Michael Knowles' full speech at California State University, Los Angeles on April 23, 2019 discussing the issues surrounding the U.S. border, illegal immigration, and the proposed building of the wall.
The two CSU professors need to be addressed. THAT's The problem. They're teaching kids a new version of violence and speech. Public professors need to be held accountable immediately.
I think so too! How is it possible to teach & know so little? The first one called Columbus a genocidal racist. This is not only factually wrong but also wrong in so many other ways. It creates hate. This makes young people throw down statues & freak out because of Columbus day. Just like here in Germany, it makes young people hate their own country.
My Aunt is a history professor at a local community college (very large facility in a major city) and she is in a local historical society. She is liberal as one can be... and she clearly knows more than myself or anyone in my family. *insert sarcasm. I cringe thinking about the crap she teaches in her classroom. 🙄
@Cool Story I hear some on the right still use the term McCarthyism as a tern for a which hunt. Breaks my hear just like when I hear them say liberal bullshit like alt-right.
I’ll never understand the premise of not learning the English language. There’s a reason to do it. It’s not about giving up ones culture, it’s a practical matter of communication.
bjetpilot Yep! English in this country is the language of commerce, discourse and business. It only makes total sense if anyone wants upward mobility they’d learn it! However--enter Democrats who keep exploiting Hispanics by keeping them sated via handouts in a life where they’ll never advance. Cruel really.
Leftists seem to think that having a national language means you're not allowed to speak any other, which is absurd. We just want government to be more efficient (and stop killing so many trees) by not being forced to print every document in every language known to man just so some snowflake doesn't get offended. It doesn't have to be English, but having a common ground is even more important in this country precisely because we have such an open society where a great many languages are spoken. The melting pot isn't really a good analogy because the "ingredients" are NOT blended into one homogenous mess in a way that destroys their individual characters. American culture isn't a potluck stew that we all have to devour whether we like it or not, it's an all-you-can-eat buffet. It's people from all over the world coming together to share their unique contributions, which everyone is free to indulge in or pass over according to their own tastes. It's socialism that wants to destroy cultural diversity and have us all subsisting on gruel so bland that it won't irritate the most delicate of constitutions.
He does quite well, but, ignores most of the challenging part of the story - Part of the culture - the traditions and customs as Knowles would say - till 1965, was being White. Knowles says there has never been an American ethnicity. He is technically correct, however, there has always been an "American race" - and that is the admixture of European ethnicities that seamlessly assimilated (within 2 generations) for obvious reasons. It is disingenuous to ignore the vital role played by in-group preferences of Europeans in the establishment of American political institutions and civil society. This is all now at risk with the unwise embrace of the multi-cultural ethic. Knowles analysis is quite superficial.
@Stroll White means European, obviously. A European ethnicity. The US constitution would have been impossible without the obvious in-group feeling of Anglo-Saxons, and then other white Europeans. The United States, in fact, would not exist without that obvious fellow-feeling. If you say that feeling is "racist", then I guess, everyone on earth is "racist". My only point is - there is a huge risk to the whole project if one ignores the obvious positive role played, historically and until very recently, of America as largely a melting pot of European ethnicities. That in itself was challenging.
@Stroll The Anglo -Saxon British created the ground for all that was to follow. The profound political and philosophical ground essential for any country that is going to endure. Non Anglo-Saxon Europeans who came afterward, in large numbers, assimilated to that system. They had the distinct advantage, which is obvious, of being members of the same race - the extended family of European ethnicities. A large family connected by history, culture and Christianity. Anyone can see why that recipe would have a good chance of working. No-one, at least I can't, can see how today's "recipe" can work in the long term. It is a born to lose idea, and people need to be more humble with their ambitions, particularly regarding human nature, and the inevitable conflicts that arise from the forced co-habitation of difference. I don't think it's going to work. Hope I'm wrong.
Shapiro’s aren’t as interesting anymore because he is truly famous and the lefties no longer come to the events and confront him because they know Ben will crush them. Knowles is still an unknown commodity they think they can intellectually spar with.
It's really distressing to see a liberal arts professor who doesn't even understand the term. At this rate the math and verbal portions of the SAT will soon be replaced by "draw this turtle and describe how it makes you feel".
@@carlpostuma1469 They've already changed the scoring so that only correct answers are counted, because apparently telling people they got something wrong is literally fascism. You know, like back in the day when we had to fight a war because Mussolini was walking the streets of Rome interrupting conversations.
@@AJ-ri5ee Save the turtles, save the owls, save the whales, save the polar bears... why isn't anyone trying to save the measles? Surely every organism is a precious part of the natural order. Why do hippies only love the cute ones?
English is practically a global language. If you travel to ANY tourist location, guess what?... everyone speaks English. It’s the common language of everyone. Germans, Russians, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Dutch, French... put them all in one room and see what language they all settle on.
Except Hispanics/Latinos.😂 They approach you speaking Spanish as if everybody just naturally speaks it. I think they’ve been brainwashed by their leaders akin to Kim Jong Un’s brainwashing, that when they leave their closed country, a whiff of cold air blows in their faces and they are culture shocked. As a means of preservation and survival, they pretend that the people from other countries much less Americans speak Spanish as well based on what they’ve always been told-that their continent is the center of the world
That professor sounds just way too weak. He needs a bit of boot camp. Its almost like he is trying to whisper and speak loud enough to be heard at the same time.
Mad respect to the dude with the raider hat!!! I feel the same way that just because we are Mexican doesn’t mean we have to vote for people that pander and promise us things that in the long run hurt us!!!
Part of the culture - the traditions and customs as Knowles would say - till 1965, was being White. Knowles says there has never been an American ethnicity. He is technically correct, however, there has always been an "American race" - and that is the admixture of European ethnicities that seamlessly assimilated, for obvious reasons. It is disingenuous to ignore the vital role played by in-group preferences of Europeans in the establishment of American political institutions and civil society. This is all now at risk with the unwise embrace of the multi-cultural ethic. Knowles analysis is quite superficial.
@@coypu2005 I doubt you'll get a sufficient response as this guy is just copy/pasting the same reply on all the comments saying Knowles's lecture was good. There are plenty of other lectures where he goes into detail about the things mr Roberts says knowles left out.
"You haven't given them space..." to applaud. XD OH thank you college professor, I haven't laughed like that today. What type of weak generation are we raising if they need "space" to applaud. God help us all.
@@SAsh-zg6ln There are unreasonable people across the political spectrum. That doesn't mean we should stop trying to have logical and civil discussions.
I agree. Of all his speeches, these students were the most uneducated and clearly unable to articulate their objections. So filled with anger, as well. What has happened to staying calm!?
@@TracieClaiborne I was one of the students Tracie. While I concede I stumbled over my words at a couple points, I do not feel I was being disrespectful or inarticulate.
Jeremy Leochner I watched your part again and you are correct, you were very well spoken and made some good points. My apologies for lumping you all in together. I dislike emotionalism in political debate and some of the other students seemed to be overly emotional but that does not apply to you.
@@TracieClaiborne Thank you for being so considerate. For what it's worth, I do concede that some of the people there did allow emotions to get in the way of productive discussion.
California is headed downhill at light speed my God. It seems like going to college merely gives these people a larger vocabulary which they use to speak slightly more complicated bs. Knowles has the patience of a saint to deal with these rude entitled brats.
To be fair, he interrupted her a lot of times. But to be practical, her "questions" had so many assumptions and accusations within them, that it would be incredibly difficult to answer all of them if he were to wait for her to finish. Speech is not violence unless you're screaming into someone's ear while right next to them. That woman was crazy.
Mr. Knowles well done. I’m the son of immigrants and a proud American as well as a CSULA Alumnus. I’m happy you were able to share your views so eloquently. Godspeed.
Loved that guy in the hat. Liberals will be happy to be outraged on your behalf but will lock their car doors if you stood next to them at a crosswalk.
A cup can only hold so much water. America has its limits. Maybe instead of coming to America and reaping the benefits of others, maybe these people should stay in their countries and fix the problems and make their homes better places.
Man, that guy near the end with the independent teeshirt CRUSHED IT! I wish more patriots like him felt the courage to speak their minds. Too many of us feel the need to stay quite just to avoid being attacked.
He does quite well, but, ignores most of the challenging part of the story - Part of the culture - the traditions and customs as Knowles would say - till 1965, was being White. Knowles says there has never been an American ethnicity. He is technically correct, however, there has always been an "American race" - and that is the admixture of European ethnicities that seamlessly assimilated (within 2 generations) for obvious reasons. It is disingenuous to ignore the vital role played by in-group preferences of Europeans in the establishment of American political institutions and civil society. This is all now at risk with the unwise embrace of the multi-cultural ethic. Knowles analysis is quite superficial.
damien roberts What Knowles is saying is that the language that binds a nation together is very important to establish an “American race” as you say.. The language at which the laws and constitution are embedded throughout our nation. The people have to understand those laws, because within our sovereignty, we the people have to have a balance within our own establishment. However, still our language has never been seen before in history. Many people were captivated by the literature and could barely in comprehend its language even then. That’s why I suggest education options for biblical scriptures. Reading “Old English” is exactly what derives from our core values. Their is nothing wrong with collecting from multiple cultures, because that’s exactly what we did. Individual sovereignty is influenced from European/Judeo-Christian values. That is just one aspect of American culture.. Our American history has been short but massive in the amount of assimilating cultures to make a people and a nation. No one has denied that and Knowles actually expressed that what he loved about America.
@@dccrazy527 "What Knowles is saying is that the language that binds a nation together is very important to establish an “American race” as you say.." I totally agree that language is basic to the integrity of a nation. Language, however, does not create a "race" as you seemed to imply. Race, ie, Anglo-Saxons, determines the language- English. "Their is nothing wrong with collecting from multiple cultures, because that’s exactly what we did ........ Our American history has been short but massive in the amount of assimilating cultures to make a people and a nation. " In the recent past, ie, till 1965, "cultures", embraced by America, were almost 100% of European ethnicity. That was hard, but, possible. How much more difficult to assimilate people with no racial, ethnic, historical, cultural or christian commonalities? And with an enormous chip on their shoulder about the supposed, and delusional, "white subjugation of the entire world". I would say impossible. Hope I'm wrong. But, don't think so.
damien roberts American is not a race or ethnicity. I only quoted that back to you. I implied that we have common value systems, like the language is what binds us together as a people. We are not like other nations, we are a collection of a lot of cultures. Is European cultures not considered cultures to you? Italian, Mediterranean, German, English, Spanish, French, etc. We are made up in a collection of those cultures and moreso from around the world. Of course America took in other nations that are close to the same value system as us. That is how you make a common people and a common value system. If you were looking for people to assimilate quickly to our way of life. Then you choose cultures and nations that are common within our own. It would be hard to assimilate people who barely understand our way of live. We are fast, innovative, literate, competent, competitive, etc. Someone from Saudi Arabia would be harder to assimilate to this way fo life, than lets say Israel. Mainly because of the freedoms and the principles behind the culture.
that mexican dude sounded like he fought with himself to even go up and ask a question. props to that guy for overcoming an obstacle even if it's of the mind
I would pick his class if Knowles was a professor. You would learn more in one semester, than in four years of college. A great speech and good question/answers. Woot.
You could see that Mexican dude was a little nervous to question his own people. That took balls in my opinion. And I died when that other lady said “maybe you need to expand your idea of violence” haha. Happy to see Knowles speak his mind, very eloquent
1:05:20 The words couldn't have said better! Bravo! Michael! Bravo! and that British accent girl is really....... ugh... don't know a way to finish the sentence without being mean...
This Q&A is one of the best recent examples I've seen of the Right eating their Wheaties, and the Left never eating anything of substance. Brilliant and brutal, Michael!
"I'm wondering when being proud to be an American became racist when America does not have a race" I personally know a lot of people who would not understand what this means.................
Wow Michael This is the first time I watched your talks and I have an even deeper abiding Respect for you now. I knew you were knowledgeable but being able to stand your ground and smack down those Delusional Professors and Students who were trying to railroad you and put words into your Mouth, Nicely done Sir. They showed a complete lack of understanding as to what was being said and you corrected them while not letting them get a "Gotcha" type statement out to disabuse the Truth and Facts through obfuscation. You are Da' Man Sir. Also I have to give my respects to my Fellow Americans who stood up and let the others know that they are Americans and not Political pawns because of any contrived ideologies of Politicians or Faculty regardless of their Heritage.
This was FANTASTIC! God bless that hispanic gentleman! He spoke for me also. I cannot tell you how sickened I get whenever virtue-signaling bigots on the left use social issues and exploit people for their sick victimhood enabling agenda and power grabs.
how come it's always about embracing other cultures and ideas with the left, but never about embracing our founding culture, it's ideas? Do you think we became this country and government because of leftist values? no! That's why we are the exception, exceptional. So it's all about multi-culturalism with the exclusion of our founding and judeo-christianity. That's not included.
If I owned property on the border, I would gladly donate a portion of it to the wall, for my own security.. I would not want criminals and violent persons in ''my backyard'' who might do harm to me and mine, at any moment.. Without the wall, I would be fearful all of the time.. With the wall, I would feel secure when moving about my property and when sleeping at night..
That sweaty professor has some kind of hard identity crisis, his voice is shaky and submissive but his words are aggressive even towards the mic guy. What a strange creature
As a descendant of some of those indigenous people, I am thankful for Columbus and those that came later for saving my ancestors from human sacrifice and cannibalism.
I have never rolled my eyes so much on a q&a...they didn't listen to anything he said, they just heard what they wanted to think he said.🤦 Oh and the definition of violence "behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. LAW the unlawful exercise of physical force or intimidation by the exhibition of such force." For the SJW professor.
Young man at the end with the Raiders hat was awesome! I would love to hang out with this guy! Amen for having the courage to share your conservative beliefs at a university such as CSULA...i attended there from 97-2000.
@@theyoungloskateproject3934 wow....I was hoping you would read my reply! :-). Your courage and strong beliefs will carry you far in life! I am proud and thankful that men and women (such as the young Catholic Conservative lady at the beginning) are out here in LA with me! You Sir, are a breath of fresh air! Best wishes!
@@theyoungloskateproject3934 also Ryry...no worries on you being shakey or nervous. I get that way too when I speak from the heart (like u were). It definitely did not come across that way on RU-vid.
My great grandparents came here from Hungary at the turn of the 20th century. My grandparents (their kids) spoke Hungarian their whole life - with each other and in church (sometimes), but they only spoke English around us grand kids, because within a generation they had fully assimilated and loved being Americans. My great uncle, Sam Korpas, fought in the Great War for the U.S. Army because he felt it was his duty as an American. The great irony being - that the child of a family that left Europe for a chance at the American Dream ... ends up back in Europe, as an American, fighting to liberate the continent they left.
Many of the people asking questions seemed extremely stoned. But the professors asking questions were so ignorant of facts and history that it's scary. They are teaching in a college.
The Looney Toon from Fleccas Talks is there! She's the white chick with the glasses. The guy that introduced Knowles seemed to know her in Fleccas' video and wanted to get away from her. The fact that she's a "professor" makes it even worse. She's insane.
My god, those were professors?!!!!!! Michael gave a very lengthy explanation on Native American situation and the reply was he didn’t answer the question!!!
Really really strong answers in the Q&A, well done sir. Probably the strongest I’ve ever seen you. Side note, frightened by the views of so-called teachers.
I am a legal immigrant currently studying and working in Canada. I have never received any welfare or assistance. I pay my own tuition, taxes, and rent. I obey laws. I AM NO VICTIM!
A point that most of these people don't seem to understand, and it slipped by Knowles also, is that eminent domain involves paying for the land that is taken. People don't just lose their land and are S.O.L. - they are reimbursed for it.
This might be totally meaningless to many, but today my pharmacy that i have been using for years (that was a private small buisness type pharmacy) just sent me a text about my meds being ready in both English anf Spanish. They never had both languages and didnt have the need to. But they just hired a mexican woman and just a week later started including it. She threw a fit after she first brought it up as a suggestion, but since none of their patients so far needed interpretation, they didnt do it. She complained to some agency. Falsely accused them of stealing meds etc. And now, they caved. And still have to keep her hired there.
Oh wow. I knew he went to Cal State LA yesterday, but once I hit this video and saw the topic, that seems to be an especially bold topic to talk about on that campus.
President Covina needs to Go now for his Hateful lamenting regarding his Disgusting email he sent around campus! He should take those two faculty members that don't have a clue with him. Very appalled by the education standard of these people. And to think we are paying their salaries!
I’ve heard a few Michael Knowles segments before. However, I was very impressed with this talk and his manner of addressing the Q&A. I think I became a low key fan. Will be looking for more of his talks.