Zuby: 'The U.S. is not a racist country.'
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- The rapper, podcaster, and author talks about "freedom, liberty, and all of that good stuff."
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Nzube Udezue-better known simply as Zuby-is a rapper, podcaster, and author known for an engaging mix of personal uplift and political provocation that led to a highly publicized (if temporary) suspension from Twitter in 2020.
Born in England to parents of Nigerian descent and raised in Saudi Arabia, he now spends much of his time in the United States, where he criticizes identity politics on shows like The Joe Rogan Experience. He has built a massive following on social media and has just published a children's book designed to showcase the benefits of good nutrition and self-control.
Earlier this year, Zuby spoke at a Mises Caucus event at the Libertarian Party convention in Reno, Nevada, where he said he was overjoyed to be "talking about freedom, liberty, and all of that good stuff."
Reason caught up with Zuby at FreedomFest, the July meeting of Libertarians held annually in Las Vegas, where we discussed his experience of the pandemic in eight different countries, his defense of tweets mocking transgender athletes (and his support of rights for trans people), and why he's bullish on the future of individual responsibility and freedom.
Produced by Nick Gillespie; camera by James Marsh and Noor Greene; edited by Adam Czarnecki and Danielle Thompson.
Photos: Gage Skidmore via Flickr, Attribution CC BY-SA 2.0 license
Music: "Designer Cowboy Boots" by Boi Ecchi via Artlist
One of the most rational, logical and convincing interviews I have seen in years. I wish Zuby would get into politics. He is very well spoken and really likable.
Kinda amazing that just be rational, logical & convincing is rare now a days
Probably will
Are u insane!!! any morals he has would be fucking gone. Politics are evil right and left.
Zuby can come run in my state as my local rep. Dude it solid! 💪💪
That was what went through my mind, too. A Real American Leader.
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I can always spot the college educated Liberal in a crowd who hasn't traveled outside the US, they are the one berating everyone about how bad the US is. They might have (probably did) do a tour of the hostels in other countries (just to be able to check the box) but only talked with other hostel dwellers and only visited the brochure tourist sights. In other words, their feet never actually touched the ground in that other country and they learned nothing. I barely graduated high school but I worked in post Soviet Russia and read a TON. I know how good we and I have it here in the US, even with all it's faults and problems, it's still without parallel.
10000% especially white.women with absolutely no immigrant or family background lf non white...
My mother is an immigrant from eduador. Food stamps, no money, white women would laugh at her in line when she had to hold up the grocery line getting out her food stamp coupons in the 80' s......
But yet learn english, got a little degree n now after 30 years of nothing but hoorendous conditions. Got a goverbment job, n makes 95K a year.....surburbs in jersey. Nice little house, completely paid off. ALL ON HER OWN with my father of course..
White liberals talk shit about their own country but yet when u talk to the ppl these white women are "tryinf to protect......" Protect from our racist and sexist country......those immigrants would say "???? I love America and i immigrated here to become american.....NOT lose my heritage but moved here cause.i like the amerifan values..."
Its amazing....my immigrant mom wouldnt tell these spoiled woke gen Z ppl who LIVES IN THE SUBURBS with daddy paying their cell phone bill........they trying to say america is bad? Pleaae..
It isnt necessarily liberals neither. I remember as a kid saying how I plan to move back to Europe because murrica is turning to shit. I started visiting Europe and while nice to visit. No way would I move there. It is a general ignorance of people who don't know better. It just at this time the american liberals are the biggest voices complaining about how bad America is right now. And thus easy to spot they havent travelled outside the US. Can you imagine one of these snowflakes reaction to having to pay to use a public bathroom in "socialist utopian" europe? :D
Without parallel? Hmmm. Maybe you're the one who hasn't travelled enough.
@@beanmanlev no, his statements are accurate. Your perceptions are skewed by your ideological bias.
@@wstavis3135 lol
Zuby epitomises the calm, strong, protective masculine. He's the kindly lion. We need more examples, friends, brothers, uncles, fathers and even sons like him.
dead right !
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
YES , we sure do !
The more I hear this man, the more I respect his perspicacity.
I’ve heard of perspicacity, but I never knew what it meant. Looked it up, Zuby is a perfect example.
It’s obvious he’s applied a a lot of life experience and education to think deeply about his opinions
This is a brilliant interview - Zuby nails it on every issue - love this guy!
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
Excellent interview.
Spot on, Zuby.
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
Why did the left become unhinged when gay marriage gained widespread acceptance? Because whenever you advocate for something, the worst thing that can happen is that people actually start to agree with you. Now there are just two choices: Fold up your tent and call it a day, or keep moving the goalposts and make increasingly outlandish demands. There's money in advocacy.
Bingo. Also todays activists seem to destroy everything they touch.
Because the left is made u of Godless, immoral, lost souls in search of meaningful lives and desperate to be righteous. They want all of the good side effects of being a believer in the living God without having to deal with that Jesus they dislike so much.
I’ve only heard like a half dozen interviews with Zuby, but he just genuinely seems like a nice guy.
Zuby is a realistic thinker ...
this guy is smarter than like 99% of the people Nick interviews; including 100% of the bitcoin bros
When someone says, we should protect our freedoms. It doesn’t mean I’m some far right conservative nut job. Unfortunately in todays political climate the word freedom is aligned with being conservative. I’m neither left or right. Our freedoms are being taken away by both parties in power, while they both point the finger at each other, It’s sad.
Exactly!
But freedom means different things to different people. On a human level, freedom to call someone a derogatory term is a problem. For corporations, freedom to profit unchecked by oversight will leave us living in a toxic sludge with child labor. You're going to have to come up with a better word that freedom or make a stronger definition
Brilliant comment, man! Absolutely; freedom is very much under attack. When I took the political compass test I came out as a left-leaning libertarian. I’m a life-long Republican!
@@scientifico these ‘but but the corporations …profit’ are transparent euphemisms for eliminating freedom.
Everyone has known for a centuries now that my freedom ends when it bumps into yours. You can’t dump your trash into my yard (or my air water etc). Applies to everyone. Fight for stopping transgressions on your freedom and I join you. So when you start adding in irrelevant notions about ‘profits’ or ‘corporations’ or ‘derogatory’ words, you’re not talking about your freedom at all, but about your resentment, like every other wanna be tyrant forever. Sorry, you’re the problem.
It's just the same old death-cult of statetheism and government worship.
Just leave the cult man, no need to get riled up about insane cultist shit.
His tweet about Black Lives Matter is my favorite by him
Great interview with Zuby. His confidence in his values is needed in these times.
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
I love to watch future Leaders, before their true greatness is revealed to the masses...
I will never not believe that Black men and women KNOW if they talk about these things this way, they WILL be invited into White American and White International Circles.
They KNOW doing so will lead to riches for sure.
I wasn’t familiar with Zuby but I think he has some well sorted ideas and I like what he’s doing with his platform. Solid interview.
I take my hat off to this man, God bless him.
Reason has been putting out some consistently solid interviews lately, great work!
24:28 And also exposing their own perverted bias against Trump without basis in reality 🙄
He has no idea what conservatives believe. We are not for no immigration, we are for legal immigration. Meanwhile, the border is open and we have enough Fentanyl coming over the boarder in the last year and a half to literally kill every person in American. We have 100s of thousands of SLAVES being human trafficked. We are being warned that for the first time in about two decades we are Amin danger of another attack like 9-11. Do you know how many conservatives are LEGAL immigrants, minorities, mixed marriages, etc. It is America that is beginning to balk against traditional values. If he was right we’d have less Hispanics voting Republican, yet we are seeing just the opposite. They say these things “conservatives don’t like different” with no basis of truth. Zuby wasn’t having it though. Why would Zuby a “black immigrant” be conservative if he thought conservatives hated “others.” If you disagree with a “progressive” there must be an evil motivation. It’s exactly the opposite!!!!
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
Love Zuby. Funny, charismatic, educated, charming, and kind!
@Zacked Out🐒 Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
He's the strongest woman and people hate him for it
"Her", bigot.
Great interview. Apart from the multiple idiotic questions from the interviewer who's done little-to-no research prior.
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smart guy, i like him but he is wrong on several things. He says the US is not racist because it is diverse, but the US was one of the most diverse places on the earth when it was unarguably racist 50 somewhat years ago, this proves diversity is not evidence of lack of racism. Opportunity for a better life, is not proof of lack of racism, logically this is how... lets say you have a company that has the highest standard of life for its employees and all surrounding companies are abysmal. the good company is run by blonds that allow all blonds to work but only allows 4 out of every 5 brunets to work there. all other companies discriminate ever more against brunets. because this company has the best standard of living and best standard of discrimination compared to all other companies does not mean that it is not discriminating against brunets,This is why his logic is wrong. To say the US has no racist laws so its not racist is foolish as well, here is why. what he meant to say is that it has no overtly racist wording in federal law anymore. That doesnt mean institutional racism doesnt exist. Sentencing laws for the same crimes were found to be disproportionate, redlining( negative ability to buy property in certain areas)went on and still goes on, devaluing of property due to race was found by a federal study, stop and frisk laws, etc. All of these things have gone on and some still do after the last civil rights legislation, not 100 years ago but in my life time, your life time . The last racial civil rights legislation happened only 55 years ago, my mother is in her late sixties, my elders are in their 80's and 90's, the people that know what the US is are still here and alive and the overwhelming majority of us by every study metric and poll say its racist country.
I can't figure out how Zuby's accent got Americanized, didn't he grow up in Saudi and England or whatever?
@ 17:20 -- I agree, the terms Left and Right are useless. Just because someone dyes their hair and calls themselves a feminist, doesn't make them "Left." (I know that's a radical idea, but you have to LISTEN to what people are advocating for.) Today, you can often see groups that would be characterized as Left, advocating fascism. The Democratic party would be a far Right party in any country outside the US. Bernie is a conservative centrist in any other country. We need to call things for what they are: they're not Left. They're fascist.
Fascism actually _IS_ left. You have bought into the lie that it is "right wing." It is ANTI-liberty. That's what "left" is. But you're right, the people claiming to be "antifascist" actually _ARE_ fascists. That's the Orwellian doublespeak.
@@51MontyPython A lot of money was spent on propagandizing Americans to believe that unaccountable wealth and power is good for the country. Even tho what it resulted in, was both major parties being totally bought by said unaccountable wealth and power. To get YOU to buy into this, they have to get you to believe that anything that challenges their control is "fascism." You're literally being ruled by a small group of people who don't believe in democracy, and limit your ability to exercise it. Maybe you need to reread Orwell.
Zuby is a wack rapper who realize grifting on the right was his best bet for success ! The guy is so lame
People have forgotten the golden rule as old fashioned. It is the rule whether you are religious or not. It's timeless and true. I don't even think young people ever learned this rule. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. Simple.
There are no rights but human rights.
He said there were no laws that reflect racially. Even the rapper who said HE DONT SEE RACISM pointed out LAWS REGARDING CRACK COCAINE vs. POWDER COCAINE...
They speak SURFACE LEVEL SHIT and are seen as DEEP, INSIGHTFUL, PROFOUND. LMAOSMFH!!!
Zuby the sell out.
Somebody needs to tailor his suits around the shoulders. He has a Nigerian body wearing European clothes. NOT FOR YOUR KIND HOMIE...
How can he speak on what’s wrong in the US?
Think there is opportunity now? Imagine what it was before the bureaucratic behemoths like EPA, OSHA who's job it is to set expensive arbitrary rules that create non-work jobs. For every 5 employees you have creating, you need 1 to make all the "what if" emergency manuals (that no one consults in an ACTUAL emergency) and bother people while they are producing.
You have a problem with OSHA? There was a time when all men above the age of 50 in entire towns were succumbing to black lung from coal and metal mines. It's funny that working class people forget what life was like for generations before these regulations. You died before 60, never having made enough money for it to be worth it to open a bank account.
@@bidhrohi12 Yes, I do. Give an inch they take a mile. The pendulum has swung WAY to far towards safety.
Now no worker has agency. We are all children asking our safety officer for permission. Like those people who walk across the street when the light is green without looking both ways. Giving up their faculties to trust in a system. And if something goes wrong, it should have been prevented by the system, rather than expecting an individual to be responsible for themselves.
I believe society would be better off without OSHA.
And in generations before mine, a man could support a family of 5 and own a house with a high-school education on a single salary. Saving was rewarded, not punished.
Just look under these comments, yt ppl love you when you down other blk Americans or keep their talking points. This is sad. I would never down other ppl challenges in this country to get love by others who would change on you in a heartbeat if you say anything they don't like. You will not be looked at as brilliant or bright.
The host needs to stop interrupting. Interview 101. Don't cut the guest off. Especially when they're interesting!!!
lol this interviewer said conservatives "don't like difference" because we want to limit immigration for a while. How unbelievably disingenuous and/or ignorant. There are limits to everything, and any culture would be against flooding themselves with extremely different cultures with zero restrictions. That's plainly obvious. It's natural to not want that. We don't "not like difference" just because we care about our culture enough to want it to maintain some semblance of its character in the long run. And that's not to mention the economic aspect of this issue, which is entirely justified in and of itself! His characterization is "unhinged," not us. In fact, by his definition, the whole world is "unhinged" because people care about their cultures. So absurd.
Appreciate the interview but I guess my take is that this guy didn't have anything new or interesting to say 🤷♂️
Thanks Zuby! Blessings to you ❤
Unpopular opinion: Zuby is more reasonable than 99.9% of libertarians.
I'd truly love to know Zumy's thoughts on Tom MacDonald ❤️❤️
Much love as always ❤️ 😍 💖
Lord, the woman that gets to marry this man !!!! Soooo blessed
You just know blm don't give a damn about this man's life.
This fellow (host) doesnt understand anything
I had never heard of this guy. I think he is dead on. It's like I've been thinking it, and he's right here saying it. I am not a Libertarian, but have a lot of leanings toward Libertarianism when it comes to personal freedoms and views on reality. There are differences in men and women. Under the law, Americans are equal. America is not a racist country. Everyone should be able to do as they wish as long as no one is having their rights violated. Zuby seems to think along the same lines. Smart guy in my opinion.
My favorite by Zuby is his Black Lives Matter tweet back when alot more people supported it.
the most important thing to remember about 'achievement' is that you have nobody to impress but yourself. Only YOU know what you want and need to live a good life, and you should act accordingly to manifest those goals that bring you happiness.
Others will criticize... let them. It makes you stronger. This guy reminds me of myself so much... there are a lot of us out there.
Another right wing mouthpiece. Meh
I'm 12 minutes in. When does Zuby say something interesting? I mean, where's the part that makes listening to Zuby worthwhile?
It’s a guided interview - keep listening. It’s also possible you either agree or disagree with everything he says, but I don’t know you so I can’t say.
Oh my.............this is my Zuby....
I MISSED YOU......I loved and followed your utube....I'm glad to see you doing great....
God bless you Zuby..and continue to keep you in His loving grace...wow...I'm so glad to see you....
Lol. Zuby out there saying what he has to say to get that paper. Since the the ""rapping" thing did not pan out.
Respect My Brother........👊
mind is blown by the opportunities for grifting?
I don't really care for his music, not my thing; I'm a fan of the man. Period. I'd support him just for that.
This is a very well spoken man with a very interesting point-of-view. I really like the way he articulates his ideas.
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
Thank you, Zuby! "I support humanity." I couldn't agree more! So simply put, yet so diversely inclusive. "I support human rights." Yes, I do.
Oh re Trump, watch 2000 Mules, dinesh De Souza.
....Trump did deliver in spades, Are you kidding me!
Careful bruh, you may be getting set up to be another scapegoat.
This guy is force to be recon with! A really ground guy. Even if at some point I noticed the interviewer was trying to pull him the mud but wasn't successful.
the Establishment escalates aggression until you comply or die. There is no peaceful coexistence with tyrants. Thee's no constructive dialogue with those acting in bad faith. It's not our fault civility isn't an option. We've tried that for fifty years.
I agree somebody out there thinks like this and lot of people are addicted to the money and the power that comes to using activism to get money but the dirtier side of this these are terminologies and ideology that's used by Marxism and this has been going on since the 1930s maybe even a little before this but the Democrats have a history of thinking outside the box which led to a civil war which led to other confrontation even afterward and they started pushing a lot of marxist ideology but subtlety so it was just considered socialism then during 1945 up to 1960s 15 years of progression until they became civil rights activist and a lot of the clan that they legally protected and financially supported because it was their creation and their terrorist Network that they've used for over 100 years now they've learned the power of activism and they can also put them under multiple different slogans or at least slogans that represent a fight and these slogans can be weaponized antifa has been around in this country and showed his ugly face in 1960s the year of the Democrats became civil rights activist and the antifa group are just communist that started in Nazi Germany when they were communist and fascist fighting for position of power in Germany but the Communist went up to Russia and did the movement there. What I have realized that people have no clue of history or ideology which patterns will point out a movement most people run on emotions and emotions will push you and all Direction like a Ouija board people can sit there and direct where this Ouija board goes by going with the flow of everyone else hands that are on the board and then make Believers out of them through emotions it's the slide of hand it's using expressions and weaponizing terminology and changing definitions. But yes they'll be people in the group that truly believe they are making a push for equality and these people run on emotions and these people also when they make changes they move on to the next not worrying if what they just did made any different or made it worse there's money there's also acceptance amongst your peers and you get to feel as if you're important even if you're nothing more than an agitator or someone who's making it worse because you have no clue about for an instant climate change you have no understanding of science to how this works or that we've had a couple other ice ages which shows that the plant is always in a constant heating or getting colder and that takes thousands of years or these people have no clue about what it takes to create a electrical vehicle all the Cobalt strip mining or that to recharge the vehicle takes a huge amount of electricity that is actually produced by coal or natural gas which shows you these people have never thought ahead there are more based on emotions and they are ran by corporations which is the mainstream media their colleges that and doctrinate Marx's ideology and dismisses critical thinking and pushes critical race Theory which is a racist ideology with gender ideology either way they are set up to destroy infrastructures of government even Stalin said that you would have to go after the Americans patriotism religion and culture if we ever want Marxism to work in America and it will take stages because of the complexity of our own ideology like a virus and infected as long ago through refugees and through the bitter and vindictive Democrats I lost a civil war only 40 so years at the end of World War I where they have adopted socialism as well which is the core ideology of Communism and fascism which is what we're seeing unfolding here today with their followers of all different from extreme communist to scared cowards mental anguish people or pedophiles looking for a way to push their own agenda which they have with the lgbq group that have stood up for their own push and these ideology and they're not shy about it for those who pay attention they even made a song about going after people's kids and eight of the guys in that huge group of people were actual registered child rapists so this is a big group of angry scared people who are perceptible to influence especially from Corporation with multimedia and the Democrats legal influence and inflammatory speech.
Hateful tweet????? Saying dude???? Are these lunatics for real?????
Mostly just stating the bleeding obvious. The rest is an educated guess. Humanity has really done down the shitter when common sense like this sounds profound.
To hear the opposing and in my opinion more factual view I suggest you read the book „the new jim crow“.
What a remarkable man! I think I’m in love. (No Homo, not-that-there’s-anything-wrong-with-that.)
Zuby is a beautiful man . He is such a good force for good in the world ...
A libertarian just asked if we have too much freedom. Classic.
But we absolutely should have freedom of association
Pandering way to say segregation
@@kujo8290 depends on who one wants to associate with - btw we should associate sometime
@@artimuscoffee8921 An individual already has full choice in who they associate with. If you’re referring to the outright ignoring of someone who belongs to a group whom you’re bias too, you’re just a bigot. Facts over feelings.
@@kujo8290 one hears whatever they want to hear
@@artimuscoffee8921 justified bigotry is bullshit.
No one not born in America or lived here most of their lives and never dealt with the trials of what most of our brothers and sisters dealt with will understand.
Love Zuby. I am so glad to see him taking off and getting the respect he has earned.
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
It is okay to insult Jesus, Christianity, and white people, but no one and nothing else.
I’m loving this guy !! Bless his heart ❤️
We on the right care about your commitment to add value to our country not to take value We don’t care your color creed or religion.
He should run for an office. We need more individuals that think like him in our politics.
In the UK? He’s British, from the UK.
Thank you Zuby.
Please raise the volume of the people being interviewed
don't wait too long to have children Zuby.
Woke Reason Magazine would disagree
Hey why are my comments censored on Reason?!
Holy shit they got him to take off that dumb hat with his name on it.
excellent
Nick seemed somewhat awkward
Zuby for President!
Very impressive guy Zuby!
This guy nails it. What happen to nick? Yet also to Reason. Saw this guy on tim pool.
oww..the host is woke tribe.
Love this guy
For the algo
Some of these folx (celebrities??) sound so righteous and I'm all for that when they REALLY are as OPEN MINDED AS THEY THINK they are. What I find is that most totally avoid conversations regarding the SYSTEMS, INDOCTRINATIONs, and how people have been torn from THEIR ORIGINAL CULTURAL NORMS and FORCED TO ASSIMILATE. These convos seem more like a predetermined path to establish his celebrity and therefore his position as an INFLUENCER
Preach
Lol
Loving this guy! And his callout about legalizing gay marriage is brilliant, followed pretty darn closely by his shared values commentary. Nothing but respect and admiration.
Well, maybe people need to start looking at how many gmo’s are “added” to our foods, food preservation why so much sugar added to our foods!
I think what happens is people were used to pushing for human rights that when we achieved it they continued with things that they didnt realise theyd achieved equality.
606 lbs is around what my motorcycle weighs.... with me on it
The US has more opportunities than an island 1/150th of its size (or less)? YA DON'T SAY
LOL
Why would that necessarily be the case. Do you have more opportunities in Russia it’s a much bigger country land wise, or china much bigger population size?
Zuby hits the nail on the head with his views of what it means to be American. I like the way this guy thinks.
3rd culture kid...or 4th culture kid....or 5th culture kid ?
Insightful opinion and observation..
Zubu's view comparing the US to utopia or reality is pretty much spot on.
Regarding white racism in America, he's a total idiot FOOL!
Alright!!!! Zuby on Reason...heck yeah!
Too bad he didn't get to educate Nick on the difference between BTC and Bitcoin.
I "hate" people who try to explain conservatives when one is not conservative