Pop Life and Race Matters

distilledstu Says:

Sep 9, 2010 - @mike577ify I really don't think its a problem with the children not wanting to learn. Its definitely a problem with the system that they are forced into. A structure that has a predetermined mould for students to fit into, if the children don't fit into this mould they are just left to fail continously throughout their schooling life. How is that any way to run a school system, where children are disadvantaged right from the beginning?

distilledstu Says:

Sep 9, 2010 - @landbridge Are you kidding?? Yes, race is an invented ideology that has been created out of some misconstrued biological determinism but that in no way makes it less of an issue. It is flawed science that needs to be corrected. But you need to make people realise that it is nothing but ideology, something culturally constructed and not something people are born with before it can be eradicated.

landbridge Says:

Sep 9, 2010 - @distilledstu no I'm not kidding, according to the Oxford dictionary the archaic definition of ethnic is non-christian non-jew, look it up. If you can't I'll help you -> bit.ly /dbC1qu Furthermore, racism was invented as an anti-concept to ethnicism, refer to my previous sentence. Thus, building a building on a broken foundation doesn't fix the foundation. If you need help on "anti-concepts" look it up.

willagem28 Says:

Sep 18, 2010 - wtf race is the most useless and hate provoking thing to talk about. it shouldn't be an issue. its only an issue because its an issue. just stop talking about it and it will go away. and by the way, most stereotypes like fried chicken or watermelon ARE just jokes and should be laughed at.

herakuzi Says:

Sep 27, 2010 - And here we have the rarest youtube video there is. One that is both substantial and exponentially funny. Your videos needs to have millions of views just for the amount of truth contained in them. It's a damn shame.

ERubyV9 Says:

Dec 7, 2010 - @willagem28 If a person has cancer, will it go away by ignoring it? No? You don't say. Then neither will race go away by ignoring it.

willagem28 Says:

Dec 10, 2010 - @ERubyV9 you can't compare cancer to racal issues. it just doesn't make sense. what i was saying is that if we stop talking about what makes us different, i think people will start to forget what makes us different. i believe that not talking about what makes us different will pull people together. i think talking about our differences tends to drive people apart.

ERubyV9 Says:

Dec 10, 2010 - @willagem28 I think you have a very naive view of race and racism. It's not going to go away by pretending it's not there. Pretending there isn't a problem will make it worse, not better.

willagem28 Says:

Dec 10, 2010 - @ERubyV9 well let me try to convince you. if 2 kids get in a serious fight, they're probably going to be angry at each other for some time. if the kids end up arguing about who started the fight or who punched who harder, i think they might get in another fight. or they could pretend like it didn't happen. and after a while i bet they will forget about it and end up laughing about it somewhere down the line.

turtlezilla7 Says:

Dec 21, 2010 - Whats this?! A rational person on YouTube! Inconceivable!!!

MrShayneOneill Says:

Jan 28, 2011 - @willagem28 Theres an old joke that says humor is tragedy that happens to other people. Its easy to find racism funny if it aint going to affect you. But I know very few people of colour that enjoy being stereotyped as fried chicken eating buffoons only to then be stereotyped as "angry black man" when they point it out..

mscardioqueen Says:

Jan 28, 2011 - @MrShayneOneill Nicely said.

willagem28 Says:

Jan 28, 2011 - @MrShayneOneill stereotypes are just jokes to most people. you're going to have a difficult time making me believe that stereotypes are a large problem.

MrShayneOneill Says:

Jan 28, 2011 - @willagem28 Yes, stereotypes are a big problem. I'm an aussie. Recently I was speaking to an aboriginal friend who revealed she gets her bag searched every time she goes shopping. She's a legal professional, highly educated, and honest upstanding citizen. I'm an unkempt white person who sometimes is described as 'mean looking'. But I have *never* had my bag searched. No matter what she does, she still is treated as suspicious. Yes Stereotypes are very real and they hurt people.

willagem28 Says:

Jan 30, 2011 - @MrShayneOneill i live in the united states and i am not going to pretend like i know how things work in australia. although i think you can implement faster solutions to your profiling problem than abolishing stereotypes. i think if you guys imposed stricter laws about when and to what extent people can be searched, this wouldn't be an issue. but i'll tell you, stereotypes get started by people race. they start when people like illdoc point out to us that white and black people are different.

gangstamind187 Says:

Feb 12, 2011 - from 1:42 to 1:48 he sounded like Stephen Hawkings all robotic and shit..LMAO

SubliminalMinded2011 Says:

Feb 19, 2011 - PREACH my dear Jay.yes.Racism (now, in 2011) is far more dangerous on an institutional level than on any romanticized word in a song or movie or talk-show.

SubliminalMinded2011 Says:

Feb 19, 2011 - why are Black people still not equally-represented in corporate structures of most industries, but yet Blacks get scape-goated for "stealing" jobs away from White people?Black children are still looked at as less-educated.Most stores & establishments (i.e. Hospitals) in Black & Latino neighborhoods are STILL worst than those in White communities.

britt4192 Says:

Feb 27, 2011 - i am a hispanic american. i grew up in the african american house hold, and in the white house hold. to be honest- in the "white home" there was NEVER any discrimination talked about- every child was loved the same and there was nothing bad ever said against another race. every African american home i stayed in (besides one) i was made fun of,hated because of my race, and i was blamed for what the past held. so in my opinion- a lot of hate hangs around because no one wants to let it go.

zoehiiglidotcom Says:

May 8, 2011 - jay smooth for president!

BEOWULF9965 Says:

May 17, 2011 - @SubliminalMinded2011 there is no such thing as racism. We are all of the same race the correct term and definition the Youtuber is looking for is ethnicentrism. Unless all on this page are ignorant of evolution you would all know their is no longer a different race of humans the Neanderthals died out over 40,000 years ago. This is the reason we still have debates on the theory of evolution vs creation due to American ignorance

BEOWULF9965 Says:

May 17, 2011 - @ERubyV9 there is no racism it is ethnocentrism. please people get your terminology correct unless you think blacks whites and asians etc.. are all seperate species of humans, of course then you'd be wrong. The term you are looking for is ethnocentrism. Neanderthals were the last seperate human species to live along side us modern day humans.

SubliminalMinded2011 Says:

May 19, 2011 - @BEOWULF9965 I actually agree that "Race" is a construct designed by the Nicean Council (who also designed "the Holy Bible"). "Race" was implemented to keep the elites in power & rule authority, while we fight each other. The problem is, the fallacy has manifested itself into institutionalized practicalities that DOES perpetuate the idea of White supremist thinking. As far as evolution vs. creationism, what I believe has nothing to do with Darwin or Christianity. Controversial stuff.

PimpMyParadigm Says:

Jun 29, 2011 - YESS stop focusing on "oh my god is he RACIST" i hate that shit and your right people think theyre doing some kind of social justice when they accuse someone of being racist as if one person saying the n word..sry i mean NIGGA is the cause of institutional inequality JOHN MAYER DID NOT CREATE CRACK or the prison industrial complex

ElizabethJae Says:

Dec 11, 2011 - Still woulda loved it if he went in tho... I'm just saying..*shrugs* -@jaelotus