The scary part is that you can’t seem to realize why your strongest card against BLM being Trump, lost to BLM presidential candidates Kamala And Biden. Your deity lost the black and not white votes. It’s incumbent upon YOU to realize why you’re not appealing to the majority of races, surely they can’t ALL be confused and your smaller demographic know best, cause that’s white arrogance. Evaluate yourself and get educated from books.
@@teafallbliss3409 The scary part is dems stole the election. And even then Biden got less black votes in most area than Hillary and Obama... Just go away you racist biatch..
@@MediaBuster What happened to Democrats being the snowflakes? Facts don't care about your feelings just accept you're racially repulsive to non-white voters. Beg me to join, unless racial intolerance is a core value to republicans xD
@@teafallbliss3409 America is 50% white so if most minorities are voting democrat, that means majority whites are voting republican. So does that mean democrats are racist towards white people? Its often not that simple from generations racial minorities who are often poorer vote democrat because democrats are more liberal towards things like crime, free govt aid lot of which appeals to minorities.
Most white people are so out of touch with other cultures that it isn't even funny man. This dude, probably to this day doesn't truly respect black culture or care about black people and just tries to make himself look like a victim and apologizes to every black person he sees for being white. Who wouldn't laugh at this guy?
@@stealthyisnthere I knew this guy was a clown right from the start when he called them African Americans. There just Americans, who are black. Or black Americans whatever floats ya boat
@@stealthyisnthere most white people are working class and their kids go to the same schools grow up to work at the same jobs and sometimes have romantic relationships with minorities. Everyone I grew up with was mixed race.
@@williampotts3727 sry when I reefer to white I mean extremely white sheltered middle class whites like the guy in the video. People who are ignorant to other cultures and people with darker skin as "tHe bLaCk pEoPle" or "thOsE aFrIcAn aMeRiCAns" instead of treating and thinking of them like the normal people that they are. A lot of these WOKE white liberals are closet racist.
They weren’t, we don’t really enjoy things like that because we know how it feels. After a few laughs if it was genuinely at him most people would stop participating. That’s how we are.
I think everyone is getting too hung up on the phrase "White Privilege", when all that really matters is understanding one idea: it sucks to be treated less than or differently because you aren't a part of the majority. My take away from this video is to be more empathetic to others if it seems like they are being left out or treated worse simply because they're part of a different race, religion, social group, etc. At the end of the day I think we're all just trying not to be dicks to each other.
@Jo Jo Unfortunately you kinda proved your own point: some people are assholes for no reason or maybe they're just a grumpy/sad person. I didn't mean EVERYONE quite so literally as you took it. If I'm going to be precise I think most people are TRYING to be a good person and not hurt others. Trying is the key word there, not everyone succeeds as well as others.
i applaud your optimism, but the reality is that many people are not actively trying to be a good person. They are trying to prove that their bigoted vision of the world is the correct one. In their quest to prove this, they step on people they believe are less than them. When you truly believe that being a good person entails being aware of discrimination (and what it actually looks like in the real world), you are eager to acknowledge your privilege - whether that be for being white, skinny, conventionally attractive, male, financially stable; whatever. It shouldn't be perceived as a badge of shame or a badge of honor. Instead, the concept of white privilege should be a fact we recognize to be true, and a platform from which we can illicit a change of perspective from the rampant, close-minded bigots we encounter.
@Kitsurugi: It seems that you are claiming that people are misunderstanding the messages of videos, such as this one, because they are using the phrase "White Privilege." That's a reasonable claim. However, it's up for debate who should be blamed for this. For example, should the blame go to the person misinterpreting the phrase "White Privilege," or should it go to the person using the term in the first place? To me, it's a somewhat dramatic phrase and so it sticks out in a negative way. While I can see how the term "privilege" can relate to arguments about black vs. white relations (among other things), it still seems like it would be quite possible, and normal, to use a less dramatic phrase, such as "White Conveniences." I don't know... there are tons of advantages in this world that we can be born with, but our normal course of action isn't to call it a privilege. It's not even outright wrong to call being tall a privilege, or even just not being short, yet, we are not taught to use this kind of word when talking about being tall. The same could be said for being intelligent, having a fast metabolism, having a desirable voice, having good eyesight, and several more things that can make a person's life easier on a day-to-day basis. We are generally taught to not be so dreary and so we don't have the audacity to use the word "privilege" to describe these things. We know that, there are too many things outside our control to be constantly thinking about that, and that we need to put a strong emphasis on what we can control, as a general life philosophy. It only seems to change when we get politically heated. Then, we bring in the drama. We get tempted to have more combative solutions to our problems. We get tempted to call things privileges that we wouldn't in a less politically heated situation. I think it's something about our passions that is motivating people to bring in the word "privilege." It's a very strong word that we wouldn't normally use. I think it's overplaying things and it's an aggressive word choice. It creates shock because again, in non-political situations, we wouldn't call advantages you were born with something like that. We wouldn't be lecturing people about how they're taller than average or something like that, except maybe in jest. If people just wanted to calmly discuss the ups and downs of being white/black and how to proceed, I don't think people would want to use this kind of term (the same goes for terms like "snowflake." Both the left and the right (and people in general) often have desires to use a strong word choice to intimidate the other side.). But instead, I think people tend to value a term that "sounds good" and powerful for their side, even if it exaggerates things a bit. There are degrees, of course. A person could for example, go along with the "privilege" term, maybe they don't love the term, but are willing to get behind it. These people might want some sincere discussion but it can still easily become insulting or pompous. For me, those who don't enjoy the "privilege" term or similarly strong terms are more likely to be sincere in their discussion, because they just want to discuss the issues, not make one side look better or worse than they are in a cheap way. And my reasons for that are what I said above. People choose certain words for a reason. If we want to be combative, we are more likely to use strong words; we are more likely to call those disagreeing with our views stupid because we're hoping that this will intimidate them, even though it adds no new intellectual content to the discussion. If we really want sincere discussion, we will not exaggerate our word choice and are less likely to pick flashy terms and more likely to pick ones that we actually think accurately describe the situation.
What this video made me realized is that people project bad experiences onto their perpetrators. Black people have experienced being singled out in an isolating way, so they wanted ron to feel that way while they collectively laugh at him. Unfortunately, Ron was stupid enough to buy into it and tried to find an overcomplicated way of explaining it
I just found this. My dad, a doctor, used to give talks on smoking to any group that asked. And black churches often asked. Didn't matter to my dad that we were white. He had been a country doctor in Mississippi for 12 years before I was born. So I went with him to a black church in downtown Shreveport Louisiana one Sunday. They asked if I would sing in the choir with the other youth. I was in highschool, mid to late 70's, and sure, I was game. The guy next to me asked if I'd hold the hymnal. I did. And that choir began to sing while the preacher went to town on the piano, as the spirit moved him. And I mean Moved! Riffs, repeats of phrases, all kinds of jazz chords, holds of notes, I mean it was wild. And that choir danced! The actual hymn and the book was utterly irrelevant, though I gamely tracked the words and detours and repeats best I could. Afterwards my dad said I had looked like a fence post in a thunderstorm! But nobody made me feel I was separate. I was a part of it, even if I couldn't and still can't dance. I felt embarrassed at Ron in this story. He was walled off. He didn't belong. They chose to underscore he could never truly sit among them, because they can't accept him, can't grant him the same rights. Not for anything he did. Just because of his parents. Sad. I prefer singing in the choir, in the last row, holding a hymnal like an idiot. But an idiot that, while everyone else swayed to music, eyes closed, we all still focused on something bigger than any one of us. Something that brings us together.
The guy is so pathetic. He desperately wants to feel like part of the cool kids group and was even willing to sympathize with a racist crucifixion to do it. Then lamely act like he was somehow special for the experiencing it.
What is BLACK Privilege? 1) Privilege is wearing $200-$700 sneakers when you’ve never had a job. 2) Privilege is wearing $300 Beats headphones while living on public assistance. 3) Privilege is having a Smartphone with a Data plan, which you receive no bill for. 4) Privilege is living in public subsidized housing where you don’t have a utility or phone bill and where rising property taxes, rents and energy costs have absolutely no effect on the amount of food you can put on your table, which is largely covered by Government Food Stamps. 5) Privilege is having free health insurance for you and your family that's paid for by working taxpayers who often can't afford proper health coverage for their own families. 6) Privilege is having multiple national organizations promoting and protecting just your race alone -- that are subsidized by federal tax dollars. 7) Privilege is having access to a national college fund that supports only one race. 8) Privilege is having a television network that supports only one race. 9) Privilege is having most of the media news networks refuse to cover incidents wherein one race (one-eighth of the population) commits 50% of the crimes. 10) Privilege is the ability to go march against, and protest against anything that triggers you, without worrying about calling off from work and the consequences that accompany such. 11) Privilege is having as many children as you want, regardless of your employment status, and be able to send them off to daycare or pre-school you don’t pay for. 12) Privilege is being able to vote in many states without showing a driver's license, voter ID card or other credentials -- just because your race claims they should be exempt from such requirements. 13) Privilege is being able to riot, loot, commit arson and tear down historic monuments without consequences -- just because you don't like folks such as Columbus, U. S. Grant or even Lincoln. 14) Privilege is being able to get into almost any college of your choosing based on your race, not your grades or merit. 15) Privilege is having most of your life paid for by the working men and women who DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH RISING TAXES AND COSTS! 16) Privilege is getting a 25% boost to your welfare in Biden's term, yet those who worked their entire lives and on social security got 5.9% -- you know, those you now call “PRIVILEGED.”
I think everyone deserves a moment where they experience something outside their life experience that causes them to expand as a human being. As a majority in my country growing up, I had the privileges of being of the majority race, having moved to Australia where I was no longer a majority, I experienced this weird segregation of my relationship with this 'privilege'. Maybe to other people on the outside looking in, it may not seem like much, but because of what Ron has experienced and internalized, and the many he has spoken to about his revelations, he might have already connected more people together than he knows. I think its amazing, go ron!
Roy, I do not want to go down this road, but if some people do (SJW etc), then they should follow the road all the way to the logical end. Social justice warriors and feminists should then look at Jewish males. They go on and on about "white male privilege" and who has more privilege in modern America than Jewish males. First of all, I want to state that I'm against SJW attacking people they perceive as having privilege. The reason Jewish males might be attacked by SJW and feminists is that they have disproportional power and wealth. Jews make up less than two percent of America's population ( less than 1% Jewish male) but ten percent of Congress is Jewish males. Five corporations control almost all the media in America and all have Jewish male CEOs. Wallstreet and Hollywood ARE NOT controlled by Jewish males, however, they do have a very disproportional amount of influence there. In terms of income, no demographic comes close to Jewish males, and 50% of American billionaires are Jewish males. So you "privileged" Jewish males out there, watch out, the feminists and SJW should be concerned by your so-called "privilege".
From the name I'll guess you are Korean. In the 90's I was the only caucasian female in an east coast city of about 70,000. I learned a lot about stereotypes, even the neutral ones get annoying after a while. I used to make salsa with a lot of habanero, and enjoy it with my students just to prove that I could eat spicy food.
@Edwin morgan oh it definitely doesn't compare to being homeless, only being homeless compares to being homeless. But what I'm trying to say is that, everyone starts at a different point of perspective and privilege in life, which can be fair or unfair. But before background, anyone willing to move beyond their own experiences to try to understand others is a beautiful sentiment. I think you are not wrong in pointing out that his comparisons were a bit farfetched, and can cause offence to some who were homeless, I can definitely see your point and to that I can agree. I guess what I'm saying is that, he is taking steps to get where others are in their understanding, its not a perfect procedure and he's going to make mistakes along the way, but look at him! One day, he will be at a understanding that can emanate love and compassion to those less fortunate, and maybe even impact those in his community to move as well. I think he deserves that chance to become someone who can make a difference to those around him, someone who won't cause offence, someone who only shows love. And maybe, us the internet, are the ones to show him the best way to do it, maybe we are not. Who knows? In any case, he deserves the chance to expand. :)
@@shinnam Actually, I'm ethnically chinese! I do kinda get Korean a lot though, so mom thinks we might have some mixing somewhere. Stereotypes are what they are unfortunately. Some of them root from observable habits, some of them are made up by others who don't understand. I have a weird relationship with stereotypes, I love rice and will eat it every moment if I can. I'm somewhat good at math and people reckon I study pretty hard. At the same time, I don't really get the " asian men aren't sexy" thing, nor do people think I'm a nerd. At the end of the day, does it really matter what others say if you know your own truth? Yeah, it still sucks, but I try to invite people into my own experience of my culture and my own understanding of it. Those who are receptive will yearn for more, those who are closed off, well they aren't really my problem so I leave them be. No matter what I say, the latter group will not change their mind, so why waste my energy when I can show others what my culture is about you know? I'm sorry you had to go through what you did, no one should have to feel that way or be compelled to change their actions for others.
There is not a Black person in Amerikkka who thought this video was a satire... The token Black is the only one, board meetings, schools, neighborhoods, etc. We be the only one, and often our pressence is met with open hostility, indifference, not welcome ... Not you... , How many white people have ever been in an environment where in they were the only one? The only white in the room? And how comfortable would a white person having to live their entire lives being the only one ... Living not you as doors and opportunities close in their face only for being white... Move along no satire here... Just everyday reality for Black people in Amerikkka
@@mikebrown1068 No. We came so close, so close to love! But you had to go and mess it up! Yeah, we got so close and we got so far! Yeah, we got so close, so close to love!
“The idea that you can target and ethnic group with a collective crime, regardless of the supposed innocence or guilt of the constituent elements of that group, there is absolutely nothing that’s more racist than that.” -Jordan B. Peterson
It's frowned upon for someone to be racist or to discriminate based on religion, ethnicity, weight, disability etc. The last form of discrimination that needs to be gotten rid of is ageist attitudes. Whether it's discrimination based on a younger person, though it's most often against older people, ageist attitudes need to be gone.
@Stephenson 2-18 That's right. Because his decades of education, more decades as a professor plus millions who follow him because they see his wisdom. Yep, he's so wrong. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
@Stephenson 2-18 under your own understanding, what is the core political position of national socialism and neo-national socialism, also what are the primary difference between the two? Lastly, using your own understanding, what are the main tenants surrounding the political ideology and philosophy of classical liberalism?
No black person in recent times has EVER been subjected to that kind of humiliation in a club. If they had all hell would have broken loose. The whole "PoC" world seems to have license to criticize, mock and vilify white people for some stupid "sins of the father" type reason that we have nothing to do with today. I'm sick of the constant moaning and groaning. No one gives me a leg up because of my skin color. No one has favored me because of my skin color. I treat everyone the way I'd wish to be treat - with respect and kindness. I'm not going to be anyone's whipping boy as an excuse for the poor choices they may have made in their lives. That's on them. If they try to I'm going to throw it right back in their face (and have).
Kinda seems to me like he was dehumanized as a novelty and found a way to internalize the experience in a way he could view as positive rather than letting it make him feel cheapened. There are racists out there and they like the people they hate are of diverse colors and creeds. If people would stop trying to own all the worlds suffering they might actually learn to see other human beings as humans rather than as different.
@@BigHenFor But that's still treating them as a group. You should acknowledge that individuals can experience discrimination because of what group they belong to, but claiming that all members of a group experience something simply because they belong to the group is not achieving anything.
@@BigHenFor what suffering, like the potato famine? black death? black people are not special in their strife but they response to that strife has been. why don't they drop the victim bit and start with the grind, like the rest of us did?
@@trple2 You think the story is a joke? There were plenty of jokes in the story, but the story itself is about a group of people who have felt oppressed for so long that they have no qualms about mocking someone for their racial identity. It is sad for the storyteller because he was the target of racial prejudice. It is sad for the comedians because they were exploiting a person because of their racial identity. Reverse the racial identities of the people in the story. Would id be a joke?
@@brockelever Yes, everything you said was obvious although you're being over dramatic and kind of even missing what's funny about making fun of it. I'm trying to figure out if it's satire.
Yep my first serious bf was a poc. I am white and poor . We got beat up at home . However none of my problems were caused by being white. He on the other hand had a much more stable home life , but when we were looking for apartments together we had to decide not to live in a certain area that was known for having a white pride gang. When he was 7 he was walking back from a friends house and a bunch of teens threw rubbish at him and shouted slurs . At highschool he was constantly being joked about as the token black guy and put up with it all with a smile. At fancy stores clerks followed him to make sure he wasn't shoplifting. When he was working as a checkout person an old person said "I didn't know they let negros work here." People were always surprised when I introduced him as my boyfriend And people were also pretty bad at holding their shock that he was studying medicine. He got complimented by friends with lines like "yeah but your basically white haha " .
This is a tough story that makes me think about the whole 'white privilege concept'. I don't think I'm above everyone else, but I understand I've had it much easier simply because of my skin color in instances. I'm not ashamed of being white, but I understand that being white as a majority, means overall life has been easier. Even as someone that was bullied and mocked for decades. I will never say I'm proud or not proud of being white because I largely don't care. I will say we should stop focusing on skin color as an aspect of what defines us.
This is about as racist as America gets, these days. That is to say... hardly racist at all. Not to say it's not real, but let's be honest, it's better than ever in the US. It used to be institutional, now it's episodic.
@@justinz9225 this was not in America it was in New Zealand.(which is supposed to be alot better ...) The white pride gang are known for going out and vandalizing poc houses . Also some university students here dress up in black face or paint themselves yellow (Asian) at parties for a laugh . We also used to get pulled over by cops constantly when we were coming home from work for liscense checks ect. I have never been pulled up that much driving the same route at the same time with my white brother driving. It may be more subtle but it is still bad. Part of what makes it so bad now is that if you haven't experienced it you would never even notice. He also changed his name to a more white name for job applications .
@@whitetiana3022 dang lol who you calling a retard? That’s very rude to call someone. If you’re talking to me I’m convinced you didn’t fully read my comment. Don’t forget the part in parentheses. Your comment doesn’t seem to really relate to mine tho. Maybe that’s why you deleted it??
I admire his humility and willingness to understand. And I understand that that show he was at was meant to be in good fun, and it seems that he's not upset by it. But what they did to him was flat-out racist discrimination.
Exactly. Which begs the question: Why does this need to be pointed out? Why is so difficult for people to imagine a role reversal and see how obviously horrible it is to publicly shame someone for their biological traits?
@@rgpqf Where does it happen every day? I mean, that sounds pretty unbelievable. I think we would all hear about it. But anyway please say where it happens. Because we should put a stop to that too.
What you are is the foundation upon which who you are is built, it's an inextricable part of who you are. You physically could not be who you are without being what you are.
I'll explain why you're wrong. The significance is this, He got to experience what its like to be singled out because of your race. This is an experience common to black people. Racism is real and uncomfortable.
I can totally relate to this. I was the only white person in a large, all Filipino family. I was constantly reminded that I'm white, as if I didn't know it. It was constantly pointed out to me by his family. Not even in a nice way. It was very difficult, especially when the man I was married to, joined in.
Can you imagine if the roles were reversed? Yes, I know there is value in understanding that other people have the discomfort of being the only one in the room that looks like them. But wrong is wrong, what they did wasn't ok.
Yeah there's a difference between being the only person of a certain color in a room and being singled out specifically for the rest of the crowd's amusement because of that fact.
I'm white too. But I'm also Canadian. Here in Canada we don't have the whole "black vs white" the way America does. What we do have is English vs French and white vs native. Ontario English speakers and Quebec French have been less then friendly with each other for a 150 + years. The native people in Canada have been treated like dogs by everyone since the first colonists. I am writing this because I know how this comedian feels. Why? Because my father is an English speaking dude from Vancouver. My mother is a French speaking woman from northern Quebec who gave me just enough of the bone structure that in a dark room you can kind of see the 5th generation removed Ojibwa ancestry I got from somewhere in her families history. I've been the only English kid in a room full of French. I've been the only person who can speak enough French to ask directions when my friends and I got lost in Montreal on a drunken weekend. And I've been singled out as that tall "chug" while bouncing at a country bar in Calgary. (I look stupid with long hair now that I think about it) I am all of these things. French, English and outsider. Enough so that I refuse to tolerate that kind of bigotry around me. I will speak out against it wherever the hell I am. Thanks for reading. Have a good night
@@nicholasbyram296 it's like an American trying to talk to a Brit. The accent is different. A lot of the slang is different. But the core language is the same.
@@JamesThomas-pj2lx French Canadians have nothing to do with France. In fact most of the people there are not even of French ancestry. They just speak the language.
It's interesting that this guy references the L.A. riots, the event where the white Reginald Denny, was pulled out of his truck and savagely beaten by a group of Black rioters. Thankfully, some compassionate Black people came to his aid to stop the beating, and get him medical treatment.
@@FungusMossGnosis yeah imagine saying a word and then getting murdered, this is exactly the reason i carry and say the n-word in a whisper. I just hope one day one of the joggers freaks out and i get my Zimmerman moment.
I do not want to go down this road, but if some people do (SJW etc), then they should follow the road all the way to the logical end. Social justice warriors and feminists should then look at Jewish males. They go on and on about "white male privilege" and who has more privilege in modern America than Jewish males. First of all, I want to state that I'm against SJW attacking people they perceive as having privilege. The reason Jewish males might be attacked by SJW and feminists is that they have disproportional power and wealth. Jews make up less than two percent of America's population ( less than 1% Jewish male) but ten percent of Congress is Jewish males. Five corporations control almost all the media in America and all have Jewish male CEOs. Wallstreet and Hollywood ARE NOT controlled by Jewish males, however, they do have a very disproportional amount of influence there. In terms of income, no demographic comes close to Jewish males, and 50% of American billionaires are Jewish males. So you "privileged" Jewish males out there, watch out, the feminists and SJW should be concerned by your so-called "privilege".
@@lindai6988 You misunderstood what I said. I know Feminists and SWJ say they are antisemitic, that's because they are brain-dead. IF THEY ARE AGAINST WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE (AGAIN SHOWING THEY ARE MORONS). THEN THEY SHOULD REALIZE JEWISH MALES ARE THE MOST PRIVILEGED WHITE MALES THAT EXIST. If this is too hard for you to grasp I can't help you.
@@bohrerbros7555 who has more power than Jewish Males? Asians, maybe that's why the majority of them don't complain about White Privilege because they know the trick. Work hard and you get places, stop making excuses and you can do anything you put your mind to. Their is one race the human race, and that is all there is to it.
That's not exactly what was happening. Yes, Ron was there as a guest of Steve Harvey, but this was a bit in some other comedian's routine. Steve Harvey was being a gracious host and thanking his guest for being cool during an awkward/ tense moment. I dunno about you, but I don't feel, or take, responsibility for what other folks do/say, but I can acknowledge the impact.
I could only imagine what it’s like for one white dude to be targeted compared to every single black person in that room (and in all of America) to be targeted every single day. He said it himself it was done with laughs and love and he learned something from it
He was not a “friend” - he was the equivalent of Ron’s boss, because Ron was essentially a PA. Also, this happens to me on a regular basis, which is part of Ron’s point. And I think you’re missing the point.
I probably would have left the second I saw the 'Throne' on the basis it would indicate to me they are making a presumption of me based on the pigment of my skin which reveals absolutely nothing of my character, attitudes, upbringing, or even my race. Yes my skin is pale, but I am in fact half First Nations. I grew up being 'the only one'. In my classes, in my neighborhood, even in my house since my mom was white as white could be and she remarried a white man after mom and dad divorced. This so called 'lesson' is stupid. It only proves anyone of any race can be just as hateful as any other. What we need to do is look past such things as color- not 'blind' to them, but not as the most important means of identifying or valuing each other either.
EXACTLY. not everyones experience is the same, even based on skin color. I dont think they should have made this lesson to him that way at all. Besides, people are priveleged and non-priveleged based on a whole HOST of reasons- like how poor they are, their gender, sexual orientation, if theyre an immigrant, if they have a disability, etc etc etc. Its an individual thing, we cant boil it all down to race and assume thats all that matters. Thats only like... 5% of the equation lol.
@@RedbadofFrisia just like you don't _have_ to agree with facts or science. you not "agreeing" doesn't change the underlying truth or accuracy of what's being presented...you just choose to ignore the reality so you can be comfortable. cool story bro.
@@loneshine "muh facts, muh science denier" same old same old. Look up a serious race and IQ distribution study and an ingroup bias one and then come back to me about your facts and science.
@@Appalachiosaurus22 Seems like *you* are missing the point. The only *privilege* displayed in this story was by the room full of racist black people exercising their ability to abuse and discriminate against a white guy unchecked.
All the dogmatic smear of "privilege" to label and attack Whìte people is about is inventing a reason to justify discriminating and despising Europeans for our race. As if we owe anyone anything, ever did owe anyone anything or are collectively responsible for whatever regime or events, acts. As we are purposefully destroyed as a people in an ongoing systematic decline organized by governments run by our enemies. Through the destruction of our values, heritage and the destroyed birthrates that result from it. One day soon the patience runs out and the bloodshed starts. That day will be one that marks the beginning of a massacre and revenge frenzy unseen in history.
Why people complain that they were treated unfairly yet still around that same person? People get these wealthy jobs they scared to leave because they can't all because their in it too deep. If you by any chance start feeling your being riped apart by a person and left with no dignity.... Please don't stay. Leave. You don't have to suffer your soul. Never return.
Wait, so this guy gets singled out, set up to be bullied and ridiculed the whole show, which culminates in the entire room cheering when he is blatantly discriminated against... all because of the color of his skin.... and his takeaway is that ...he is privileged? ...holy crap the brain washing is complete with this one.
@@am.i.cognizant9981 Except that while the "others" in that crowd, and on that stage, may experience being the minority in a crowd, they do *not* experience that kind of *treatment* from white people. Let alone "every day".
Congratulations, you experienced racism from them to "teach you how it feels". Even though you have never shown racism towards them or presumably anyone. How is that white privilege? Most "white" people don't show racism towards anyone. Most "white" people are targeted with racism. I grew up in the south around a lot of "black" people, and have seen vastly more racism towards "white" people. The only "White Privilege" is that "white" people are the least racist people today.
Thank God he took that so well. Hats off to you. Most White people would have just had a story of how they were victimised in the Black comedy club years ago.... This right here is a great guy, he's invited to the cookout lol.
Steph Powell The reason he thinks you like to play the victim card is because you think white people don’t experience the hate you most likely rarely get. Tell me, what privileges in the law do you not have?
holycrapitsjake That he is not normally the only person of his skin color in most situations out in broader society. He got to be a "tourist" of marginalization, instead of living in a constant state of it.
@@Vinzet86 "That he is not normally the only person of his skin color in most situations out in broader society." ...so are we implying that his white privilege comes from how many similarly white people he's surrounded by in daily life? cuz that makes zero sense. "He got to be a "tourist" of marginalization, instead of living in a constant state of it." ...and what exactly was the marginalization you're referring to?
It's contextual to the society he lives in. It's not about being a majority of white people. It's about the society being centered on Whiteness and White culture. If you don't understand how marginalization factors into that context, I dunno if I can help you understand. And it seems like you want to pose your questions not with the goal of understanding, but with the intention of belittling the concept of White privilege. It's systematic/societal. Discrimination is interpersonal, while racism is systematic. The club representing the former, broader society obviously representing the latter.
@@Vinzet86 I feel like the concept of white privilege only serves to further divide the races and poisons the well before any discussion between us is made. It feels like it serves to give black people a reason to judge and hate people simply because of the color of their skin. I can recognize that black people struggle in this country by comparison to white people in general, but it's not going to change simply by people recognizing their privilege. It feels like the underpants gnome episode from Southpark. First: white people recognize their privilege. Second: ???? Third: Profit!!
I like the way he explained that he experiencing being an outsider it "as a tourist", and that it was the "friendly version". This was a really good way for him to explain and compare what he learned from his experience while also drawing a distinction between it and the reality of people who deal with it in much uglier ways as part of their ongoing, day to day lives.
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I took a sign language class some years ago. We had to go to a mall & buy something but not speak , only use gestures. It was a similar experience of being "the only one", the minority.
What a great video... I grew up in all black schools in Chicago as the only white boy in the class. Did not have a normal household/parents... I consider myself mostly raised by black women teachers. I don't think I know it all, I am just grateful for my experiences. In some ways I felt like this guy felt that night every day and in other ways I felt more accepted by people of color than anyone else.
I had a moment like this in college. I was friends with 2 black girls at work and they invited me to one of their apartments for a small get together. There were 4 other girls there and we were playing cards against humanity and drinking. One of the girls joked to the other how she was one shade too light to get killed at a traffic stop, and how she should be thankful for that. And obviously they were all using the N- word freely, but not me. Not me. It was the first time in my life i felt included, but still so far removed. Eye opening. I love those girls dearly, but i will never know their struggle.
Well, now you know what it's like to be forbidden to say some words that others are allowed to say, so you better understand the black people struggle. Wait, no.
Couple years ago I was at a Tech N9ne concert (black artist with a primarily white fanbase) and one of the openers was getting the crowd warned up. He shouts "where are the ladies at?" And half the crowd goes crazy. Next he shouts "where are my N-words at?" And maybe a dozen people cheer. So (and I'm paraphrasing) he says that everyone who is down with him, is his N-words regardless of skin tone. So again he asks "where my N-words at?" And this time the crowd goes crazy. I thought this was worth sharing, as it's a different example of black people taking the power away from the word.
The word means the same no matter who says it. People can delude themselves into thinking they can change that fact all they want to. If someone calls me that, it's a problem. We want to get rid of everything that harms us, but this word we keep trying to hold onto? ...Absolute madness...
I would have grabbed the mic, stood up faced the audience, pointed my finger at them all, and screamed AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, dropped the mic, and walked out. The real truth in America the last 50 years.
It's weird that we say the Civil Rights Movement ended in 1965 with the passage of the CRA even though the Government and supposedly lone white supremacists would end up assassinating and murdering still outspoken CRM leaders several years later, like 21 year old Fred Hampton who was poisoned by an undercover FBI Agent and shot twice in the back of the head while unconscious by police. The Civil Rights Movement ended with a rapid series of assassinations and murders of it's leaders and the mass incarceration of communities who engaged in the most activism. This development of localized mass surveillance and police militarization in revolutionary communities would continue until the modern day, with the police just this year getting a boost in funding despite the headway made by the current wave of civil rights actors.
@@mangomath2175 What is it? Because he explained that white people apparently cant feel like a minority when in fact minority applies to a much greater percentage than just race. It is feeling alone or an outsider in anyway, body shape, looks, race, ideas. Not all white people live in American and Europe btw lol. The title was VERY misleading. White Privilege in the media and liberals has always been a term to show that we take "advantage: of our system, economic benefits, not being discriminated etc etc. Those things I disagree with but at least they are direct. This video either doesn't know the term or is using a straw man argument to get more people to believe in it.
He felt what it is to be excluded, just by the color of his skin. The privilege is that this is an exception, he will leave and go back to being normal, while for minorities its the opposite, they leave and become the outsider. That's it, it's a simple concept isn't it? , the privilege of being the norm. See the covers of every dvd and videogame in a shelve: you'll probably see a bunch of white dudes with guns, and that's fine, but just realize you do have some privilege just by being in the norm.
@@SirRichard94 well said. Ppl are really caught up on him being "victimized" that they missed the entire point. Honestly, some ppl don't want to see their privilege, even the simple fact that everywhere they go...they fit in.
I find that the people focusing on race are the ones that keep this stuff alive. Let's just be people. Tired of having to defend my opinions of privilege being white, like I have any choice or ability to be anything else. Every single person on this planet is an individual. There have been angels and demons of every race, all for their own reasons that resulted from their own unique experience of life. That's all there is. Be better people.
If ignoring the problem is the solution, than why didn't the problem take care of itself in decades past? Before increasingly inexpensive mobile phones with cameras, when racial issues were ignored and the perspectives of people of color were ignored or actively suppressed by major media organizations? Ignoring the problem doesn't help. You're privileged as a white person. You don't have to defend that. If it makes you defensive get over yourself and consider yourself fortunate. If you think it's wrong to be privileged for no other reason than your race, speak out against white supremacy when you see it. You mention unique experiences. Well, people of color have to contend with experiences you simply don't as a white person. Spare some empathy for that and stop pretending if we were just "better people" racists would treat us better.
@@edwinleon8628 you obviously don't understand what being an individual means since you lump together people based on group identity first. You know what I or anyone else has suffered or not. You're personally part of the problem. If you're not prepared to see people as individuals first, just stay in you group think bubble. One man or woman can change the course of history. That being the case, the individual is the thing to be feared or praised. As for ingnoring the problem. I have real person to person coversations, with people of multiple races and sexual orientations, about issues such as group think, egotism, individual responsibility, and other complex issues without the labels of each other's group and that's where real change happens. As I said before, be better..
@@mindsurfer101101 you didn't address any of my points, choosing to get defensive instead. Nowhere do I discount your individuality, but its dishonest to pretend the individual experiences of white people aren't different from those of people of color. You're welcome to stay in your bubble, I would advise against consuming content like this if you don't want your pollyanna view of the world challenged.
Some of them are pretty depressing. Putting down this guy who told a story that's obviously meaningful to people who are concerned about race in America. Still a lot of hate out there.
@@Seven_1865 You don't believe in racial interests? Tell that to the Antiwhites in the ADL, BLM, NOI, SPLC, CAIR, and La Raza. See how that works out for you.
@@elainesabatino7467 I mean that I don’t support them or morally agree with them, not that I don’t believe in their existence. What a silly bad faith interpretation of what I said. The best way to combat the beliefs of those organizations is with principled opposition for equal rights, not the same kind of cheap profiteering and race hustling that define the opposition.
Too bad my son couldn’t have had an experience like this. Instead he was beaten for being the wrong color to play at the local public playground. Then we were told you the cops we should just accept it and drive over to the next town to go to the park, we our white skin was just so offensive to our neighbors. That is one of my experiences of so-called “white privilege.”
Other examples of white privilege would be things like not being redlined when looking for housing, or being profiled constantly. Luckily for you there are plenty of places you can go in the United States to truly take advantage of being white. Wyoming, Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, California, New York, Arizona, New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc.
My kid is a senior in High School. She is in the process of applying to colleges, and she is a straight A student with tons of extracurriculars. She's the commanding Officer of her ROTC squad. She has all of the options imaginable. She is half Irish and half African American. My advice to her was to set aside the Guiness that she may sneak from my fridge, and check the "AFRICAN AMERICAN" box EVERY time the question is asked. Why do I advise her to ignore her half Irish heritage for these purposes? Because being black puts her at the TOP of everyone's list for everything, and everybody knows it. You know, because..."white privilege."
Tell her to check the box that says "white." Why should she throw away her whiteness and the privileges that come along with it. If she checks the box that says African American, she might not get a call back, especially if her name is Natasha or shaniqua, you don't want that. Look at it like this, part of being white means you're already born on third base or you're at the plate and you've got runners on first, second, and third base, 3 balls and no strikes. What more could you ask for? I don't get how sum white people don't know how to use their whiteness to their advantage. Smh.
@Borsalino Kizaru I'm sure they would but when I am doing bad in their countries I can say its because their governments are dominantly black and I get no representation! You see my point?
@Borsalino Kizaru Ok so here is the thing. The fact is, the culture there just isn't as stupid. The culture there doesn't go to a victim mindset when it doesn't get what it wants. America is the same way, its the culture that makes you think otherwise. If a bunch of whites started doing what I explained there, I'm sure it wouldn't be heard the same way you are explaining, but I am sure it would be told the same. The fact is, no foreigner comes over here and goes back talking about how bad we treat blacks. We are the most diverse and equal country out in the world! Majority of nations are homogeneous nations, all one group of people.
This is AMAZING!! As a pale ass white kid in a place where most of my friends are asian, I know how it can feel to be a "minority" if you will, (being mocked for your skin tone, getting singled out, being the butt of jokes) and I understand how much it can suck. And that's why I understand "majority privelege" (I call it majority privelege instead of white because it really matters where you are and the ideal standard.) but anyways this man gets the point
All of this tribal and racial identity is a real set back on societal relations. We'd do better to remember Martin Luther King's speech "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." To that, I say "AMEN."
you had hundreds of people have a lifetime memorable moment of uproarious laughter at your expense purely on account of your skin color. They enjoyed it for turnabout or even justice... but make no mistake - it was at your expense. You were singled-out, humiliated and used as a comedic prop - simply for your skin color. I've never even heard of a human being getting treated this specific way by a white comedian ever ever ever. Not in the south, not in the north, not in the jewish resorts of the catskills.
U don't get how people think now a day's they put you in the front line just to disrespect you and you going to thank him for it most people go to comedy shows for the laughs not to get clown on
I had exactly the same experience, I went to see my friend perform at a show where he was the headline act. All the acts were non-white along with about 95% of the audience, it was also a charity gig so I stupidly sat in the front thinking comedy at a charity show would be a bit lame and mostly harmless. The host for the evening was a Muslim woman who immediately targeted me, asking me what her head covering was called. I ruined the joke by getting it right, so maybe I should have feigned ignorance by deliberately getting it wrong giving the audience a "stupid, old white guy" to laugh at. So it went on, every single one of the comedians talked about race and white people for almost the entire night, singling me out whenever possible with jokes about the Las Vegas shooter and 9/11, etc etc. I tried to laugh along at first, saying to myself "get a sense of humor!" and "do NOT be an angry old white dude", but close to the end my face was so tight after faking a smile for so long and I just couldn't do it any more. As we were filing out at the end more than one audience member apologized to me for all the race baiting, and the host did ask the audience to "give it up for ****!" at the end. But by then I was done, it was a nasty, unpleasant experience all round. Unlike you, I didn't "learn" anything insightful that helped me sympathize with non-white people. I'm in plenty of situations daily where I'm the only white person. I also remember the bad old days in the 70s and 80s when certain white comedians baited the occasional, unfortunate black person in the audience with racially charged jokes. Thankfully those days are long gone and such behavior would never be tolerated in this enlightened age ....or would it? Draw your own conclusions.
Interesting reply Adam. Would you say the same to a POC who had been race baited by white comedians at a mostly white event? You need to ask yourself some uncomfortable questions.
@@pierceyy the difference is, after you leave the all-black comedy show, you are back being a member of the majority. but racial minorities, they are singled out everywhere they go, including in workplaces and in social settings. draw your own conclusions
@@commentsandlikes9509 No I’m not and no they aren’t. You are jumping to conclusions and making unfounded assumptions. If you think it’s acceptable for comedians to make racist jokes to white people but not vice versa, then you I’m afraid need to re-evaluate yourself.
@@pierceyy I'm not saying its acceptable for comedians to make racist jokes to white people. but as a white person, I don't feel victimized at all by "anti-white" jokes, because white people hold the most power in society. its like jokes that are aimed at poor people and jokes that are aimed at rich people. a rich person can be a butt of many jokes, but none of them hurt becuz at the end of the day, he is still rich and the poor are still poor
@@commentsandlikes9509 Remember, you don’t speak for all white people. You seem to think because a large proportion of the people in government happen to be white, that it’s perfectly acceptable for average white people to suffer racial abuse, that’s basically what you’re saying. I think you’re forgetting that in most western countries huge strides have been made in recent years, there are plenty of POC in positions of power. You seem to be one of those people heavily influenced by your peers and the media into believing that we all still live in 1950s Alabama and every street corner has burning crosses. You need to look at things a bit more objectively.
Always interesting to hear someone telling us how people of another race feel when they have no idea what it is actually like. I guess it makes them feel so enlightened and superior compared to those who do not know how others feel.
I'm not a fan of this "white people need to be taught a lesson" philosophy, especially when the lesson is "now u know how it feels to b degraded". Too often this is used as a self-righteous excuse for black people to b racist against and intentionally hurt white people out of a kind of racial vengeance. Bill Cosby used to b the shining example of how to deal with race, by simply acting like a relatable human being (it's unfortunate that he was only acting instead actually of living like one).
Why is he not allowed to say a word because of his skin color? Isn't that racial inequality and discriminatory? White "privilege" does exist, BUT how do I do anything about how someone else treats me? What can I do other than treat everyone equally?
@VKTR Central If someone can say it to someone else that is not a racial slur. But if I say the EXACT same word it is? Why the double standard. Are you scared I will hurt someone's feelings, that's no reason to be prejudice. If it is a racial slur for one it is a racial slur for all. I am an egalitarian, I think all people should be equal. It is just a word. We give words meaning and power. I maintain a common position, no one should say it. That is common inside and outside the african american community. we give words meaning and power, why don't we take away that power?
I tried to discuss racism and white privilege with a friend (both of us white) and she interrupted me with "I don't want to talk about negative things. I refuse to let any negativity into my life!" Without meaning to, she gave me the best example of how to explain white privilege to other white people who refuse to accept it as an actual thing.
Yep, they were laughing at you and at your expense. Steve Harvey may have got that crowd to applaud, but everyone in that audience hated you. That night you were the straight man. The chump.
The "badge of honor" is a way to flip racism the other way, but it's still racism. It's using a pejorative word to signal victimhood and use it as a valuable form of political and social currency.
This was so great. I'm so glad that you took that experience and claimed it as something that helped you to understand rather than had it cause you to be angry. YOU are your open mind are a beautiful gift to the world. I wish more people were like you.
I'm sorry - This term 'white privilege' is racist... especially where it's an assigned label from an outside party. The moment that you are supposed to evaluate yourself against the races of those around you is the moment that begins the path towards racial bias. If we are ever to be one people, ideologies such as this must come to an end. When I meet a new person, the last thing i want to go through my head is immutable characteristics. I want to know the person... the content of their character... I think MLK would be disgusted...
It’s not about seeing everyone the same.It’s about noticing the differences and respecting them knowing that we can use everyone’s special characteristics for good
@@haveagreatday9865 How about this... try to use the term 'white privilege' in a way that doesn't demoralize or devalue a white persons contribution to a given issue. The term has one purpose... and that's to lower the status of whites. Maybe the term has some base validity, but it's been weaponized and is harmful...
Yuusuf Bulus every term in politics gets weaponized. The fact that you see it now in the term “white privilege” but not as easily in other instances is part of that privilege. It only has to be degrading if you let it. It’s basically telling you that you have a leg up in the world and you should notice it but you are taking it as a racist slur
@@haveagreatday9865 First, I am Persian... not white... and I was not born in the USA, but i've lived here for 30+ years. My wife was also not born here - She is very white, born near Moscow when the USSR still existed. She speaks broken english, and is seldom treated differently from me - usually negatively because people can't understand her. My wife and my kids could check the box 'white' on any government form offered. Go ahead... explain to me how my wife and my children have this special kind of privilege that you are defending. You are confusing cultural privilege with white privilege.... being white is not a culture, and has nothing to do your your fantasy labeling system. Lefty seems to like the idea of putting people in boxes and putting labels on them. I would rather we be unlabeled, just as MLK did.
Yuusuf Bulus if you don’t see that there’s just certain ways white people have it easier in most parts of the world then idk what to tell you. Keep on keeping on man and as it says in the name have a great day
I spent the first three quarters of this video trying to decide if it was satire.
me too... had to rewatch the beginning a few times.. then i figured it out about a quarter in... good vid..
Ditto
Chay Chee isn’t it??
@@HedelTorres Really? It took that long to figure it out? SJW!!!
I thought it was a college humor skit
'The moment you you accepted the dogma and entered the cult of shame and self hatred promoted by your enemies. '
"I write comedy for a living." i would have never guessed in a million years.
To be fair it's mostly for According to Jim and Disney shows, so it's still arguably not comedy writing.
Its weird that all these bugman "comedy writers" never have anything funny to say....
Why?
Explains modern comedy...
Was thinking the exact same thing
The scary part is he is serious and not being satirical.
The scary part is that you can’t seem to realize why your strongest card against BLM being Trump, lost to BLM presidential candidates Kamala And Biden.
Your deity lost the black and not white votes. It’s incumbent upon YOU to realize why you’re not appealing to the majority of races, surely they can’t ALL be confused and your smaller demographic know best, cause that’s white arrogance. Evaluate yourself and get educated from books.
@@teafallbliss3409 The scary part is dems stole the election. And even then Biden got less black votes in most area than Hillary and Obama... Just go away you racist biatch..
@@MediaBuster What happened to Democrats being the snowflakes? Facts don't care about your feelings just accept you're racially repulsive to non-white voters. Beg me to join, unless racial intolerance is a core value to republicans xD
@@teafallbliss3409 America is 50% white so if most minorities are voting democrat, that means majority whites are voting republican. So does that mean democrats are racist towards white people?
Its often not that simple from generations racial minorities who are often poorer vote democrat because democrats are more liberal towards things like crime, free govt aid lot of which appeals to minorities.
Biden is the biggest rich White racist of them all, and the dems fell for it, nicely done
@0:37
".......Back then that was considered as a compliment......"
LOL
It's true tho. The Cosby Show was the first time we seen a successful family on TV. It was definitely motivational to see.
Does he realize, they weren't "relating to" him. They were just laughing at the goofy white dude. But whatever makes him feel better.
😂😂😂
Most white people are so out of touch with other cultures that it isn't even funny man. This dude, probably to this day doesn't truly respect black culture or care about black people and just tries to make himself look like a victim and apologizes to every black person he sees for being white. Who wouldn't laugh at this guy?
@@stealthyisnthere I knew this guy was a clown right from the start when he called them African Americans. There just Americans, who are black. Or black Americans whatever floats ya boat
@@stealthyisnthere most white people are working class and their kids go to the same schools grow up to work at the same jobs and sometimes have romantic relationships with minorities.
Everyone I grew up with was mixed race.
@@williampotts3727 sry when I reefer to white I mean extremely white sheltered middle class whites like the guy in the video. People who are ignorant to other cultures and people with darker skin as "tHe bLaCk pEoPle" or "thOsE aFrIcAn aMeRiCAns" instead of treating and thinking of them like the normal people that they are. A lot of these WOKE white liberals are closet racist.
I think the most unbelievable part of this entire story is he says he is a comedy writer.
🤣lol!
I'm a black guy and let me tell you that they were laughing at you not with you. They gave you praise not your white skin, but your thick skin
I’m a black guy : 🤖
Completely missed the opportunity to lean forward and whisper, "Cracka?"
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Yeah!
Would have had the whole room dying from the shock alone XD
With that microphone in my face, I'd be too shitscared to even try anything funny.
Ha ha that would have been classic
he was the butt of the joke that entire night and he still doesn't realize it
No, I'm pretty sure he realized it.
They weren’t, we don’t really enjoy things like that because we know how it feels. After a few laughs if it was genuinely at him most people would stop participating.
That’s how we are.
I think everyone is getting too hung up on the phrase "White Privilege", when all that really matters is understanding one idea: it sucks to be treated less than or differently because you aren't a part of the majority. My take away from this video is to be more empathetic to others if it seems like they are being left out or treated worse simply because they're part of a different race, religion, social group, etc. At the end of the day I think we're all just trying not to be dicks to each other.
@Jo Jo Unfortunately you kinda proved your own point: some people are assholes for no reason or maybe they're just a grumpy/sad person. I didn't mean EVERYONE quite so literally as you took it. If I'm going to be precise I think most people are TRYING to be a good person and not hurt others. Trying is the key word there, not everyone succeeds as well as others.
i applaud your optimism, but the reality is that many people are not actively trying to be a good person. They are trying to prove that their bigoted vision of the world is the correct one. In their quest to prove this, they step on people they believe are less than them. When you truly believe that being a good person entails being aware of discrimination (and what it actually looks like in the real world), you are eager to acknowledge your privilege - whether that be for being white, skinny, conventionally attractive, male, financially stable; whatever. It shouldn't be perceived as a badge of shame or a badge of honor. Instead, the concept of white privilege should be a fact we recognize to be true, and a platform from which we can illicit a change of perspective from the rampant, close-minded bigots we encounter.
@Kitsurugi: It seems that you are claiming that people are misunderstanding the messages of videos, such as this one, because they are using the phrase "White Privilege." That's a reasonable claim. However, it's up for debate who should be blamed for this. For example, should the blame go to the person misinterpreting the phrase "White Privilege," or should it go to the person using the term in the first place? To me, it's a somewhat dramatic phrase and so it sticks out in a negative way. While I can see how the term "privilege" can relate to arguments about black vs. white relations (among other things), it still seems like it would be quite possible, and normal, to use a less dramatic phrase, such as "White Conveniences." I don't know... there are tons of advantages in this world that we can be born with, but our normal course of action isn't to call it a privilege. It's not even outright wrong to call being tall a privilege, or even just not being short, yet, we are not taught to use this kind of word when talking about being tall. The same could be said for being intelligent, having a fast metabolism, having a desirable voice, having good eyesight, and several more things that can make a person's life easier on a day-to-day basis. We are generally taught to not be so dreary and so we don't have the audacity to use the word "privilege" to describe these things. We know that, there are too many things outside our control to be constantly thinking about that, and that we need to put a strong emphasis on what we can control, as a general life philosophy.
It only seems to change when we get politically heated. Then, we bring in the drama. We get tempted to have more combative solutions to our problems. We get tempted to call things privileges that we wouldn't in a less politically heated situation. I think it's something about our passions that is motivating people to bring in the word "privilege." It's a very strong word that we wouldn't normally use. I think it's overplaying things and it's an aggressive word choice. It creates shock because again, in non-political situations, we wouldn't call advantages you were born with something like that. We wouldn't be lecturing people about how they're taller than average or something like that, except maybe in jest. If people just wanted to calmly discuss the ups and downs of being white/black and how to proceed, I don't think people would want to use this kind of term (the same goes for terms like "snowflake." Both the left and the right (and people in general) often have desires to use a strong word choice to intimidate the other side.). But instead, I think people tend to value a term that "sounds good" and powerful for their side, even if it exaggerates things a bit.
There are degrees, of course. A person could for example, go along with the "privilege" term, maybe they don't love the term, but are willing to get behind it. These people might want some sincere discussion but it can still easily become insulting or pompous. For me, those who don't enjoy the "privilege" term or similarly strong terms are more likely to be sincere in their discussion, because they just want to discuss the issues, not make one side look better or worse than they are in a cheap way. And my reasons for that are what I said above. People choose certain words for a reason. If we want to be combative, we are more likely to use strong words; we are more likely to call those disagreeing with our views stupid because we're hoping that this will intimidate them, even though it adds no new intellectual content to the discussion. If we really want sincere discussion, we will not exaggerate our word choice and are less likely to pick flashy terms and more likely to pick ones that we actually think accurately describe the situation.
What this video made me realized is that people project bad experiences onto their perpetrators. Black people have experienced being singled out in an isolating way, so they wanted ron to feel that way while they collectively laugh at him. Unfortunately, Ron was stupid enough to buy into it and tried to find an overcomplicated way of explaining it
Derek G , well said, need more of your well reasoned opinion on the internet/world in general.
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@@Skipper-rn2ji hahaha
I just found this.
My dad, a doctor, used to give talks on smoking to any group that asked. And black churches often asked. Didn't matter to my dad that we were white. He had been a country doctor in Mississippi for 12 years before I was born.
So I went with him to a black church in downtown Shreveport Louisiana one Sunday. They asked if I would sing in the choir with the other youth. I was in highschool, mid to late 70's, and sure, I was game.
The guy next to me asked if I'd hold the hymnal. I did. And that choir began to sing while the preacher went to town on the piano, as the spirit moved him.
And I mean Moved! Riffs, repeats of phrases, all kinds of jazz chords, holds of notes, I mean it was wild. And that choir danced! The actual hymn and the book was utterly irrelevant, though I gamely tracked the words and detours and repeats best I could.
Afterwards my dad said I had looked like a fence post in a thunderstorm! But nobody made me feel I was separate. I was a part of it, even if I couldn't and still can't dance.
I felt embarrassed at Ron in this story. He was walled off. He didn't belong. They chose to underscore he could never truly sit among them, because they can't accept him, can't grant him the same rights. Not for anything he did. Just because of his parents.
Sad. I prefer singing in the choir, in the last row, holding a hymnal like an idiot. But an idiot that, while everyone else swayed to music, eyes closed, we all still focused on something bigger than any one of us. Something that brings us together.
He really makes you wait for that lack of a revelation
The guy is so pathetic. He desperately wants to feel like part of the cool kids group and was even willing to sympathize with a racist crucifixion to do it. Then lamely act like he was somehow special for the experiencing it.
I think you guys are pathetic I'm 2023 th way your acting is sensitive. Isn't that what white people say or is there a double standard.
What is BLACK Privilege?
1) Privilege is wearing $200-$700 sneakers when you’ve never had a job.
2) Privilege is wearing $300 Beats headphones while living on public assistance.
3) Privilege is having a Smartphone with a Data plan, which you receive no bill for.
4) Privilege is living in public subsidized housing where you don’t have a utility or phone bill and where rising property taxes, rents and energy costs have absolutely no effect on the amount of food you can put on your table, which is largely covered by Government Food Stamps.
5) Privilege is having free health insurance for you and your family that's paid for by working taxpayers who often can't afford proper health coverage for their own families.
6) Privilege is having multiple national organizations promoting and protecting just your race alone -- that are subsidized by federal tax dollars.
7) Privilege is having access to a national college fund that supports only one race.
8) Privilege is having a television network that supports only one race.
9) Privilege is having most of the media news networks refuse to cover incidents wherein one race (one-eighth of the population) commits 50% of the crimes.
10) Privilege is the ability to go march against, and protest against anything that triggers you, without worrying about calling off from work and the consequences that accompany such.
11) Privilege is having as many children as you want, regardless of your employment status, and be able to send them off to daycare or pre-school you don’t pay for.
12) Privilege is being able to vote in many states without showing a driver's license, voter ID card or other credentials -- just because your race claims they should be exempt from such requirements.
13) Privilege is being able to riot, loot, commit arson and tear down historic monuments without consequences -- just because you don't like folks such as Columbus, U. S. Grant or even Lincoln.
14) Privilege is being able to get into almost any college of your choosing based on your race, not your grades or merit.
15) Privilege is having most of your life paid for by the working men and women who DO HAVE TO DEAL WITH RISING TAXES AND COSTS!
16) Privilege is getting a 25% boost to your welfare in Biden's term, yet those who worked their entire lives and on social security got 5.9% -- you know, those you now call “PRIVILEGED.”
I think everyone deserves a moment where they experience something outside their life experience that causes them to expand as a human being. As a majority in my country growing up, I had the privileges of being of the majority race, having moved to Australia where I was no longer a majority, I experienced this weird segregation of my relationship with this 'privilege'. Maybe to other people on the outside looking in, it may not seem like much, but because of what Ron has experienced and internalized, and the many he has spoken to about his revelations, he might have already connected more people together than he knows. I think its amazing, go ron!
Ohmg that's a good way of putting it
Roy, I do not want to go down this road, but if some people do (SJW etc), then they should follow the road all the way to the logical end. Social justice warriors and feminists should then look at Jewish males. They go on and on about "white male privilege" and who has more privilege in modern America than Jewish males. First of all, I want to state that I'm against SJW attacking people they perceive as having privilege. The reason Jewish males might be attacked by SJW and feminists is that they have disproportional power and wealth. Jews make up less than two percent of America's population ( less than 1% Jewish male) but ten percent of Congress is Jewish males. Five corporations control almost all the media in America and all have Jewish male CEOs. Wallstreet and Hollywood ARE NOT controlled by Jewish males, however, they do have a very disproportional amount of influence there. In terms of income, no demographic comes close to Jewish males, and 50% of American billionaires are Jewish males. So you "privileged" Jewish males out there, watch out, the feminists and SJW should be concerned by your so-called "privilege".
From the name I'll guess you are Korean. In the 90's I was the only caucasian female in an east coast city of about 70,000. I learned a lot about stereotypes, even the neutral ones get annoying after a while. I used to make salsa with a lot of habanero, and enjoy it with my students just to prove that I could eat spicy food.
@Edwin morgan oh it definitely doesn't compare to being homeless, only being homeless compares to being homeless. But what I'm trying to say is that, everyone starts at a different point of perspective and privilege in life, which can be fair or unfair. But before background, anyone willing to move beyond their own experiences to try to understand others is a beautiful sentiment.
I think you are not wrong in pointing out that his comparisons were a bit farfetched, and can cause offence to some who were homeless, I can definitely see your point and to that I can agree.
I guess what I'm saying is that, he is taking steps to get where others are in their understanding, its not a perfect procedure and he's going to make mistakes along the way, but look at him! One day, he will be at a understanding that can emanate love and compassion to those less fortunate, and maybe even impact those in his community to move as well.
I think he deserves that chance to become someone who can make a difference to those around him, someone who won't cause offence, someone who only shows love. And maybe, us the internet, are the ones to show him the best way to do it, maybe we are not. Who knows? In any case, he deserves the chance to expand. :)
@@shinnam Actually, I'm ethnically chinese! I do kinda get Korean a lot though, so mom thinks we might have some mixing somewhere.
Stereotypes are what they are unfortunately. Some of them root from observable habits, some of them are made up by others who don't understand.
I have a weird relationship with stereotypes, I love rice and will eat it every moment if I can. I'm somewhat good at math and people reckon I study pretty hard.
At the same time, I don't really get the " asian men aren't sexy" thing, nor do people think I'm a nerd.
At the end of the day, does it really matter what others say if you know your own truth? Yeah, it still sucks, but I try to invite people into my own experience of my culture and my own understanding of it. Those who are receptive will yearn for more, those who are closed off, well they aren't really my problem so I leave them be. No matter what I say, the latter group will not change their mind, so why waste my energy when I can show others what my culture is about you know?
I'm sorry you had to go through what you did, no one should have to feel that way or be compelled to change their actions for others.
I watched the whole video and still can’t tell if this was satire.
Because your entire life is one big meme.🙃
There is not a Black person in Amerikkka who thought this video was a satire... The token Black is the only one, board meetings, schools, neighborhoods, etc. We be the only one, and often our pressence is met with open hostility, indifference, not welcome ... Not you... , How many white people have ever been in an environment where in they were the only one? The only white in the room? And how comfortable would a white person having to live their entire lives being the only one ... Living not you as doors and opportunities close in their face only for being white... Move along no satire here... Just everyday reality for Black people in Amerikkka
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@@mikebrown1068 No. We came so close, so close to love! But you had to go and mess it up! Yeah, we got so close and we got so far! Yeah, we got so close, so close to love!
Your comment makes me sad😒
“The idea that you can target and ethnic group with a collective crime, regardless of the supposed innocence or guilt of the constituent elements of that group, there is absolutely nothing that’s more racist than that.” -Jordan B. Peterson
It's frowned upon for someone to be racist or to discriminate based on religion, ethnicity, weight, disability etc. The last form of discrimination that needs to be gotten rid of is ageist attitudes.
Whether it's discrimination based on a younger person, though it's most often against older people, ageist attitudes need to be gone.
@Stephenson 2-18 That's right. Because his decades of education, more decades as a professor plus millions who follow him because they see his wisdom. Yep, he's so wrong. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
@Stephenson 2-18 Keep believing it if it makes you feel good. Many blessings & happiness to you.
@Stephenson 2-18 In my last post to you, I would suggest that you seek help with a qualified counselor. I wish you all the best.
@Stephenson 2-18 under your own understanding, what is the core political position of national socialism and neo-national socialism, also what are the primary difference between the two? Lastly, using your own understanding, what are the main tenants surrounding the political ideology and philosophy of classical liberalism?
"The day guilt-tripping put me in my place like the dog I am"
No black person in recent times has EVER been subjected to that kind of humiliation in a club. If they had all hell would have broken loose. The whole "PoC" world seems to have license to criticize, mock and vilify white people for some stupid "sins of the father" type reason that we have nothing to do with today. I'm sick of the constant moaning and groaning. No one gives me a leg up because of my skin color. No one has favored me because of my skin color. I treat everyone the way I'd wish to be treat - with respect and kindness. I'm not going to be anyone's whipping boy as an excuse for the poor choices they may have made in their lives. That's on them. If they try to I'm going to throw it right back in their face (and have).
Kinda seems to me like he was dehumanized as a novelty and found a way to internalize the experience in a way he could view as positive rather than letting it make him feel cheapened.
There are racists out there and they like the people they hate are of diverse colors and creeds.
If people would stop trying to own all the worlds suffering they might actually learn to see other human beings as humans rather than as different.
Then stop denying their suffering is real.
@@BigHenFor But that's still treating them as a group. You should acknowledge that individuals can experience discrimination because of what group they belong to, but claiming that all members of a group experience something simply because they belong to the group is not achieving anything.
all pink on the inside.
@@BigHenFor what suffering, like the potato famine? black death? black people are not special in their strife but they response to that strife has been. why don't they drop the victim bit and start with the grind, like the rest of us did?
@@JamesThomas-pj2lx I’m not sure if that’s the right phrasing lol I think that’s like something I’ve seen a r-pist say on ID channel 😂
This is a really sad story. No matter how you look at it.
are you sure it's not a joke?
@@trple2 You think the story is a joke? There were plenty of jokes in the story, but the story itself is about a group of people who have felt oppressed for so long that they have no qualms about mocking someone for their racial identity. It is sad for the storyteller because he was the target of racial prejudice. It is sad for the comedians because they were exploiting a person because of their racial identity. Reverse the racial identities of the people in the story. Would id be a joke?
@@brockelever Yes, everything you said was obvious although you're being over dramatic and kind of even missing what's funny about making fun of it. I'm trying to figure out if it's satire.
@@trple2 Personally, I would call it pathos rather than satire.
@@brockelever shocking his wife's boyfriend let him attend the show at all.
Yep my first serious bf was a poc. I am white and poor . We got beat up at home . However none of my problems were caused by being white.
He on the other hand had a much more stable home life , but when we were looking for apartments together we had to decide not to live in a certain area that was known for having a white pride gang. When he was 7 he was walking back from a friends house and a bunch of teens threw rubbish at him and shouted slurs . At highschool he was constantly being joked about as the token black guy and put up with it all with a smile. At fancy stores clerks followed him to make sure he wasn't shoplifting. When he was working as a checkout person an old person said "I didn't know they let negros work here."
People were always surprised when I introduced him as my boyfriend And people were also pretty bad at holding their shock that he was studying medicine. He got complimented by friends with lines like "yeah but your basically white haha " .
This is a tough story that makes me think about the whole 'white privilege concept'. I don't think I'm above everyone else, but I understand I've had it much easier simply because of my skin color in instances. I'm not ashamed of being white, but I understand that being white as a majority, means overall life has been easier. Even as someone that was bullied and mocked for decades. I will never say I'm proud or not proud of being white because I largely don't care. I will say we should stop focusing on skin color as an aspect of what defines us.
@@toddjones7919 takes one to know one, huh? i think you're projecting Todd.
@@loneshine Where am I projecting him?
This is about as racist as America gets, these days.
That is to say... hardly racist at all. Not to say it's not real, but let's be honest, it's better than ever in the US. It used to be institutional, now it's episodic.
@@justinz9225 this was not in America it was in New Zealand.(which is supposed to be alot better ...) The white pride gang are known for going out and vandalizing poc houses . Also some university students here dress up in black face or paint themselves yellow (Asian) at parties for a laugh .
We also used to get pulled over by cops constantly when we were coming home from work for liscense checks ect. I have never been pulled up that much driving the same route at the same time with my white brother driving.
It may be more subtle but it is still bad. Part of what makes it so bad now is that if you haven't experienced it you would never even notice.
He also changed his name to a more white name for job applications .
NEVER sit in the front row at a comedy club. EVER. Unless you really like humiliation.
“An opportunity to be a minority but as a tourist” wow that’s pretty poetic (not sarcasm)
Why do you look so sad like you just found out you're part Caucasian?
white people are a global minority you complete retard.
blacks don't want to be a minority?
there's an entire continent for them.
@@whitetiana3022 dang lol who you calling a retard? That’s very rude to call someone. If you’re talking to me I’m convinced you didn’t fully read my comment. Don’t forget the part in parentheses. Your comment doesn’t seem to really relate to mine tho. Maybe that’s why you deleted it??
I admire his humility and willingness to understand. And I understand that that show he was at was meant to be in good fun, and it seems that he's not upset by it. But what they did to him was flat-out racist discrimination.
Could you imagine doing that to a black man in an all white crowd.........the story wouldn't be the same.
Exactly. Which begs the question: Why does this need to be pointed out? Why is so difficult for people to imagine a role reversal and see how obviously horrible it is to publicly shame someone for their biological traits?
Yes i could. It happens everyday...
@@rgpqf Where does it happen every day? I mean, that sounds pretty unbelievable. I think we would all hear about it. But anyway please say where it happens. Because we should put a stop to that too.
We should be more concerned about WHO we are not WHAT we are.
too hard, too much thought in
What you are is the foundation upon which who you are is built, it's an inextricable part of who you are. You physically could not be who you are without being what you are.
Your comment has the most value.
Wow, that was profoundly insignificant
lol
I'll explain why you're wrong. The significance is this,
He got to experience what its like to be singled out because of your race. This is an experience common to black people. Racism is real and uncomfortable.
When I found out this guy somehow is able to make a living off of writing comedy, that was the moment I understood white privilege.
I can totally relate to this. I was the only white person in a large, all Filipino family. I was constantly reminded that I'm white, as if I didn't know it. It was constantly pointed out to me by his family. Not even in a nice way. It was very difficult, especially when the man I was married to, joined in.
Ladies, choose your men wisely...
@@ems3832 Better yet, choose to remain single & celibate. Statistics show that a woman has better chances of remaining alive if she does.
aww poor you it must be so hard to be white
@@jenn2847
@@jenn2847 it must be so hard to be a minority. Oh wait I am one too, it literally is not hard either. Stop with your victimhood complex
Can you imagine if the roles were reversed? Yes, I know there is value in understanding that other people have the discomfort of being the only one in the room that looks like them. But wrong is wrong, what they did wasn't ok.
Yeah there's a difference between being the only person of a certain color in a room and being singled out specifically for the rest of the crowd's amusement because of that fact.
This is becoming more and more tolerated and even institutionalized, especially in college.
@@tankwfw it's all part of the divide and conquer strategy
The roles are reversed every single day, did you not watch the video?
They are reversed all the time. That's the whole point.
I'm white too. But I'm also Canadian.
Here in Canada we don't have the whole "black vs white" the way America does.
What we do have is English vs French and white vs native.
Ontario English speakers and Quebec French have been less then friendly with each other for a 150 + years.
The native people in Canada have been treated like dogs by everyone since the first colonists.
I am writing this because I know how this comedian feels.
Why?
Because my father is an English speaking dude from Vancouver.
My mother is a French speaking woman from northern Quebec who gave me just enough of the bone structure that in a dark room you can kind of see the 5th generation removed Ojibwa ancestry I got from somewhere in her families history.
I've been the only English kid in a room full of French.
I've been the only person who can speak enough French to ask directions when my friends and I got lost in Montreal on a drunken weekend.
And I've been singled out as that tall "chug" while bouncing at a country bar in Calgary. (I look stupid with long hair now that I think about it)
I am all of these things. French, English and outsider.
Enough so that I refuse to tolerate that kind of bigotry around me.
I will speak out against it wherever the hell I am.
Thanks for reading.
Have a good night
@@nicholasbyram296 it's like an American trying to talk to a Brit. The accent is different. A lot of the slang is different.
But the core language is the same.
fuk french. fuk france.
hey guys its elizabeth warren
@@npcgray5480 wow. So creative.
@@JamesThomas-pj2lx French Canadians have nothing to do with France. In fact most of the people there are not even of French ancestry.
They just speak the language.
It's interesting that this guy references the L.A. riots, the event where the white Reginald Denny, was pulled out of his truck and savagely beaten by a group of Black rioters. Thankfully, some compassionate Black people came to his aid to stop the beating, and get him medical treatment.
But the truck driver was overheard calling one of the African American gentlemen a "jogger", my cousin heard it from the aunt of one of the joggers.
Jews are not white
@@FungusMossGnosis yeah imagine saying a word and then getting murdered, this is exactly the reason i carry and say the n-word in a whisper.
I just hope one day one of the joggers freaks out and i get my Zimmerman moment.
@@doomguy510 Some gun stores offer suppressors for the n-word now, in case you forget to put it on safety and the word just discharges accidentally.
@@doomguy510 Most Jews are white. Most Arabs and Latinos too, for that matter. I think you mean not Caucasian.
people need to get out of LA omg. travel the world people
I'm not from LA but I like how you assume people have the money to travel
@@hanaomer4940 it doesnt cost money to not be racist
@@KloPoon you also don't need to experience other cultures to respect them. Or have first hand experience of something to take it seriously.
@@hanaomer4940 I took OP as meaning get out of the political echo chamber of LA.
@@hanaomer4940 You should. You should tolerate all cultures maybe, depending what it is, without knowing it, but respecting is just the wrong word.
Wow... This was beautiful. I love how he didn't make it dramatic. It was powerful from its simplicity.
I do not want to go down this road, but if some people do (SJW etc), then they should follow the road all the way to the logical end. Social justice warriors and feminists should then look at Jewish males. They go on and on about "white male privilege" and who has more privilege in modern America than Jewish males. First of all, I want to state that I'm against SJW attacking people they perceive as having privilege. The reason Jewish males might be attacked by SJW and feminists is that they have disproportional power and wealth. Jews make up less than two percent of America's population ( less than 1% Jewish male) but ten percent of Congress is Jewish males. Five corporations control almost all the media in America and all have Jewish male CEOs. Wallstreet and Hollywood ARE NOT controlled by Jewish males, however, they do have a very disproportional amount of influence there. In terms of income, no demographic comes close to Jewish males, and 50% of American billionaires are Jewish males. So you "privileged" Jewish males out there, watch out, the feminists and SJW should be concerned by your so-called "privilege".
BOHRERBROS huh? Feminists and ’sjw’s’ are always saying how they are against anti-semitism. Stop fabricating issues that don't exist
@@lindai6988 You misunderstood what I said. I know Feminists and SWJ say they are antisemitic, that's because they are brain-dead. IF THEY ARE AGAINST WHITE MALE PRIVILEGE (AGAIN SHOWING THEY ARE MORONS). THEN THEY SHOULD REALIZE JEWISH MALES ARE THE MOST PRIVILEGED WHITE MALES THAT EXIST. If this is too hard for you to grasp I can't help you.
I agree Angelina, it was beautiful in it's simplicity....
@@bohrerbros7555 who has more power than Jewish Males? Asians, maybe that's why the majority of them don't complain about White Privilege because they know the trick. Work hard and you get places, stop making excuses and you can do anything you put your mind to. Their is one race the human race, and that is all there is to it.
I'd feel pretty used if a guy I thought was my friend invited me out only to use me as a prop for his comedy routine
Yep
That's not exactly what was happening.
Yes, Ron was there as a guest of Steve Harvey, but this was a bit in some other comedian's routine. Steve Harvey was being a gracious host and thanking his guest for being cool during an awkward/ tense moment. I dunno about you, but I don't feel, or take, responsibility for what other folks do/say, but I can acknowledge the impact.
rsss They targeted and roasted him though.
I could only imagine what it’s like for one white dude to be targeted compared to every single black person in that room (and in all of America) to be targeted every single day. He said it himself it was done with laughs and love and he learned something from it
He was not a “friend” - he was the equivalent of Ron’s boss, because Ron was essentially a PA. Also, this happens to me on a regular basis, which is part of Ron’s point. And I think you’re missing the point.
I probably would have left the second I saw the 'Throne' on the basis it would indicate to me they are making a presumption of me based on the pigment of my skin which reveals absolutely nothing of my character, attitudes, upbringing, or even my race. Yes my skin is pale, but I am in fact half First Nations. I grew up being 'the only one'. In my classes, in my neighborhood, even in my house since my mom was white as white could be and she remarried a white man after mom and dad divorced.
This so called 'lesson' is stupid. It only proves anyone of any race can be just as hateful as any other. What we need to do is look past such things as color- not 'blind' to them, but not as the most important means of identifying or valuing each other either.
EXACTLY. not everyones experience is the same, even based on skin color. I dont think they should have made this lesson to him that way at all. Besides, people are priveleged and non-priveleged based on a whole HOST of reasons- like how poor they are, their gender, sexual orientation, if theyre an immigrant, if they have a disability, etc etc etc. Its an individual thing, we cant boil it all down to race and assume thats all that matters. Thats only like... 5% of the equation lol.
It's a good thing you hesitated or you would have ruined that dude's joke.
@Edvin1011 i highly doubt that... probably kicked out of the club or get a good beating...
@@TheThomas3110 he would've gotten a BBC in the ass. on stage.
Rob that's exactly what I thought!
@@jimbobjunior. by the sounds of it he’s been doing that his entire life. What a
@@jimbobjunior. BASED
"not you whitey" so brave, so enlightening! What a time to be alive!
I'm glad the world is still so full of people who completely miss the point.
@@Appalachiosaurus22 we do see the point, we just don't have to agree with it.
@@RedbadofFrisia just like you don't _have_ to agree with facts or science. you not "agreeing" doesn't change the underlying truth or accuracy of what's being presented...you just choose to ignore the reality so you can be comfortable.
cool story bro.
@@loneshine "muh facts, muh science denier" same old same old.
Look up a serious race and IQ distribution study and an ingroup bias one and then come back to me about your facts and science.
@@Appalachiosaurus22 Seems like *you* are missing the point.
The only *privilege* displayed in this story was by the room full of racist black people exercising their ability to abuse and discriminate against a white guy unchecked.
I wasn't sure if this was satire until the end
Nope that's the face and speech pattern of a trauma victim! Stockholm syndrome style!!!
All the dogmatic smear of "privilege" to label and attack Whìte people is about is inventing a reason to justify discriminating and despising Europeans for our race. As if we owe anyone anything, ever did owe anyone anything or are collectively responsible for whatever regime or events, acts. As we are purposefully destroyed as a people in an ongoing systematic decline organized by governments run by our enemies. Through the destruction of our values, heritage and the destroyed birthrates that result from it. One day soon the patience runs out and the bloodshed starts. That day will be one that marks the beginning of a massacre and revenge frenzy unseen in history.
Why people complain that they were treated unfairly yet still around that same person? People get these wealthy jobs they scared to leave because they can't all because their in it too deep.
If you by any chance start feeling your being riped apart by a person and left with no dignity.... Please don't stay. Leave. You don't have to suffer your soul. Never return.
Wait, so this guy gets singled out, set up to be bullied and ridiculed the whole show, which culminates in the entire room cheering when he is blatantly discriminated against... all because of the color of his skin.... and his takeaway is that ...he is privileged?
...holy crap the brain washing is complete with this one.
I think you missed the part where he said he was just a tourist, and that others experience everyday.
@@am.i.cognizant9981 Except that while the "others" in that crowd, and on that stage, may experience being the minority in a crowd, they do *not* experience that kind of *treatment* from white people. Let alone "every day".
@@LastBastianYou would be surprised, what some people experience
@@am.i.cognizant9981 Sure, and apparently *you* would be surprised by what some white people experience.
@@LastBastian Ofc, and hopefully we can deal with both injustices
If this was reversed and it was a white comedy club with one black guy singled out it would be a horrific story of oppression.
That was the single most pointless clip I have ever seen.
Agree!
Golly, he's so sensitive and insightful. And how brave of him to share a narrative in which he's the hero.
Most definitely. Whites needs to know this 😉👍
Congratulations, you experienced racism from them to "teach you how it feels".
Even though you have never shown racism towards them or presumably anyone.
How is that white privilege?
Most "white" people don't show racism towards anyone.
Most "white" people are targeted with racism.
I grew up in the south around a lot of "black" people, and have seen vastly more racism towards "white" people.
The only "White Privilege" is that "white" people are the least racist people today.
I'm in the south and I know that is true.
I could not agree more!!!!!
Same here
so basicly... he just gave us a lesson that majority will impose their will on minority. Eureka!!!
Thank God he took that so well. Hats off to you. Most White people would have just had a story of how they were victimised in the Black comedy club years ago....
This right here is a great guy, he's invited to the cookout lol.
Kir By wtf man, cool it
To be fair, though, if you're going to go to a comedy club ... it helps to take a sense of humor with you.
@@kirinrex yeah but you don't expect to be the butt of every joke
@Kir By what about what I said bought you to this conclusion?
Steph Powell
The reason he thinks you like to play the victim card is because you think white people don’t experience the hate you most likely rarely get. Tell me, what privileges in the law do you not have?
That moment you understood white privilege is the moment you failed at thinking critically.
Its not color, but culture that has privilege. How you behave and the caliber of your character provides privilege.
You weren't being applauded for being white, you were applauded for being a good sport about being the butt of all the jokes.
so where exactly was the part about white privilege?
holycrapitsjake That he is not normally the only person of his skin color in most situations out in broader society. He got to be a "tourist" of marginalization, instead of living in a constant state of it.
He got to leave and be comfortable again. The black people couldn’t
@@Vinzet86
"That he is not normally the only person of his skin color in most situations out in broader society."
...so are we implying that his white privilege comes from how many similarly white people he's surrounded by in daily life? cuz that makes zero sense.
"He got to be a "tourist" of marginalization, instead of living in a constant state of it."
...and what exactly was the marginalization you're referring to?
It's contextual to the society he lives in. It's not about being a majority of white people. It's about the society being centered on Whiteness and White culture. If you don't understand how marginalization factors into that context, I dunno if I can help you understand. And it seems like you want to pose your questions not with the goal of understanding, but with the intention of belittling the concept of White privilege. It's systematic/societal. Discrimination is interpersonal, while racism is systematic. The club representing the former, broader society obviously representing the latter.
@@Vinzet86 I feel like the concept of white privilege only serves to further divide the races and poisons the well before any discussion between us is made. It feels like it serves to give black people a reason to judge and hate people simply because of the color of their skin. I can recognize that black people struggle in this country by comparison to white people in general, but it's not going to change simply by people recognizing their privilege. It feels like the underpants gnome episode from Southpark. First: white people recognize their privilege. Second: ???? Third: Profit!!
"presented with love and laughs"..... WHAT. They're literally straight up racist to you, and you say "oh muh gawd thats so much love"
exactly.
I like the way he explained that he experiencing being an outsider it "as a tourist", and that it was the "friendly version". This was a really good way for him to explain and compare what he learned from his experience while also drawing a distinction between it and the reality of people who deal with it in much uglier ways as part of their ongoing, day to day lives.
This is called Black privilege, the privilege to say certain words. A special right.
@WT Actual. . . Ooh ooh, uhh uhh! Ahhh! Ooh ooh, uhh uhh! I got my eyes on you! You're everything that I see! I want your hot love and emotion, endlessly! I can't get over you! You left your mark on me! I want your hot love and emotion, endlessly!
I took a sign language class some years ago. We had to go to a mall & buy something but not speak , only use gestures. It was a similar experience of being "the only one", the minority.
What a great video... I grew up in all black schools in Chicago as the only white boy in the class. Did not have a normal household/parents... I consider myself mostly raised by black women teachers. I don't think I know it all, I am just grateful for my experiences. In some ways I felt like this guy felt that night every day and in other ways I felt more accepted by people of color than anyone else.
I had a moment like this in college. I was friends with 2 black girls at work and they invited me to one of their apartments for a small get together. There were 4 other girls there and we were playing cards against humanity and drinking. One of the girls joked to the other how she was one shade too light to get killed at a traffic stop, and how she should be thankful for that. And obviously they were all using the N- word freely, but not me. Not me. It was the first time in my life i felt included, but still so far removed. Eye opening. I love those girls dearly, but i will never know their struggle.
Username fits
@@spelcheak Yes, he definitely has a heart and cares about other people, so his username fits.
Well, now you know what it's like to be forbidden to say some words that others are allowed to say, so you better understand the black people struggle. Wait, no.
Struggle my arse
@@ctwofirst6635 her
so much white guilt
Still looking for the white privilege part?
Somehow being laughed at all night proves he's the oppressor. I don't get his story. It's bizarre
Couple years ago I was at a Tech N9ne concert (black artist with a primarily white fanbase) and one of the openers was getting the crowd warned up.
He shouts "where are the ladies at?" And half the crowd goes crazy. Next he shouts "where are my N-words at?" And maybe a dozen people cheer.
So (and I'm paraphrasing) he says that everyone who is down with him, is his N-words regardless of skin tone. So again he asks "where my N-words at?" And this time the crowd goes crazy.
I thought this was worth sharing, as it's a different example of black people taking the power away from the word.
This is a much better story than this dude's white privilege crap.
its a word, if my word is more powerful than your spine or culture aint the words fault. wah i'm a victim, gimmie gimmie.
The word means the same no matter who says it. People can delude themselves into thinking they can change that fact all they want to. If someone calls me that, it's a problem. We want to get rid of everything that harms us, but this word we keep trying to hold onto? ...Absolute madness...
If you’re not black, you don’t get to decide if black people can say it or not. It’s none of your business.
Very few people could legit be this level of delusional. This has got to be propaganda.
I would have grabbed the mic, stood up faced the audience, pointed my finger at them all, and screamed AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, dropped the mic, and walked out. The real truth in America the last 50 years.
And I would have said back ok KKKK
It's weird that we say the Civil Rights Movement ended in 1965 with the passage of the CRA even though the Government and supposedly lone white supremacists would end up assassinating and murdering still outspoken CRM leaders several years later, like 21 year old Fred Hampton who was poisoned by an undercover FBI Agent and shot twice in the back of the head while unconscious by police. The Civil Rights Movement ended with a rapid series of assassinations and murders of it's leaders and the mass incarceration of communities who engaged in the most activism. This development of localized mass surveillance and police militarization in revolutionary communities would continue until the modern day, with the police just this year getting a boost in funding despite the headway made by the current wave of civil rights actors.
Never saw this SNL skit before.
I missed the White Privilege part?
Whoever wrote the title of this video....
You're doing it wrong!
@@mangomath2175 What is it? Because he explained that white people apparently cant feel like a minority when in fact minority applies to a much greater percentage than just race. It is feeling alone or an outsider in anyway, body shape, looks, race, ideas. Not all white people live in American and Europe btw lol.
The title was VERY misleading.
White Privilege in the media and liberals has always been a term to show that we take "advantage: of our system, economic benefits, not being discriminated etc etc. Those things I disagree with but at least they are direct.
This video either doesn't know the term or is using a straw man argument to get more people to believe in it.
He felt what it is to be excluded, just by the color of his skin. The privilege is that this is an exception, he will leave and go back to being normal, while for minorities its the opposite, they leave and become the outsider.
That's it, it's a simple concept isn't it? , the privilege of being the norm. See the covers of every dvd and videogame in a shelve: you'll probably see a bunch of white dudes with guns, and that's fine, but just realize you do have some privilege just by being in the norm.
@@SirRichard94 well said. Ppl are really caught up on him being "victimized" that they missed the entire point. Honestly, some ppl don't want to see their privilege, even the simple fact that everywhere they go...they fit in.
@@SirRichard94 Read my comment. Being "normal" is just applied to race
Whites have a higher suicidal rate, probably not from feeling normal
Reverse this situation and you can see how this doesn't fly. There is no reverse racism. There is only racism.
A friend of mine beat me up for calling him that, when we were kids. I never called a black person racist names ever again after that.
I find that the people focusing on race are the ones that keep this stuff alive. Let's just be people. Tired of having to defend my opinions of privilege being white, like I have any choice or ability to be anything else. Every single person on this planet is an individual. There have been angels and demons of every race, all for their own reasons that resulted from their own unique experience of life. That's all there is. Be better people.
If ignoring the problem is the solution, than why didn't the problem take care of itself in decades past? Before increasingly inexpensive mobile phones with cameras, when racial issues were ignored and the perspectives of people of color were ignored or actively suppressed by major media organizations? Ignoring the problem doesn't help.
You're privileged as a white person. You don't have to defend that. If it makes you defensive get over yourself and consider yourself fortunate. If you think it's wrong to be privileged for no other reason than your race, speak out against white supremacy when you see it.
You mention unique experiences. Well, people of color have to contend with experiences you simply don't as a white person. Spare some empathy for that and stop pretending if we were just "better people" racists would treat us better.
@@edwinleon8628 you obviously don't understand what being an individual means since you lump together people based on group identity first. You know what I or anyone else has suffered or not. You're personally part of the problem. If you're not prepared to see people as individuals first, just stay in you group think bubble. One man or woman can change the course of history. That being the case, the individual is the thing to be feared or praised.
As for ingnoring the problem. I have real person to person coversations, with people of multiple races and sexual orientations, about issues such as group think, egotism, individual responsibility, and other complex issues without the labels of each other's group and that's where real change happens. As I said before, be better..
@@mindsurfer101101 you didn't address any of my points, choosing to get defensive instead. Nowhere do I discount your individuality, but its dishonest to pretend the individual experiences of white people aren't different from those of people of color. You're welcome to stay in your bubble, I would advise against consuming content like this if you don't want your pollyanna view of the world challenged.
@@chatwithaninja you can be better and not blame racism on the people trying to address the problem.
You gotta demonize someone to get votes.
It doesn't exist darlings
🙄
Good argument. You showed him!
I refuse to hate myself because others hate me. I refuse to accept responsibility for another's failures.
Good, no one should.
hate the system not yourself.
hate the cops that shoot kids
hate the banks that refuse loans
hate the schools that have more cops than counselors
@deepweeb dive There is no privilege. There is only colored disability.
Oh boy, the comments are gonna be interesting....
Haha definitely.
Nah... kind of predictable and repetitive, really.
Some of them are pretty depressing. Putting down this guy who told a story that's obviously meaningful to people who are concerned about race in America. Still a lot of hate out there.
Imagine if it was the opposite situation and someone said "Hey, where's the black boy?!" All hell would break lose.
exactly, and they set him seated in the front for the guy before steve harvey to do a mic drop and tool him in front of the entire audience smh
It happens.
All hell doesn't break loose.
This pretty much sums up American liberalism
Whites need to start binding together and vote for White interests! Everyone else does, its time we do!
What are white interests?
@@Seven_1865 If you have to ask that question you're Antiwhite.
@@elainesabatino7467 I don’t believe in racial interests at all. Definitely not anti white.
@@Seven_1865 You don't believe in racial interests? Tell that to the Antiwhites in the ADL, BLM, NOI, SPLC, CAIR, and La Raza. See how that works out for you.
@@elainesabatino7467 I mean that I don’t support them or morally agree with them, not that I don’t believe in their existence. What a silly bad faith interpretation of what I said.
The best way to combat the beliefs of those organizations is with principled opposition for equal rights, not the same kind of cheap profiteering and race hustling that define the opposition.
If I was in a public place and someone tried to make me come sit at the front I would just leave at that point
Too bad my son couldn’t have had an experience like this. Instead he was beaten for being the wrong color to play at the local public playground. Then we were told you the cops we should just accept it and drive over to the next town to go to the park, we our white skin was just so offensive to our neighbors. That is one of my experiences of so-called “white privilege.”
Other examples of white privilege would be things like not being redlined when looking for housing, or being profiled constantly. Luckily for you there are plenty of places you can go in the United States to truly take advantage of being white. Wyoming, Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, California, New York, Arizona, New Mexico, Mississippi, Texas, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc.
My kid is a senior in High School. She is in the process of applying to colleges, and she is a straight A student with tons of extracurriculars. She's the commanding Officer of her ROTC squad. She has all of the options imaginable.
She is half Irish and half African American. My advice to her was to set aside the Guiness that she may sneak from my fridge, and check the "AFRICAN AMERICAN" box EVERY time the question is asked.
Why do I advise her to ignore her half Irish heritage for these purposes? Because being black puts her at the TOP of everyone's list for everything, and everybody knows it.
You know, because..."white privilege."
Tell her to check the box that says "white." Why should she throw away her whiteness and the privileges that come along with it. If she checks the box that says African American, she might not get a call back, especially if her name is Natasha or shaniqua, you don't want that. Look at it like this, part of being white means you're already born on third base or you're at the plate and you've got runners on first, second, and third base, 3 balls and no strikes. What more could you ask for? I don't get how sum white people don't know how to use their whiteness to their advantage. Smh.
I thought this was a joke or a parody. I was waiting for the punchline. Jokes on me I guess.
Or because he looks like cavemanish, in all honesty
@Borsalino Kizaru Because it kinda is. I want to move to an African country so I can talk about Black Privilege.
@Borsalino Kizaru I'm sure they would but when I am doing bad in their countries I can say its because their governments are dominantly black and I get no representation!
You see my point?
@Borsalino Kizaru Ok so here is the thing. The fact is, the culture there just isn't as stupid. The culture there doesn't go to a victim mindset when it doesn't get what it wants.
America is the same way, its the culture that makes you think otherwise. If a bunch of whites started doing what I explained there, I'm sure it wouldn't be heard the same way you are explaining, but I am sure it would be told the same.
The fact is, no foreigner comes over here and goes back talking about how bad we treat blacks. We are the most diverse and equal country out in the world! Majority of nations are homogeneous nations, all one group of people.
@Borsalino Kizaru Because it is.
This is AMAZING!! As a pale ass white kid in a place where most of my friends are asian, I know how it can feel to be a "minority" if you will, (being mocked for your skin tone, getting singled out, being the butt of jokes) and I understand how much it can suck. And that's why I understand "majority privelege" (I call it majority privelege instead of white because it really matters where you are and the ideal standard.) but anyways this man gets the point
All of this tribal and racial identity is a real set back on societal relations. We'd do better to remember Martin Luther King's speech "I have a dream that my four little children will one day
live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color
of their skin but by the content of their character." To that, I say "AMEN."
Tribalism is nature. Humans actually naturally segregate you know.
you had hundreds of people have a lifetime memorable moment of uproarious laughter at your expense purely on account of your skin color. They enjoyed it for turnabout or even justice... but make no mistake - it was at your expense. You were singled-out, humiliated and used as a comedic prop - simply for your skin color. I've never even heard of a human being getting treated this specific way by a white comedian ever ever ever. Not in the south, not in the north, not in the jewish resorts of the catskills.
White privilegeis entirely real then.....
@@SarahLibogomalove Your reply makes about as much sense as your spelling.
@@Mrbrightside098 ....and?
U don't get how people think now a day's they put you in the front line just to disrespect you and you going to thank him for it most people go to comedy shows for the laughs not to get clown on
So he was singled out and made fun of cause he was white... Hmm if only we had a word for that.
I had exactly the same experience, I went to see my friend perform at a show where he was the headline act.
All the acts were non-white along with about 95% of the audience, it was also a charity gig so I stupidly sat in the front thinking comedy at a charity show would be a bit lame and mostly harmless.
The host for the evening was a Muslim woman who immediately targeted me, asking me what her head covering was called. I ruined the joke by getting it right, so maybe I should have feigned ignorance by deliberately getting it wrong giving the audience a "stupid, old white guy" to laugh at.
So it went on, every single one of the comedians talked about race and white people for almost the entire night, singling me out whenever possible with jokes about the Las Vegas shooter and 9/11, etc etc. I tried to laugh along at first, saying to myself "get a sense of humor!" and "do NOT be an angry old white dude", but close to the end my face was so tight after faking a smile for so long and I just couldn't do it any more. As we were filing out at the end more than one audience member apologized to me for all the race baiting, and the host did ask the audience to "give it up for ****!" at the end. But by then I was done, it was a nasty, unpleasant experience all round.
Unlike you, I didn't "learn" anything insightful that helped me sympathize with non-white people. I'm in plenty of situations daily where I'm the only white person. I also remember the bad old days in the 70s and 80s when certain white comedians baited the occasional, unfortunate black person in the audience with racially charged jokes. Thankfully those days are long gone and such behavior would never be tolerated in this enlightened age ....or would it?
Draw your own conclusions.
Interesting reply Adam. Would you say the same to a POC who had been race baited by white comedians at a mostly white event? You need to ask yourself some uncomfortable questions.
@@pierceyy the difference is, after you leave the all-black comedy show, you are back being a member of the majority. but racial minorities, they are singled out everywhere they go, including in workplaces and in social settings. draw your own conclusions
@@commentsandlikes9509 No I’m not and no they aren’t. You are jumping to conclusions and making unfounded assumptions. If you think it’s acceptable for comedians to make racist jokes to white people but not vice versa, then you I’m afraid need to re-evaluate yourself.
@@pierceyy I'm not saying its acceptable for comedians to make racist jokes to white people. but as a white person, I don't feel victimized at all by "anti-white" jokes, because white people hold the most power in society. its like jokes that are aimed at poor people and jokes that are aimed at rich people. a rich person can be a butt of many jokes, but none of them hurt becuz at the end of the day, he is still rich and the poor are still poor
@@commentsandlikes9509 Remember, you don’t speak for all white people. You seem to think because a large proportion of the people in government happen to be white, that it’s perfectly acceptable for average white people to suffer racial abuse, that’s basically what you’re saying. I think you’re forgetting that in most western countries huge strides have been made in recent years, there are plenty of POC in positions of power. You seem to be one of those people heavily influenced by your peers and the media into believing that we all still live in 1950s Alabama and every street corner has burning crosses. You need to look at things a bit more objectively.
Lose the tribalism.
I kept waiting for the "joke." Then, towards the end, I was waiting for gentle spirit here to tear up. Lol 🤔
Always interesting to hear someone telling us how people of another race feel when they have no idea what it is actually like. I guess it makes them feel so enlightened and superior compared to those who do not know how others feel.
I'm not a fan of this "white people need to be taught a lesson" philosophy, especially when the lesson is "now u know how it feels to b degraded". Too often this is used as a self-righteous excuse for black people to b racist against and intentionally hurt white people out of a kind of racial vengeance. Bill Cosby used to b the shining example of how to deal with race, by simply acting like a relatable human being (it's unfortunate that he was only acting instead actually of living like one).
You just witnessed discrimination constructed out of thin air.
J Brat what part was discrimination?
SmoothCatBeats My comment stands plain and simple.
u2good2b4gotn ....All the likes understood. Have a nice day.
So you care more about likes than being correct
Ron is such a sad case, its unbelievable
White Privilege is when
*shuffles deck*
You get a special front row seat- a throne really, at an all black comedy night.
YOU RIGHT!!!!!
yeah, how come he got the front row seat?
Why is he not allowed to say a word because of his skin color? Isn't that racial inequality and discriminatory? White "privilege" does exist, BUT how do I do anything about how someone else treats me? What can I do other than treat everyone equally?
@VKTR Central If someone can say it to someone else that is not a racial slur. But if I say the EXACT same word it is? Why the double standard. Are you scared I will hurt someone's feelings, that's no reason to be prejudice. If it is a racial slur for one it is a racial slur for all. I am an egalitarian, I think all people should be equal. It is just a word. We give words meaning and power. I maintain a common position, no one should say it. That is common inside and outside the african american community. we give words meaning and power, why don't we take away that power?
Majority privilege, this is majority privilege.
I tried to discuss racism and white privilege with a friend (both of us white) and she interrupted me with "I don't want to talk about negative things. I refuse to let any negativity into my life!" Without meaning to, she gave me the best example of how to explain white privilege to other white people who refuse to accept it as an actual thing.
No. Uhhhh...aahhhhhhhhh!!! More than a woman! You're more than a woman to me! More than a woman! Ooh, baby! More than a woman to me!
@@animegamingdude wrong
So we solve racisim by singling out one person and treat them different?
Yes
@@cyber-bully5063 Why?
Yep, they were laughing at you and at your expense. Steve Harvey may have got that crowd to applaud, but everyone in that audience hated you. That night you were the straight man. The chump.
exactly.
The "badge of honor" is a way to flip racism the other way, but it's still racism. It's using a pejorative word to signal victimhood and use it as a valuable form of political and social currency.
Racism is racism, there is no"flipping".
This was so great. I'm so glad that you took that experience and claimed it as something that helped you to understand rather than had it cause you to be angry. YOU are your open mind are a beautiful gift to the world. I wish more people were like you.
I'm sorry - This term 'white privilege' is racist... especially where it's an assigned label from an outside party. The moment that you are supposed to evaluate yourself against the races of those around you is the moment that begins the path towards racial bias. If we are ever to be one people, ideologies such as this must come to an end. When I meet a new person, the last thing i want to go through my head is immutable characteristics. I want to know the person... the content of their character... I think MLK would be disgusted...
It’s not about seeing everyone the same.It’s about noticing the differences and respecting them knowing that we can use everyone’s special characteristics for good
@@haveagreatday9865 How about this... try to use the term 'white privilege' in a way that doesn't demoralize or devalue a white persons contribution to a given issue. The term has one purpose... and that's to lower the status of whites.
Maybe the term has some base validity, but it's been weaponized and is harmful...
Yuusuf Bulus every term in politics gets weaponized. The fact that you see it now in the term “white privilege” but not as easily in other instances is part of that privilege. It only has to be degrading if you let it. It’s basically telling you that you have a leg up in the world and you should notice it but you are taking it as a racist slur
@@haveagreatday9865 First, I am Persian... not white... and I was not born in the USA, but i've lived here for 30+ years. My wife was also not born here - She is very white, born near Moscow when the USSR still existed. She speaks broken english, and is seldom treated differently from me - usually negatively because people can't understand her. My wife and my kids could check the box 'white' on any government form offered. Go ahead... explain to me how my wife and my children have this special kind of privilege that you are defending.
You are confusing cultural privilege with white privilege.... being white is not a culture, and has nothing to do your your fantasy labeling system. Lefty seems to like the idea of putting people in boxes and putting labels on them. I would rather we be unlabeled, just as MLK did.
Yuusuf Bulus if you don’t see that there’s just certain ways white people have it easier in most parts of the world then idk what to tell you. Keep on keeping on man and as it says in the name have a great day
I thought this was a parody. It’s a lot of projection. I believe that there is still meaning in it, but not the same reasoning to his conclusion.
I thought it was going to be a parody.. glad I checked the comments.
Unintentional parody. SJWs always end up doing that.
@@toddjones7919 you are a parody of yourself and ll the ridiculous things you believe.