Exactly. The color of our skin is literally meaningless, just adaptations of where we lived. Africa you needed more melanin, Europe I’d assume without that hot sun and with cold winters that we didn’t need to have the extra melanin, in america the native Americans are probably a mix of Europe and Africa, as in they needed some protection from the summer suns but not as strong as Africa.. Asia I can’t remark on cause I don’t know their weather
Exactly, the more prefixes you use, the less valuable it becomes, imagine being called the first Indian, Jewish, lesbian millennial who was brought up in aus... who went to space or the Olympics. FFS YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT/ OLYMPIAD (possibly a medal winner), isn't that enough of an achievement, its bloody amazing & deserves recognition. I'd much rather be counted amongst a group of elites, than in a specialised category of my own to make me feel better when I've done the same thing (sort of rather be a small fish in a big pond than a big fish in a small pond, ie the bench player at a top club). If its a disability that literally hinders achieving the task, making it harder for you than most, like say you're an amputee & become a race car driver, then that's different, but mentioning things that are pointless is a waste. It's all this divisive news agenda
@@taytmw18 that's good while point, at certain times it matters, like him ahimg mandela, you couldn't have an Chinese man play that, but usual appearance won't matter. Size is the most common factor for action movies
I'm gonna ask you yo stop calling him a wise man....no joke tho, ain't it funny that both Idris and Morgan played characters in movies that were specifically mentioned as being Caucasian in the (Stephen King) book
@@razorx8270 I agree being placed in a “box” as an actor because of race is RARE. While actors being placed in a box because of the roles they accept is common.
@@greenlight8819 but what if the thing you are trying to change is the aknowledgment of race itself? Racism, in a way, is paying too much attention to someone's race. If that's the case, then not mentioning race at all would probably remove it from people's thoughts to some degree. I know that I didn't notice people's races at all growing up, because nobody around me mentioned it, but nowadays it's almost impossible not to because of how much people point it out.
One of the most damaging terms in recent years, is the term African American. I consider it to be highly racist. I'm of Irish descent, am I an Irish American, no, I am just American. When you single out certain aspects, such as skin color, it's a racist act.
I'm not from the US but i find that term really racist too! I'm from Brazil and there are alot of Black people in my country and I hardly see the term "afro-brazilian" being used. We've always said "black" and thats it. Also it seems that the US is way more obsessed with race and putting people in boxes than the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong, of course your race can be an important part of your cultural identity anywhere and of course there is racism in Brazil. But the way americans treat it is just sooo different than what I see in my reality
The problem is: the same people that have a problem with the term "African American" have an issue with blacks or Asians or whatever calling themselves American.
@@ClaraPNAraujo oh you have no idea brother. Race and sexuality are like the most talked about things in most parts of this country. Especially in the mainstream cities like LA and NYC. People are obsessed with diversity in this country. Now diversity obviously isn’t a bad thing. I myself support it. But getting benefits like a job offer or an acceptance to a really good school just because of your race and sexuality and beliefs is just ridiculous.
Girlfriend, thank you. I was born, raised and have returned to my grandmothers home here in Gardena CA, and we have every ethnic variety imaginable. We have the largest Japanese population in the nation here. The cities that boarder Gardena are Compton, Carson, Torrance and Inglewood. We DO NOT have a racism issue here. We are all human beings here who live harmoniously. Morgan is spot on and so are you sister. Nobody can give two s**ts about skin color here. We’re all family ❤
I’m right here in Compton! Let me go ‘head and subscribe!! Cuz you right. I’m black and I’m at my Mexican man’s house right now!! We get along because we love to laugh, eat, and watch good movies. Very human stuff. Lol. Bless you!
@@WowJustWow37 ♥️ hey sister!!!! My soul sister lives in Carson and she’s married to an amazing Mexican man and yea girl we all love the same things!!! Gotta love the South Bay right?!? Sending you and yours big hugs and sooooo much love ❤️ cuz that how we rock it here in the hood ♥️🤗♥️ subbing to your site now 💋
The END GAME is REPARATIONS and that will NEVER HAPPEN!!! It is disgusting to think that some blacks are so brainwashed as to think it will. Throw away your programming devices!! I'm in a mixed family... that f*cked up victim mindset is killing our CHILDREN!! 💯
@@WowJustWow37 So you are saying, there are no racist people living in your community. Yeah, right, you sound like a true house person living in a dream world
Of course African American is a stupid term, should only apply to people living in America but born in Africa, like Elon Musk or Charlize Theron. Americans that happen to be black are just Americans, it's like using bald-American for any American that happens to be bald, crazy.
My grandmother who came from a tin roof shack. Running off the front door barefoot and only wearing shoes for fall and winter. Told me this: "There are two kinds of people in this world. Good people and assholes. And the term assholes covers all races, religions, creed and color. We can all live without the assholes." Grandma Howard
I tell people that all the time. Every single time I’m asked, “how can we get rid of or deviate away from racism?” I tell them , “stop talking about it. Don’t pass it down to your younger generation. Eventually everyone will focus on the individual based off actions. Not skin color.”
No. He's older an his roles are drying up. He needs the phone to keep ringing. You folks love backward talking token negros who do not wish to hold whites accountable for anything.
His phrase reminds me of when Jackie Chan once said:"I don't want to be the second Bruce Lee, I want to be the first Jackie Chan". It angers me when people label the others by traits or comparisons instead of who they really are.
He doesn't need to be oppressed because he's a rich actor. Well done to him for that. But for the rest of us, even if we don't make race the first issue in our lives, that just isn't going to work.
Color isn't identity, it's appearance. Thats all. We need to stop treating race like it has anything to do with the core person it's being associated with
@@asshole94 how can that be? (Black person asking). I dont want my color to be the center of my life, its like being racist to my self, if that make sense.
It comes from the film, look who’s coming to dinner, 60’s film with Sydney Poitier, when he is arguing with his farther and he says to his father “you see yourself as a black man, I just see myself as a man” wow ❤
I remember that I saw an interview in Africa where they asked people if they considered black Americans black Africans and all the respondents said no because they were not born in Africa...
Ehhhh, sorry. You can't put Denzel in that boat. Years ago he out right said he would never take a role where he would kiss a white women. And he's stuck to that. I get that his point was in defense of black actresses, but that's still part of the point. It's counter active to what Morgan and Idris mean.
I never used to think about the colour of someone's skin before society started talking about it. We've wasted an opportunity to develop a truly inclusive society, and skin colour is now just used as a weapon to silence discussion. Such a shame.
For sure. And people will say 'only white people are privileged enough to experience this' but that's not true. As a young Asian child I never thought about race.
@@greenlight8819 I'm 17... I said when I was a young child. Also why WOULD it change? We've progressed as a society in terms of racism. Though gone backwards in targetting other groups. What changed is my access to the internet. My point is we don't naturally think of race that way and we shouldn't, it creates division.
@@yin-yi5189 All due respect, that depends on how we define “progress”, and how it is being measured. And truth by nature is divisive. You have no problem labeling those who emphasize racial identity as “divisive”, no?
And? You can't stop ignorance, don't talk about it, don't elevate it. It blows my mind that growing up in Brooklyn New York through the 90's and early 2000's nobody cared about race, we all hung out, no one based anything on race, we all had the best time of our lives together and then the race grifters entered the chat and turned everything into race wars. Racism always existed and always will, the people that that practice racism are also known as a$$holes, don't associate your self with them and carry on.
This is one of the reasons why I loved my grandmother so much-she taught me to be this way, and to think like this when I was a little boy-a little 99% European + 1% Senegalese boy. She died way back in March 1987, but I still think of her often and miss her very much.❤
@@donaldnewman5836 According to 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and MyHeritage DNA tests that I have had done-I have 1% African DNA, specifically Senegalese (MyHeritage also shows Gambia). My grandmother knew we had slave ancestors. So, that would mean you’re an asshole.
I get why they do; Bec minorities have been so under hired. But again.. in order for change to began ~ corps have to start taking changes on a recruits individual merits rather than trying to go by their race.
Its time to start demanding it stops. You aren’t legally obligated to even answer that question. The only legitimate questions on job applications (besides basic info) should be your citizen status, education and work experience. Race and or ethnicity should never be a determination to get hired. Its time people demand those type of questions get abolished.
Bless you, can we get a button on this thing that says "look here" I have some goofball calling me a racist...etc. and I'm too lazy/don't care to reply to every one
You just took the words out of my mouth. Legacy people of color in the US are neither ‘black’ nor ‘African’, we are American, with multiple ethnicities ( as is most of the world). Honestly, I haven’t heard many Brits of color (born and raised in the UK) refer to themselves as ‘black’ Brits; it’s normally British, or, if born elsewhere, the place that they were born in (Ghana, Nigerian…etc), then British. Not saying prejudice is not a problem in the UK, but, it seems very different than in the US. Good for Idris, I wish it spreads to the US.
Rich privileged people: Just ignore racism LMAO Us that have experience: Yeah.... sure. *Proceeds to get called slurs, receive complaints by prejudice people, have a weapon pulled on us, have the police called on us by Karens...* Sure I'll ignore it.
Individualism is relinquishing family. Theirs no power in one’s self we all should have the ability to be self reliant but not having to be because we’re in society. Our society economy functions because we all participate. The black community had been weakened since segregation Ended due to self hate mostly. The more we come together the more racism wouldn’t be a problem if our goal is assimilation we’re always going to fall short and never turkey belong. Black ppl are lost because you sacrificed our own community to become apart of someone’s that let us know the don’t like us very must at best and want us dead at worst. We’ll never get ahead when asking for hand out from another community instead creating our own. They only can give us what’s left over or they’ll suffer. We’ll always be disappointed expecting the white mans to be completely selfless and at time godlike to the point they punish themselve in order to save or help us. It’s ridiculous. The facts are we have freedom and equality but when it’s applied thru ppl prejudice and by inserting gonna come in to play if you want to get closer to that equality and freedom you have to have your own thing. We have to separate and create our own thing but with our freedom and equality we can move in each others spaces and have mixing spaces but every group of people need to have their own thing that way no one feels trampled upon and everyone has their safe space. If we don’t have that people are going to feel erasure. In Black people will never have self-esteem trying to achieve and succeed in white places in realms we need to have her own spaces or we could achieve just like men and women are still people but we’re different.
I love this lady she is "sensible"! I must point out that many activists in my age group (I am now 60) stopped referring to people by their race decades ago. Unless it served a purpose. I grew up in rural Berkshire. I knew there were people from other countries living here but didn't really know the extent. When I moved to London I really started to learn about different people, their cultures, foods and ways of life. My main epiphany was realising that it is not our differences that can cause problems but our similarities.
Morgan can do anything he wants to. He has enough money, to by pass racism. His fame and prestige affords him not having to have conversations on Racism.
Looking to stars for anything moral is stupid full stop ,I like him as an actor,but if your brought and paid for you say what you Master tells you,he also told us to get vax, I mean really whats next,we dont see colour ffs
@@togucvinw7 he is an amazing dj and powerful actor! I got lucky to see him perform with my bestie and the line into his tent was sooooo long we worried we would never make it in, but someone working security took pity on us lol. amazing music and good vibes all around
I love Idris Elba, he is such a force for good. He is also a great actor. Good for him for standing up for something that is so positive. God bless you all.
Identifying someone's race is not the problem, treating someone differently because of their race is. Our differences in race is what makes Humanity beautiful.
@@blackqueen5201the only people we see centering out color are black people. Pakistani people don't, chinese people don't, ect. The only roadblock in a black person's way is themselves and their victimhood.
My mom made me watch "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" when I was a teen. There's a conversation between a man and his father. He says to his dad, "You think of yourself as a black man. I think of myself as a man." It always stood with me.
I remember a line from a Marvel Comic series called Secret War back in the mid 1980s. Anyways at the time Tony Stark was not Iron Man due to his battle with alcohol. So his best friend James Rhodes took over the role of Iron Man he went on the become War Machine. James Rhodes was an african american character but anyway long story short during the storyline Rhodes' armour gets damaged and Reed Richards helps out to repair one of the arms. Richards and Rhodes have a conversation that I thought was quite powerful at the time and even moreso today. Rhodes asks Richards was he expecting a black guy under the armour Richards simply said that he never gave the colour of skin any thought about the identity of Iron Man he said that he knew there was a man inside the Iron Man suit. And that statement has stuck in my mind in headever since, relevant then and now.
@@oldgordo61Even the men of his time constantly acknowledged race. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were just stellar men who fought for Equality in their comic books so the narrative of assumed humanity was a thing. Question: could a black person/s create an equally successful comic book at the same time as Lee & Kirby?
@@TheoCynical Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did address the issue of equality and race to a certain extent the Civil Rights movement they didn't go stupidly woke about it. They were introducing ORIGINAL black characters such as Powerman/Luke Cage T'Challa/Black Panther and Falcon/Sam Wilson not some rip off black or female version of Reed Richards or Peter Parker . As for black creators sure they faced roadblocks that said there was not a lot of black comic book creators at the time as there is likely is now. Eric D July is an independent comic book creator who is niether affiliated with niether Marvel nor DC and he seems to be doing pretty good for himself....Same for ice hockey there are several players who are black or malutto who are currently in the NHL as the majority of african americans/canadians are more interested in basketball or football. I also know while there a lot comic books fans who are of african or non european descent but it appears to me that black comic book fans seem to prefer japanese manga/animie over Marvel or C but I could be wrong.
When Sidney Poitier did Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner when he has a discussion and argues with his father he simply put “ You call yourself a black man, I see myself as a man”. That’s how I’ve seen it since. We are just humans on a planet in a huge galaxy.
Nope not at all!! Deuteronomy 32:8 “When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.” Deuteronomy 32:9 “For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.” Leviticus 20:26 “And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.” Key words “divided” “separate” and “severed” We are meant to live amongst our own period. Birds 🦅 do it! bees do it! lions don’t chill with chimps and flamingoes don’t hang with orang-utans!! Smh
Yes. Stop talking about it. But I don’t agree with his statement of stop calling a guy black or white person. Imo, thats denying one’s identity. That’s just what we see. There’s really nothing in it. Just as an innocent kid could make that generalization, it’s harmless. Now if an innocent kid called a black person black, there’s really nothing in it. The kid is just saying a fact based on what’s present. Now imagine if I point to a black person and called him black, there will always that negative thoughts and mentality of victim. It’s like it’s a crime to call a black person black. I always wonder this, why do they have to think like that? Is this like an American thing? Instead of stop talking about it, why not start fixing the mentality that not everything about being black is racist? The reality is if you just erase the overused word racist/racism, you would only see a person getting offended just because you were called by your skin color. That’s it. It has nothing to do with races.
Things don't cease to exist simple because you ignore them. I can pretend there isn't a vicious lion staring me down. My thoughts can't change the reality when it lunges and bites me. Those who wish to not address real issues simply can never propose solutions.
This is exactly how it was in the 90s I clearly remember we would acknowledge that people had different complexions and skin tones from one another but that was the farthest we took it, this whole modern concept and obsession with race became very prevalent in the mid-2000s til now
It’s kinda weird though, is he not ok with the fact that he’s black ? Or is it the producers who always come up to him saying “I have a great idea for a black lead in a movie”. Unless he keeps hearing it idk it’s weird because he is black. If he doesn’t want to be reminded he’s black perhaps he should make only films in Africa..
I grew up in the 80s and we were taught then that "your skin color didn't matter." It's 180 degrees the other way now--EVERYTHING is about your color. You don't fight/end racism by constantly focusing on race. You fight it by realizing that your "race" is not important.
Its been about skin color malcomx x king etc what the yell do u think they dead for white did want you talk8ng about skin color as they passed laws to keep u trying to look like them and thonk like them meaning no black hostory lmaooo silly negro i m almost ready to have a civil war with the sell outs i mean im all most there
I have been saying this exact thing for awhile now. I grew up in the 80’s and we really didn’t think about it. I went to a multicultural school, had friends of all different colors/ethnic backgrounds, and loved them all! We all got along, or we didn’t, but it wasn’t about skin color, it was about personality, or character. Things are just crazy now. So very sad.😢
We can give democrat politicians credit for influencing people to seek evidence that they are a victim of any of a dozen minority statuses AND THEN the politician promises to legislate away whatever unkind treatment the self-identified victims feel (but behavior that is only hurtfully judgmental cannot be eradicated via legislation . . unless that behavior blocked a highly qualified person from being hired) I think the bottom line about struggles in life is that plentiful variety of problems always exist, and we all are challenged to anticipate and dodge or fix those problems, but it would be helpful to humanity if we realize that the world is full of compassionate, generous and forgiving people who are somewhat overlooked because of being eclipsed by horrible behavior from maladjusted people. They are everywhere, among all cultures. We cannot rely upon news outlets to tell us about all the great things people do to help each other. The news does a fine job, in general, of helping politicians control the masses voting choices via the use of creating fear.
Exactly! I , as a millennial, would talk to everyone in my town & neighbors, as human beings as they would talk to me without asking if I speak English or not 😤 And, if anyone spoke a foreign, regardless of their appearance, it would be okay to everyone and no body would get mad or care. I applaud this man 👏🏻 cuz he understands that many people DONT CARE about color &/or appearance
“It used to be so simple” your dumb*** is living under a rock. It has never been that simple. Pick up a history book. It would be nice if it was that simple but don’t act like that was ever the case
These are the types of people we should teach our kids to look up to. To have respect for themselves and to view themselves as equal. The cruelest thing to teach your child is that they're a victim since birth and that them not accomplishing a task or any hardships they face is a result of them being the victim. That's not going let them grow anywhere, it just sprouts angry, frustrated and disillusioned people
The type of mentality, not people. Best not idolize actors who, history attests, will most likely let you down at some point. Many an actor have said the right thing at the right time, only to inevitably fall in line once whatever movie they were promoting at the time is out.
Do you honestly believe people have aspirations of being victims? Some people will treat others differently based on stereotypes, media depictions, anecdotes, etc. It is what it is.
Amen!!! This is how I have lived my life. I am a multi ethnic person who enjoys just being me. I will never put myself in a box. I would never expect anyone else to place themselves in a box.
@@briansummers843 he didn’t speak on this from “lack of history “, but to the point that we have to get past this whole concept of race. That shit NEVER mattered before the colonial period. Yes, we all know about the historical origins of racism, racial sciences etc. it’s a social construct is all it is.
Well that would be a critique on Hollywood creating this problem, and I don't have a problem with that, Hollywood is absolutely full of degeneration. That being said, regardless of whether idris knew the origin of the words "black man" or not, it doesn't change the meaning of what he said To Morgan Freeman's point "I'm gonna stop calling you a white man, and I'm gonna ask you to stop calling me a black man"... Idris simply wants people to be remembered for their merit first and foremost before anything else, whether its by Hollywood or not.
Disagree. My opinion of him has changed for the worse. Being wealthy and famous mitigates a lot of potentially racist situations for him but the rest of us are still dealing with it on a regular basis. I guess the next time I am followed around in a store because of my race, I'll just not talk about it and it will all just magically stop.
I just made a comment on another video about this. I grew up watching the Cosby show, the fresh prince, family matters, the Jeffersons, etc, and never once did I see them as “black tv shows” I just saw them as awesome shows that I absolutely loved and actually learned valuable life lessons from.
There's racism becuase people are racist. You can stop talking about it and call yourself whatever you want but if you can't get a job, or are treated differently because of racism, it doesn't go away, we just stop talking about it. The only people who can end racism are the racists. 😏
You can see yourself in any way that YOU see fit : ) I'm a teacher at a Conservatoire an I tell my students that I do not Identify as black. With all due respect 'they' can not tell YOU who or what YOU are. Be strong and in time the message will reverberate! Peace.
@@QuadriviumNumbers It doesn't matter what you identify as because it's the society that labels you. Also you not identifying as black means that you are just brushing the issue under the carpet.
It makes me laugh when these “black” people come from outside the United States (Latin America, Britain…) and take rolls that were written for a black American. And when they became successful they don’t want to be known as black anymore. The black race has been put down so much that they don’t want to be a part of that.
I always liked this man's acting, and it's nice to know he's a strong moral character. Although I'm vehemently against race swapping characters, when people were talking about race swapping James Bond, i immediately thought about Mr. Elba and thought "...okay maybe just this one time" lol
This is what Martin Luther King Jr. was saying the whole time: “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.”
He also said desegregation was the worst thing for the Negro…stop just taking part of his narrative and look at all of what he said especially right before he was murdered
What saddens me is how many people I am seeing in the comments that are now shitting on that Wonderful Mans Memory!!! And many the very people he fought so hard for... To give Black People a Voice when they had none.. And now they Piss on his grave!!! After all he has done... His words have been ignored!
@@Phoenix2312 Jussie Smollett proved that racism was in small supply, so he created a media circus to support his racism hoax. And the race baiters/hustlers climbed aboard.The rest is history.
@@mikewayne6608 Much as I like your comment, I feel Jussie Smollett is a bad example... As he did what he did for "Personal and Professional Gain"... ... The fact it crossed over in to a Faked Race Crime means little... None the less, you are right that people did leap to his side to help him as "See! Racism!!!" Smollett wanted to be a Professional Victim and secure a massive hit for his career! It was pure selfish Greed...
I completely agree. The best way to combat racism is to just be decent to everyone, don't treat a conversation as special because it's with a black, white, hispanic, or Asian person. Just have the conversation as two people
That's too simplistic and boils it down to individuals, but the 'woke' issue is bigger than the individual - it's a massive syndicate, a well-funded conglomerate. I don't fundamentally disagree with what you said on a strictly person-by-person basis, but that is not the broader issue. It ignores the role of the cartels that force this nonsense on an unwilling populace. The real way to 'combat racism' involves a more pragmatic approach: Destroy the institutions, the lobbies, the corporate cartels that are forcing this ideological subservience on a populace that by and large despises it.
@@reesereserved I suspect you misinterpreted my meaning - if you read that as a liberal tirade against 'white privilege' and all that jibba jabba, you misread. I didn't put 'combat racism' in apostrophes for nothing. I'm talking about the racebaiting racket. The BLMs, the quotas, the 'sensitivity training', the indoctrination centres in schools under the pretense of 'raising awareness' Simply being nice to individuals won't fix this, the racebaiting racket itself needs to be put down. Being nice won't stop the rainbow cartel's massive PR machine, mandatory 'racism training', crippling quotas, regulations enforced by the likes of the IRS and FCC, etc.
@@reesereserved I suspect you misinterpreted my meaning - if you read that as a liberal tirade against 'white privilege' and all that jibba jabba, you misread. I didn't put 'combat racism' in apostrophes for nothing.
Thank you Amala! As a person who is of the People of 1st Nations, and of the peoples of the European Nations, I wholeheartedly and happily agree!🙋🏻♀️😃 Keep speakin the truth sista!❤
This is so true! I am a woman, I am a child of God, I am a wife, I am a mom, I am a singer/songwriter, I am an entrepreneur. The color of my skin does not define who I am!❤❤❤❤
You are right. The youth is being poisoned with reverse racism which is being pushed by certain groups. I can’t believe the hate that I’m seeing on television and in my neighborhood among young black people and of course not all are falling for the negative hype. They are entering stores being rude to customers, stealing like it’s o.k.I see it more and more to the point our stores and restaurants are moving out.
You are very tiny minority in your community There is this mixed race guy who is quite white was seen in a video abusing some Indian guy who is quite black When Indian guy called him racist for bullying him and his race and culture that mixed race trash says he is black and he can't be racist at that moment I got it that all those BLM goons are criminals and rioting for some criminal died high on meth name floyd
@@titan8770 Well, using your logic, if African tribes enslaved and sold each other, where did the cycle start? To answer your question, the original victimizer, who was other black African tribes, who sold each other in the slave trade. You're conveniently ignoring the parts of history that don't support you victim mentality. Also, who freed the slaves in America? Why is there still slavery in Africa, but not in America?
@@isaiahprater8325 definitie 'whites'.. maybe add the word jwish...Venetian black nobility.... realise Who did what to WHOM. The Venetians are in control.. they enslaved Europeans and africans (also among them the True nation of Israel) for 1400 years with their Ottoman and arabic buddy's... o yes your enemies are 'the' whites, right... dailymotion black nobility guep. Investigate...
My son asked me why a little boy in his class had brown skin. I explained the variety of colours people come in. To explain why that means nothing I asked him if I put a cheese sandwich in a white paper bag would it be a cheese sandwich? Yes. I asked him if I put the cheese sandwich in a brown paper bag would it still be a cheese sandwich ? Yes. Both sons understood that someone’s skin is just the colour bag we come in and we are all cheese sandwiches inside. Love to all cheese sandwiches everywhere 💜🦋
These idiots are to simple minded to see it. The problem is they are thought to be black and proud , White people are taught to not be white and proud bc it’s racist. Instead of realizing there are multiple races and we are all ”modern” humans. How many block people hate Asians to bud that’s diff cuz their black and they can’t be racist…. According to some them anyways lol. And now not seeing color is racist. But we’re not colored so they can not see us and treat us poorly and that’s fine cuz racismz y’all.
I'm glad to see Elba following Denzel Washington's example and rejecting label. What makes Washington so appealing is the fact he see himself as someone who transcends the notion race to make his body of work speak itself as oppose to race. This is how all black actors should seem themselves.
That's nice, but let's remember Denzel didn't win an Oscar until he played a crooked black police officer who exploited his own people. We can say whatever you want. These guys are entertainers, and that's exactly what they're paid to do. Nothing more. The higher ups are going to place them in those roles, and they'll accept them. LeBron was told to shut up and dribble. A slave CAN FEEL free, but that doesn't make him free.
@@matthewmurdock872 He won an Oscar for Glory three years before that. He also stated, he was glad Pacino won against Malcom X, because Denzel already had an Oscar, and Pacino had been passed over for 2 decades. Your attempt to make something racial out of it is ridiculous. You don't have your facts straight, and you're actually going against Denzel's opinion, trying to defend him as some sort of victim. I'm guessing I know how you view the world by this ignorant comment. Denzel = real man You = wannabe victim Washington is aware that the Oscars are all about timing, like when he was nominated for Spike Lee‘s Malcolm X and Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman, he understood it at the time. “It’s because Pacino should have won a bunch in the ’70s,” Washington says, referring to his performances in films such as The Godfather and Dog Day Afternoon. “That was his eighth nomination. How could Pacino get eight nominations and not win?” 'Often people try and read too much into these things. Someone asked me, “Oh, do you think it’s racism that you didn’t win the Oscar for Malcolm X?” I said, “Well, I voted for Al Pacino. He was nominated 8 times and hadn’t won. I was nominated 3 times and I had already won.” Do you think they’re prejudiced against Italian-Americans? For whatever reason he hadn’t won, but then he did. Are there prejudices? Yeah. On both sides; on all sides. That’s human nature. Is that the only reason? No, I don’t believe that. I’m living proof that it’s not true.' "The opposite is true. There have been times when I didn't want to win. When Pacino won for 'Scent of a Woman', I was up for 'Malcolm X.' I didn't want to win that time. I would have felt badly. It was Pacino's time. If he hadn't won that one he would have been 0 for 8. I was already 1 for 2 or something. When he won, was 1 for 3, batting .333. I was OK with that."
@ODIN IITWI I'm not reading all of that $#!+. I'm not saying he's a victim. I'm saying he's an entertainer, and entertainers are paid to do just that. No one is interested in their opinion on social issues. Regardless of how they feel, they will play the roles they're offered by the higher ups who are NOT black. Who see them as they ARE, not what they refuse to accept they are labeled. Idris Elba can disavow the being called a "black actor," but that's what he is. Cognitive Dissonance will never change race or racism.
@@matthewmurdock872 his first Oscar win was in Glory as Private Trip and that scene when he was disciplined for leaving the camp for shoes with one tear flowing in his eye while looking at Matthew Broderick hard in his eyes was unforgettable
I'm a huge Idris Elba fan and it was never because he's Black it's because he is a great actor!! I never understood why we Judge people by such an arbitrary genetic trait as a defense mechanisms designed to help us survive in hot or cold environments 10,000 years ago... It's just stupid.
I’ve been done calling myself a black man because “black man ,”is a persona, and or programming we went by for generations. We have to be aware of each other. The whole point of the balance is to work together. Im allowing myself to be myself without color which is only a difference in our appearance.
He doesn't have to call himself a BLACK ACTOR, HOLLYWOOD and society will show him he's BLACK be it actor or not, because everywhere he goes he's still BLACK.
No, I disagree. The *CONSTANT* talking about it is what keeps it alive! What can possibly be said that hasn't been said a zillion times before! Every time someone brings it up, wants to talk about it, they're just bringing it back to the forefront of everyone's minds and conversations...AGAIN! Have you ever heard the old expression, "Let sleeping dogs lie." It means that once you wake him, you have to deal with all the b.s. again! It's the same reason why they say never wake a sleeping baby, because once you do, your time is not your own! The baby takes over every aspect of your life. It gets all-consuming. Look, I'm not nieve enough to think that by not talking about it, we can erraticate it. Racism is evil, and evil spreads like a cancer. But do we have to keep putting fuel on the already blazing fire??? One day, that's all I'm asking. Can we please just try it for 1 day?! We have to do something different. We have to start somewhere! It's obvious that how we have been handling it until now isn't helping.
Believe me, he is right. Successful black people understand 100% what he means. Discuss and fight racism, but at the same time don’t allow it to be a mental barrier to your progress and confidence. Allow yourself to Live and act as a man equal to anyone else.
While working at my job 15 yrs ago I remember being at the office and two coworkers working talking about racism in our country. They were both black I’m Hispanic. It anger me so much I told them the more they feed the monster the more it will grow. One stood quietly while the other ask me why? I told him stop talking about it so much so it would just go away because it’s a conversation no one cares to talk about making you boring and others would change the topic to a more interesting talk. He said the only way it will go away is by talking about it. I told him I was raised as a child playing outside with blacks and Hispanics and never saw color until I heard adults talk the same bull sh$t as they are and it was now opening my eyes as to how much whining black folks do for something they themselves want to keep alive!
I’ve felt this way since I was a kid. My dad insisted I choose my black or Asian side, I told him I’m American 😂. My sister told her son he’s black and he corrected her and told her his name. We know exactly who we are. It’s society that insists on telling us otherwise.
When you look at such an AMAZINGLY TALENTED, UNIQUE PERSON like Morgan Freeman, how can you even consider his race? All you see is talent and BRILLIANCE!!!!
I do believe constantly telling myself I’m black or others putting me in a black box is hindering. I love my skin and love our people but let’s stop this limited idea of what being black is we’re HUMAN BEINGS
Welll why do asian have every missile pointed at almost every white nation and keep sating yall not gonna do us like tall did the vlack lmaoooo . I giess the only race of people with the brains are the adian while the negro imitates his oppress
Black/Mexican here When this comes up I always have my first thought be. -most black people that have this opinion are well-off or late into their career. While I do agree to an extent, It’d sound better coming from someone not on top of the mountain. We all know the rich that are any race besides white are basically treated like white people in general by society. Lol sometimes some are treated even better. But just not talking about it, isn’t going to rectify anything. IMO great utopian idea; just really hard to put into practice
AMEN!! Just today my 14 yr daughter said there is a new kid in her school and she seems nice. I said that’s cool, did you make her feel welcome? Where did she move from? My daughter said she tried to be welcoming and asked her where she was from cause she thought she moved from a different town or state. The new girl said she transferred schools because of racism and be called the N word. It’s so sad that this is still going on in this day and age of inclusion and diversity. I am of mixed races and I am so proud of how my daughter speaks about people… “a new girl started today”.
We are more than the colour of our skin. Sometimes too much emphasis on it can limit how far we can go and how much we can do beyond race.
Exactly. The color of our skin is literally meaningless, just adaptations of where we lived. Africa you needed more melanin, Europe I’d assume without that hot sun and with cold winters that we didn’t need to have the extra melanin, in america the native Americans are probably a mix of Europe and Africa, as in they needed some protection from the summer suns but not as strong as Africa.. Asia I can’t remark on cause I don’t know their weather
Well Saif. He's just an actor who happens to be black. His skin color means nothing
Exactly, the more prefixes you use, the less valuable it becomes, imagine being called the first Indian, Jewish, lesbian millennial who was brought up in aus... who went to space or the Olympics. FFS YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT/ OLYMPIAD (possibly a medal winner), isn't that enough of an achievement, its bloody amazing & deserves recognition. I'd much rather be counted amongst a group of elites, than in a specialised category of my own to make me feel better when I've done the same thing (sort of rather be a small fish in a big pond than a big fish in a small pond, ie the bench player at a top club). If its a disability that literally hinders achieving the task, making it harder for you than most, like say you're an amputee & become a race car driver, then that's different, but mentioning things that are pointless is a waste. It's all this divisive news agenda
@@taytmw18 that's good while point, at certain times it matters, like him ahimg mandela, you couldn't have an Chinese man play that, but usual appearance won't matter. Size is the most common factor for action movies
Real
Two very wise men.
I'm gonna ask you yo stop calling him a wise man....no joke tho, ain't it funny that both Idris and Morgan played characters in movies that were specifically mentioned as being Caucasian in the (Stephen King) book
@@razorx8270 And??
@@razorx8270there's even more films where white ppl have played POC characters
@@razorx8270 I agree being placed in a “box” as an actor because of race is RARE. While actors being placed in a box because of the roles they accept is common.
@@Iaintwoke coincidence
Two handsome men with common sense.
If only others followed suit but they ENJOY the benefits playing the victim gives them
But we can't ignore racial violence against minorities. That's not a mindset issue
Can none black people play victim? Just curious 😊
@@seancompton5393 It's not playing victim
Idris Elba is hot af, Morgan Freeman is a creep.
Whatever he calls himself I call him very attractive.
I love Idris and Morgan Freeman because they're legit humans.
Ignoring racial issues makes them “legit human”?
@@trey9775 This!
...see how white people feel so entitled...They get to legitmize other people humanity...
@@youngeast5309 🎯
Black people are legit humans
People decided to do the opposite of what Morgan Freeman said and look where it got us.
😂😂😂
@@cajunfire6290Why is that funny?
You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge. Not talking about racism won’t make it disappear.
@@greenlight8819 the main reason racism exists, is because of blaxxx
@@greenlight8819 but what if the thing you are trying to change is the aknowledgment of race itself? Racism, in a way, is paying too much attention to someone's race. If that's the case, then not mentioning race at all would probably remove it from people's thoughts to some degree.
I know that I didn't notice people's races at all growing up, because nobody around me mentioned it, but nowadays it's almost impossible not to because of how much people point it out.
One of the most damaging terms in recent years, is the term African American. I consider it to be highly racist. I'm of Irish descent, am I an Irish American, no, I am just American.
When you single out certain aspects, such as skin color, it's a racist act.
I'm not from the US but i find that term really racist too! I'm from Brazil and there are alot of Black people in my country and I hardly see the term "afro-brazilian" being used. We've always said "black" and thats it. Also it seems that the US is way more obsessed with race and putting people in boxes than the rest of the world. Don't get me wrong, of course your race can be an important part of your cultural identity anywhere and of course there is racism in Brazil. But the way americans treat it is just sooo different than what I see in my reality
If you were born in America you are an American. There should be nothing that comes before it. I don't go around calling myself a German American!
The problem is: the same people that have a problem with the term "African American" have an issue with blacks or Asians or whatever calling themselves American.
Raven said the same thing
She is just American
@@ClaraPNAraujo oh you have no idea brother. Race and sexuality are like the most talked about things in most parts of this country. Especially in the mainstream cities like LA and NYC. People are obsessed with diversity in this country. Now diversity obviously isn’t a bad thing. I myself support it. But getting benefits like a job offer or an acceptance to a really good school just because of your race and sexuality and beliefs is just ridiculous.
Girlfriend, thank you.
I was born, raised and have returned to my grandmothers home here in Gardena CA, and we have every ethnic variety imaginable.
We have the largest Japanese population in the nation here. The cities that boarder Gardena are Compton, Carson, Torrance and Inglewood. We DO NOT have a racism issue here. We are all human beings here who live harmoniously. Morgan is spot on and so are you sister.
Nobody can give two s**ts about skin color here. We’re all family ❤
I’m right here in Compton! Let me go ‘head and subscribe!! Cuz you right. I’m black and I’m at my Mexican man’s house right now!! We get along because we love to laugh, eat, and watch good movies. Very human stuff. Lol. Bless you!
@@WowJustWow37 ♥️ hey sister!!!! My soul sister lives in Carson and she’s married to an amazing Mexican man and yea girl we all love the same things!!! Gotta love the South Bay right?!? Sending you and yours big hugs and sooooo much love ❤️ cuz that how we rock it here in the hood ♥️🤗♥️ subbing to your site now 💋
The END GAME is REPARATIONS and that will NEVER HAPPEN!!! It is disgusting to think that some blacks are so brainwashed as to think it will. Throw away your programming devices!! I'm in a mixed family... that f*cked up victim mindset is killing our CHILDREN!! 💯
Why are you lying to yourself and the people.
@@WowJustWow37 So you are saying, there are no racist people living in your community. Yeah, right, you sound like a true house person living in a dream world
I'm black, I'm happy to be a black man, but I don't need to always identify with the prefix Black in every subject.
When you say you’re a black man what does that mean?
@@homodeus8713 I'm gonna venture a guess and say that it means he is a man with "black" skin.
Yooo R a disgrace.
@@homodeus8713 Metaphysical Queen 👸🏾 ✨️
@@alexanderhanksx Wrong!!
Yet people were mad at Raven Symone for saying "I'm not an African-American, I'm an American". I understand EXACTLY what she meant
Raven Symone is an idiot.
@@kfkstuart elaborate
@@billyjohn7846 no need she is an absolute idiot. She made a statement that puts her in another category.
Of course African American is a stupid term, should only apply to people living in America but born in Africa, like Elon Musk or Charlize Theron. Americans that happen to be black are just Americans, it's like using bald-American for any American that happens to be bald, crazy.
@@kfkstuart explain why
My grandmother who came from a tin roof shack. Running off the front door barefoot and only wearing shoes for fall and winter. Told me this:
"There are two kinds of people in this world. Good people and assholes. And the term assholes covers all races, religions, creed and color. We can all live without the assholes." Grandma Howard
Your grandma is full off shit. White people are the only ones keeping racism alive.
Now, that is what my 104 year old mom told me.
I tell people that all the time. Every single time I’m asked, “how can we get rid of or deviate away from racism?” I tell them , “stop talking about it. Don’t pass it down to your younger generation. Eventually everyone will focus on the individual based off actions. Not skin color.”
He doesn’t need to be an ‘oppressed black actor.’ He’s just awesome
No. He's older an his roles are drying up. He needs the phone to keep ringing. You folks love backward talking token negros who do not wish to hold whites accountable for anything.
Exactly
His phrase reminds me of when Jackie Chan once said:"I don't want to be the second Bruce Lee, I want to be the first Jackie Chan". It angers me when people label the others by traits or comparisons instead of who they really are.
@@lucasoreidopunho3556 you know what Jackie Chan didn’t say? He never said he wasn’t Asian. Jackie Chan never denied his ethnicity.
He doesn't need to be oppressed because he's a rich actor. Well done to him for that. But for the rest of us, even if we don't make race the first issue in our lives, that just isn't going to work.
Color isn't identity, it's appearance. Thats all. We need to stop treating race like it has anything to do with the core person it's being associated with
Well, if you’re feeling blue it is.
@@johnwise4341 haha…cute!
that's probably one of the whitest things i've heard in a while.
well ye, I think that's the problem silly
@@asshole94 how can that be? (Black person asking). I dont want my color to be the center of my life, its like being racist to my self, if that make sense.
It comes from the film, look who’s coming to dinner, 60’s film with Sydney Poitier, when he is arguing with his farther and he says to his father “you see yourself as a black man, I just see myself as a man” wow ❤
Ehm Little Mermaid?
I remember that I saw an interview in Africa where they asked people if they considered black Americans black Africans and all the respondents said no because they were not born in Africa...
Denzel, Idris, Morgan- three wise and genuine guys
And Octavia Spencer representing the women! ❤️
I'm not so sure, sadly Idris spoke at the world economic forum globalist meeting
Literally what I just thought!
@@GoodtoGaia and Angela Bassett!
Ehhhh, sorry. You can't put Denzel in that boat. Years ago he out right said he would never take a role where he would kiss a white women. And he's stuck to that. I get that his point was in defense of black actresses, but that's still part of the point. It's counter active to what Morgan and Idris mean.
I never used to think about the colour of someone's skin before society started talking about it. We've wasted an opportunity to develop a truly inclusive society, and skin colour is now just used as a weapon to silence discussion. Such a shame.
THIS!!!
For sure. And people will say 'only white people are privileged enough to experience this' but that's not true. As a young Asian child I never thought about race.
@@yin-yi5189 “as a child” so, once upon a time. Clearly that has changed, no?
@@greenlight8819 I'm 17... I said when I was a young child. Also why WOULD it change? We've progressed as a society in terms of racism. Though gone backwards in targetting other groups. What changed is my access to the internet. My point is we don't naturally think of race that way and we shouldn't, it creates division.
@@yin-yi5189 All due respect, that depends on how we define “progress”, and how it is being measured. And truth by nature is divisive. You have no problem labeling those who emphasize racial identity as “divisive”, no?
Many people don't talk about it, but act on their racism.
Indeed.
Men like Idris Elba and Denzel Washington make me forget they are black. Many other black men won't let me forget it
And? You can't stop ignorance, don't talk about it, don't elevate it. It blows my mind that growing up in Brooklyn New York through the 90's and early 2000's nobody cared about race, we all hung out, no one based anything on race, we all had the best time of our lives together and then the race grifters entered the chat and turned everything into race wars. Racism always existed and always will, the people that that practice racism are also known as a$$holes, don't associate your self with them and carry on.
This is one of the reasons why I loved my grandmother so much-she taught me to be this way, and to think like this when I was a little boy-a little 99% European + 1% Senegalese boy.
She died way back in March 1987, but I still think of her often and miss her very much.❤
Undoubtedly, you are not black
@@donaldnewman5836 According to 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and MyHeritage DNA tests that I have had done-I have 1% African DNA, specifically Senegalese (MyHeritage also shows Gambia). My grandmother knew we had slave ancestors. So, that would mean you’re an asshole.
Corporations has to stop asking for your race on applications. This will help🤷🏽♀️
Yessss
Cause them white need to know how many blacks they have to face.
Why is that a thing in the United States? I have never seen it in my country.
I get why they do; Bec minorities have been so under hired. But again.. in order for change to began ~ corps have to start taking changes on a recruits individual merits rather than trying to go by their race.
Its time to start demanding it stops. You aren’t legally obligated to even answer that question. The only legitimate questions on job applications (besides basic info) should be your citizen status, education and work experience. Race and or ethnicity should never be a determination to get hired. Its time people demand those type of questions get abolished.
Avery Brooks, "I'm not 'the first black captain,' I'm a captain who happens to be black."
Bless you, can we get a button on this thing that says "look here" I have some goofball calling me a racist...etc. and I'm too lazy/don't care to reply to every one
Yes, but if all captains have been of another race. Then whether you want to be the first or not, you technically are.
However this quote reminds me of Ernie Hudson from the classic film Congo “I'm your great white hunter for this trip, though I happen to be black.”
Right?!
@@sarahp.3772 Except there were other black captains through out the franchise. Even black admirals.
The only time race should be an issue, is when there's a MEDICAL necessity...that's the ONLY time that it should even be discussed or considered.
You are so awesome and it is nice to see such a wonderful take on society. May your light of wisdom, grace and beauty continue to shine and grow
How about we go a step further and call everyone from America Americans.
Exactly! That's how the rest of the world labels us. It makes sense🤷🏽♀️
He isn't American though oncea again simple whites think blacks in America are the one having racial issues
He is not American tho 😂
You just took the words out of my mouth. Legacy people of color in the US are neither ‘black’ nor ‘African’, we are American, with multiple ethnicities ( as is most of the world).
Honestly, I haven’t heard many Brits of color (born and raised in the UK) refer to themselves as ‘black’ Brits; it’s normally British, or, if born elsewhere, the place that they were born in (Ghana, Nigerian…etc), then British. Not saying prejudice is not a problem in the UK, but, it seems very different than in the US.
Good for Idris, I wish it spreads to the US.
@@albertcharles198 maybe that’s his point he’s British or something not black lol
Rich privileged people: Just ignore racism LMAO
Us that have experience: Yeah.... sure. *Proceeds to get called slurs, receive complaints by prejudice people, have a weapon pulled on us, have the police called on us by Karens...* Sure I'll ignore it.
I'm fine with being recognized as a black man. I indeed am a black man. Fact
He’s an actor who is black. Saying he’s a black actor does confine him into a box. He’s 100% correct.
Lol but it’s a fact that he’s a black actor… lol that’s just his feelings towards it…
@@banditman1986well ya but does tom cruise call him self a white actor
@@kellyroyal9579 idk what he calls himself. But If he did then there wouldn’t be an issue
@@banditman1986 i mean thier might be he would probably be labeled racist for say hes a white actor
@@kellyroyal9579 that would be asinine….because he is
“I don’t want to be the first black man to do X, I want to be the first Idris to do it” I love this. Individualism > collectivism
Individualism is relinquishing family. Theirs no power in one’s self we all should have the ability to be self reliant but not having to be because we’re in society. Our society economy functions because we all participate. The black community had been weakened since segregation Ended due to self hate mostly. The more we come together the more racism wouldn’t be a problem if our goal is assimilation we’re always going to fall short and never turkey belong. Black ppl are lost because you sacrificed our own community to become apart of someone’s that let us know the don’t like us very must at best and want us dead at worst. We’ll never get ahead when asking for hand out from another community instead creating our own. They only can give us what’s left over or they’ll suffer. We’ll always be disappointed expecting the white mans to be completely selfless and at time godlike to the point they punish themselve in order to save or help us. It’s ridiculous. The facts are we have freedom and equality but when it’s applied thru ppl prejudice and by inserting gonna come in to play if you want to get closer to that equality and freedom you have to have your own thing. We have to separate and create our own thing but with our freedom and equality we can move in each others spaces and have mixing spaces but every group of people need to have their own thing that way no one feels trampled upon and everyone has their safe space. If we don’t have that people are going to feel erasure. In Black people will never have self-esteem trying to achieve and succeed in white places in realms we need to have her own spaces or we could achieve just like men and women are still people but we’re different.
@@kimwhatmatters4085 Wtf!? Smh… make it make sense…. Just saying, cause it DON’T
@@kimwhatmatters4085Wich people elect Obama if you didn't have much black people to elect him?
@@rahdiarobinson9557just say you are too stupid to understand
You will not able to survive alone. Humans are social creatures, don't fool yourself.
I love this lady she is "sensible"!
I must point out that many activists in my age group (I am now 60) stopped referring to people by their race decades ago. Unless it served a purpose.
I grew up in rural Berkshire. I knew there were people from other countries living here but didn't really know the extent. When I moved to London I really started to learn about different people, their cultures, foods and ways of life. My main epiphany was realising that it is not our differences that can cause problems but our similarities.
Thank you I've been saying this for years, a label can also be a target, so just be a person
Morgan Freeman points out the simplicity of it and yet we’re too stupid to apply that. 🤦♂️
Morgan can do anything he wants to.
He has enough money, to by pass racism.
His fame and prestige affords him not having to have conversations on Racism.
That man married his step granddaughter we dont pay him any mind
@luismarin3551 well said!
Looking to stars for anything moral is stupid full stop ,I like him as an actor,but if your brought and paid for you say what you Master tells you,he also told us to get vax, I mean really whats next,we dont see colour ffs
@@queenshebatc that’s why he wants us to stop talking about it 😂
Can this man be any cooler? More people like him please
He is also a Dj , does some great sets, this guy is a role model
he went to a wef forum to discuss climate change....
@@togucvinw7 he is an amazing dj and powerful actor! I got lucky to see him perform with my bestie and the line into his tent was sooooo long we worried we would never make it in, but someone working security took pity on us lol. amazing music and good vibes all around
I would love him as the next James Bond. He's British and oozes the Bond vibe.
@@FM-dm8xj 🤢 🤮
I love Idris Elba, he is such a force for good. He is also a great actor. Good for him for standing up for something that is so positive. God bless you all.
Truly one of my favorite actors!
Identifying someone's race is not the problem, treating someone differently because of their race is. Our differences in race is what makes Humanity beautiful.
But it's definitely the start of different treatment
@@blackqueen5201 Why does someone's race make you treat them differently?
@@FemNate not me but ppl that feel the need to say a black man instead of a man or black American instead of American
@@blackqueen5201the only people we see centering out color are black people. Pakistani people don't, chinese people don't, ect. The only roadblock in a black person's way is themselves and their victimhood.
@@missmew3499 damn lie America started that shit please don't be foolish
My mom made me watch "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" when I was a teen. There's a conversation between a man and his father. He says to his dad, "You think of yourself as a black man. I think of myself as a man."
It always stood with me.
I remember a line from a Marvel Comic series called Secret War back in the mid 1980s. Anyways at the time Tony Stark was not Iron Man due to his battle with alcohol. So his best friend James Rhodes took over the role of Iron Man he went on the become War Machine. James Rhodes was an african american character but anyway long story short during the storyline Rhodes' armour gets damaged and Reed Richards helps out to repair one of the arms. Richards and Rhodes have a conversation that I thought was quite powerful at the time and even moreso today. Rhodes asks Richards was he expecting a black guy under the armour Richards simply said that he never gave the colour of skin any thought about the identity of Iron Man he said that he knew there was a man inside the Iron Man suit. And that statement has stuck in my mind in headever since, relevant then and now.
@@oldgordo61Even the men of his time constantly acknowledged race. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were just stellar men who fought for Equality in their comic books so the narrative of assumed humanity was a thing.
Question: could a black person/s create an equally successful comic book at the same time as Lee & Kirby?
@@TheoCynical Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did address the issue of equality and race to a certain extent the Civil Rights movement they didn't go stupidly woke about it. They were introducing ORIGINAL black characters such as Powerman/Luke Cage T'Challa/Black Panther and Falcon/Sam Wilson not some rip off black or female version of Reed Richards or Peter Parker . As for black creators sure they faced roadblocks that said there was not a lot of black comic book creators at the time as there is likely is now. Eric D July is an independent comic book creator who is niether affiliated with niether Marvel nor DC and he seems to be doing pretty good for himself....Same for ice hockey there are several players who are black or malutto who are currently in the NHL as the majority of african americans/canadians are more interested in basketball or football. I also know while there a lot comic books fans who are of african or non european descent but it appears to me that black comic book fans seem to prefer japanese manga/animie over Marvel or C but I could be wrong.
You can't ignore the fact of different races so we shouldn't just stop talking about it but rather be respectful when discussing it.
Idris Elba is a straight-up great human being and he's a damn good actor I'd like to buy him a drink not a Budweiser either
When Sidney Poitier did Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner when he has a discussion and argues with his father he simply put “ You call yourself a black man, I see myself as a man”. That’s how I’ve seen it since. We are just humans on a planet in a huge galaxy.
Glad someone brought that scene up. A very empowering moment during a time where racism WAS actually part of the norm.
Nope not at all!!
Deuteronomy 32:8
“When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.”
Deuteronomy 32:9
“For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”
Leviticus 20:26
“And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.”
Key words “divided” “separate” and “severed”
We are meant to live amongst our own period.
Birds 🦅 do it! bees do it! lions don’t chill with chimps and flamingoes don’t hang with orang-utans!! Smh
Yeah but the system does not see it that way that's why white people are easier to control.
This. ❤❤❤
That's good , but that was T. V. Please stop making T. V. as reality remember T.V. is scripted!
no one can ever end racism in anyone other than only themselves.
Good point.
😂😂😂
The Democratic race industry won't let it go.
Dont care about Idris or Morgan, but that talking black girl is absolutely beautiful
Finally someone in Hollywood who isn’t completely insane 😄
He isn't the 1st, but he is in a small group. Much too small.
“We should stop talking about racism”. I used to disagree with this because I didn’t think it was possible, but now I couldn’t agree more.
People are what they speak and your words have power. People can speak it into existence and make enemies out of friends.
When it doesn't matter, you don't mention it.
Yes. Stop talking about it. But I don’t agree with his statement of stop calling a guy black or white person. Imo, thats denying one’s identity. That’s just what we see. There’s really nothing in it. Just as an innocent kid could make that generalization, it’s harmless. Now if an innocent kid called a black person black, there’s really nothing in it. The kid is just saying a fact based on what’s present. Now imagine if I point to a black person and called him black, there will always that negative thoughts and mentality of victim. It’s like it’s a crime to call a black person black. I always wonder this, why do they have to think like that? Is this like an American thing?
Instead of stop talking about it, why not start fixing the mentality that not everything about being black is racist? The reality is if you just erase the overused word racist/racism, you would only see a person getting offended just because you were called by your skin color. That’s it. It has nothing to do with races.
@@Swi2thMummbles interesting point
Things don't cease to exist simple because you ignore them. I can pretend there isn't a vicious lion staring me down. My thoughts can't change the reality when it lunges and bites me. Those who wish to not address real issues simply can never propose solutions.
This is exactly how it was in the 90s I clearly remember we would acknowledge that people had different complexions and skin tones from one another but that was the farthest we took it, this whole modern concept and obsession with race became very prevalent in the mid-2000s til now
Idris is the most handsome man alive and I'm straight.
Why are you gae?
People don't hire Idris Elba for his skin color. They hire him because he's gorgeous and a great actor
He's aware of the effect he has on women
Ok then why he tripping than lol
@@cerromeceo He's not tripping. He's telling people he knows he is more than a color. He is Idris.
He is beautiful!!
It’s kinda weird though, is he not ok with the fact that he’s black ? Or is it the producers who always come up to him saying “I have a great idea for a black lead in a movie”. Unless he keeps hearing it idk it’s weird because he is black. If he doesn’t want to be reminded he’s black perhaps he should make only films in Africa..
I grew up in the 80s and we were taught then that "your skin color didn't matter." It's 180 degrees the other way now--EVERYTHING is about your color. You don't fight/end racism by constantly focusing on race. You fight it by realizing that your "race" is not important.
It’s literally Obama’s fault
Its been about skin color malcomx x king etc what the yell do u think they dead for white did want you talk8ng about skin color as they passed laws to keep u trying to look like them and thonk like them meaning no black hostory lmaooo silly negro i m almost ready to have a civil war with the sell outs i mean im all most there
@@chappymoore2612 You’re missing my point, but by all means, go ahead and keep yelling. It’s working really well.
I have been saying this exact thing for awhile now. I grew up in the 80’s and we really didn’t think about it. I went to a multicultural school, had friends of all different colors/ethnic backgrounds, and loved them all! We all got along, or we didn’t, but it wasn’t about skin color, it was about personality, or character. Things are just crazy now. So very sad.😢
We can give democrat politicians credit for influencing people to seek evidence that they are a victim of any of a dozen minority statuses AND THEN the politician promises to legislate away whatever unkind treatment the self-identified victims feel (but behavior that is only hurtfully judgmental cannot be eradicated via legislation . . unless that behavior blocked a highly qualified person from being hired)
I think the bottom line about struggles in life is that plentiful variety of problems always exist, and we all are challenged to anticipate and dodge or fix those problems, but it would be helpful to humanity if we realize that the world is full of compassionate, generous and forgiving people who are somewhat overlooked because of being eclipsed by horrible behavior from maladjusted people. They are everywhere, among all cultures. We cannot rely upon news outlets to tell us about all the great things people do to help each other. The news does a fine job, in general, of helping politicians control the masses voting choices via the use of creating fear.
This is why i love morgan freeman.
You have a wise soul for such a young person.
Honestly this kind of made me want to cry. It used to be so simple. To just see each other as human.
That has never been the case
Exactly! I , as a millennial, would talk to everyone in my town & neighbors, as human beings as they would talk to me without asking if I speak English or not 😤 And, if anyone spoke a foreign, regardless of their appearance, it would be okay to everyone and no body would get mad or care.
I applaud this man 👏🏻 cuz he understands that many people DONT CARE about color &/or appearance
@Mj I'm not naive enough to think everyone is or was like that. But Morgan Freeman's comments used to be embraced, and now they're "problematic".
@Kristy Millenial here, too. Everyone has the right to an opinion. It is not "violent."
“It used to be so simple” your dumb*** is living under a rock. It has never been that simple. Pick up a history book. It would be nice if it was that simple but don’t act like that was ever the case
These are the types of people we should teach our kids to look up to. To have respect for themselves and to view themselves as equal.
The cruelest thing to teach your child is that they're a victim since birth and that them not accomplishing a task or any hardships they face is a result of them being the victim. That's not going let them grow anywhere, it just sprouts angry, frustrated and disillusioned people
The type of mentality, not people.
Best not idolize actors who, history attests, will most likely let you down at some point.
Many an actor have said the right thing at the right time, only to inevitably fall in line once whatever movie they were promoting at the time is out.
Sorry but I'm pretty sure he's w.e.f
Exactly!!!
Yes!
Do you honestly believe people have aspirations of being victims? Some people will treat others differently based on stereotypes, media depictions, anecdotes, etc. It is what it is.
Finally, we got some good people starting to stand up against all the rest!
Amen!!! This is how I have lived my life. I am a multi ethnic person who enjoys just being me. I will never put myself in a box. I would never expect anyone else to place themselves in a box.
I get a smile of empowerment every time I see that Morgan Freeman interview. God bless Irdis. We need more people to feel and say this.
Shut up
Where can I watch all of it.
Freeman is an idiot.
Yet another reason to love Idris. I wish more people had his courage, integrity and intelligence
@@briansummers843
You can’t even spell his name, or make basic sense… 🙁
@@briansummers843 he didn’t speak on this from “lack of history “, but to the point that we have to get past this whole concept of race. That shit NEVER mattered before the colonial period. Yes, we all know about the historical origins of racism, racial sciences etc. it’s a social construct is all it is.
Well that would be a critique on Hollywood creating this problem, and I don't have a problem with that, Hollywood is absolutely full of degeneration.
That being said, regardless of whether idris knew the origin of the words "black man" or not, it doesn't change the meaning of what he said
To Morgan Freeman's point "I'm gonna stop calling you a white man, and I'm gonna ask you to stop calling me a black man"...
Idris simply wants people to be remembered for their merit first and foremost before anything else, whether its by Hollywood or not.
You mean u dont here it. Intelligence stop saling yourself short people before u believe in themselves try it
Disagree.
My opinion of him has changed for the worse.
Being wealthy and famous mitigates a lot of potentially racist situations for him but the rest of us are still dealing with it on a regular basis.
I guess the next time I am followed around in a store because of my race, I'll just not talk about it and it will all just magically stop.
I just made a comment on another video about this. I grew up watching the Cosby show, the fresh prince, family matters, the Jeffersons, etc, and never once did I see them as “black tv shows” I just saw them as awesome shows that I absolutely loved and actually learned valuable life lessons from.
Don't forget My Brother and Me. That was a good one.
Morgan is so wise!
There's racism becuase people are racist. You can stop talking about it and call yourself whatever you want but if you can't get a job, or are treated differently because of racism, it doesn't go away, we just stop talking about it. The only people who can end racism are the racists. 😏
He meant everyone
How can we stop seeing ourselves as black when they keep reminding us everyday?
You can see yourself in any way that YOU see fit : ) I'm a teacher at a Conservatoire an I tell my students that I do not Identify as black. With all due respect 'they' can not tell YOU who or what YOU are. Be strong and in time the message will reverberate! Peace.
@@QuadriviumNumbers It doesn't matter what you identify as because it's the society that labels you. Also you not identifying as black means that you are just brushing the issue under the carpet.
@@QuadriviumNumbers wow that’s sad. Cause the second you mess up they going to let you know you are black
It makes me laugh when these “black” people come from outside the United States (Latin America, Britain…) and take rolls that were written for a black American. And when they became successful they don’t want to be known as black anymore. The black race has been put down so much that they don’t want to be a part of that.
I don't think she'll get that.
Wow. Go Idris..🎉🎉🏴🏴
I just call everyone "asshole." Makes life easy.
Or call them who-res. Everyone nowadays is a freaking Ahole or a who-re. Dont give a damn about your color 😂
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
It fits because everyone pretty much is... 🤷♀️
Including you,right?😊
Idris and Morgan one of the few actors that actually have braincells, smh what is wrong with the world....
Morgan Freeman said the only words we should say, "STOP talking about it." Silenced Dan Rather instantly.
My saying for years: Anti discrimination campaigns are made to create discrimination.
Same here. They’re so divisive it makes me angry.
That makes no sense.
@@noneya1238it’s not supposed to make sense. 😂😂
Incredible actor and incredible person
I always liked this man's acting, and it's nice to know he's a strong moral character. Although I'm vehemently against race swapping characters, when people were talking about race swapping James Bond, i immediately thought about Mr. Elba and thought "...okay maybe just this one time" lol
This is what Martin Luther King Jr. was saying the whole time:
“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.”
Whites killed him
He also said desegregation was the worst thing for the Negro…stop just taking part of his narrative and look at all of what he said especially right before he was murdered
What saddens me is how many people I am seeing in the comments that are now shitting on that Wonderful Mans Memory!!! And many the very people he fought so hard for... To give Black People a Voice when they had none.. And now they Piss on his grave!!!
After all he has done... His words have been ignored!
@@Phoenix2312 Jussie Smollett proved that racism was in small supply, so he created a media circus to support his racism hoax. And the race baiters/hustlers climbed aboard.The rest is history.
@@mikewayne6608 Much as I like your comment, I feel Jussie Smollett is a bad example... As he did what he did for "Personal and Professional Gain"...
... The fact it crossed over in to a Faked Race Crime means little... None the less, you are right that people did leap to his side to help him as "See! Racism!!!"
Smollett wanted to be a Professional Victim and secure a massive hit for his career! It was pure selfish Greed...
I completely agree. The best way to combat racism is to just be decent to everyone, don't treat a conversation as special because it's with a black, white, hispanic, or Asian person. Just have the conversation as two people
That's too simplistic and boils it down to individuals, but the 'woke' issue is bigger than the individual - it's a massive syndicate, a well-funded conglomerate.
I don't fundamentally disagree with what you said on a strictly person-by-person basis, but that is not the broader issue. It ignores the role of the cartels that force this nonsense on an unwilling populace.
The real way to 'combat racism' involves a more pragmatic approach: Destroy the institutions, the lobbies, the corporate cartels that are forcing this ideological subservience on a populace that by and large despises it.
@@vladivanov5500 what institutions perpetuate racism please
@@reesereserved I suspect you misinterpreted my meaning - if you read that as a liberal tirade against 'white privilege' and all that jibba jabba, you misread. I didn't put 'combat racism' in apostrophes for nothing.
I'm talking about the racebaiting racket. The BLMs, the quotas, the 'sensitivity training', the indoctrination centres in schools under the pretense of 'raising awareness'
Simply being nice to individuals won't fix this, the racebaiting racket itself needs to be put down.
Being nice won't stop the rainbow cartel's massive PR machine, mandatory 'racism training', crippling quotas, regulations enforced by the likes of the IRS and FCC, etc.
@@reesereserved TH-cam hid my reply so I'm going to try and cut it up a bit into multiple and see what gets through. Bear with me.
@@reesereserved I suspect you misinterpreted my meaning - if you read that as a liberal tirade against 'white privilege' and all that jibba jabba, you misread. I didn't put 'combat racism' in apostrophes for nothing.
I'm so glad he said that. He has always been a favorite. He is a great actor and person.
Thank you Amala!
As a person who is of the People of 1st Nations, and of the peoples of the European Nations, I wholeheartedly and happily agree!🙋🏻♀️😃
Keep speakin the truth sista!❤
This is so true! I am a woman, I am a child of God, I am a wife, I am a mom, I am a singer/songwriter, I am an entrepreneur. The color of my skin does not define who I am!❤❤❤❤
Amen!!!!!!!!!
I'm just going to call you Carol...that's it no colour
❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏God Bless
You are right. The youth is being poisoned with reverse racism which is being pushed by certain groups. I can’t believe the hate that I’m seeing on television and in my neighborhood among young black people
and of course not all are falling for the negative hype. They are entering stores being rude to customers, stealing like it’s o.k.I see it more and more to the point our stores and restaurants are moving out.
You are very tiny minority in your community
There is this mixed race guy who is quite white was seen in a video abusing some Indian guy who is quite black
When Indian guy called him racist for bullying him and his race and culture that mixed race trash says he is black and he can't be racist at that moment I got it that all those BLM goons are criminals and rioting for some criminal died high on meth name floyd
He is right. I've never heard white actors describing themselves as being a "white actor." We just refer to them as actors as we should for Idris.
Yeah.... Idris, should be allowed to play Clint Eastwood or John Wayne and Elvis. Lol🤣🤣🤣
@@jb2736 BECH WHAT THE FUC?!?!? WHAT THE FUC?!?! WDYM BY THAT?!?
Very true
@@jb2736 wut
@@moonbeeps Sure...since Idris thinks the world is colored blind, he should be able to play those characters too😅
Love is all that matters.
I totally don't understand why we changed our approach on this ... and so drastically
Idris Elba is right. We ought to look at a person beyond the color of their skin.
You think white bigots will listen? Hahahahaha real cute.
I wish it was that simple. We’d be a lot further as a human race.
I honestly think it is that simple.
@@rocketta.chique5761 then you honestly don't understand racism.
@@NA-pr3mp And you obviously want to keep it alive for victim status.
@@BRockIITWi What comes first, the victimizer or the victimized?
@@titan8770 Well, using your logic, if African tribes enslaved and sold each other, where did the cycle start?
To answer your question, the original victimizer, who was other black African tribes, who sold each other in the slave trade. You're conveniently ignoring the parts of history that don't support you victim mentality. Also, who freed the slaves in America? Why is there still slavery in Africa, but not in America?
Not only that, bit Idris Elba os a very humble and talented person. Actor, rapper, DJ, husband, father.
Idris is acting in the Dark Tower was spectacular🎉 is acting in a mountain between us but spectacular🎉 we should call him Idris the spectacular❤
We are all human. Why can't we just identify as that
Yes! And further...we are SOULS living in a body!
Because white systems don't make you check a box to get a job. Yall dumb !?
@@isaiahprater8325 definitie 'whites'.. maybe add the word jwish...Venetian black nobility.... realise Who did what to WHOM. The Venetians are in control.. they enslaved Europeans and africans (also among them the True nation of Israel) for 1400 years with their Ottoman and arabic buddy's... o yes your enemies are 'the' whites, right... dailymotion black nobility guep. Investigate...
Cause all of us aren’t humans
The problem is not that we acknowledge skin color. The problem is people judge off of skin color, that should stop
My son asked me why a little boy in his class had brown skin. I explained the variety of colours people come in. To explain why that means nothing I asked him if I put a cheese sandwich in a white paper bag would it be a cheese sandwich? Yes. I asked him if I put the cheese sandwich in a brown paper bag would it still be a cheese sandwich ? Yes. Both sons understood that someone’s skin is just the colour bag we come in and we are all cheese sandwiches inside. Love to all cheese sandwiches everywhere 💜🦋
That’s a wholesome way to explain that to your son, my respect to you fellow cheese sandwich
Nice illustration. Simple, but profound. Thanks for sharing.✌🙏
I love it. ❤
As a cheese sandwich, I agree
These idiots are to simple minded to see it. The problem is they are thought to be black and proud , White people are taught to not be white and proud bc it’s racist. Instead of realizing there are multiple races and we are all ”modern” humans. How many block people hate Asians to bud that’s diff cuz their black and they can’t be racist…. According to some them anyways lol. And now not seeing color is racist. But we’re not colored so they can not see us and treat us poorly and that’s fine cuz racismz y’all.
OMG!!! YES!!!!! Thats the point!! Perfectly said!!! Bravo, Idris and Morgan!!
This generation what happened to I'm black and I'm proud
I'm glad to see Elba following Denzel Washington's example and rejecting label. What makes Washington so appealing is the fact he see himself as someone who transcends the notion race to make his body of work speak itself as oppose to race. This is how all black actors should seem themselves.
That's nice, but let's remember Denzel didn't win an Oscar until he played a crooked black police officer who exploited his own people. We can say whatever you want. These guys are entertainers, and that's exactly what they're paid to do. Nothing more. The higher ups are going to place them in those roles, and they'll accept them. LeBron was told to shut up and dribble. A slave CAN FEEL free, but that doesn't make him free.
@@matthewmurdock872 He won an Oscar for Glory three years before that. He also stated, he was glad Pacino won against Malcom X, because Denzel already had an Oscar, and Pacino had been passed over for 2 decades. Your attempt to make something racial out of it is ridiculous. You don't have your facts straight, and you're actually going against Denzel's opinion, trying to defend him as some sort of victim. I'm guessing I know how you view the world by this ignorant comment.
Denzel = real man
You = wannabe victim
Washington is aware that the Oscars are all about timing, like when he was nominated for Spike Lee‘s Malcolm X and Al Pacino won for Scent of a Woman, he understood it at the time. “It’s because Pacino should have won a bunch in the ’70s,” Washington says, referring to his performances in films such as The Godfather and Dog Day Afternoon. “That was his eighth nomination. How could Pacino get eight nominations and not win?”
'Often people try and read too much into these things.
Someone asked me, “Oh, do you think it’s racism that you didn’t win the Oscar for Malcolm X?” I said, “Well, I voted for Al Pacino. He was nominated 8 times and hadn’t won. I was nominated 3 times and I had already won.” Do you think they’re prejudiced against Italian-Americans? For whatever reason he hadn’t won, but then he did. Are there prejudices? Yeah. On both sides; on all sides. That’s human nature. Is that the only reason? No, I don’t believe that. I’m living proof that it’s not true.'
"The opposite is true. There have been times when I didn't want to win. When Pacino won for 'Scent of a Woman', I was up for 'Malcolm X.' I didn't want to win that time. I would have felt badly. It was Pacino's time. If he hadn't won that one he would have been 0 for 8. I was already 1 for 2 or something. When he won, was 1 for 3, batting .333. I was OK with that."
@ODIN IITWI I'm not reading all of that $#!+. I'm not saying he's a victim. I'm saying he's an entertainer, and entertainers are paid to do just that. No one is interested in their opinion on social issues. Regardless of how they feel, they will play the roles they're offered by the higher ups who are NOT black. Who see them as they ARE, not what they refuse to accept they are labeled. Idris Elba can disavow the being called a "black actor," but that's what he is. Cognitive Dissonance will never change race or racism.
@@matthewmurdock872lmao this idiot compared million dollar NBA players to slavery. Okay I'm done today haha.
@@matthewmurdock872 his first Oscar win was in Glory as Private Trip and that scene when he was disciplined for leaving the camp for shoes with one tear flowing in his eye while looking at Matthew Broderick hard in his eyes was unforgettable
I'm a huge Idris Elba fan and it was never because he's Black it's because he is a great actor!! I never understood why we Judge people by such an arbitrary genetic trait as a defense mechanisms designed to help us survive in hot or cold environments 10,000 years ago... It's just stupid.
And that's why Morgan Freeman played God, cause...
WOW
he is a force of justice and love.
I'm not crying your 😭.
✊🙏🤗
I’ve been done calling myself a black man because “black man ,”is a persona, and or programming we went by for generations.
We have to be aware of each other.
The whole point of the balance is to work together.
Im allowing myself to be myself without color which is only a difference in our appearance.
He doesn't have to call himself a BLACK ACTOR, HOLLYWOOD and society will show him he's BLACK be it actor or not, because everywhere he goes he's still BLACK.
It doesn't matter! It shouldn't be your identity. It shouldn't be your prefix everywhere you go or in everything you do. He's black and he's an actor!
@@VoguishMis
You're right it shouldn't matter, but unfortunately it does👌
Definitely agree!! No way around it. This country was built on the ideology of race.
Idris was BLACK before he knew he was BLACK 🤣
Well said
You don't get rid of racism by not talking about it you get rid of racism by not acting and believing in it
you wise pass Morgan Freeman now
boss
No, I disagree. The *CONSTANT* talking about it is what keeps it alive! What can possibly be said that hasn't been said a zillion times before! Every time someone brings it up, wants to talk about it, they're just bringing it back to the forefront of everyone's minds and conversations...AGAIN! Have you ever heard the old expression, "Let sleeping dogs lie." It means that once you wake him, you have to deal with all the b.s. again! It's the same reason why they say never wake a sleeping baby, because once you do, your time is not your own! The baby takes over every aspect of your life. It gets all-consuming.
Look, I'm not nieve enough to think that by not talking about it, we can erraticate it. Racism is evil, and evil spreads like a cancer. But do we have to keep putting fuel on the already blazing fire??? One day, that's all I'm asking. Can we please just try it for 1 day?! We have to do something different. We have to start somewhere! It's obvious that how we have been handling it until now isn't helping.
It is ridiculous to think racism will go away because you don't talk about it.
Believe me, he is right. Successful black people understand 100% what he means. Discuss and fight racism, but at the same time don’t allow it to be a mental barrier to your progress and confidence. Allow yourself to Live and act as a man equal to anyone else.
As a man thinketh so is he
People are not obsessed with races, some AMERICANS are.
While working at my job 15 yrs ago I remember being at the office and two coworkers working talking about racism in our country. They were both black I’m Hispanic. It anger me so much I told them the more they feed the monster the more it will grow. One stood quietly while the other ask me why? I told him stop talking about it so much so it would just go away because it’s a conversation no one cares to talk about making you boring and others would change the topic to a more interesting talk. He said the only way it will go away is by talking about it. I told him I was raised as a child playing outside with blacks and Hispanics and never saw color until I heard adults talk the same bull sh$t as they are and it was now opening my eyes as to how much whining black folks do for something they themselves want to keep alive!
I’ve felt this way since I was a kid. My dad insisted I choose my black or Asian side, I told him I’m American 😂. My sister told her son he’s black and he corrected her and told her his name. We know exactly who we are. It’s society that insists on telling us otherwise.
For some people, you must elaborate.
Every human in this video is an angel, Amala, Idris, Morgan
Absolutely !
Yes!
This is so true. People are people, regardless of race.
This is Beautiful Amala! I 100% stand by you. 🤗🙏❤️
When you look at such an AMAZINGLY TALENTED, UNIQUE PERSON like Morgan Freeman, how can you even consider his race? All you see is talent and BRILLIANCE!!!!
I do believe constantly telling myself I’m black or others putting me in a black box is hindering. I love my skin and love our people but let’s stop this limited idea of what being black is we’re HUMAN BEINGS
Welll why do asian have every missile pointed at almost every white nation and keep sating yall not gonna do us like tall did the vlack lmaoooo . I giess the only race of people with the brains are the adian while the negro imitates his oppress
Black/Mexican here When this comes up I always have my first thought be. -most black people that have this opinion are well-off or late into their career. While I do agree to an extent, It’d sound better coming from someone not on top of the mountain. We all know the rich that are any race besides white are basically treated like white people in general by society. Lol sometimes some are treated even better. But just not talking about it, isn’t going to rectify anything. IMO great utopian idea; just really hard to put into practice
AMEN!! Just today my 14 yr daughter said there is a new kid in her school and she seems nice. I said that’s cool, did you make her feel welcome? Where did she move from? My daughter said she tried to be welcoming and asked her where she was from cause she thought she moved from a different town or state. The new girl said she transferred schools because of racism and be called the N word. It’s so sad that this is still going on in this day and age of inclusion and diversity. I am of mixed races and I am so proud of how my daughter speaks about people… “a new girl started today”.