Why Must Everyone Mourn The Queen’s Passing? REACTION - Between The Scenes | The Daily Show 

She ascended the throne in 1952 and for the next ten years, Kenyans were brutalised, tortured and killed during the Mau mau uprising. India might have gotten independence before she ascended the throne but African colonies still suffered for many more years. Apartheid in South Africa also happened under her rule and she never once acknowledged and apologised for her empire's actions. Some of our heritage sits in the British as "art" pieces. Centuries worth of culture has been reduced to mere "art" in order to stroke a few egos. I also want to mention that Britain didn't leave the colonies out of the goodness of their hearts. It was getting increasingly difficult to keep the colonies in line with all the uprisings popping up all over plus this was a weakened Britain from it's initial glory. You simply can't respect someone who doesn't respect others.

Being someone's grandmother does not automatically make a person worthy of respect. Queen Elizabeth is being mourned by her grandchildren because she was kind to them. However, she carried on the legacy of her ancestors and never once apologized or paid reparations to the nations they inflicted enormous harm to. Only 22 countries in the world were never occupied by the British empire. That should tell you the scale of their crimes. Millions of people have died in the subcontinent and Africa because of the greed and racism of the British empire. I know it doesn't impact Americans but it doesn't have to in order to be considered indefensible.

Even if the country got independence before the queen was in power, they were still under the British Empire, the after effects will never go away.

I'm South African and 65. When I was young, our country was ruled by Britain. We even used their £ and pennies, with her face on them; we used measurements like feet, yards and miles etc. Most importantly, their rule was the precursor to apartheid. I agree with Trevor, we commiserate with those who are mourning but we as a people have no reason to mourn at all. She didn't pioneer colonization but she definitely didn't stop the pillaging of our country's resources to enrich her monarchy.

You correct, apartheid South Africa is a great example but as I’m sure you already know, there are many other countries that suffered and still suffering as a result of the direct influence stemming from the monarchy under her reign. But where most ppl are coming from is that the Queen, who represents the Crown, has never apologised to any of the nations that they “the British empire”have colonised and that’s a real shame and disappointment, especially being the reigning monarch. The same will apply to the present King, he won’t apologise.

I don't understand why anybody who reports on the death of a famous or infamous person, says stuff like " the whole world is shocked" . I'm never shocked or in mourning or even sad except if it's someone I personlly know ✌🇿🇦

As Trevor said they never respected us why be respectful🤷‍♂️🇰🇪

I actually found it interesting that some of the strongest voices against the Queen and Monarchy actually came out of Ireland. They were making celebratory memes and singing songs like "Lady's In A Box" at football stadiums. For the people of Ireland the memory of empire is still very fresh and real. The institution she represented is still very much alive and well, perceived to be continuing with things that past generations have learned to loathe them for. I have had an Irish person tell me that Northern Ireland is actually Occupied Ireland, for example. I think a major grievance for everybody else though is that there has never been a formal acknowledgement of what the empire represented at any stage in its long history. Some even suggest that were it not for the scale of WWII's impact on the British economy, there might not have been any incentive to break up the empire. But that is a debate for another day I guess, and one for smarter people than me.

My guy is hurt shame you can feel it from his voice 😂

The queen was in power for over 70 years and was definitely in power at 21

Not sure why everyone keeps saying that Queen Elizabeth the ll had no power. The Queen of England had huge global influence. She was the head of state for Britain and 56 commonwealth countries. The dictionary definition of "influence" is " the power of producing an effect, especially the unobtrusive effect of power exerted." No one would expect a monarch to go out and personally subjugate other human beings, however, these acts were being carried out in her name and 2. She accepted a throne which for at least 300 years had engaged in chattel slavery, colonization and genocide and constantly celebrates the fact that it benefited greatly from those activities. By accepting the role of monarch and the throne and all that it represents, she basically said to the world that she accepts everything that was done. (She could have abdicated) But by doing nothing to right the wrongs throughout a 70 year reign also tells the world that you agree with what was done but have no culpability. In fact, your role actively perpetuates and promotes the inequalities, the prejudice and the criminal injustices. Easy to see why some people would have a problem with that.

Doesn’t matter what she personally was involved with it’s what she represents if an individual police officer kills someone unlawfully then you can’t say hey don’t be angry with police be angry at that individual officer no it’s an institution an individual police officer represents an institution especially the person at the top of that institution.did the queen make a personal speech about slavery and the lives lost by the crown in the past no she didn’t where was her humanity, to not mourn the death of someone you didn’t personally know is not evil that’s being sane as far as I’m concerned i have no respect for the queen or the crown and don’t care about the royal family, hate maybe over the top going to far but the crown did damage to my family in the past and the queen represents that her crown has jewel’s in it that where stolen from other countries during the colonial past so to excuse the queen from all that wrong doing is kind of ignorant in my opinion she wore the crown she proudly represented something that destroyed entire societies around the world that still have not recovered.

Trevor is correct . I live in England I didn't mourn the queen. I watched the funeral but I didn't cry

I think the point Trevor is making is that ,she didn't personally colonize any countries but inherited the crown that did. The expectations was that during her very long reign, she would at least offer an apology for slavery and colonization, but she never did. In that sense, her passing was just a non-event to most of the former British Empire.

He speaks for all the oppressed

No one is saying the Queen is directly involved in the colonization of nations. Her crown of stolen jewels is a symbol of pain and suffering to a lot of people. The monarchy in general might represent greatness to Europeans, it's quite the opposite to others. That's what people are failing to understand.

She had 2million Kenyans in concentration camps after she ascended the throne in the mid 50s early 60s, and Yiu know what happens in concentration camps

Let's say she changed and doesn't represent her families legacy then she should have as a queen apologized to all horrors people faced...

If you don't know the history of the queen reserve your comments, we never met her but we still living under her oppressed system though slowly we will push it out as South Africans

no cap trevor grounds(humble) americans and keeps them in check by reminding them that theyre not alone ones on this earth

Elizabeth became queen in 1952; the killings of millions of Kenyans, all torture, rape, destruction and looting by the British happened between 1953 - 1956! She was queen and she’d be lying to claim no knowledge of what her subjects are up to. She ought to have known that diamonds on her throne were stolen with one worth 460m USD stolen from my homeland of South Africa, where millions more plus gold amongst other resources continue to be taken to this day! They have the largest gold reserve yet they have no gold mines! That gold comes from South Africa, Zimbabwe and some west African countries such a Ghana (they called it the Gold Coast)!!! She really can’t claim to be that ignorant! She’s just as cruel because she didn’t act, neither did she ever speak out!!! Just like France is doing with its former colonies who are supposedly independent, the British continue to loot. France (to elaborate)…they ‘gave’ those countries their independence however, those countries may not have a reserve bank of their own. They bank their GDP with France, they’re then entitled to only 15% of this money when they need it, charged at interest as if it’s a loan!!! They placed their military in these countries to intimidate whoever speaks out!!! The people the British killed in Kenya, didn’t get any sympathy from the British so why should Kenyans show sympathy to the passing of ONE (not millions) woman just because she’s a grandmother!! Those were our grandparents too!!!

nah fam. I know you're trying to go for some middle ground, but it's just coming off as apologist, especially when you freely admit that you don't know anything about it

“Just to be respectful for those who lost a life” “A life” vs “lives”, or lives don’t matter cause they were bunch of blacks and Indians? How many lives were lost for that crown 👑 and hidden diamond 💎 that’s keep the family in power.

Even if she wasn't in power she never said something. My country only got independence in 1980 and she got in power in 1952 soo.... P.S they still have skeletons of our heroes in Britain

She is someone's grandmother and also a defender of murders.... They never apologized to all countries for what they did... I mean 3 Million were deliberately killed in manufactured famines

I keep forgetting Britain had the only empire ever.

Being a Kenyan living in England..never saw my 2 grandparents, the colonial killed them all my dad was 10yrs old with 2 little sisters. SHE WAS A LEADER OF NOTHING OTHER THAN MONAC

How can one be respectful to a killer ?

Queen Elizabeth reign for 75yrs from the age of 21. I totally agree with him speaking from one of her colonies we only got independence in 1962 and republicism in 1976 the stains of our colonial past still affects us up to today.

11:20 The queen was positive. 😂😂😂😂😂

She still had the diamonds that england stole from south africa in her crown. Even if she didnt steal it herself, what does that says about her and the empire she was running?

Us as Xhosa nation of South Africa we still want the head of our king

She was in power for 70 years so she was in power in her early 20s

Nick its is very sensitive and complicated. You will not get to the bottom of it if you were to try. The Queen was the image and symbol of an authority that goes several centuries back and that symbolism is still very much alive in the minds of everyone that had or still has something to do with Britain. Am Nigerian🇳🇬; the Queen gave my country Independence but I feel all that happened with Princess Diana was rather unfortunate. Somewhere in the back of my mind I feel the demise of Diana was ochestrated to protect the crown. Many people in my country and the world at large were very affectionate towards the late Princess Diana. I feel sober that the queen has passed on and am to some extent feeling her loss but I also have this mixed feeling that a lot of sad things happened to protect her interest. May she Rest in Peace nonetheless. 🙏

There is a few more where he talks about the same thing, I think you should check them out.

Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1952. Many of the allegations and propaganda against her was for a system of government that effectively came to an end post WWII. Not that the Queen actually had anything to do with government anyway, we're a constitutional monarchy which means all the power (with some notable exceptions upon government dissolution or disarray) is in the hands of an elected government... There is a lot of residual distain for the UK when really we had little to do with it. Apartheid in South Africa has often been blamed on the British, when in reality it was local politics and the architect was Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd - a South African politician, a scholar of applied psychology and sociology, and chief editor of Die Transvaler newspaper. The UK was blamed for the rise of Idi Amin (the Butcher of Uganda) but Uganda gained independence in 1962, and having learned that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup on 25 January 1971, while Obote was attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore. India goes on about how Britain stole $45 trillion in trade from 1765 to 1938 but no one bothers to actually explain how India actually created that much wealth to be "stolen" or how much more it had because it obviously it wasn't squoze dry? We're talking almost three centuries ago and they believe one country created $45 trillion over and above it's own needs to survive in trade alone? Where from, how, using what - tea stolen from China creating the Indian tea industry? Cotton/Textiles stolen from the USA creating the Indian textile industry? Technology from Britain to be able to produce volume to make sales in trade, and infrastructure to move product to create trade... None of that matters... Even if we believe the hugely inflated trade figures they quote...

First of all she may not have directly caused all the atrocities that the British empire has done but things to consider are: Was she actively fighting against it or trying to fix the damage that the British empire has caused countless of countries? Not to mention the damage done in loss of wealth or lives but also in things like culture, heritage or languages. Did she ever acknowledge, apologize or take responsibility for the crimes? Was she still actively representing the organization that had done said crimes? Also if you think about who benefitted most from said crimes and stolen wealth it would have been her. Very concrete examples of the stolen wealth are the crown jewels but did she return them? Or do anything to try to return the thousands upon thousands of stolen artifacts from all over the world that now sit in British museums and that the British are still very tangibly benefitting from.... Answering those things makes it quite easy to realize why people have even hatred towards her.

I get Nicks point that British colonialism started way before the queen came into power. I suppose the question is did she have a choice to discard it on continue with it???

In some way it is like asking a Jewish person to mourn the death of Hitler's grand child. Just worst becuase the explotation lasted for decades and African jewels, art, land ect is still in their ownership. I mean we speak their language. Our diamond is still on the crown jewels. And the person who climbed into a hole in earth to get the diamond died poor. You cant ask the same person's family to mourn her.

Oh my God people, read up on colonisation men, she was on reign for 75yrs, not once did she apologise or acknowledge anything and has the nerve to wear all those stolen diamonds taken from colonies, read up on the Kohinoor diamonds,the diamond on the queen crown,until today some Caribbean still under British empire, and yes...many countries was still colonised when she was still queen, in East Africa, Kenya,Uganda got independence in 1965, so yeah no Respect hear.

You should do your research while alot of it started before her with the first Queen Elizabeth she was definitely a part of it and play a huge role in it . I agree with him everyone doesn’t have to mourn her . They shouldn’t be expected to .

She came to South Africa and Kik started thee apartheid regime in her early years as Queen. Just imagine that for a second. Not even gonna go into more details, further information ect... and her legacy as Queen. Slavery was not enough on us as africans, slave trade was not enough, concentration camps were not enough but approved a new oppressive regime. Remember that there is so much they never teach on purpose.

They are synonymous

Rhodesia , If I am not mistaken only broke the British shackles in 1980. South Africa broke away in 1960 and then there was a different find of evil that replaced them and were supported by the previous British evil up to 1994.

please watch the other video of trevor about the queen , he explain in deep please watch it

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How are you a 4th grader and can't know that she had power and never changed the bad things after she became a queen.

She died I think during this soccer game in Ireland and the Irish fans started chanting a song about how the queen finally croaked all through the stadium. The British empire has affected almost everyone on this planet. It’s wild. Even more than the USA. Shit the USA has Independence Day because of Britain just like most countries

The Queen was the Head of all armed forces. We had concentration camps in Kenya.

The monarchy as a whole has to take responsibility! You say no power. OK, give back the 17 trillion pounds while subjects are dying around them.

READ YOUR HISTORY MATE! (So much "but" and "whatever" without KNOWING what the monarchy does or stands for!)

I would try to avoid offering opinions using so many "I don't knows". You didn't need to say you don't know, it was obvious from the opinion you offered and while you said you understand both sides, you very clearly don't otherwise you wouldn't have had the audacity to suggest people need to be respectful about the death of their oppressor.

The Queen represented an institution and that is the Monarchy... go back in the days and you will know the kind of power the Queen or Monarchs wielded... Don't get it twisted pls... if you don't know the history of the Queen with Africa, find out.

Only Africans can understand why theres was no mourning for her our stories are different Zimbabwe got independence 1980 she was in power.

She was also enjoying the plunder

Wish my fourth grade teacher was as cool

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The Queen IS the crown. She had colonies under her reign and visitem them!

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I love how Trevors been cancelled now after he tried to cancel so many.

please give me details to send you a video of Elizabert when she visited africa

Oh the truth is important now? Don’t forget the woman King is a proslavery film

She must be held accountable because she didn't stop everything she let his people rule in our country 🇿🇦🇿🇦. Our Zulu spires and shelds are still in England museum and other countries heritage/ history still in England museum.. We got freedom in 1994. Before our flag we're representing them, and She was ruling. So if she was kind and positive she should stopped all horrible thing that they did to us. South Africa curse the day when Jan Vandribik step the for in Cape Town.

He touched the queen,that's what he was dismissed from the show

Nick, I'm from the U.K. and even though I was born and raised in England and have never visited Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland for me to hear you keep referring to her as " The Queen of England " is very annoying. This seems to me like a very common thing amongst far too many of you Americans, doesn't it? She was the Queen of the U.K. and now her son, Charles, is King of the U.K. but unfortunately far too many Americans tend to either overlook or ignore the other constituent countries of the U.K., don't they? The full title of my country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where Great Britain is comprised of England, Scotland and Wales - it doesn't mean that Britain is great or superior in the way that most non-British people would think of it as being, it just means that it's the largest geographical land mass that makes up this country. On a similar subject most people from the U.K. have heard it out of the mouths of a lot of Americans that when we tell them that we're either from the U.K. or that we consider ourselves to be British their immediate go-to is to refer to us as being English rather than to ask us which of the four constituent countries of the U.K. we're from. While there are a lot of people over here that don't mind you referring to us as being British to simplify things there are also a lot of people who take offence from you calling them English - most notably those people who consider themselves to be either Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish. Personally speaking I'm in agreement with both yourself, Jodi and Trevor Noah when it comes to H.M. The Queen's death in that while most of us from over here did mourn her passing we've now gotten over it and are looking forward to the future rather than dwelling on the past. That being said, just because she was buried 5 days ago doesn't mean that we can't remember her with affection for the good things that she did over the past 70 years or so, does it? It was her physical body that was buried and not the memories that any of us have of her that were interred with her last Monday, wasn't it? I wholeheartedly agree with Trevor and yourselves when you were talking about celebrities and them dying and the way that far too many people tend to continuously mourn them. It's not that any of us are any different when it comes to death, is it? While this might sound a bit callous of me to say this there are two inevitable things that happen to all of us irrespective of who we are, where we're from or how famous we happen to be and those two things are being born and dying and it's just up to all of us to make the most of the mess that exists between those two inevitable events, isn't it?

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She was in power before apartheid was ended

you guys should stop talking if you know nothing about anything. The queen ruled for 70years she was there when all the killings were going in other countries. She was the was giving orders so why you sitting up here acting like people should just forget about that and empatize with what the british are going through just because they are popular? Did she apologize to the grandmother and grandfather of other people they killed base on their colonizaton. She was still in power when colonization was going on and she was the one with the ultimate power but did she stop it ? So stop this nonsense, of trying to make other people look bad because they don't have any glowing view about her. Will you have a glowing view about someone who killed your grandfather? You guys need to learn to respect people's feeling and not try to impose your view on others when you know nothing or have no type of experience whatsover. I bet if they had colonize any european country you would not here telling people to show respect.

She had no reason to not be positive .

OK then. Poor Putin is just doing what is best for his country. And I believe that by the way.

You need to look at the history of Southern Africa and when they got independence!! Why is the commonwealth still a thing

yup million of my people died and still my people are dying because of British empire.. we have same sentiment.. we don't mourn her death.. but we ain't happy either.. we just don't care.. she ain't our queen.. and her decision and her country cost us alot.. we also hear stories about British cruelty what they did to us.. I'm Pakistani btw..

I get both arguments. I personally believe the wealth makes her complicit but other than that, she had no real power. However, I don't like how certain history is whitewashed while equally similar leaders with the same rapsheet get demonized. Consistency in how we view people is my only problem.

Nick's political correctness 🙏

Till she is in the office she is not and individual and she represents that family both good, bad and worse.

Sorry, but you can't manufacture grief for someone who exhibited all the warmth of a popsicle, and who saw fit to continue the oppression and subjugation of millions around the world. She lived a long life. Good for her, but frankly, planet Earth is missing nothing in her absence.

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Queen symbolizes the United Kingdom". Yes, she hasn't been in charge before 1953. Yes, King or Queen has just a formal position and Prime Minister has real executive power. But, it's understandable why some people from certain countries have different feelings about her. Like Islam. It's in charge in Iran, for example. Lots of young people from Iran hate Mohamad, Ali, and so on because of it. Why? Did Mohamad do anything to Iran? (Could he even show Iran on the map?) Of course, not. But Mohamad symbolizes Islam. We might disagree with this notion, but we can understand it. She reminds me of my own late Mom whom I do love forever. But, who said that everybody else has to love my late Mom?

Europeans must understand that civilization began in Black Africa and Greece which was the first civilization in Europe got it from Black Africa in Egypt and Kush. Claims of civilizing others to make one feel he or she is better when slavery and colonization is all about killing, stealing and destroying is a gross and malicious misrepresentation of historical facts.

South Africa up to today is still part of the Commonwealth Nations. Why do we have to be… they should scratch that idea.

Old people die every day but we don't make a huge deal out of it. Why should the Queen get the royal treatment and not Mrs Margaret next door? She's not my grandma.

The Queen was the best and always kept out of politics. Most of the royals are ok and it's thanks to the Prince's Trust that I am where I am and not on the streets or dead. Yeah the British Empire did some bad stuff but also did a lot of good. I'm proud to be English but British also. I love my country and our history. All of it. It was the British who were the first to abolish slavery. The British lost 2,000 souls at sea fighting the slave trade. The British paid $17 billion in today's money (which was only paid off less than 10 years ago) to free slaves. And who sold the slaves to Europeans? Africans. Europeans never even needed to step foot in Africa as the African sellers would leave them on the beaches to be collected. And we also put a stop to widow burning in India. But it seems a lot of people revel in playing the victim nowadays and blame all their ills on the British Empire, that way they don't have to face the fact that their own situation is down to themselves and nothing else. Either that or they're just jealous they weren't born in this green and pleasant land. The Queen has nothing to apologise for, all she did was good, and I'm truly thankful I lived under her reign. God bless the Queen, and God save the King.

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The queen, thrown , monarchy and the British supported Nigeria with war materials during the time Biafra separated from Nigeria 3 million Biafrans were killed Because of the deposition of oil in south eastern Nigeria Up till today There are calls for separation in the country Also the British committed a lot of coup in Nigeria and in Africa, Just like France , Belgium, Portuguese etc Nigeria got her independence in October 1 1960 , Nigeria - Biafra civil war 6 July 1967 - 15 January 1970 Queen Elizabeth formal coronation as queen took place on June 2 1953 , but was queen after King George vi succumbed to lung cancer at the age of 56 On February 6 , 1952 So do the math please If the queen isn't the head of monarchy, Monarchy isn't in charge of the U.K Or the common wealth ( = stolen wealth) Till today Don't mind the propaganda of they're independent The monarchy, France and all other colonies are still very involved in the conflicts going on in Africa and the world today

I like you guys but if you've ever seen oppression your opinion would be different.. You talk about freedom of speech?????

Let me tell you she is not that innocent she arshad and facilitated the apartheid government,if that is not bad I don't know what.Plus why didn't she apologize for what the crown has done to us especially black people.

Shame on the British monarchy. What an institution!

Why must we mourn colonialist

Urgh….Trevor Noah and his clapping seals.

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