George the Poet on youth violence, representation, and limitations of government
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2019
- George Mpanga, better known by his stage name George the Poet, began his career as a rapper, but after feeling constrained by the form, he moved into poetry and now podcasting. His show 'Have You Heard George's Podcast' swept the board at the British Podcast Awards for its unique interrogation of social injustice. He talks to Krishnan about the epidemic of youth violence within communities like his, and why the government may not be able to change it in his lifetime.
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Even just talking it’s like he’s performing poetry, so much passion, articulate and so much intelligence. love you George!!
Such an Intelligent and powerful King. Your voice is truly needed Brother 💯
George and Akala are on a next level
He terrible mind you you'd probably say im a good musician LOL
I agree with you Mic
@@LeroyThompson462 Salutes King 💯
He seems like a spiritually and intellectually enlightened guy. Lovely to hear him speak!
Yes. He was great on question time last year
@@gbemiayi9210 he was terrible on question time!! but hes quite good here!!
@@rahulkemp8347 send us a link to your question time episode please! We’d love to see how much better you did!
I simply adore this young man. I would be the most proudest mother if you were my son. Continue your quest. Your perspective is amazing. I know St Raphael where you grew up very well. Stay strong and walk tall. We will all with you to hold you up.
This is brilliant. George's finger is absolutely on the pulse. G'warn, my bredda!
Yes James he does
Thank you Krishnan for your excellent questions and responses. Thank you George the Poet for your wonderfully eloquent and well thought out answers, for you are not hiding, you are not angry or aggressive, or even blaming others. It is as it is and it is complicated. Yet you manage with your smiling eyes to disentangle the web and the trap which time has made. My heart is full when I listen to your words, whilst my heart weeps for those that kill and those that are killed. Well done! For not weeping. Or maybe you do. Thank you for being here.
When he said his mum speaks better English then most people he knows... I know 100000% I believe him on that
Love All Trust None *than not then. Maybe his mum can teach you a thing or two :)
Wayne Gouro 😅🙏🏻
There are some serious ideas raised in this discussion
I really enjoyed listening to this.
Fascinatingly brilliant.
GEORGE MPANGA IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. WE MUST PROTECT HIM AT ALL COSTS.
Amen
what a gem. 54 minutes of the same dude who made the most blind mowing podcast ever to date. ET my friend. Love you mate! - @PublicPoemProject
Thought Provoking. I’m a huge fan of George the Podcast. Doing my best to share the Conversation.
Same here
One of my favourite interviews on the state of current affairs for working class black people in England. Very very interesting.
God willing, new generation an have a chance to change the world coz of their outlook of the future, T hey are next generation to role the country, 🔮👍❤️🙋
Yeah right
Keep dreaming of change
What change
Big lovefest of nirvana & cherebum
Prison system school system they are all businesses why would they want things to change when the business plan is to capitalise on those who will end up excluded or on the pipeline to prison
Heavy!
Heavy but powerful Courtney
@@LeroyThompson462 Very aware of the history and politics that have engineered the society we live in.
I am with George on this , watch Forbidden recalls on You Tube . It will prove his points
They are accomplishing their mission
Courtney I agree with you
why so few views???!
most white people are working hard.....we don't have time for this self indulgent whinging
Good question
+1
(So much more to say but not enough space here to say it.)
The same story being told by George ,I remember Muhammad Ali as the only successful Blackman with a voice on tv.The 5% will never get the same platform as the 95%.Attaining the goals we can attain will be the worth of ones life.
@@saulwest8254 5 % Uk.
it's interesting how he said he doesn't feel pressured to change anything in this lifetime considering he went to cambridge, the correlation is he went to a white institution to be educated by a bunch of old internally racist white people and he came out with this mindset, it's almost like his passion for change and the "anger" he felt when he left home just got tranquillised and muted and he returned home feeling like the onus is not on him.
L A He is great but I have to agree with you. To say you are liberated that the pressure isn’t on you to create or see change in your lifetime seems almost pessimistic. Yes things do look bleak but there is every chance of change and we must hold onto that chance and push forward with all we have, for the younger generations to watch and have something greater to build from
Cherry Chezza exactly, and considering humanity has been through far bleaker times than this and still you had individuals who sacrificed their lives for change, this guy doesn’t seem like he has the passion or even the know-how to spark a change
L A L A Some part of me makes me feel like that is what he tells himself because he hasn’t created the change he wants to see. I believe there are teachers, commentators, observers and creators in this world. We need more original creators, teachers and like you said, passion !
@@LA-ue2ph Worry about your own third world countries first, then you can focus on improving the first world.👍
@@LA-ue2ph That wasn't how I interpreted what he said. After all, if he didn't feel the urge to work towards change, he wouldn't even be talking about these issues in public. When he said, at 21:17, "nothing's going to change in my generation, possibly not in my lifetime," it sounded to me like he was just saying that it's going to take decades of work to solve these problems, and hence that "the conversation must continue" (as he said shortly afterwards). It didn't sound to me like he was saying that he's lost his passion for working towards change. He described what he considers to be the only realistic solution from 32:45 onwards, when he talked about change having to come from within the community, beginning with "building up our articulation of the trauma and the disarray that our young people find" themselves in. Based on this interview, it sounds to me like the ways in which he's trying to contribute to change are by using his platform to build understanding, and to push for the kinds of solutions that we as a community can create for ourselves (even if it takes many generations to fully realise them). Maybe he could do more than this. Maybe he is doing more, and I'm just not aware of it. But we all have to play our part, based on our respective strengths, as change can't come from one person.
This guy is brillant!!! One day he will be a PRESIDENT
We need such an intelligent individual in the US rap industry
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What do you think about the British Native Poor, same as...
Makwande mntakwethu
Every time he says the white people government 😂 true talk
@Tom Johnson he wouldn't complain...he would be too busy basking in the glory of being white (mzungu), in communities that look at him like a god., that give him undue respect. Fly over to Uganda my friend, you want to come back.
It's a known fact historically african people did not immigrate to Briton - I'll leave that there it's a long story (you can research) history matters what he speaks on are matters faced by the black British culture and black culture all over the world. Also it is also a fact he made a career out of being a spoken word / poet and writer then he used his platform / status to raise awareness on issues that affects his culture and the experience of his cultures 🙏 . If a son of white British immigrants is grown in Uganda and wants to raise awareness of issues affecting him and people of his culture that's ok too. However in my opinion it depends on the circumstances. Is he there facing things because he chooses to live there or it's something which is not a choice? And I'm he will have a different experience based on the worlds norms - when it comes to social conditioning, skin complexion, status and so forth. Having said that everyone's experience is different I am not them so I wouldnt know - however i consider the experience of others. Statements I've made about George and about African history are facts. You see @Tom johnson critically speaking in my opinion it's not about dealing with what the (ifs) its about the what is as this is a profound truth in its self #loveandlight
@Tom Johnson
Remember I said (historically) and also that (you can research) there are so many levels to answer your question, there is so much information out there and not all information is relevant to answer your question but the video linked here touches on what I was referring to 🙏 th-cam.com/video/rSMBLp41cSY/w-d-xo.html
As said before there are different levels to respond to your question and reasons why people arrived in Britian at different times throughout out history. As there are many different routes of arrival, I was referring to and speaking in the context and the times of slavery so it was not a choice at that time. There are many other ways the black community arrived in Britain - some people were born in Britain to parents already here and others some people descended from the first British man who was already here, some as a choice for various reasons.
British people are descendants of a black man who lived 10,000 years ago - www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/first-modern-britons-dark-black-skin-cheddar-man-dna-analysis-reveals
So who arrived in Britan first is another research - im not a historian but it's a research away 🙏 it defo was not Europeans as we know them from this article.
He's got some cheek scrutinizing the UK considering his parents hail from Uganda. Least his Victim complex gives him some material.
Saul West The government is an extremely fickle establishment built upon failed promises, contradictions and blatant lies. I’d say 99% of us feel like a victim, regardless of heritage, race, gender, age etc. Think about it...the present is his muse, he’ll never run out of material. I take my hat off to George, a level playing field is all he wants and he’s making people (young ones in particular) think, in a way that is much more digestible and relevant in comparison to the typical political scene.
He's British though...
@@k-t5443 His parents chose to come to Britain. I wonder how British people would be treated in Uganda?
@@saulwest8254 Ok but he's a British citizen. I don't know how they would be treated, do you think if it were bad would it then mean it that what he has experienced was somehow justified? From the little I know, i don't believe Uganda has a history of mass forced migration and enslavement of humans and classed, by law, only as property therefore non-human.
@@k-t5443 would a British person moving to Uganda receive free healthcare, free housing, child benefit/tax credits, free education, minimum wage, unemployment benefits and much more including modern technological advancements? Won't bother mentioning Ugandan child slavery or the Ugandan genocide.
Krishnan is the wrong guy for this
Never saw so many coloured people in one place.
Ha ha, channel 4 have the pick of the finest anti white Activist, s
@Norma- come to tooting! ther's 10000s of us!!!
And by using the term "coloured",in this day and age highlights what George is on about, shame on u!💊
Channel 4 are on a constant mission to try to make Whitey hate hinself.