South Africa’s Langa Township Deals with “Poverty Tourists” - The Jim Jefferies Show
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2019
- Jim heads to Langa Township in Cape Town, South Africa, to learn about the neighborhood - and about the unfortunate “poverty tourism” trend.
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I will be holding a poverty tour at my one bedroom apartment, only 80$ and you can be happy your not me
no pants allowed right?
@@matthewcassem8359 it would be unfair if the tourists were the only ones to wear pants
Pants are optional. Apologies I had to speak with my landlord about our business venture
Shit, that's a great idea! I should do that, too. Rich people can look down on me without feeling guilty about it because they paid fair money for the experience!
Im better..50$..but pant is a must or u not allowed in..haha
Being a South African, it is nice to see objective and honest pieces on the topic. Nice work
Fuck are you talking about this is horse shit
@@dazmataz1500 explain
@@shushan23292 That tour guide is showing the extremes and they should say that cause it makes our country look fucking ridiculous.
@@dazmataz1500 still doesn't explain why this piece is horseshit.
This was not objective at all. They hypocritically enjoyed a private tour themselves while judging and criticising "other" tourists for doing the same. Notice they didn't ask a SINGLE tourist WHY they wanted to go on the tour....?
Act like you'd want someone to act in your neighborhood.
Excellent advice Jim! Respect the local cultures, treat everyone with dignity. I wouldn't want some strangers snapping off photos of my children to show to their posh friends back home!
Thank you for not only shedding light on this issue, but also showcasing a better more genuine alternative!
The guy that said there's beauty in extreme poverty is way worse than the lady who said she's glad she doesen't have to live there. I don't know hy she got that reaction.
I know, right. ? She was honest at least. Instead of treating people's way of life like an art expedition.
The audience are brain dead people who waited in line hoping to be in the live audience.
@Vladimir Peter well I see beauty in my poor village then in my home in a dense city.
@@abhisheknanda9956 you lived through that. For a guy who has probably never suffered what it feels like to be poor to say poverty is beautiful is condescending.
Can't you spot that as being taken completly out of context? Pretty obvious edit.
I think it would be ok for geography or sociology students on educational excursions, but just to get your kick out of not beeing that poor is sick.
Rumplelumpa Snickerdoodles nailed it
To ride with a fucking Jeep trough a Township and just look at poor people is never "ok"...
How do you know that's their reason for doing it? They didn't ask a SINGLE tourist about motives.
@@kennymcburns7843 what if I'm a journalist.
Would a good journalist do a PoorPeopleSafari??
I don't think so...
The same happens here in Brazil when tourists visit favelas.
Ya... india as well..
*gets shot* w-OWW w-what an au-authentic expe-rience
I've rented apartments in favelas to foreigners in Rio on airbnb. They love it. I even prefer living in favela as a gringo.
I feel like it's a little different, because it's more dangerous there (the cartels are more powerful and there are more shootings), not saying people shouldn't visit but I'd be afraid to step out of the truck! lol
LancesArmorStriking - there's no truck on my tour - we walk the whole thing
Yep, Western people travel through slums in Asian countries and make TV shows and vlogs.
Most noted one is Oprah in India in 2008.
Wait was Oprah a tourist or was she doing a piece for her job?
Oh! yeah I remember I found it very sad and hypocrite. Her comments about India were down right example of someone who has forgotten her roots because they have stayed for too long with A-listers.
I remember she went with Gregory David Roberts to Dharavi and then later as she and Gregory were taking a Tonga ride, Gregory asked her if she would visit India again and she said NO because she found India to be filthy while taking a ride in Tonga on Marine Lines (don't remember the exact words). It's not like America does not have unclean areas but Ms.Winfery forgot about them!!!And I can tell she meant it because she was laughing while saying so! One of the 2 things she does when she wants to say something controversial.
@@dabsmomos She probably doesn’t go visit the ghettos in America either. Why would Oprah want to take trips to the ghetto in India? How did she forget her roots because she don’t want to go back to India? She’s not Indian & don’t owe Indians another trip there.
as a German i kinda feel the need to say: not all of us are like that.... but it´s good that you show how wrong they act there
As an Austrian i'd answer that most Tourist-germans kinda are like that. I've seen them in Austria and abroad and they have a weird naivity in their approach to other cultures... (Then again Tourist-Austrians aren't much different)
@@badoli1074 As someone born in Holland, now moved to Austria, I feel the same about Austrians as you do about Germans. The 'other' guys are always doing something weird, right?
@@badoli1074 you've seen germans in austria and speak about "naivity in their approach to other cultures"? XD I've never had a culture shock in Austria or was amazed by this exotic different culture there.
@@Tosse901 You make quite some wrong assumptions there. I've seen Germans in Brazil (and other countries) expecting the same german standards on another continent. They complained to me because i was the only one speaking their language. One of them was close to being racist, shitting on Brasillians right next to my brasillian friend...
@@badoli1074 yeah right, every german tourist is like that, and of course also a racist...coming from an Austrian who lives in a country where the right wing extremists were in the government and where groups like "die Identitären" are coming from.
These types of rich folks don't see poor people as human. That's disgusting on so many levels.
i doubt that many of these extremely weird tourists are rich. middle classers that are end the end real low class on the inside.
You know nothing about Germans so shut up.
They are the only ones that would eventually help you and build houses for you.
Unlike Americans, they would do shit for anyone.
People don't seem to realise why Germans do these tours. Not to revel in others' misery. They're actually the only ones who want to explore ALL facets of the country they're visiting, not just the white beaches and luxury hotels.
@Mark Hanson
Now you're laughing but when the bad karma will hit you and you'll become a slave, you are going to remember that you did wrong and supported the evil.
You and your soulless comrades of the new world order are going to hit the rock bottom.
You'll feel empty and you'll feel that your existence doesn't have any purpose.
Congrats to your Untergang.
@@TheUrbanEpicure German spotted =)
I feel like this topic was suggested by Trevor Noah
who is also a racist
@@stevedonahue7956 how?
@e-Rekt how is Trevor Noah a racist?
@e-Rekt and why would you handle Noah being a bit racist?
The daily show turned into complete garbage as soon as Jon Stewart left
I’m glad he mentioned Anthony Bourdain. I love’em both
anthony dead
This made me sick. The way we are viewed like animals. smh
@@206beastman fact..
@LightNessITA your ignorance is showing.
@@206beastman ... and you not having a father and being low iq poor, unemployed didn't graduate elementary school, junkie with a criminal record is also showing.
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or does your dad live with your mother? what school grade did u last graduate ? what kind of income are u making in which area of economy? when did u get out of prison and what were u in for ?
@LightNessITA HAHAHAHA
Just because you don't know about the history of African civilizations doesn't mean they don't exist or were built by the west.
@LightNessITA lol so true
I live in Cape Town and I love your take on it, however those people with the cameras make my skin crawl
Just rob them, they'll learn. #Trenchtown, we nuh f*** roun
"I don't want to look like a GERMAN" 😂😂
Can you help me? How does a german look like? I also don`t want to look like a german (i am a german) :)
@JeremyS yes, but some stereotypes are real and a little bit annoying, e.g punctuality, know-all manner or neatness ;)
@@maxw.1626 Easy. White shocks with sandals! 😋
Better give Andrew a raise
Exactly, God knows what diseases he could have got there.
Yea this happens in Mumbai too in Dharavi
@@yessesno that is true. I believe that is what mbinda does, the gentleman that gives Jim a tour.
Really? You would have to pay someone to step into dharavi. Might die of the fumes alone
My mum did a Slum Tour in Mumbai, when she traveled to India last year. I scolded her for doing this, when she told me. But when she described it, i didn’t perceive it as all too degrading. The guide showed them all the infrastructure, people have built there. There are a lot of different shops all over. Barbers, tailors, leather shops, electricians, all sorts auf craftsmanship, aso.. People recycle whatever comes from the richer parts of the Town. Local authorities know how much big towns profit from the slums. To them it´s a sort of waste management. So they are trying to preserve them, whereas the government would like them to disappear.The guide was brought up in this slum. He will soon have a masters degree, because his parents put all their means in his education.
Still, i think my mum, who normally is a friendly and well behaved person, should have restrained herself from taking pictures of little kids in dark, deplorable rooms. I think the guides have to intervene in this cases. Tourists as a mass are stupid and know no respect. They have to get educated.
it's waste management to support/protect an impoverished area? wow
@@Ravenkiko This is not my point of view. According to the tour guide, if they were to remove the slums, the cities would be buried in their waste within a couple of days. This is, why they don´t touch the slums. Supporting or protecting impoverished areas would include sewage systems, electricity, any kind of infrastructure. But they are denying those people any help, because the slums are „illegal.“
Yes, those German tourists were pretty terrible - but at least we wouldn't let the beer go to waste (we don't need Andrews ;-) .
Irgend Jemand - how were they terrible? Because someone offered them a tour and they took it? Nobody seems to care about those _profitting_ from poverty
@Dani de Janeiro - I think the profit involved is not really relevant, it's more the problem of interacting cultures. How both sides feel in regards to the others after the event. But it's a good point: They were not personally terrible, they were in their role representing tourists, however they got there. (They probably were not exactly aware of what they had booked as the tour of that day, and may well, as a person, have rejected the tour)
Yea that doesnt compensate for their ignorance 😂
@Salvador Fernandez Oh, I fully acknowledge their ignorance!
Yeah, but would you have shared that bucket?
Ahh. The old "make people feel good about their lives" tours.
You can save money by watching Cops or Live P.D.
@@panpluto13 no no no. That's the "thank god I'm not a minority" tour.
"So if you're a Simpson you wouldn't find that racist?" 😂
This is absolutely disgusting.
Anyone who willing does this should be ashamed of themselves.
I'm german and I don't want to look like a German on my travels either.
I went alone to both Crossroads and Khayelitsa. I had beer in my backpack, so whenever someone wanted to know why I was there I just said i was drinking beer and if they wanted one.. It worked out very nicely and i visited many local clubs. Repeated the routine in Namibia too
Bin dai(the black guy): " how do you move from a tour to a visit?"
2 sec later...
Jim: " let's take a tour" SMH
No way Jim you were in my home town..
fuck off pussy
@@stevedonahue7956 wtf?
@@stevedonahue7956 as Jim would say "try not to be a cunt"
Don't listen to all trumptard pussies. They are probably all living in flyover, cousin fucking states anyway.
@@wking8 watch the color purple...don't act like blacks don't fuck their offspring
I live in Rio and that happens in our favelas too. That's ridiculous.
I'm not surprised by this. People did this in the Victorian ages to look at poor areas in London "tours. In New Orleans, a few years after Katrina they actually dared to take you to rough hit areas as a tour. The people in NOLA obviously were pissed.
Mbinda is particularly impressive for taking poverty tours and changing them into something that benefits everyone.
Changing it into something that's like visiting friends was a stroke of brilliance.
Regis Glass LOL
Please explain.
Please explain what you mean by this.
😆
I'm pretty sure this exact thing happened in the book Brave New World.
Great book
You are correct.
Word
In Medellin, Colombia there is the Comuna 13. It used to be a neighbooorhood in very bad shape, with gang violence and what not. But the city set themselvds a goal to improve the neighboorhood. They did this by interacting with the community, giving them the tools they needed such as education, and art. We went to visit that place because it turned out really great and sets an amazing example!
0:24 😂 😆 thanks for the laugh 🤭
I am in desperate need of my very own Andrew in life
Damn! JIm was 30 minutes away from me, and I didn't even know
Lol, Sims was thinking the same thing. From Brackenfell
I remember some South African township youngsters did the same tourism experience in a Capetown surburb called Camps Bay and they got harassed, threatened and chased away by security guards, locals and police. No matter what that tour operator says this is still degrading. Rather visit and stay there for a day or two whilst contributing to their local economy
Loved this
That woman at 4:25, just wtf?!?!?
And John Doe at 0:58 😕
WOW I'm so impressed by the level of humanity displayed in this piece.
Yeah, like _"ew, I wont share a beer with you because my Western white privilege has allowed me the choice of being a germophobe - but look at those bad Germans"_
LOL Poor Andrew. Great piece
I just discovered your show, and boy did I learn a lot. It's like PBS funny
Well, as a German, I've got to say: ... fair enough.
I wish I have an Andrew
As a South African, Bless
Wow this is a really authentic experience.
Oh no. When you think imperialist can't get any worst, they think is a challenge
Imperialists, or just dumb tourists? I reckon theres a difference. Albeit a sad one.
Poverty tours...people are just strange lol
It's a degrading fucking name that doesn't even remotely describe the intention nor the act of such tours. Why are these people being defined by their bank accounts. When someone goes on a tour of London, do we call it a Wealth Tour?
As a german, im deeply sorry 🙈 i didnt even knew that these kind of tours exist, its so humiliating.
Thank you
Poorest area of S Africa. Still cleaner than the capital of the world's 5th largest economy... India
What are you doing to improve the situation?
Sad fact
But certain parts are better now
While this statement is not entirely false, I would like to know if you meant this an insult or just a sad observation.
You've obviously seen the bad parts of city. Ive lived there and it was one of the most clean, green, up market areas in South delhi. Its all the people from poor neighbouring states that come to delhi and make it worse
4:28 Every Dutch person abroad
00:57 Oh yeah, because most of those people are glad to live there.
New rules: These tours have a mandatory 2 week stay at a house next to the nightclub with no money, no cell phone, and cameras (except film crew), 2 days worth of clothing, eat only what you are given or can find for yourself and 10,000 euro donation to the community upon completion. Total immersion.
"I'm a bit nervous, Jim"...I would be too, Andrew.
sounds like a trip to Decepticon housing in Iacon
@@toedyhood1353 oh I've got a plan to improve conditions. It the best plan, really I'm known as the best plan maker in history, or really ever.
Poverty tour makes you feel soooooooo rich!!
Tony’s white brit impression was hilarious
I went to Soweto, but "poverty" isn't the attraction there, the cultural and historical sites are. Also, the food was great.
I was offered a tour in Langa when I went to Cape Town, and when the tour company salespeople couldn't offer me any more information than "Everyone should see what a township is like." (For the low price of $130!) I declined.
isn't Andrew from Tosh's crew? does he work both shows or for the network? inquiring mind wants to know..
no one will tell you. deep state covers stuff like this up.
I am german, and I watch Jim Jeffries.
Hahah hope you enjoyed the video m8
Ja schau mal die Avi Yemeni Videos. Da geht die Boltzmann-Konstante kaputt.
@@jacobandrews2663 I truely did, fellow human being =)
@@maxlauter5459 Lol nah, der Typ ist mir zu irre; den sah ich hier bereits und der babbelte vielleicht einen groben Unfug, dem mag ich keinen Traffic geben : >
@@user-wz9lk4sp2x I can not disagree with that, who doesn't like that? ^.^
I'm from Romania and this just gave me a business idea
oh man, we love you!
I love weird food. I volunteer to be anyone's Andrew if that person has airfare!
$100 is R1500 lol thats a decent amount in SA
You can survive on R1500 a month in RSA
You'd survive in poverty though.
I love how comedian journalism from different countries are bringing their help to the US people by educating them and helping win the right fight. I'm Portuguese and I'm sharp, are they hiring? 😎
this is so good thanks for showing how divided south africa is
You used the wrong picture in "snap selfies with homeless people"
The picture was taking in Morocco.. and the person wasn't homeless.. it's his job 😂😂
Hey that’s me at 6:38 .
4:49
well that aged badly, very very badly 😂
‘So you think they are seeing you as animals?’ YEAH!!! 🥴
I partied down in Algiers for Mardi Gras, we were only white ppl there, but we didn't go for poverty tourism we went cuz we couldn't find Bourbon St. & ended up there & stayed because we were too drunk to go anywhere else, + they welcomed us like family. Mind you it was in '96
Is Andrew the same guy from Tosh.0 that eats everything?
Yikes, with the shared beer bucket
I’m South African and I’m proud Andrew ate a sheep’s head. Trust me they taste good
I'm South African and when I was in Kenya with an Australian fella, I should have asked him his thoughts on sheephead.
" I am expecting to see a lot of poverty. And beauty in everything " - a white man.
4:27 my mother did this to an Amish child one time. We have not spoken in a decade.
South African and living in Finland for the past 5 years. Trust me Europe knows nothing about poverty or how to approach such situations.
This shit is why i used to cringe whenever i saw foreigners in my neighbour
When will Trevor Noah guest star!
Trevor hates white people
@@danidejaneiro8378 you know what, I don't know if you're trolling or not and I disagree that he hates white people in general, but I'm pretty sure he hates Europeans...
@@danidejaneiro8378 So I guess Trevor hates his dad
i feel very bad for these townships . may they find peace.
I’m going to NYC and London later this year and would like to visit some poor and deprived areas - does anyone have some recommendations? I hear that Camden, NJ and Luton, Beds are great! Has anyone been to these places and if so can you recommend a local guide that gives money back to the community.
Thumbs down 'cause he didn't drink the beer. 🧐🍺
Yep, very disapointed. But no thumb down because maybe he's really germophobe, and not just a pussy. or maybe he meant Germanophobe...
He didn’t eat the food either. I don’t understand how he can make fun of the Germans, yet pawns off the responsibility of « experiencing the culture » to Andrew.
where can i buy an Andrew?
When I was in Joburg aka Johannesburg back in 2002 I had both the honor and privilege of staying at Lilliesleaf. It was a very special experience for me to learn and see where Nelson Mandela and other revolutionaries used to hide out and were arrested during the fight to end apartheid. Truly learning how "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter". The U.S was calling the revolutionaries terrorists meanwhile a fellow African from the north was funding Nelson Mandela's cause. So wouldn't the man or country who helped the cause of fighting and ending apartheid also be considered a freedom fighter... but that man was called a "mad dog " by the U.S.. That's correct Muammar Gaddafi was the man who help fund Nelson Mandela's revolution against apartheid and Mandela never forgot that and became very close friends with Gaddafi after being released from being imprisoned. Mandela even referred to Gaddafi as the Guide Gaddafi. Mandela even ripped Obama a new ass when asked why would he invite Gaddafi to South Africa.
I still have no clue why Jim Jefferies moved to the U.S when he's so much more of a humanitarian and realist than the warmongering irrational fascists of the US.
I can only speak for myself, but I know why someone would want to make such tours:
If you save the money to travel the world for two weeks a year, you also want to get to know the people and culture.
Also you feel the urge to give these people something back. Because the most beautiful places in the world are in some of the poorest countries.
So you can either choose between staged cultural events (e.g. a village that 'performs' for you) or 'poverty tourism'.
I personally find both options very, very cringy. But I also don't to hide the walls of an All Inclusive hotel.
So, what's the right thing to do?
In the Philippines I paid a private guide directly. He took me around the island on his motorcycle. I didn't ask for a "poverty tour" (imagine he would have been offended if I did) but he took me to the neighborhood his family lived and told me about the houses and restaurants, and little places. Took me to the local church, then to the big fancy catholic church, then to see the natural sights, then to do touristy things like zipline. I probably ridiculously "overpaid" him, but it was the off-season, and I am sure he needed the money, and the five or ten bucks I could have bargained down just don't mean as much to me. Plus, it was a fantastic experience, totally worth it.
@@jglobetrotter2830 - Nobody is fucking asking for poverty tours. This is just something that guilty white westerners have called it to make themselves feel better for being rich without actually having to do something constructive to alleviate poverty.
Superiority complex of people
This is messed up as hell
As a German I had fun with this piece
So many people in small, confined spaces HERRLICH!
Just in case bring an andrew hahahaha🤣🤣🤣
Is Andrew still alive?
Why do you think sheep meat is deadly?
Should Jim have Andrew draw Mohammed so he’s safe?
gotta keep the tourists happy
I thought it was somewhat disrespectful that Jim refused to try the food or beer. I know he was trying to be funny but he completely undermined his entire point.
Jane Doe
He’s an actual germaphobe, he wasn’t joking and said on multiple occasions, I also live with mysophobia (the actual name for it)and it’s not something that can always be pushed through. It’s far more respectful for him to have some one else participate than him having a panic attack or throwing up because of the stress.
Did you have any trouble getting back into the US?
Who are you asking that to, Jim, Andrew or the sheep's head?
Poverty is engineered so wealthy people can feel better about themselves.
It's actually to scare the middle class into working harder and staying in line.
Love how neither of you have original ideas
@@bigfan1041 Is originality the goal when stating facts? (Or for that matter hypotheses?)
@@bigfan1041 Like that is the most original line out of the most original book of originality of origins, so what's your poooint!?
@@TimJBucci Stop repeating things you clearly don't understand, think for yourself.
same tour in Buenos Aieres ,Argentina-
As a white person who lived in the lower 9th for a few years I can tell you how to blend in.don't see someone's skin as a characteristic of their personality. beauty is everywhere .it just looks different for people with different standards.
Nor their bank accounts. But the people on this show seem obsessed with defining people by their skin and wealth.
@@danidejaneiro8378 money is not gonna do shit for how a person keeps and makes interpersonal relationships in fact 99.9 percent of the time it makes it worse and yes the people all bout getting that cash bro are also the people locking their cars door when a black guy walks to his car in a parking lot
The Democratic Alliance calls it 'campaigning'.
The only way this would make sense as if you take your rich spoiled kids to show them how good they have it. And how blessed they are so they can appreciate what you gave them and the work you do for them.
Is Andrew the guy from the office sketches from Tosh.0?
He works for comedy central not any individual show
Yeeee first time I’m first
not first. Lord Starscream is never first 😳