The line I love most is "Just because it's true doesn't mean that it's right." It seems superficial but taken out of context can be really deep (heck, taken in context it can be true). I like how Trevor Noah describes privilege, and I think it makes it easier to understand. It's not like here have all this, it's like a golf handicap. You still have to play and you might suck but you still have a better start point. (Go look up his video on it, im not doing it justice)
@@natetbag "Bud", location location location. In the United States, cis white heterosexual men hold the most power. This is imperically proven from a number of studies in a number of ways going back decades. Privelege is based on community but macro communities matter, not just neighborhoods. In Saudi Arabia, is there white privilege? Idk, but I do know the Saudi are at the top of the privilege pyramid there. In Iraq, Muslims hold the power and Christian communities are persecuted. Here, secular presenting (but if asked, Christian) hold privilege while Muslims are one of the most persecuted religious groups in America (as are Jewish people and Sikh, often because they are mistaken for Muslims because apparently turbans are a staple of Islam? Um no). Privilege is a mercurial thing that presents more in the lack of than in the having. A woman walking down a street might worry about safety if a man is behind her, or if she's waiting alone at a bus stop. Do men worry so often of attack/assault? Most reply no. If a hijabi is waiting alone at that bus stop, she has a whole other set of fears on top of the ones women usually have. Hijabis have been targets of attack for 20 years (probably longer, but from my personal knowledge of attacks and rises in violence, I know mainly about post 9/11). You can argue further, but unless it's in good faith, I won't respond. Please keep safe in these times and find peace.
@@palpablenotion I already proved that white heterosexual men hold the most power. If they did, we’d make the most money and have the best jobs, when we don’t. Your studies almost definitely don’t compare to actual governmental data that I use almost exclusively when arguing. Women shouldn’t fear walking alone at night because they are much less likely to be attacked by men. Despite the lies that say “one in every five women are raped”, the women’s health organization says otherwise. They claim that there are 5.5 million violent crimes committed against women including sexual assault and rape yearly on report, do the actual and find that that means as a woman born in America you have a 3% chance of getting assaulted or harmed via violent crime in your entire life and that is ROUNDED UP. Need I say more. Also I am constantly hearing gay people come out about how they get more hostility froM LGBT than anyone else. I don’t want to here it.
‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality seems like oppression.’ … and … ‘There will always be someone who has it worse, but that does not mean your emotions and feelings are irrelevant.’
@@grayskindablue do you not see basically everyone agreeing with the song? Why is it all of a sudden "just satire" as soon as someone disagrees with it?
@@grayskindablue do you not see basically everyone agreeing with the song? Why is it all of a sudden "just satire" as soon as someone disagrees with it?
I don't know if anyone pointed it out or if you noticed is post but Bo says "The American Education System having a racial bias? No way *_Joseph_* !" as opposed how it's normally said, "No way José".
I really enjoy the formatting of the way you cover this special. Most reaction channels do only the songs in no particular order and don't get the full experience. Thank you for your content!
Couldn’t agree more! Definitely enjoying this format and can’t wait for the rest of the special. I like the in between parts being included and that’s the only thing I’d have added to the Inside experience. Love the reactions and analyses.
It is like the difference between listening to a few songs, as opposed to listening to an entire album. There is so much additional context that gets missed.
"I know I might upset some people with my take on these issues" -Gives the most sensible take that aligns with facts Love your videos man, I'm glad I subscribed :)
Well, they are certainly exaggerated issues from the perspective portrayed here. So in that sense, not really sensible or aligning with facts, but more so with hyperbolic anecdotes that align more with feelings about the issues rather than what’s actually happened. It’s saying that one race seems to have it much harder, that being black people, yet almost all the evidence points the other way. More white people on welfare, more white people homeless, more white people shot by police, rates of single motherhood are going up faster in whites family homes, more white people on drugs. Yet nobody shouts that this is because the US is systemically racist against white people.
@@TJ-lh7xg Actually no, even adjusting for population the stats line up, police are more likely to be aggressive and/or shoot white people. A higher percentage of black peoples per their population are on welfare, but almost all of them are in big Democrat ran blue cities where that’s the status quo, whereas most white welfare recipients are in Red rural areas, like Oklahoma or Arkansas or Alabama. Cost of living is dirt cheap in these areas so the only real explanation for this phenomenon is poor life choices. But if I were left leaning, I might start shouting that the system is rigged against white people since they still fail a lot even when there’s no institution that you could see actively holding them back. That good ol anti white systemic racism. Or I could be reasonable and say that if you make poor life decisions, you get poor life outcomes. And vice versa for good life decisions. Luck and external factors will always be things you can find along the way, and some people might be born with a head start. But none of that in the US is based on skin color, it’s all based on where you grow up, how you were raised, and what life lessons you were taught. That’s your foundation for life.
@@WafleEnterprises Friend, I don’t usually get involved because a lot of the time it’s like talking to a brick wall- and I’m only responding because you sound like a reasonable person who will actually be willing to consider new information. Yes, more white people are shot by police than any other race, etc. But there are also more white people in America. If all of these problems were spread evenly among all the various racial identities in the US, the percentages should perfectly reflect the percentage breakdown of the population. If white people make up 59.3% of the population (as of 2021), they should also make up 59.3% of fatal police shootings, 59.3% of people experiencing homelessness, 59.3% of xyz. That would be fair. However, that isn’t the reality. White people make up about 49% of fatal police shootings, which is far less than the “fair” 59.3%. Black people make up around 12.6% of the population in the US. It would be “fair” if they made up 12.6% of fatal police shootings. Instead, the make up around 24% of fatal police shootings. That is way more than their “fair share.” It’s easy for politicians and others with power to show only the raw data to convince citizens that there’s no systemic racism. We have to look at proportions or we won’t see the unfairness.
I 100% agree with what you said during your first pause. As a straight, white male, that doesn't make me immune to issues. I have my struggles. But it's an entirely separate topic to people that face injustice on the daily. And I also benefit from my position, so stuff is inherently a bit easier for me. You can be vocal about the stuff you struggle with, but that should not silence the voices of those less privileged.
@@AllTheArtsy yea, and also usually a personal relationship kind of thing. Example: I have two Jewish friends that use and don't mind the use of "Jew" and others that do, so I respect the preference of the person to which I am speaking and er on the side of caution if unknown. (Same with the word crazy ect being used around or towards me, it's my word to claim or ban for myself) I do not think that "the blacks" ever falls into this category however. I know there's some wobbling on "black folk" because to some it's a racial slight and to others it's just regular vocab. (I was raised in an area that uses folk for black and white people, which is the only reason it came to mind, however I know some regions where "white folk" isn't used yet the congruent term is) I guess basically I'm saying respect peoples' verbal boundaries? And remember to code switch if you have a friend that uses terms that are dicey with strangers. Between my queer peers, my church community, my family, and my friends, im code switching all the time.
@@natetbag because that's what the black community, not as a monolith, but has repeatedly through varying communities, voiced. Individual people might feel different but I defer to the plurality and not singularity. That's what tends to be appropriate in society. Privately, say what you want, you know how you mean it. But understand why it's taken differently in public sometimes/often.
@@palpablenotion I’ve never heard a African American person enjoy the term person of color. Should we stop calling them that? I think they’d prefer to just be called people.
Right. My question was more would they rather be preferred to as black people as opposed to African Americans like bo was suggesting, not “the blacks”. Just wanted to make that part clear.
Part of the problem is the “the” itself. It’s a distancing, othering, and lumping mechanism. See any trump speech about how “the blacks”, “the gays”, “the Muslims” love him etc etc etc. Now flip it and try it on (while understanding that the power dynamic doesn’t change so this isn’t a perfect reversal). When do you hear “the whites” or “the straights” or “the males”. It’s linguistically cold and disenfranchising and always used by dominant groups when talking to each other ABOUT a repressed group. So much so that it doesn’t even sound off to our ears that have grown accustomed to it.
@@ChrisReactsToThings I know one objection to African Americans is that not all black people have ancestral roots in Africa. There are other problems too, but I'm not well versed enough to explain them adequately.
@@ChrisReactsToThings African American is actually more offensive tbh. Black has no negative connotation. But you may call a Jamaican American African American, and that would be incorrect.
Hands down my favorite channel covering Bo since his blow up on Inside. I love your insight and the way each video is playing out. One of my most looked forwarded videos to see daily now, thank you for moving on to Make Happy.
It's definitely a concern. Laughing while facing the mic, versus laughing while pointing directly at the mic are two very different things. In one, laughter will be loud; in the other, it will start to sound like you're speeding down the highway with your head out the window, if that air hits the diaphragm directly. Keeping the mic... or the face... slightly off-axis, or putting a pop-filter on it, is better for everybody's eardrums. Though a pop-filter would ruin the aesthetic with that really purdy mic.
I’m definitely conscious of it since I’m monitoring the mic output myself. Will have to figure something out. A pop filter will be too bulky and a windscreen definitely would take away from the aesthetic of the mic haha.
Continuing to enjoy your channel. In an interview, Bo was asked what his favorite piece of original music was and he said the red lit break in this song.
One of the best analogies I've heard and maybe you'll be able to use this too is "Imagine the suburbs, all houses are important, but the house that is on fire, is more important to save."
Basically the message he’s sending (and the meaning of “white privilege” in general) is that sure, straight white men have problems. But your gender, sexuality, and skin color do not ADD TO your problems nor are they the cause of your problems, which is solely the case for straight white men. Also, the “salt and vinegar” bit with the audience is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen 😂
I love that your whole reaction was sensible and honest and then you say calmly “ hope i didn’t offend and if you are a racist asshole, get the fuck out of my channel” 😂 ❤️
You were very thoughtful in how you expressed your opinions! Great reaction again, and I love that you're watching the bits in between too, because that adds a lot to the songs and the overall impact of the special. Looking forward to the rest.
Another great reaction. So glad you’re continuing with Bo. Also love that you’re including the bits in between the songs too. Keep it up! Edit: Also, I don’t really know that much about how TH-cam hashtags work, but I notice you don’t have the #reaction or #boburnhamreaction tags on this. Might help with discoverability? Or not, like I said I’m no expert I just noticed other reactions tend to have those tags.
Just a bit of context. In one of his earlier stand ups an audience member shouts “I love you” and he says “no you don’t you just love the idea of me, it’s a par-asocial relationship that is ultimately destructive, but please keep buying all my shit forever”, (not the exact quote haha I can’t remember it fully) I think when it happened again in this special he was genuinely annoyed.
Its a lot of fun to wath you going through bo's preformances in reverse order. Your pointing out little things i hadnt seen before, which makes me super excited to take this journy with you reguardless how many times i have already and with so many other you-tubers back when it was newer. Keep up the wonderful work.
I was expecting to click off hearing the disclaimer and knowing you said you're from the Midwest, but what a pleasant surprise. Much love fam and well done on the mature, nuanced take. Keep killin it dude!
"I love you!" "No you fucking don't" "I love the idea of you!" I'm in for like... What, a minute? I'm one minute into the video and I'm already half laughing, half pondering THE IDEA of Bo, this philosophical curveball she tried to throw at him!
I love that you brought this up, but that heckler who said “I love the idea of you!” was actually REFERENCING the audio recording of his previous special What., where there was another heckler who said “I love you,” to which Bo replied and explained that they loved the IDEA of him. Idk how many people get that reference but it’s just a fun little fact!
i feel like what bo was trying to say is that it's not that straight white men don't have problems. of course they do. it's just that their problems and struggles don't have anything to do with their sexuality, skin color, or gender also i hope you get well soon and get the rest you need 🙏🏻
I like your take on this, its like what i heard from a ted talk. "'you cant be sad, someone has it worst' but if thats what you say, does that mean 'you cant be happy because someone has it better'"
I love how he interacts with hecklers and shouts from the audience. Probably didn't help his anxiety. The best description I've heard for the blm v blue is that blm isn't saying anyone else's lives don't matter, but there's an unspoken "also" because in there. It's a reminder that omg we should not need but society was made for specific axes of power (straight, white, male is the intersection of three such axes). Your comments are still pretty thoughtful, as is the ushe. If anyone is offended by them, well, you said gtfo. Idk if its last years protests that made you focus on the white axis he discusses, but non cis men and non straight people are also being nodded at. Just look at Texas' newest law deputizing the public to control the body of those who are pregnant. The whole bathroom bill thing a few years ago that fell out of the public eye (unfun fact, men *have* attacked women in bathrooms... they don't pretend to be trans they just burst in) etc. Etc. Etc. But I get why talking about these subjects in general give you pause. Feels a little preachy or like you're talking over people, right? So far, I think you're doing good 👍
i think there have been one or two cases of men who at least claimed to be trans in order to be in women's bathrooms to attack women (and i'm pretty sure they were also found to be wildly mentally ill with a history of violence) , but i can think of more republican politicians getting caught doing inidecent shit in public bathrooms and nobody's trying to ban them from using public bathrooms.
@@ISavant I haven't heard of specific cases where they claimed they were trans to get into a bathroom (I also haven't heard of men getting caught and claiming it was why they're there, which seems way more plausible than bathrooms having mysterious sentries we don't know about). I do remember a case that I think took place in Central Park? Idr exactly, but it was a bathroom off a jogging path and pretty remote and a man put on a dress and wig, walked into the bathroom, and hid there. That was as much about obscuring his identity on cameras and such as anything. But that's what-about-ism. (Not saying thats what you're doing, just that that's the bathroom bill culture) Have men disguised themselves in varying ways including cross dressing in order to better harm women? So often it's revolting. But by the time a transwoman feels more comfortable using her bathroom, you know she's done transition work (and I dont necessarily mean surgical - social transitioning is very hard and so few companies even have HR plans for a worker who transitions that we congratulate the ones that do for not allowing systemic harassment -_- ). Plus there's also transmen who usually get forgotten and I think we can all agree it takes courage to use a urinal if you haven't had surgery (and yes transmen do have ways of doing this). I'd be interested in knowing about the cases you're talking about. Technically, a decade ago, claiming to be a gender not assigned at birth was considered a mental illness. I'd just like to know what wildly mentally ill means here as traditionally, unless it's very specific circumstances like certain psychotic breaks for example, the mentally ill are far more likely yo be the victims in situations. Obviously that's not always the case, I just prefer clarity on these points. If you don't remember specifics, its fine. The hiking bathroom guy might even be one of those you're thinking of, he's the most prominent case when you search man attacks woman in public bathroom. Or he was when I looked it up. Anyway. If I haven't lost you, yea, holier than thous get caught using pick up/hook up spots all the time. And the thing is these hook up spots wherein anonymity is more common, let's put it that way, are usually only around because they closed down red light districts (if you're at all interested in the queer and kink communitys' history, as historically upon a time kink safe spaces were the only queer safe spaces, check out Time Square Red Time Square Blue. It talks a bit about when Time Square had the XXX theaters which were one of the few safer places for queer people especially men, it also touches on the amount of young queer people who needed to resort to prostitution and the types of places like the Stonewall Inn. There's a saying in the community that "The first pride was a riot." and its about the riot that took place there when police tried to roust queer people staying there and it all became violent.) Sorry for the rant I just love this topic. It took me until the day my dad died this past February to come out to him - he was in a vegetative state - and then for some reason I just blurted it out to my mom when we got home (I'm literally 3 days younger than Bo Burnham, but I'm also disabled so I lived with my parents and now just my mom). I've literally been studying it all half my life because I couldn't even admit it til 7 years ago. Bo brings weird topics out of discussions.
@@palpablenotion oh no, I'm saying that it's an objection raised by the right, but it's so vanishingly rare that pretending trans women are an actual threat to cis women is a waste of time and serves only to justify transphohia. And on top of that I don't care enough to dig up information on them anyway because I absolutely believe trans women, who are indeed women, should be able to use public restrooms
People’s problems are relative, and you’re right there are bigger things out there and those who have it objectively worse. The human experience is universal. I’m an Asian American but I know plenty of white friends and family who struggle like everyone else. It’s a complex issue.
With the blacks not wanting to be called the blacks, I think during that time there was some talk from online saying that calling someone black wasn't politically correct and to call them African American but people quickly realized that was stupid and not every black person in America had African roots. Some people were from Jamaica and such.
Other way around. Black Americans have roots in American history. African Americans can include black Americans, Afrocarribeann Americans, literally from Africa Americans, and Afrolatinx Americans. Do you remember during the election how there were issues with calling Kamala Harris black? Thats why. She's African (specifically AfroCarribean) American (and obviously Indian American/Asian American).
Also the "African Americ-doesn't work the rhythm" line, you got it, most time goes over people's heads. Side note as a non American I never got the salt and vinegar joke. Can someone explain??
Funny how in your reaction, YOU felt like you had to be careful how you worded your reaction! Good ol' Bo. Your reactions will be very different watching this special AFTER Inside. If you'd seen it before, it would have been just simply funny and clever. We didn't overthink it.😊
@@ChrisReactsToThings I totally get it, it's Crazy out there!!!!!🤣 but just enjoy the special! Bo Burnham's fantastic! And you're excellent at your job,too!
@@ChrisReactsToThings when you said you wanted to watch your words I was expecting some redpill bullshit, and was like "why's he even watching bo burnham if that's the case"
Sure, but an effort to be mindful is never a wasted effort imo, so kudos to him for putting that into practice. After all, it is really easy to fall into the reactionary mindset, especially since social media is kinda engineered to encourage that mindset and behavior.
I know i’m late af to this, but gotta say, thanks for not being afraid to like, voice your opinion and talk about something that some people find controversial. I never thought it would be n issue, but i’ve seen so many reactors be afraid to even mention words related to controversial topics because they don’t want to risk offending someone or alienating possible viewers. And when I see that it just makes me think either they are more concerned with not alienating anyone and don’t want to even take a stand on anything. Or worse, they know that their views are actually racist or bad and dont want to expose themselves. Either way, it makes them feel waaaayy less honest and makes me want to see them much less.
"When it comes to equality you can't compare [group a] with [group b]" uh.. Yes you can? That's what equality means. If you can't compare them, then they are not equal and you aren't trying to make them equal, you're trying to separate them.
The only time the "white privilege" thing, or me being a straight guy being mentioned bothers me is when those 3 specific aspects of my identity are used to dismiss any and all problems that exist in my life. It was common for a while, it seems, that I'd be talking about my anxiety/depression, or worrying about paying my mortgage, and someone would chime in "Well at least you're a straight white guy, you should stop complaining" No. Go attack the straight white guys who are complaining about being discriminated against for being straight white guys, coz yeah, that's fuckin stupid. But if someone has an issue, don't dismiss them just because of those 3 traits. Exactly like every other person of any other demographic group wants to be seen as an individual and not be defined by superficial traits.
Congrats on not falling for the salt and vinegar joke. Of course, for me, i didn't know that that was a favorite flavor at all. Always thought it was Sour cream and onion since I can never find that flavor in stores...
The discussion around problems reminds me a bit of The Book of Mormon. The American missionaries are super unprepared for the scale of what they find people dealing with where they go in Africa, but equally in the song 'Turn It Off' several of the missionaries do have genuinely sad issues (domestic abuse, familial illness, internalised homophobia + being in a homophobic organisation) Like people get very defensive on discussions of privilege, but it's kind of layers. Like every disabled person is going to have an extra amount of difficulty and struggle vs able bodied people, but a black disabled person is probably going to have it even harder than a white disabled person. Also: no such thing as a 'blue life' since nobody is born a police officer, and even if you are a police officer you can choose to quit or retire. People are born judged for the colour of their skin and physical features, and they can't just choose to quit being their ethnicity to escape racism and hatred. People are ridiculous.
I really enjoyed the piano and lighting. I think the point was to be over dramatic, emphasizing how the song poking fun at the fact that many very privileged people try to make their problems seem worse than other people’s
was just thinking it would be nice if you just so happened to have a chipotle burrito and some pringles on hand while doing the can't handle this portion
The "red" solo has always been menacing to me because it is that bubbling rage inside men who feel righteous indignation over perceived injustice against them. Injustice which, let's be 100000% clear, does NOT exist. The red solo is an incel shooting up a place because no "femoid" has deemed him worthy enough to touch. The red solo is "good boys" patrolling neighborhoods with guns. The red solo is a man driving a truck through protesters because how dare people say his comfortable life is built on someone else's subjugation. The red solo is why every woman would rather say "sorry i have a boyfriend" rather than "no i'm not interested." Unless you are POC, a woman, queer and/or any other racialized and marginalized person, you do not know how much of social life is predicated on the "red solo" not bubbling up into violence to be inflicted upon you and people who look and identify like you.
Agreed! We should take our opinions on the situation directly from the people effected! So take a look at ruined Leon talk about race and listen because he's a black man so he knows what he's talking about. Ignore his videos on Trans people though he seems to be just a tad transphobic
Bitch. You are the most racist, sexist, and judgmental human being I’ve ever encountered. White men face injustice just as often as anyone else does. Wanna know how I know that? Because a significant portion of the world holds slaves, most of those counties importing those people from other countries because taking people from theirs would make things seem suspicious. From white, black, brown, to Asian… all of them are enslaved. White people in America 7% less money on average in a household than an average Asian family. Women have a movement with traction while men have meetings about men’s issues interrupted by protestors when they just want to be treated fairly. Men do 89% of essential work and yes are treated the worst. Women consider men to be the primary aggressors when lesbian relationships have the highest rate of domestic abuse, and gay relationships (two men) have the lowest. Men are consistently the highest when it comes to being victim to work place fatalities, assaults, forced drop out, infanticide, murder, and homelessness. Straight people make up 98% (that’s not a fake statistic. Look it up.) of the entire fucking world BY ESTIMATION so that’s high balling it, so claiming that heterosexual people don’t face oppression is fucking retarded. White people male up the bottom as well, I know because I lived it. Do you know what it’s like being poorer than everyone in a POOR neighborhood? I didn’t even get to eat most of the time, so much so that I developed an eating disorder. Everyone has issues, and nobody’s issues are systematic. You are a terrible person. Please actually do research, read a book, study college studies… anything to get that ignorance out of your head. Love doesn’t see color, hate is a virus, and anyone can get a virus. I have suffered more than you no matter how bad you think you have had it. And I am a straight. White. Man.
One of the biggest problem with movement such as 'blue lives matter' is that it comes from a place of whattaboutism instead of actual care. It's like plenty of movements and requests that are brought up by minorities, privileged individuals tend to reduce them to 'I have problems too' like you said. I wish men would take the time and focus on their global mental health crisis (men kill themselves at alarming numbers).....but without seeing it as a competition with other minorities. I say all of this as a very, very, very white passing woman (that lives in Canada). I get to witness so much lol. The things people tell me because they assume I'm white is incredible. However, when they only see my name I get a very different treatment. Yeah, life is difficult for straight white male hahaha.
I feel like it's a bit more as well. The line also no to the things you ask for says to me that he is pointing out that the straight white man can actually fix a lot of the problems of the people he mentions
"I love everybody, I'm all for equality and everything." ♥️ "If you are [a] racist asshole, get the fuck out of my channel!" ♥️ Totally unrelated but you're going to love the lighting in Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant) and in Left Brain, Right Brain from "What."…😉
I can’t remember where I read/heard it, but someone explained that you can have an extremely hard life as a straight/white/man, and that is completely valid. However, your sexuality/race/gender just isn’t one of the things making it harder. An interesting thought: Yes, my life has been really hard, but would it have been harder if I was ALSO lgbt? Yes, my life has been really hard, but would it have been harder if I was ALSO a POC? Yes, my life has been really hard, but would it have been harder if I was ALSO a woman? Me personally, I’m an lgbt white woman. My life has absolutely not been easy. But would it be even harder if I was also a POC? Absolutely. I have some built-in privilege because my race has not made my life harder, even if my sexuality and gender have.
"your sexuality/race/gender just isn’t one of the things making it harder. " I realize this is a 2 year old comment, but it wasn't any less false when you wrote it than it is now.
The way I've always seen privilege is not that it means you can't have problems, just that the problems you have will never be because of traits about you.
Calling people "the X" like the blacks, the gays, the Jews etc is a tactic for dehumanising and othering a group, especially because it's usually negative and nobody really says, like, The Whites. Black people, white people, Jewish people, gay people etc is generally the preferred phrasing. It's a psychology thing as well as just having a very obvious derogatory feeling in the moment.
Thanks for being on the right side of things. When it comes to bad cops, my take is this: If you have 1300 "good" cops and 12 bad cops, and the 1300 good cops don't actively deal with the bad ones, then you have 1312 bad cops. And great work on all these Bo Burnham reactions; I've been watching way too many over the last several days.
Yeah like some other people have said, generally "black people" is a good go to these days. "The blacks" is pretty darned offensive. Bonus Meme: African American is actually a surprisingly useful and specific term that has gone by the wayside. Black people say things like "I've never been to Africa, I don't know of a single ancestor from Africa, I don't have any cultural ties to Africa, don't call me African American." Which is fair enough, but the term actually exists for a good reason. Black Americans who are the descendants of slaves do NOT know their heritage. They don't know what country their ancestors were kidnapped from; that information was stolen from them. All these descendants of former slaves know is that their ancestors are vaguely from Africa. And as all of these "African Americans" have a shared cultural heritage (being descended from slaves), the term African American was a good descriptor that only applies to people with this shared cultural origin.
2 other points about what you said; African American also becomes a term we are programmed as Americans to say, and I’ve heard people saying it when referring to Black people from England, for instance. Or Black Americans from Jamaica. Personally I prefer “Black American” because it’s a good way to delineate a cultural experience that is not necessarily shared by an African American who is the child of African immigrants. Your point about descendants of slaves is 100% true and I’ve explained it this way, which is convenient: my wife is black, and her last name is Irish, because she loved me, married me and took my name. Her maiden name was Irish as well, but that wasn’t because there was another romance in her family tree with someone Irish; it’s because her ancestors were kidnapped and owned by my ancestors’ people. Puts shit in perspective.
I know this is pedantic, so I am sorry in advance, but "mincing words" is what a person does to their own words. It means to be overly careful or polite in what you say so as not to offend anyone. By saying you "want to be careful what you say so other people don't 'mince your words'" you are yourself mincing your words. Other people cannot mince your words. Sorry for being obnoxious
"Don't wanna piss people off" "White men have it easier." There was no win condition brah yet you decided to embark down that road anyway. No hate, just found that funny. Leave it to the huwhite to recognize a hopeless situation and try anyway. Quite virtueous of you!
i hate that you have to tiptoe around the heavy subjects because some delusional egocentric humans gets mad either because what you say or because of what you didnt say.... so sad
They don't want to be called "The Blacks" it generalizes them and diminishes their individual identity. Some people prefer to be called black, some prefer African American, others people of color, it boils down to each individuals preference.
Being a straight white male is not the same thing as having a privileged life. I know straight white males who have struggled their whole lives just to be okay. There are many factors that go into what makes a privileged lifestyle. The main one is money, and not all straight white males have it. I was always taught that racism can go both ways, and I see it now more than ever. Don't assume you know someone's life based on the color of their skin or what gender they like to sleep with. That's racist and sexist.
I know i’m late af to this, but gotta say, thanks for not being afraid to like, voice your opinion and talk about something that some people find controversial. I never thought it would be n issue, but i’ve seen so many reactors be afraid to even mention words related to controversial topics because they don’t want to risk offending someone or alienating possible viewers. And when I see that it just makes me think either they are more concerned with not alienating anyone and don’t want to even take a stand on anything. Or worse, they know that their views are actually racist or bad and dont want to expose themselves. Either way, it makes them feel waaaayy less honest and makes me want to see them much less.
Please leave a 👍 to support the straight white man 🙏🥺
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The line I love most is "Just because it's true doesn't mean that it's right." It seems superficial but taken out of context can be really deep (heck, taken in context it can be true).
I like how Trevor Noah describes privilege, and I think it makes it easier to understand. It's not like here have all this, it's like a golf handicap. You still have to play and you might suck but you still have a better start point. (Go look up his video on it, im not doing it justice)
I have probably watched most of your reactions and i absolutely love them dude…
@@palpablenotion Bud every race, creed, sex, and religion has privilege so claiming white people have more of it is absurd.
@@natetbag "Bud", location location location. In the United States, cis white heterosexual men hold the most power. This is imperically proven from a number of studies in a number of ways going back decades. Privelege is based on community but macro communities matter, not just neighborhoods. In Saudi Arabia, is there white privilege? Idk, but I do know the Saudi are at the top of the privilege pyramid there. In Iraq, Muslims hold the power and Christian communities are persecuted. Here, secular presenting (but if asked, Christian) hold privilege while Muslims are one of the most persecuted religious groups in America (as are Jewish people and Sikh, often because they are mistaken for Muslims because apparently turbans are a staple of Islam? Um no).
Privilege is a mercurial thing that presents more in the lack of than in the having. A woman walking down a street might worry about safety if a man is behind her, or if she's waiting alone at a bus stop. Do men worry so often of attack/assault? Most reply no. If a hijabi is waiting alone at that bus stop, she has a whole other set of fears on top of the ones women usually have. Hijabis have been targets of attack for 20 years (probably longer, but from my personal knowledge of attacks and rises in violence, I know mainly about post 9/11).
You can argue further, but unless it's in good faith, I won't respond. Please keep safe in these times and find peace.
@@palpablenotion I already proved that white heterosexual men hold the most power. If they did, we’d make the most money and have the best jobs, when we don’t. Your studies almost definitely don’t compare to actual governmental data that I use almost exclusively when arguing. Women shouldn’t fear walking alone at night because they are much less likely to be attacked by men. Despite the lies that say “one in every five women are raped”, the women’s health organization says otherwise. They claim that there are 5.5 million violent crimes committed against women including sexual assault and rape yearly on report, do the actual and find that that means as a woman born in America you have a 3% chance of getting assaulted or harmed via violent crime in your entire life and that is ROUNDED UP. Need I say more. Also I am constantly hearing gay people come out about how they get more hostility froM LGBT than anyone else. I don’t want to here it.
"We used to have all the money and land, and we still do but it's not as fun now" is one of the most savage lines Bo has written.
Its not cause he doesnt mean it..
@@11oktoh no shit? You figured out satire!
@@ILikeToHate you okay bro?
‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality seems like oppression.’
… and …
‘There will always be someone who has it worse, but that does not mean your emotions and feelings are irrelevant.’
Yeah, people don't get it, but sad is sad, it isn't because someone has been a victim of racism that your problems suddenly stops mattering
@@ImmemorialOne "my father and mother are dead and I was starving on the streets for 6 years"
"Haha ok but you're white so that doesn't matter."
@@kkTeaz did you listen to an entirely different song, or is understanding the core concepts of satire just extremely challenging for you?
@@grayskindablue do you not see basically everyone agreeing with the song? Why is it all of a sudden "just satire" as soon as someone disagrees with it?
@@grayskindablue do you not see basically everyone agreeing with the song? Why is it all of a sudden "just satire" as soon as someone disagrees with it?
I don't know if anyone pointed it out or if you noticed is post but Bo says "The American Education System having a racial bias? No way *_Joseph_* !" as opposed how it's normally said, "No way José".
I really enjoy the formatting of the way you cover this special. Most reaction channels do only the songs in no particular order and don't get the full experience. Thank you for your content!
genuinely. The fact it goes in order is great, plus for those that saw em, you know what to be hyped for
Me too! Fantastic
Couldn’t agree more! Definitely enjoying this format and can’t wait for the rest of the special. I like the in between parts being included and that’s the only thing I’d have added to the Inside experience. Love the reactions and analyses.
Yessss
It is like the difference between listening to a few songs, as opposed to listening to an entire album. There is so much additional context that gets missed.
The angry face he made after the solo while he was saying "straight white man" perfectly encapsulates the angry straight white man trope
That's a trope? I've heard of the "angry black woman" one, but that one's new to me.
"I know I might upset some people with my take on these issues"
-Gives the most sensible take that aligns with facts
Love your videos man, I'm glad I subscribed :)
Same lol. I braced for disappointment when he started with that
Well, they are certainly exaggerated issues from the perspective portrayed here. So in that sense, not really sensible or aligning with facts, but more so with hyperbolic anecdotes that align more with feelings about the issues rather than what’s actually happened.
It’s saying that one race seems to have it much harder, that being black people, yet almost all the evidence points the other way. More white people on welfare, more white people homeless, more white people shot by police, rates of single motherhood are going up faster in whites family homes, more white people on drugs. Yet nobody shouts that this is because the US is systemically racist against white people.
@@WafleEnterprises white people account for around 70% of the U.S. Adjusting the statistics for population, literally everything you said is wrong
@@TJ-lh7xg Actually no, even adjusting for population the stats line up, police are more likely to be aggressive and/or shoot white people. A higher percentage of black peoples per their population are on welfare, but almost all of them are in big Democrat ran blue cities where that’s the status quo, whereas most white welfare recipients are in Red rural areas, like Oklahoma or Arkansas or Alabama. Cost of living is dirt cheap in these areas so the only real explanation for this phenomenon is poor life choices.
But if I were left leaning, I might start shouting that the system is rigged against white people since they still fail a lot even when there’s no institution that you could see actively holding them back. That good ol anti white systemic racism.
Or I could be reasonable and say that if you make poor life decisions, you get poor life outcomes. And vice versa for good life decisions. Luck and external factors will always be things you can find along the way, and some people might be born with a head start. But none of that in the US is based on skin color, it’s all based on where you grow up, how you were raised, and what life lessons you were taught. That’s your foundation for life.
@@WafleEnterprises Friend, I don’t usually get involved because a lot of the time it’s like talking to a brick wall- and I’m only responding because you sound like a reasonable person who will actually be willing to consider new information.
Yes, more white people are shot by police than any other race, etc. But there are also more white people in America. If all of these problems were spread evenly among all the various racial identities in the US, the percentages should perfectly reflect the percentage breakdown of the population.
If white people make up 59.3% of the population (as of 2021), they should also make up 59.3% of fatal police shootings, 59.3% of people experiencing homelessness, 59.3% of xyz. That would be fair. However, that isn’t the reality.
White people make up about 49% of fatal police shootings, which is far less than the “fair” 59.3%.
Black people make up around 12.6% of the population in the US. It would be “fair” if they made up 12.6% of fatal police shootings. Instead, the make up around 24% of fatal police shootings. That is way more than their “fair share.”
It’s easy for politicians and others with power to show only the raw data to convince citizens that there’s no systemic racism. We have to look at proportions or we won’t see the unfairness.
I 100% agree with what you said during your first pause. As a straight, white male, that doesn't make me immune to issues. I have my struggles. But it's an entirely separate topic to people that face injustice on the daily. And I also benefit from my position, so stuff is inherently a bit easier for me. You can be vocal about the stuff you struggle with, but that should not silence the voices of those less privileged.
Regarding "the blacks," preferred usage is "Black people." It's the missing "people" part that makes it bad.
Like calling someone "a Jew' instead of saying that they are Jewish. In both cases, the word isn't a slur, but its use has become derogatory.
@@AllTheArtsy yea, and also usually a personal relationship kind of thing. Example: I have two Jewish friends that use and don't mind the use of "Jew" and others that do, so I respect the preference of the person to which I am speaking and er on the side of caution if unknown. (Same with the word crazy ect being used around or towards me, it's my word to claim or ban for myself)
I do not think that "the blacks" ever falls into this category however. I know there's some wobbling on "black folk" because to some it's a racial slight and to others it's just regular vocab. (I was raised in an area that uses folk for black and white people, which is the only reason it came to mind, however I know some regions where "white folk" isn't used yet the congruent term is)
I guess basically I'm saying respect peoples' verbal boundaries? And remember to code switch if you have a friend that uses terms that are dicey with strangers. Between my queer peers, my church community, my family, and my friends, im code switching all the time.
How the fuck would you know?
@@natetbag because that's what the black community, not as a monolith, but has repeatedly through varying communities, voiced. Individual people might feel different but I defer to the plurality and not singularity. That's what tends to be appropriate in society. Privately, say what you want, you know how you mean it. But understand why it's taken differently in public sometimes/often.
@@palpablenotion I’ve never heard a African American person enjoy the term person of color. Should we stop calling them that? I think they’d prefer to just be called people.
On the "the blacks" line - I will say that nearly ever black person I've seen react to this song says 'that's true' (or similar) after that line.
Right. My question was more would they rather be preferred to as black people as opposed to African Americans like bo was suggesting, not “the blacks”. Just wanted to make that part clear.
Part of the problem is the “the” itself. It’s a distancing, othering, and lumping mechanism.
See any trump speech about how “the blacks”, “the gays”, “the Muslims” love him etc etc etc.
Now flip it and try it on (while understanding that the power dynamic doesn’t change so this isn’t a perfect reversal).
When do you hear “the whites” or “the straights” or “the males”.
It’s linguistically cold and disenfranchising and always used by dominant groups when talking to each other ABOUT a repressed group. So much so that it doesn’t even sound off to our ears that have grown accustomed to it.
@@ChrisReactsToThings I know one objection to African Americans is that not all black people have ancestral roots in Africa. There are other problems too, but I'm not well versed enough to explain them adequately.
@@ChrisReactsToThings African American is actually more offensive tbh. Black has no negative connotation. But you may call a Jamaican American African American, and that would be incorrect.
@@godzillaeyes and not all Black people are American lol
Hands down my favorite channel covering Bo since his blow up on Inside. I love your insight and the way each video is playing out.
One of my most looked forwarded videos to see daily now, thank you for moving on to Make Happy.
Never worry about laughing into the mic. We're here for your reaction after all haha
It's definitely a concern. Laughing while facing the mic, versus laughing while pointing directly at the mic are two very different things. In one, laughter will be loud; in the other, it will start to sound like you're speeding down the highway with your head out the window, if that air hits the diaphragm directly.
Keeping the mic... or the face... slightly off-axis, or putting a pop-filter on it, is better for everybody's eardrums. Though a pop-filter would ruin the aesthetic with that really purdy mic.
I’m definitely conscious of it since I’m monitoring the mic output myself. Will have to figure something out. A pop filter will be too bulky and a windscreen definitely would take away from the aesthetic of the mic haha.
My thoughts exactly
Continuing to enjoy your channel. In an interview, Bo was asked what his favorite piece of original music was and he said the red lit break in this song.
Oh awesome.
I mean, it's a sick solo
"I know I might upset some people with my take on these issues"
My expectations went into the fucking abyss. Plot twist though.
I saw this performed live at the Cleveland Playhouse. Bo is amazing as a live performer. The best concert/comedy show I have ever seen.
Straight white man reacts to straight white man singing about straight white men.
One of the best analogies I've heard and maybe you'll be able to use this too is "Imagine the suburbs, all houses are important, but the house that is on fire, is more important to save."
Yeah definitely a good way to keep it going. Missing bits in a comedy special is always the worst lol.
Another awesome video!
Basically the message he’s sending (and the meaning of “white privilege” in general) is that sure, straight white men have problems. But your gender, sexuality, and skin color do not ADD TO your problems nor are they the cause of your problems, which is solely the case for straight white men.
Also, the “salt and vinegar” bit with the audience is still one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen 😂
my guy you have my heart! love how you add chapters to every episode and only pauses when needed. keep it going!
I love that your whole reaction was sensible and honest and then you say calmly “ hope i didn’t offend and if you are a racist asshole, get the fuck out of my channel” 😂 ❤️
You were very thoughtful in how you expressed your opinions! Great reaction again, and I love that you're watching the bits in between too, because that adds a lot to the songs and the overall impact of the special. Looking forward to the rest.
Another great reaction. So glad you’re continuing with Bo. Also love that you’re including the bits in between the songs too. Keep it up!
Edit: Also, I don’t really know that much about how TH-cam hashtags work, but I notice you don’t have the #reaction or #boburnhamreaction tags on this. Might help with discoverability? Or not, like I said I’m no expert I just noticed other reactions tend to have those tags.
Dude, major props for having a reasonable, informed take and the guts to say it on TH-cam
Dude, really love the videos. I think your takes on Bo’s world views are pretty spot on. You seem like a great guy and I hope you keep this going!
Keep the reactions coming, man! Happy you're watching this special.
I’m glad you’re listening to the parts in between the songs too! I think they are just as important as the songs themselves. 😊
Just a bit of context. In one of his earlier stand ups an audience member shouts “I love you” and he says “no you don’t you just love the idea of me, it’s a par-asocial relationship that is ultimately destructive, but please keep buying all my shit forever”, (not the exact quote haha I can’t remember it fully)
I think when it happened again in this special he was genuinely annoyed.
Its a lot of fun to wath you going through bo's preformances in reverse order. Your pointing out little things i hadnt seen before, which makes me super excited to take this journy with you reguardless how many times i have already and with so many other you-tubers back when it was newer. Keep up the wonderful work.
I was expecting to click off hearing the disclaimer and knowing you said you're from the Midwest, but what a pleasant surprise. Much love fam and well done on the mature, nuanced take. Keep killin it dude!
i liked so much at the end when you let a music and just you finishing tasks (as happens in inside) get so much of this feeling of closeness
Yes definitely continue this overlapping format!
I enjoy what you had to say in response to his songs, Chris!! I look forward to watching more of your videos!!
"I love you!"
"No you fucking don't"
"I love the idea of you!"
I'm in for like... What, a minute? I'm one minute into the video and I'm already half laughing, half pondering THE IDEA of Bo, this philosophical curveball she tried to throw at him!
I love that you brought this up, but that heckler who said “I love the idea of you!” was actually REFERENCING the audio recording of his previous special What., where there was another heckler who said “I love you,” to which Bo replied and explained that they loved the IDEA of him. Idk how many people get that reference but it’s just a fun little fact!
Check out “Out Of The Abyss,” about 3:06 in.
i feel like what bo was trying to say is that it's not that straight white men don't have problems. of course they do. it's just that their problems and struggles don't have anything to do with their sexuality, skin color, or gender
also i hope you get well soon and get the rest you need 🙏🏻
I like your take on this, its like what i heard from a ted talk. "'you cant be sad, someone has it worst' but if thats what you say, does that mean 'you cant be happy because someone has it better'"
great reaction, can't wait for the next one. two more specials and tons of great interviews to check out. I'm here for whatever.
hope you feel better
Woo!!! Thank you so much for reacting to the bits in between as well 💕💕
Love that you are a sensible guy on top of a great reactor. Glad I followed
I love how he interacts with hecklers and shouts from the audience. Probably didn't help his anxiety.
The best description I've heard for the blm v blue is that blm isn't saying anyone else's lives don't matter, but there's an unspoken "also" because in there. It's a reminder that omg we should not need but society was made for specific axes of power (straight, white, male is the intersection of three such axes).
Your comments are still pretty thoughtful, as is the ushe. If anyone is offended by them, well, you said gtfo.
Idk if its last years protests that made you focus on the white axis he discusses, but non cis men and non straight people are also being nodded at. Just look at Texas' newest law deputizing the public to control the body of those who are pregnant. The whole bathroom bill thing a few years ago that fell out of the public eye (unfun fact, men *have* attacked women in bathrooms... they don't pretend to be trans they just burst in) etc. Etc. Etc.
But I get why talking about these subjects in general give you pause. Feels a little preachy or like you're talking over people, right? So far, I think you're doing good 👍
i think there have been one or two cases of men who at least claimed to be trans in order to be in women's bathrooms to attack women (and i'm pretty sure they were also found to be wildly mentally ill with a history of violence) , but i can think of more republican politicians getting caught doing inidecent shit in public bathrooms and nobody's trying to ban them from using public bathrooms.
@@ISavant I haven't heard of specific cases where they claimed they were trans to get into a bathroom (I also haven't heard of men getting caught and claiming it was why they're there, which seems way more plausible than bathrooms having mysterious sentries we don't know about). I do remember a case that I think took place in Central Park? Idr exactly, but it was a bathroom off a jogging path and pretty remote and a man put on a dress and wig, walked into the bathroom, and hid there. That was as much about obscuring his identity on cameras and such as anything. But that's what-about-ism. (Not saying thats what you're doing, just that that's the bathroom bill culture)
Have men disguised themselves in varying ways including cross dressing in order to better harm women? So often it's revolting. But by the time a transwoman feels more comfortable using her bathroom, you know she's done transition work (and I dont necessarily mean surgical - social transitioning is very hard and so few companies even have HR plans for a worker who transitions that we congratulate the ones that do for not allowing systemic harassment -_- ). Plus there's also transmen who usually get forgotten and I think we can all agree it takes courage to use a urinal if you haven't had surgery (and yes transmen do have ways of doing this).
I'd be interested in knowing about the cases you're talking about. Technically, a decade ago, claiming to be a gender not assigned at birth was considered a mental illness. I'd just like to know what wildly mentally ill means here as traditionally, unless it's very specific circumstances like certain psychotic breaks for example, the mentally ill are far more likely yo be the victims in situations. Obviously that's not always the case, I just prefer clarity on these points. If you don't remember specifics, its fine. The hiking bathroom guy might even be one of those you're thinking of, he's the most prominent case when you search man attacks woman in public bathroom. Or he was when I looked it up. Anyway.
If I haven't lost you, yea, holier than thous get caught using pick up/hook up spots all the time. And the thing is these hook up spots wherein anonymity is more common, let's put it that way, are usually only around because they closed down red light districts (if you're at all interested in the queer and kink communitys' history, as historically upon a time kink safe spaces were the only queer safe spaces, check out Time Square Red Time Square Blue. It talks a bit about when Time Square had the XXX theaters which were one of the few safer places for queer people especially men, it also touches on the amount of young queer people who needed to resort to prostitution and the types of places like the Stonewall Inn. There's a saying in the community that "The first pride was a riot." and its about the riot that took place there when police tried to roust queer people staying there and it all became violent.)
Sorry for the rant I just love this topic. It took me until the day my dad died this past February to come out to him - he was in a vegetative state - and then for some reason I just blurted it out to my mom when we got home (I'm literally 3 days younger than Bo Burnham, but I'm also disabled so I lived with my parents and now just my mom). I've literally been studying it all half my life because I couldn't even admit it til 7 years ago.
Bo brings weird topics out of discussions.
@@palpablenotion oh no, I'm saying that it's an objection raised by the right, but it's so vanishingly rare that pretending trans women are an actual threat to cis women is a waste of time and serves only to justify transphohia. And on top of that I don't care enough to dig up information on them anyway because I absolutely believe trans women, who are indeed women, should be able to use public restrooms
@@ISavant ♡♡♡ agree fully
People’s problems are relative, and you’re right there are bigger things out there and those who have it objectively worse. The human experience is universal. I’m an Asian American but I know plenty of white friends and family who struggle like everyone else. It’s a complex issue.
With the blacks not wanting to be called the blacks, I think during that time there was some talk from online saying that calling someone black wasn't politically correct and to call them African American but people quickly realized that was stupid and not every black person in America had African roots. Some people were from Jamaica and such.
Other way around. Black Americans have roots in American history. African Americans can include black Americans, Afrocarribeann Americans, literally from Africa Americans, and Afrolatinx Americans. Do you remember during the election how there were issues with calling Kamala Harris black? Thats why. She's African (specifically AfroCarribean) American (and obviously Indian American/Asian American).
Also the "African Americ-doesn't work the rhythm" line, you got it, most time goes over people's heads.
Side note as a non American I never got the salt and vinegar joke. Can someone explain??
He got the audience to say the N-word
@@mrschips oh lol. I never thought of it that way,, thanks
Funny how in your reaction, YOU felt like you had to be careful how you worded your reaction! Good ol' Bo. Your reactions will be very different watching this special AFTER Inside. If you'd seen it before, it would have been just simply funny and clever. We didn't overthink it.😊
Yeah, felt a bit apprehensive saying some of the things I did which is weird since my stance is on being an ally. Not sure what that means…
@@ChrisReactsToThings I totally get it, it's Crazy out there!!!!!🤣 but just enjoy the special! Bo Burnham's fantastic! And you're excellent at your job,too!
@@ChrisReactsToThings when you said you wanted to watch your words I was expecting some redpill bullshit, and was like "why's he even watching bo burnham if that's the case"
Haha I’m hoping you know better from me at this point
Sure, but an effort to be mindful is never a wasted effort imo, so kudos to him for putting that into practice. After all, it is really easy to fall into the reactionary mindset, especially since social media is kinda engineered to encourage that mindset and behavior.
Huge shout out for including the bits in between songs, no one ever does and it's a shame, really
Really enjoying the content keep it up man :D
I know i’m late af to this, but gotta say, thanks for not being afraid to like, voice your opinion and talk about something that some people find controversial. I never thought it would be n issue, but i’ve seen so many reactors be afraid to even mention words related to controversial topics because they don’t want to risk offending someone or alienating possible viewers.
And when I see that it just makes me think either they are more concerned with not alienating anyone and don’t want to even take a stand on anything. Or worse, they know that their views are actually racist or bad and dont want to expose themselves.
Either way, it makes them feel waaaayy less honest and makes me want to see them much less.
"When it comes to equality you can't compare [group a] with [group b]" uh.. Yes you can? That's what equality means. If you can't compare them, then they are not equal and you aren't trying to make them equal, you're trying to separate them.
Damn I’m early af
Wow, a first comment that doesn't just say "first"
@@AaronKingslien what a relief
Legend
This is one of my favorite Bo Burnham songs
Much love for that last line.
He’s so damn talented
Great reaction.
Weirdly this made me think you should react to Weird All when you're done with Bo
Bro you make me so happy. Wait thats ironic
The only time the "white privilege" thing, or me being a straight guy being mentioned bothers me is when those 3 specific aspects of my identity are used to dismiss any and all problems that exist in my life.
It was common for a while, it seems, that I'd be talking about my anxiety/depression, or worrying about paying my mortgage, and someone would chime in "Well at least you're a straight white guy, you should stop complaining"
No. Go attack the straight white guys who are complaining about being discriminated against for being straight white guys, coz yeah, that's fuckin stupid. But if someone has an issue, don't dismiss them just because of those 3 traits. Exactly like every other person of any other demographic group wants to be seen as an individual and not be defined by superficial traits.
I love to see people on their tippy-toes.
Congrats on not falling for the salt and vinegar joke. Of course, for me, i didn't know that that was a favorite flavor at all. Always thought it was Sour cream and onion since I can never find that flavor in stores...
Itd be super cool if u keep all the inbetween bits, theres a lot of great stuff in there inbetween the songs
People educating themselves, now that's some comedy..
That masturbating joke always gets me 😂😂😂🙌🏻
The masturbation joke was "On ONE HAND it feels good"
The discussion around problems reminds me a bit of The Book of Mormon. The American missionaries are super unprepared for the scale of what they find people dealing with where they go in Africa, but equally in the song 'Turn It Off' several of the missionaries do have genuinely sad issues (domestic abuse, familial illness, internalised homophobia + being in a homophobic organisation)
Like people get very defensive on discussions of privilege, but it's kind of layers. Like every disabled person is going to have an extra amount of difficulty and struggle vs able bodied people, but a black disabled person is probably going to have it even harder than a white disabled person.
Also: no such thing as a 'blue life' since nobody is born a police officer, and even if you are a police officer you can choose to quit or retire. People are born judged for the colour of their skin and physical features, and they can't just choose to quit being their ethnicity to escape racism and hatred.
People are ridiculous.
I really enjoyed the piano and lighting. I think the point was to be over dramatic, emphasizing how the song poking fun at the fact that many very privileged people try to make their problems seem worse than other people’s
was just thinking it would be nice if you just so happened to have a chipotle burrito and some pringles on hand while doing the can't handle this portion
dude think about it! there's 7.9B people on this planet...currently there is one person who has the worst problem out of everyone!
The "red" solo has always been menacing to me because it is that bubbling rage inside men who feel righteous indignation over perceived injustice against them. Injustice which, let's be 100000% clear, does NOT exist. The red solo is an incel shooting up a place because no "femoid" has deemed him worthy enough to touch. The red solo is "good boys" patrolling neighborhoods with guns. The red solo is a man driving a truck through protesters because how dare people say his comfortable life is built on someone else's subjugation. The red solo is why every woman would rather say "sorry i have a boyfriend" rather than "no i'm not interested."
Unless you are POC, a woman, queer and/or any other racialized and marginalized person, you do not know how much of social life is predicated on the "red solo" not bubbling up into violence to be inflicted upon you and people who look and identify like you.
Agreed! We should take our opinions on the situation directly from the people effected! So take a look at ruined Leon talk about race and listen because he's a black man so he knows what he's talking about. Ignore his videos on Trans people though he seems to be just a tad transphobic
@@lordofthemehmehsRuined Leon isn’t a good example for this.
Bitch. You are the most racist, sexist, and judgmental human being I’ve ever encountered. White men face injustice just as often as anyone else does. Wanna know how I know that? Because a significant portion of the world holds slaves, most of those counties importing those people from other countries because taking people from theirs would make things seem suspicious. From white, black, brown, to Asian… all of them are enslaved. White people in America 7% less money on average in a household than an average Asian family. Women have a movement with traction while men have meetings about men’s issues interrupted by protestors when they just want to be treated fairly. Men do 89% of essential work and yes are treated the worst. Women consider men to be the primary aggressors when lesbian relationships have the highest rate of domestic abuse, and gay relationships (two men) have the lowest. Men are consistently the highest when it comes to being victim to work place fatalities, assaults, forced drop out, infanticide, murder, and homelessness. Straight people make up 98% (that’s not a fake statistic. Look it up.) of the entire fucking world BY ESTIMATION so that’s high balling it, so claiming that heterosexual people don’t face oppression is fucking retarded. White people male up the bottom as well, I know because I lived it. Do you know what it’s like being poorer than everyone in a POOR neighborhood? I didn’t even get to eat most of the time, so much so that I developed an eating disorder. Everyone has issues, and nobody’s issues are systematic. You are a terrible person. Please actually do research, read a book, study college studies… anything to get that ignorance out of your head.
Love doesn’t see color, hate is a virus, and anyone can get a virus. I have suffered more than you no matter how bad you think you have had it. And I am a straight. White. Man.
@@natetbag you just proved their point by being a deluded incel… smh
One of the biggest problem with movement such as 'blue lives matter' is that it comes from a place of whattaboutism instead of actual care. It's like plenty of movements and requests that are brought up by minorities, privileged individuals tend to reduce them to 'I have problems too' like you said.
I wish men would take the time and focus on their global mental health crisis (men kill themselves at alarming numbers).....but without seeing it as a competition with other minorities.
I say all of this as a very, very, very white passing woman (that lives in Canada). I get to witness so much lol. The things people tell me because they assume I'm white is incredible. However, when they only see my name I get a very different treatment.
Yeah, life is difficult for straight white male hahaha.
Chris, good Job on being a Straight white man
Wow you just completely missed the "one one hand it feels good" joke
I feel like it's a bit more as well. The line also no to the things you ask for says to me that he is pointing out that the straight white man can actually fix a lot of the problems of the people he mentions
"I love everybody, I'm all for equality and everything." ♥️
"If you are [a] racist asshole, get the fuck out of my channel!" ♥️
Totally unrelated but you're going to love the lighting in Can't Handle This (Kanye Rant) and in Left Brain, Right Brain from "What."…😉
holy shit this video and the last one both have 6,696 views
Hey I miss your face. Thanks for these
I’m white people and I love salt and vinegar chips.
I can’t remember where I read/heard it, but someone explained that you can have an extremely hard life as a straight/white/man, and that is completely valid. However, your sexuality/race/gender just isn’t one of the things making it harder.
An interesting thought:
Yes, my life has been really hard, but would it have been harder if I was ALSO lgbt?
Yes, my life has been really hard, but would it have been harder if I was ALSO a POC?
Yes, my life has been really hard, but would it have been harder if I was ALSO a woman?
Me personally, I’m an lgbt white woman. My life has absolutely not been easy. But would it be even harder if I was also a POC? Absolutely. I have some built-in privilege because my race has not made my life harder, even if my sexuality and gender have.
"your sexuality/race/gender just isn’t one of the things making it harder. "
I realize this is a 2 year old comment, but it wasn't any less false when you wrote it than it is now.
the way I was squinting my eyes when you started talking about blm. I was so scared you’d say some conservative trash lmao I’m so relieved
Everyone has problems. But no one should have problems because of what they look like or their gender etc.
Love it.
The way I've always seen privilege is not that it means you can't have problems, just that the problems you have will never be because of traits about you.
Calling people "the X" like the blacks, the gays, the Jews etc is a tactic for dehumanising and othering a group, especially because it's usually negative and nobody really says, like, The Whites. Black people, white people, Jewish people, gay people etc is generally the preferred phrasing. It's a psychology thing as well as just having a very obvious derogatory feeling in the moment.
Thanks for being on the right side of things. When it comes to bad cops, my take is this: If you have 1300 "good" cops and 12 bad cops, and the 1300 good cops don't actively deal with the bad ones, then you have 1312 bad cops. And great work on all these Bo Burnham reactions; I've been watching way too many over the last several days.
Yeah like some other people have said, generally "black people" is a good go to these days. "The blacks" is pretty darned offensive.
Bonus Meme:
African American is actually a surprisingly useful and specific term that has gone by the wayside. Black people say things like "I've never been to Africa, I don't know of a single ancestor from Africa, I don't have any cultural ties to Africa, don't call me African American." Which is fair enough, but the term actually exists for a good reason. Black Americans who are the descendants of slaves do NOT know their heritage. They don't know what country their ancestors were kidnapped from; that information was stolen from them. All these descendants of former slaves know is that their ancestors are vaguely from Africa. And as all of these "African Americans" have a shared cultural heritage (being descended from slaves), the term African American was a good descriptor that only applies to people with this shared cultural origin.
2 other points about what you said; African American also becomes a term we are programmed as Americans to say, and I’ve heard people saying it when referring to Black people from England, for instance. Or Black Americans from Jamaica. Personally I prefer “Black American” because it’s a good way to delineate a cultural experience that is not necessarily shared by an African American who is the child of African immigrants.
Your point about descendants of slaves is 100% true and I’ve explained it this way, which is convenient: my wife is black, and her last name is Irish, because she loved me, married me and took my name. Her maiden name was Irish as well, but that wasn’t because there was another romance in her family tree with someone Irish; it’s because her ancestors were kidnapped and owned by my ancestors’ people. Puts shit in perspective.
12:25 I’d rather not be called “the blacks,” but I’m not making a BLM movement over it anytime soon.
I know this is pedantic, so I am sorry in advance, but "mincing words" is what a person does to their own words. It means to be overly careful or polite in what you say so as not to offend anyone. By saying you "want to be careful what you say so other people don't 'mince your words'" you are yourself mincing your words. Other people cannot mince your words. Sorry for being obnoxious
Hmm, i didn't know that. i appreciate the clarification, cheers.
You should listen to words words words by Bo And Rant. By Bo
watch prejudice by tim minchin please.
"Don't wanna piss people off" "White men have it easier." There was no win condition brah yet you decided to embark down that road anyway. No hate, just found that funny. Leave it to the huwhite to recognize a hopeless situation and try anyway. Quite virtueous of you!
I wish you didn't bring up blue lives matter. Lots of police officers lose their lives in the line of duty. Ideally it wouldn't conflict with blm tho.
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i hate that you have to tiptoe around the heavy subjects because some delusional egocentric humans gets mad either because what you say or because of what you didnt say.... so sad
They don't want to be called "The Blacks" it generalizes them and diminishes their individual identity. Some people prefer to be called black, some prefer African American, others people of color, it boils down to each individuals preference.
Being a straight white male is not the same thing as having a privileged life. I know straight white males who have struggled their whole lives just to be okay. There are many factors that go into what makes a privileged lifestyle. The main one is money, and not all straight white males have it. I was always taught that racism can go both ways, and I see it now more than ever. Don't assume you know someone's life based on the color of their skin or what gender they like to sleep with. That's racist and sexist.
Thats kind a racist Dude…
I know i’m late af to this, but gotta say, thanks for not being afraid to like, voice your opinion and talk about something that some people find controversial. I never thought it would be n issue, but i’ve seen so many reactors be afraid to even mention words related to controversial topics because they don’t want to risk offending someone or alienating possible viewers.
And when I see that it just makes me think either they are more concerned with not alienating anyone and don’t want to even take a stand on anything. Or worse, they know that their views are actually racist or bad and dont want to expose themselves.
Either way, it makes them feel waaaayy less honest and makes me want to see them much less.