Honestly, you guys sound utterly obsessed with race. It's *almost* like you want it to be a bigger problem than it is so you can throw your fist in the air and pretend you stand for something meaningful. All while your lazy asses do absolutely nothing tangible to actually help your so-called "community". Shame on you race hustlers!
quiggly johnston dude what type of a racist asshole are u, I’m sorry if u can’t get it cuz ur ancestors weren’t slaves, in fact, your ancestors kept our ancestors as slaves, so I’m sorry if we’re *obsessed* with our race, but ur racist ass ain’t allowed to say that bout us coloured people
Ok sooo I just saw #DearWhitePeople and I was soooo Confused and Just Asleep when Joelle called Trevor a Hotep in disgust and he was completely ok with it... I needed this breakdown of the Term... Thank You
Well actually in the beginning it held it's original meaning. The people came about for people to be at peace with their blackness and not to try to be something that they are not. Of course though with a lot of things the bad extremist eggs shifted the public's perception of it
Hugely agree, I legitimately didn't learn anything but the etymology of the word. Then he did nothing to explain how it came from Egypt into modern English
The real explanation should be...Insecure men who deny their West African roots in order to take on the culture of Ancient Egypt, a North African country populated by Arabs who enslaved West and East African people. The stupidest part is that hoteps think that all Egyptians were royalty and pharaohs, when the pharaohs were just a title of inbred egomaniacs.
As a straight dude, I shouldn't have to say this in 2018, but I've seen the "gay agenda". And it is just one bullet point that says "everybody just mind their own damn business". I'm with that.
Iranain Indian here. I have no idea of how African American culture works. Anyone can answer this it you wish to help. Why is it that Hoteps point at absolutely everything historical and claim it's them when it's not them? Like no, these monuments are Indian, they have nothing to do with you, why do that?
No you dont. Search for hoteps been told you here on youtube and search for hotep nation on google, you'd get better info on who a hotep is... Misinformation
@@EvolianTiger Utterly wrong. "Redpill" implies something else entirely, you're glaringly uninformed about what that term denotes and what it entails. "Redpilled" blacks are ardently against miscegenation because the whole point is to better your own race/creed/nation/social standing, not piggy back off others' shit.
@@ReinhartSchneider Red Pill is also a pretty racist ideology and hence why even black men on here who preach that shit don't really fuck with the white youtubers that do.
HILARIOUS! I encountered a baby Hotep - meaning he wasn't completely oppressive in his pro-black ideologies, but he was getting there. I didn't recognize the signs until we moved in together in a cute row house in Baltimore. After about two weeks I couldn't take it and moved out a month later LMAO
BlessedMelinatedMischeifMaker - HoTep does NOT mean "peace". "Ho" and "Ha" is a prefix which means "The One" or "of". Japan is "HaPan" (Of Pan or the One Pan) The Ainu people of Japan are Hamites from Panopolis called Khemmis MeHoKek is the lawgiver called Moses HoKek is "the one Kek" who is Kuk, Kush, Chus, Zeus Y Sus HaKeb of Heliopolis is JaKob (Jacob) Joshua is HoShua (Shu) of Heliopolis HoKhanan (YoKhanan) is John of Revelation and Khanan (Canaan) too HoKhanan is Khemnu of Elephantine called Khn n HoKhanan is Heru of Salome called HeruSalome and Jerusalem too Jesus is HeSus (HoKek)
My problem with this is you barely Spent any time on the history of hotep and spent the rest of the video using social media memes and fraudulent brother who claim hotel to frame your argument. It’s dangerously shallow
Exactly, he just used disparaging stereotypes about what he believes hoteps are without actually getting into their ideas and why they believe what they believe. There was no attempt to make a concise argument as to why they might be “misguided.” It almost seems as if their arguments or ideas were presented in this way, they would make too much sense. 🤔🤔
Because black people are willing to throw other black people under the bus in their quest for white acceptance. Just think about it! No other race or ethnicity gives out dumbass useless titles to their own people.
I'm not a hotep, I'm a liberal white guy and I am saying he is completely wrong. There is basically no truth in this video. It's pure propaganda. Hoteps are not bad people, I disagree with them on some things, but I support them, because they are about self empowerment, and self improvement. They reject victim mentality and reject being good little wards of the state. It's about being black and proud. These lefty loveys want blacks to be weak victims perpetually needing handouts.
FascistLobster Dictatorship Now and believe that there is only one way to be black. If you do not believe in blackness in all its forms you are just as problematic as the white nationalists. If you don’t think a white passing mixed black person counts as black you’re not pro black. If you think being black and white doesn’t make you black you’re not pro black. If you think being lightskin doesn’t make you really black you’re not problack.
Lxx Uxn I am a white nationalist. I want all races to preserve their heritage and be the best they can be, which in my view is by being seperate and to live in whatever way works best for them. I support Hotep because they understand this too. I want black people to be proud and independent. I want the same for my own people. I want to secure the existence of my people and a future for white children. Blacks need to do the same. Blacks need to build strong families, less single parenthood, they need to work to build strong communities that look after each other and raise strong, empowered children that work hard, live clean and support themselves and their families. The black community has been destroyed by decades of oppressive policies and propaganda that have made blacks into perpetual victims, always reliant on the state, and trained to always look to the nanny state for solutions. The solution comes from within. Black men must be strong, must build their own businesses or excel at their jobs. They must be providers for their families again. The destruction of black communities is rooted in the destruction of the traditional family.
Ptah-Hotep was one of the earliest known philosophers from Ancinet Egypt...it's sad that we're all so ignorant...western philosophy, which started in Greece, has even credited Ancient Egypt as a place of study for philosophers such as Pythagoras, Thales, and Plato, who spent 13 entire years there learning from their priests. What we're doing when we call these pro-black extremists "Hotep" is degrading the name and credibility of these ancient Egyptian priests, all because we don't know our history...or even history in general really...
At 1:55 you say it's not a bad thing to be pro-white and we are supposed to be white and proud. Whiteness is limitless. Sorry, you said black, same thing though. Interesting take, I don't discriminate either. Everyone should be proud of themselves. Black, white, brown, it doesn't matter.
But do you know why? Hotep is commonly used as greeting among conscious black people. So as to make fun of them they would call them "hoteps" . Hotep literally means peace.
Real talk every hotep I have encountered ended up being homophobic or antiwomen. They start off talking about how much they love black women but when they go deeper into gender roles it always becomes oppressive and conservative. A replay of the 1950s. I don't think they want women to be liberated and are will to be equal with women preferring the woman be a domestic rather than being able to be a go getter.
They "worship" black women by constantly only portraying them naked with exaggerated curves and prescribing what they can and cannot do with their careers, relationships and bodies
DreTheThinker Acknowledging gender roles is not oppressive I dont feel oppressed for clearing the gutters taking the trash out or going to check out the loud band downstairs in the middle of the night
This brother is wrong, African world view does not wish to establish Black male patriarchy, the African world view understands the symbiotic relationship between the masculine and feminine principles. His perspective is else is a Eurocentric projection. I don't see what makes this brother smart? How can "hotep" represent peace but at the same time, represent the oppression of Black women? The brother needs to get the European out of his mind. Has anyone noticed white people are attempting to use the word "hotep" as a negative indicator for Black people who are removing the chains of mental slavery. In real life, not on the internet, we greet each other by saying, "Hotep and Maat". Maat represents truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Eurocentric thinkers always omit crucial details whenever it stands to serve their purpose.
I'm gonna quickly just answer the question of how Hotep means both peace and oppression. The etymology of the term means peace. The people who represent hoteps on the otherhand, big on sexism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism.
Hoteps aren't any different than the trash Trump represents, I've been around them my whole life. They both use religion to oppress people and believe in conspiracies, only difference is one is in power and the other isn't.
Pandering simps like Damon are more toxic to Black women than so-called "h o-teps". Worse agents of white supremacy cloaking their exploitative ignorance under 'intersectionalism'. Not very smart 'brothas'.
Never been more disgusted, he has no concept of what Hotep means and he's probably gay, Christian or both. We are not homophobes but we are procreation....we are pro racial identity, not racist, we are anti feminism not anti women, and damn sure not against black women. We believe that a woman's place is at home, not because we our male chauvinists, but because if the man is out working and the woman is out working then who is raising your children? The streets and public school system. Who's teaching our daughters to be women? Music Videos. This guy based his whole definition of what Hotep means on a comedy movie. Please disregard this video.
If Hoteps hate this video it's probably not cuz of misrepresentations. They would hate it cuz it's LAZY. Maybe the producer could find a better version of that slack-jawed monotone goofball. Boring everybody to death.
Question: for all the people who say that bringing up things like privilege and sex/gender inequality in the black community disunited us. What exactly do you believe will unite “us”? I’m actually curious.
I really really enjoyed this video, I have found it difficult keeping up with AA terminology like this as a Jamaican & Nigerian mixed person living in the UK lol! Very funny too lol. Thank you :) xx
I experienced this mentality back in the early 90's while serving overseas. There was a sizeable group of us that would meet to discuss all things black. Some of us were genuine in our desire engage in self-development, while others were more interested in trying to create a space for themselves to be all powerful and controlling. All the while, these knuckleheads ran around saying, 'asalaam alykum' or 'hotep' to each other. Also, these fools tried their best to use 'new found or recently discovered knowledge' of African history, Islam, or biblical teachings to attack black folk who were not as well read.. It didn't take long for the group to fall apart because some people are snakes... It seemed like their only objectives was to mentally and spiritually destroy anyone that did not immediately bow down to them or appeared not on their level. In closing, it didn't take long for each and every one of the knuckleheads to reap what they sewed. All of the trouble-makers ended up in really messed up situations (I did not wish bad on them), to include destroyed marriages, family strife, career ending bad decisions, substance abuse, and even death. I am thankful that my wife insisted that I leave these crazy insane members of our community alone and move on with building with like minded individuals. In closing...I assumed my opportunities to connect with educated, capable, and ambitious fellow black folk would improve. Well, the truth is we are all struggling with the same demons. We have a lot of work to do because we are fighting an uphill battle. We don't pose a real threat to the system because despite their being 47+ million black folk in American...very few have their Q#@^T#! together and are willing and able to build coalition. Most, to include myself in certain aspects, are eating crumbs off the masters table... This sucks. For nearly 21+ years I have been searching for 10 solid black folk to work with to build a better mouse trap. It is not rocket science...as long as you get pull your head out of your ass so that you can stop seeing and smelling your own shit (self-centered BS)
@@lolakauffmann - You are correct. However, there are some areas of interest that I believe are exclusively the concern of black Americans. Some things are just family business. Put another way, I would not expect an man from Sicily, Italy to solicit help from me dealing with issues and challenges on the island. I would not have a clue how to help because I am not Sicilian, do not know the history, the culture, or the people in general. However, if my expertise in telecommunications engineering or cybersecurity would benefit them, then by all means I would be available to help. Outside of that, let me stay in my lane. On another note, five years after retiring (military) I co-founded a defense consulting firm with two other gentlemen, one of which is a so-called white man. We exceeded our expectations and are now helping select individuals start SBA 8a and Veteran owned businesses entities.
@@tsmithdir I was really thinking of the business plans you were hinting at - good for you to have found partners! I prersonally don't see, why I shouldn't be able to help people in Sicily any more or less than anyone rlse - provided they speak English or teach me their idiom - to me, people are people, and it seems we are mostly in the same big mess, what with cost of living & such, but then I am european, and I would love the citizens of the world to come together & be social democrats on a big scale.. (Not socialists or such, just find a fair system for everyone, and a counterbalance to corporate greed..) But that doesn't mean diverse groups don't have their own shared history, issues & community, too!
@@lolakauffmann - Fair system for everyone. Employee owned businesses are a wonderful option. At present, most revenue generating businesses are owned and operated by an owner/manager. I believe it is worthwhile to explore the idea of starting businesses owned and controlled by skilled laborers and professionals. Professionals providing operations management, project management, financial management, human resources and benefits management, marketing and sales can be hired as full-time employees or independent contractors. The current corporate model is a vampire system. Employees are sucked dry and thrown away. Not good.
I don't know where this dude is from but the Hotep brothers in Philly are family men, community men, and extremely positive so this critique is just covert Root attack . And for the record I'm not a Hotep.
Hotep was a Egyptian Pharaoh 1st and means peace. Europeans changed the meaning of the word and now y’all are just using a fad with this word. Know your own history before you just disrespect it your ancestors like they do in Dear White People by using this word in the European way. Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the 2nd dynasty.
Misleading video by brother who doesn't know anything about ancient African Egyptian history. The ancient African Egyptians didn't have a patriarch they had a matriarch.. this brother clearly not pan-african
I don't know enough about hotep to comment either way (trying to find out is why I am here) but any time someone starts their explanation with "I am the only one you need to listen to..." about any subject there is practically a 100% chance you need to go find some other source for knowledge about said subject.
Lmao! This dude literally has no idea what a Hotep is. He described black Racial supremacists that call themselves Hoteps yet against the Hotep mindset. Brah needs to lessen to Hotel Jesus, and learn about Hotep Nation.
This some bullshit they really trying to downplay black men gaining consciousness and knowledge for themselves so I'm going to go ahead and dislike this nonsense
This crazy how they define black men who stand for their ancient heritage and against our oppressors . Look at this clown disrespecting his own brothers for white liberals
@@Ausar666 it's all for the white supremacist trying to suppress Brothers reaching knowledge the same thing they're doing now with this anti woke movement all this stuff comes down to the conscious community really starting to gain a bigger following because they're sharing the truth the truth that's backed up by centuries of historical facts
@@cameronstewart6662 the sad thing is all the sisters who co-sign this foolishness. This comment section why we are so dis unified. Notice they can talk down on blk men but never show appreciation for all the brothers who died fighting for us. Disgusting how we let the enemy discredit knowledge and self pride
@@Ausar666 real s*** but that just comes from generations of our women really being conditioned to not believe in us at the end of the day I mean they love us but they've been misguided on how to understand black men as a whole and that's the source of a lot of issues
What is the etymology? How did it get from meaning peace to this? I feel old. What is ash? Can we not use hotel, but another word...like misogynoir pig.
Hotep means death, as in to be at peace in death. The setting of the sun. Passing, from this existance to whats beyond. Transitioning perhaps... But sure, I hope that the Black community can find inspiration from "hotep" to transition beyond what once made them feel oppressed and whatnot to something fulfilling and healthy. I hope they don't just use it to become that which they hate, that which they feel hate from. I hope that for everyone... Be at peace y'all.
To people in the comments, he’s talking about the CONTEMPORARY Hotep, meaning the modern day hotep. Not what they used to be or what the word used to mean but what it is now and what comes from people who claim that title
I didn't know that a person known as "a hotep" existed. I know hotep is a kemetic greeting meaning peace and which relinks people to their ancient African roots, but that's it.
@@nkashamasankofa1114 Explain why you are so embarrassed of your West African roots? It's like a trend where everyone wants to be an Egyptian lol. Shame
@@logan825 And somehow it makes me racist saying that, even though they think West Africa is not worthy of their heritage. And also they think they have descended from the Pharaohs, which was a royal title and not an ethnicity. Most pharaohs didn't have offspring
@@natashka1982 Its not racist at all to point out the fact that most african-americans have no interest in their countries of origin. I think a lot of them are still heavily influenced by media and therefore pick egyptian culture because its the one culture most depicted in movies,music, ect. Most black americans dont even know about how gold rich Ghana was or how oil rich Nigeria is. In the states, we tend to focus on the negative aspects of being black so we tend to be drawn more towards cultures that are more respected by western society I.E. Kemet/Ancient egypt. Why not learn about the Nubian empire? Or the Ashanti empire? Instead of claiming Anubis why not Anansi?
Our enemy has taught & trained many of us too well to mock, fear, belittle and joke about that which we do not understand...and then use it against us! (....or sell it back to us later ..once they own & approve of it ...smdh :-(
So let me get this straight: from this point on any Black man well researched in ancient African history and practicing African traditional values will be disregarded as soon as he says the word "hotep" ? Wow
I practice kemetic spirituality and the fact that hotep is being used as a negative thing that ppl subscribe too or their beliefs saying hotep means peace but not like what's good lol it means peace as in be pleased, be gracious, be at peace and used mostly when referring to the dead but as a person's name it means they are at peace with themselves so I do think that is offensive when ppl use the term hotep as a derogatory term it's rude and disrespectful to a whole culture or people and their spiritual system
Hoteps are VERY specific about fetishizing Egypt though, not just Africa. They don't give a fuck about West African traditions and culture, which is where they came from.
@@natashka1982 It's kind of an umbrella term now. There are suedo- West African culturalists who are also anti-everything but cis-het Black men and the women who cater and submit to them. Which is antithetical considering we (West African descendants) come from multiple matriarchal societies.
thats the truth right here.. she said "back to africa types." just hate africa is basically what this is REALLY about. i bet you praise jesus though huh?
This needed more in depth coverage. I felt like I got the stereotypes surrounding some Hoteps. Is it a self-identifier versus an actual organization? Do a more thorough dissection. And yes DWP brought me here. I remember a brother in college (eons ago) using the phrase a lot but I wouldn't have described him in this matter. I'm wondering if the identity started was co-opted by other people or evolved into this malignant form. I'm not for exclusionary Blackness nor trading one form of oppression for another because it has a nicer face.
Wowwww! thankyou for this explainaition! I just realized I've been living in a SEA of Punjabi Hoteps! wowww! I am shook! I was so confused about why I kept meeting so many men of color who were very radically pro-their specific identity and yet believed in some regressive ass bull shit. This explains it all
@@obatalaosun2222 they don’t exist this girl is just upset with Punjabis(her name itself is Punjabi) and makes up nonesense Nobody in Punjab cares about Egypt. Too worried about their own issues
This video is teeming with factual and logical errors, one of them is the claim that the original meaning of the Egyptian word Hotep is "peace", it absolutely isn't, it's not peace as the non-warrious state btw people or countries but peace as in "to be at peace" meaning "being satisfied".
If Damon Young of Very Smart Brothas(VSB) is smart about something, it is definitely not this topic. Some of the attributes given to the label "Hoteps" are distasteful and should be called out on their own merits, or lack there of. Summarily dismissing a segment of the black population, who are interested in solving the problems in the black community, by labeling them and consequently disregarding everything they have to say is ignorant AF. Black folk need all hands on deck....AND the space to have respectful sharing and challenging of ideas, so that we can address the serious issues in our community. This attack on "Hoteps" is apart of a legacy of internalized oppression steeped in attacking those black folk who think its crazy to keep living according to the normalized insanity we call society. Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, the real MLK, etc would have all probably been considered Hoteps by folks who had something to lose when the system is exposed or challenged... Guys like Damon Young got attention in this system for being "A Very Smart Brotha" while Black folk who outright challenge oppression were diagnosed as "Drapetomanics" and labeled insane for not having it. Regarding this video and the disdain its sentiment represents......WE WILL NOT HAVE IT OOOOO!
@@Lady-Evonne77 an accurate description of the worst type of people who desire to reconnect with their African roots. Videos like this makes the whole idea of reconnecting to your roots distasteful to the “in-crowd” by generalizing the people who wants in the worst way possible. But then everybody wanna be African when American institutions like the justice system fail us by not convicting, George Zimmerman, the cops who killed Breonna Taylor, or any other cop who got off scot-free after killing an AFRICAN American. I don’t get it. 🤷🏾♂️
Imhotep-he who comes in peace The Greek physician Hippocrates is known as the father of modern medicine, but a Black Egyptian, Imhotep was practicing medicine and writing on the subject 2,200 years before Hippocrates. He was worshipped as a god of medicine in both Egypt and Greece, where he was equated with Asclepias, and his cult reached its zenith in Greco-Roman times. If you're gonna get it wrong, get it right.
@@gustavusadolphus1915 According to African Historian, Dr. Ben Jochannan, the ancient Egyptians clearly defined their African origin in the papyrus of Hunefer, ‘We came from the beginning of the Nile where God-Hapi dwells, at the foothills of the mountain of the Moon.’ Dr. Ben Jochannan’s interpretation of this ancient record, ‘The mountain of the moon,’ identifies Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro (a Kenya-based Ki Swahili word created by the indigenous Africans) and or Uganda’s ‘Rwenzori Mountain.’ The Egyptians originated in Africa, south of the Sahara. Recent diggings and artifacts throughout Meroe, Ta-Nehisi, Itiopi, all of these [places] south of Egypt, have further supported the southern origin of the Egyptians, black, white, red, brown or Technicolor.
@@bakhembrutalknowledge something I learned from debating Hoteps is that there is no poibt in showing u evidence about egyptian dna and tje fact that they were never black. Ben was no scholar, he faked all his degrees and never had wrote any scientific article. Read about inferiority complex and try to heal your self esteem. Egypt is not the cure that u look for.
Wow! Pleeeease, if you believe anything, don't let it be this video. This video grossly, and sadly misrepresented what a "hoteper" is. Firstly, there's no group of people identifying as a hotep, let's make that clear for those who may have thought otherwise. To call someone a hotep is like a diss to what some may call "woke/conscious" black people, who are greatly invested in African history (especially Ancient Egypt, hence the word hotep, which simply means peace), cultural preservation, African spirituality, and African progress. Even other "woke/ conscious" people call one another a Hoteper, because it's kind of regarded to those who only like to engage in debates and discussions about what needs to be done in the black community, and how great we once were, but not do anything progressive in the real world; that's when someone is usually called a hoteper. To call someone a Hotep is the equivalent of calling someone who is a real devout Christian, a "Holy-Rolly." It came about from when these specific brothers AND sisters greet each other in peace, they say, "Hotep." Basically, it's a small diss. Now, this video, much like that BS ass show, "Dear White People", essentially attacked strong, black male warriors. BOTH men and women can be called a "Hotep", to be clear. In that episode of Dear White People, they made a logical, sensible brother seem like a hate filled, irrational, conspiracy theorist, who is not worthy to be taken serious, even though he made the most sense. Much like Kilmonger was done in the film, "Black Panther". And it's all because of the gay agenda. NOTICE in the show, the turning point came when the strong, black "Hotep" brother said the dreadful three letter word, "FAG". Oh, that's when it ALL started to make "sense" to the girl. Funny, the show's creator is a gay, black male. Hoteps don't align their beliefs with homosexuality. Still don't think the show, AND this episode is an attack? Lol, ok. PS, I am NOT what someone would call a Hotep.
Thank you for breaking it down to the very last compound for these simpsters. This so-called 'very smart brotha' Damon showed low degrees of study and intelligence on this subject. Sisters need to watch out for simps wearing corny pandering shirts like this, they are as bad worse than so-called "no-teps".
This is very ignorant and totally disrespectful. It's not about being pro-black...if you're probably black your not a true practitioner. This guy is corny.
No such thing as a “hoteps”...... he truly doesn’t know what Hotep really means.........no one can be a “Hotep”. Y’all need to stop trying to use words in an offensive manner when you don’t even understand the term, it’s use and origin.
Hoteps take pride in being self-sufficient, working, masculine black men. There is a blue-collarness to Hoteps that the elite class finds distasteful, but that is classism. Just because they don’t drink your cool-aid doesn’t make them haters.
@@whiskyguzzler982 They are so 'pro-Black' until it comes to Black women, the Black members of the LGBTQ+ community, and everything else. They say everything is racist and get into hour-long arguments about the minutiae of Egyptology and African philosophy, but have little understanding of science or basic history. And last time I checked, hoteps are *Black,* so what are you? Do you honestly think you should be speaking on this?
Taurus 03 The belief that a person must be of a certain race, sex, gender, or sexuality is to express their opinion on a subject that plainly affects our whole society is bigotry. I’m fine with my support of independent men, even if they are Black and I’m not.
This is not accurate. Yes, most Hoteps say ignorant shit, but not all! The one of the many benefits of Hoteps is that they LOVE BLACK WOMEN MORE THAN THEMSELVES! Also some, NOT ALL are great teachers! This clip hurts more than helps to explain pro-blackness because it make s black people who love and have knowledge of their culture as fake!
I got called a hotep for disagreeing with a lady bout a touchy subject, I said if you date outside your out of hate for on your part of that’s a problem
Ron Goldstein black conservatives are Not hoteps. If you want to see black conservatives theyre on youtube and they arent on some conspiracy theory nonsense or claiming black woman is god or fetishizing ancient Egypt.
Real shit that was a terrible explanation. Hotep are not anti women, that is absolutely retarded. I personally know a Hotep and they love all black people and want to uplift black people in any way...this includes black women.
Hope people see this comment. This guy either has no idea wtf he's talking about or he's intentionally being disingenuous. I truly hope it's the former
People don't realize that the Nazis were doing nearly the exact same history revisionist/race-based mysticism as the bedrock of their movement. And look how that turned out. "Nah man, my ancestors weren't random tribes united by the Roman Empire. My ancestors were a race of powerful sorcerer kings called Aryans! The Vikings, they were Aryan! Thor? Super Aryan. I'm pretty sure Jesus was Aryan too!" Just absolute nonsense
I’m glad to know I wasn’t the only one who had no clue what Joelle meant by hotep 🤣 but I’m still left a bit confused, this video didn’t give me a real sense of what hotep is.
Karen Cruz it’s not a thing per se - nobody goes around identifying as one. He’s just referring to bigoted people, which could show up in any religion or culture. Particularly he is referring to and tragically amalgamating Black consciousness and African spiritual thinking with the problematic bigotry that exists in many cultures and religions across the world. There are many who viably distrust the government and believe in African spiritual principles who try intentionally to not be hypocritical in their actions. And those, like in every walk of life, who are. He’s essentially taking the whole lot of the woke down with him in this simp-ass, pro-hegemonic explanation of Black consciousness.
I work with a hotep. He believes in the fermerment and that his people are Israelites. He preaches to anyone that will listen and gets frustrated when people don't listen. He is pro black sure but made fun of the people from tech support for having Indian accents. Like how is that not racist? He also said women don't know how to work on cars.
I WASNT EVEN LOOKING FOR THIS, I watch Dear White People last night and was so confused as to what it was so it’s such a huge coincidence that this popped up on my timeline rn
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Why does this guy say that this is the ONLY place I need to hear about Hotep from? What is he afraid of?
Hoteps claim that the Black Woman is God they are not anti Women. They dont like LGBT issues and they do value traditional gender roles.
Honestly, you guys sound utterly obsessed with race. It's *almost* like you want it to be a bigger problem than it is so you can throw your fist in the air and pretend you stand for something meaningful. All while your lazy asses do absolutely nothing tangible to actually help your so-called "community". Shame on you race hustlers!
quiggly johnston dude what type of a racist asshole are u, I’m sorry if u can’t get it cuz ur ancestors weren’t slaves, in fact, your ancestors kept our ancestors as slaves, so I’m sorry if we’re *obsessed* with our race, but ur racist ass ain’t allowed to say that bout us coloured people
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DEAR WHITE PEOPLE BROUGHT ME HERE
I thought i was the only one!! LOL!
Alexis Ijeoma Nwokoji Me too!
holy shit me to hahaha
Haha facts
Lol who you telling sis, now I know where she was coming from. It's a shame he "seemed" like cool people.
Joelle: "OMG YOU'RE A HOTEP"
me: hold up...*pause*.....youtube/ What's a hotep?
Haneul Jeong literally
Saaaammee
same grll
LMAO SAMEEEEEE
SAME
“Dear White People” brought me here! This is show is informative, i love it!
Omg!!!!! Same
Me too 🤣🤣
Haha literally here for the same reason
Me too!
Wow, I thought I was the only viewer who even watched that show, oof, I can relate to so many things in it
I swear, you guys are genuine racial supremacists.
Ok sooo I just saw #DearWhitePeople and I was soooo Confused and Just Asleep when Joelle called Trevor a Hotep in disgust and he was completely ok with it... I needed this breakdown of the Term... Thank You
Danielle Murrell Same!!😂😂
Sameeee
Same lol I heard the term before but I was making sure lol cause I am talking to this guy and he fits the description and i needed more confirmation
me too! lol
Danielle Murrell omg me too that’s why I ended up on you tube lol lit episode
So why they using an Egyptian paradigm? Egypt was a Mediterranean civilization.
because americans think the entire african continent is a single culture and "race", even the woke and leftist ones
Because he doesn't even know what a hotep is. He made up his own definition.
Still on the African continent and was heavily colonized by white Europeans.
@@Yuuzas_EiEgyptians are Mediterranean… olive skinned…
Because these bozos think they're Egyptians
He missed you can have no less than 3 dashakis made in china😂😂😂😂
tmitchem81 made in China😂😂😂
tmitchem81 How is this self disrespectful gesture funny. Patronizing cultures and businesses that openly disrespect us isn't funny.
😂😂😂😂
Ha ha 👏
@@dfree1442 I'm laughing tho. Weird.
its a shame that we took a term like 'hotep' and use it mean essentially the opposite... feels like a disservice to kemet
It is completely a disservice. Those who use the term create yet another elite group of folks creating further separation. Super ignorant
Well actually in the beginning it held it's original meaning. The people came about for people to be at peace with their blackness and not to try to be something that they are not. Of course though with a lot of things the bad extremist eggs shifted the public's perception of it
@@Shay45 Did you mean to say, the name came about?
HUGE disservice. SMDH 🤦🏾♂️
Man black people don't give a damn.
My thoughts: the video was too short. Not in a "well rounded yet concise" way, but rather a "that was ridiculously surface level" way.
Hugely agree, I legitimately didn't learn anything but the etymology of the word. Then he did nothing to explain how it came from Egypt into modern English
Agreed. He needs to go in more depth on what is a hotep and signs to watch for if a hotep comes by.
The real explanation should be...Insecure men who deny their West African roots in order to take on the culture of Ancient Egypt, a North African country populated by Arabs who enslaved West and East African people. The stupidest part is that hoteps think that all Egyptians were royalty and pharaohs, when the pharaohs were just a title of inbred egomaniacs.
natashka1982 damn natashka give it to them
@@natashka1982 Exactly
As a straight dude, I shouldn't have to say this in 2018, but I've seen the "gay agenda". And it is just one bullet point that says "everybody just mind their own damn business". I'm with that.
Why won't the gays do it? They want everyone to "mind" their business by keeping the gay life in mind.
How do you feel about it 4 years later?
@@robmitchke8034 see the link above. Dude explained it better than I can
There is a gay agenda though
Even more relevant than ever now that fascists are going insane over trans people.
Iranain Indian here. I have no idea of how African American culture works. Anyone can answer this it you wish to help. Why is it that Hoteps point at absolutely everything historical and claim it's them when it's not them? Like no, these monuments are Indian, they have nothing to do with you, why do that?
I literally know less about hoteps than I did before I watched this.
No you dont. Search for hoteps been told you here on youtube and search for hotep nation on google, you'd get better info on who a hotep is... Misinformation
Because this weirdo is actually a dummy. And the Root isnt Black owned this dude is a stooge.
@@YouGotOptions2 and now his "career" is officially dead.. white zaddy used him and tossed him and the condom out the car window. roflmbao...
just think of black nazis
@@YouGotOptions2 You’re a weirdo and probably a hotep which is why you’re so mad
So it's essentially the black community's "Red Pill"?
You mean Blue. It's all lies.
@@jaketapper1953 What's all lies🤔
No, as black men who consider themselves red pill only like white women. Examples are Any American and Donovan Sharpe to name a couple.
@@EvolianTiger Utterly wrong. "Redpill" implies something else entirely, you're glaringly uninformed about what that term denotes and what it entails. "Redpilled" blacks are ardently against miscegenation because the whole point is to better your own race/creed/nation/social standing, not piggy back off others' shit.
@@ReinhartSchneider Red Pill is also a pretty racist ideology and hence why even black men on here who preach that shit don't really fuck with the white youtubers that do.
Keep the word hotep away from negative people.
HILARIOUS! I encountered a baby Hotep - meaning he wasn't completely oppressive in his pro-black ideologies, but he was getting there. I didn't recognize the signs until we moved in together in a cute row house in Baltimore. After about two weeks I couldn't take it and moved out a month later LMAO
you moved in first though.. how smart are you?
It's a good thing you left that dusty dude.
If u had been more submissive you would’ve been more happier
Good for you honestly
I don't think you realize how foolish you look.
"Peace" that's laughable, I constantly see them giving a lot of people pure hell.
BlessedMelinatedMischeifMaker - HoTep does NOT mean "peace".
"Ho" and "Ha" is a prefix which means "The One" or "of".
Japan is "HaPan" (Of Pan or the One Pan)
The Ainu people of Japan are Hamites from Panopolis called Khemmis
MeHoKek is the lawgiver called Moses
HoKek is "the one Kek" who is Kuk, Kush, Chus, Zeus Y Sus
HaKeb of Heliopolis is JaKob (Jacob)
Joshua is HoShua (Shu) of Heliopolis
HoKhanan (YoKhanan) is John of Revelation and Khanan (Canaan) too
HoKhanan is Khemnu of Elephantine called Khn n
HoKhanan is Heru of Salome called HeruSalome and Jerusalem too
Jesus is HeSus (HoKek)
@@kekistanipatriot1644troll
You didnt explain what a hotep is at all, you just told us what your feelings are and told us to copy them without any of the context.
If hotep translates to mean, "be at peace," then none of this hits the mark!
It’s because everybody evolved in this video are idiots
Hoteps are the opposite of peaceful.
natashka1982 Hotep means “to be at peace.” They are associating the word with the wrong meaning.
@@ApolloXOfficial You mean 'involved?' Who's the real idiot?
@@taurus0362 still you
My problem with this is you barely
Spent any time on the history of hotep and spent the rest of the video using social media memes and fraudulent brother who claim hotel to frame your argument. It’s dangerously shallow
Exactly, he just used disparaging stereotypes about what he believes hoteps are without actually getting into their ideas and why they believe what they believe. There was no attempt to make a concise argument as to why they might be “misguided.” It almost seems as if their arguments or ideas were presented in this way, they would make too much sense. 🤔🤔
How did we mix Hotep (to be at peace) with a negative concept of Pro only Black
They aren't really pro black, they're only pro black men and hate women
Because black people are willing to throw other black people under the bus in their quest for white acceptance. Just think about it! No other race or ethnicity gives out dumbass useless titles to their own people.
My guess is because a lot of people called hoteps try to maintain the status quo
lol at the hoteps saying he's wrong in the comments.
swiftset Why?
I'm not a hotep, I'm a liberal white guy and I am saying he is completely wrong. There is basically no truth in this video. It's pure propaganda. Hoteps are not bad people, I disagree with them on some things, but I support them, because they are about self empowerment, and self improvement. They reject victim mentality and reject being good little wards of the state. It's about being black and proud. These lefty loveys want blacks to be weak victims perpetually needing handouts.
FascistLobster Dictatorship Now and you're liberal how? Looks like an undercover conservative
Ivan Nunez I'm socially liberal, fiscally conservative, and a white nationalist. Sue me.
Ivan Nunez By the way these people who made this video are not liberal. They are yet another variation of communist.
A BAG OF ASH I CAAANT OMFG 😂😂😂. I can’t with how accurate this is. Can hoteps even think they’re enlightened if they aren’t really pro black?
Lxx Uxn I dint get the bag of ash bit.... what’s the ash for?
Christopher Ayettey because they’re ashy asf and need lotion 😂
FascistLobster Dictatorship Now and believe that there is only one way to be black. If you do not believe in blackness in all its forms you are just as problematic as the white nationalists. If you don’t think a white passing mixed black person counts as black you’re not pro black. If you think being black and white doesn’t make you black you’re not pro black. If you think being lightskin doesn’t make you really black you’re not problack.
Lxx Uxn I am a white nationalist. I want all races to preserve their heritage and be the best they can be, which in my view is by being seperate and to live in whatever way works best for them. I support Hotep because they understand this too. I want black people to be proud and independent. I want the same for my own people. I want to secure the existence of my people and a future for white children. Blacks need to do the same. Blacks need to build strong families, less single parenthood, they need to work to build strong communities that look after each other and raise strong, empowered children that work hard, live clean and support themselves and their families. The black community has been destroyed by decades of oppressive policies and propaganda that have made blacks into perpetual victims, always reliant on the state, and trained to always look to the nanny state for solutions. The solution comes from within. Black men must be strong, must build their own businesses or excel at their jobs. They must be providers for their families again. The destruction of black communities is rooted in the destruction of the traditional family.
Lxx Uxn You are not pro black. You support the degeneration of black identity.
Ptah-Hotep was one of the earliest known philosophers from Ancinet Egypt...it's sad that we're all so ignorant...western philosophy, which started in Greece, has even credited Ancient Egypt as a place of study for philosophers such as Pythagoras, Thales, and Plato, who spent 13 entire years there learning from their priests. What we're doing when we call these pro-black extremists "Hotep" is degrading the name and credibility of these ancient Egyptian priests, all because we don't know our history...or even history in general really...
o.o
also this guy making fun of pro-Blackness as a whole makes me think this video is for white people
At 1:55 you say it's not a bad thing to be pro-white and we are supposed to be white and proud. Whiteness is limitless.
Sorry, you said black, same thing though. Interesting take, I don't discriminate either. Everyone should be proud of themselves. Black, white, brown, it doesn't matter.
Hotep isn't the word you should be using to describe these men,
But do you know why? Hotep is commonly used as greeting among conscious black people. So as to make fun of them they would call them "hoteps" . Hotep literally means peace.
Amen TruthQuad
Real talk every hotep I have encountered ended up being homophobic or antiwomen. They start off talking about how much they love black women but when they go deeper into gender roles it always becomes oppressive and conservative. A replay of the 1950s. I don't think they want women to be liberated and are will to be equal with women preferring the woman be a domestic rather than being able to be a go getter.
They "worship" black women by constantly only portraying them naked with exaggerated curves and prescribing what they can and cannot do with their careers, relationships and bodies
DreTheThinker Acknowledging gender roles is not oppressive
I dont feel oppressed for clearing the gutters taking the trash out or going to check out the loud band downstairs in the middle of the night
This brother is wrong, African world view does not wish to establish Black male patriarchy, the African world view understands the symbiotic relationship between the masculine and feminine principles. His perspective is else is a Eurocentric projection. I don't see what makes this brother smart? How can "hotep" represent peace but at the same time, represent the oppression of Black women? The brother needs to get the European out of his mind. Has anyone noticed white people are attempting to use the word "hotep" as a negative indicator for Black people who are removing the chains of mental slavery. In real life, not on the internet, we greet each other by saying, "Hotep and Maat". Maat represents truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice. Eurocentric thinkers always omit crucial details whenever it stands to serve their purpose.
I'm gonna quickly just answer the question of how Hotep means both peace and oppression. The etymology of the term means peace. The people who represent hoteps on the otherhand, big on sexism, homophobia, transphobia, antisemitism.
Hoteps aren't any different than the trash Trump represents, I've been around them my whole life. They both use religion to oppress people and believe in conspiracies, only difference is one is in power and the other isn't.
Pandering simps like Damon are more toxic to Black women than so-called "h o-teps". Worse agents of white supremacy cloaking their exploitative ignorance under 'intersectionalism'. Not very smart 'brothas'.
Never been more disgusted, he has no concept of what Hotep means and he's probably gay, Christian or both. We are not homophobes but we are procreation....we are pro racial identity, not racist, we are anti feminism not anti women, and damn sure not against black women. We believe that a woman's place is at home, not because we our male chauvinists, but because if the man is out working and the woman is out working then who is raising your children? The streets and public school system. Who's teaching our daughters to be women? Music Videos. This guy based his whole definition of what Hotep means on a comedy movie. Please disregard this video.
If Hoteps hate this video it's probably not cuz of misrepresentations. They would hate it cuz it's LAZY.
Maybe the producer could find a better version of that slack-jawed monotone goofball. Boring everybody to death.
Question: for all the people who say that bringing up things like privilege and sex/gender inequality in the black community disunited us. What exactly do you believe will unite “us”? I’m actually curious.
Not black suprematism
I like this guys shirt.
Clorox bleach
I like it!
Yes its the best
it is of grey color and says something brain washed ,, COOL
Simp shirt. You fell for it.
Dear White People brought me here
Ashley Peart-Brown same here and Trevor was right btw
Yeah wtf this is like KKK but black
same Ashley Peart-Brown
Sameeee 😂😂😂
Ashley Peart-Brown Lmao it brought me here too! 😂😂
I really really enjoyed this video, I have found it difficult keeping up with AA terminology like this as a Jamaican & Nigerian mixed person living in the UK lol! Very funny too lol. Thank you :) xx
Is there an analog to this term other people of marginalized groups that are similarly insecure and have a narrow view of progress?
It's sad how a term of endearment has been altered. The word Hotep means PEACE and all that other stuff people regurgitate is rhetoric
It's August 2019 and Dear White People brought me here! Didn't have a clue about hotep until I heard Joelle mention the word
I just watched that episode too!
same
Same
I experienced this mentality back in the early 90's while serving overseas. There was a sizeable group of us that would meet to discuss all things black. Some of us were genuine in our desire engage in self-development, while others were more interested in trying to create a space for themselves to be all powerful and controlling. All the while, these knuckleheads ran around saying, 'asalaam alykum' or 'hotep' to each other. Also, these fools tried their best to use 'new found or recently discovered knowledge' of African history, Islam, or biblical teachings to attack black folk who were not as well read.. It didn't take long for the group to fall apart because some people are snakes... It seemed like their only objectives was to mentally and spiritually destroy anyone that did not immediately bow down to them or appeared not on their level. In closing, it didn't take long for each and every one of the knuckleheads to reap what they sewed. All of the trouble-makers ended up in really messed up situations (I did not wish bad on them), to include destroyed marriages, family strife, career ending bad decisions, substance abuse, and even death. I am thankful that my wife insisted that I leave these crazy insane members of our community alone and move on with building with like minded individuals.
In closing...I assumed my opportunities to connect with educated, capable, and ambitious fellow black folk would improve. Well, the truth is we are all struggling with the same demons. We have a lot of work to do because we are fighting an uphill battle. We don't pose a real threat to the system because despite their being 47+ million black folk in American...very few have their Q#@^T#! together and are willing and able to build coalition. Most, to include myself in certain aspects, are eating crumbs off the masters table... This sucks. For nearly 21+ years I have been searching for 10 solid black folk to work with to build a better mouse trap. It is not rocket science...as long as you get pull your head out of your ass so that you can stop seeing and smelling your own shit (self-centered BS)
Tim Smith What can you build on, if the highest epitome of black people (Ancient Egypt) is being ridiculed by a left wing/mainstream centric outlet?
@@lolakauffmann - You are correct. However, there are some areas of interest that I believe are exclusively the concern of black Americans. Some things are just family business.
Put another way, I would not expect an man from Sicily, Italy to solicit help from me dealing with issues and challenges on the island. I would not have a clue how to help because I am not Sicilian, do not know the history, the culture, or the people in general. However, if my expertise in telecommunications engineering or cybersecurity would benefit them, then by all means I would be available to help. Outside of that, let me stay in my lane.
On another note, five years after retiring (military) I co-founded a defense consulting firm with two other gentlemen, one of which is a so-called white man. We exceeded our expectations and are now helping select individuals start SBA 8a and Veteran owned businesses entities.
@@tsmithdir I was really thinking of the business plans you were hinting at - good for you to have found partners!
I prersonally don't see, why I shouldn't be able to help people in Sicily any more or less than anyone rlse - provided they speak English or teach me their idiom - to me, people are people, and it seems we are mostly in the same big mess, what with cost of living & such, but then I am european, and I would love the citizens of the world to come together & be social democrats on a big scale.. (Not socialists or such, just find a fair system for everyone, and a counterbalance to corporate greed..) But that doesn't mean diverse groups don't have their own shared history, issues & community, too!
@@lolakauffmann - Fair system for everyone. Employee owned businesses are a wonderful option. At present, most revenue generating businesses are owned and operated by an owner/manager. I believe it is worthwhile to explore the idea of starting businesses owned and controlled by skilled laborers and professionals. Professionals providing operations management, project management, financial management, human resources and benefits management, marketing and sales can be hired as full-time employees or independent contractors. The current corporate model is a vampire system. Employees are sucked dry and thrown away. Not good.
I don't know where this dude is from but the Hotep brothers in Philly are family men, community men, and extremely positive so this critique is just covert Root attack . And for the record I'm not a Hotep.
Hotep was a Egyptian Pharaoh 1st and means peace. Europeans changed the meaning of the word and now y’all are just using a fad with this word. Know your own history before you just disrespect it your ancestors like they do in Dear White People by using this word in the European way.
Hotepsekhemwy is the Horus name of an early Egyptian king who was the founder of the 2nd dynasty.
The day people learn to see past the skin colour is the day our civilisation can evovle again. Peace to all who reads
Misleading video by brother who doesn't know anything about ancient African Egyptian history. The ancient African Egyptians didn't have a patriarch they had a matriarch.. this brother clearly not pan-african
this is so corny and disjointed that it's almost embarassing
I don't know enough about hotep to comment either way (trying to find out is why I am here) but any time someone starts their explanation with "I am the only one you need to listen to..." about any subject there is practically a 100% chance you need to go find some other source for knowledge about said subject.
True!
Lmao! This dude literally has no idea what a Hotep is. He described black Racial supremacists that call themselves Hoteps yet against the Hotep mindset.
Brah needs to lessen to Hotel Jesus, and learn about Hotep Nation.
This some bullshit they really trying to downplay black men gaining consciousness and knowledge for themselves so I'm going to go ahead and dislike this nonsense
This crazy how they define black men who stand for their ancient heritage and against our oppressors . Look at this clown disrespecting his own brothers for white liberals
@@Ausar666 it's all for the white supremacist trying to suppress Brothers reaching knowledge the same thing they're doing now with this anti woke movement all this stuff comes down to the conscious community really starting to gain a bigger following because they're sharing the truth the truth that's backed up by centuries of historical facts
@@cameronstewart6662 the sad thing is all the sisters who co-sign this foolishness. This comment section why we are so dis unified. Notice they can talk down on blk men but never show appreciation for all the brothers who died fighting for us. Disgusting how we let the enemy discredit knowledge and self pride
@@Ausar666 real s*** but that just comes from generations of our women really being conditioned to not believe in us at the end of the day I mean they love us but they've been misguided on how to understand black men as a whole and that's the source of a lot of issues
What is the etymology? How did it get from meaning peace to this? I feel old. What is ash? Can we not use hotel, but another word...like misogynoir pig.
That's why Tariq nashee Go Hard on black immigrants.
Hotep means death, as in to be at peace in death. The setting of the sun. Passing, from this existance to whats beyond. Transitioning perhaps...
But sure, I hope that the Black community can find inspiration from "hotep" to transition beyond what once made them feel oppressed and whatnot to something fulfilling and healthy. I hope they don't just use it to become that which they hate, that which they feel hate from.
I hope that for everyone... Be at peace y'all.
To people in the comments, he’s talking about the CONTEMPORARY Hotep, meaning the modern day hotep. Not what they used to be or what the word used to mean but what it is now and what comes from people who claim that title
This dude is a clown
I didn't know that a person known as "a hotep" existed. I know hotep is a kemetic greeting meaning peace and which relinks people to their ancient African roots, but that's it.
This is only a thing with white washed domesticated anti-black bootlickers like Damon Young
@@nkashamasankofa1114 Explain why you are so embarrassed of your West African roots? It's like a trend where everyone wants to be an Egyptian lol. Shame
@@natashka1982 So glad you said this. They know everything about Kemet and nothing about their actual genetic heritage from west Africa.
@@logan825 And somehow it makes me racist saying that, even though they think West Africa is not worthy of their heritage. And also they think they have descended from the Pharaohs, which was a royal title and not an ethnicity. Most pharaohs didn't have offspring
@@natashka1982 Its not racist at all to point out the fact that most african-americans have no interest in their countries of origin. I think a lot of them are still heavily influenced by media and therefore pick egyptian culture because its the one culture most depicted in movies,music, ect. Most black americans dont even know about how gold rich Ghana was or how oil rich Nigeria is. In the states, we tend to focus on the negative aspects of being black so we tend to be drawn more towards cultures that are more respected by western society I.E. Kemet/Ancient egypt. Why not learn about the Nubian empire? Or the Ashanti empire? Instead of claiming Anubis why not Anansi?
Our enemy has taught & trained many of us too well to mock, fear, belittle and joke about that which we do not understand...and then use it against us! (....or sell it back to us later ..once they own & approve of it ...smdh
:-(
Thank you!💯
So let me get this straight: from this point on any Black man well researched in ancient African history and practicing African traditional values will be disregarded as soon as he says the word "hotep" ? Wow
@Marianne Macharia umm not what he said
I practice kemetic spirituality and the fact that hotep is being used as a negative thing that ppl subscribe too or their beliefs saying hotep means peace but not like what's good lol it means peace as in be pleased, be gracious, be at peace and used mostly when referring to the dead but as a person's name it means they are at peace with themselves so I do think that is offensive when ppl use the term hotep as a derogatory term it's rude and disrespectful to a whole culture or people and their spiritual system
Why did the video stop so abruptly? It felt incomplete.
Lol in my family we call these “back to Africa types” 😂😂😭 but definitely familiar with Hotep’s glad we’re steering clear of this
Hoteps are VERY specific about fetishizing Egypt though, not just Africa. They don't give a fuck about West African traditions and culture, which is where they came from.
@@natashka1982 It's kind of an umbrella term now. There are suedo- West African culturalists who are also anti-everything but cis-het Black men and the women who cater and submit to them. Which is antithetical considering we (West African descendants) come from multiple matriarchal societies.
@@obatalaosun2222 I just wanna go home someday man, I can figure out my origins when I get there 👍🏿
thats the truth right here.. she said "back to africa types." just hate africa is basically what this is REALLY about. i bet you praise jesus though huh?
She a “Jesus Freak” won’t he do it
Fam. This brother is off! Actually they believe black woman is God. Guess he don't knew about Ma'at def should do more research
I almost didn't realize that this was the Root. If you follow any of this, please. please. Please. Wake up.
Oh man if you ever experience Hotep on the internet let me tell you, the moronic takes that they have were barely touched in this video. Be prepared
This needed more in depth coverage. I felt like I got the stereotypes surrounding some Hoteps. Is it a self-identifier versus an actual organization?
Do a more thorough dissection. And yes DWP brought me here.
I remember a brother in college (eons ago) using the phrase a lot but I wouldn't have described him in this matter. I'm wondering if the identity started was co-opted by other people or evolved into this malignant form.
I'm not for exclusionary Blackness nor trading one form of oppression for another because it has a nicer face.
Wowwww! thankyou for this explainaition! I just realized I've been living in a SEA of Punjabi Hoteps! wowww! I am shook! I was so confused about why I kept meeting so many men of color who were very radically pro-their specific identity and yet believed in some regressive ass bull shit. This explains it all
Wow. Punjabi hoteps. Who would thunk it?
Imagine what would egyptians think when they realize they've been associated with racists from all around the world 😂😂
Punjabi hoteps? What? Are they like, Sikh nationalists? Do they over-glorify the Sikh Empire's achievements or something like that?
@@obatalaosun2222 they don’t exist this girl is just upset with Punjabis(her name itself is Punjabi) and makes up nonesense
Nobody in Punjab cares about Egypt. Too worried about their own issues
lmaooo a beard with no mustache
Hotep Jesus is a better example than this.
This video is teeming with factual and logical errors, one of them is the claim that the original meaning of the Egyptian word Hotep is "peace", it absolutely isn't, it's not peace as the non-warrious state btw people or countries but peace as in "to be at peace" meaning "being satisfied".
If Damon Young of Very Smart Brothas(VSB) is smart about something, it is definitely not this topic. Some of the attributes given to the label "Hoteps" are distasteful and should be called out on their own merits, or lack there of. Summarily dismissing a segment of the black population, who are interested in solving the problems in the black community, by labeling them and consequently disregarding everything they have to say is ignorant AF. Black folk need all hands on deck....AND the space to have respectful sharing and challenging of ideas, so that we can address the serious issues in our community. This attack on "Hoteps" is apart of a legacy of internalized oppression steeped in attacking those black folk who think its crazy to keep living according to the normalized insanity we call society. Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, the real MLK, etc would have all probably been considered Hoteps by folks who had something to lose when the system is exposed or challenged... Guys like Damon Young got attention in this system for being "A Very Smart Brotha" while Black folk who outright challenge oppression were diagnosed as "Drapetomanics" and labeled insane for not having it. Regarding this video and the disdain its sentiment represents......WE WILL NOT HAVE IT OOOOO!
Very well said. Thank you for the history lesson. I Googled "Drapetomanics" and the Wikipedia is quite interesting.
Dude used a parody movie for his example. The video lose creditably, not calling it by it full name.
He didn't lose shit if it was an accurate representation. Try again.✌🏼
@@Lady-Evonne77 Yeah. 'Don't be a Menace' is a cult classic
@@Lady-Evonne77 an accurate description of the worst type of people who desire to reconnect with their African roots. Videos like this makes the whole idea of reconnecting to your roots distasteful to the “in-crowd” by generalizing the people who wants in the worst way possible. But then everybody wanna be African when American institutions like the justice system fail us by not convicting, George Zimmerman, the cops who killed Breonna Taylor, or any other cop who got off scot-free after killing an AFRICAN American. I don’t get it. 🤷🏾♂️
It's sad that you would take Imhotep possibly the smartest man who ever lived and use his name like this.
Imhotep-he who comes in peace
The Greek physician Hippocrates is known as the father of modern medicine, but a Black Egyptian, Imhotep was practicing medicine and writing on the subject 2,200 years before Hippocrates.
He was worshipped as a god of medicine in both Egypt and Greece, where he was equated with Asclepias, and his cult reached its zenith in Greco-Roman times.
If you're gonna get it wrong, get it right.
Ancient Egyptians were never sub saharan blacks. Stop trying to steal Egyptian history.
@@gustavusadolphus1915
According to African Historian, Dr. Ben Jochannan, the ancient Egyptians clearly defined their African origin in the papyrus of Hunefer, ‘We came from the beginning of the Nile where God-Hapi dwells, at the foothills of the mountain of the Moon.’ Dr. Ben Jochannan’s interpretation of this ancient record, ‘The mountain of the moon,’ identifies Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro (a Kenya-based Ki Swahili word created by the indigenous Africans) and or Uganda’s ‘Rwenzori Mountain.’ The Egyptians originated in Africa, south of the Sahara. Recent diggings and artifacts throughout Meroe, Ta-Nehisi, Itiopi, all of these [places] south of Egypt, have further supported the southern origin of the Egyptians, black, white, red, brown or Technicolor.
@@bakhembrutalknowledge something I learned from debating Hoteps is that there is no poibt in showing u evidence about egyptian dna and tje fact that they were never black. Ben was no scholar, he faked all his degrees and never had wrote any scientific article. Read about inferiority complex and try to heal your self esteem. Egypt is not the cure that u look for.
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Your emotions mean nothing.
@@bakhembrutalknowledge are u denying your westafrican roots? What is your opinion on Sierra Leone and Ghana?
When Damon Young stops tones switching and shucking we can talk black people
Wow! Pleeeease, if you believe anything, don't let it be this video. This video grossly, and sadly misrepresented what a "hoteper" is. Firstly, there's no group of people identifying as a hotep, let's make that clear for those who may have thought otherwise. To call someone a hotep is like a diss to what some may call "woke/conscious" black people, who are greatly invested in African history (especially Ancient Egypt, hence the word hotep, which simply means peace), cultural preservation, African spirituality, and African progress. Even other "woke/ conscious" people call one another a Hoteper, because it's kind of regarded to those who only like to engage in debates and discussions about what needs to be done in the black community, and how great we once were, but not do anything progressive in the real world; that's when someone is usually called a hoteper. To call someone a Hotep is the equivalent of calling someone who is a real devout Christian, a "Holy-Rolly." It came about from when these specific brothers AND sisters greet each other in peace, they say, "Hotep." Basically, it's a small diss. Now, this video, much like that BS ass show, "Dear White People", essentially attacked strong, black male warriors. BOTH men and women can be called a "Hotep", to be clear. In that episode of Dear White People, they made a logical, sensible brother seem like a hate filled, irrational, conspiracy theorist, who is not worthy to be taken serious, even though he made the most sense. Much like Kilmonger was done in the film, "Black Panther". And it's all because of the gay agenda. NOTICE in the show, the turning point came when the strong, black "Hotep" brother said the dreadful three letter word, "FAG". Oh, that's when it ALL started to make "sense" to the girl. Funny, the show's creator is a gay, black male. Hoteps don't align their beliefs with homosexuality. Still don't think the show, AND this episode is an attack? Lol, ok. PS, I am NOT what someone would call a Hotep.
Thank you
Thank you for breaking it down to the very last compound for these simpsters. This so-called 'very smart brotha' Damon showed low degrees of study and intelligence on this subject. Sisters need to watch out for simps wearing corny pandering shirts like this, they are as bad worse than so-called "no-teps".
This is very ignorant and totally disrespectful. It's not about being pro-black...if you're probably black your not a true practitioner. This guy is corny.
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Charcoal hotep
1:57 is it okay to be pro white though?
@lavishlysara no I mean in today's society. I never did any of those things.
No such thing as a “hoteps”...... he truly doesn’t know what Hotep really means.........no one can be a “Hotep”. Y’all need to stop trying to use words in an offensive manner when you don’t even understand the term, it’s use and origin.
Ok hotep
Hoteps take pride in being self-sufficient, working, masculine black men. There is a blue-collarness to Hoteps that the elite class finds distasteful, but that is classism.
Just because they don’t drink your cool-aid doesn’t make them haters.
No. Try again.
Taurus 03 Do tell. My comment reflects my observation of the Hotep ideal. They’re not woke enough for you?
@@whiskyguzzler982 They are so 'pro-Black' until it comes to Black women, the Black members of the LGBTQ+ community, and everything else. They say everything is racist and get into hour-long arguments about the minutiae of Egyptology and African philosophy, but have little understanding of science or basic history. And last time I checked, hoteps are *Black,* so what are you? Do you honestly think you should be speaking on this?
Taurus 03 The belief that a person must be of a certain race, sex, gender, or sexuality is to express their opinion on a subject that plainly affects our whole society is bigotry. I’m fine with my support of independent men, even if they are Black and I’m not.
Well said bruva. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ill never be able to get 2:19 back. Sounds like a biased opinion to me. This is some dangerous rhetoric to spew.
This is not accurate. Yes, most Hoteps say ignorant shit, but not all! The one of the many benefits of Hoteps is that they LOVE BLACK WOMEN MORE THAN THEMSELVES! Also some, NOT ALL are great teachers! This clip hurts more than helps to explain pro-blackness because it make s black people who love and have knowledge of their culture as fake!
SO BASICALLY HE JUST DESCRIBED NICK CANNON.
Thank youuuuu. Cuz everyone loves using that word on Twitter and I was lost lowkey. Well done!
I got called a hotep for disagreeing with a lady bout a touchy subject, I said if you date outside your out of hate for on your part of that’s a problem
*0:18* Brother why u using a white cream on ur beautiful black skin. The darker the berry the sweater the juice!
A vat of ash 💀💀💀
Thanks for this explanation. Sidebar: Damon - where did you get your top from?
simp trap, gotcha!
It seems like this dude mad a "mockery" of what a Hotep is....still would like to know what one is, from a serious perspective.
Check out hotep jesus on TH-cam, they do live streams thursdays and it’s black men who are unapologetic this whole video was bias and distorted.
Hoteps BEEN Told You......
On Hoteps!
So basically Hoteps are black conservative. if Alex Jones was black , he would be considered Hotep ?
Ron Goldstein black conservatives are Not hoteps. If you want to see black conservatives theyre on youtube and they arent on some conspiracy theory nonsense or claiming black woman is god or fetishizing ancient Egypt.
Yes, but only if he was into Egypt and stuff.
Black conservatives want to cooperate with American system hoteps fight against it.
Video shoulda been called " Condescending brotha tries and fails to accurately define Hotep "
Exactly!
Real shit that was a terrible explanation. Hotep are not anti women, that is absolutely retarded. I personally know a Hotep and they love all black people and want to uplift black people in any way...this includes black women.
Note that 'The Root' is owned by The Man... Lol
This brotha obviously isn’t that smart
Hope people see this comment. This guy either has no idea wtf he's talking about or he's intentionally being disingenuous. I truly hope it's the former
I'll assume this is 90% satirical. Otherwise, you've made a very disappointed brotha out of me with this propaganda of misinformation.
Opinionated Male Smart Men Rock Exactly what this is
Why are straight Black men under attack, VSB, and the Root has declared war on the older brothers.
You people accept this meaning of Hotep from guy who wears a shirt that says " I love bougie black GIRLS." RIDICULOUS
People don't realize that the Nazis were doing nearly the exact same history revisionist/race-based mysticism as the bedrock of their movement. And look how that turned out.
"Nah man, my ancestors weren't random tribes united by the Roman Empire. My ancestors were a race of powerful sorcerer kings called Aryans! The Vikings, they were Aryan! Thor? Super Aryan. I'm pretty sure Jesus was Aryan too!"
Just absolute nonsense
Strange considering Egyptians are not black.
I’m glad to know I wasn’t the only one who had no clue what Joelle meant by hotep 🤣 but I’m still left a bit confused, this video didn’t give me a real sense of what hotep is.
Karen Cruz it’s not a thing per se - nobody goes around identifying as one. He’s just referring to bigoted people, which could show up in any religion or culture. Particularly he is referring to and tragically amalgamating Black consciousness and African spiritual thinking with the problematic bigotry that exists in many cultures and religions across the world. There are many who viably distrust the government and believe in African spiritual principles who try intentionally to not be hypocritical in their actions. And those, like in every walk of life, who are. He’s essentially taking the whole lot of the woke down with him in this simp-ass, pro-hegemonic explanation of Black consciousness.
i dunno how accurate all that was honestly
I work with a hotep. He believes in the fermerment and that his people are Israelites. He preaches to anyone that will listen and gets frustrated when people don't listen. He is pro black sure but made fun of the people from tech support for having Indian accents. Like how is that not racist? He also said women don't know how to work on cars.
No that’s not a hotep. Israelites are anti Egypt
I WASNT EVEN LOOKING FOR THIS, I watch Dear White People last night and was so confused as to what it was so it’s such a huge coincidence that this popped up on my timeline rn
That didn’t explain anything