James Baldwin: White supremacy was born in Europe 

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He lived in Paris for 9 years.

hey that's addict shaming bro, you know they had tons of coke in that coke😂😢😅😮

More like their biggest fears came true, finally someone came along that could articulate the subject matter in a way that could convince the most deeply racist person into thinking “hey maybe “I” have been the problem here.”

Dont be stupid. Moreover, Americans were never any more "anti-gay" nor "anti-black" than Europeans. They just didnt have any blacks! So the few that came over were exotics, like mascots. Look at Europe now that they are getting some real minorities for the first time. They are falling apart.

The fire next time and notes of a native son are great books! He also has a lot of fiction books he’s written too like go tell it on the mountain

@@kodyb5869 Thank you, I shall add them to my list of books to read.

He made a documentary called "I am Not Your Negro" its fantastic and still stands true till today.

@@hectorrico7267 I'll check it out, thanks mate.

@@velociraptor3313 I found it on YT yesterday. Just search the title 👍🏽

As Kamala says, "you did not just fall out of a coconut tree. You exist in the context of that which came before you." White Supremacy is what grants you the label of American/Australian. Because in reality, you are neither of those things. Those who came before you commited genocide so you can enjoy what you enjoy. Whiteness is inescapable. You can be nice, civil and cordial in person but so we're many space owners, their kids and their grand kids. Your task may be to actually understand 2White Supremacy. Those who are not White have had to understand it, and more have died because of it.

It's not color it is culture, which is sometimes consonant with a skin color or ethnicity. Cultures do differ. And yes, some are better than others. Individuals are equal, but cultures are not.

Treated like everybody else in America? A black, gay, treated like everyone else? You should think more than twice before speaking

small boy, look for something original. This has been played out. #ridiculous

@@famuyiwaolukayode8 I’m sure you meant to say Leroy And NOT BOY!

Not just that, but added small, just for spiteful intent. Talk about played out cliches. Silly anglo fool. Some folks never change. Still afraid of us after all these years...almost comical. Almost...

Say more.

@@anonymouslakernerd7214 no thanks. Nailed it the first time 😂

​@@elpablo2747Nailed what?Showcasing your stupidity?

He grew up during Jim Crow. His feelings and perspectives are valid.

There is nothing fragile about this man. He stood up for what he believed in. He didn't sit around, and complain; he did something about it.

Where is your proof that "black Americans are some of the richest, most privileged, most free people in world history." Until you can back your bold claim with pertinent statistics and other objective evidence (preferably from sources other than Sowell), I will remain a skeptic!

Why is it that the first thing you think when someone talks about their difficulty is "But other people have it just as bad or worse!" instead of listening to them honestly and fairly? If you believe this, you don't know what poverty in the rest of the world looks like and how similar the poverty of black Americans is to the worst parts of the world. A significant portion of black America lives in legitimate third-world conditions. And that's even worse precisely because they live in the richest country in the world. You have no clue how poverty works if you don't understand it's easier to be poor where everyone is poor than it is to be poor where your neighbors are rich. I grew up poor. My family never felt any of the economic crises of the early 21st century. The only thing the Great Recession and housing crisis of the 2000's caused was putting other people on our level. An economic downturn in the US doesn't hurt the poor anywhere as much as the well off, precisely because the poor are already poor. And don't even bother pearl-clutching Sowell. Thomas Sowell literally sells a revisionist, short-sighted interpretation of the causes of poverty, relying on a convenient misinterpretation of statistics (in that regard, he's the Darrel Huff of race). In Sowell's world view, if the government built a road through your living room and then let live traffic run through it, it'd be your fault if you got run over because you shouldn't have stood in the road. If you asked the government to move the road they put there, he'd label you dysfunctionally lazy for not moving it yourself. If the government moved the road and destroyed your house in the process and then refused to rebuild it, he'd blame you for having asked the government to move it.

At least in the US, I think the indigenous people are the most hard done by.

No matter what you and others think about Black people in this country, we're not going make light of the horrible racism from whites that we've experienced in this country. And wet won't forget. The past and wrongs can't be erased by a few rich Black people. White people literally enslaved people to enrich themselves and because they thought, and still think, they're better than everyone else. That's their superiority/inferiority complex. Seriously disturbing.

Shallow

He grew up during Jim Crow. He's allowed to talk about what troubles him.

He didn't sit around, and complain. He actually fought for what he wanted.