"I'm more interested in holding accountable the people who are selling racist ideas for their [own] profit than those who are desperate enough to buy [them]." Excellent metaphor!
Holding KKK and White Nationalists gatherings should be charged as conspiracy and domestic terrorism, ANY associated act of violence should be punished with things like "enhanced sentencing guidlines" and habitual racists should be put away for extended prison sentences.
One of the best speeches I’ve witnessed. If you do well and all your neighbors do well, irregardless of whether they’re like you or not, won’t your town or city be undoubtedly better off? It baffles me how people don’t see this.
I like that she stopped whenever she said something, seeing how all of her phrases were loaded with thought and hope and history. It made her all the easier to listen to.
The fact that her examples of how racism can hurt white people focus exclusively on the negative consequences that result from white people being racist should tell you something about her world view.
Everyone of every kind is racist in his core. Thats just how nature ensured tribe like groups survived in hostile environments. Gullible ones were wiped out while distrusting groups preserved their cohesion and thrived. Its written into your biology that "people that look different then you" can potentially be dangerous. There is no difference between white men, black women, asian kids or a blue haired land whale. There are only those who claim to be "better" than others and deny what they are or how they really feel and those who are aware of it an see it as it is, as something normal one should not be ashamed of, let alone being shamed by others for it. Dunbars number is ruthless and does not care about your progressive ideas, deal with it.
I came looking for this video after a couple clips from it were used in today's episode of the "Some More News" youtube show. Thank you, Ms McGhee, for sharing a perspective our country desperately needs right now!
This punctuates the idea of a preference for a perpetual failed state due to racism. This was a beautiful piece. Congress can learn some lessons with messaging here. Thank you, Ms. Heather McGhee!!
Maybe an economic perspective can actually help some people get this - it’s a language they understand. Sadly. Awesome Ted Talk - the world needs more people like this great woman 👏
I was told about this talk through my church’s anti-racism study. I can’t wait to share it in all of my circles. Profound and powerful thoughts for everyone to know and act on.
That's because this speech is useless and virtue signaling. The only people who'll actually watch this are people who already know racism is not an exceptional mindset.
I believe the sooner whites repent and give back what they took, then we can all be released from suffering and start to heal but I doubt whites will. They will just suffer and suffer some more as the world moves to the East. Blacks have never needed whites, unlike whites who need blacks even though they will never admit or can’t accept that.
Racism hurts white people. Patriarchy hurts men. People who seek to take rights and privileges from others end up hurting themselves in the process. I dont know as much about racism, but I do know about sexism. Men's pride and privilege leads to higher suicide, higher incarceration, higher crime, higher homelessness. I probably dont need to explain what patriarchy does to women. And we could have helped each other this whole time. Prejudice is a double edged sword and no one is safe
Thank you for studying on humanism. I appreciate your work. After all, we all want to make better society and better community, and work hard to get there. We don't hope much but yet we still do from the bottom of our hearts..
You kidnap a people from their homeland and then treat them this way and on a land that isn’t even yours to begin with. What slums did you flee from in Europe? Don’t ever expect to be allowed to use our pools in Africa.
Another armcherry! Already preordered your boom. Loved this Ted talk and your conversation with Dax and Monica. Thank you so much for all of the information!
Armchair expert brought me here to rewatch this and now I'll be sharing it to bring even more views! I am learning and unlearning and doing what I can! Thank you so much for your work Heather! Donating to the organization you mentioned right now.
Wow. Your comment made me cry and gave me hope. As a 49yr old black wife, mother, and professional I am truly exhausted and traumatized from years of trying to be heard, understood and valued. My tolerance extremely low and sometimes absent to continue these conversations. It's such a blessing to have fresh legs like yours in this fight!! I thank you for being opento hear and go.
@@keishapuryear8180No need to thank at all. I usually try not to make myself known in spaces like these because I am hear to listen and not take up space but I wanted to boost Heather's video. I've written multiple replies to you that I've deleted because again you don't need to hear me go on and on. But I want you to know that your feelings and exhaustion are so valid. ❤️
@@shellseamarie contrary to what you stated, some of us need to hear your support. Some of us face losing hope each time we learn of an atrocity. The more people like you share your support, actions, changed minds, Love and concern the better. We never know when one might be on the verge of giving up,and words give them hope.
@@keishapuryear8180 I'm so glad mine found you. I would say I'm so sorry that this is even you reality but I'd rather show you by action. I'm raising two young boys that I'm trying really hard to mold into responsible humans on this planet.
@@shellseamarie I too am doing my part. Raised 2 children, boy and girl to know the truth yet love all people. But I've also had to raise them from both a proactive and defensive viewpoint sadly in hopes my teachings won't need to one day save their Ives when facing a violent encounter
Armcherry here! Thank you for the work you’re doing! You have such a beautiful and eloquent way of speaking and putting things. You’re helping to change the world! ❤️ I hope we cross paths one day!
I'm just happy that TED Talks has started getting back on track with thought provoking speakers. Unfortunately, there is racism and inequality around the world. Racism is not just a black/white issue. Wow, I could list combinations of racism (even "conditional" racism) and never expose them all. She is right. Racism does hurt everyone. I've even told people of various persuasions, "If you don't want to be treated like a stereotype, don't present yourself as a stereotype." The old saying, "You have to be taught to hate," remains true.
It is something of an irony that the original people of our world can find the strength to unite the divisions which they did not create , in a country torn apart by ignorance and astonishing stupidity. True stength is only possible with right - mindedness / mindfulness. It is a privelidge for me to see and hear the power of truth and the echos of unity. Thanks for sharing/reading.
I had always thought this but didnt really have the knowledge to speak on it. Now I can! Very interesting subject I'll have to dig into more... Wonder what that book is called?
I feel like we have been waiting for her and her message since at least Jesse Jackson's campaign in 1988, maybe since Dr. King died. A very important voice, a game-changer, since if we all realize, or at least the vast majority of us realize that racism is bad for us and we have a real stake in overcoming it, our odds of overcoming it expand exponentially. And a lot of possibilities open up for things we could do that we have not imagined.
I like this focus more on holding accountable people who are "selling" racist ideas than ppl buying them. But it's so embedded, built into the system, not sure how...
dustyloup i am pretty sure that we need to start with the end rather than the beginning- follow the $$. It’s apparent that division has been profitable to a few at the top. There really is more of us than them, yet we don’t pull together to change legislation, we don’t insist on in forcing anti-trust laws, or change the Gerry mandering rules, vote. They have been winning by cheating & we let them. Change for the better won’t be overnight & the long fight is discouraging, which is why we are told we cannot fight city hall. But we have in the past.
My mom was a Cleveland public school teacher during busing in the 70s. Reading about it later I found that many politicians that were hard supporters sent their own kids to private schools.
How with a subscriber count of more than 17 million has less than 80 thousand (on the morning of June 5th 2020) bothered to watch this? Wake up and listen people. We all survive together or we don't survive at all. One planet one people.
That's exactly the problem with many western countries these days. They view many Asian countries as enemies. While actually we all earthlings actually have shared future. With this pandemic, and climate change crisis, it should be clearer than ever that we should unite to solve these problems together... 😢
Sorry fellow indians. We indians are too much rascist. We do discrmination in every single way like color, money, education, religion, caste, area belonging and many more. We should improve ourselves as a nation. For the humanity and good society
bravojr I’m not talking about a mindless mob mentality, and neither is the speaker. She’s talking about embracing diversity and that’s a very good thing. It’s about not expecting people to fit into boxes, and having real conversations with kind hearted and well-intentioned people who may disagree with you. It’s about not letting ideology encourage us to take mental shortcuts but instead, holding space for all kinds of diversity. To have all of the benefits of being uniquely contributing members on the same team.. It’s a beautiful vision.
I think in the base they are right; what is good for one group is bad for an other group. The problem is they do not understand which group they are in. They are in the common, working people group, together with a lot of other people with a different color or religion. The other group may look like them (white and male) but they have nothing in common with them besides that. The other group are the rich and powerful. The problem is that somehow they are made to believe that that is the group they actually belong to. And they want to believe that.
It doesn’t but whites are narcissists who believe in the zero sum game. It’s the way you think and operate. You are incapable of change, are unable to adapt to any environment and you can’t get along with black people.
We are all one. I don’t know how else to say that. We have become “trapped” in a pattern of focusing too much on “division”/diversity. Our science is inherently designed to never be “satisfied” and thus will investigate deeper into “reality” even after it has become apparent that this is “true in fact” ...and even after using available resources becomes unsustainable/unreasonable- some will continue to divide & investigate. The process is similar to a manufactured crisis in which we create the “problem” & “solution”. People need a battle to fight and because of ignorance they basically focus on “surface values” I.e, skin color, or “made up” divisions(poor/rich). It is not enough that we are all conflicted internally... Some of us “feel” the need to share our feelings and emotions when things appear or actually affect us “unfairly”. (“Karma”)/ energy transmutation and conservation.
Yes. I was thinking about the case against Julian Asange. How the Australian government has stood back and wiped their collective hands of him. The trouble is he is still an Australian citizen. Our government has said by its inactivity, "You are of no value". But in saying that to one citizen they have announced to all citizens, the same can be said to you. When we devalue one in any way we are all devalued. Thank you for your talk.
That's entirely what she's talking about. White Australian men being ostracized by a white Australian government. That's just racism in its most insidious form. You win the award for most informed TH-cam comment of the day.
@@MoleFortress She most definitely was not talking about this. She was saying that racism perpetrated by white ppl against non-white ppl, harms white ppl. She never once mentioned racism against white ppl; the prevailing inclination is to claim that white ppl cannot be subjected to racism.
I am from a Nordic country that was among the few western countries that never practiced slavery or race-based discrimination and I am about as pale as a cartoon ghost, and I hate racism. Seriously imagine where our species would be without that kind of nonsense. As a psychologist by my first degree and software engineer by my second, I know how to parse data and how unfounded and deeply flawed the hypothesis of racists rhetoric is. Hamlet has a great part where he discusses about Yorick and king Alexander. Both of their skulls look the same and both of them return to dust. We all do.
I am just gonna say it because a statement you made is factually incorrect. Most science is based on slavery. I am from Greece, where a lot of science and democracy started, the reason ancient Athens was able to flourish in those fields was in part because of the culture that pushed for it but also because there was a number of slaves considered to not be citizens of the city that did all the manual labor. Spartans had also enslaved a neighbouring city and they were more progressive when it came to women's right. It has always been the case that countries that are able to exploit the most people will also do the best economically. If you think about it a country with no slavery or no exploitation might have 5-10% bellow the poverty line, but if they can exploit foreign people in any way and have them suffer and be bellow the poverty line then they might be able to push their own above the poverty line to the expense of the others. US's economical boom was based on exploiting others. Guess who pushes science the most, the US. Guess what pushes science within the US, military spending on RnD for new and better ways to exploit others. I am sure humanity as a whole would be better if we were all equal, but playing dirty looks to me like it's paying off for the ones exploiting.
@@BankruptGreek Your projections are unsubstantial and tell more about you than they do about facts. Firstly the Ancient Greek civilization is not known for many scientific origins. It is known far more from its birth of the Classical Philosophy by the likes of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Indeed it is a part of many modern western philosophical foundations since. Slavery existed mostly during 9 000 BC (Neolithic era)-1900 AC but the history of science is far longer than that even though what it has been called as has changed trough out history and hasn't had a systemic framework methodology all of its existence. However what is a projection is the conjuction fallacy you employ that it was because of slavery. It wasn't. Historical records demonstrate that while slavery was practiced in many areas of Ancient Greece, they served a different role depending where they were and slavery was mostly practiced in Athens overall mostly by those who had wealth. So landowners and such. It existed elsewhere too in Ancient Greece but in much smaller numbers. It is coincidental that you brought up Spartans since consensus of historians is that they were more like serfs than slaves in Sparta. Of poverty, people have been under the poverty line ever since agriculture and the concept of wealth was invented, both of which proceed kingdoms and nations by several thousands of years, especially concept of wealth that was found even in Bronze Age. If your projections had any basis in empiricism, they would have to be replicated everywhere trough out history ever since time and memorium. However historical, anthropological nor archaeological documents and research does not support your hypothesis. For example in the Islamic Golden Age they did not practice slave trade at the time until the last century in some countries by the time of collapse and shift. In fact while they did practice slavery, it was actually later on than when Ancient Greece started and majority of slave trade lasted even up till past 20th century. The overwhelming majority of Islamic Golden Era was simply because back then they were a central point of trade, wealth and civilization with little competition. Ancient China while the earliest records are from Shang Dynasty roughly 1 500 BC, the practice was not widely used trough out the areas history and despite that China is known for many scientific innovations, Eastern Philosophy and works of literature and art. In more modern times if your hypothesis had even remotely any basis in empiricism, lack of exploitation would necessarily have to mean a country lacks wealth. Yet this is also again not a replicated result, as many exploiting countries like Turkey or Somalia are not wealthy or prosperous (to varying degrees) but countries like United Arab Emirates or Norway are extremely wealthy simply because they have oil. Heck even your segment about science in US is somewhat wrong. The military doesn't drive science there, wanting to improve the world and/or profit does. Your reasoning makes no sense whatsoever. A doctor who found a cure for cancer did it so that the American military can go and cure people from cancer. The military industrial complex exploits science but doesn't drive it. Albet Einstein famously said that he would not have ever published his findings of fusion if he knew how the American Military would use it to create weapons of mass destruction rather than its intended use on clean nuclear energy. Most top American universities attendees for the past near century now these days has been mostly foreign students. Some stay there due to economic opportunity but many do not. US is able to patent most scientific discoveries because they have the infastructure and are one of the largest countries on the planet. Per percent by population index they are slightly above average. So your analysis is incomplete and deeply flawed.
@@PRmoustache88 I've been an exchange student in countries where I was a minority. Didn't change my perspective whatsoever. See one of the basic fundamentals of healthy human behavior and social interaction is that people learn from others trough mirror neurons. If you are already biased then that shows in your body language and people will react to it based on the environmental feedback they receive. As an experiment go to any stranger and say hi while smiling and then go to another unknown person and start bad mouthing them. Compare the reactions. It does not take a socially skilled and experienced person to observe that people are more positively receptive towards a positive reception than a negative one. You were raised under a racist growing environment and you are socially poor enough to not conceive any other way and that is kind of sad if I am being honest but it is up to you to learn from those mistakes and do better than that. If you are smart enough and have the skills and tools that is.
Google gets 23,800 hits for "Tony Timpa", 58,400 hits for "Justine Damond", and 39,400,000 for "George Floyd". Some lives count for a lot more than others. Some lives barely matter at all. Tony Timpa died at the hands of the Dallas police under circumstances somewhat similar to George Floyd (in many ways worse). Never heard of him? That's exactly the point. Some lives just don't matter. A lady by the name of Justine Diamond was killed by the Minneapolis police. Never heard of her? That's exactly the point. Some lives just don't matter
Bravo!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Finally acknowledgement that our lives matter!! BLM is not a terrorist group, we also believe all lives matter, so punctuating black lives in urgent crisis right now is far from terroristic
@Dale Anderson I guess you can make a decent argument for how it contributes to certain things. But pretending it's the only variable, the single cause of all these problems, is at best pretty naive.
I didn't get that part either. It sounded like the loans would have been targeted at vulnerable people, which is why they were provided to people of all races (which she admitted). The crash was surely caused by greed and corruption.
@Right Wing Lutheran Cowgirl Yes of course, thats exactly what a racist would say. However I am of course NOT insinuating that you are a racist, as I don't know you but I am just saying.
Agree or not but what she is saying is all true. And there’s more examples of it, especially in Detroit when white auto workers would not work alongside with black workers.
I will work along side anyone no matter what color they r because I care about making that paper not who or what color the person next to me if but I'm racist to fake people rapist chomos or anyone that causes harm to someone that can't defend themselves then there's the people that judge another based on there color and not who they r as a person but on the real people need to have morals standards education common sense and live today for today and leave the past and yesterday in the past otherwise the cycle of racism will always continue
@@jamesbrown99991 thanks but u don't need u telling me how to type my comment to something I read on social media seeing it's my choice to not use them for the same reason people use abbreviations to shorten things up or save space and just so u know I did good in school and I know when and where to use what punctuations so if u don't have anything to say related to the conversation then don't say anything and maybe u need to learn how to read better so u can figure out the missing punctuation yourself but again people make up a complete text based of abbreviations or use of letters that make it easier to text and use less space and some skip proper Grammer and others don't use punctuation but just like the topic of racism and working next to people of other colors who is anyone to judge well who r u to judge the way I type a message in this free country as a grown person DO U THINK UR BETTER THEN ME MAYBE SMARTER OR MAYBE UR JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLDS PROBLEM AND U DON'T HAVE COMMON SENSE OR RESPECT CAUSE U AINT NOBODY TO INTRODUCE ME TO ANYTHING AND MAYBE I SHOULD SPELL COMPLETE WORDS NEXT SO U DON'T TELL MY MOM OR GIVE ME DETENTION THANK U FOR YOUR FAKE CONSERNE WITH MY LACK OF PUNCTUATION BUT WORRY ABOUT THE THE TOPIC AT HAND NOT HOW SOMEONE SPELLS OR PUNCTUATES SOMETHING BECAUSE THE MAIN POINT TO RACISM IS NOBODY IS BETTER THEN ANYONE ELSE AND U SEEM NI DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE RACIST AND IM SURE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDNT PUNCTUATE THINGS BUT THANKS FOR CARING HAHAHAHAHA I MEAN FOR CORRECTING ME TEACHER NOW DON'T SPEAK TO ME OR ABOUT ME..PERIOD...,,,COMMA,,,, !!!!!EXLAMATION MARK!!!!!????? QUESTION MARK?????@GET REAL.IDC THATS I DON'T CARE JUST SO YOU DON'T SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NEXT
The situation of this world is worth than you think I am not black and I was born in a country with the same religion and language and skin color as my mother's country but I have been suffering racism in other ways throughout my life. I still can remember from my childhood. I even didn't know what racism is at that time . I think God created different races and languages because it is so beautiful and amazing to see different people,but we are not grateful بنی آدم اعضای یکدیگرند که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضو ها را نماند قرار It means Human beings are members of a whole In creation of one essence and soul If one member is afflicted with pain Other members uneasy will remain
Tayeba Ashori Years ago when I was 18, I was in a small town here in Canada, checking into a rental when going to school, a little white girl asked me “why do you have black skin?” My reply to her, as we smiled at each other, was simply, God created our flowers to be different and colourful, in order to avoid a world of boring, and uniform.” I asked her which would she prefer, and she said “I prefer to have a world of different flowers.” Racism is not natural, it is untrue, and like this woman from the states, it doesn’t do any good to commit to something that is not natural....Imagine destroying all the colours expect one of all the flowers in our worldly garden. How sad a concept, and how ungrateful we truly would be as you stated.
I totally agree, but can we all be one humanity inhabiting a planet, not just one people of America. Yes, there are eight billion of us we speak six thousand languages planet-wide, and we're divided by two hundred competing nation's ( five thousand eight hundred populations have no voice). We are all in this together, one planet people. This was/ a superb talk, I've shared it, it gives me hope.
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"I'm more interested in holding accountable the people who are selling racist ideas for their [own] profit than those who are desperate enough to buy [them]." Excellent metaphor!
I'm with you.
I'm thinking we need to criminalize racism.
(We could call it The War on Bigotry)
Hate Crimes.
The FCC should have more leverage over FOX News.
Holding KKK and White Nationalists gatherings should be charged as conspiracy and domestic terrorism, ANY associated act of violence should be punished with things like "enhanced sentencing guidlines" and habitual racists should be put away for extended prison sentences.
One of the best speeches I’ve witnessed. If you do well and all your neighbors do well, irregardless of whether they’re like you or not, won’t your town or city be undoubtedly better off? It baffles me how people don’t see this.
Exactly!
Hi. Its regardless not irregardless
Armcherry here. Will definitely be reading your book!
Me too!!
Just got done listening the episode on armchair, amazing talk
What happen to the view count?
I like that she stopped whenever she said something, seeing how all of her phrases were loaded with thought and hope and history. It made her all the easier to listen to.
Agreed. It helped me take a moment to let her words sink in.
very rarely have I seen someone talk so eloquently about a subject she so clearly dominates. A delight to hear
This is one of the best TED talks I've ever seen. Racism can truly cost everyone.
Yes, and indeed it has.
The fact that her examples of how racism can hurt white people focus exclusively on the negative consequences that result from white people being racist should tell you something about her world view.
"It costs us to remain divided." This is so true.
Division brings variety.
Unity harnesses this variety.
Everyone of every kind is racist in his core. Thats just how nature ensured tribe like groups survived in hostile environments. Gullible ones were wiped out while distrusting groups preserved their cohesion and thrived. Its written into your biology that "people that look different then you" can potentially be dangerous. There is no difference between white men, black women, asian kids or a blue haired land whale.
There are only those who claim to be "better" than others and deny what they are or how they really feel and those who are aware of it an see it as it is, as something normal one should not be ashamed of, let alone being shamed by others for it.
Dunbars number is ruthless and does not care about your progressive ideas, deal with it.
Entirely agreed.
@@Freedmen-American-Reparations Agreed
@@disruptivetimes8738 Utter nonsense
I came looking for this video after a couple clips from it were used in today's episode of the "Some More News" youtube show. Thank you, Ms McGhee, for sharing a perspective our country desperately needs right now!
Armcherries, share!!
Who is here because of Cody's showdy?
The Showdy typically leads in good directions.
Here's some news, Cody is a legend
Guilty. The man cites his sources well. And what an excellent TED talk to use as a source.
Yup
@@maximo0987 you mean, here's 'some More news'?
This punctuates the idea of a preference for a perpetual failed state due to racism. This was a beautiful piece. Congress can learn some lessons with messaging here. Thank you, Ms. Heather McGhee!!
Maybe an economic perspective can actually help some people get this - it’s a language they understand. Sadly. Awesome Ted Talk - the world needs more people like this great woman 👏
Good point...
Her book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper" is fantastic! Check it out if you haven't.
I was told about this talk through my church’s anti-racism study. I can’t wait to share it in all of my circles. Profound and powerful thoughts for everyone to know and act on.
Her book "The Sum of Us" is the best book I've ever read! Highly-recommended
An intelligent black woman trying to explain to the TH-cam community why racism is bad. I should have grabbed some popcorn for this comment section.
That's because this speech is useless and virtue signaling. The only people who'll actually watch this are people who already know racism is not an exceptional mindset.
I know 😞 what’s the heck is going through people’s heads sometimes 🤦♀️.
@Gwendolyn Williams i assume that you have listened, and yet you have learned nothing.
“Realise that our fates are linked”
I believe the sooner whites repent and give back what they took, then we can all be released from suffering and start to heal but I doubt whites will. They will just suffer and suffer some more as the world moves to the East. Blacks have never needed whites, unlike whites who need blacks even though they will never admit or can’t accept that.
"An injury to one is an injury to all."
Wow what a great speech!
Even though I hate this comment, I'm glad to see sarcasm isn't lost on everybody else in the world. It feels like a dying art.
@@MoleFortress why do you hate it?
So much wisdom here. One of the best Teds I've seen.
Word.
@Otaku Fascist Brotherhood You are welcome to step on stage.
I’m a #armchairy heard you today. Thank you!! 👏🏻
I had to watch this for school and I'm so glad! This brought me to tears, you have moved me. You're a great presenter!
I'm glad this was recommended to me. I've followed Heather McGhee for years, but hadn't heard this talk before.
Thank you Dax and Monica for alerting us to this fine Ted Talk. I learned so much on your show today from Heather!!
Racism hurts white people. Patriarchy hurts men. People who seek to take rights and privileges from others end up hurting themselves in the process. I dont know as much about racism, but I do know about sexism. Men's pride and privilege leads to higher suicide, higher incarceration, higher crime, higher homelessness. I probably dont need to explain what patriarchy does to women. And we could have helped each other this whole time. Prejudice is a double edged sword and no one is safe
Heather McGhee has a real good book called "What Racism Has Cost Us, I have just ordered it.
Thanks for the information.
Very insightful - I had not realized how racism contributed to the 2008 financial crisis.
And of pure greed.
Thank you for studying on humanism. I appreciate your work. After all, we all want to make better society and better community, and work hard to get there. We don't hope much but yet we still do from the bottom of our hearts..
Thank you so much for talking of this argument. Lovely watching and listening to you here on the top of Trentino Italy mountain.
Yes, our pool in Winnfield Louisiana closed in 1976 coincidentally when black people started using it.
You kidnap a people from their homeland and then treat them this way and on a land that isn’t even yours to begin with. What slums did you flee from in Europe? Don’t ever expect to be allowed to use our pools in Africa.
Thank you for making this talk plain, simple, and factual
Another armcherry! Already preordered your boom. Loved this Ted talk and your conversation with Dax and Monica. Thank you so much for all of the information!
Reading her book for my book club, so much insights and truths! "It cause us all to be divided!
I can't wait to read your book when it comes out!
Armchair expert brought me here to rewatch this and now I'll be sharing it to bring even more views! I am learning and unlearning and doing what I can! Thank you so much for your work Heather! Donating to the organization you mentioned right now.
Wow. Your comment made me cry and gave me hope. As a 49yr old black wife, mother, and professional I am truly exhausted and traumatized from years of trying to be heard, understood and valued. My tolerance extremely low and sometimes absent to continue these conversations. It's such a blessing to have fresh legs like yours in this fight!! I thank you for being opento hear and go.
@@keishapuryear8180No need to thank at all. I usually try not to make myself known in spaces like these because I am hear to listen and not take up space but I wanted to boost Heather's video. I've written multiple replies to you that I've deleted because again you don't need to hear me go on and on. But I want you to know that your feelings and exhaustion are so valid. ❤️
@@shellseamarie contrary to what you stated, some of us need to hear your support. Some of us face losing hope each time we learn of an atrocity. The more people like you share your support, actions, changed minds, Love and concern the better. We never know when one might be on the verge of giving up,and words give them hope.
@@keishapuryear8180 I'm so glad mine found you. I would say I'm so sorry that this is even you reality but I'd rather show you by action. I'm raising two young boys that I'm trying really hard to mold into responsible humans on this planet.
@@shellseamarie I too am doing my part. Raised 2 children, boy and girl to know the truth yet love all people. But I've also had to raise them from both a proactive and defensive viewpoint sadly in hopes my teachings won't need to one day save their Ives when facing a violent encounter
Armcherry here! Thank you for the work you’re doing! You have such a beautiful and eloquent way of speaking and putting things. You’re helping to change the world! ❤️ I hope we cross paths one day!
I'm just happy that TED Talks has started getting back on track with thought provoking speakers. Unfortunately, there is racism and inequality around the world. Racism is not just a black/white issue. Wow, I could list combinations of racism (even "conditional" racism) and never expose them all. She is right. Racism does hurt everyone. I've even told people of various persuasions, "If you don't want to be treated like a stereotype, don't present yourself as a stereotype." The old saying, "You have to be taught to hate," remains true.
Mr Mike - Very profound.
Overwhelmed with joy at her talk. Such sense.
Landscape of fear and opportunity affects all groups in multiple dimensions. Thank you so much for doing this talk and helping people heal.
It is something of an irony that the original people of our world can find the strength to unite the divisions which they did not create , in a country torn apart by ignorance and astonishing stupidity. True stength is only possible with right - mindedness / mindfulness. It is a privelidge for me to see and hear the power of truth and the echos of unity. Thanks for sharing/reading.
Knowledge is POWER thanks 🙏
I had always thought this but didnt really have the knowledge to speak on it. Now I can! Very interesting subject I'll have to dig into more... Wonder what that book is called?
It's called "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" - which will be out in February 2021. :)
It is great to hear this speech. I'm reading her book currently.
she was amazing being her back !!!
This is an amazing video!! Very informative and offers a new perspective
Thank you for discussing this. Such an important discussion.
Excellent talk. I'm so glad I found this video
Just ordered her book.
I feel like we have been waiting for her and her message since at least Jesse Jackson's campaign in 1988, maybe since Dr. King died. A very important voice, a game-changer, since if we all realize, or at least the vast majority of us realize that racism is bad for us and we have a real stake in overcoming it, our odds of overcoming it expand exponentially. And a lot of possibilities open up for things we could do that we have not imagined.
She is an awesome speaker!
Brought here after listening to armchair expert :) great ted talk. Hope it reaches 1M
Interesting talk!
Amazing talk.. Well done and thank you:)
"If you can convince the lowest white man he is better than the best colored man he won't notice you picking his pockets."
-LBJ 1960
She is such a great speaker!!!! I can only dream to be able to give a speech like that
Great info!
Thank you.
Armchairy here, great talk
Timely video given today’s current events.
feeling very sad for the world indeed..
@Made In Poverty exactly its far more racism against whites but media doesnt care about it
This was phenomenal.
Wow. This is a powerful message. I agree 100%
This was an outstanding presentation of facts that detail the cost of this to everyone.
Love. LOVE this!!
I like this focus more on holding accountable people who are "selling" racist ideas than ppl buying them. But it's so embedded, built into the system, not sure how...
dustyloup i am pretty sure that we need to start with the end rather than the beginning- follow the $$. It’s apparent that division has been profitable to a few at the top. There really is more of us than them, yet we don’t pull together to change legislation, we don’t insist on in forcing anti-trust laws, or change the Gerry mandering rules, vote. They have been winning by cheating & we let them. Change for the better won’t be overnight & the long fight is discouraging, which is why we are told we cannot fight city hall. But we have in the past.
Beautifully said Ms. Mcghee
The Sum of Us is so damn good.
Thank you for breaking it all the way down!!
My mom was a Cleveland public school teacher during busing in the 70s. Reading about it later I found that many politicians that were hard supporters sent their own kids to private schools.
That's not surprising at lol, albeit sad
This world may survive without love but not tolerance.
Awesome !
Great stuff
Real good talk
Arm cherries are listening!
I would love to see her talk about what is happening in Florida right now.
How with a subscriber count of more than 17 million has less than 80 thousand (on the morning of June 5th 2020) bothered to watch this? Wake up and listen people. We all survive together or we don't survive at all. One planet one people.
Thoroughly enjoyed #armchairexpert podcast. Here's another bump!
Superb🙏🙏🙏
That's exactly the problem with many western countries these days. They view many Asian countries as enemies. While actually we all earthlings actually have shared future. With this pandemic, and climate change crisis, it should be clearer than ever that we should unite to solve these problems together... 😢
Sorry fellow indians. We indians are too much rascist. We do discrmination in every single way like color, money, education, religion, caste, area belonging and many more. We should improve ourselves as a nation. For the humanity and good society
❤️ “It costs so much to remain divided.” Amen, sister. Thank you. 🙏
It will cost more to have nothing but unity.
bravojr I’m not talking about a mindless mob mentality, and neither is the speaker. She’s talking about embracing diversity and that’s a very good thing. It’s about not expecting people to fit into boxes, and having real conversations with kind hearted and well-intentioned people who may disagree with you. It’s about not letting ideology encourage us to take mental shortcuts but instead, holding space for all kinds of diversity. To have all of the benefits of being uniquely contributing members on the same team.. It’s a beautiful vision.
An injury to one is a injury to All✌🇺🇸🌏
Excellent
I think in the base they are right; what is good for one group is bad for an other group. The problem is they do not understand which group they are in. They are in the common, working people group, together with a lot of other people with a different color or religion. The other group may look like them (white and male) but they have nothing in common with them besides that. The other group are the rich and powerful. The problem is that somehow they are made to believe that that is the group they actually belong to. And they want to believe that.
The only thing more glaring than the sun is the truth.
loved it
I did as well.
She's right. It really doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn’t but whites are narcissists who believe in the zero sum game. It’s the way you think and operate. You are incapable of change, are unable to adapt to any environment and you can’t get along with black people.
Just got done with listening to the episode on armchair, awesome talk!
What happen to the view count 4 months later ? It was almost at 1miillion ??
Lady you gat my voté
Came here from Armchair Expert. No where near 1 mil but I bet we can get it there. Lets go Armchairies!
Well done. Thank you for presenting and representing The True American Dream. 💖😎
This might seem weird, but english people aren't really patriotic. A flag on the side of a house is about as much as you're gonna get.
We are all one. I don’t know how else to say that. We have become “trapped” in a pattern of focusing too much on “division”/diversity. Our science is inherently designed to never be “satisfied” and thus will investigate deeper into “reality” even after it has become apparent that this is “true in fact” ...and even after using available resources becomes unsustainable/unreasonable- some will continue to divide & investigate. The process is similar to a manufactured crisis in which we create the “problem” & “solution”. People need a battle to fight and because of ignorance they basically focus on “surface values” I.e, skin color, or “made up” divisions(poor/rich). It is not enough that we are all conflicted internally... Some of us “feel” the need to share our feelings and emotions when things appear or actually affect us “unfairly”. (“Karma”)/ energy transmutation and conservation.
@@logan2519 One in the many, many in the one.
Yes. I was thinking about the case against Julian Asange. How the Australian government has stood back and wiped their collective hands of him. The trouble is he is still an Australian citizen. Our government has said by its inactivity, "You are of no value". But in saying that to one citizen they have announced to all citizens, the same can be said to you. When we devalue one in any way we are all devalued. Thank you for your talk.
That's entirely what she's talking about. White Australian men being ostracized by a white Australian government. That's just racism in its most insidious form. You win the award for most informed TH-cam comment of the day.
@@MoleFortress She most definitely was not talking about this. She was saying that racism perpetrated by white ppl against non-white ppl, harms white ppl. She never once mentioned racism against white ppl; the prevailing inclination is to claim that white ppl cannot be subjected to racism.
It seems that Assange is a sacrifice to stay in the USA's good graces.
@@jamesbrown99991 I think they were being sarcastic
@@sonja4164 Why do you think that?
I am from a Nordic country that was among the few western countries that never practiced slavery or race-based discrimination and I am about as pale as a cartoon ghost, and I hate racism. Seriously imagine where our species would be without that kind of nonsense. As a psychologist by my first degree and software engineer by my second, I know how to parse data and how unfounded and deeply flawed the hypothesis of racists rhetoric is. Hamlet has a great part where he discusses about Yorick and king Alexander. Both of their skulls look the same and both of them return to dust. We all do.
I am just gonna say it because a statement you made is factually incorrect. Most science is based on slavery. I am from Greece, where a lot of science and democracy started, the reason ancient Athens was able to flourish in those fields was in part because of the culture that pushed for it but also because there was a number of slaves considered to not be citizens of the city that did all the manual labor. Spartans had also enslaved a neighbouring city and they were more progressive when it came to women's right.
It has always been the case that countries that are able to exploit the most people will also do the best economically. If you think about it a country with no slavery or no exploitation might have 5-10% bellow the poverty line, but if they can exploit foreign people in any way and have them suffer and be bellow the poverty line then they might be able to push their own above the poverty line to the expense of the others.
US's economical boom was based on exploiting others. Guess who pushes science the most, the US. Guess what pushes science within the US, military spending on RnD for new and better ways to exploit others.
I am sure humanity as a whole would be better if we were all equal, but playing dirty looks to me like it's paying off for the ones exploiting.
Move to a poor black neighborhood in the U.S., and stay there for a year. Pretty soon you'll be singing Dixie.
@@BankruptGreek Your projections are unsubstantial and tell more about you than they do about facts. Firstly the Ancient Greek civilization is not known for many scientific origins. It is known far more from its birth of the Classical Philosophy by the likes of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Indeed it is a part of many modern western philosophical foundations since. Slavery existed mostly during 9 000 BC (Neolithic era)-1900 AC but the history of science is far longer than that even though what it has been called as has changed trough out history and hasn't had a systemic framework methodology all of its existence.
However what is a projection is the conjuction fallacy you employ that it was because of slavery. It wasn't. Historical records demonstrate that while slavery was practiced in many areas of Ancient Greece, they served a different role depending where they were and slavery was mostly practiced in Athens overall mostly by those who had wealth. So landowners and such. It existed elsewhere too in Ancient Greece but in much smaller numbers. It is coincidental that you brought up Spartans since consensus of historians is that they were more like serfs than slaves in Sparta. Of poverty, people have been under the poverty line ever since agriculture and the concept of wealth was invented, both of which proceed kingdoms and nations by several thousands of years, especially concept of wealth that was found even in Bronze Age.
If your projections had any basis in empiricism, they would have to be replicated everywhere trough out history ever since time and memorium. However historical, anthropological nor archaeological documents and research does not support your hypothesis. For example in the Islamic Golden Age they did not practice slave trade at the time until the last century in some countries by the time of collapse and shift. In fact while they did practice slavery, it was actually later on than when Ancient Greece started and majority of slave trade lasted even up till past 20th century. The overwhelming majority of Islamic Golden Era was simply because back then they were a central point of trade, wealth and civilization with little competition. Ancient China while the earliest records are from Shang Dynasty roughly 1 500 BC, the practice was not widely used trough out the areas history and despite that China is known for many scientific innovations, Eastern Philosophy and works of literature and art.
In more modern times if your hypothesis had even remotely any basis in empiricism, lack of exploitation would necessarily have to mean a country lacks wealth. Yet this is also again not a replicated result, as many exploiting countries like Turkey or Somalia are not wealthy or prosperous (to varying degrees) but countries like United Arab Emirates or Norway are extremely wealthy simply because they have oil.
Heck even your segment about science in US is somewhat wrong. The military doesn't drive science there, wanting to improve the world and/or profit does. Your reasoning makes no sense whatsoever. A doctor who found a cure for cancer did it so that the American military can go and cure people from cancer. The military industrial complex exploits science but doesn't drive it. Albet Einstein famously said that he would not have ever published his findings of fusion if he knew how the American Military would use it to create weapons of mass destruction rather than its intended use on clean nuclear energy. Most top American universities attendees for the past near century now these days has been mostly foreign students. Some stay there due to economic opportunity but many do not. US is able to patent most scientific discoveries because they have the infastructure and are one of the largest countries on the planet. Per percent by population index they are slightly above average. So your analysis is incomplete and deeply flawed.
@@PRmoustache88 I've been an exchange student in countries where I was a minority. Didn't change my perspective whatsoever. See one of the basic fundamentals of healthy human behavior and social interaction is that people learn from others trough mirror neurons. If you are already biased then that shows in your body language and people will react to it based on the environmental feedback they receive. As an experiment go to any stranger and say hi while smiling and then go to another unknown person and start bad mouthing them. Compare the reactions. It does not take a socially skilled and experienced person to observe that people are more positively receptive towards a positive reception than a negative one. You were raised under a racist growing environment and you are socially poor enough to not conceive any other way and that is kind of sad if I am being honest but it is up to you to learn from those mistakes and do better than that. If you are smart enough and have the skills and tools that is.
@Rafael Acosta " I am from a Nordic country that was among the few western countries [...] "
What part of that sentence do you not understand?
Hi Armcherries!
Google gets 23,800 hits for "Tony Timpa", 58,400 hits for "Justine Damond", and 39,400,000 for "George Floyd". Some lives count for a lot more than others. Some lives barely matter at all. Tony Timpa died at the hands of the Dallas police under circumstances somewhat similar to George Floyd (in many ways worse). Never heard of him? That's exactly the point. Some lives just don't matter. A lady by the name of Justine Diamond was killed by the Minneapolis police. Never heard of her? That's exactly the point. Some lives just don't matter
Bravo!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Finally acknowledgement that our lives matter!! BLM is not a terrorist group, we also believe all lives matter, so punctuating black lives in urgent crisis right now is far from terroristic
Hard to believe this is still even a thing.
What's harder to believe is they are still pushing this simplistic idea of "racism" as a division narrative.
When racism can bring us all together.
@@bravojr Racists unite!! If 100% ppl are racist, that's 100% unity!!
@MrXelium victimhood hate culture keeps it alive. Leftist morons who wants to keeps divided so they can create cults.
She had me up until "we wouldn't have had a financial crash if it wasn't for racism". Cmon
Racism wiped out the dinosaurs!
Did you listen to the whole speech?
@Dale Anderson I guess you can make a decent argument for how it contributes to certain things.
But pretending it's the only variable, the single cause of all these problems, is at best pretty naive.
@@druekberg yep
I didn't get that part either. It sounded like the loans would have been targeted at vulnerable people, which is why they were provided to people of all races (which she admitted). The crash was surely caused by greed and corruption.
Reading this makes me sad that racism and is such a way of life with SOME people.
@Right Wing Lutheran Cowgirl Yes of course, thats exactly what a racist would say. However I am of course NOT insinuating that you are a racist, as I don't know you but I am just saying.
@Right Wing Lutheran Cowgirl aaaagghhh oh no it's leftist conspiracy halp HAAAAAEEELP I'm being oppressed
Totally right with her
Sept she is of very little consideration as to the implementation of her own words.
If we do not embrace variety, what do we have left?
@@bravojr when did she say don't variety? Can you post the time stamp?
I want to change too. I want to be better.
That’s nice but you and I both know you are incapable of change. You have proven you can’t get along with black people for 500-1000 years.
saludenme y los saludo
Agree or not but what she is saying is all true. And there’s more examples of it, especially in Detroit when white auto workers would not work alongside with black workers.
I will work along side anyone no matter what color they r because I care about making that paper not who or what color the person next to me if but I'm racist to fake people rapist chomos or anyone that causes harm to someone that can't defend themselves then there's the people that judge another based on there color and not who they r as a person but on the real people need to have morals standards education common sense and live today for today and leave the past and yesterday in the past otherwise the cycle of racism will always continue
@@damiansirsmokealot8151 Let me introduce you to some new devices: the comma, and the period.
@@jamesbrown99991 thanks but u don't need u telling me how to type my comment to something I read on social media seeing it's my choice to not use them for the same reason people use abbreviations to shorten things up or save space and just so u know I did good in school and I know when and where to use what punctuations so if u don't have anything to say related to the conversation then don't say anything and maybe u need to learn how to read better so u can figure out the missing punctuation yourself but again people make up a complete text based of abbreviations or use of letters that make it easier to text and use less space and some skip proper Grammer and others don't use punctuation but just like the topic of racism and working next to people of other colors who is anyone to judge well who r u to judge the way I type a message in this free country as a grown person DO U THINK UR BETTER THEN ME MAYBE SMARTER OR MAYBE UR JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLDS PROBLEM AND U DON'T HAVE COMMON SENSE OR RESPECT CAUSE U AINT NOBODY TO INTRODUCE ME TO ANYTHING AND MAYBE I SHOULD SPELL COMPLETE WORDS NEXT SO U DON'T TELL MY MOM OR GIVE ME DETENTION THANK U FOR YOUR FAKE CONSERNE WITH MY LACK OF PUNCTUATION BUT WORRY ABOUT THE THE TOPIC AT HAND NOT HOW SOMEONE SPELLS OR PUNCTUATES SOMETHING BECAUSE THE MAIN POINT TO RACISM IS NOBODY IS BETTER THEN ANYONE ELSE AND U SEEM NI DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE RACIST AND IM SURE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDNT PUNCTUATE THINGS BUT THANKS FOR CARING HAHAHAHAHA I MEAN FOR CORRECTING ME TEACHER NOW DON'T SPEAK TO ME OR ABOUT ME..PERIOD...,,,COMMA,,,, !!!!!EXLAMATION MARK!!!!!????? QUESTION MARK?????@GET REAL.IDC THATS I DON'T CARE JUST SO YOU DON'T SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NEXT
@@jamesbrown99991 it's not devices it's PUNCTUATION BTW:) OR SHOULD I SAY BY THE WAY ? TEACHER
The situation of this world is worth than you think I am not black and I was born in a country with the same religion and language and skin color as my mother's country but I have been suffering racism in other ways throughout my life. I still can remember from my childhood. I even didn't know what racism is at that time . I think God created different races and languages because it is so beautiful and amazing to see different people,but we are not grateful
بنی آدم اعضای یکدیگرند که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
چو عضوی به درد آورد روزگار دگر عضو ها را نماند قرار
It means
Human beings are members of a whole
In creation of one essence and soul
If one member is afflicted with pain Other members uneasy will remain
Tayeba Ashori Years ago when I was 18, I was in a small town here in Canada, checking into a rental when going to school, a little white girl asked me “why do you have black skin?” My reply to her, as we smiled at each other, was simply, God created our flowers to be different and colourful, in order to avoid a world of boring, and uniform.” I asked her which would she prefer, and she said “I prefer to have a world of different flowers.” Racism is not natural, it is untrue, and like this woman from the states, it doesn’t do any good to commit to something that is not natural....Imagine destroying all the colours expect one of all the flowers in our worldly garden. How sad a concept, and how ungrateful we truly would be as you stated.
@@ThePthinker I appreciate your reply to that little girl. I'm sure she will never forget it
@@ThePthinker oh my goodness! I love & appreciate your reply to that little girl! ❤❤❤🙏🏽
Arm chair, WHOOP, WHOOP!!
I totally agree, but can we all be one humanity inhabiting a planet, not just one people of America. Yes, there are eight billion of us we speak six thousand languages planet-wide, and we're divided by two hundred competing nation's ( five thousand eight hundred populations have no voice). We are all in this together, one planet people.
This was/ a superb talk, I've shared it, it gives me hope.