Denzel Washington: "It's Not Color, It's Culture." | Urban View 

Push Back wrong color and guy to say that apparently.

@@diegomagellan sometimes when a white person says something people think about racist whites and attribute it to whoever is speaking

John you ain’t kidding man. It’s so often now not about the content and rationale of your argument but about what the person sharing your argument looks like and even what the people hearing it look like.

Because too many people(the left) focus on color. Like what Denzel was getting at.

Source?

We learned from the Obama era that it takes more than just talking a smooth game.

I hope you are correct Mountain Dew .What is your evidence ?

R Herbert I wish I could say the same thing for president Trump! He could learn a lot from Denzel Washington!

Yeah, some people regurgitate before they speak. I still do sometimes.

not only is directing about culture the entire political battle is more about culture today than race

Denzel destroys "racism" cause he knows that there is only one Human Race . I'd like more people to open their eyes .

⁠@@Italiano-Forteexactly !!! He’s my favourite too but this is racist for sure . So if we have a movie about a father not raising his child, should the director be black ? A movie about a convenience store , does the director have to be Chinese or Punjabi ? Should I keep going ? lol

@@Italiano-Forte couldn’t have said it better myself

I've never watched an interview with Denzel where he allows someone to get to the end of a sentence. That isn't debate, that's projection of one's own opinion while refusing the freedom of speech to others.

​@@MrBossiliniwhat? those are not cultural differences, those are stereotypes you doughnut... stop acting smart when you are clearly dumb...

No one is good except God

What makes you so sure he is a good individual? I'm highly certain that Denzel himself would object to your assertion & end up saying, don't be so quick to guarantee the degree of something with your eyes nevertheless on the internet if you don't know what their concealed life is like behind the camera.

@@laundry1913 I usually accurate when it comes to someone's character and intentions. I used to build profiles on people when I worked in intelligence. I'd like to think that I was pretty decent at it.

@@brandonow82 god & Jesus are the good ones.

@@brandonow82 Really? Cause I read the Bible and that god did a lot of killing.

Jarvbs Jones Because they don’t fall for the bullshit that minority groups try to push. They don’t point their fingers towards another group for their own problems.

Jarvbs Jones because they know how to think for themselves and not act like pussies.

That’s partly why they’ve been so big for so long

Frank Johansen They better be careful or they might end up like Bill Cosby. Liberal Hollywood does not like black entertainers whose thinking is contrary to their own.

@@honestperson6280 Stop with the race wars. It's literally just SJWs and their sympathezers vs Sane people, nothing to do with race.

Wrong, he is one of the only major celebrities who even know what the real issues are.

Morgan Freeman. Samuel Jackson.

Very few white, Black , etc celebrities are big enough and comfortable enough w themselves to go against the grain. Most are either cowards or just don’t want to get in all the drama. Can’t say I blame them as far as staying out the drama , etc

Don't forget Morgan Freeman.

Ashton Kutcher does a lot of work with trying to bust child trafficking

I'm saying 😊

Black Africans born do not want to be mixed in with black American. There’s the difference between the color skin and culture.

You guys can mock her...but I thought Denzels answer was insightful. Maybe that's a way black people can MAYBE get through to some white people who...question or are suspect of their claims of not even police brutality, but just harassment. And shit, it'd may be just as helpful for white liberals who seem to want to speak for and get outraged FOR other people more than the people themselves are.

👌🏾👍🏾💯

@gonçaloBaia She wanted him to explain to the AUDIENCE what he meant by that, There's many analogies Denzel could of used to explain what he meant, so she asked him to elaborate for those who genuinely can't separate race from culture, just like those who can't differentiate religion and culture and believe anyone with a long beard and skull cap or hijab has terrorist tendencies. Smh

@Zac Atkinson You are wrong. It is almost completely culture. Genetic component is insignificant. YOu people who want to to make "RACE" into a thing are really the cause of much of the suffering in the world.

@Zac Atkinson The German Fascists of the 30s-40s tried to make it about race and genetics and not one shred of their ill gotten data backed it up, now we can map the Human genome and it we can now conclusively say being a dumbcunt is nurture not nature.

@Mrimchaelson That's a bad example. Diverse would be Asian and European. not European and European. Middle EASTERN AND Western is also diverse.

Mrimchaelson That depends. E.g. if the white guy grew up in Beverly Hills and the black guy grew up on 8 mile Detroit, there would be a big cultural difference.

My jesus is black

THE FUNNIEST JOKES WAS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. ITS NOT RACIST TO NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURES.

I hate the black vs white Jesus argument. He is Jesus of Nazareth. If you want show him correctly then look at the people there and that will give you a clue. He wasn’t white Caucasian or Black African the most respectful way to show him would be Arab.

Plus there can be cultural differences within a racial group which he doesnt seem to know when he says that a white director can direct another white director's film. He's probably doing it on purpose, maybe to give the interviewer something to work with but still.......

@@user-rg2ev9ui6s however DW is referring to another kind of cultural differences than values and views.

@@gaz312 did jesus speak arabic?

Well there is only one acceptable answer in Hollywood these days if you want to keep your job.

So true! It makes you wonder, I really think Jimmy Fallon is a Republican or Libertarian because he never talks politics and is very neutral

DW is sharp as a razor and doesn't play games. He's not trying to con anybody. There is very little authenticity left, especially among famous people. Everywhere you look, it's scripted BS, to con us into dividing ourselves against eachother. It takes a lot of strength of character to stand against that machine. DW certainly has that strength.

I'd be willing to bet that means he voted GOP or independent. If an actor says he voted Dem, nobody bats an eye.

@canthemum Well, now it's a chance to virtue signal. And virtue signaling is the highest virtue possible in the modern world.

Ayep.

Ayep.

Ayep.

Ok

Denzil is a smart man

Everything he was trying to explain to her, went right over your head. You didn't get it and doubled down 🤦🏾‍♂️

He's my favorite actor

Denzel ain’t black. His is an American!

He's right, Denzil is loaded :-)

That’s such a racist statement

LOL. So true. It is shocking to me that Biden can retain a large group of black voters after saying something like he did. What he said is one of the more racist things I have heard. He was basically saying that black people all think alike. He doesn't see black people as individuals, he sees them as just a group that he can exploit.

Come November 4th, Biden will be yesterday's news.

They mocked him because he's a squeaky voiced prick.

Because hes a weirdo that only debates college kids and no one else.

@fjf sjdnx Everyone says that, but nobody debates him. Odd...

@fjf sjdnx wrong, he killed cenk uygur

@fjf sjdnx LOL IMAGE THINKING HASAN PIKER IS A GOOD "DEBATER" MY DUDE LMFAOO IM ROLLIN. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2RIKm-cOdh0.html watch this and see him cry like a little baby bitch every time charlie makes a good arguments is just hilarious. No one on the left knows how to debate for shit, cause all their ideology is for r3tards

It’s sad right? What has happened... 😞

Susan B it would seem children of fractured families have graduated from college

Biffalo Bull I don’t really understand what you’re saying here?

Susan B I guess what I’m saying is that most of society’s problems are a result of the family unit having broken down. That’s not a popular sentiment but I sincerely believe we’ll solve the big issues when we address the foundational problems.

Biffalo Bull oh okay. I definitely agree. Having a strong family unit is so very important.i hope and pray people will step up in these challenging times. ☮️

Ahhhh cut the crap

what's wrong with seeing a black actor?

@@mokentroll8443 Nothing wrong with a Black actor. Great White actors like DiCaprio and James Dean are called great actors, Black actors like Lawrence Fishburne and Denzel Washington are often called Great Black Actors. Their race shouldn't have to be emphasised, we should just admire their talent like we do with other actors of different races not their skin colour.

@@samhirst2830 this was my point yes

@@samhirst2830 DiCaprio is insanely overrated

Very relatable today

I mean, society heavily impacts how far you get in life. Like how a person born poor is much less likely to be successful and how someone from a 3rd world country will have less opportunity than someone in a developed country. Also, Denzel was directly referring to movie making, not any other aspect of society.

tie gideon I believe parents are the foundation for their children’s success. In America you have a great opportunity to succeed no matter the circumstances. Your upbringing help jump start your life, it’s up to you to continue rise through the challenges.

If you think about it, most of the inequality is about class not colour. There are privileged people of all groups and there are also poor. It seems like there are people that profit by carrying on the racial division so we never get to the actual solutions.

@@tiegideon9816 I'd like to disagree with you, without offending you. When you say that someone who is born poor is 'less likely' to be successful, I disagree with the premise. First of all, your success is NOT A MATTER OF PROBABILITY. You choose. I can't choose for you. Choices lead to success or failure. And attitude. When you don't succeed on the first try, do you quit? Or do you CHOOSE to make your own success happen, regardless of the circumstances? Have you ever hit overtime at two jobs in the same week? I have. I CHOSE TO. Have you ever worked 80 hours a week, for 4 years straight? With only Christmas and Thanksgiving Day off? I have. I CHOSE TO. You need to start by defining what success is to you, personally. Then work backwards and make a plan on how to get there. Step by step. And when your plan starts to fail, you need to find another way. And when that fails, you come up with another way. And when you don't have enough money to do it, get a second job. You choose to make yourself successful. True success doesn't come from being born into some rich family that gives you a fake career, with no effort. You need to throw that lie out the window RIGHT NOW. Secondly, there's nothing so special about making movies that invalidates DW's point about culture versus color in a broader application. The lady asked him why the director needed to have dark skin. His point is that the skin tone itself had no effect, but that the culture was important to the outcome. I think this applies to many other areas. If you surround yourself with a culture that brainwashes you into thinking that you cannot achieve success because you were born poor, you won't achieve success. Your skin color won't have any effect on the outcome. Reform your own personal culture, and CHOOSE to make success happen. Write down your plan on paper, because it's so easy to get distracted.

Agreed. However, them celebs or so-called activists will never talk about 'Nationalities' tho. Why is that

Any biologist will tell you that there is no such thing as a race. Biologically we are all the same.

So you agrees with Ben Shapiro when he said the same thing?

I've seen several clips of DW saying things that indicate he is far smarter than the average actor. Also, authentic.

Culture is downstream from race. So it is actually a race thing.

That understandable, he is easily recognizable, he doesn't know what the ordinary black person goes through

@@verawallace9055 do you think he was born rich and famous or something?

Nope, he is A Capricorn, and they are disciplined and determined people ,qualities that actors must have, Kudos to him

Zodiac isn’t real.

MegaGolgo13 To whites and coonservatives if you point out racist law makers and biased policies didn’t end the day the civil rights act was signed they will call it complaining. Now you have whites complaining about drug laws designed for us, trade deals that hit us AFTER 400 years of being held back and other disparities we already faced. It’s not complaining or “victimhood” when they do it.

Of course it is cultural differences. Black people in Africa eat the tiger's penis. We don't :)

Just saying it isn't about "culture differences" without following it up why is the problem.

I don't understand your point.........

not only is directing about culture the entire political battle is more about culture today than race

Nicos Theocharous Seems like another thing you dont do is go to school. There's no such thing as an African tiger, tigers are from Asia

I loved that debate. I loved that after he said that, all the people on stage laughed and mocked him, so he proceeded to rattle off fact after fact after fact.

They are both talking about different things, though. Ben was basically blaming systemic black issues on black culture, as if its their fault they're having a hard time, and not the fact that they've been enslaved for the majority of this countries existence. Denzel is saying a director who has been a part of black culture will make a black film better. Completely different points with different intentions.

@@hchchc948 However systemic black issues can very well be blamed on black culture, Shapiro is not entirely wrong and part of the problem is the fact that we don't recognize that and completely dismiss it as racist ranting.. Now as for Denzel, he did not mean that black films are better because of black culture, he simply meant that a black director in charge would be able to incorporate things in the film that are relevant and black folks would relate to it, which is why he give the examples of the films like good fellas and schindler's list, and the hot comb example..someone not familiar with those cultures would not be able to incorporate and convey things the same way, or understand the references.

@@awakeandalive60 can you pls link to what you are referring to?

racism is cultural in America it is in the fabric of the nation

southern8127 haha I saw that. Both smart and insight men

Ain't that a cultural difference

@Mr Daddy Please Spank Me And Your statement is an oxymoron. Supposedly they aren't apart of any culture, but you also believe they still fall into a certain group. Lol, culture just means that their is an aspect that they as people all share. It doesn't have to be tied to any one particular thing. Nationality or heritage isn't any more of a relevant comparison than color or religion. As long as a large number of them feel apart of that group, then that group develops its own culture.

That is a cultural difference too... isn't it?

That's because Ben is white.

Same --- he's my absolute favourite

@@onarix You mean American black culture that's going on its 3rd generation of 70% out wedlock birthrate?

@@zeenuf00 You can't create your own argument without a statistic, can you? How about you examine the context of that statistic, why husbands are not in the home and the governmental push to get them out. If you can understand that historical context, you'd think twice about your simplistic insertion of percentages, and how ridiculously gullible you and the rest of Middle America is for failing to look further than one blind study that was probably skewed to corroborate a specific theory.

@@dpcisunbreakable I understand very well how 'progressive' policies have disincentivized the black family. My point - which seems to have flown right past you - is that if people are going to keep buying into it generation after generation with the results we've seen, it must be an IQ issue. 'If you can understand that historical context . . . ' And what is that historical context? Drawn me some sort of correlation between what you think that historical context is, and how it directly effects the decisions that people make right now. Describe to me the agency or lack thereof of the people who might or might not be affected by that historical context. Meanwhile, a further contention I'll make is that the white left PURPOSELY disincentivized the black family. Chew on that.

@@zeenuf00 First and foremost, let me remind you that we are both adults here, this is just a dialogue, and I assume you have home training. If you can't do without the bitchy retorts and teenage sarcasm, you should consider talking to yourself instead of folks on RU-vid. Now to address your deliberately miseducated thought about generational struggle. You are not a trained psychologist that performs assessments on patients with a focus on their Intellectual Quotient, so stay out of the lane of those with PhDs in that field. They can determine that testing outcome for themselves. Consider working within the talents you do have without jumping to conclusions you're not qualified to reach. Take a pause from this discussion for a moment and go back to your own childhood for a minute. I want you to consider all of what you saw, what you had, and where the dysfunction, if any, occurred. It is safe to say that you grew up in a household with two married parents. That was the foundation of your development, and you had no interruptions to your functioning that was detrimental. As you developed into a reasonably mature adult, you probably modeled your existence based off of the example established by your parents. An IQ score or issue is not relevant here when clearly one's offspring model their behaviors, values, beliefs, and choices after what they see you do. If you have been successful in your relationship dynamics, the children you do have most likely will model their family dynamics after the example you showed them. I'm hoping after reading this comment, you start becoming a better example of humility. None of that required your reductive and catty IQ reply. Now factor in the limited educational and employment opportunities. Schools and employers were were legally allowed to segregate their programs and resources so that only whites were afforded opportunities for growth, and limited blacks to blue color positions for men, and maid positions for white families for black women. It is at this crucial point in history that mothers were encouraged to utilize governmental benefits to enhance the functioning of their families far beyond the limited income they were paid. So food stamps and monthly payouts were the cost the government paid to rid black families of their male parent. This also the period just before the 1970s, where many history exploded with triumphs and tragedies. The one specific tragedy that your federal government covertly inserted were drugs. Now you can always insert the presumed adage that a person can say no to drugs, but when your entire community in infiltrated with crack cocaine, heroin, liquor stores on every corner where churches are built opposite of the same block. The same family structure is now struggling to keep its male protected as the temptations of drugs, greed, addiction, etc. have now contributed to a growing issue of crime. The family structure begins further declines because the parent is often swapping roles with their offspring at inappropriate stages because of the parent's relationship with drugs that were sponsored into the United States by our very own Federal Government. And with crime increasing, incarcerations increase, marriages fall apart (if the parents are lucky enough to marry), and the incarcerated family members now have never-ending cycles of relapse, recidivism, and no opportunities to rebuild their lives, because their criminal record has tainted them forever. That means formerly incarcerated fathers can't support their children, can't find jobs, and are subject to further decline as their limitations increase. And when people that are unqualified to speak on the Black Experience by inflating negatively skewed percentages without substance, you feed into racist ideas by making improper generalizations. If you were truly about that life and wanted to gain understanding, I wouldn't have needed to expend this much time educating you on a history you clearly choose not to learn. Now take your reductive comments regarding chewing and IQ and apply them to the many inadequacies your arrogance works to downplay each day by being a total douchebag with a sensitive ego and an unwillingness to move away from archaic and rigid thinking.

Naw he brought it up in a negative matter for 2 different circumstances

no

@Saida Agourram did you watch the video?

@Richard Hammonds sit down

@Richard Hammonds oooook?

Exactly

@@DeannaRa Do you type while standing up?

He doesn't have to say it for it to be true we have enough history of that and have seen ourselves.

triple beans it ain’t true though

@@drphilscreampielounge9549 it is true and has been for 400 years.

@@drphilscreampielounge9549 it is true and has been for 400 years.

She's wasting her time, he is way too smart for her. She is betrayed as a racist as she wants to DEFINE by colour, same thing DemoncRATS do, MLK nailed it, colour is irrelevant, CHARACTER is everything, may he rest in peace. Nobody chooses where or to whom they are born, they DO CHOOSE how they act & react to others.

I salute you. I would take a 100 immigrants as smart as you. Blacks may have been brought here against their will centuries ago but everyone else came because they wanted to. Keep your culture as a sub culture, it is your history. But you chose to come to this country and our way of life should be adapted to you as part of your choice. Thank you.

@@verlaharmston9277 "everyone else came because they wanted to" Native Americans: hmmm.

@@ktkee7161 I agree with you on Native Americans. They truly did get screwed and my sympathies do reach out to them. They have been ignored. They too are blending in and that is sad. They ARE American history and I wish they still did pow wows, and the other things they used to do to keep their culture alive. Today's youth have no clue.

@Paulie Malignaggi So true.

@@verlaharmston9277 Many Immigrants come from countries with higher values and culture practices than the U.S. This country is individualistic. Many immigrants come from countries where people work together even with very limited resources. That's why often you will notice immigrants groups sticking to each other. Do not try to in part your culture on these people. My birth country culture can not and will never be a subculture period! You are asking for loyalty that you have no business asking for. I get nothing for free in this country. Everything has a price. Look at me no crimes, educated of my own dime, worked three jobs, pay my taxes and so if I were to take on your culture I would do the exact opposite. So, back off immigrants. It is because many stay true to who they are and where they are from that they build positive lives.

On the typical “oppression” lies

@@OlderG0ds yeah just like those white people who blame mexicans and other immigrants, blacks globalists for their own problems

@@OlderG0ds yeah just like those white people who blame mexicans and other immigrants, blacks globalists for their own problems

@@OlderG0ds Clearly no one is "oppressing" you if you're able to make a comment on RU-vid.

@@cr1m203 I never said anyone is oppressing me, dumbass

Exactly

how did you get that ?

No he didn't he said it was Cultural thing not color. You can tell the difference where people are from German to French culture. Can't you? That is what he is talking about.

@@VoltageTHDand black people say whites don't have culture lmao

@@4doorsmoreguns193 Creating art and music and also religious practices. Lets not forget white people colonized Africa. Most of Africa now speaks a language came from a European country

Vince Vaughn seems to be the real deal, too. Worth looking into, if you like DW.

Did you ever try to reason with a bratty toddler?

We can. Stand tall, and say what you believe. Don't let The Machine control you. We are breaking the machine, RIGHT NOW. Nothing can stop what's coming.

hxhdfj ifzir st c Are you watching a sci-fi movie while posting?

tln25 you are so right about that, there is a lot to learn from and enjoy about each other and if you look at the way most people interact in the world, I would say we all know that and live by it. We’ve all brought parts of other’s cultures into our own lives and homes. And the parts we don’t care for, we don’t take part in and that’s fine. But it seems that whenever an incident happens, then suddenly division and hate sets in and meaningful conversation gets lost. We have to work hard to continue to respect each other and live in unity and peace.

The left doesn't want to acknowledge that culture, much left different ones, even exist. To them race is all.

Mainstream journalists can't differentiate between right and wrong.

Drama sells. Even if its propaganda.

Paycheck doesn't mail out because you reported the truth. It gets sent because you refused to let go of controversial falsehoods, it attracts more ratings... It's all about the ratings.

they can't differentiate between face and ass. therefore their toothbrush stinks.

Wayne Foster Thanks buddy.

YES SIR

Respect

Well said.

Best description of the kind of man denzel is

The media moguls pay her good money to stoke racism, because the people who control the media moguls pay the moguls good money. It's a top down, Marxist con to show division, so that if real problems kick off we will all fight ourselves instead of the rich dickheads. That's my observation at least. I grew up in the 90s with all kinds of friends. We didn't go on about race and shit. We were equals. What happened?

@@shineyshine2008 exactly. I was growing up in the 90's as well. I was an Ojibwe Native growing up in a white neighborhood. Nobody cared. We all still played together. There WERE black people living their too, not many, but they were there. Some dumb kid called one of the black kids the N word. And all the white parents got together, along with my parents, and dealt with it, with the parent of the black kid. The kid that used the word, got DEALT with, by his parents. Trust me when I say DEALT with. Those were better times... and that's really sad... when you have to think back to 30 years ago, and think... we're more racist now than we were then?

Racism isn’t alive anymore lmao

Corporations pay her to stoke this racism.

Racism is alive because of racists.

TruthBeTold or it could be you like their perspective because it falls in line with yours. That what you described is not the test, can you listen to someone who looks different than you and disagree with them but respect that it’s their opinion based on their experience. If you find yourself discounting their experience because you yourself haven’t seen or encountered that then you need to check yourself.

You mean like the liberals and cultural Marxists who would call black people who do not play the racecard and speak the truth Uncle Tom? Yeah I see your point.

truthbe that's because you are a reasonable man and not a racist one. respect. i love what denzel said here

TruthBeTold Nah you're not racist, I'm the exact same and I'm even black LOL.

Everyone is racist to some degree but what you're saying is you like people who agree with you and dislike people who disagree with you. You mention disliking Michelle Obama, well that's a dead giveaway that you've got issues, because she's never anything but classy, no matter how much Fox News tried to make her fit the angry black woman stereotype. Take 3 words she said and run with that for 8 years, using it to create a caricature of her as someone who hates the country and wants to destroy our values. But any objective observer could say that she's nothing but likable. So if you "hate her attitude" as you say, then yes, you have a problem, but it's a problem of not being able to like people and disagree with them at the same time.

Si.

It hurts most 'cause it'll be coming from your own kind..

@@planetdelta8232 a human?

@@TheNebraska402 nah. A pokemon Edit : water type

Tantamon 💯 a better America if you ask me.

He should get into politics, but I think he would run for a different party that most people think.

I second that!

I would totally vote for Denzell. Dude has his shit together.

I think he would be an immensely uniting force.

Me. it's so sad that people believe in the lies from the news.

Me too 😞

News has people programmed, but they the weak ones will fall for the deception all of the time.

2020 update: It's not culture it's color.

@@thewordwithin it's not a lie that the cop kill George floyd, neither is it a lie that police brutality must end. there's a video.

I think I agree, and we need good people to step up and take back their government from the corrupt machine of deception and crime.

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 TRUE. SEE RU-vid VIDEO DO NOT FEAR AMERICA BY MARK TAYLOR PROPHECY. AMERICA ON HER WAY UP! PROMISE OF GOD!

Reagan was an Actor and became President !

Timothy Antoine ... he became a governor first.... but I’m sure Denzel could easily skip that stepping stone...

Yup. He said, basically, that if you want to stop racism, stop talking about race.

His statement is so true.

@Maria C. Except now the left says being colorblind in that way is racist...

As a white guy and huge fan of the man, I think he could do just that and Hollywood would be afraid to attack him. He has more clout than the rest of HOLLYWEIRD combined. If they did go after him he would box them into a corner with their own stupidity. He would be playing chess while they played checkers.

A great example of what he might mean or referring to might be like getting Michael Bay to go direct Goodfellas or something of the sort. Michael Bay doesn't know too much of that culture to put in that way Scorsese did it. You know cultural difference.

Or to really back what he is saying get someone who's black that never been brought with the hot comb or the like and have them direct it, they would not understand that way of living. Therefore their perspective wouldn't add to the person Denzel is referring to. Or simpler terms black person growing up middle class suburbia vs black person growing up in urban environment.

Same

Bro she got shook, you know In our ethnic cultures you don’t step to olders like that, it’s crazy 🤣

Well, you know the saying..."black don't crack".

nadirah b. Thats their job. Anything to bring news that will gp viral.

nadirah b she wanted to keep a job😉

She is a race baiter.

She’s told to push a particular narrative

Akmal Ahmed 😂😂😂