“It starts in the home. If the father is not in the home, the boy will find a father in the streets. I saw it in my generation and every generation before me, and every one since.” ~Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington is an actor not a sociologist, not a cultural anthropologist or any kind of social scientist.You would not take medical advice from an accountant don't take advice from the entertainment industry regarding social problems.
Mark R According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 19.7 million children, more than 1 in 4, live without a father in the home. Consequently, there is a father factor in nearly all social ills facing America today. 4 times greater risk or poverty, 7 more times likely to become pregnant as a teen , more likely to face abuse and neglect , more likely to go to prison, 2 times more likely to drop out of school... are you going to say this does not exist?
@anger & rage was that lengthy reply all that necessary? I'm very familiar with X. I've listened to his speeches and read his biography. I was merely commenting how deceitful X thought white liberals were. Everyone knows the conservatives back then were pretty open about their racism, and liberals were deceitful in the fact they pretended to care, but their actions proved otherwise.
@anger & rage I brought up Malcolm X for the simple reason he saw through the bullshit. You've read between non-existent lines and inferred things that were not implied. I'm not a white conservative or liberal.
Just so we can be clear... here is the truth... Individuals of any race, creed, political party affiliation or color can act racist but in America politically the only tolerated systemic racism is by the Democratic party.... A) against asians and whites as 1) quotas 2) affirmative action and 3) identity politics and B) against blacks and hispanics as 1) welfare dependency, 2) limited public school choices (vouchers, charter schools and school choice) and improper public school management by teacher unions, 3) Democrat party founded police unions deals with their Democrat mayors and Democrat city officials to cover up or under and overcharge officers (murder 1 charge instead of manslaughter to get officers off) by the Democrat district attorney to avoid their convictions, 4) selectively targeting minorities for abortions and 5) controlling the system to fostering single mother child rearing.... all with the narrative that the Democratic party cares about people of color, children and women.
"The Civil Rights Movement has become The Civil Rights Industry. They have a vested interest in keeping a certain narrative out there..." This statement is more relevant today than ever before.
@@milesarcher8502 He means the Media, Politicians, etc. There is huge money and huge power to be had in racial "injustice". It's how incompetent mayors can run cities into the ground but still get voted in at an 80% of the votes. Then you talk Federal and there's like 1000 congressmen, senators, and executive branch elected officials controlling TRILLIONS of dollars in the US budget. The Billions you talk about are drops in the bucket. Racial "injustice" is easy votes for these people. And easy votes is easy power.
“When we get ready to take the United States, we will not take it under the label of communism, we will not take it under the label of socialism. These labels are unpleasant to the American people and have been speared too much. We will take the United States under the labels we have made vary lovable, we will take it under liberalism, under progressivism, under democracy. But take it we will.” - Alexander Trachtenberg (National Convention of Communist Parties, Madison Square Garden, 1944
Or they'll just dismiss it or, if they do see it, it's just a "maybe" rather than seeing it for what it is - steps to finding good solutions to today's issues in the Black community.
@@raymond_tora so, what's with the name calling? If you knew me, or anything about me, you would not call me that. There was nothing ignorant in what I stated. In fact, the conversations that could be had from watching this video are the important ones. The complex ones. The ones that would flesh out the complex realities for better undestsnding all the way around. As it stands, you're behaving as a troll. And that IS pitifully ignorant.
I sent this to two liberal friends and they still havent watched it lol. This is after we had a heated discussion and I thought I made some ground. Too much work trying to red pill people. These people are helpless.
Socialists are always after equal results and they can only be achieved by tyranny and they never actually reach the goal. Imagine the godlike power and insight that would be required. That’s why Thomas Sowell called social justice ‘cosmic justice’.
amanda miller Who said anything about medicare? But if you wanna go there. Elderly = richest generation in america Young = poorest generation in America. Medicare = robbing the poor the feed the rich That should cover it.
Lord Hawkeye the problem is is that African Americans have achieved a lot in this country over the past four hundred years even when we had successful communities and successful businesses it was taking away, bombed, blown up, never trust anybody White in this country.
@@fivefivevirgo4055 all that happened to you because of your god the democrat party. It was the Democrat party that did all that to you. You know the one you worship (the democrat) lol.
@@trevorbilliot2625 Certain Black students at elite colleges claim to be OPPRESSED as a form of virtue signaling! That's the type you mean. Yet, there are other Blacks with truly LEGITIMATE RACE grievances!
@@cordwainerbird5550 you're missing the point. What people believe they do out of the good of their own heart can actually be destructive to themselves and others around them. It's not saying that bad people are doing good, but that they're fooled in thinking what they're doing is good.
Yeah, another sellout making White racists and conservatives feel good about their stereotypes with the lazy, shiftless Black man. Funny, they only speak in front of mostly all White audiences and that is who buy their books.
@@kelvinbrown8754 That's not my impression. Thomas Sowell says that the #1 hindrance is the public school system, and his idea of a remedy for that is the voucher system. Seems like the people who listen to him care more about making sure blacks get equal opportunity for a good education than the DNC. Please don't insult me. I just wanted to offer some thoughts. Peace.
@@waterdragon2012 Thank about what you just said and what Sowell is advocating for just one second. He is saying he is will to write off vast numbers of Black children. He wants vouchers for some but is OK that others remain in failing schools. Why can't he imagine a functional public school system that serves all children like in most other Western countries and like they used to function here. Those clowns just like to trash anything the government does except the military. So tell me how I am wrong to want all Black kids to have a great school and not just some that can get vouchers. Conservatives want the voucher system so then can have a way for White families to have White only schools. Fact.
@@kelvinbrown8754 Where are you getting this disinformation? In fact, he wants school choice for any child whose parents can't afford better just like they do in Nordic countries. It's tragic how public schools in more affluent neighborhoods offer great education while the schools in impoverished communities don't offer much opportunity. There's a lot of pushback against school choice, that's why there's a lottery system. The lottery system is a compromise. Again, Sowell prefers that every child have access to quality education.
@@waterdragon2012 Simple math. Either ALL children have a quality education or just some. Vouchers ensure that SOME will get a quality education buy many more will not. The voucher system by definition condemns those not getting vouchers to a sub standard education. He has NO remedy for that nor does he talk about one as it will inevitably lead back to improving the public schools for all. Something he and all Black conservatives abhor even though they all went to one and by some miracle turned out OK.
City of Truth91 . I’m not black neither american. Would you explain why this book says black victim hood is spreaded by liberals leftists ? I’ve seen some liberals, black and white, agreeing with this author. I agree that lefts have this mindset, but not liberals. Am I wrong ?
@@desiderata8811 I have seen the same mindset progressed by many liberals, especially when they talk about the wealth gap, as if it is some insurmountable odd.
@Kevin Foster that may be true, but if i only refer to white people,black people will call me a self-hating uncle tom. And also, black conservatives have a beyter understanding of where black liberals come from, even if they dont agree with them. I think identity politics are stupid and wish I could only seek out ideas.
When he started to mention where the president's own kid attend I realized this must be old and and looked at the published date. He was definitely talking about Obama. I wish they would have the same interview today.
40 pages into his 205 page book titled “Please Stop Helping Us.” Great read and REALLY great insights offered by him, into problems faced today by black America.
Look at photos of Harlem in the 1940s: Intact black families, every woman wearing a fur coat and every man wearing a suit and a hat. We've definitely lost something over the last 50 years.
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Integration ruined the black community civil rights smh we asked to be treated equal instead of asking for something of monetary value what is the metric of equality
Can't remember from where, but i once heard that the 3 most prevalent factors that keep someone out of poverty are: 1) graduating high school 2) not having kids out of wedlock 3) getting married after age 20 If you do all that, odds are extremely high that you will NOT live in poverty.
@@AlyssaTaylor9 White racism in employment definitely affects Blacks heavily with respect to hiring and promotions! This is also a major factor regarding poverty!
@@lisacox3750 do you want politicians help for anything related to covid; i wonder if you can be as honest as Riley is; am not "trying to take you down; believe you me; i am aware my question has that undertone
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@@davidwicks9538 subsidies to businesses are incredibly different than a welfare check given to an individual. Tax breaks and grants to business allow the business to hire more workers. These workers can then earn a fair wage, and then spend those wages in their communities.... which stimulates the entire economy. Give someone a check each month? They spend it at businesses and then businesses fork it to taxes. And then those taxes go towards welfare yet again, perpetuating this cycle. But if more people can get hired they can get promoted and get skills- the sky is the limit. This doesn't need to be politics. Its basic economics.
@@cassiej2549 Well said, but, perhaps, You're not familiar with the "Last hired, first fired",☻ rarely promoted american custom🙉. The white farmer land gifts and subsidies, the manufacturing, transportation, and banking, baleouts should've been denied. If a company can't compete in the free market, they should fail, not collect💸 Welfare,* Basic Capitalist ECONOMICS⁉️💯 I ASSUME you Cheerfully, 'Refused Your' Stimulus 💰welfare⁉️🤔⁉️🙊✊🏿"FREE BILL COSBY"
@@davidwicks9538 wow you brought up like 4 completely different topics and im not sure how to reply about bill Cosby 🤣🤣🤣 I see what you mean and your perspective is valid! And no I didn't "refuse" my stimulus because idk how to reject a direct deposit hahahaha. But I did send it all directly to 2 or 3 moms I know on Facebook that were laid off due to the corona and needed it. I have kept the same job and same income entire pandemic so I don't need it. So I kinda refused it....?
Probably because for starters, there is no singular "Black culture." The majority of Black Americans are middle-class residents of suburban areas and small towns and expect and deserve the same level of public services paid for with their tax dollars as their non-Black counterparts. And the second reason is that you don't reach the poor and working classes with high-falutin' think tank panels and book tours. This is discussion by a privileged man for the consumption of other privileged people. Take the argument directly to the intended audience and talk *to* them instead of talking to everyone else *about* them.
Basically: Take responsibility for yourself as an individual, then your family, then your community, etc. Sounds like a Jordan Peterson idea and I like it.
@@cordwainerbird5550 they do not have to if they take responsibility for themselves. you missed the entire point in order to say blacks are simply victims of Whites. have a look at the interracial crime states at the FBI website.
Although i enjoy a lot of what JBP has to share, his ideas arent necessarily his own but he does a great job of communicating them and combining many diffeent ideas and concepts into succinct and easy to understand terms
I'm black and I worked in inner city schools. We must get and keep responsible fathers in the home. We must promote scholarship, academic excellence and the work smart work ethic. My grandmother(6th grade education) produced 13 high school graduates in the Jim Crow South during the 20s, 30s and 40s. It's not rocket science, it can be done. Fathers and parents must create a home environment that promotes personal responsibility, reading and good study habits. Turn off the TV during the week and open a book. Turn off Xbox and DVD players during the week. There should be some homework everyday. Make time to visit your child's school. Talk to your child's teacher(s) as much as you can. Education is a partnership between the teacher, parent and the student. You don't have to have a degree in math to help your child with math, you may need to work with the teacher to provide tutoring or other interventions to achieve success. Go to the PTO/PTA meetings and parent teacher conferences, this is important. Sit in on one of you child's classes and observe.
If I could high five you over the internet I would. I am in my 40s and remember the successful kids in high school -you would see their parents at parent teachers meeting day.
scary how relevant this interview is now. 5yrs later &ppl are still being tricked/enticed into believing the Dems want to/are helping them. FACTS OVER FEELINGS... TRUTH OVER NARRATIVE
@@dannytennial5311 You seem to have missed the point entirely. NEITHER political party should do anything to "help" the poor. The government exists to protect civil liberties, property rights, and enforce contracts. One it has done so, it should get out of the way.
He had me the first 18 seconds! YES I CONCUR! I grew up in the heart of the hood and my family never taught us that we were disadvantaged... they kept us in church and told us if we work hard, had a high regard for our morals, character, and are responsible, we'd be successful.
Another brilliant guy! I’ll be looking for Jason Riley’s current works. Especially now in these crazy, unnecessary-racially-tensioned times 😩 Good will win!
I'm falling back in-love with ReasonTV... I'm just an average, simple bro here in Merica, but I'm very impressed with the direction Reason is going intellectually. I'd love to see a conversation between Nick Gillespie and Eric Weinstein on economic issues facing the Middle and Lower classes in America... That would also be one hell of a show...!
Not just Ben Shapiro said that - the Brookings Institute (a famously left leaning report) has articles that say the same thing. My, it’s almost as if family stability and values like hard work and commitment are what produce good results for people.
Ben Shapiro hasn't got a clue that white racism in employment operates against Black Americans regardless of high school, marriage or single parent status! Black single motherhood is just a distraction from continuing employment race discrimination abuses!
@@cordwainerbird5550 single parent households of ANY race produce kids who buy and large fall behind in many aspects of life. Racism exists(unfortunately) still but the promotion and continued encouragement of having kids out of wedlock is doing societies of all kinds many disservices. If you fail to understand this then youre either dense, ideologically posessed, or have not educated yourself...or a combination of all three
After doing some research, I've found that many of his arguments are actually very low resolution and don't sufficiently look critically at the causes of the issues faced by Black Americans. In the case of anti-poverty programs, southern anti-Black and religious politicians were responsible for the "no man in the house" rules to receive financial aid. And why did Black families need social aid in the first place except for higher levels of poverty caused by discrimination? Black people were increasingly being discriminated against in the labor market causing more unemployment leading to higher rates of poverty. People were poor and in desperate situations BEFORE receiving the aid. It really was the changing structure of society and discriminatory policies that exacerbated the problems Black people faced.
Great of you to be skeptical and look deeper. Never-ending, right? One thing you wrote last line, policies that exacerbated the problems: I heard Mr. Riley agree with your observation in his discussion above. I could be wrong. Measurements would have to be updated to satisfy me, given the 2014 date of the book. If he has a new edition, I'd love to read it. Good talk.
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David Wicks this dude is failing to consider the long lasting effects of the cycle of poverty. Any group who was subject to discrimination, and as a result, poverty would be in a worse position than other groups who haven’t been subject to the same thing.
Equal opportunities is justice, and what liberty provides. Equal results, on the other hand, requires huge amount of tyranny, which results in everybody equally miserable. "The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries." Winston Churchill
That's fair. It's an extremely complicated topic. My biggest issue with thedebate as it is today is that people want to do it through the national government. The cost of living varies state by state, sometimes by a lot. States should decide their own rates. Otherwise you end up with horrible mismatches that result in more harm than good. Businesses will lay people off if wage rates go up too much, which hurts hourly workers, poor communities, and minorities the most.
@@sarahtaylor4264 agreed but there should be a ratiod federal fairness clause. Like it measures all those elements of cost of living and wages of said state. Just in case the state gets loaded by corrupt officials and enact draconian worker abuse.
What ever you subsidize, you'll increase. You give a ton of money to the poor, you'll get more poor people. If you make it profitable to be a single parent, you'll get more single parents. Living off the system is profitable so people do it.
I agree with a lot of what he’s saying but many people don’t want to hear it. Any issues affecting communities need to start with self, with the wider community but not focused on external structures like systems or on trying to control what other people do or don’t do. I can’t stop anyone from thinking or behaving in a discriminatory way but I can work on helping my community and working on myself by not doing anything to hurt my community.
@@williamdelahunty3677 The goal is not the steps needed to get to the goal. We need new intellectuals in the universities to teach the importance of mans independent mind.
@@TeaParty1776 Given the gatekeeping and ideological purity checks, tenure, and Democrat backing, how would you accomplish this? They need their money stripped, as subsidies are the only way this can perpetuate.
A young girl knows if she has a baby at age 16 she will have all their needs met the father knows he will have a badge of honor paid for by you the tax payer. This has to stop.
"The civil rights movement has become a civil rights industry" Wow, amazing. 100%! Keep preaching that personal responsibility, it's the answer, way to go!
My mother was a single parent and worked a low paying job and never got a check every body poor don't want a hand out they want a good paying job like everyone else
Here’s some frank advice: Turn your car stereo down, pull your pants up, take your sunglasses off if it’s not sunny, be respectful to others, don’t take things that don’t belong to you, work hard, study hard and do your own work, stop deserting your children.......
Riley Merino Thanks judge. I won’t be offended be loud, vulgar rap music blaring out of your car if you agree to leave peaceful monuments alone. Do we have a deal?
Dick Ritchie I haven’t touched any of your precious fucking racism monuments, Dick (appropriately named). And guess what-if I did, it still literally doesn’t affect your little bubble of a life at all for any reason. Kind of like rap music. Get over yourself, man. Kendrick Lamar is a beautiful poet and just as legitimate as Dylan or Simon.
'Everybody has asked the question.. "What shall we do with the Negro?" I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us!. Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us.'.. Frederick Douglass
David Lingner . I’m not black neither american. Would you explain why this book says black victim hood is spreaded by liberals leftists ? I’ve seen some liberals, black and white, agreeing with this author. I agree that lefts have this mindset, but not liberals. Am I wrong ?
There s a difference between having a father vs. having a father in the home. Sons will either have or not have an example in the home of how to be a father in the home, how to be a husband, what fatherly discipline looks like on a daily basis, and how it equates to love. Fathers in the home is what black families need. What families need regardless of color or culture.
@@dalemaloney255 No, you respond like you are the product of a sound BRAINWASHING system. You accept the fact that you are programmed to SERVE ("get JOB"), and NOT OWN ("WORK hard"). The irony is that you are willing to make your MASTERS rich as well ("you can BUY things"). Then you want to DEFEND your masters ("sit on your butt, screw your life away"), and ensure that they stay on top of an unjust system eternally ("you will have problems forever"). But what are you willing to do about the BILLIONAIRES who rule over you by deciding to FIRE you or not, and throw you out on the street or not (I sure hope that you ain't 'black,' because that's where the police brutality comes in to protect white owned, billionaire property)??? And don't 'back track' or try to correct yourself, because I CORRECTED YOU, by saying 'oh you can just go and get a business,' BECAUSE YOUR FIRST AND ONLY THOUGHT WAS TO WORK FOR (serve) SOMEONE ELSE!!!
@@ericgarner1000 I did carpenter work for over 50 yrs. was mainly my own boss. did NOT have the troubles you did! I worked for many people in this line of work. i cant think of a single person that i dad trouble with. just the bankers. they thought they owned my company. I proved them wrong! be good at what you do, pay attention to people, work hard. enjoy life. dont try to beat people out of a thing. LIFE WILL BE GOOD. hard, sometimes. but good.
@@dalemaloney255 You are of the SMALL business or capitalist class, who are against the LARGE capitalist class, and are worried about them forming monopolies to drive you out of business, I get it! YOU WERE LUCKY THOUGH, many other small businesses were NOT as fortunate as you, YET WORKED EVEN HARDER THAN YOU. You were just lucky that a billion dollar corporation was NOT targeting you, that's all. You were not in an attractive enough location for the big 'monopoly hawks.' Yet you think your success was due just to hard work and morals, no, YOU WERE JUST LUCKY AND PRIVILEGED mostly!!! I worked for the gov't as an educator for fifteen years. I was pure labor/teacher. Helped more kids learn math than a Ford assembly line, and COMPLETELY changed lives for the better, until the damn vouchers came. I always resented private capital BUYING UP or PRIVATIZING gov't/labor, pushing their weight around ALL BECAUSE THEIR ECONOMIC SYSTEM WAS FAILING AND THEY NEEDED MORE MARKETS FOR EXPANSION. The root of the problem is disproportionately low wages. That is what causes corporations to accumulate enough wealth to drive SMALL businesses like you were, OUT OF BUSINESS!!! Life is NOT just good, IT'S MOSTLY LUCKY, especially if you live in the favor of white supremacy!!!
"You have a big black middle class now. Most blacks are not poor, in this country. But the problems of the black underclass continue to dominate the discussion..." Let's change that narrative!
as a professional soldier ... I can tell you the strongest homes/families are black ...I did not see blacks as a solider... I saw an individuals... that could or could not do the required tasks ... I served under Colin Powell... He was a great soldier ... I never thought of him as black ...only as the my commander ... the military is a brutal meritocracy...either you have it ... or not... PC has no use there ... PC guys get killed... see ...the enemy does not care if it insults you or hurts your feelings .... so you trade PC for Military Correct ...