black condition in America. You've gone a level or two beyond that. I agree with you but you are not being realistic. I think the nation's problem is: how are we going to minimize the harm done by a problem that has no real solution.
+Joe Vasicek If you mean "judge each other" in the widest possible sense, then yes, I agree. That is essentially what I said. Judging each other open-mindedly and without race in mind for the music we listen to, when choosing friends, where we work, romantic partners, etc. And when it comes to those requiring to judge without concern for skin color, that includes Asians, white people and black people. There's the answer. Now, how can that mindset ever be adequately implimented?
+Heather Wilson As an older dude, I'm going to reluctantly agree with another comment. I do not think there is any realistic solution to the racial problems that exist in America, problems that to one degree or another exist in other modern countries too. In America we have been in a kind of damage control mode for several centuries and I see no reason to believe that it won't continue in the centuries to come.
I agree totally, I live in Poland, where racial minorities are so rare we don't really distinct races. If you don't teach children rasizm, they'll not be rasist plain and simple
Because of racist policies and putting a price tag on education means a lot of people can't move up in life because the job they work doesn't pay enough for them to invest in things like getting a higher education. And those welfare checks keep families from starving while they are out of work.
The middle of the video...where he talks about during the 40s, 50s 60s Jim Crow laws....blacks were actually closing the gap at a rapid pace in education, jobs and income. The the War On Poverty was brought about to keep the blacks more dependent since LBJ and Dems didn't like them becoming more independent. Thomas Sowell wrote about this in a book years ago. It's the same approach Dems use....when things are improving and becoming a non-issue, create a crisis and then bring about laws to push the leftist agenda. Happens all the time. The "rape culture" rhetoric came about when rapes were at all time lows. Now....the Never Again movement with gun laws when gun murders have been in decline since the 90s. Same leftist approach for decades.
*GÊLAWDÊOWŠ* Denis prager is also Jewish... And TH-cam doesn't owe you shot, they have the right to put whatever they want in the trend, that's free market
JennPipp TH-cam is owned by Google, a company that shamed a man and fired him for writing a cited, well researched article on the biological differences between men and women. At least straight, unaltered men and women. My point is, Google is a borderline Marxist company that is lying to the whole world, making us think they are the progressive good guys. Meanwhile, they censor conservative opinion and reach into all of our pockets. So that is why this isn’t on trending; it triggers Google’s diversity leader or whatever she calls herself and it triggers advertisers. And that’s all google needs to know. I can’t wait until people see these companies like Google for what they really are; fiscally hyper-conservatives that want everyone else’s money to be taken, while they sit back on top in Silicon Valley, swimming in their influence and cash. Dismantling this country’s law little by little. Like gods.
This is revolutionary thinking. Stunning. Well done, and thank you. Now, what does this mean for women in positions of power, too? Is it *truly* necessary for equal representation? From this video, it would appear not....
Male female, black white, ugly pretty, these traits do not matter. What matters is if the person can think critically and be a decent human being. Women shouldn't be denied political representation for being women, but they most certainly shouldn't be given representation for being women, either. Making a political focus on being "the first black this", or "the first woman that" is very foolish and just shows that person has nothing substantial to offer in the real world.
Trump voter here...I’d vote this guy for president! Very reasonable argument intended on looking at the facts of all races, not just one perspective. This is exactly what the US needs right now.
The notion that blacks in power would empower blacks is predicated on the idea that a guy who "looks like me" will do things to raise me up. By "raise me up" the belief is that I will get things that others have to work for, with no effort on my part. This is built upon the incorrect assumption that white people, as the racial majority in the US, just have things so easy and that a need for personal education, networking, hard work, and initiative are just the new age whip being used by the white man to keep the black man in his place. The only one who can empower you is you.
Part of the problem starts with the misunderstanding of origin. Just because a person looks like you doesn't mean they came from the same place. Many blacks in power didn't grow up in poverty and unrest, so they can't relate to blacks who have.
Welfare has participated in the increase of single motherhood throughout all races but it is at its highest in the black population. Welfare pays more to a single mother with many children than to a married couple with the same amount of children. That encourages those who rely on welfare to not marry and continue to have children out of wedlock. Then we have statistics that show a child who grows up without two loving parents is significantly more likely to become criminals. Welfare needs a dramatic change. I don't want it to go away but it shouldn't reward the broken home because that it is only making things worse.
Matthew Diaz I was raised by a single mother who was TEMPORARILY on welfare & govt housing. Thankfully, all of my 8 siblings & I are middle-class or above, except one, who has disabilities. Welfare should be administered as a TEMPORARY leg up, rather than a handout.
Democrats will reform welfare once the lower class stops voting for them (who knows when). The point is that they want continuous votes to push their platform, even if that means not following their own principles on one issue.
*The Right* - This channel is well meaning and insightful, bravo especially the part about (insert additional aspect to the conversation not covered by the video) *The Moderates* - I think you're mostly (or half, or a quarter) right, but have you considered this perspective? (Insert additional aspect to the conversation not covered by the video, that gets debated pretty thoroughly and respectfully [for the most part] by everyone involved and opens a legitimate dialog) *The Left* - LOL! This is stupid and wrong OP is an Uncle Tom! (error 404: Counterargument not found) Which group is supposedly the sole voice of intelligence and enlightenment beyond the comprehension of us lesser mortals again?
@@marsnz1002 The Left and Right wouldn't switch places and the moderates would be as big a problem as the Left on that topic. The Left is anti-self defense (as can be glanced from other Western countries and certain liberal American states) and the Moderates are too stupid to realize that they're anti-self defense. There's only one extreme in the discussion, and the fence-sitting side contributes to the problem.
@boostedsil40 - Look another racist fool!!! I never said I was a fan of Obama. But I still say he isn't the worse President ever. I am a proud Republican, but I have enough sense to know Trump was not the best choice to represent Conservatives!
Don’t forget the Vietnamese isn’t better than Blacks. Dân tộc và nước Việt Nam đâu phải thiếu người giàu có, cũng đâu có thiếu người thông minh tài giỏi. Mà bởi vì tập quán cổ lỗ xỉ sinh ra một tư tưởng ngèo nàn, ngồi chồm hổm ăn uống xả rác bừa bãi, thiếu ý thức, thiếu tôn trọng, lộn xộn thì dư giả, làm ăn thì lường gạt lẫn nhau. Mấy ông già bà già ba que ở hải ngoại cũng còn đang sinh sống theo kiểu chuột cống cũng biểu hiện những tư tưởng cổ lỗ xỉ ngèo nàn này.
Obama had nothing to do with this and not a whole bunch of black people hated Obama that if not really true they were more blacks who liked it Obama then blacks who didn't. I can tell you one thing he was likable with a lot of white people that much I can tell you
I’m a conservative but this channel does lie sometimes, for example, the video “I just want to make cookies” the guy claims he’s a small business owner that doesn’t like government regulations, but then doing a google search I found out he’s another multi-millionaire that lives lavishly so him saying he ran a small business and speaking for people that run actual SMALL businesses is a little cruel.
@@nyeoncolors6949 your probably misunderstanding what a small and big business is Obama himself said that trump was a small business and trumps a billionaire. But I’m pretty sure your thinking a small business is would be a small mom and pop store or a store that has some restaurant in a big city. You get different different definitions no one fully agreees what’s a big and small business As it stands right now the government defines small business as 500 or less employees. So technically he’s not lying you just misinterpreted what a small business is But in my opinion 500- maybe 10k employees should be considered mid sized business Because 500 definitely isn’t small
Politicians don't solve problems...if they did, what reasons would they have to be re-elected. Politicians, especially Democrats, need on-going problems so they can "promise" to fix those problems OR to blame those constant problems on Republicans.
They would need to be re-elected to keep solving problems. Problems always occur, despite anyone's best efforts. How would it be their faults that some random kid with anger issues shot up a school? That's just one of many problems that can't be controlled without a complete fascist state.
Blacks in public offices have inspired my black neighbors. To be ruder. To be louder. To be more hostile and violent. Didn't work out quite the way we thought.
As a black man, I'd love to see the data correlations for blacks in positions of power in corporate america to common black folk, in addition to the data provided in this video. As of now, I believe that it is important that we as black people continue to take strides economically, and continue to teach our communities the importance of financial education and wealth building. I think that will be a step in the right direction for the black community.
As a Jamaican American who most people know is wealthy in my area, I have a test. 3,2,1, Go.... Find 10 black men who understand business in your local area and within arms length.
Without challenge you will never grow, the answer is not to make life easier by suckling the government teat, it is to rise to the challenges facing you and defeat them. This will give you true pride, teach you lessons about perseverance and hard work, and make you overall a more self-sufficient person with strength of character. When the government takes away the challenge because of the color of your skin then many people will not challenge themselves. We overcome obstacles to survive and in doing so become stronger. They seek to make you mentally weak and reliant on them for survival, much as a pet is reliant on it's owner.
There's more wisdom (facts, reasoning and clarity) in a any single Sowell book (for example, The Economics and Politics of Race, highly relevant to this video) than the entire literature of the political left. Even his articles are more substantial than entire books by most of his intellectual opponents. The best the left can do is either ignore him or label him as a "token black conservative". Good to see Jason Riley following in Sowell's footsteps, so to speak.
Black token conservatives are outliners and racists use them to dismiss the concerns and struggles of the African American community. This is no different than "The Model Minority" myth that the Asian American community has to deal with.
@@kappadarwin9476 Calling him a "black token conservative" tells us a lot about how shallow you are. You care more about his skin colour and that his conclusions are different from yours than what his reasoning is. It's doubtful you've actually read any of his work or have any intelligent responses as you would have shared them. That Asians (and Jews) do relatively well (better than whites) despite racism against them is a fact, contradicting the claim that blacks fail due to racism. Even more striking, blacks from some areas do far better than others. For example, blacks in the north often scored better on IQ tests than whites in the south. Blacks from the Caribbean tend to earn more than blacks from sub-Saharan Africa. The myth of "white privilege" is far more pervasive, racist and harmful.
@@Gretchaninov You don't get it. Right wingers use people like this guy to try to push the narrative that it is not racist to believe that Black people are improvished because of their culture. By using a black person to push that narrative they can get away with making racist statements. It is not that difficult to figure out the point of this video. As for the Asian and Jewish part. They are not doing better than Whites...and Judaism is a religion not an ethnicity this is common knowledge. The Model minority myth was propaganda made during the Cold War as a means to "clean up" America's negative image with the Asian community because they knew the Soviets would use America's abysmal civil rights record against them in Asia. It was also used to dismiss racism claims the African America community. By saying "The system isn't racist you people aren't working hard enough. Look at the Asians they don't have a problem with it" It was nothing more than an a racist prop.
@@kappadarwin9476 It is a *fact* that Asian minorities earn more, on the average, than whites in the US. It is also a fact that the same studies which show blacks get turned down for bank loans more often than whites also show that whites are turned down more often than Asians. The point is that *despite* racism against Asians, which clearly exists to some degree, they succeed economically. Hence, the fact that blacks have a lower income does not prove that it's due to racism. There are other simple factors which can be measured - how much time spent studying each week, credit scores, spending habits, proportion of children born out of wedlock, etc. All of these vary between races and blacks have many internal problems. It isn't because of whites that about 70% of black children are born to unmarried parents. That's compared to about 25% back in 1960. The welfare system is a far more plausible explanation for this phenomenon than a legacy of slavery or modern-day racism. The same issues are found among lower class whites in the US and the UK. Blacks spend more on visible goods - cars, clothes and jewellery - proportionally than most other groups. In polls, every group agrees that blacks are the most racist, on average, including blacks themselves. Although Judaism is a religion, it has historically been aligned and associated with certain ethnic groups - some people are ethnically Jewish, even if they aren't religious. You're yet another person who refuses to face facts, to actually read Sowell's work and openly consider it or to be able to put together any coherent argument against his actual claims. His race is irrelevant. He looks at Italians, Germans, Jews, blacks, the Irish, Indians, Japanese, Chinese, Latinos and other groups, not just in the US and not just in the 20th century, but all around the world for centuries. His Race and Culture trilogy goes into a huge amount of depth. Unlike leftists, he is not obsessed with only blacks and whites in the US, nor with pushing a narrow agenda. You dismiss him because you dislike his views, not because you have any rational argument against them (or even familiarity with his actual reasoning).
@@Gretchaninov Asian Americans do not earn more on average than White Americans. That is another lie propagated by the Model Minority myth. The reason why Black families are often torn a part is because of racist policies that were forced upon them. If you were black back in the 60s and prior you were often denied getting a loan and you were unable to buy a house in White neighborhoods there were deeds on these suburban homes that forbid resell to black buyers. Black people were also cut out of the GI bill when it was introduced back in WW2 because the Federal government left it up to the States to distribute the bill thus Black soldiers were often left out on building prosperity and passing that wealth on to their children. There was also redlining which kept Black people living in hastily shoddy built neighborhoods thus making it difficult for them to sell their homes. Yet in the affluent white suburbs which went for a lot of money, home owners would sell their homes and use that money to put their kids through collage, start a business or retire. Then there is the war on drugs which sole purpose was to destabilize the black community Judaism is a religion it is not an ethnicity. The reason people back then thought it was a race because it was easier for governments and other authorities to discriminate against them by branding Jewish people was outsiders. Jews did not have the same protection as Catholics or Protestants there was not political or economic backlash to targeting them. It was easy to put all of societies ills on a group many considered not a part of their society.
Excellent video … I often thought by electing Obama. It would be a game changer in helping America heal the wounds discrimination. Now I think Trump has done more for Blacks then did Obama.
Trump, just like Obama, is supporting capitalism and furthering the divide between the proletariat and bourgeois. Read socialist theory, and understand why class struggle is race struggle.
I’m black and I understand where you are coming from and agree with it mostly but are you saying that we should have less blacks in major positions and/or for blacks to have less political power as a whole?
Dom Iwo I think he is just decrying all the pointless and distracting diversity initiatives and that individual achievements are just that: INDIVIDUAL achievement. For example, Barack Obama winning the presidency was a victory for HIM and NOT all of Black America. Also, he was debunking all of these supposed claims of systemic racism.
+Dom Iwo That's not what he's saying or suggesting at all. Are you sure you listened to what he was saying? All he said was that blacks in power haven't empowered blacks much so far, not that there should be less blacks in power...
Now my question is, If blacks were doing so well during Jim crow economically speaking, than what happened to the community after 1970 that stunted progress ?
He tells you in the video. The welfare state was passed in 1964. As it took hold, it destroyed opportunities for blacks and wrecked their family units.
The welfare state on its own could not destroy black family, its not like black people are the only group taking welfare either, so I think the problem must be something else more specific to the black community
+LightMonk When you offer poor women a check for every child they have but make not living with the children's father a condition of receiving those checks, you very quickly destroy families. You're right that it didn't happen only to blacks but since the majority of blacks at the time were poor, a greater percentage of them were affected.
Probably the fact that blacks were five times more likely to be incarcerated at that time. So it might have to do with that along with the “welfare state” and the fact that soon after that you had the war on drugs in the 70’s which made the prison terms harsher this keeping the incarcerated person away from their family longer if not forever which caused many women to become single mothers and be on welfare so they could support their children. All while people are huffing lead based air from gasoline and eating lead paint chips which caused people to be more violent around that time and led to more incarceration’s and blah blah blah years go by people die or fight in prison and stay longer or never leave and a generation of kids from mostly poor backgrounds are now grown up and in the world they aren’t fully prepared for so they make mistakes they don’t need to and their kids have to grow up the same way they did blah blah blah things happen lots of killing and death and racist stuff blah blah and boom. Crappy education mixed with bad incentives plus wrecked homes and a dash of pent up racism and you’ve got your answer. Enjoy
I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to pause for a moment and give thanks for the great contributions of the Black community to our society. Their peaceful and generous nature make them ideal neighbors, lending testimony to their exceptional family values and parenting skills unrivaled by any other culture. Their commitment to academic excellence enriches our schools and serves as an example to all who hope to achieve prominence as a people. Real estate values are fueled by the mix of African Americans into an area due to their caring and respectful nature of these communities, an example of all they have achieved through their enthusiasm for self- improvement by hard work and a self-reliant can-do nature. Without their industrious and creative drive, we would be poorer as a nation.
You should be thankful to Black Americans. It was due to the labor of blacks that allowed the country to be prosperous or else your ancestors would have died in the slums of Europe.
Politics is only one part of the equation. It is silly to assume that electing black politicians for the past forty-two years would cancel out a century of social and economic injustice.
Hey guys if you have watched a Movie called "The Red Pill" it talks about how males how made these same mistakes. It talks about how nearly everything the government can control is for the good of women despite being mostly male controlled. The movie was made by a feminist and it is one of my favorite movies of all time, you can find it online for free, and it's only about an hour and a half long but it opened my eyes so much.
Now I’m all for it being painfully true. It’s just I don’t understand the point. I mean why do I want to know this? Sure, maybe black haven’t had such a very large growth despite black legislators but it’s almost like they are telling us not to vote for black politicians because of this. Its not like Obama was a terrible president and the same goes for these other legislators. Now I don’t want to assume, but this just seems like another one of PragerU videos where the meaning is irrelevant and the politics is key. We all know PragerU is against the left and seeing as most black politicians are left leaning, I’m pretty sure that is the reason they made this video.
United States FBI Agency Just do not vote for black politicians for the sake of them being black. Use their successes to inspire you to strive further but always remember that in the end, you speak for yourself and not your whole race-and vice versa.
Well of course and I’m sure that was one of the point they were trying to get across however, you must understand what PragerU is. It has a political agenda and it takes great effort to get it across.
Obama was the worst president to date economically, worst in foreign policy, in The rights of American people, worst in healthcare policy, and worst for the black community.
After watching this video i gathered somthing which is sacrifice is rewarded and handouts keep you wanting more until you stop strugling for what you want and feel contented with what you are given.
Value, character, family, hard work and ethics prove success in every race, ethnicity and culture. Thank you for putting an elegant voice to this my friend, and true American.
Where's the trigger warnings on this Vid???? Are you telling me that a free hand out won't give you the self confidence and work ethical drive to be self sufficient?
People who look to politicians and bureaucrats to solve life's challenges are doomed to failure.
Black voters are in for a rude awakening.
Oti ugari you mean the folks that hold their leaders responsible and know their rights and love America , hence why you see no republican cities on fire. Media launches fire balls at republicans all the time. While they say the city of “chaz” is a love festival. Why Dems never change.
This
You can't legislate morality
@@fro-nominal4145 they had the rude awakening when Obama was elected into office
I’m a black man and I approve this message ☝🏾👍🏾
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I’m Joe Biden, and I forgot this message
I'm not black and I second that.
That's great, good for you! However, I think it's pretty sad that you had to point out that you're a black man. :)
As a “minority” I re-approve your message 😆 haha 👍🏽
So, it's not the color of your skin, but instead it is the content of your character? Well, it would've been really great if someone had said something like this back a few decades ago. Oh, wait a minute...
Unfortunately its one of those messages that needs repeating until the majority start to actually understand what it means.
Exactly and after all this time he is so right and blacks have so lost the message and his point.
Doctor King is rolling in his grave, and it makes me so sad and so blisteringly angry at the same time, because NONE of these SJW'S are honoring his memory
@Mr. R doctor king is rolling in his grave seeing how black people are destory their city like chicago,batimore ect.. buliding,street ect.. are destory due to riot
Free ur mind ! Be colorblind dont be so shallow
It has been said that the scariest words in the English language are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." History would seem to support that idea.
I do believe that was said by Ronald Reagan
It was said by Reagan the crack cocaine trafficker.
@@davidwilson2680it was. He also was a crack cocaine dealer.
@@robertdrake560
Actually that was a ICA operation run by the left wing to destroy the United States from within.
How dose that cool aid taste going down?
@@robertdrake560
Let us not forget the black politicians who allowed and helped funnel the cocaine into their city’s. Which is what this video is about. If your going to point your finger at politicians for the Iran Contra fiasco then include all of those who where in on the deception. Don’t be fooled, they knew what was happening and took the money.
Great topic. I’m a Black student from Africa & I’ve been looking for ways to write a paper about social welfare & it’s negative economic impact on Black Americans. Thank you for this.
You should read "The Welfare Trait" by Adam Perkins.
Jacob Dettwyler thanks.
Thomas Sowell is another author who writes extensively on this topic.
@Graham Zulu Check out Dr. Thomas Sowell. He is brilliant. "Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author. He is currently Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Sowell was born in North Carolina, but grew up in Harlem." Copied from Wikipedia
please dont write anything about us. most people have no idea what they are talking about. like for instance, most people on welfare are actually white and the biggest group to gain from affirmative action are white women. and most minority contracts and bids go to none black organizations. i grew up in a poor black neighborhood and most people didnt have social welfare. its a misnomer. we get the blame for it but not the benefit. most of us end of working service industry jobs.
"I'm all about doing good for the poor; not by making them ease in their poverty, but pushing or driving them out of it". -- Ben Franklin
Sometimes a person is sitting still because they're lazy and sometimes a person is sitting still because their leg is broken. I don't think poverty is cookie cutter and I think we have so many problems dealing with it because most of us want a simple cookie cutter answer. We shouldn't push or help until we've sat and listened.
@@gurusmurf5921 In that case, you need to find out how to heal the leg of that person. Or how to make himself useful with that broken leg. As heartless as it sounds, "Here's is freebies for you for life" is not the answer.
@@utku8233 That doesn't sound heartless it sounds sensible. Unfortunately, as a society, we seem to be stuck on either "freebies for life" or "beat them til they aren't poor". It's a false dilemma and we should be looking at healing legs, to follow the analogy.
"Nothing to do with race. Has everything to do with culture."
-ben shapiro
Race is tied to culture.
To an extent though... the race of entire culture can change and the culture can remain the same as long as that culture doesn't emphasized the color of said skin.
For example a culture that emphasize on hard work , education and making fun of retards will never change just because the race is different.
Or the culture can just learn/evolve to realized that focusing on the color of one skin is highly absurd.
Dswizzle90 Well, we don't have school shootings in Europe
Dswizzle90 That's crime statistics. Facts are only facts when they fit your political agenda, I guess.
This can't be emphasized enough. There is zero connection with your race and culture. I mean, you can be forgiven for being confused since there is such a strong correlation. Like how Chinese people seem to speak Mandarin, but it's just because of where they born. Do you believe people are born with the language they're going to speak? Nope. If a Chinese baby is born in America, they will speak English. It's all culture.
Snowflake millenials in college would be traumatized by this video
Please spread this video to them by copying it & sharing it to INDIVIDUAL comments at this Utube channel "Brian Tyler Cohen" - be nice - share to every 8th or so comment. Do it at least 80 times. Even if 5% of them actually click & watch this video, I call that a win. BET utube channel is also a great place to share this video. Just use this video's title & then share the video link.
Millenials aren't in college any more. Time to look in the mirror, you're getting old.
@@Invaxis1 Wikipedia says those born between 1981 and 1996 is a widely accepted definition. Even if there are a few that technically qualify my point still stands. People need to realize there are younger generations out there and millenials are not the same as gen z.
@@Invaxis1 Being 19 doesn't make you an expert on generation dating. Sure you can always find sources that confirm what you want to believe, but the majority (and especially the more recent) or sources would put the cutoff at 1996. All the crazy stuff going on at college campuses in the past few years is exactly WHY the cutoff is widely accepted as 1996. Researchers recognize that these students are quite different than those in years past.
why would they be?
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There’s a reason they say don’t feed the wild animals as soon as someone doesn’t have to fend for themselves they lose the ability to live for themselves
"Black visibility does not mean Black Power "-Stokely Carmichael. ✊
@james c I didn't know that.😊
Thank you for saying Black Americans, rather than the PC African American.
Black people or not American. When did American accept black people?? I'll wait ...
@L Cam Well said man! Stick it to this ingrate!
Where is the problem!isn’t it the same black Americans =African Americans
Since y’all ancestors came from Africa🤷🏽♀️
@@Jaja_nsh the problem is we havent been to africa and never came. our ancestors did
There are many Black Americans who do not directly trace back to Africa. Jamaica and Barbados, the Azores and other Caribbean locales.
I knew I wasn't crazy about how our communities went down the drain over time
Amen. "Black" people all over the world need to change their mindset. First respect themsleves, their families then their neigbourhood and things will strat to change for the better.
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@Carl Bryant ... not everything is just plain good or plain bad. I am writing out of my own experience it doesn't mean the video and my comment apply to every single black man on this earth but sadly too many are getting loose and even if it's not everyone this many is enough to rot parts of societies. And by writing this I am not claiming that this is THE issue of the world but it is an issue.
@@Vincent-dc6zd very well said...
Please spread this video to them by copying it & sharing it to INDIVIDUAL comments at this Utube channel "Brian Tyler Cohen" - be nice - share to every 8th or so comment. Do it at least 80 times. Even if 5% of them actually click & watch this video, I call that a win. BET utube channel is also a great place to share this video. Just use this video's title & then share the video link.
@Awakening sheep: I have black friends from Cuba and Kenya. They are disgusted, yes DISGUSTED by the way African Americans think and behave. My Cuban friend is so embarrassed he doesn't identify as "black" anymore, he's just "Cuban."
He's dead on correct about the Irish. A large portion of my family comes from Irish decent,...and unfortunately he's just spot on about the slowness of the Irish to rise over the last 150 years.
The reason people give for afro-mericans is due to "post traumatic slave syndrome." Not as an excuse, but to provide insight as to why.......do you think that could be the case for the Irish and other oppressed minorities? That their failure is, in part, due to their history?
(The same can't be said about Jews tho, so it's not always the case...)
Liam Dye I don't think it was socialism that screwed the Irish during British rule.
Anthony Johnson My experience has been very different. All the Irish Americans I know have done very well for themselves.
Having an average of ten kids per household wasn't exactly a wise thing either for the Irish - at first. But in the end, the more working people you had in your family the better off you'd be. But the climb was slow. It was similar for Italians.
Frances Haypenny It was wise in the old way of thinking. Many kids died young and they were used to help on the farm and around the house. You can see all ancient cultures prized large families. It was only after the Industrial Revolution that this changed.
Everyone should look up Madam C.J. Walker. She was a black woman who became a very successful entrepreneur in America in the early 1900s. If she could do it then, you can most certainly do it now, if you have the personal ambition and willingness to work hard and use your mind.
Sword of Apollo The welfare state and the handouts have pretty much crush their will to work, They've become too dependent on the federal government and the handouts
Wasn’t she a pimp?
Phylo X no she was not. She developed makeup for women. Her mascara made her rich.
I really admired her attitude; she never gave up and she did well.
You summed it up by saying, "personal ambition, willingness to work hard, and use your mind." 3 things the welfare state kills.
During the time of slave ownership, the masters determined what sustenance, shelter, or training, that the slaves needed. Isn't the government just a modern day master? The difference between then and now, the slaves have the right to say, "no more", isn't that when you walk away from slavery as a free man (or woman)?
BRAVO... could not agree more. The black community needs to get off the plantation and start thinking for themselves , and taking care of their families. It's just too easy to give up your pride when you get those welfare checks and abandon your children.. especially the boys.
Ronald Reagan made note of that once, when he pointed out that the same basic things provided by a socialist government (housing, food, and healthcare), are also provided to slaves and prisoners.
lmao I've never heard that before thats such an interesting thought.
This comment chain is just sad and misguided.
Are you liberal trying to look like a conservative? Cuz that’s dumb as hell
You forgot feminism. That's a big problem destroying families
Feminism would eventually build a wall of hatred inbetween opposite sexes.
Substance Abuse
No it's not
La Soga212 Feminism only destroys white families. Black families on the other hand are being destroyed by other factors, mostly irresponsible fathers.
@@ekmalsukarno2302 And stupid bitches who keep having sex with them
The first thing I thought of when I saw this video is how those black senators reacted to President Trumps state of the union address when he told them black unimployment was at an all time low.
Edit: And so my notoriety increases.
TheYedmeister exactly!
Yedi right on !! President Trumps "Make America Great Again" was a thumb
in the eye to the people trying to destroy America.
TheYedmeister If black people start getting their act together then they will not need the black caucus And they know that they need to keep them dependent
They boycotted him 😒
But black employment has been falling for the past few years
"The problem with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism" - Norman Vincent Peale - until blacks can critically evaluate their situation and realize that's there's a problem internally, change will never come. The first step towards any form of sobriety is first to admit there is a problem, after all you can never save anyone from themselves...
True, and a large part of that problem consists of our internal racial indoctrination. I hope we can come out the end of the madness as a decent ethnic group. The racial propaganda is steady and strong, though. The problem with "racial" identity, with any group who subscribes to it, is that it is often more reactive than reflective. It encourages an ideology that says, "My condition is immediately related to my natural state," not one that emphasizes the approach of "I can develop a culture and discipline to condition the way I behave." We must change that and empower our sense of ethnic history/value/direction, and then we can gain a better sense of self-control and structure within our own ethnic families/communities.
Full-on individualism is not the best answer either. A dose of healthy collectivism is what's needed to see significant change when it concerns African American people. The foundation of African American ethnic identity is shattered and chaotic.
And as long as conservatives are able to convince people that black culture is and has been the problem, the left will never be able to implement actual solutions.
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And what solutions would that be? More vote-buying programs?
Martin Luther King said:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
We don't remember that part of the quote.
Racist
@@sloxxiesiami A lot of racist love to use King's I Have a Dream speech to dismiss the struggles the African American community.
We should read senator Patrick Moynihan's book, "How The Democrats Destroyed The Black Family.
Liberals like him today are as rare as the dodo.
Benjamin Shealey I really wish black people would understand that
Benjamin Shealey How Democrats destroyed America
Rafaela Mora
No Margaret Sanger openly declared her racist views especially her hatred of blacks and that planned Parenthood was specifically created to exterminate blacks through abortions.
The idea that social programs ‘discourage marriage’ is the stupidest straw man ever.
Really, how dose being on welfare make you not get married?
You'll never hear this man on the BBC.
Roger Alsop BBC channel lol good one
Or NPR
Your content has greatly helped in calibrating my world-view after being bombarded by progressive/liberal agenda/messaging by the mainstream media for decades now. Thank you PragerU.
Abhishek Balaji
Congrats from your Hindu brother
India has always been less liberal, leftists etc than rest of the world.
Today , we are pretty much saved. We should elect modi again in 2019 to achieve sustained success
Yes, I agree with you there. Though I'm a politically a moderate, I feel Modi's the best leader we currently have, and considering his vision and the effort he's put in for over 4 years now, he deserves another term. But in the long term, I feel having a solid and well functioning opposition is critical to keeping the incumbents in check.
Abhishek Balaji
You yourself got it bang there .
Strong , capable opposition is necessary. But is today's opposition , strong or capable or deserving or functioning ? They have no ideologies. They unite with eternal enemies just to defeat modi , this is no way a democracy functions
Listen. India is a secular democracy only because hindus are a majority. Muslims are unwanted and anti democratic everywhere. Hindus only defend , muslims offend , and this is universal
TYT still has more journalistic integrity over Pragu but that is why you need a variety of media to not be consumed one narrative
and this is what keeps me coming back to this chanel.
Thank you. I've been saying this for years and have only been regarded as a racist.
The word racist does not mean much now since it has been so grossly misused forwell over two decades.
Never thought about it but you guys are absolutely right. This is why I'm a committed sub.
He left out the fact the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT was in play during the 1960's - the 1970's... Might have more to do with the African American economic gains and a little less about African American representatives... He has created a argument with a huge hole that disproves it.
I'm sry but saying your a "Committed Sub" means something very different
Stormy5430
Who approved the civil rights act? Who pushed it through? No black politicians. Only the black people on the ground, who were working hard to peacefully protest for there rights. So no, there is no hole in the argument.
Lyndon Johnson
In the 30s or 40s I bet all blacks were poor because they have no rights, it has nothing to do with blacks in power, they gained right and began to raise, this video is complete bs
Eliminate race. Stop answering questionaire's asking for your race or ethnicity. Why does it matter? MLK said judge a man by the content of his character, not the color of his skin. Why is that so hard to do for the Left?
i always select multiples
MikeandCris Why do questionnaires always ask if you are Hispanic? What does that matter?
None of it should matter. The only ID we share are US citizens....that should be our one uniting identity. When the s$#T hits the fan ( e.g. 9/11, Pearl Harbor, an upcoming possible EMP attack, we're all on the same team.)
Races exists. It biological its not socially constructed like what the leftists says.
MikeandCris funny because they predicted the first black president but wrong party 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Democrats started the KKK and said there would be a black Republican president
This is completely true. I’m only in high school but I definently agree. I’m currently in a African American male youth program called project mister that teaches us entrepreneurship skills and how to start businesses and prioritize our time and money skills with speakers coming in weakly to tell us about their life experiences it’s great and it’s helped me a lot more than the obama administration I hate to say
Good for you. I wish you continued success.
Mitchell Moss what year did project mister begin ? Clap back
Great Lakes that gives him the confirmation he wants from a certain demographic. The quickest way to success as a black man is to destroy another successful black man.
Funny you say this because Obama pushed for more funding for this exact type of programming. Don't be duped by right wing charlatans. When they're in office all they do is take money out of education and other programs and put it in the military, police, prisons and surveillance. All in the name of "small government."
Great Lakes not looking for handouts just waitin for the things he would say like helping blacks in poverty whic I didn’t receive much from
1.4k thumbs down... hmmm? I guess it is true what they say, “You can’t fix stupid.”
You also cannot fix bigots.
Paul Varn: Call me obtuse but, were you referring to me?
Maybe they don't like the art style of the video. Or they're a troll.
Grow up and get some bitches
I believe that more and more black people can see that honoring God and standing up for family will bring tremendous blessing to them personally and to their communities and to this country. Please don’t make the mistake of putting trust in other men. Put your trust in God and the blessings come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rob Mangeri you really think so thief.
simeon310 I do. And did you mean to say chief?
Akbar X you think so, you really really sure? Better be. That is the most foolish thing an one can say, God don't exist. Sad. He does!!!! Don't blame it on God, blame it on disbelief in Him and the god of this world that many say doesn't exist either. That man was correct, Blessings will come. Mr Great X
You mean well, I’m not mad at you for thinking that way but I’m assuming you’re a Christian. The thing is that same narrative has been used to control people, in this case I mean blacks. It’s not practical to just go to church and everything will magically get better. Their has been many prosperous black communities and organizations in this country until they get sabotaged by outsiders. You hear about because mainstream noise doesn’t report on it. See Tulsa Oklahoma as one example.
Rob Mangeri nice come back LoL I relate to both of you
He is not saying we need to keep whites in power, he’s saying there is no direct correlation between a specific ethnic groups position in political power giving that ethnic group a better advantage over other groups.. he also wants you to realize the black elected officials all over the country only improved their own lives through their hard work in obtaining their positions... for people quoting Dr. MLK Jr. the elected officials were elected for their ability... not their skin color.
Richard Colwell
Yup. Exactly.
Signed, a non-white person.
People have been elected for absolutely minute reasons race wasn't the half of it, MLK was bullshitting you cause your a gullible white altruist.
Richard Colwell yes he is
They same people that would argue against this will turn around and say Barrack Obama can't be used as an example that black people have equal opportunity to succeed. Sorry to bust your bubble, Socialist morons, but equal opportunity does not guarantee equal outcome.
Richard Colwell no when white people are in power everybody wins
I've read both "Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed," and "False Black Power?" by Jason Riley. Excellent, excellent books!
You want something to fail, let the government manage it.
Best damn comment on here so far
Glad to see fellow anarcho communists here
it's like im reading thomas sowell all over again
He has a new book out.
I remember hearing this before. I think it was in Jason L Rileys book 'Please Stop Helping Us"
I need to read one of his books. Or three. Or five...
My next read
Aaron, look what I found!
When a group of people has to fight harder to get rights and what they want, they skyrocket in achievement. When they are handed everything on a silver platter, they do very little to nothing to improve where they are. There's no need. It's human nature. You take advantage of what you can.
TheYeller7
Yup. For example, even during segregation, George Washington Carver revolutionized agriculture while Oscar Stanton dePriest won a seat in the Illinois state legislature.
@Marlon Moncrieffe Yeahh you are omitting a lot. George Washington Carver is not a representation of the entire group of the time because the group was hated, Carver's intellect made him more valuable, but never really increased his status and any average person of the time would have treated him no different had they not known his name. Also, black people are still being elected to congress and making inventions. In fact, more are than there were before
Especially when one woman in particular calls for reparations when she comes from a family of slave owners... 🤦♂️
PragerU:"Blacks in power don't empower other Blacks."
Also PragerU: Don't depend on others to help you;claw your way to the top all by yourself and don't hesitate to exploit others for your gain!"
Seeing the exact same thing in South Africa. It’s largely already privileged black kids who make it to the top. Affirmative action laws largely benefit only a select minority of the black majority of our country.
Sed Tell the REST of the story about what's happening in South Africa.
There's always a class system in every society . Reginald Hunter once said that class is how you discriminate when everyone looks the same.
+Kathy Florcruz where do I start? A socialist regime (EFF) is trying to take power. Cape Town is running out of safe drinking water. Our former president has stolen millions. We have been downgraded by Moody's to junk status. Farm murders are plaguing our nation. It's quite a sorry state of affairs.
Is not what happen here in America. European stole native lands and killed them. Enslave blacks But yet people tend to forget Blacks did free labor for 400 year. Made whites so wealthy that they had money to leave their children for generations. Yet when Abraham release them. No compensation or land. Many left hungry having to do crime to survive like steal food etc. Then the whites didn’t won’t them getting their jobs. Many got lock up so they can still do free labor and the cycle goes on.
So you're telling me you get what you work for?
Bro I love your profile picture. It’s hilarious
This is why during black history month in school I gravitated towards the likes of George Washington Carver and Jackie Robinson over black politicians.
Black History Month is a joke. Every US citizen, no matter their skin color, is just as deserving of the entire history of our country as the person next to them. Black history is American history.
Not every American has an Ancestor from the first signing, So no not every US citizen is deserving of our entire history of our country as the person next to them.
If that were the case, then there would be no reason to accept immigrants. When somebody immigrates here they go through naturalization. uscis.gov lists the requirements for naturalization, including: "Reside continuously within the United States from the date of application for naturalization up to the time of naturalization"
"Be able to read, write, and speak English and have knowledge and an understanding of U.S. history and government (civics)."
"Be a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States during all relevant periods under the law"
My ancestors that moved to the US weren't around at the time of the signing, but for over four generations, myself included, my family has been Pennsylvania born and bred. Last I checked there was no class system, written in law or otherwise, that checks to see if your ancestors were on the continent 240+ years ago.
I am one of the few who has an Ancestor from the very beginning. My cousin inherent land from his grandfather who inherent it from his grandfather there is a whole wall dedicated to my mothers side of the family and it is a very sizable farm land so it makes quite about 2 million a year if I recall correctly.
The confederate flag/history is and has been significant for my family cause we have old writings and Journals from that era, Its not the Marvel comic book version of the mainstream rhetoric.
I wont consider you legitimate cause your not of legacy but of social conditioning.
And no Black history is not American history and never will be.
George Washington Carver did not invent Peanut Butter, He did plenty of things but he never invented peanut Butter.
Jason Riley and PragerU: THANK YOU. This video came up as a commercial before watching another video, and instead of skipping it, I was drawn in and watched it entirely - so much so that I forgot what video I was going to watch! Such excellent points and delivered in an easily understandable way. I am familiar with PragerU and it’s content, but this video was especially powerful, and made me interested to learn and research the subject more. Thank you Mr Riley and a PragerU so much, and please keep the excellent content coming- SUBSCRIBED.
It is not only true in the US but in most European States too.
In the UK (my country) our parliament is made up of mostly white people, but there are more white people in social housing and poverty than other ethnic groups. We have only a small number of MPs of Indian Descent in Parliament yet the Indians are doing far better than any other ethnic group in the UK, it has nothing to do with who's in power, it's all to do with individuals willing to work hard to achieve. Welfare keeps people in poverty because many on benefits lack the ability to save and spend money accordingly, in short; they suck with money.
I've been on welfare, got Job seeker's allowance and almost everyone going there for benefits wore new branded clothing, smartphones and even cars so if these people are in desperate need to live, where did all the luxurious stuff come from? I still get DLA (due to having Autism, an unfortunate circumstances for me) but I will never go to the job centre for more benefits because it's unfair on hard working taxpayers to pay double on me. I will admit I suck with money, I am trying to correct that mistake and push myself to get a job, I will not rob the people of my country by sitting around doing nothing.
PropSpairGaming
IQ is everything. They're white so im sure they can pull themselves out of the muck.
Thank you for your honesty. I get disability for being Bipolar. The system is the same way here. It is a system that emphasis that you are poor and reinforces that point by limited opportunities. It is set up to keep you poor basically.
Dereka H. I absolutely agree, all welfare systems do is keep you poor.
I not yet seen one person come out of welfare/benefits to become self reliant on their income and moved up to the middle or upper class.
I laugh that some people say I'm a traitor to the poor class because I stand for self responsibility, tough love and not caring about others before myself.
To be a traitor or to be betrayed requires loyalty. I am loyal to nobody and nothing, loyalty doesn't make you free or successful, it makes you blind and stupid.
I've been saying this since I first started observing the American society: all of us need to forget race. And the keywords there are _all of us_ . As long as there are different cultures there will be different percentages of fathers in the household, different levels of emphasis put on academics, and different levels of economic success. We all have a subtle but real reluctance to go outside our racial comfort zone. And now that I have properly identified the problem, this comment ends, because I have no idea how to make us dismiss race from our thinking. It is too firmly entrenched.
Heather, the video is about the single reality that electing black into political office does not seem to improve the black condition in America. You've gone a level or two beyond that. I agree with you but you are not being realistic. I think the nation's problem is: how are we going to minimize the harm done by a problem that has no real solution.
It's almost like we should judge each other not by the color of our skin, but the content of our character...
+Joe Vasicek If you mean "judge each other" in the widest possible sense, then yes, I agree. That is essentially what I said. Judging each other open-mindedly and without race in mind for the music we listen to, when choosing friends, where we work, romantic partners, etc. And when it comes to those requiring to judge without concern for skin color, that includes Asians, white people and black people. There's the answer. Now, how can that mindset ever be adequately implimented?
+Heather Wilson As an older dude, I'm going to reluctantly agree with another comment. I do not think there is any realistic solution to the racial problems that exist in America, problems that to one degree or another exist in other modern countries too. In America we have been in a kind of damage control mode for several centuries and I see no reason to believe that it won't continue in the centuries to come.
I agree totally, I live in Poland, where racial minorities are so rare we don't really distinct races. If you don't teach children rasizm, they'll not be rasist plain and simple
I don't know how you do it, but Prager is always right on with eye opening information.
Nick Narcowich really?!? they're as far wrong as it's possible to be on thier climate change videos.
Nick Narcowich They are usually wrong, but this is right. In fact I've been saying some of these things for years
where are they wrong on climate change?
as far as i know, every country in Africa has a black leader. name one prosperous African country.
Only Rwanda and I think Botswana
Thank you Prager university, for the wisdom&triuth that you spread to all people. Thumbs up!👍👍✌✌👌
Prageru is a fake University, and there really aren't enought prageru debunking videos online.
Andy B - You’re noticeably not debunking the facts in this video...
David Harrison - I did in other posts.
Andy B - Mind copying it here?
Andy B - Wow, do you really think PragerU is an actual university?
Perverse incentives are that: perverse.
Why work and a study, if uncle Sam is handing out welfare checks?
Alejandro Bello Those welfare checks aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
except most people on welfare cant work
Damon S because you probably have a personality no one likes. Do uber and practice talking to people more. Helped me.
@@Pyrisy 🤣🤣🤣
Because of racist policies and putting a price tag on education means a lot of people can't move up in life because the job they work doesn't pay enough for them to invest in things like getting a higher education.
And those welfare checks keep families from starving while they are out of work.
I couldn't of said it any better. PERIOD.
Love Thomas Sowell's books.
He has a new book out.
The Reaction
Excellent! Going to have to read it.
Thomas Sowell is a uncle Tom piece of shit
The middle of the video...where he talks about during the 40s, 50s 60s Jim Crow laws....blacks were actually closing the gap at a rapid pace in education, jobs and income. The the War On Poverty was brought about to keep the blacks more dependent since LBJ and Dems didn't like them becoming more independent. Thomas Sowell wrote about this in a book years ago. It's the same approach Dems use....when things are improving and becoming a non-issue, create a crisis and then bring about laws to push the leftist agenda. Happens all the time. The "rape culture" rhetoric came about when rapes were at all time lows. Now....the Never Again movement with gun laws when gun murders have been in decline since the 90s. Same leftist approach for decades.
How is this not trending??
alosboss you probably hear that often after you’ve paid for sex huh?
alosboss sounds good! Toodles dollface
JennPipp Not sure what's wrong with alosboss. That response was rude and the video was insightful even if someone doesn't agree with it.
*GÊLAWDÊOWŠ* Denis prager is also Jewish... And TH-cam doesn't owe you shot, they have the right to put whatever they want in the trend, that's free market
JennPipp TH-cam is owned by Google, a company that shamed a man and fired him for writing a cited, well researched article on the biological differences between men and women. At least straight, unaltered men and women. My point is, Google is a borderline Marxist company that is lying to the whole world, making us think they are the progressive good guys. Meanwhile, they censor conservative opinion and reach into all of our pockets. So that is why this isn’t on trending; it triggers Google’s diversity leader or whatever she calls herself and it triggers advertisers. And that’s all google needs to know. I can’t wait until people see these companies like Google for what they really are; fiscally hyper-conservatives that want everyone else’s money to be taken, while they sit back on top in Silicon Valley, swimming in their influence and cash. Dismantling this country’s law little by little. Like gods.
They need more "Bill Gates" person than "Obama" person for black community.
This is revolutionary thinking. Stunning. Well done, and thank you. Now, what does this mean for women in positions of power, too? Is it *truly* necessary for equal representation? From this video, it would appear not....
Male female, black white, ugly pretty, these traits do not matter. What matters is if the person can think critically and be a decent human being. Women shouldn't be denied political representation for being women, but they most certainly shouldn't be given representation for being women, either. Making a political focus on being "the first black this", or "the first woman that" is very foolish and just shows that person has nothing substantial to offer in the real world.
-(BREAD)-Thebiggerboat3 Got it in one 👍
Women are represented more in gov't than men. They vote more.
Is anyone actually replying directly to me/my original comment?
100% !!!
Trump voter here...I’d vote this guy for president! Very reasonable argument intended on looking at the facts of all races, not just one perspective. This is exactly what the US needs right now.
The notion that blacks in power would empower blacks is predicated on the idea that a guy who "looks like me" will do things to raise me up. By "raise me up" the belief is that I will get things that others have to work for, with no effort on my part. This is built upon the incorrect assumption that white people, as the racial majority in the US, just have things so easy and that a need for personal education, networking, hard work, and initiative are just the new age whip being used by the white man to keep the black man in his place. The only one who can empower you is you.
Part of the problem starts with the misunderstanding of origin. Just because a person looks like you doesn't mean they came from the same place. Many blacks in power didn't grow up in poverty and unrest, so they can't relate to blacks who have.
Welfare has participated in the increase of single motherhood throughout all races but it is at its highest in the black population. Welfare pays more to a single mother with many children than to a married couple with the same amount of children. That encourages those who rely on welfare to not marry and continue to have children out of wedlock. Then we have statistics that show a child who grows up without two loving parents is significantly more likely to become criminals. Welfare needs a dramatic change. I don't want it to go away but it shouldn't reward the broken home because that it is only making things worse.
Matthew Diaz I was raised by a single mother who was TEMPORARILY on welfare & govt housing. Thankfully, all of my 8 siblings & I are middle-class or above, except one, who has disabilities. Welfare should be administered as a TEMPORARY leg up, rather than a handout.
Democrats will reform welfare once the lower class stops voting for them (who knows when). The point is that they want continuous votes to push their platform, even if that means not following their own principles on one issue.
And after this informative, articulate, powerhouse delivery, I'm going to go buy his book.
Thanks, Mr. Riley.
Its not called the democratic plantation for nothing
A lesson for South Africa's leadership if they would listen to the voice of Common Sense!!
Who's this
Hence why i am anti-government
I love this channel. Facts over feelings.
*The Right* - This channel is well meaning and insightful, bravo especially the part about (insert additional aspect to the conversation not covered by the video)
*The Moderates* - I think you're mostly (or half, or a quarter) right, but have you considered this perspective? (Insert additional aspect to the conversation not covered by the video, that gets debated pretty thoroughly and respectfully [for the most part] by everyone involved and opens a legitimate dialog)
*The Left* - LOL! This is stupid and wrong OP is an Uncle Tom! (error 404: Counterargument not found)
Which group is supposedly the sole voice of intelligence and enlightenment beyond the comprehension of us lesser mortals again?
Lol my dad disagreed and pulled the race card, i guess my community hates taking responsibility
Now put up a video on gun control and watch the left and right switch places while moderates continue to look at both extremes with derision.
@@marsnz1002 The Left and Right wouldn't switch places and the moderates would be as big a problem as the Left on that topic. The Left is anti-self defense (as can be glanced from other Western countries and certain liberal American states) and the Moderates are too stupid to realize that they're anti-self defense. There's only one extreme in the discussion, and the fence-sitting side contributes to the problem.
A half white man was elected President...twice 😂
And he did a horrible horrible job. Worst piece of shit president ever!!
@@marionkerley8065 - I am not a fan of Obama, but I don't think he was worse than the shit we have in the White House now.
@boostedsil40 - Look another racist fool!!! I never said I was a fan of Obama. But I still say he isn't the worse President ever. I am a proud Republican, but I have enough sense to know Trump was not the best choice to represent Conservatives!
boostedsil40
Robert Hamilton white man in a black suit.
I'm a rational human being who bases thought on fact and logic, and I approve this message.
It's almost as if we should elect people based upon their policies rather than the color of their skin. Who knew?
What can I say??? One of the best videos I’ve seen lately. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Wow. Now I understand why Obama was hate by the black when he was thr President. It's paradox :0
Don’t forget the Vietnamese isn’t better than Blacks. Dân tộc và nước Việt Nam đâu phải thiếu người giàu có, cũng đâu có thiếu người thông minh tài giỏi. Mà bởi vì tập quán cổ lỗ xỉ sinh ra một tư tưởng ngèo nàn, ngồi chồm hổm ăn uống xả rác bừa bãi, thiếu ý thức, thiếu tôn trọng, lộn xộn thì dư giả, làm ăn thì lường gạt lẫn nhau. Mấy ông già bà già ba que ở hải ngoại cũng còn đang sinh sống theo kiểu chuột cống cũng biểu hiện những tư tưởng cổ lỗ xỉ ngèo nàn này.
Giap Vo Mà chả hiểu sao sang các quốc gia phát triển hơn, tốt đẹp hơn mà cái tính chả bỏ :0
Obama had nothing to do with this and not a whole bunch of black people hated Obama that if not really true they were more blacks who liked it Obama then blacks who didn't. I can tell you one thing he was likable with a lot of white people that much I can tell you
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What? Black people worship Obama because the majority of them are liberals on welfare
It's about time that somebody told the truth.
Paul Lambert nobody knows that word
The only color that truly matters is green.
Now if only we could get more people to open their minds to PragerU
I’m a conservative but this channel does lie sometimes, for example, the video “I just want to make cookies” the guy claims he’s a small business owner that doesn’t like government regulations, but then doing a google search I found out he’s another multi-millionaire that lives lavishly so him saying he ran a small business and speaking for people that run actual SMALL businesses is a little cruel.
I use to watch PragerU and I have to say its full on BS.
@@nyeoncolors6949 your probably misunderstanding what a small and big business is
Obama himself said that trump was a small business and trumps a billionaire.
But I’m pretty sure your thinking a small business is would be a small mom and pop store or a store that has some restaurant in a big city.
You get different different definitions no one fully agreees what’s a big and small business
As it stands right now the government defines small business as 500 or less employees.
So technically he’s not lying you just misinterpreted what a small business is
But in my opinion 500- maybe 10k employees should be considered mid sized business
Because 500 definitely isn’t small
PragerU are a bunch of hacks funded by oil billionaires.
Politicians don't solve problems...if they did, what reasons would they have to be re-elected. Politicians, especially Democrats, need on-going problems so they can "promise" to fix those problems OR to blame those constant problems on Republicans.
They would need to be re-elected to keep solving problems. Problems always occur, despite anyone's best efforts. How would it be their faults that some random kid with anger issues shot up a school? That's just one of many problems that can't be controlled without a complete fascist state.
I love PragerU. Great videos and very informative. I appreciate the research that these people do to bring such fine videos.
WOW! What an eye-opening documentary! THANK YOU SO MUCH for educating us!
If only the desire of the people would be to know the truth. Amazing statistics and your final statement is so true.
Iam black, black peopl dont help other black peopl they ony keep each other down, iam proud to be black but black people dont help other black people
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Blacks in public offices have inspired my black neighbors.
To be ruder.
To be louder.
To be more hostile and violent.
Didn't work out quite the way we thought.
As a black man, I'd love to see the data correlations for blacks in positions of power in corporate america to common black folk, in addition to the data provided in this video. As of now, I believe that it is important that we as black people continue to take strides economically, and continue to teach our communities the importance of financial education and wealth building. I think that will be a step in the right direction for the black community.
Yeah where are the receipts
I like this guy’s voice and personality
As a Jamaican American who most people know is wealthy in my area, I have a test. 3,2,1, Go.... Find 10 black men who understand business in your local area and within arms length.
Without challenge you will never grow, the answer is not to make life easier by suckling the government teat, it is to rise to the challenges facing you and defeat them. This will give you true pride, teach you lessons about perseverance and hard work, and make you overall a more self-sufficient person with strength of character.
When the government takes away the challenge because of the color of your skin then many people will not challenge themselves. We overcome obstacles to survive and in doing so become stronger. They seek to make you mentally weak and reliant on them for survival, much as a pet is reliant on it's owner.
Hand outs don't work. Work works.
I'm focused on going to Heaven this planet is to crazy for me lol.
Paul Archibald Amen!
The Lord wanted to say to you, make sure that you stay saved
Insightful information! A special thanks to Mr. Jason Riley of the Manhattan Institute...
There's more wisdom (facts, reasoning and clarity) in a any single Sowell book (for example, The Economics and Politics of Race, highly relevant to this video) than the entire literature of the political left. Even his articles are more substantial than entire books by most of his intellectual opponents. The best the left can do is either ignore him or label him as a "token black conservative".
Good to see Jason Riley following in Sowell's footsteps, so to speak.
Black token conservatives are outliners and racists use them to dismiss the concerns and struggles of the African American community. This is no different than "The Model Minority" myth that the Asian American community has to deal with.
@@kappadarwin9476 Calling him a "black token conservative" tells us a lot about how shallow you are. You care more about his skin colour and that his conclusions are different from yours than what his reasoning is. It's doubtful you've actually read any of his work or have any intelligent responses as you would have shared them.
That Asians (and Jews) do relatively well (better than whites) despite racism against them is a fact, contradicting the claim that blacks fail due to racism. Even more striking, blacks from some areas do far better than others. For example, blacks in the north often scored better on IQ tests than whites in the south. Blacks from the Caribbean tend to earn more than blacks from sub-Saharan Africa. The myth of "white privilege" is far more pervasive, racist and harmful.
@@Gretchaninov You don't get it. Right wingers use people like this guy to try to push the narrative that it is not racist to believe that Black people are improvished because of their culture. By using a black person to push that narrative they can get away with making racist statements. It is not that difficult to figure out the point of this video.
As for the Asian and Jewish part. They are not doing better than Whites...and Judaism is a religion not an ethnicity this is common knowledge.
The Model minority myth was propaganda made during the Cold War as a means to "clean up" America's negative image with the Asian community because they knew the Soviets would use America's abysmal civil rights record against them in Asia. It was also used to dismiss racism claims the African America community. By saying "The system isn't racist you people aren't working hard enough. Look at the Asians they don't have a problem with it"
It was nothing more than an a racist prop.
@@kappadarwin9476 It is a *fact* that Asian minorities earn more, on the average, than whites in the US. It is also a fact that the same studies which show blacks get turned down for bank loans more often than whites also show that whites are turned down more often than Asians. The point is that *despite* racism against Asians, which clearly exists to some degree, they succeed economically. Hence, the fact that blacks have a lower income does not prove that it's due to racism.
There are other simple factors which can be measured - how much time spent studying each week, credit scores, spending habits, proportion of children born out of wedlock, etc. All of these vary between races and blacks have many internal problems. It isn't because of whites that about 70% of black children are born to unmarried parents. That's compared to about 25% back in 1960. The welfare system is a far more plausible explanation for this phenomenon than a legacy of slavery or modern-day racism. The same issues are found among lower class whites in the US and the UK. Blacks spend more on visible goods - cars, clothes and jewellery - proportionally than most other groups. In polls, every group agrees that blacks are the most racist, on average, including blacks themselves.
Although Judaism is a religion, it has historically been aligned and associated with certain ethnic groups - some people are ethnically Jewish, even if they aren't religious.
You're yet another person who refuses to face facts, to actually read Sowell's work and openly consider it or to be able to put together any coherent argument against his actual claims. His race is irrelevant. He looks at Italians, Germans, Jews, blacks, the Irish, Indians, Japanese, Chinese, Latinos and other groups, not just in the US and not just in the 20th century, but all around the world for centuries. His Race and Culture trilogy goes into a huge amount of depth. Unlike leftists, he is not obsessed with only blacks and whites in the US, nor with pushing a narrow agenda. You dismiss him because you dislike his views, not because you have any rational argument against them (or even familiarity with his actual reasoning).
@@Gretchaninov Asian Americans do not earn more on average than White Americans. That is another lie propagated by the Model Minority myth.
The reason why Black families are often torn a part is because of racist policies that were forced upon them. If you were black back in the 60s and prior you were often denied getting a loan and you were unable to buy a house in White neighborhoods there were deeds on these suburban homes that forbid resell to black buyers.
Black people were also cut out of the GI bill when it was introduced back in WW2 because the Federal government left it up to the States to distribute the bill thus Black soldiers were often left out on building prosperity and passing that wealth on to their children.
There was also redlining which kept Black people living in hastily shoddy built neighborhoods thus making it difficult for them to sell their homes. Yet in the affluent white suburbs which went for a lot of money, home owners would sell their homes and use that money to put their kids through collage, start a business or retire.
Then there is the war on drugs which sole purpose was to destabilize the black community
Judaism is a religion it is not an ethnicity. The reason people back then thought it was a race because it was easier for governments and other authorities to discriminate against them by branding Jewish people was outsiders. Jews did not have the same protection as Catholics or Protestants there was not political or economic backlash to targeting them. It was easy to put all of societies ills on a group many considered not a part of their society.
Excellent video … I often thought by electing Obama. It would be a game changer in helping America heal the wounds discrimination. Now I think Trump has done more for Blacks then did Obama.
Trump, just like Obama, is supporting capitalism and furthering the divide between the proletariat and bourgeois. Read socialist theory, and understand why class struggle is race struggle.
I’m black and I understand where you are coming from and agree with it mostly but are you saying that we should have less blacks in major positions and/or for blacks to have less political power as a whole?
Dom Iwo
I think he is just decrying all the pointless and distracting diversity initiatives and that individual achievements are just that: INDIVIDUAL achievement.
For example, Barack Obama winning the presidency was a victory for HIM and NOT all of Black America.
Also, he was debunking all of these supposed claims of systemic racism.
ThePeeperPenguin I agree people should gets jobs based on their skills and attitude not their skin colour or gender or any other hot topic.
Marlon Moncrieffe I guess that’s understandable
+ThePeeperPenguin That's also not what anyone suggested, which with all due respect makes your comment pointless...
+Dom Iwo That's not what he's saying or suggesting at all. Are you sure you listened to what he was saying? All he said was that blacks in power haven't empowered blacks much so far, not that there should be less blacks in power...
Now my question is, If blacks were doing so well during Jim crow economically speaking, than what happened to the community after 1970 that stunted progress ?
He tells you in the video. The welfare state was passed in 1964. As it took hold, it destroyed opportunities for blacks and wrecked their family units.
The welfare state on its own could not destroy black family, its not like black people are the only group taking welfare either, so I think the problem must be something else more specific to the black community
LightMonk TwentyOne the other families of non-blacks collapsed as well when the welfare state was introduced, not just blacks.
+LightMonk When you offer poor women a check for every child they have but make not living with the children's father a condition of receiving those checks, you very quickly destroy families. You're right that it didn't happen only to blacks but since the majority of blacks at the time were poor, a greater percentage of them were affected.
Probably the fact that blacks were five times more likely to be incarcerated at that time. So it might have to do with that along with the “welfare state” and the fact that soon after that you had the war on drugs in the 70’s which made the prison terms harsher this keeping the incarcerated person away from their family longer if not forever which caused many women to become single mothers and be on welfare so they could support their children. All while people are huffing lead based air from gasoline and eating lead paint chips which caused people to be more violent around that time and led to more incarceration’s and blah blah blah years go by people die or fight in prison and stay longer or never leave and a generation of kids from mostly poor backgrounds are now grown up and in the world they aren’t fully prepared for so they make mistakes they don’t need to and their kids have to grow up the same way they did blah blah blah things happen lots of killing and death and racist stuff blah blah and boom. Crappy education mixed with bad incentives plus wrecked homes and a dash of pent up racism and you’ve got your answer. Enjoy
What a brilliant submission! Fantastic!
I think this would be a wonderful opportunity to pause for a moment and give thanks for the great contributions of the Black community to our society. Their peaceful and generous nature make them ideal neighbors, lending testimony to their exceptional family values and parenting skills unrivaled by any other culture. Their commitment to academic excellence enriches our schools and serves as an example to all who hope to achieve prominence as a people. Real estate values are fueled by the mix of African Americans into an area due to their caring and respectful nature of these communities, an example of all they have achieved through their enthusiasm for self- improvement by hard work and a self-reliant can-do nature. Without their industrious and creative drive, we would be poorer as a nation.
You should be thankful to Black Americans. It was due to the labor of blacks that allowed the country to be prosperous or else your ancestors would have died in the slums of Europe.
@@Seizetheday2011 I believe you are stupid . I know you are ignorant in this matter.
Politics is only one part of the equation. It is silly to assume that electing black politicians for the past forty-two years would cancel out a century of social and economic injustice.
Individualism, and personnal* achievement. (I'm from Spain, did I wrote it well?)
yiyemo yiye personnal* compañero español
Almost...
Individualism and personal achievement.
Written by someone in the UK
yiyemo yiye muy bien.
Personal = about you
Personnel = group of workers
yiyemo yiye
While your spelling was off, the meaning was understood. I cannot complain since mi espanol es muy mal.
Prager U is the best!
Pragerganda.
are they still demonetizing your videos?
Hey guys if you have watched a Movie called "The Red Pill" it talks about how males how made these same mistakes. It talks about how nearly everything the government can control is for the good of women despite being mostly male controlled. The movie was made by a feminist and it is one of my favorite movies of all time, you can find it online for free, and it's only about an hour and a half long but it opened my eyes so much.
I always tell leftists, "critique the food and not the chef".
WHD Studios Not every Republican likes the Confederate flag. Besides, Democrats supported the Confederacy.
+WHD Studios except that you burn the American flag
Politicos are only about one color, you guessed it green baby.
Now I’m all for it being painfully true. It’s just I don’t understand the point. I mean why do I want to know this? Sure, maybe black haven’t had such a very large growth despite black legislators but it’s almost like they are telling us not to vote for black politicians because of this. Its not like Obama was a terrible president and the same goes for these other legislators. Now I don’t want to assume, but this just seems like another one of PragerU videos where the meaning is irrelevant and the politics is key. We all know PragerU is against the left and seeing as most black politicians are left leaning, I’m pretty sure that is the reason they made this video.
United States FBI Agency
Just do not vote for black politicians for the sake of them being black.
Use their successes to inspire you to strive further but always remember that in the end, you speak for yourself and not your whole race-and vice versa.
Well of course and I’m sure that was one of the point they were trying to get across however, you must understand what PragerU is. It has a political agenda and it takes great effort to get it across.
Obama was the worst president to date economically, worst in foreign policy, in The rights of American people, worst in healthcare policy, and worst for the black community.
After watching this video i gathered somthing which is sacrifice is rewarded and handouts keep you wanting more until you stop strugling for what you want and feel contented with what you are given.
I think that his point is that politicians, regardless of skin color, don't fix anything.
Add Chicago,and Milwaukee to the list.
Value, character, family, hard work and ethics prove success in every race, ethnicity and culture. Thank you for putting an elegant voice to this my friend, and true American.
"True American" is an insult.
Baltimore is a frigin cesspool
Where's the trigger warnings on this Vid???? Are you telling me that a free hand out won't give you the self confidence and work ethical drive to be self sufficient?
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These blacks with power you speak of don’t empower because they gave up on being black along time ago.