+Marcus Lewis of course not beloved. Remember absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it is wonderful to know that people are aware and the more we talk about it the more the masses can hold their government responsible and accountable.
I've wanted to know for a while now... Are most Americans really all pro military (America is the best Wahoo..) (we all love our politicians... Land of the free bullshit) or do they realise how corrupt and capitalised and racist their government is... Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with being patriotic... But they must of worked out that 911 for instance was a complete bullshit cover story to initiate the Iraq invasion
This is so typical. Comments criticising Akala clearly didn't listen to him, his words clearly went through one ear and out the other. 1. Akala isn't some misguided EU apologist/naive liberal progressive. 2. The EU IS NOT perfect but it still is VERY useful. 3. Akala RIGHTLY pointed out that the TONE on the conversation regarding Brexit was ABSOLUTELY wrong, the UK focused on the wrong things regarding the discourse to Stay or Leave the EU. Ultimately, the UK was duped by everyone involved bringing the conversation to the public, and yes we left because ultimately the majority of citizens felt 'funny looking brown people' coming in was very scary.
No, he's way off on this. You can't just dismiss the fact that there is zero democratic accountability within the EU as "valid reasons" and then move on. Furthermore surveys suggest that immigration wasn't a big factor in the leave vote (about 38% if I remember rightly), compared with sovereignty (59%). Additionally, his use of stats is shallow. I'd expect more from someone who is used to unpacking this kind of thing - that black people are arrested more does not mean that black people are criminals for example. And to suggest that BME people were the target of the anti-immigration rhetoric is, frankly, idiotic. Love his talks, learnt so much from him, but he needs to look deeper on this one.
He really isn't. - Media made it "all about funny brown people coming in". Utter bullshit of the first order. It was as much about our sovereignty & self rule as immigration. - The EU membership HAS resulted in mass immigration levels. This is indisputable. - The levels of immigration in Britain since around 1996 have hit huge record levels basically year on year. It is NOT racist to oppose these levels like Akala seems to suggest. - Historic UK imperialism is NOT a reason to simply accept these levels nor recent involvement in wars. - Scotland is NOT socially more "progressive" than England. - Leavers think "Immigration is a bad thing" Wrong! He should have said "some" leavers think "mass, uncontrolled immigration is a bad thing". - It was people like Akala that ruined the "tone of the debate", not the media.
***** lol read your comment and then look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself who is the one who is racist and filled with hate. I see you're a person who believes the first thing he sees. Hey man that's how you feel, god bless you.
Subjective truth maybe. He's an educated guy, but his biases seem to win out. It was never about ending immigration, rather ending uncontrolled immigration. UK government was also at fault, too weak, too left leaning to do anything.
@@candycane6534 I think when talking about immigration control you need to be specific. The only control Britain didn’t have on immigration are migrants who are EU passport holders. Migrants from the rest of the world have always needed to apply for a visa to come to Britain so Britain has always had control of that & that had nothing to do with the EU
I actually disagree with him. I lived in France, I have family that lives in France and Belgium. I have friends who have lived in Germany, Holland and other European countries, and I can tell you that Britain is the least racist country in Europe. The divide in Britain comes down to class not t race, it comes down to the haves and have nots. Brexit wasn't about African and Caribbean migration to Britain, it was about European, particularly Eastern European migration. Trust me, we blacks have it better in Britain, compared to those who live in the rest of Europe.
Are you saying that the Brexit camp didn't use the current refugee crisis in their campaign? UKIP put up billboards with a picture of a long line of brown migrants and said that they were all lining up to get into the UK.
* *Overwatch* -> The-Face-character,..-British. * *All Hate Comments* -> (uses _____ to verify CNTRY, I get it now) * *Top Comments that Stir* -> blank avi / no-thumbnail / 0-content Now where's my medal. Because we all know that if this video was simply posted as *"Akala speaks mind"*, the comments would only fervor the similar minds. Anything that's obviously about socio-political is mehhh on TH-cam for the most part. Very very strangely enough is that his full interview was already uploaded but I guess Vlad thought he was gettin' too much "Good shyiet" for his "shet" I suppose? P.S. "Lack of Substance is LACK!" There should be a way for us to identify authentic account-usage, the only way to know your legit. Legit, meaning you have uploaded videos that I can sense the quality that's been uploaded months before your comment on particular videos. This is ofcourse opposed to one where they immediately scuffle for fake playlists and liked video to `buff / enhance` their profile-build, pffffffft "Do you even Lift?".
Have a look at the camp in calais and tell me otherwise, the reality is it was the remain camp's job to disprove the immigration argument. When you look at immirgration statistict's you know the NUMBERS the FACT's, it convey's an issue that is almost impossible to address in a compromised manor, yet project fear chose to either ignore the issue or pretend it was a non issue, when all you have to do is walk down a street in supposed English city called London and see how long it is before you hear any english being spoken. Wether the immirgrants were brown white, yellow, black, asian alien is Irrelevant to the fact that immirgration in numbers and statistics as of right now is an issue and is quite frankly not sustainable for the future of this country.
Divisions in Britain are down to the economics. Brexit was not all about migration, he says black and brown migration when most of the recent immigration has been white Europeans. France has straight up racial issues, there close to our borders yet says he doesn't know the French situation, he just follows the media group that speak to what he sees as 'his' cause.
So am I. Particularly as I imagine commenters on TH-cam to be a younger demographic. I find it odd how much hated there is on TH-cam. Are people actually this angry or just bored and want a reaction?
I voted to remain in the EU. I've always believed that strength and power comes from unity and togetherness, separatism achieves nothing. The EU is not perfect no but you cannot fix something broken from the outside, only if you're part of it can positive changes come.
EU isn't going to be 'fixed', they are doubling down creating an EU army and making every member join the euro by 2020. If you think EU could've been 'reformed' you haven't paid attention. EU was ALWAYS about covertly creating a federal super state.
That was just a bunch of absolute fluff, a silly little quote that emotional people hang up on their walls, You didn't even address any of the real problems of EU and how it actually can't be fixed at all.
I like most of what Akala says, but a lot of what he says in this clip is completely unfounded or not true. 1. 70% of Scotland voted to remain in the EU, not 100% of it as he claims, and it is not a more progressively cultural country than England. 2. He's talking complete nonsense about Nigel Farage "jumping ship". He campaigned for 20 years to leave the EU and once he achieved what he wanted, he took a well deserved break from being party leader of UKIP but is still an MEP in the EU and Co-President of the EFDD, until we leave. That means he will be making decisions and influencing our negotiations with the EU. 3. With regards to immigration, the campaign was not based on "funny brown people". It was a genuine concern over the numbers of people coming into our country, who will inevitably put a strain on public services. Not to mention terrorists coming from the Middle East which the government chose to turn a blind eye to. 4. Immigrants who have been in the UK for years, particularly those from the Commonwealth countries, are not going anywhere just because of a few racist idiots up North. Britain is their home and they've always felt welcome since at least the 80s. Akala, you have good intentions but you're clearly another naive libertarian who is giving opinions making them out to be facts, which they are not.
cun7us when he said 100% of Scotland, I think he meant 100% of constituencies in Scotland, not 100% of the population, but true criticisms none the less
They did retract the 350 million a week or whatever back to the nhs the day after they won the vote to leave. theres also lots of videos of english people saying "we havent got a problem with the europeans its the somali's and iraqi's" people are just dumb
illuzual As I've said numerous times before, anyone who genuinely believed that the 350 million a week would go back to the NHS is either very naive or stupid. Yes, we all know there are racist people in England, particularly in villages, as there are in most countries so nothing new there.
jackriver1999 Where to start with you...First of all, I'm the opposite of a chav as I've been brought up properly and lived abroad for six years. Secondly, UKIP are anything but "white supremacists" you fucking idiot. They represent democracy and people of all races and cultures. You're obviously an ignorant fool who doesn't read the news papers or any literature. Please tell us all how UKIP are "white supremacists"? I'd love to hear your answer.
All Brexit will achieve is higher prices on food, products, holidays. And other countries even outside the EU will feel they can put tariffs on things aswell. Northern Ireland will probably become part of the Republic. Dacia Sandero was £5995, now it is £6995. Thanks Brexit. The immigrants that most people in Britain are concerned about will keep coming as mostly they arent from EU countries, flights, ships and lorrys are not gonna stop. And our authorities dont have the balls to tackle real problem immigrants anyway. But they did have a pop at harmless 70 year old men from St Lucia and stuff.
Its got nothing to do with black and brown immigrants wtf they are coming in ilegally its about polish romanian other white immigrants this guys a fool
I usually find Akala's perspective refreshing and highly insightful as well as profound but the title of this, I can't accept. Im black, born and raised in Europe (Italy) and the U.K. is the most accepting of all the European countries for ethnic minorities... This is over-reaching, perhaps race baiting, I'm sorry. ... Britain has its faults with minorities but it's a better place to be as a black man in the Western World than most if not all.
@metronome you guys are nuts. Other countries are way way worse when it comes to race relations. Stop trying to copy the U.S with the social activism bullshit and embrace the diversity and acceptance that is in that country
I do agree with some of what he says but Akala is always so critical of England man he talks so much shit about it UK is extremely progressive and Akala only focuses on the negatives you can make any country look awful if you only focus on negatives
The Showster this is what annoys me with British minorities. They complain about how corrupt the country is yet refuse to go and build a life back in their home countries.
that's because minorities have always been picked on so what other point of view are they supposed to speak from?? Being a well off white brit there's obviously nothing for you to criticise, but if you've been brought up in the areas where these people (and whites as well) have been brought up in, where they're only stable financially to live there, then you'd have a thing or two to say about the corruption of this country. Because you're too well off to see that this country is corrupt as fuck, you're just lucky due to where and who you were born and raised in to
Thank you. One thing which saddens me is the amount of dumbass millenials minorities who are docile and dim and have no understanding of the nuanced structural inequalities that exist throughout the UK. Also add the fact that the Britissh media partakes on an intensive indoctrination campaign in which they highlight the misfortunes of minority groups in other countries to make it seem as if things are completely rosy here. What people must remember is that most of the countries people cite have homogeneous populations or one simply does not have a good understanding of the social dynamics within them. The inequalities in the UK (the UK IS THE MOST ECONOMICALLY UNEQUAL COUNTRY IN EUROPE, look it up) are deep rooted and, unlike America, transcend geographical and class based lines as well as ethnic ones. What the UK does have is a highly efficient system of LAW AND ORDER which means that its bureaucracies can still provide a fair amount of impartiality...essentially providing a temporary taping over the many cracks.
The Showster totally agree,he delivers in an eloquent and articulate way with a cheeky grin which mask over his negative uneducated and ill informed comments.This video was so bad as far as real facts about brexit.
Celine because their home countries were ransacked by Britain and left poor as fuck maybe it’s difficult? Maybe also the fact majority of minorities in the U.K. are in poverty and have been obscenely treated like shit for 60 years is true? You’re just one of those little bitches that once you hear us complain you tell us to shut up and go back to where we came from or accept being treated like shit. Dw karma is coming back for you lol
The fact of the matter is You could not vote for the leaders of the european union - un democratic remaining in the EU allows for free travel for all citizens to work and live in each country. however everyone wanted to come to england not the other way around. England has a massive housing shortage so why would we let everyone in????????????? MADDDDD
I really respect this guy and his opinions but,.... I work all over Europe and have been to 90% of the countries in it and honestly, he couldn't me more wrong if he tried. I think this is something he has made up and just believes is correct.
The comparison between Cameron and Obama is almost entirely inaccurate - in the states, they literally vote for a person to be president e.g. Trump, Clinton, Obama etc. In the UK, we vote for our local MPs, who belong to a party, with the notion that if one party gains a majority of constituencies they will be "in power", with their *internally* elected First Minister taking over as Prime Minister. In short, Cameron happened to be the face of the party that was elected, and although we like to paraphrase voting for a party for voting for its figurehead, it shouldn't be confused with United States politics in which they truly elect a president.
Cameron was not elected by the "people", and if you think that you misunderstand the nature of our political paradigm. The conservatives voted for the head of their party internally, the people voted for local mps in their area (of which the majority were conservative) and therefore the head of that party became our Prime Minister.
hmm fairly certain we elect the politician we (individually) think is best to run the country... We don't vote for the party as a whole. Why do you think that on the ballot sheets it has the name of the politician who's head of the party that name is right next to the name of the politician leading it.
While this is accurate, most decisions made at a local level are made at least with the knowledge of what person their vote supports to be PM, and often without the knowledge on personal positions of the person who they are directly electing. The leader's mandate for leadership is based off of the idea that people know what the leader's manifesto is. It is not paraphrased the way it is for no reason. That being said, it must be accepted that your vote is to put a party in power. Once the election has taken place, the general makeup of the Commons is fixed. While I agree that Cameron was not simply elected by the people, but also by the party, we never enter elections without a government or opposition leader, because they are often a large deciding factor, hence the commonly...I think...held belief that Labour are going nowhere fast.
Animelytical Yeah they are a deciding factor, but that is down to people not understand their role in voting. In general we can assume that most people start with the knowledge of party leaders and then enquire as to who actually represents that party in their local area.
Terrezio No, on the ballot you will see your local candidates next to their respective parties. You know the party leaders through the media. Maybe when you vote, in your mind you are voting for a party leader but that isn't really how the system actually functions. In reality, you have no say whatsoever in who we be elected as head of a party as it is done internally.
The first time i visited New York i was flabergasted by the segregation, going to places like Flatbush,Harlem & brooklyn was exciting but i didnt go there for that, i like diversity & experiencing different cultures, food, music etc. I know people from Jamaica West Indies who dream of going to America for a better life only to go there & end up settling in Jamaica queens, i truly love my colour & my culture but the world is a beautiful place with all kinds of beautiful people in it, i once heard someone say that those of us who go on to achieve great things are those of us who are willing to step out of their comfort zone & go out there & explore. i was born & bred in the uk & i know it isn,t perfect, far from it but its home & i can step out of my front door & see all kinds of different people from different continents & it,s a beautiful thing & if i need to mix it up a bit all i gotta do is jump on a plane.....BUT...at the same time because of the skin i,m in i am still aware that one day wherever i may be in the world i may end up having to fight for my life.
You are not a racist if you voted to leave...white people contribute to the immigration statistics. Like white people from Eastern Europe. It's wrong to focus on racism when discussing the Eu exit there are many other factors to consider. It was more economic concerns which made me vote leave. What's racist about wanting to control your boarders anyway. There are racist people who were just focused on immigration but to imply everyone was is wrong.
Everything akala said I keep telling people this and I'm sorry to say overwhelmingly whites say brexit has nothing to do with race and immigration that is the main issue if your going to vote for something at least be honest for the reasons.
As a white english person I voted out for one reason Brussels I no nothing about it. Not any other reason or do you not understand that I have friends of all different types I don't care were you come from or what shade skin you have .you just want to play the race card and that's fine all of your problems are the white mans doing that's ok we have broard shoulders.
Just to clarify, when a prime minister or any head of a political party resigns, their replacement is usually chosen by a leadership contest. This is something akin to party primaries in the US, though each party has their own rules. In the case of the Conservative party (Tory party or Tories for short) I think the party MPs (Members of Parliament, kind of like US congressmen) whittle the candidates down to two and then the final vote goes to public members of the Tory party. This time round there was no leadership contest because all of candidates apart from Theresa May dropped out when they realised they didn't have the backing of enough of the party. So May became the prime minister by default
Since 1979 the average voter turnout for European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom is approximately 35 percent. Where was everyone who has been professing their love for the EU been the last 30 years when in regards to voting for it?! I voted remain but it is clear the British population has NEVER been in favour of the EU. Akala's talking points in this video are half truths e.g young people voted to stay - the majority of young people DID NOT VOTE.
8:16 - not sure if Akala really meant 'go back to India'? If someone told a 3rd generation Indian to 'go back to India' - that clearly wouldn't be OK ... I doubt they would say that themself when referring to a place not even their parents were born in? Of course, it depends from person to person but that's my point - don't think you can assume either way, including 'I'll go back to India' from the 3rd generation.
As he is a British citizen he isn’t black he is actually biracial which is more accurate.Why do people always assume biracial black and white mixed people are black, in British society they are either biracial, mixed race or black.Whichever they themselves identify as.
@@peterpereira3653 That's because being know as bi racial erases the history of the person's black lineage. I am mixed, but I would much rather be referred to as being black as it wasn't long ago since slavery and camps were a thing in australia
😂 😂 😂 😂 Scotland still can't fully accept the Irish who moved their a hundred years ago. Sectarian troubles are common their. The Irish have totally integrated in England. We just can't win can we.
Spot on as always. The only point I'd add is that a lot of post-Brexit racism was aimed at Eastern Europeans too, so it wasn't just "black and brown people", as he puts it.
For anyone saying racism against brown people is not the reason Britain voted brexit, it's just a coincidence that the same year Britain voted BREXIT was the around the same time millions and millions of syrian refugees migrated through out Europe? Put some respek on yourselves
Claiming the EU doesn't determine UK immigration is false, why then are EU citizens allowed to live and work in the UK then? Would the UK have been allowed in the EU if they didn't agree to one of its' fundamental principles of existence upon joining, the free movement of peoples between its' borders? Akala means that the UK isn't in the Shengen zone, which means unlike continental EU members people do need a passport to enter Britains borders regardless of being an EU citizen, so that is a decision that's up to the UK gov as well as the right to outline how a person fully immigrates to a country and becomes a citizen of that place like every other EU country does. To say the EU doesn't determine UK immigration though is ridiculous, I'm inclined more towards open borders but was critical of EU membership for the reason Akala pointed out as far as corporate cronyism, but to those who voted for Brexit because of immigration did substantially affect how UK immigration conducts itself once Britain is officially out of the European Union.
he spoke really well, until the very end, when he spat out some shit about migrants returning home to live... that's total bullshit, ain't no wealthy Indians or Pakistanis choosing Mumbai over Mayfair. Some moderately successful migrants choose to go home, because they miss it, but also because they're able to live likes kings. The only way people are jumping shit (from Britain) is when things get real bad, which they may, but its going to take at least a couple of decades/generations
we never had an elected prime minister in the first place, May is in power the same way Cameron was, won the vote within their party. we elect representatives in our local area, we don't vote for the prime minister.
Huh........ Why don't you pick somebody from hitches generation. Tell hitchens to debate Louis Farrakhan if he was still alive. Hitchens will be destroyed easily
Hitchens was terribly biased. He just denied atrocities done by europeans in asia, africa, south and north america, australia. Actually last 400 centuries, the whole world was looted, destroyed by colonial europe. Hitchens hardly talk about it.
He says uk is usa of europe for racism...if you dont like it here move somewhere else...he wouldnt say that when he needs the nhs or the welfare state...go to russia and say this crap see how they react
Please sorry about the length but pleasr read if you want to undetstand the Brexit situation.Some of what he says is true.But over the last 10 years the U.K has created more jobs than all the E.U put together (about 2 and a half million ).And in this time more than that amount of people have come to the U.K from Eastern Europe.People in a short period of time saw the populations of their towns transform.And no one voted for this.We were fed lies and told that 10s of thousands would come from Poland,Romania,Hungry ,Slovakia, Slovenia etc instead millions came.And of course 95 % didn't come to do highly skilled highly paid jobs and live in wealthy areas.They came after low skilled work in poor areas .Many of which were areas that have never recovered from the 80s when all the Industrys that had provided well paid jobs to millions had dissappeared (often to lower paid countries like Poland and Chech Republic ).So jobs that were there in many instances went to migrants .Local people found it difficult to get a job and of course all this surplus labour kept wages low.Plus the NHS the free healthcare that me and my parents and grandparents have paid into,was under massive strain.Where before you could get a Drs appointment the next day now we were waiting 3 weeks to see a Dr.Then school places were oversubscribed and people couldn't get their kids in local schools. Add to this migrant crisis of the last few years into the mix.Again the media lied and created a false narrative. It was claimed that all these people were families fleeing war.When it was plain to see it was 80% young males the vast majority of which were from Africa or Pakistan or Albania ,economic migrants who had no right to come to Europe.Then New Years eve in Cologne happened (and not just Cologne all over Europe) which at first the government and media tried to cover up.Then attitudes changed. In this time our government had tried to get the EU to change and reform and it was just laughed at.So as soon as the people had a chance to vote against the E.U the majority took it.Now please let me state that I love Polish people.The girls are hot and I am in love with a Polish girl.Same for all the other countries. My best male friend is Lithuanian.These people have come here for a better life.And I can't blame them.It takes courage to just up and leave behind the people and places you love.I in no way hate them.It is the system I hate and there are many more reasons I voted out.But I am no racist.
further englands educational system is better its just not free. which really sucks. as a frenchman in england. for children up to age 12. france has a better system but was kids get older i say the english system is better and definitely opens more to its diversity. further all the best material about black history is available in english not french. so as a so called black england gets that as well. with influence from america to focus on afro/asiatic studies. not other euro nation does this. we won't even talk about russia. which is not europe but still
The definition of typical "arrogant", "privileged" and "ignorant" Brits (this does not include the open-minded and good natured Brits) - People who get triggered and become extremely defensive as soon as someone expresses that they have to face a different treatment because of their skin colour. People who cannot acknowledge the fact that regardless of how much wealth or success a person may have, the treatment in society is still predominantly based on skin colour. Let's talk about the centuries for which Brits oppressed other countries and ruled over them? Was it okay then? The economy will collapse in UK if it wasn't for immigrants, so keep your false pride to yourself. Stop whining all the time.
Akala's point was completely valid the brexit referendum was pushed by the news as an immigration stand point simply because of the situation in calais when those people are coming for help if their is no criminal reason an immigrant should enter then they should be welcomed while the EU has alot of problems but the free movement of people is not one of them nothing will change apart from the UK not being at the decision table much like Norway or Switzerland
Britain isn’t anywhere near as bad some people make it out to be, just certain people feel the need to escalate situations.For their own political agendas as usual.
the way brexit was advertised to the people of Britain is that it was the answer to the Muslim problem not the immigrant problem although in many ways can be the same problem
The reason Scotland voted to leave was because they are more socially progressive ?? Not sure about that , and I’m not saying they’re not but Scotland received EU subsidies way more that English areas , wouldn’t you think that would be a reason to vote stay?
Interesting...my previous inclination was that the Brexit was about economics related to the weakening of the Euro in the European market. It remains to be seen if that decision was in fact economically advantageous for Britain. As far as immigration goes, it's no secret that western Europeans and Americans view black and brown immigrants differently than most other immigrants. You can't rewrite documented history. Britain has a politically marginalized African and Arab population that definitely resembles what we have in the US. In other words, "Brexit" could be the precursor to Britain's "Jim Crow Era".
Akala's wrong on this one. Most important reason people gave to leave was sovereignty. There's no democratic accountability in the EU. And the immigration debate (ignorant and damaging as it was) was regarding inter-European migration. Very few black people are coming to the UK from Bulgaria..
Nonsense. The sovereignty argument is what middle-class people say to themselves to make them feel better. The real driver behind Brexit is white English people's unadulterated racism and bigotry towards immigrants. And once the white Poles and Romanians leave the United Kingdom, who do you think is next in the white supremacist firing line? Black and other ethnic minorities who were born and bred in the UK.
@CountJimbo, I'm like anyone else, I can't foresee the future. He gives a very negative assessment of the past and current system in the UK and seems to see negatives, but gives no answers to the problems. Possible others also see the problems and have voted to leave to make a change, to address problems rather than just tell people there are problems. Don't misunderstand me, I've watched him many times and he's very knowledgeable on subjects relating to black history and is right to help address the misconception on that subject. I however only see him on current affairs highlighting what he sees as negatives, which we can all do and not address the problems as he sees them and commit to any course.
@CountJimbo, I think you've got a good point. With such a long history, you can kind of understand that no one will recognize all the possibilities and even when "problems" are pointed out, no one has the answers. I personally believe it was the reason Brexit took place, the ruling classes just pile more problems on and when it comes to addressing problems they are nowhere to be seen. Most people just want to living in peace and bring up their families, but when you pile on so many problems, problems they can't do anything about general and had nothing to do with the making of, they look to a "reboot". It's like having a narcissistic partner, you try at first to understand them, then you look to try and sort out the problems and all the time your being told it's your fault. In the end you give in or get out, I think this is what happened with the vote for Brexit, keep going around and around, or walk away. And funnily, the remain voters are treating the leave voters as a narcissist would, with blame, alligators of race hate, stupidity, poorly educated etc. Very much how narcissist behaves and still only bring up problems and blame. I'm not a leave voter, but I could and can see why they did it.
People hate the truth and certain people cannot stand to be held accountable by 'the other'. Most of the Brexit voters didn't even know what the EU was (I spoke to many who admitted this to me afterwards). Look at the comments you just prove my point .
Love this guy but he's so misunderstood on the EU. Anyone who voted to stay simply doesn't understand that corporations run everything - hence why all your employers were demanding you to Vote Remain. Smh. The reason most "foreign" people voted to Stay was all to do with uni grants as a lot of foreigners come here to study and the EU gives them their grants. Students are just crying because they can't get as much free money anymore.
Hardly surprising if there are related problems...the U.S. was part of the British Empire for a long time...but I'd find it hard to believe the Brits are more racist than, say, the Italians, who get riled up if you bring up how their heritage almost always is gonna have some Moorish/North African blood in it.
it's a shame an intelligent man like akala wants to come out with divisive and intentionally one eyed stuff, he knows brexit is not 100% about race or xenophobia but he wants to drive up even more hostility and hatred from the 48%. and unfortunately he has a lot of blind followers who will agree. shame
I think he said very clearly in another interview with djvlad that the comparison between the respective histories of African people in America and the UK is like comparing "apples and oranges" so I don't think that's an accurate assessment of what he's trying to achieve. In fact, Akala quite often speaks about the way in which Britain's social problems actually stem from power structures originally established to shore-up the class system, which has had an equally detrimental effect on working-class white communities (like the one I live in). This is very different to America's social/racial problems because the historical events leading up to the establishment of that country were very different. Also, just because someone speaks intelligently doesn't mean that they're middle-class. Public libraries were invented so that people who didn't have access to the education establishments of the privileged could become informed about any subject they wished. Although I'm proud to be a working-class man, I would never be proud of being wilfully ignorant for the sake of looking more like an "ordinary" working-class man. It's a very comfortable stereotype to wear but it won't change our society here in the UK if we're all pretending we're Del boy or Danny Dyer. I get what you mean about people drinking their posh coffee and moaning about their "first-world problems" but make sure you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. It's very easy to disparage commentators like Akala by saying stuff about "... identity complexes... pathetic whinging... chip on his shoulder..." etc but the fact is that we often go about our days getting on with life without asking ourselves hard questions that make us more conscious of our society. If you're working-class and you want society to change for the better then inform yourself about issues and make sure you challenge the ideas people are proposing.
It's also a class thing and economic resources situation, I'm Black born in London and the city is running out of space schools, housing, hospitals are at breaking point, minority communities are gentrified with white hipster/yuppies that don't give a shit about people of colour and just buying up the place ......Camron and elite created this, if eu was so great why wasn't and why aren't we all feeling the greatness, only big business with cheap labour gain from it ,posh yummy mummy's cheep child care and cheap builders from Poland building there homes and extensions, it's a wealth game and it's will create bigger problems in the future , plus the EU is corrupt and will collapse in the future, you will see other countries leave in the next 5 years Europe is falling apart slowly France will be next or Greece, Italy you'll see give it 5 years.
There is no vice-prime minister because a prime minister is not actually elected in a parliamentary system. In a parliamentary system you elect parties. Parties are in power not people. A party chose who they want to make prime minster. That is their choice. Theresa May was simply chosen by the conservative party to be the next prime minister. That is their choice to freely make. That is different from the US, because you don't elect a party to power in the US. You elect a president. If a president is kicked out, die or has to leave for some other reason, then there is no other elected body really who can make the decision on who follows. Hence it needs to be pre-arranged by running with a vice-president during election. E.g. Trump was elected to power, not the republican party. He simply aligns with them in the American equivalent of a parliament with respect to passing laws. And of course he utilized they campaign machinery to get elected. But republicans have no authority given to them by voters to actually decide who would follow Trump if he left. But had America had a parliamentary system like the UK, Trump would have been in power because the republicans won the election and chose Trump as their prime minister. Of course that would never have happened, which is why a guy like Trump would never have won in a parliamentary system.
I don't accept this guys explanation, when you've had about 5 million net migration to a country in about 10 years people are going to feel their public services. It's depressing when British see the whole thing through the lens of race.
Have to disagree with you there. He doesn't make it sound bad to be black in the UK. However, he does call out racist activity when it happens to spread awareness of the fact that even though things have improved for black and ethnic minority people there is still a lot of work to do before we achieve genuine equality.
We was never taught British History as detailed as this my g. #Food4Thought
Again, this guy is brilliant. He calls both England and USA to reason and accountability.. I love listening to him.
+Marcus Lewis of course not beloved. Remember absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it is wonderful to know that people are aware and the more we talk about it the more the masses can hold their government responsible and accountable.
Please give me some examples this is intriguing.
GOOD PARENTING + schooling = POSITIVES in so many ways
Lol he works for the government and bbc he is their divide strategist
I've wanted to know for a while now... Are most Americans really all pro military (America is the best Wahoo..) (we all love our politicians... Land of the free bullshit) or do they realise how corrupt and capitalised and racist their government is... Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with being patriotic... But they must of worked out that 911 for instance was a complete bullshit cover story to initiate the Iraq invasion
This is so typical.
Comments criticising Akala clearly didn't listen to him, his words clearly went through one ear and out the other.
1. Akala isn't some misguided EU apologist/naive liberal progressive.
2. The EU IS NOT perfect but it still is VERY useful.
3. Akala RIGHTLY pointed out that the TONE on the conversation regarding Brexit was ABSOLUTELY wrong, the UK focused on the wrong things regarding the discourse to Stay or Leave the EU.
Ultimately, the UK was duped by everyone involved bringing the conversation to the public, and yes we left because ultimately the majority of citizens felt 'funny looking brown people' coming in was very scary.
Finally someone with common sense. most of these idiots commenting didn't even listen to what Akala was saying.
No, he's way off on this. You can't just dismiss the fact that there is zero democratic accountability within the EU as "valid reasons" and then move on.
Furthermore surveys suggest that immigration wasn't a big factor in the leave vote (about 38% if I remember rightly), compared with sovereignty (59%).
Additionally, his use of stats is shallow. I'd expect more from someone who is used to unpacking this kind of thing - that black people are arrested more does not mean that black people are criminals for example.
And to suggest that BME people were the target of the anti-immigration rhetoric is, frankly, idiotic.
Love his talks, learnt so much from him, but he needs to look deeper on this one.
I'm from the uk. He's only stating facts.
He really isn't.
- Media made it "all about funny brown people coming in". Utter bullshit of the first order.
It was as much about our sovereignty & self rule as immigration.
- The EU membership HAS resulted in mass immigration levels. This is indisputable.
- The levels of immigration in Britain since around 1996 have hit huge record levels basically year on year. It is NOT racist to oppose these levels like Akala seems to suggest.
- Historic UK imperialism is NOT a reason to simply accept these levels nor recent involvement in wars.
- Scotland is NOT socially more "progressive" than England.
- Leavers think "Immigration is a bad thing" Wrong! He should have said "some" leavers think "mass, uncontrolled immigration is a bad thing".
- It was people like Akala that ruined the "tone of the debate", not the media.
Very true ... Unfortunately people can't see it
To be fair, so is Catholicism and Christianity.
***** but are YOU a nice person?
***** lol read your comment and then look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself who is the one who is racist and filled with hate. I see you're a person who believes the first thing he sees. Hey man that's how you feel, god bless you.
Nigel's goal was to get Britain to leave the EU. he did his job, stop misinforming ppl
What misinformation did he give? All he said was that Farage stepped down as leader of UKIP after the result. Is that not true?
You're a supporter of UKIP so I have absolutely no respect for you. Fuck you. Farage is a bigoted sack of shit, why do you think he's endorsing trump?
So your point is?
UKIP supporters have no business in hip hop culture. Fuck off you white supremacist chav.
I voted UKIP and love hiphop. I just have to remember not to wear my KKK outfit when i go to a hiphop gig.
Too may man can't handle the truth, AKALA SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
-simpletons impressed by a few fancy words with no substance
Subjective truth maybe. He's an educated guy, but his biases seem to win out. It was never about ending immigration, rather ending uncontrolled immigration. UK government was also at fault, too weak, too left leaning to do anything.
@@candycane6534 I think when talking about immigration control you need to be specific. The only control Britain didn’t have on immigration are migrants who are EU passport holders. Migrants from the rest of the world have always needed to apply for a visa to come to Britain so Britain has always had control of that & that had nothing to do with the EU
I actually disagree with him. I lived in France, I have family that lives in France and Belgium. I have friends who have lived in Germany, Holland and other European countries, and I can tell you that Britain is the least racist country in Europe. The divide in Britain comes down to class not t race, it comes down to the haves and have nots. Brexit wasn't about African and Caribbean migration to Britain, it was about European, particularly Eastern European migration. Trust me, we blacks have it better in Britain, compared to those who live in the rest of Europe.
eastern European are white not black or brown
Are you saying that the Brexit camp didn't use the current refugee crisis in their campaign? UKIP put up billboards with a picture of a long line of brown migrants and said that they were all lining up to get into the UK.
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Now where's my medal. Because we all know that if this video was simply posted as *"Akala speaks mind"*, the comments would only fervor the similar minds. Anything that's obviously about socio-political is mehhh on TH-cam for the most part.
Very very strangely enough is that his full interview was already uploaded but I guess Vlad thought he was gettin' too much "Good shyiet" for his "shet" I suppose?
P.S. "Lack of Substance is LACK!" There should be a way for us to identify authentic account-usage, the only way to know your legit. Legit, meaning you have uploaded videos that I can sense the quality that's been uploaded months before your comment on particular videos. This is ofcourse opposed to one where they immediately scuffle for fake playlists and liked video to `buff / enhance` their profile-build, pffffffft "Do you even Lift?".
fuck nationalism
Have a look at the camp in calais and tell me otherwise, the reality is it was the remain camp's job to disprove the immigration argument. When you look at immirgration statistict's you know the NUMBERS the FACT's, it convey's an issue that is almost impossible to address in a compromised manor, yet project fear chose to either ignore the issue or pretend it was a non issue, when all you have to do is walk down a street in supposed English city called London and see how long it is before you hear any english being spoken.
Wether the immirgrants were brown white, yellow, black, asian alien is Irrelevant to the fact that immirgration in numbers and statistics as of right now is an issue and is quite frankly not sustainable for the future of this country.
Romany Gypsies are most certainly not considered white, which is who the term eastern europeans often describe
Divisions in Britain are down to the economics. Brexit was not all about migration, he says black and brown migration when most of the recent immigration has been white Europeans. France has straight up racial issues, there close to our borders yet says he doesn't know the French situation, he just follows the media group that speak to what he sees as 'his' cause.
Rvdxr Klvn 1000 you are,, you're
i must agree with this however, one cannot deny the underlying white supremacist attitudes that still exist in uk
Rvdxr Klvn 1000 I bet even your mother dislikes you.
Andrew Bass your mother prob dropped u on ya head when u was younger lol
Andrew Bass hit the nail on the head,Akala suffers from selective memory.
I'm genuinely surprised that there are so many Nigel Farage supporters commenting on this vladtv video lol
same man it's fucking crazy.
Nigel Farage is a legend.
So am I. Particularly as I imagine commenters on TH-cam to be a younger demographic. I find it odd how much hated there is on TH-cam. Are people actually this angry or just bored and want a reaction?
@metronome Violence against others for the wrong opnion. But your the ones opressed right?
I REALLY DONT KNOW HOW ANYONE CAN DISAGREE WITH THIS MAN
reminds me of something starting with British and ends with Empire.
The White Supremacist do.
crazy how stupid people can be.
loool when you lose an argument you start crying like a little kid, take Ls
*@ and if you know your history*. when you throw a brick in to a pack of dogs only the one that gets hit cries. So you just got hit by a brick
A breath of fresh air with this Akala... Thanks for making things clear on europe bro.
I really enjoy his interviews. He is very well spoken
I voted to remain in the EU. I've always believed that strength and power comes from unity and togetherness, separatism achieves nothing.
The EU is not perfect no but you cannot fix something broken from the outside, only if you're part of it can positive changes come.
THANK YOU. Yo look at some of my replies to these bellends commenting bare hate and back me up here yeah?
When was the last time you were given the opportunity to change any part of the EU?
EU isn't going to be 'fixed', they are doubling down creating an EU army and making every member join the euro by 2020. If you think EU could've been 'reformed' you haven't paid attention. EU was ALWAYS about covertly creating a federal super state.
That was just a bunch of absolute fluff, a silly little quote that emotional people hang up on their walls, You didn't even address any of the real problems of EU and how it actually can't be fixed at all.
Akala for prime minister
I like most of what Akala says, but a lot of what he says in this clip is completely unfounded or not true.
1. 70% of Scotland voted to remain in the EU, not 100% of it as he claims, and it is not a more progressively cultural country than England.
2. He's talking complete nonsense about Nigel Farage "jumping ship". He campaigned for 20 years to leave the EU and once he achieved what he wanted, he took a well deserved break from being party leader of UKIP but is still an MEP in the EU and Co-President of the EFDD, until we leave. That means he will be making decisions and influencing our negotiations with the EU.
3. With regards to immigration, the campaign was not based on "funny brown people". It was a genuine concern over the numbers of people coming into our country, who will inevitably put a strain on public services. Not to mention terrorists coming from the Middle East which the government chose to turn a blind eye to.
4. Immigrants who have been in the UK for years, particularly those from the Commonwealth countries, are not going anywhere just because of a few racist idiots up North. Britain is their home and they've always felt welcome since at least the 80s.
Akala, you have good intentions but you're clearly another naive libertarian who is giving opinions making them out to be facts, which they are not.
cun7us when he said 100% of Scotland, I think he meant 100% of constituencies in Scotland, not 100% of the population, but true criticisms none the less
They did retract the 350 million a week or whatever back to the nhs the day after they won the vote to leave. theres also lots of videos of english people saying "we havent got a problem with the europeans its the somali's and iraqi's" people are just dumb
illuzual As I've said numerous times before, anyone who genuinely believed that the 350 million a week would go back to the NHS is either very naive or stupid. Yes, we all know there are racist people in England, particularly in villages, as there are in most countries so nothing new there.
he said every area in Scotland voted remain because they count it by area not individuals
jackriver1999 Where to start with you...First of all, I'm the opposite of a chav as I've been brought up properly and lived abroad for six years. Secondly, UKIP are anything but "white supremacists" you fucking idiot. They represent democracy and people of all races and cultures.
You're obviously an ignorant fool who doesn't read the news papers or any literature. Please tell us all how UKIP are "white supremacists"? I'd love to hear your answer.
You could ask akala literally anything and race will be in his awnser. Racism isn't really an issue here in uk.
Yeah and he is making a good living off it too.
All Brexit will achieve is higher prices on food, products, holidays. And other countries even outside the EU will feel they can put tariffs on things aswell. Northern Ireland will probably become part of the Republic. Dacia Sandero was £5995, now it is £6995. Thanks Brexit.
The immigrants that most people in Britain are concerned about will keep coming as mostly they arent from EU countries, flights, ships and lorrys are not gonna stop. And our authorities dont have the balls to tackle real problem immigrants anyway. But they did have a pop at harmless 70 year old men from St Lucia and stuff.
Its got nothing to do with black and brown immigrants wtf they are coming in ilegally its about polish romanian other white immigrants this guys a fool
Not true at all. Go to Spain, Italy and France and the racism in the UK will seem tame in comparison.
The difference is that every single non-European in the UK went there voluntarily on their own accord.
I usually find Akala's perspective refreshing and highly insightful as well as profound but the title of this, I can't accept. Im black, born and raised in Europe (Italy) and the U.K. is the most accepting of all the European countries for ethnic minorities... This is over-reaching, perhaps race baiting, I'm sorry. ... Britain has its faults with minorities but it's a better place to be as a black man in the Western World than most if not all.
In my travels, the acceptance for people of color totally sucks because of the European ideology.
@@bertramdavis7120 Wtf is the European ideaology?
@metronome you guys are nuts. Other countries are way way worse when it comes to race relations. Stop trying to copy the U.S with the social activism bullshit and embrace the diversity and acceptance that is in that country
From the fire to the frying pan lol
Britain doesn't have issues with ethnic minorities. It is one of the most tolerant countries on earth.
Why does he always cry about everything?
cos the worlds fucked and no one gives a shit
Tyrone Long ur da sels avon
I do agree with some of what he says but Akala is always so critical of England man he talks so much shit about it UK is extremely progressive and Akala only focuses on the negatives you can make any country look awful if you only focus on negatives
The Showster this is what annoys me with British minorities. They complain about how corrupt the country is yet refuse to go and build a life back in their home countries.
that's because minorities have always been picked on so what other point of view are they supposed to speak from?? Being a well off white brit there's obviously nothing for you to criticise, but if you've been brought up in the areas where these people (and whites as well) have been brought up in, where they're only stable financially to live there, then you'd have a thing or two to say about the corruption of this country. Because you're too well off to see that this country is corrupt as fuck, you're just lucky due to where and who you were born and raised in to
Thank you. One thing which saddens me is the amount of dumbass millenials minorities who are docile and dim and have no understanding of the nuanced structural inequalities that exist throughout the UK. Also add the fact that the Britissh media partakes on an intensive indoctrination campaign in which they highlight the misfortunes of minority groups in other countries to make it seem as if things are completely rosy here.
What people must remember is that most of the countries people cite have homogeneous populations or one simply does not have a good understanding of the social dynamics within them. The inequalities in the UK (the UK IS THE MOST ECONOMICALLY UNEQUAL COUNTRY IN EUROPE, look it up) are deep rooted and, unlike America, transcend geographical and class based lines as well as ethnic ones. What the UK does have is a highly efficient system of LAW AND ORDER which means that its bureaucracies can still provide a fair amount of impartiality...essentially providing a temporary taping over the many cracks.
The Showster totally agree,he delivers in an eloquent and articulate way with a cheeky grin which mask over his negative uneducated and ill informed comments.This video was so bad as far as real facts about brexit.
Celine because their home countries were ransacked by Britain and left poor as fuck maybe it’s difficult? Maybe also the fact majority of minorities in the U.K. are in poverty and have been obscenely treated like shit for 60 years is true? You’re just one of those little bitches that once you hear us complain you tell us to shut up and go back to where we came from or accept being treated like shit. Dw karma is coming back for you lol
The fact of the matter is You could not vote for the leaders of the european union - un democratic
remaining in the EU allows for free travel for all citizens to work and live in each country.
however everyone wanted to come to england not the other way around. England has a massive housing shortage so why would we let everyone in????????????? MADDDDD
I really respect this guy and his opinions but,.... I work all over Europe and have been to 90% of the countries in it and honestly, he couldn't me more wrong if he tried. I think this is something he has made up and just believes is correct.
That brain drain point is coming back around full circle.
The comparison between Cameron and Obama is almost entirely inaccurate - in the states, they literally vote for a person to be president e.g. Trump, Clinton, Obama etc. In the UK, we vote for our local MPs, who belong to a party, with the notion that if one party gains a majority of constituencies they will be "in power", with their *internally* elected First Minister taking over as Prime Minister.
In short, Cameron happened to be the face of the party that was elected, and although we like to paraphrase voting for a party for voting for its figurehead, it shouldn't be confused with United States politics in which they truly elect a president.
Cameron was not elected by the "people", and if you think that you misunderstand the nature of our political paradigm. The conservatives voted for the head of their party internally, the people voted for local mps in their area (of which the majority were conservative) and therefore the head of that party became our Prime Minister.
hmm fairly certain we elect the politician we (individually) think is best to run the country... We don't vote for the party as a whole. Why do you think that on the ballot sheets it has the name of the politician who's head of the party that name is right next to the name of the politician leading it.
While this is accurate, most decisions made at a local level are made at least with the knowledge of what person their vote supports to be PM, and often without the knowledge on personal positions of the person who they are directly electing.
The leader's mandate for leadership is based off of the idea that people know what the leader's manifesto is. It is not paraphrased the way it is for no reason.
That being said, it must be accepted that your vote is to put a party in power. Once the election has taken place, the general makeup of the Commons is fixed.
While I agree that Cameron was not simply elected by the people, but also by the party, we never enter elections without a government or opposition leader, because they are often a large deciding factor, hence the commonly...I think...held belief that Labour are going nowhere fast.
Animelytical Yeah they are a deciding factor, but that is down to people not understand their role in voting. In general we can assume that most people start with the knowledge of party leaders and then enquire as to who actually represents that party in their local area.
Terrezio No, on the ballot you will see your local candidates next to their respective parties. You know the party leaders through the media. Maybe when you vote, in your mind you are voting for a party leader but that isn't really how the system actually functions. In reality, you have no say whatsoever in who we be elected as head of a party as it is done internally.
The first time i visited New York i was flabergasted by the segregation, going to places like Flatbush,Harlem & brooklyn was exciting but i didnt go there for that, i like diversity & experiencing different cultures, food, music etc. I know people from Jamaica West Indies who dream of going to America for a better life only to go there & end up settling in Jamaica queens, i truly love my colour & my culture but the world is a beautiful place with all kinds of beautiful people in it, i once heard someone say that those of us who go on to achieve great things are those of us who are willing to step out of their comfort zone & go out there & explore. i was born & bred in the uk & i know it isn,t perfect, far from it but its home & i can step out of my front door & see all kinds of different people from different continents & it,s a beautiful thing & if i need to mix it up a bit all i gotta do is jump on a plane.....BUT...at the same time because of the skin i,m in i am still aware that one day wherever i may be in the world i may end up having to fight for my life.
You are not a racist if you voted to leave...white people contribute to the immigration statistics. Like white people from Eastern Europe. It's wrong to focus on racism when discussing the Eu exit there are many other factors to consider. It was more economic concerns which made me vote leave. What's racist about wanting to control your boarders anyway. There are racist people who were just focused on immigration but to imply everyone was is wrong.
Everything akala said I keep telling people this and I'm sorry to say overwhelmingly whites say brexit has nothing to do with race and immigration that is the main issue if your going to vote for something at least be honest for the reasons.
As a white english person I voted out for one reason Brussels I no nothing about it. Not any other reason or do you not understand that I have friends of all different types I don't care were you come from or what shade skin you have .you just want to play the race card and that's fine all of your problems are the white mans doing that's ok we have broard shoulders.
I respectfully disagree with Akala, if you want to talk about social inequality you have to mention eastern Europe. Hell what about France and Greece?
Why? He just said were more unequal which we are. I think he did mention France as well
@@tom4590 blacks could be leader of the world and still claim opression
@@deeznutz8320 could they
Yes Akala spitting facts and truth about the UK!
Just to clarify, when a prime minister or any head of a political party resigns, their replacement is usually chosen by a leadership contest. This is something akin to party primaries in the US, though each party has their own rules. In the case of the Conservative party (Tory party or Tories for short) I think the party MPs (Members of Parliament, kind of like US congressmen) whittle the candidates down to two and then the final vote goes to public members of the Tory party. This time round there was no leadership contest because all of candidates apart from Theresa May dropped out when they realised they didn't have the backing of enough of the party. So May became the prime minister by default
"this guy's an idiot" translation: " I'm on TH-cam everyday so im too dumb to understand this guy"
- Everyone
Since 1979 the average voter turnout for European Parliament elections in the United Kingdom is approximately 35 percent. Where was everyone who has been professing their love for the EU been the last 30 years when in regards to voting for it?! I voted remain but it is clear the British population has NEVER been in favour of the EU. Akala's talking points in this video are half truths e.g young people voted to stay - the majority of young people DID NOT VOTE.
8:16 - not sure if Akala really meant 'go back to India'? If someone told a 3rd generation Indian to 'go back to India' - that clearly wouldn't be OK ... I doubt they would say that themself when referring to a place not even their parents were born in?
Of course, it depends from person to person but that's my point - don't think you can assume either way, including 'I'll go back to India' from the 3rd generation.
Actually a rapper that is well informed. Or at least interested in important things.
I’d say the majority of black artists are well informed, akala just so happens to be a poet imo
As he is a British citizen he isn’t black he is actually biracial which is more accurate.Why do people always assume biracial black and white mixed people are black, in British society they are either biracial, mixed race or black.Whichever they themselves identify as.
I wish that more Rappers in America would go back to being intelligent than dumbing themselves down for foolishness and money.
@@peterpereira3653 That's because being know as bi racial erases the history of the person's black lineage. I am mixed, but I would much rather be referred to as being black as it wasn't long ago since slavery and camps were a thing in australia
😂 😂 😂 😂 Scotland still can't fully accept the Irish who moved their a hundred years ago. Sectarian troubles are common their. The Irish have totally integrated in England. We just can't win can we.
So UK is more racist than
Russia
Poland
Bulgaria
Italy
Belarus
Finland
Czech
Albania
Slovakia
Romania
and France & Spain, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Austria, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Hungary. Akala hasn't got a clue on this one
France and Belgium are way worse.
Don't think he's ever been around Europe much, he's usually very articulate but he is just plain wrong here
He's smart asf😍
Don't buy into this dude. Do some research
He did.
and his research wasn't factual
Where was he wrong?
He completely missed Eastern Europe coming in taking jobs issue, the government Allways look after themselves and the banks.
Spot on as always. The only point I'd add is that a lot of post-Brexit racism was aimed at Eastern Europeans too, so it wasn't just "black and brown people", as he puts it.
This man can talk so fluently
For anyone saying racism against brown people is not the reason Britain voted brexit, it's just a coincidence that the same year Britain voted BREXIT was the around the same time millions and millions of syrian refugees migrated through out Europe?
Put some respek on yourselves
release the whole interview
This really is utter bollocks
You either stand for unity, or you stand for separation.
Simple. As. This.
Claiming the EU doesn't determine UK immigration is false, why then are EU citizens allowed to live and work in the UK then? Would the UK have been allowed in the EU if they didn't agree to one of its' fundamental principles of existence upon joining, the free movement of peoples between its' borders?
Akala means that the UK isn't in the Shengen zone, which means unlike continental EU members people do need a passport to enter Britains borders regardless of being an EU citizen, so that is a decision that's up to the UK gov as well as the right to outline how a person fully immigrates to a country and becomes a citizen of that place like every other EU country does. To say the EU doesn't determine UK immigration though is ridiculous, I'm inclined more towards open borders but was critical of EU membership for the reason Akala pointed out as far as corporate cronyism, but to those who voted for Brexit because of immigration did substantially affect how UK immigration conducts itself once Britain is officially out of the European Union.
he spoke really well, until the very end, when he spat out some shit about migrants returning home to live... that's total bullshit, ain't no wealthy Indians or Pakistanis choosing Mumbai over Mayfair. Some moderately successful migrants choose to go home, because they miss it, but also because they're able to live likes kings. The only way people are jumping shit (from Britain) is when things get real bad, which they may, but its going to take at least a couple of decades/generations
we never had an elected prime minister in the first place, May is in power the same way Cameron was, won the vote within their party. we elect representatives in our local area, we don't vote for the prime minister.
Akalas lucky he never got to debate with Hitchens,talk about a sacrificial lamb.
Huh........ Why don't you pick somebody from hitches generation. Tell hitchens to debate Louis Farrakhan if he was still alive. Hitchens will be destroyed easily
Hitchens was terribly biased. He just denied atrocities done by europeans in asia, africa, south and north america, australia. Actually last 400 centuries, the whole world was looted, destroyed by colonial europe. Hitchens hardly talk about it.
He says uk is usa of europe for racism...if you dont like it here move somewhere else...he wouldnt say that when he needs the nhs or the welfare state...go to russia and say this crap see how they react
Over 1 million subs vlad ! Nice nice
I love Akala but boy can he talk ☺️
Please sorry about the length but pleasr read if you want to undetstand the Brexit situation.Some of what he says is true.But over the last 10 years the U.K has created more jobs than all the E.U put together (about 2 and a half million ).And in this time more than that amount of people have come to the U.K from Eastern Europe.People in a short period of time saw the populations of their towns transform.And no one voted for this.We were fed lies and told that 10s of thousands would come from Poland,Romania,Hungry ,Slovakia, Slovenia etc instead millions came.And of course 95 % didn't come to do highly skilled highly paid jobs and live in wealthy areas.They came after low skilled work in poor areas .Many of which were areas that have never recovered from the 80s when all the Industrys that had provided well paid jobs to millions had dissappeared (often to lower paid countries like Poland and Chech Republic ).So jobs that were there in many instances went to migrants .Local people found it difficult to get a job and of course all this surplus labour kept wages low.Plus the NHS the free healthcare that me and my parents and grandparents have paid into,was under massive strain.Where before you could get a Drs appointment the next day now we were waiting 3 weeks to see a Dr.Then school places were oversubscribed and people couldn't get their kids in local schools. Add to this migrant crisis of the last few years into the mix.Again the media lied and created a false narrative. It was claimed that all these people were families fleeing war.When it was plain to see it was 80% young males the vast majority of which were from Africa or Pakistan or Albania ,economic migrants who had no right to come to Europe.Then New Years eve in Cologne happened (and not just Cologne all over Europe) which at first the government and media tried to cover up.Then attitudes changed. In this time our government had tried to get the EU to change and reform and it was just laughed at.So as soon as the people had a chance to vote against the E.U the majority took it.Now please let me state that I love Polish people.The girls are hot and I am in love with a Polish girl.Same for all the other countries. My best male friend is Lithuanian.These people have come here for a better life.And I can't blame them.It takes courage to just up and leave behind the people and places you love.I in no way hate them.It is the system I hate and there are many more reasons I voted out.But I am no racist.
further englands educational system is better its just not free. which really sucks. as a frenchman in england. for children up to age 12. france has a better system but was kids get older i say the english system is better and definitely opens more to its diversity. further all the best material about black history is available in english not french. so as a so called black england gets that as well. with influence from america to focus on afro/asiatic studies. not other euro nation does this. we won't even talk about russia. which is not europe but still
Shout out from France, I dig in what he talks about.
The definition of typical "arrogant", "privileged" and "ignorant" Brits (this does not include the open-minded and good natured Brits) - People who get triggered and become extremely defensive as soon as someone expresses that they have to face a different treatment because of their skin colour. People who cannot acknowledge the fact that regardless of how much wealth or success a person may have, the treatment in society is still predominantly based on skin colour. Let's talk about the centuries for which Brits oppressed other countries and ruled over them? Was it okay then? The economy will collapse in UK if it wasn't for immigrants, so keep your false pride to yourself. Stop whining all the time.
Akala's point was completely valid the brexit referendum was pushed by the news as an immigration stand point simply because of the situation in calais when those people are coming for help if their is no criminal reason an immigrant should enter then they should be welcomed while the EU has alot of problems but the free movement of people is not one of them nothing will change apart from the UK not being at the decision table much like Norway or Switzerland
Britain isn’t anywhere near as bad some people make it out to be, just certain people feel the need to escalate situations.For their own political agendas as usual.
the way brexit was advertised to the people of Britain is that it was the answer to the Muslim problem not the immigrant problem although in many ways can be the same problem
Nahh he talks too much if your from London you know it aint that bad
carry on with your naiveity, mate
Yeah but then it won't make for a good interview
This guys not from London. Peop let in the UK don't say "aint"
Who says the white guy?
Most of the harsh shit he is saying is from like the 70s-90s
jeff jefferson Lol really? I say Ain't and I was born and bred in this country
The reason Scotland voted to leave was because they are more socially progressive ?? Not sure about that , and I’m not saying they’re not but Scotland received EU subsidies way more that English areas , wouldn’t you think that would be a reason to vote stay?
This is how he always talks. All the time. You people are loving it but trust me. When our at a club with this guy. and he talks. wow
Does anyone here like the idea of Drake?
Why all the hate akala is the real
cause what he's saying isn't true. Normally he speaks sense but he's chatting shit in this video.
Because the truth hurts
Why is the black man in Europe better educated and well spoken then the black man in North America? Serious question!
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Also Akala with the exception of Birmingham, UK's second capital and second most diverse city which voted to leave the EU.
You smart
So this clown never been to Eastern Europe then?
Cameron resigned because he wanted to stay in the EU
..Then the US is the US of the WOLDDD!!
Spot on about the drain of talent, also, education is being systematically cut.
Music in schools , fior instance, dramatically cut.
vlad did not understand one sentence, he just carried on with his pre written questions :D
No mention of Ireland.. but it’s ok.. no one mentions Ireland.
I would've thought the likes of Germany or France would've been worse
Interesting...my previous inclination was that the Brexit was about economics related to the weakening of the Euro in the European market. It remains to be seen if that decision was in fact economically advantageous for Britain. As far as immigration goes, it's no secret that western Europeans and Americans view black and brown immigrants differently than most other immigrants. You can't rewrite documented history. Britain has a politically marginalized African and Arab population that definitely resembles what we have in the US. In other words, "Brexit" could be the precursor to Britain's "Jim Crow Era".
Akala's wrong on this one. Most important reason people gave to leave was sovereignty. There's no democratic accountability in the EU. And the immigration debate (ignorant and damaging as it was) was regarding inter-European migration. Very few black people are coming to the UK from Bulgaria..
Nonsense. The sovereignty argument is what middle-class people say to themselves to make them feel better. The real driver behind Brexit is white English people's unadulterated racism and bigotry towards immigrants. And once the white Poles and Romanians leave the United Kingdom, who do you think is next in the white supremacist firing line? Black and other ethnic minorities who were born and bred in the UK.
He has many good points, however that's all happening while in the EU.
@CountJimbo I really don't know, my comment was about his assessment of the existing system within the UK. Which was and still is, in the EU.
@CountJimbo, I'm like anyone else, I can't foresee the future. He gives a very negative assessment of the past and current system in the UK and seems to see negatives, but gives no answers to the problems. Possible others also see the problems and have voted to leave to make a change, to address problems rather than just tell people there are problems. Don't misunderstand me, I've watched him many times and he's very knowledgeable on subjects relating to black history and is right to help address the misconception on that subject. I however only see him on current affairs highlighting what he sees as negatives, which we can all do and not address the problems as he sees them and commit to any course.
@CountJimbo, I think you've got a good point. With such a long history, you can kind of understand that no one will recognize all the possibilities and even when "problems" are pointed out, no one has the answers. I personally believe it was the reason Brexit took place, the ruling classes just pile more problems on and when it comes to addressing problems they are nowhere to be seen. Most people just want to living in peace and bring up their families, but when you pile on so many problems, problems they can't do anything about general and had nothing to do with the making of, they look to a "reboot". It's like having a narcissistic partner, you try at first to understand them, then you look to try and sort out the problems and all the time your being told it's your fault. In the end you give in or get out, I think this is what happened with the vote for Brexit, keep going around and around, or walk away. And funnily, the remain voters are treating the leave voters as a narcissist would, with blame, alligators of race hate, stupidity, poorly educated etc. Very much how narcissist behaves and still only bring up problems and blame. I'm not a leave voter, but I could and can see why they did it.
I can't really stomach any rapper with an English accent
Don't then
Fabian Romero You're probably a narrow minded listener. We don't need supporters like you anyway. Bye Felicia.
Anyone taking political cues from a rapper should maybe reevaluate their sad life.
He's an intelligent man with a chip on his shoulder
Nope Nope White people love to say to Black people. .Why you have a chip on your shoulder lol
Intelligent people don't carry chips on their shoulders.
People hate the truth and certain people cannot stand to be held accountable by 'the other'. Most of the Brexit voters didn't even know what the EU was (I spoke to many who admitted this to me afterwards). Look at the comments you just prove my point .
Why all the dislikes?
Dude is sooo freaking smart, I think I'm enjoying his vids more than Azie's
Love this guy but he's so misunderstood on the EU. Anyone who voted to stay simply doesn't understand that corporations run everything - hence why all your employers were demanding you to Vote Remain. Smh. The reason most "foreign" people voted to Stay was all to do with uni grants as a lot of foreigners come here to study and the EU gives them their grants. Students are just crying because they can't get as much free money anymore.
Hardly surprising if there are related problems...the U.S. was part of the British Empire for a long time...but I'd find it hard to believe the Brits are more racist than, say, the Italians, who get riled up if you bring up how their heritage almost always is gonna have some Moorish/North African blood in it.
it's a shame an intelligent man like akala wants to come out with divisive and intentionally one eyed stuff, he knows brexit is not 100% about race or xenophobia but he wants to drive up even more hostility and hatred from the 48%. and unfortunately he has a lot of blind followers who will agree.
shame
Wannabe Americans
Akala is clearly touching some nerves on this comment section...
I think he said very clearly in another interview with djvlad that the comparison between the respective histories of African people in America and the UK is like comparing "apples and oranges" so I don't think that's an accurate assessment of what he's trying to achieve. In fact, Akala quite often speaks about the way in which Britain's social problems actually stem from power structures originally established to shore-up the class system, which has had an equally detrimental effect on working-class white communities (like the one I live in). This is very different to America's social/racial problems because the historical events leading up to the establishment of that country were very different.
Also, just because someone speaks intelligently doesn't mean that they're middle-class. Public libraries were invented so that people who didn't have access to the education establishments of the privileged could become informed about any subject they wished. Although I'm proud to be a working-class man, I would never be proud of being wilfully ignorant for the sake of looking more like an "ordinary" working-class man. It's a very comfortable stereotype to wear but it won't change our society here in the UK if we're all pretending we're Del boy or Danny Dyer.
I get what you mean about people drinking their posh coffee and moaning about their "first-world problems" but make sure you don't throw the baby out with the bath water. It's very easy to disparage commentators like Akala by saying stuff about "... identity complexes... pathetic whinging... chip on his shoulder..." etc but the fact is that we often go about our days getting on with life without asking ourselves hard questions that make us more conscious of our society. If you're working-class and you want society to change for the better then inform yourself about issues and make sure you challenge the ideas people are proposing.
It's also a class thing and economic resources situation, I'm Black born in London and the city is running out of space schools, housing, hospitals are at breaking point, minority communities are gentrified with white hipster/yuppies that don't give a shit about people of colour and just buying up the place ......Camron and elite created this, if eu was so great why wasn't and why aren't we all feeling the greatness, only big business with cheap labour gain from it ,posh yummy mummy's cheep child care and cheap builders from Poland building there homes and extensions, it's a wealth game and it's will create bigger problems in the future , plus the EU is corrupt and will collapse in the future, you will see other countries leave in the next 5 years Europe is falling apart slowly France will be next or Greece, Italy you'll see give it 5 years.
There is no vice-prime minister because a prime minister is not actually elected in a parliamentary system. In a parliamentary system you elect parties. Parties are in power not people. A party chose who they want to make prime minster. That is their choice. Theresa May was simply chosen by the conservative party to be the next prime minister. That is their choice to freely make.
That is different from the US, because you don't elect a party to power in the US. You elect a president. If a president is kicked out, die or has to leave for some other reason, then there is no other elected body really who can make the decision on who follows. Hence it needs to be pre-arranged by running with a vice-president during election. E.g. Trump was elected to power, not the republican party. He simply aligns with them in the American equivalent of a parliament with respect to passing laws. And of course he utilized they campaign machinery to get elected. But republicans have no authority given to them by voters to actually decide who would follow Trump if he left.
But had America had a parliamentary system like the UK, Trump would have been in power because the republicans won the election and chose Trump as their prime minister. Of course that would never have happened, which is why a guy like Trump would never have won in a parliamentary system.
Why is this 21 Savage clip on every damn video ending? smh. Promoting the most ignorant?
I don't accept this guys explanation, when you've had about 5 million net migration to a country in about 10 years people are going to feel their public services. It's depressing when British see the whole thing through the lens of race.
what's with all the white people hating on this
BlackDeath12345 because he’s talking about our homeland that was built by whites.
Cos white people are always delusional sensitive snow flakes that can't deal with the treatment they dish out.
Akala makes it sound so bad to be black in the uk.That race card is well worn out Change the record.
Have to disagree with you there. He doesn't make it sound bad to be black in the UK. However, he does call out racist activity when it happens to spread awareness of the fact that even though things have improved for black and ethnic minority people there is still a lot of work to do before we achieve genuine equality.
It is lol not sounds like dude but of course ur white sorry
@@olyolu2337 and you must be black. Using the race card to suit your own agenda.
Vlad, where's the immortal technique interview man?