Is Brendan Kavanagh A Racist? Reflections on Pianogate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- Is Brendan Kavanagh (Dr. K) a racist? This is probably the question that millions of Chinese people grappled with as they saw one of their alleged little pink superstars, Newton Leng, tussle, turn, fight, and squabble with the man who is currently the world's favorite hipster pianist as an international spy drama with the Chinese Communist Party as unwitting participant.
But what exactly is racism?
How did that work in Pianogate? What responsibility, if any, does someone living in another country have to understand your standards, ways, and preferred way of existing in this world?
Does this incident warrant being interviewed on the Piers Morgan show as a freedom of speech advocate?
Watch this video to the end to find out!
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Freedom isn’t free… It takes people like Dr. K to stand up and speak up
You're absolutely right! I don't have a good answer to this, but I do wish that this were done in the right way. Maybe sometimes it really does take some foreign interference to come in and deal with things like this, but I do wish that it wasn't based on the actions of individuals, or at the very least it was based on a stronger case than the one that had been presented to us.
Maybe it really is that something like this needs to just be done quick and dirty and settled all the way. I'm open to admitting the possibility that I'm wrong here, but I will say that I think it's still important to be able to look at individuals and remember that we're dealing with actual people here rather than make sweeping judgments from the very start.
He is definitely a racist!! And, if you are supporting him, than you are definitely one as well!! Crystal clear!!!
They didn’t clearly state their objective. We can all see they did not mind being filmed earlier, even dancing an playing the piano. When the were getting ready to record a private show at the piano, they asked him not to film them with his 2 million subscriber channel. The shouty guy gave everyone something else to focus on.
To leak other people's personal data? Yeah, you have a real good understanding of the British legal system.
btw, one thing that i would say about newton, regardless of anything else, was his tactics literally was that of a narcissitic person
We just want Newton to give the interview like he said he would on and that was announced on another TH-cam Channel. That's all we want. But he won't. It's way too embarrassing for him. Dude can't show his face in the UK or even back in China. The whole world has mocked and mimed him. What's he gonna do about it?
Honestly, I have no idea personally. I don't wish him long-term bad or anything, but I'm pretty sure that he can't be a representative for the Communist Party even if he wants to at this point, considering how he hemmed and hawed his way through the question about communism brought to him by Dr. K 🤷🏻♂️
Please don't behave in the same bad way though. That would only bring you down to his level. Just recognizing what he did and choosing not to engage is probably better!
He is now busy and concerning on selling T-shirts with the "Don't touch her logo" 🤨
Nobody is going to buy those. What a joke. @@slowianka100
"Authoritarianism" is a bad thing, period.
The missbehavior of Newton is what offends me most. Exactly what you say, he tried to make Dr. K look like an Sexist and an racist. Now, communism is from out the view of capitalism the one enemy, as it prepares to give each one enough, imagine whilst anyone only has to give (work) what he can afford to give. To me China or Russia, wich claim to be communisms, are in fact capitalisms just like the rest of the world. I don't care what name a thing gives itself, but when I want to communicate, I need to know the meaning of the expressions used exactly. Americans say something is 'ridiculous' today when they are overwhelmed by it. We got used to it. Brendon asking for them to come from 'communist china' in my eyes was his try to reach out a helpful hand. They should have just explained their problem. But if you are going wrong for a long time, you often do not see and even will not be able to learn that you are going wrong.
Right on the money!
Wait, this is a video that discusses communism. Should money even be a thing here? 😂😂
Jokes aside! I do believe that, at large, we as a society need a lot more focus on individual behavior rather than just form images and idealizations inside our minds about what other people are like or what they believe.
Sentiment is one thing, but how a person actually behaves is another thing altogether.
Just because someone is a Chinese national doesn't necessarily mean that they are communist, let’s say, and just because they are holding a Chinese flag doesn’t necessarily entail that they are Chinese, although it’s not an unreasonable assumption to make.
Also, while there is freedom of expression, if you are in raising the national flag of another country, the natural question, whether you're doing this for a video or not, is whether you're trying to overtly influence people into believing something that they should not believe at the end of the day, a question that is magnified by the fact that some of the people concerned even proclaimed that they were citizens of Britain.
Having said that, just because they behaved in a certain way that doesn't mean that's entirely characteristic of the social system that they originated from, which indicates that while Dr. K's assumption was reasonable to make under the circumstances, it was not correct.
I think that this was acceptable given the circumstances that were in play at the time, as well as the sensitive nature of the conversation, but it makes a little less sense when you consider what the initial event was later used for, as I detail in the video.
In a similar way, and for slightly different reasons though, simply because somebody has managed to command the popular voice and has become a millionaire who is making thousands of pounds from every single livestream that does not necessarily mean that they are necessarily the voice of justice as there is a fine distinction between what is popular and what is correct; these things can correlate with one another, but they are not necessarily one and the same.
Society as a whole does not often make such textured judgments though, and that's fine, but once again, I’d like to emphasize that this should be the case only in the short term.
In the long term, we are aspiring towards a higher standard. The tide that lifts us should bring us all up towards a plane of higher awareness. And ideally, although this is not a historically determined thing, it would bring us to a place of better coexistence, where heightened awareness will condition us and allow us to see every person's actions from a clear and objective lens.
Thank you as always for your insightful comments, my friend!
@@VictorTan It's a pleasure, it has to get out anyway and it helps me improving my english. Bedtime here, I have to read your words again and look up a little.
@@TheKatoffen Have a good rest my friend, and please take your time! I'm sure that there was a lot to absorb there. Have a wonderful rest, and thank you once again for dropping by. Looking forward to seeing you in the next video!!
@@VictorTan trying not to judge others is a great human goal.
The whole western world has an educational problem, getting more and more worse since Henry Ford spoke out: I need workers, not philosophs. I suggest he must rotate in his grave constantly. To prevent the climate collapse this urges. To me it is like the mother of all problems. We got used to treat symptoms as we fear this truth. It's such shame. But you are right. We might make steps backward, but we are moving forward still. 🙂🙃🙂
He is a racist! He's why:- th-cam.com/video/Gq9pJ65cWHs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=t_WpTSJMCwGQIVAL
Of course BK is not a capitalist. Just go back and look at videos of how he interacts with people of every nationality and race! In no way does he prefer one race or nationality over another. In this case, BK was just trying to point out that the laws in England are different than those in China. In the western world, if you are Chinese, you're either communist or trapped in a country that you don't share the same ideology with. Again, westerners see the Chinese flag as a communist flag, because the government is Communist and the flag represents the government. And, if we seek further info online, we are told that yes, the red flag with stars does represent the communist party. So in BK's mind, he is only stating fact, not being racist in anyway.
I've hosted Chinese exchange students in our home and it was a lovely experience, but I would never want to live in a communist country. And just because I do not agree with communism AT ALL, I am not racist. I still enjoy spending time with pleasant people from China!
Thank you for watching! Ah, I guess you’re trying to say that BK doesn’t show racism! He is definitely a capitalist, and a very successful one too! I understand your position :)
I’m not a huge fan of communism either, but I would guess the main issue here is that he went from behavior to concluding communism to then concluding that communism was the main issue underpinning the issue. It was a little odd of an impetus for a whole campaign like the one he’s doing, though I can see why it’s popular!
"Of course BK is not a capitalist."
Did anyone ever claim he was? 😅
A person without freedom is like a plant without sunshine, whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. Free Tibet!
Agree with your conclusion that DrK is not a racist. In fact if you watch him numerous videos of public performances back to 6 years ago , the had interested very well with many oriental people. He is a charismatic performer & young & old had jolly good times playing the piano & some singing & dancing. Everybody filmed him & so did the group of Little Pinks. Adenine shook hands with Brendan & danced as her comrade played the piano. Later, she accused him of touching her - very odd. The real reason why their initial friendly attitude suddenly changed was the appearance of spy Christine ( later confirmed by Miss Liu when she put out her video to spin the confrontation with her numerous lies) . Christine is suspected of covert activity to influence the British government on behalf of the CCP - a warning by MI 5. Hence, she did not wish to be filmed . That's why Nasty Newton & the other 2 women demanded Brendan to erase their images. According to Police, it is legal to film in public. PCc Little Pinks threatened to sue Brendan. The Nasty Moron falsely accused Brendan of sexual misconduct & provocatively repeated " don't touch her" more than a dozen times ! He was rude, aggressive & autocratic: " What's your name"? How would YOU feel if some Moron falsely accused you of sexual assault & racism ? It a wonder Brendan kept his cook. I would gave lost NY patience & told Newton to piss off ! Bredon stood his ground & for freedom of expression. The whole world saw the incident UNEDITED Livestreamed. I am a Chinese living in Holland . I love China but not the CCP. Glory to Taiwan & Ukraine !
How is he a racist by saying this isnt china, he was only stating the obvious, so no hes not racist
you are missing one key point. this group literally said they are working for chinese TV ,
Yes, it was mentioned. I'm not sure if Chinese TV necessarily means Communist Party though. That would have been the easiest thing to immediately conclude. And I would like to make that conclusion too, but it's not something we can say with certainty. I wouldn't want to be accused falsely myself, so I would prefer not to support accusations that I can't prove myself 🙏
@@VictorTan I guess what i am trying to say by this is because they said that to im directly before he called them communists. ith the way they behaved, combined with the flags of china which is a communist country, and them telling him that , etc.. i can see how he would come to that conclusion quickly. is all :)
@@Johnadams20760I would like to see if it was a group of Vietnamese people, would he say the same thing. As they are also in a communist country, or is it only the CCP are the evil ones because they are the threat in western allied countries.
You do realise Chinese New Year is round the corner, which was why they were carrying the flags of their country? Just because the country's government may be communist, doesn't mean the people are. Would me waving my British flag make me a supporter of the monarchy or colonialism? Would waving an American flag mean I support Donald Flump? Would waving a German flag make me a nzi? @@Johnadams20760
@@VictorTan Of course Chinese TV means Communist Party. You are so ignorant about communism. China doesn't completely based on that model, but that has always been the case for all communist countries, even the USSR. That's because true communism is unattainable. It's just impossible so there will always be some variance, but all countries that try to be communist always end up failing and instead become something really bad. Despite all the supposedly "private" companies, the CCP still truly controls everything. China has regressed the last decade in terms to freedom for a reason.
He is certainly milking the situation!!!
I personally dont judge CCP by individuals, but by the actions of the government against the people who live there. Putin doesn't help the communist cause either btw
Ccp is government in other country. Why we have to condemn administrator beloved by 1.4 billions people.
Please, when you are making another video, do not wave your hands in front of the camera. I felt dizzy 😉
Love your video, but if you do another one, please consider what would happen if they grabbed his sunglasses.
Oh, thank you so much for watching! Really appreciate it, and I'm glad that you found it valuable!!
Not too sure about the whole violent reaction thing right there, but I'm pretty sure that it would have ended much worse for the Chinese than it did in this case to say the least 👀👀👀
Looking forward to seeing you in my next videos!
Nasty Newton now a well known meme. This after he being addiment about not wanting to be named, heard or seen on any video. Nice try CCP disciple! Newton: have you booked your return ticket home yet?!
Who isn't racist to some degree? It's natural.
I think racism is something learned. At the same time though, becoming not racist is something that's also learnable, but requires a person to step out of the habits that they ended up taking as defaults, whether as a result of personality, intentionality, or just random accidents. I don't know if there's anything inherent about racism, or where the boundary between preference for one's own race and racism lies 🤷🏻♂️
Dating outside of one's own race is one way to discover the beauty of other races. I find Asian women to be the most incredibly beautiful in the world. I wish actual racists would start dating other races, cos then maybe they would lose all of their hatred and ignorance @@VictorTan
@@CaptainBollocks....Or you know, just simply befriend them like other human beings? It's just sad that racism happens to everyone. This is coming from someone who experienced it first hand in South Korea as a South East Asian
Misunderstanding from his part that it was a private recording? Seriously? Look at the video, no it wasn’t private, that’s the whole point
All points very well made, and is right along the lines of what I was thinking. Frankly, I'm done with the whole sorry saga, and all parties involved just need to grow up. Also, reminds me of a verse from great song called "Landlocked Blues"
"And there's kids playing guns in the street
And one's pointing his tree branch at me
So I put my hands up I say
"Enough is enough, if you walk away I walk away"
(And he sh0t me de*d)"
Thank you for watching and I'm so glad that you enjoyed this piece. Yes indeed, if everyone were to move on towards other things, I think that that would be for the best. Have a wonderful day ahead and look forward to seeing you in my next videos!
was expecting no pushback against K but you did it well and brought up good points, brave lad since dealing with these K fanboys who might be those things as well will get mad in your comments
Thank you so much for the kind words!!
Well, I don't believe in changing my thought process for someone just because that someone happens to be immediate popular, nor do I intend on defending any particular person just because they are of the same race or skin colour as me. At the end of the day, I think it's just a matter of principles. The pushback from Dr. K fanboys hasn't been all that bad, and that's not too surprising considering that the criticism wasn't even particularly intense in the first place. It is a fact that the man is taking this and making it into what it's not at this point. And if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then in all likelihood it is a duck. Thank you so much for watching. I'm so glad that you enjoyed this and look forward to seeing you in my next videos!
1. BK finished one video when the Chinese group danced and played the piano.
2. BK said that happened during the LIVE stream, which it didn't
3. BK said he knew the Japanese group that were with Jim, he had seen them before and shook hands with them, the only person he shook hands with was the lady in the red coat.
4.BK said he didn't know they were waiting to use the piano, he thought the Japanese and Chinese were one big group, which undermines point 3.
5. He made one video 6mins long in which Jim sang and played the piano. He signed out of that and started a LIVE stream
6. He told Jim this was now Part 2, Jim said he would do what he did in Part one.
7. BK welcomed his viewers to the LIVE stream and asked them to "stick around, encase he needed their help"!!!!
8. BK then played for another 9mins until Jim came over after talking to the girl with the red scarf. You can still see the 2 Japanese guys with the filming equipment in the background and the Chinese group was now a little larger so where ready to use the piano.
9. BK was asked nicely to respect their wishes to not film them whilst they did their piece on the piano, he declined
10. BK was asked to stop playing for a few minutes during a LIVE stream in the same place a year earlier in the same month. A crew member for channel 4 asked if he would stop playing for a few minutes while they recorded a piece to camera with Claudia Winkelmen, reluctantly he obliged, but said there might be some "argee bargee if he comes back" and asked his viewers to once again to stick around things might get heated.
Clearly he can't stand being told what to do, or even asked to be a little cooperative in some circumstances, it's his piano and some how has more right than anyone else to use it. It wouldn't have mattered where those groups were from, all his videos that are argumentative or antagonistic receive more views, its that simple.
Imagine this scenario : I’m hanging around in the station, in the background, watching Dr K, waiting to use the piano. I then ask Dr K, « I’d like to play Happy Birthday as a surprise for a friend’s birthday next week. Please don’t film me, I don’t want to have my performance shown on your live-stream, I want it to be private, as a suprise for my friend ». Would you say, « Sure, no problem, go ahead, I’ll go and have a coffee and come back when you’ve finished » - or « This is a free country, I can film if I want to - if you don’t want to be filmed, just walk away » ?
Now suppose, English is my 2nd language, I don’t explain that well and you jump to the conlusion « Here’s a foreigner telling me what I can and can’t do in my own country ». Maybe better to show a little understand and at least try to find out what I really mean.
wow, full of lies. dude. i watched the entire thing and you are lying
@@Johnadams20760dude. You really so patriotic to support British behaviour. Hogging the piano and being a prick, having humour by being an antagonists and stereotyping people.
@@docmartinjnr4281 oh no you are literally using the arguments of that one lady lin something. you are naive. I am not british btw. i am american. and i have seen the entire video, and it shows othrwise, there was zero editing live. but your hatred for this man shows and so you aretrying to attack him
@@Johnadams20760 Dude, I'm no protector of either side. You literally do not know how being unbiased is, just because he is defending the free world and freedom of speech, all you western netizens are up there supporting this DK even if he was the antagonist. He had no respect and did it all for his financial gain for is channel. Even the law states any material filming in the station without permission for commercial profit is prohibited. But the station has not taken action. If the station takes action against him, although it is in public the property of the station and land belongs to British Rail.
your analysis of the whole thing is really funny. Stop analysing.... it made me laugh so much of your childish though. You will have to watch the whole video from the beginning.
You’re entitled to your opinion!
No, he is not a racist.
No.
Should Iranians hate aussie who holding british or america flag.
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Without China not just UK economy but the world economy would collapse. China makes more steel than the next twenty steel producers combined. It can build a city for twenty million people with full infrastructure and electric buses in one year. Most chinese are hard working, humble and are powerless to whose in government. Britain is getting poorer with increasing debt and failed manufacturing - capitalism failed dispite hundreds of years of exploitation.
While you’re not wrong, it's a bit of a stretch to say that China is in the best position financially and geopolitically speaking.
While it has its good points, I wouldn’t idealize China too much or point a finger at the west solely - You do have to make sure that you pay attention to the three that are directed in your direction.
Thank you for watching!!
This ignorant amateur pianist will be sued. TH-cam legal team's warning to him was just the beginning. TH-cam could be liable too, for not immediately taking down his original video, and all other videos spreading the Chinese group's personal data.
Possibly.
Don't think that they're likely to succeed in doing much in a British court, though. And if they sue TH-cam, then I guess good luck fighting against a multi-billion dollar behemoth company or getting a lawsuit through before all the influencers make thousands of dollars from making videos about getting sued.
Also yeah, not too sure that they’d be accomplishing much or receiving much domestic support given their public non-acknowledgment of CCP 🤭
@@VictorTan you think? This ignorant old geezer is easy target and he has his TH-cam revenue to pay for it.
They spread their own data, and embroiled Dr K in a scene, which is frowned on by the English, and even more galling for Dr K for being the innocent party here. To have such vile and undeserved slurs shouted at him in public was appalling. Dr K maintained his poise and stood up for his legal rights very tactfully and courteously, and we are proud of him. Anyone can see that he is a mild man, outside of the crazy 'Boogie-Woogie' craze! He adds a lot to the dreary atmosphere of the massive Kings Cross/St Pancras Station and he's a kind of 'folk hero' to many people world-wide.
@@brennadickinson2920 They did not spread their data. This amateur pianist turned his camera to film the Chinese, before the Chinese approached him. This so-called Dr. was appalling in 1) assuming they were Japanese; 2) saying to his companion "let's get the girl to dance". He is completely ignorant of British law on personal data protection. Again, appalling.
@@howardj602 If he was born in England he is English, by law; it does not matter his Irish antecedents. I am anglo-Irish; my mother was born in England and her antecedents were Scottish, Irish and Welsh. And while I was born In Ireland and spent my childhood there, I've lived in England and America for most of my adult life. I am a naturalised British person and have dual citizenship with Ireland (and the EU). So I am an Irish Brit. Sorry it's so confusing, but there has been this interflow between Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Ireland for a thousand years or more. Still, Ireland is not British, even though some people think it is. It is not. Irish people do not accept they are part of the British isles, so technically it should be termed as Britain and Ireland.