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The “crime” of living while Black | Baratunde Thurston
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William Miller
May 21, 2021 at 10:51 pm
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May 21, 2021 at 10:59 pm
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Summer Fields
May 21, 2021 at 11:13 pm
I am certain that a person of any race can get up on stage with statistics, news reports, and stories of what bad encounters they had with the police. I am certain a white person can be on a TED talk and share examples about how black people targeted them for no justifiable reason. There are bad people in the world of ALL COLOR. There are people of ALL RACES in positions of power who take advantage. This victim, woe is me, attitude is unproductive, and getting old.
dSim2310
May 21, 2021 at 11:20 pm
TED further dividing people. Unsubbed!
Maestrotx
May 21, 2021 at 11:22 pm
Should we really be listening to someone who does not understand the difference between a statistic and an anecdote?
Give me statistics from a reliable source and I’ll believe your paranoia.
Jake
May 21, 2021 at 11:39 pm
Whoa dude i need to rethink my whole world view bro
zim babwe
May 21, 2021 at 11:44 pm
crime apologist narrative strikes again
zim babwe
May 21, 2021 at 11:45 pm
“i’m not wrong for committing crimes, they’re wrong for punishing me for committing crimes”
Ian Lassitter
May 21, 2021 at 11:56 pm
Imagine if only there were some examples of people different colours doing super well in the USA….wait a minutes how’s that even possible? Race baiting, money making separatists…
A C
May 22, 2021 at 12:00 am
Lol
Sata.ns. W
May 22, 2021 at 12:12 am
The amount of racists in this comment section shows why videos and Ted talks like this are so important to the survival of people of colour.
Leyla Prismriver
May 22, 2021 at 12:27 am
The speaker is racist – the one speaking by people’s skin colors… disgusting
Sata.ns. W
May 22, 2021 at 12:36 am
@Leyla Prismriver huh?!?!?!? LMAO. That is funny joke damn. Almost had me believing for a second you were that ignorant and dumb.
Chet the Bee
May 22, 2021 at 12:15 am
No more learning from TedX. Only whining and propaganda.
Ashley Willour
May 22, 2021 at 12:33 am
Bud. Nobody disputes the existence of racism. Not a single person. That is impossible to eradicate because it is impossible to eliminate stupidity and evil from the human population. Touting your bullshit cultural marxism keeps people dumb and maintains victimhood. It’s harmful. I think anyone with a brain is becoming incredibly tired of this narrative. It is not factually accurate at all. Open your mind to the truth of the world around you.
vamisk
May 22, 2021 at 12:39 am
Play the race card as much as possible
waddac2
May 22, 2021 at 12:42 am
Great video. I am a White male and never understood why people can be racist. Yes in certain parts of the world we have people and organisations that are racist. We as humans, no matter what colour, race etc are all Brothers and Sisters. I remember dating a lovely West Indian girl years ago who told me she was called a coloured lady by a white male. Her answer and response was amazing as she replied.
“Sorry, but when you get cold you turn blue, when you get sun burnt you turn red, when you get embarrassed you turn pink, sorry I am not the coloured one”
Look, we all live under the same sun on this earth and should not be fighting one another regarding race creed or sexuality etc.
WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEEINGS.
Samuel Zev
May 22, 2021 at 12:51 am
Black people or any person of color face most discrimination in the US. In other countries like the UK, New Zealand and Australia, these things rarely happen and if they do it’s not severe, this is mostly because commonwealth countries are civilized and respect immigrants who contribute to the founding of the countries. The US is a failure the moment it gained independence.
Bob Ross is god
May 22, 2021 at 12:56 am
Who is this guy?
Belinda Blah
May 22, 2021 at 12:57 am
Omg the comments below. It’s all coming out now isn’t it. Sad.
The Chilli Mango Arts
May 22, 2021 at 1:22 am
We minorities have to live carefully this is our fucking reality. We have zero rights.
Vikash Verma
May 22, 2021 at 1:25 am
These people are heavenly racist too I won’t be using a term which revived from human from human specially blacks who don’t come from Africa. But all blacks are heavily religionist. Specially if they come to know if a person does not practice Christianity.
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May 22, 2021 at 10:24 am
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jellyfishy
May 22, 2021 at 10:51 am
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Donna Goode
May 22, 2021 at 12:50 pm
Coming up: white racists in comments
Netter Junge
May 22, 2021 at 3:35 pm
Where? Go to a professional. You need help.
CIGOL
May 22, 2021 at 1:40 pm
like being white and racist
HeinrichDerTote
May 22, 2021 at 1:46 pm
As a white man (which sounds so weird, how is „as a black person“ less weird?! Anyway..) I would also be scared, when being pulled over by the US police.
Henry G
May 22, 2021 at 1:47 pm
Pure propaganda. Please stop TED. This used to be a good channel.
MEssYkiLLa
May 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm
Lol
Nicholas Andrew
May 22, 2021 at 1:56 pm
Here we go again. Spreading lies and pushing a false narrative. Playing the victim card again and again. If you want to help black people tell them the truth and teach hem how to be better people. Because all these lies will make them continue instead of change, because they know they will be worship by people who are ignorant to the fact that they are wrong in the first place. It will harm the black community instead of help it.
Douglas B
May 22, 2021 at 2:05 pm
What the real difference is that this kinda stuff happens all the time to everyday people! If you’re being honest hasn’t something like this happened to everyone? It’s just a tool used by the media to divide us and see each other as enemies. A couple of months ago a guy called the cops on me for walking my dog in the park without wearing a mask.
Remy Lebeau
May 22, 2021 at 2:15 pm
And he just expects you to believe everything without diving into each story and questioning their heavily biased sources like “HuffPo”.
Sitting in Starbucks is a lie. They wanted access to the restroom regardless of it being for paying customers, when they made a fuss about it, then the cops were called. What happened to “private businesses can do what they want”?
You don’t give a sh%^ when tech companies silence and censor conservatives unfairly, but you want me to care when some employee is just trying to follow company policy?
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Big Dee
May 22, 2021 at 6:10 pm
Another victim story … by the full time professional victims … yawn 🥱
The Jacal
May 22, 2021 at 6:29 pm
More whites are killed by the police than black people are.
Vojtěch Kriegsman
May 22, 2021 at 6:29 pm
Is he really using newspaper headings as an evidence, instead of real data? Come on…
Phyllobates Terribilis
May 22, 2021 at 6:35 pm
Another black mind poisoned by the Left – Malcolm warned us about this.
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Lumbee Warrior
May 22, 2021 at 9:10 pm
Sound like rhetoric!
Lumbee Warrior
May 22, 2021 at 9:14 pm
Yep I was wright. More white people are gunned downed by cops than black. And I’m native he’s lying to fit a narrative! Look it up if you think I’m wrong I’m not with either side. Soooo…….
Lumbee Warrior
May 22, 2021 at 9:17 pm
What should the people that stole this country do act like him? No they should be like me and destroy false narrative!
Lumbee Warrior
May 22, 2021 at 9:19 pm
5 to 1 killings dealing with police white to black national average!! Guess the science isn’t really a part of that!
Lumbee Warrior
May 22, 2021 at 9:20 pm
Killings by cops don’t match the number of missing native girls on Rez land!
Swag Money
May 23, 2021 at 4:20 am
Please don’t compare to important problems to one another!! I get that the missing girls are important and need to be addressed, but don’t invalidate the experiences of millions of americans
Kivaras
May 22, 2021 at 11:05 pm
Such demented hysteria, not based in evidence, not based in any statistics or facts, just delusion. Why does TED keep peddling this nonsense?
Nancy Solari
May 22, 2021 at 11:08 pm
Thank you for sharing such a relevant video. Topics like this being shared is so important to create conversation. Discussion leads to education which can stop hate and start the spread of positivity and respect, which is essential to living full out!
Stanley Giudici
May 22, 2021 at 11:15 pm
“”I’m tired of carrying this invisible burden of other people’s fears.”
andrew worth
May 23, 2021 at 2:24 am
The media has become obsessed with stories about white people being mean to black people, stories without that racial focus happen, they’re just not being covered in the media.
Debra Bartlett
May 23, 2021 at 5:20 am
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May 23, 2021 at 5:55 am
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NH
May 23, 2021 at 6:32 am
Wonder when people are gonna get sick of this narrative. Ah, the like/dislike ratio is getting there.
Marcio Pires
May 23, 2021 at 11:23 am
Great history
Another Name
May 23, 2021 at 11:25 am
Another “Bu-huh I’m black, poor me” video. Look around you dude, lots of successful decent people around you, who don’t cry out for special attention.
kebakent
May 23, 2021 at 11:28 am
I’m so sick of all these neo-racist videos from you, TED.
kebakent
May 23, 2021 at 11:47 am
“The talk”? Black parents need to give their kids a talk about not falling into the victimhood trap, and to not become racists themselves like so many of their peers. Listen to MLK and not BLM.
Carson Fenne
May 24, 2021 at 11:09 pm
Wtf are you talking about?
Chris Cloyd
May 23, 2021 at 12:21 pm
They should title this buzzfeed click bait/ race bait turned into a ted talk.
Chris Cloyd
May 23, 2021 at 12:25 pm
Weaponized anti-racism
VERN Skud
May 23, 2021 at 2:42 pm
Everyone that has a statistics post look up director of the FBI Christopher Wray comments on the number one threat in America
Miraculous
May 23, 2021 at 5:38 pm
I’m so sick of all this whining about racism.
_Shalu_
May 23, 2021 at 5:52 pm
But now It’s 2021, and I don’t think anything changed in those years it’s the same!
chasefunk
May 23, 2021 at 6:28 pm
you should try living not perpetuating your victim mentality
Jeffrey Faust
May 23, 2021 at 8:21 pm
Complete idiocracy.
TheNighthawk00
May 23, 2021 at 9:33 pm
I’m currently reading “The Official TED guide to public speaking” by Chris Anderson and to me this talk – or at least the part that has been published – is a prime example of what not to do.
First of all, TED’s motto is “fostering the spread of great ideas”. What is the great idea here? That judging people based on the color of their skin isn’t good? We hear about this every day on the news, in podcasts and so on. It certainly is an important message and one that is worthy of being repeated but it’s nothing new or exciting. As such, TED is not the podium for this.
Another point is that the talker should “give” not “take”. I feel here, but maybe it’s just me, that the talker was fishing for applause, laughter and sympathy.
Taking those 2 points into consideration, this talk – or, again, at least the part that has been published – would be labelled as boring in substance and egocentric in form.
Does anyone know what the TED audience thought of this talk?
Edward Lulofs
May 26, 2021 at 5:26 pm
He shared a great idea: action, story, system. He gives us something to help others. This message is needed.
PsionicMonk
May 27, 2021 at 8:36 pm
Okay boomer
Daniel NORIEGA MEZA
May 24, 2021 at 3:21 am
I am a Latino and I believe this agenda of pushing paranoia and profiling of all police officers needs to stop in order to move forward. This talk should be taken down. Most police officers are law abiding citizens that will use force only if and when required.
Joseph Sullivan
May 24, 2021 at 4:13 am
Most recent lynching he could name was over 80 years ago. Big reach
Chen Beixuan
May 27, 2021 at 6:12 am
Leave him alone, hes convinced hes a victim
supreme action
May 24, 2021 at 4:38 am
Come on man
TheWarchild490
May 24, 2021 at 6:36 am
Don’t even go here, TED talks.
One Person
May 24, 2021 at 10:20 am
Know whats weird? It always seems to be those tolerant, ‘un-racist’ leftist white people who call the cops on black people. The white liberal is not your friend. And you should expect to get pulled over for driving a car with expired or broken anything. Thats not racist, thats just the rules for everybody. So tired of this stale fake victim bs.
Matt Davidson
May 24, 2021 at 12:26 pm
Trash logic.
Matt Hart
May 24, 2021 at 2:43 pm
Insanely racist.
Jesus Tyrone Christ
May 24, 2021 at 6:56 pm
While this is fine, I think giving a TED talk to a bunch of people who aren’t racist in the slightest and don’t approve any racial profiling is kinda… Useless?
Like are these bad cops gonna see this? No. If they’d use the money to make this TED talk to, let’s say, do some campaign to bring awareness, that would actually change how people act.
We can’t directly shame racists to stop being racist. We need to say “Hey, are you doing this? Yeah that’s pretty bad” without pointing fingers. That will allow racists to start questioning their actions and stop. Also, the guy did the cliché TED stuff, said the big motivational words but offered 0 value to the conversation. No solutions, nothing. Just “I’m tired” and “Be better”.
Jacob Lewis
May 24, 2021 at 7:13 pm
Cops are human and can make mistakes, but 99.9% of police shootings are totally justified. Comply with police and you’re good to go regardless what color your skin happens to be. We would save wayyy more lives teaching police compliance than pretending like everyone is racist.
Dean Davis
May 25, 2021 at 3:22 am
I used to like Ted talks, now every time I check in, it’s just obsession with skin color. Get over your pigmentation and get a life. Nobody cares and you’re making me dislike you.
teafor7
May 25, 2021 at 5:19 am
For all you millennials who came here hoping to understand how to “deconstruct racism” I have some bad news for you: you’re being played. This guy is my age. We grew up in the same America. He was raised in DC and I grew up in the Philly metro area. No one talked like this when we were in high school & college. People used to believe in themselves & each other based on the content of their character not by the color of their skin. I lived in the projects from 5-11 years old. The police were in our neighborhoods all the time (thank God!). The only people who were afraid of them were the wife beaters and drug dealers. Think about it for just a brief second. Why would a cop shoot somebody JUST BECAUSE they are black? Did you notice that in his story above he WASN’T shot? And he wasn’t pulled over because he was black but because his tags were expired? That’s kinda how it works!
What does his story have ANYTHING to do with the misleading headlines that cops are going around shooting up black men? Why did he not tell you that the high profile shootings of unarmed black men during the Obama years were all investigated for civil rights violations by Obama’s justice department (lead by Eric Holder)? He could have mentioned that they were all cleared of any wrongdoing & the shootings were ruled to be a justified use of force. He’ll never tell you that the number of unarmed black men shot by police back in 2018 (when he gave this talk) was 10. And you’ll never hear him admit that being “unarmed” does not mean “no threat”.
Why won’t he tell you these things? Because seeing people for anything other than their race does not feed his hunger for power or quench his thirst for money. He may have grown up in the “city” but he is far from a victim. He went to the same private school as the Obama & Clinton girls. Then he went to Harvard. Some oppression huh?
What would happen if racial harmony (however you definite it) was reached in our country? What would Mr. Thurston do then? How would he make money? Where would he get his fame? You see, having a level playing field is a nice thought. Being equal and united are warm fuzzy dreams for most people. But lofty goals like those do not further the political agenda of division that is required for weak men like Mr. Thurston to reign. For him to continue to “succeed” in life he NEEDS black people to be inferior and oppressed. He needs people like you to see black people as worthless and incapable of achieving anything of value. He needs you to declare yourself, as a white person, to have power over black people and the only way for them to break free of their chains is for you – using your whiteness – to free them.
When I was younger we used to have a name for people like him: racist. When a racist is calling you a racist you know you’re being played.
If you want to “deconstruct racism” ask your parents and grandparents how they did it. Then ask yourself why this guy wants to reverse all that progress. Then follow the money.
Shahbaz Fawbush
May 25, 2021 at 3:25 pm
You raise good points about having a larger view of the situation and of the statistics.
If we practice our listening skills we can acknowledge that Mr. Thurston did indeed have apprehensive feelings when pulled over, whether justified or not. When I first lived in America I never thought twice about being pulled over by a police officer or ever felt apprehensive. And I have had good experiences with the police. However, once you are exposed to either personal or others negative experiences with police you may develop apprehension.
“Mr. Thurston” did not make up the many stories of white people being nervous around black people and calling upon armed police to resolve a situation that could be diffused but other means. That is a slightly different issue to the one of police use of force.
As Bob Marley so eloquently put it “Until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eye, there will be war.” What I understand from this is that until healing occurs and that we no longer have black neighborhoods and white neighborhoods, but just neighborhoods, there will be imbalance and fear and mistrust.
It is a good question to ponder. What is the path to racial harmony? How far along it are we? And what can white and black people do, individually and as a society, to do their part?
Daniel
May 25, 2021 at 8:21 pm
@Shahbaz Fawbush If only more people thought like you did. Unfortunately, you’re a gem. I’m curious to know how history will tell the story of our time. I don’t see how the current narrative will bring blacks and whites together in harmony. I suspect it will do the reverse and ultimately lead to handing the world stage over to China who won’t have these problems because you will assimilate… or else.
Inepti Replica
May 27, 2021 at 9:17 am
@Shahbaz Fawbush I agree with this but sadly it’ll never happen, take a look at kids in high-school theres always the black group the Asian group the white group then the odd multi racial misfit group
This bias grows even larger as we grow up and it is being done unconsciously
A J Johnson
May 29, 2021 at 5:33 pm
Your entire comment is ludicrous, sexist and illogical. Your racism is outpaced only by your ignorance.
You And me
May 25, 2021 at 8:02 am
0:10 what makes everyone laugh? Is it joke or something? If you’re free, tell me
You And me
May 25, 2021 at 8:04 am
0:15
Marry Johnson
May 25, 2021 at 8:16 am
Thank you.
Tilde
May 25, 2021 at 8:29 am
The expectation of a negative experience is enough to interpret one as such. I’ve had good experiences with police; I’ve had bad experiences with police. Always assume people are reasonable and well meaning and you’ll save yourself a lot of needless anxiety. This mans anecdote is a prime example – he assumed it was going to be a negative experience and left with “I survived” when there was never a threat to begin with.
Edward Lulofs
May 26, 2021 at 5:17 pm
Are you a person of color?
PsionicMonk
May 27, 2021 at 8:32 pm
I’m sure you were there and know exactly what you’re talking about, and not just assuming you can relate.
Tilde
May 27, 2021 at 10:26 pm
@PsionicMonk How hilariously asinine. The whole point of telling a story is that it the person you are telling wasn’t there. If you think one must have had experienced something before making commentary, then I guess medical professionals are unqualified when they haven’t experienced an illness, and have no right to treat patients.
So do you disagree that expectation can affect your experience, then?
cafer aydoğan
May 25, 2021 at 8:36 am
Israel is an occupying state. Israel is a murderous state that kills children. is committing crimes against humanity.
Paulo
May 25, 2021 at 10:41 am
I believe chances Will Come, but slowly…
However, i still dont umderstand why this racista thing still happens…
Raul C.
May 25, 2021 at 2:09 pm
This is adding to the racial divide. I am colored skinned. I have been pulled over by police officers at least 2 dozen time in my life, I have never felt afraid, and I survived all stops because I was polite and I followed instructions. And each time I was stopped it was because of something that I had done wrong. I recall one time I got stopped for expired tags. If you are a black man in America, and you want to avoid getting pulled over by a police officer, drive safely and have a street worthy vehicle. And if you do get stopped, follow all officer instructions and you will have the exact same experience (a good experience) that this idiot is talking about.
Lisa Love Ministries
May 25, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Proverbs 8:17
“I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me”
J W
May 25, 2021 at 5:57 pm
Seems a bit dramatic…merp
Heer Shah
May 26, 2021 at 4:09 pm
TED used to be good. A TED talk used to mean something. Not anymore. It’s the same thing again and again. Sad!
Donavan B LoForte RPN, RCRT, LCRT
May 27, 2021 at 6:10 am
Whine & whine & whine. SHAME
Pamela Mason
May 27, 2021 at 9:12 pm
Have humans ever not feared one another? Since we are programing AI with social media data, will robots fear one another? Or will they just fear humans?
steven steyn
May 28, 2021 at 1:08 am
one day when everything burns the black people who are so “appressed” will ask the white people to put out the fire, when everything is fixed the cycle will start again.
Mr. Shelby
May 28, 2021 at 4:51 am
Your words would have some merit if you were capable of spelling “oppressed” correctly. You’ll get em next time champ.
Cakehole
May 28, 2021 at 7:13 pm
p
Honeybloomgarden
May 29, 2021 at 1:34 pm
This really needs to be taught in schools 💚