Ben Shapiro DEBUNKS Viral 'Systemic Racism Explained' Video 

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"Let's talk about Racism" "This Is Jamal" Come on.

Everyone forgets the Asians during these conversations

As a black woman I was not raised with people mentioning perspectives like Ben. And I can say this really opened my mind. I notice alot of times when people say things are about race that there is nothing to back it. Or often times the situation seems to be more about qualifications, culture and socio economic status than race. What I learned is that the lack of details can often distort the picture.

Jamal, what a perfect name to use on a video talking about racism

Ben Shapiro is the guy we think we are when we are arguing in the shower

In Serbia we all have badly funded schools so there is no inequality

"Life isn't fair, get used to it" - My dad.

"It's Culture. Not color" - Denzel Washington

They literally picked the most stereotypical names for these two kids.

Seems to me they're complaining about Jamal's economic status, not his race. Lots of whites grow up poor.

My father's family were Irish immigrants. He and his siblings were sent to live in a children's home when he was 4 years old. He busted his ass and worked his way up the ladder in a housing company for over 25 years. Then he got laid off and replaced by someone who had a better education and who could work for half the pay. Now he's 67 and he works as a custodian because he can't afford to live off his retirement. The color of his skin never afforded him an easier life.

"people in low income areas should just move to high income areas" Genius!

Yesterday I told my professor - in a discussion where he stated “if you disagree tell me” - that I did not believe white people were the only ones with privilege in this country. That I believed that white people do not benefit from a system that is solely meant to benefit them in today’s society. I said that we should not raise black children to see white people as villains bc that creates a victim hood that predetermines success. He said that my opinion was a disgrace to black people, likened it as if I were saying black people should “stop complaining”, and called it cowardly. I’m a black woman.

They should add a third person, Jethro who lives next door to Jamal, is white and has the same level of inequality with Kevin as Jamal - is that systemic racism as well?

In my lifetime, I hope to see more black people taking responsibility for themselves and their condition. My dad (who is black) was a veteran, a senior software engineer and he owned a school where he taught others how to code in the early 2000s. He worked extremely hard to keep us out of poverty and as a result, I was able to go to expensive private schools and grow up in upper middle class suburbs. My friends and teachers were mostly white and only ever treated me with love, care and respect. The white people who I know (and there are many) judge by character, NOT by color. After “growing up” in white America I have a completely different perspective than most. My dad taught me the importance of accountability. If you’re willing to be responsible for your own life, then anything is possible

So every last black student is suppose to get a school voucher?

Did they really pick "Jamal" as the black kid's name? Lol

As a former public school teacher of 13 years I started laughing in 25 seconds at the ludicrous assumptions that "wealthy" school districts have no overcrowded classrooms, etc.

Love the title of the video “debunked” when all he did was adding further more explanation into the topic as complementary to the video

Then, explain to me why I came to America from a third world country when I was an adult with no English , no residency status, no money, no family , no friends! …. And 20 Years later I’ve learned 2 languages, got a college degree, got married, got a family, got a great job, and cultivated many great friendships!??? Then, explain to me why I don’t consider myself Latin-American, but just Amercican! Explain to me why when I got everything against me I got thrived through hard work and sacrifices!

I’m white and I had to go to a school in the hood my whole life where I was 10% of the population and had people constantly being racist to me. Where was my white privledge?

I'm Indian. I moved to the states with hardly any savings, literally worked my ass off and now have a respectable living. In my opinion, people should assume responsibility for their decisions and not blame the institution for everything. There's a lot under your own control. You just have to set your mind to it and try! Income mobility is a real thing in the U.S. and I testify!!!

"Welcome to our educational video. Here we have our two subjects, Whitely McWhite and Shayquanjamalfadamalamamaqueffa." Pro move, bud.

My brother thinks ben shapiros racist. How can I prove him wrong?

Imagine how long this video would have been if Shapiro talked at the speed of the average person...

I’m white and I related more to Jamal than Kevin growing up

This guy Never fails to impress... I understand stuff I never an interest in after listening to his clear concise explanations.

I do wish Ben would have addressed incarceration differences. As a liberal person, one argument I've always found powerful for systemic racism is precisely this issue. With a quick Google, landed on the ALCU's website that says "Marijuana use is roughly equal among Blacks and whites, yet Blacks are 3.73 times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession." Perhaps one can explain this all away that in denser, urban areas, more arrests will happen so if more black people live in this area than white people, that's what causes it. That's still a gigantic problem related to race. If you want to say, like Bernie did, that it's really all a class problem and racism can basically be reduced to that, fine. But to me at most they seem incredibly wrapped up together. Because then that would lead people's perceptions to assume black people in general are poorer, and therefore likelier to be criminals, etc. and that would spill out to society's judgments in general.

The saddest thing is that, the teachers in this low income schools are going to show this stupid video to children.

Isn’t that just classism? It’s literally all about the difference in class

I don’t think he debunked anything, just gives a different perspective.

“I’m being stabbed help please” ben- “killing people is illegal though… DEBUNKED”

Asian Americans - smashing every myth of systemic racism since lilly white racists started using the term.

Why is Jamal "African American" but Kevin is just "white?" 😂😂😂

Ben said if you live in a bad school district because it’s in a poor area, than just move to a richer area. One problem, if you’re poor you can’t just move to a rich area haha. The best solution, which a lot of European countries do is to give school districts equal funding, so you don’t have rich and then poor districts, that way regardless of where you live, if funding is equal and high enough, most of these areas will have improved schools. The reasons why we don’t do this, we don’t want to increase taxes on the wealthier.

We live in a capitalistic society. Which basically translates to, survival of the fittest. I like it this way. It’s the way Mother Nature indended. Some people get dealt good hands, and some people get dealt bad hands. The beauty is, you are only limited to your own imagination, and hard work. It’s that simple. Sex / race / religion / height / family / location means something, but it doesn’t define you. It’s what you do with your own life, that defines you. Thank you, capitalism and freedom.

I was put in Jamals school. I’m white and I live in the Bronx. Not only black people are put in Jamals shoes

I’m white and I grew up poor, I remember some days I wouldn’t even eat because we had no food but now I’m a small businesses owner and I’m not gonna have someone tell me I didn’t work my ass off to get to where I am now because I’m white!

My wife is Chinese from a very poor family. My wife grew up in a cave. She worked like crazy and graduated with a degree from a good university. Hard work and studying can move you up.

the video is not about how to change systemic racism, but simply explaining it, Ben.

These type of videos act like Blacks and Whites are the only two races in the while country I swear

Haaaaa my wife is a teacher in the most affluent school district in the state of Utah. When the video said “Kevin’s school is not over crowded and the teachers are VERY well paid” I almost spit out my coffee

Socio--economic discrimination is the problem.

Obviously moving to higher income areas isn't an option for majority of people living in these communities

I spent several years on a school board. In my opinion, a massive problem in educational success and opportunities is parents. Try and hold a kid accountable for his academic progress and you get angry mom in yelling that the teacher can't teach her boy and that the school is racist. Ask the parents to help their kids, they loudly tell you it's your job to teach their kid and it's not their job to help. Try and discipline a kid for anything, and you get threatened with a lawsuit. It's a mess.

Why is Jamal "African American" but Kevin is "white"? Shouldn't Kevin be "European American" or Jamal be called "black"? Obviously because they want to frame "white" as a political entity as well as a racial identity.

Hello Ben I'm a 16 year old Indian male living in Nebraska. I completely agree with you about the neglect of possible confounding variables in the studies the video used to explain systemic racism and that they were completely blown out of proportion. I would want nothing more than racism to be a thing of the past but unfortunately in the case of my friends and I it's not that simple. As an Indian, at school I'm constantly called "curry muncher/lover" or "call scammer." It may seem like a small issue on the outside but deep down it hurts that my family and I's culture is ridiculed for no reason. All I would like is to receive the same cultural respect I give to everyone around me.

Play the victim long enough and you start to believe the lies

at times like these it feel like ben is the only genuine guy to not fall for BS media

Whenever I see Ben get "cancelled" on Twitter, I assume he made a video that disproves everything they lie about. I'm right again...

Why'd they have to name the black kid Jamal 💀

bro really had to call them jamal and kevin and america is the racist one?

Does systemic racism only affect black males? I’m a Hispanic woman, my parents did agricultural work all their lives. I almost didn’t graduate high school because I had no one to support my and tell me to get my act together. A counselor talked sense into me and I went to summer school and got all my missing credits. I began working as a receptionist at a hospital right after high school but I felt like I could do more. A couple of years after I started taking college classes at night while working full time. I didn’t speak English at twelve years old when I came into this country and now I have a bachelor’s degree. Most of my Hispanic friends dropped out of school and had babies when they were still teenagers. My point is, we all have the ability to make choices. I’m not rich by any means, but I feel successful. I have cousins in law enforcement, others who are professionals in different fields, and the ones who aren’t have moderately well earning jobs. All of our parents were or are poor agriculture workers, so where is this systemic racism?

So they say white but not black. Why do people think saying African American is so much nicer than saying black?

Segregation by name is definitely a racial thing not a class or social standard thing. U can't tell a person's class by their name. Secondly, the fact a person is raised by a single mother doesn't make him deprived automatically. Ben just gave his own POV, it doesn't mean the video is trash...it also has a point. Ben acknowledges there is prove that people bearing a certain name are likely to get a call back for an interview, it automatically gives an edge to gaining social wealth to a certain race than the other. That is valid on its own without any other factor affecting it.

Dang! You hit the nail on the head! Excellent job Mr. Shapiro!

Funny how they don't mention broken families being a huge factor in creating poverty.

I'm so sick of hearing about racism and white and black people I could puke.

This is Kenny and Token Black from South Park ... but in reverse. Didn't South Park call this like ...20 Years Ago?!

Don’t let proponents of “ systemic racism” bog you down with cherry-picked instances of discrimination, to paint the entire system with. This idea ignores all of the examples of systemic anti-racism working to offset much of these issues. Now, I’m just a chipmunk. So I know what it’s like to feel systemically disadvantaged. Especially with the YT algorithm working against me. So call this a shameless plug, but I do have a short video about systemic racism. It will surely work to debunk any example of of discrimination the left tries using against you.

I went from poor to above middle class w my whole family when we immigrated here w nothing in the 80s

Did they do the same study comparing names like Steve, Michael, Samantha and Janice to names like Bubba, Cletus, Brandine and Lurleen? Because I suspect the Cletuses and Lurleens of the world would probably have the same problem...

I'm white and grew up in an upper middle class family, but my parents both grew up in poverty.

You don't address the property taxes point because its absolutely correct and you just don't care.

My grandfather was fighting tooth and nail to survive Japanese occupation in the Philippines. Today I am living a comfortable life, have a loving family, and have a job. This whole "poor because your ancestors were poor" is just ridiculous.

Where are the examples of poor Asian immigrants who work hard, get great grades, and get discriminated against in favor of black students?

statistically, Black women do pretty well compared to black males because on average they go after degrees like nursing and get their degree at a trade school and work their way up and avoid that University debt. Nursing is one of the solid jobs where there isn't a huge disparity in relative percentage. US population is 13.4%, Black Nurse practitioners account for 12.6% of nurse practitioners. I would consider that a win even if it is a small one.

What I don’t understand is why do we have to judge people’s class based on their names…. Why can’t people use whatever name they’ve been given and still have equal opportunity 🥺

You can make the same argument for white kids in Beverly Hills vs white kids in West Virginia

My mom was literally forced to give her scholarship back when the found out she was white. She has a black sounding name according to a lot of people.

Ben is just so freaking smart and fast LIKE BOI IS HE HUMAN!?!??!

And FDR, the most progressive president we have had started all the redlining policies for neighborhoods. 😂

When I Originally watched this video, I kept thinking about what Ben Shapiro would say about it.

I also love how they use Chicago (a Democrat stronghold) as their example of redlining in the modern era. If a city run by Democrats is still redlining in the _de facto_ sense, wouldn't it be a good idea to give some Republicans a shot? Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again for decades and hoping for a different result?

Damn I was already to be mad at Ben, but he's right about the Dems.

Do people not realise that Jamal is just a name people have

I love the names- Kevin and Jamal lmfao could they get more stereotypical

I am a black female who grew up in Baltimore. My parents fought hard to keep us out of Baltimore City. However, growing up we ended up back out there quite a few times, until I started 6th grade where we stayed in Baltimore County in an apartment for 5 years. If I brought home all A's and one B, I was never praised. My dad would ask, "What happened with the B?" I was told that we had to go to college and that they also (my parents) were not going to pay for it. Neither one of my parents are college graduates. My parents were not wealthy by any means. My dad waited 2 years to get in at one company and has been there most of my life. My parents bought their first home when I was in 11th grade. My brother received two nominations (very rare) to the United States Naval Academy. I went into the Army, finished my degree, and am now a Senior Network Engineer. My sister is a stay at home mom. My parents pushed excellence and accepted nothing less. They had their struggles and sought to make sure things were better for us. Did they teach us about our past history? You betcha! Did we hear words of caution? Yup! But we were also taught to not make race the first thing we see. We are all God's children. Learn from your past.....don't live in it!

Where did he debunk it? All he did was state that it was wrong because he disagreed.

"School vouchers" but how will they get there. The families in these communities have multiple jobs as well as other issues and don't have time to drive their kids to the schools. Schools don't provide public transportation to transfer students.

They "forgot" to include the part that Jamal's district is more likely to have been governed and run by Democrats for decades long before 1965.

The problem with that video is that they started off assuming the neighborhoods are all white or all black. It is assuming there are no rich or middle class black people living in better neighborhoods with better schools, and it is also assuming that there are no poor white people living in poverty and going to poor schools. It is also assuming that the poor black people has no access to better jobs just up the road from there. I live in a mixed neighborhood with middle class blacks, including one who paid cash for his home just across the road. He has his own business, drives nice cars and trucks and the other black neighbors are also driving very nice cars, equal to or better than the one I'm driving. It is also assuming that the reason the white boy lives in a better neighborhood is because he is racist, not because his father and mother just simply did better like my black neighbors have done. Too many assumptions based on very weak evidence.

bro banks were redlining up until the early 90s 🤣🤣

Systemic socio--economic, multi--cultural health issues demand unalienable rights.

"Rich people are bad. We need more money to fix schools and racism." "Where are we going to get the money?" "I'm glad you asked."

Ok, let’s say, hypothetically, bingo was his name o

ben shapiro not understanding generational wealth

No one? Literally no one? Nobody ever talks about how Asian and Punjabi Americans are almost always educated and successful. Hell, most of them come to this country with barely a pot to piss in. Maybe the only thing that is "oppressing" anybody is piss poor choices in life, not "systematic racism".

Let’s not forget the fact that being educated isn’t “cool” according to hip hop music. And if a black person speaks proper that person is often “teased” for sounding “white”.

Asians overall have the highest income level among ethnic groups. Does that mean there is a systematic favoritism for them? Far from that, it is mostly due to culture and peer influences.

My great grandmother had to drop out of school to help out my families farm because they were losing money. I think she stopped going to school after the 3rd grade. She basically did slave work for years. I don’t want to hear shit from someone about my white privilege and systemic racism. Hear I am 90 years later and I’m on my way to complete my higher education journey. She’d be proud.

The fact that redlining was outlawed by the fair housing act, that does not explain why some of the largest banks in America were caught using red lining maps as recently as 2015

Watching Ben Shapiro makes me feel like I could win any argument

The fact that the original video is kinda targeted at kids is scary.

It was pretty funny when you said, "mom helping with the homework." I lived in a single parent household, and I literally never was helped with homework, ha ha.

I’ll always say that we have more of a class issue than a race issue here in America. However, I feel like this video is missing the mark. Here’s what I did like: I thought you did a great job countering examples the video discussed that were taken out of context, providing deeper explanations. I particularly liked your argument against black people having a lower education due to systemic racism, using the example of black females earning higher education in comparison to white females with the same economic background. But it seems like your only view on systemic racism is that it’s used as poor excuse to call ALL American institutions racist which you believe is not true. But let’s be real. There are actual examples of systemic racism in SOME institutions, just like there are people who misuse these terms to avoid analyzing the actual problem. So why dont you provide examples of American institutions that are actively racist today? For example, policing. Law enforcement and military have been infiltrated by white supremacists* for a LONG time. This obviously leads to an increase in harassment, arrests, & deaths (which is prevalent among multiple lower class groups), but particularly affects minority groups such as African Americans or Latinos. White supremacy has been intertwined with our law making since the beginning of this country and we are seeing the same ideologies exist today within American institutions. Now wouldn’t you call this systemic racism? Furthermore, you didn’t address the psychological affects of systemic racism. You can see that taking away the right to own a home through redlining or restricting higher education through segregation will have negative affects on future generations. Black parents during this time couldn’t teach their kids how to attain wealth through education and property ownership, but rather through working blue collar jobs to make ends meet. And not to mention, the generational trauma that can come through navigating these obstacles as a black person on top of dealing with other forms of racism. Not to say that minorities are the ONLY people who experience this since racism and classism do intersect, but we are seeing this significantly more in minority groups. All in all, I think this piece is biased. Even though you do a great job in remaining neutral, you still commit to a conservative viewpoint by saying you “debunked” systemic racism without going deeper. It’s lazy, just like the video you analyzed. You’re so much smarter than these labels you put on yourself. Serving clickbait for conservatives to re-affirm their inept beliefs by having a much more articulate white dude explain it for them. *s3.documentcloud.org/documents/402521/doc-26-white-supremacist-infiltration.pdf

“And all of Kevin’s neighbours (changes tone) are WHITE”

Left wing videos: "this is how it is" Ben Shapiro videos: "this is the explanation, history, reasoning, numbers, stats, related articles, of how it is."

His solution to racism is more racism.