RIP Benjamin. What a loss. Poet, musican, actor activist. Such a talented man.

@user-gj8rt5gw2j

8 ай бұрын

And race card player. A huge chip on each shoulder.

@user-mj1di7rx8w

6 ай бұрын

Giant of a man

That poetry... wow. I need to check out more of Benjamin Zephaniah. Brilliant mini-doc all around, horrible the way things still are for so many. We must do better.

who else watching this in quarantine and this is sent by the school for work

@adrianhoti1781

4 жыл бұрын

me

@zahirshah2728

4 жыл бұрын

@@adrianhoti1781 wich year

@elliot7753

4 жыл бұрын

zahir shah haha, me!

@jacktaylor8501

4 жыл бұрын

c

@zahirshah2728

4 жыл бұрын

@@jacktaylor8501 what

Desperately saddened to hear of his passing today. Rest in Peace Benjamin. True Hero.

@tamerajr

8 ай бұрын

😞 I've never heard of him before now. But, I wish I had. Gone too soon. May he rest in power ✊🏾🕊

so weird when you try this with headphones

@h0r1z0nz7

4 жыл бұрын

HMJR GET ON THE OTHER SIDE NO STAY IN BOTH

@h0r1z0nz7

4 жыл бұрын

JUST GET ON BOTH SIDES

@teenagemutantammnite8944

3 жыл бұрын

I thought my headphones had broken

Dearest Zephaniah, your poems are part of my English syllabus in Israel, I chose them myself! Thank you for the words and the inspiration.

@reikirainbowhandspawsmore7103

3 жыл бұрын

Love this, blessings on your work. :)

@damsh._mary

2 жыл бұрын

What is israel It does not exist

@ElleNullVoid

8 ай бұрын

Do not think it is working in your country. Israel is pathologically racist towards Ethiopian Jews (sterilisation, throwing away donated blood), in The Times of Israel, a survey found that 52% of Israeli Jews believe that African migrants are 'a cancer'. Your country is racist towards Black people so teaching about Benjamin in your syllabus obviously does not work.

Poet, Musician, Activist and Lyricist Extraordinaire 👏👏👏 RIP Benjamin Zephaniah ❤️🙏❤️🕊🕯

@CleHasToSayIt

8 ай бұрын

And actor

@PeIeus

7 ай бұрын

And domestic abuser

Benjamin Zephaniah and John Cooper Clarke, having been taught poems by both in GCSE English, were the first people to open my eyes to spoken word that wasn't stuffy old poets like Wordsworth etc. They made it fun and eye opening, relevant to modern society. Thank you to both, as they have really changed my life for the better. RIP Benjamin 🙏

@polylyth

8 ай бұрын

Wordsworth isn't a stuffy old anything, you're just the product of a culture that wallows in the filth..

We live in a world where Henry Kissinger dies at 100, whereas Benjamin Zephaniah dies at 65. RIP King 🙏🏽

@telboyjack100

8 ай бұрын

What's that supposed to mean?

@dmagwaza

8 ай бұрын

@@telboyjack100 🙄

@nektekket852

7 ай бұрын

@telboyjack100 it's ironic that a warmonger like Kissinger lives a long life, whereas a man of peace is taken from us too soon...

@dmagwaza

7 ай бұрын

@@nektekket852 Exactly

I've just discovered this poet...and I'm very pleased that I did. 👍💯⭐

@beverleyreid7572

7 ай бұрын

Me too! Such a beautiful man.

Hi englisch LK im proud of u

I wish I could make a peace in this world... Sending my love and respect to everyone...

Bless Bless & rest in paradise Mr Benjamin Zephaniah ,🙏🏾🕯🕊..sad day!

One race,The Human Race.

@Liam-dv7zq

4 жыл бұрын

No

@jawad9757

3 жыл бұрын

@@Liam-dv7zq why not?

What a man - my favourite poet! RIP Benjamin.

Siana Bangura's story breaks my heart. NO ONE should have to suffer that anymore.

Clever bloke, real loss, brought poetry to a whole new audience, and I liked the little bit of humour he always threw in. 👍

There weren't any pubs with those sort of notices, it was all done for the cameras and he should have told the truth instead of stirring up racial hatred. He made a nice living from racism.

@polylyth

8 ай бұрын

"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists." - Thomas Sowell

If only the world was full of Benjamins........ RIP Benjamin. Such a loss.

RIP Benjamin Zephaniah!

Mother Country Get It Right. Benjamin Zephaniah, such a great loss. But he lives on in his poetry and his great humanity.

Love to Benjamin. A real voice

Rest Easy Benjamin Zephaniah.

Through Benjamin Zephaniahs documentary you can see that the British culture still doesn‘t reach the expectation of appreciating the black culture. Zephaniah also feels the racism and says ‚there is still work to be done‘. The society has gotten more tolerant over the last 50 years but still hasn‘t quite changed their eyesight on other cultures to the fullest yet.

pressurising institutions are only part of the solution, we have to learn to reach each other's hearts, wonderful poem!

@BiscuitsBox

8 жыл бұрын

+Bo Pick I'm still waiting on those sources. Obviously you don't actually want a debate, merely a platform to spout your retoric. Enjoy your tiny little world, I'll take culture over ignorance any day of the week.

@BiscuitsBox

8 жыл бұрын

+Bo Pick There is always room for dialogue and debate. Without either there is only paranoia and scapegoating, the later ends in murder, the former in suicide. Bo, I have to ask, do you have any friends of a non english ethnic background? If not, why not?

@BiscuitsBox

8 жыл бұрын

+Bo Pick. You come across as a very strange individual over the internet, your prose could do with some work to prevent this. From what I can determine; 1. You have an Aryan complex, particularly issues with black people, possibly with Asians although your bias is not so well defined. 2. You have a tendency to throw "liberal" around as an perceived insult. It isn't, sorry to disappoint. 3. Your tendency to quote sources without providing links is becoming tedious. I did a Google search on IQ as suggested and I'm afraid to say found nothing to support your hypothesis. You really need to provide the supporting links for this to debate to continue.

@BiscuitsBox

8 жыл бұрын

Apologies +Bo Pick, I've been a little busy getting on with my life, but apparently I touched a nerve there as you resorting to "insults" instead of offering what I'm asking for which is a debate. Don't spout rhetoric at me then cower away, provide your sources! Which Western society is it you are referring to? The faux Christian one to which people now pay lip service as they free their minds from the shackles of indoctrination? The same doctrine which espoused centuries of violence in the name of a peaceful (definitely not white) Jew? If you won't enter the debate then let me apologise for "sitting on the fence". I'll go futher: I'm sorry that your parents, or lack of them, forced this myopic prejudice upon you at an early age. Maybe if someone had shown you the kindness and love you deserved as a child we wouldn't be having this conversation now. As it is keep up the mad #keyboardwarrior skills and have a nice, if blessedly ignorant life, I'll do my best to counter your vile opinions where I can.

He's a wonderful man and he lives by what he says.

@stuartbritton7408

3 жыл бұрын

He's a sociopath. If that's wonderful, then I'll eat my hat.

@adamuppsala1931

3 жыл бұрын

@@stuartbritton7408 You're an ignorant. You've used a word you don't understand.

Gutted that he has gone. Sorely missed.

All my children will know of you and fantastic poetry. Your legacy will live on forever, Rest in peace Sir!!!

He made me proud to be a brummie!!

The panning on this clip is all over the place it keeps playing in my left an right ear an goes mono 😂

I just discovered you and wow! I love what you have to say! Bless you!

@jimjones8736

2 жыл бұрын

You really do think the sun shines out of his backside don't you? I live in Birmingham (the UK one where Zeph comes from) and I can tell you that he is a dinosaur milking a bandwagon

Thank you for such eloquent insight and beautiful poetry with a progressive message. It is needed for those with eyes to see, ears to hear and a heart to understand the need for equality and peace. No Justice, No Peace. Peace be with you all.

@stuartbritton7408

3 жыл бұрын

Fake virtue signalling makes me sick.

@stuartbritton7408

3 жыл бұрын

Modern progressives are the core of the problem. 'Progressive', is, like most modern political terms, inverted in its true meaning.

a stunning man. I am sorry to learn of his passing. sadly it is as a result of his passing that i learn about him.

Ben you are the authentic voice.

We miss you Benjamin. Such a true man that lived to his principles❤

It seems to me like Britain isn't as open as it's often idealised. It still isn't totally past the colonial times. Though, society in Britain has made progress the past years. But as he said: ''There is still work to do''. I mean, no society is completely without any racism. We in Germany, for example do have these problems too. It's just important to work on them to make "the world a little better" : ) . Maybe, that way one day there will be a world without prejudice and racism ☯️☮ Stay healthy, take care of yourself 🤗 PS: This guy reminds me off Bob Marley 😂😂

Rest in peace benjamin

“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” - Martin Luther King Jr.

I love this a genius has gone to advise people in Heaven.

What a fantastic bloke he was…..wish there was more like him

Sad to hear you left earth, Jah has a plan for you rest in peace brother so proud of you.

Goodnight Black King!

NO DOGS? THAT'S HORRIBLE. DOGS ARE LOVELY ❤

love this guy, but I can’t believe how many people are hating on each other here in the comments. This poem is meant to teach us about love and peace, not creating useless arguments. 💛 so why don’t y’all be quiet and say something nice?

We are learning about this guy in school

Rip😢

I love this man so much! The Fanon of poetry.

RIP Benjamin Zephaniah

I spoke to one of my black friends and he said that he's not sure if he prefers racism how it is now to how it was even though it is lesser much of the time. He finds it hard now, especially in certain places, to know if he can trust the people he speaks to.

People, I'm telling you: cancel your license fee. This is masochism. This is self hatred.

@josephyn89

7 жыл бұрын

lol serves you for invading the world

@josephyn89

7 жыл бұрын

Baas Anon if they still had influence over their former empires, it would be adequate. It just can't be denied that the ones who conquered the most and the best were the British. And their influence is still felt. I can't really speak for the experiences of Asian or African peoples. I'm from Latin American so I speak from my own experience and the knowledge I have about imperialism in this side of the world.

@josephyn89

7 жыл бұрын

Baas Anon and yeah you know what? I do find it funny. If Europe had left the rest of the world to themselves MAYBE you wouldn't have so many immigrants :v

hiding something or what....vitals talks digitally muted,we beg for new load.

What a dude. Sad day 😥

RIP you lovely man

What an absolute beautiful man (I am getting Bob Marley vibes).

RIP Sir.

It's back on the street again in 2024. RIP BZ ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

He’s right. Birmingham is a much nicer city now. Such a pleasant place to live with a strong close community atmosphere.

Respect from Ireland

His inspirational ❤❤❤

Siana you're so beautiful!!!

Respect ben.jah.min

Thanks for posting.

Great job by Benjamin!

@elehatz7764

7 жыл бұрын

4magicboxes Be nice to your Turkey this Christmas. Also fuck you

They have in Luton Sunshine

I feel this is a Great loss for this country. RIP Benjamin

Love his artistry and honesty. Sadly, racism is a base human instinct not unique to any one in number. I have witnessed newly British treated like guests of honour, and light pigmented violently and mentally harmed when in minority here. BZ had the knack for wording his cause with universal appeal and affection, as well as righteous militancy.

It was scary seein the rawness of reality out there in society but now or than never we need to stand strong and unite to embrace this world and love each other as aGod or greater being intended So funny is he Benjamin Zephaniah. Some of my best friends are white too funny that we have that in common ha ha. Love it

what has he sayings?

Every community is riddled with prejudice, stupidity and intolerance. Because we are all the same. .

Benjamin, 🖖 Nailed it buddy x

Long live BZ. 🙏

We did this in schoolb

i'am so sad to hear this, rip benjamin zephaniah.

people should not be treated this way because of their skin colour

RIP King

Such aa killa ending. BZ, fucking legend

youre watching this in lockdown cus school

Ethnicity, religion, language and gender and sexuality are issues, group identity is the problem. Anyone who claims they have been racially discriminated against is falling subject to their own 'racism', by claiming discrimination on grounds of race you are accepting a fundamental difference between yourself and others based upon a very broad group identity. Is the UK institutionally racist? Yes obviously, it has 'race' written into it's law, how then could it not be 'racist' at an institutional, constitutional level. Our very laws are 'racist', and there are many policies that have been attempted through 'positive racial discrimination' to promote proportional representation in business, industry and public office. When I was at school I had an encyclopedia that had a section on race, it detailed 7 or 9 races of man: Caucasian, Mongoloid, Negroid, Asian, Australoid; I can't remember them all (it was 40+ years ago and the book was probably 40+ years old then). This subject used to interest me purely from a biological categorisation perspective. The more I read the more I came to understand there is no strictly scientific basis for a taxonomy of the human species that can be as neatly categorised as 'race'. 'Race' as I came to understand it was an attempt to produce some form of hierarchical categorisation for political reasons alone. One article I remember suggested it was an attempt to use science to justify slavery by creating a sub-species of human that was less than human but higher than animal. This would have been at the time of, or not much earlier than, the Enlightenment, some 300-400 short years ago. Basically 'race' then is nothing more than a social construct, just like religion and gender. It is sickening to me to see 'white supremacists' and how they behave, claiming status by virtue of the fact they were born into a 'white' skin. It saddens me to see people making themselves victims. All claiming credit for achievements made by a select few individuals who happened to share their nationality but not their time. Not realising here, even the language we use is an amalgamation of Greek, Latin, German and French, our science and maths is Arabic, Egyptian and Mesopotamian. Not understanding our best guess at the origin of our species, by minds infinitely superior to ours, has us all, the entire human race, an extended family of African primates that descended from the trees together. The only way to end 'racism' is to stop using the word. Discover your own personal identity, dare to be an individual. I am Chris, I am a 54, I was born in the UK and I am happy to meet You, whoever You are. Let us celebrate our sameness, ignoring our differences, let us come together to strengthen humanity, venture out into that great unknown adventure life. Share our experiences in an attempt to learn from each other and see how we can leave behind us a better world than we were given. Don't bring me your prejudice, bring me your hopes, don't bring me your fears, bring me your dreams. Together we will be far stronger than ever we would be apart. I don't care where you come from, I only care what you bring with you and how it can make all our lives better. p.s. Benjamin Zephaniah, love your poetry :)

@rwatertree

5 жыл бұрын

White supremacists are probably the least significant of the groups that think their race entitles them to some special privileges. What happens when if they rally? They're rightly vilified. What happens when non-whites rally for their racial advantages? "Poor dears, we have so much more to do for you," is the general, uncritical response. Race will always be a problem until society can discern between those which argue for justice and those who argue for advantage. Those who profit from this naivety will try to make sure that race never goes away.

> Committed burglary > History of domestic violence >> Model citizen

@AntonSmyth-od6rc

7 ай бұрын

Lord Byron was a bad man too. Good poet though. Like saying green is a bad red 😂 engage brain

@PeIeus

7 ай бұрын

@@AntonSmyth-od6rc indeed, there exists many bad people past and present that receive praise all the time, with their bad deeds quietly buried. This Zephaniah guy was bad.

Jahover all from San Francisco to Belize 🇧🇿 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 🏀🙏🏿⚽️🎶🇧🇿🇧🇿🇧🇿🇧🇿🐟🌏🌈🐝🚀🎸🇲🇱

'Company boardrooms are very white ...' Take a guess why that may be?

@gregdee9085

8 ай бұрын

Go have some meetings in Asia... anywhere in Asia.. or the West Indies.. or Latin America.. or South America...

can't control peoples thought, so we have to keep pressuring????

@donaldderp1602

8 жыл бұрын

+kingBenTheBadger Just turn off the MSM, problem solved.

what the fuck is the sound

❤❤

Exactly - no wonder the Britains started apartheid in South Africa (a colony of Britian just before).

ANISH KAPOOR

He can't keep getting away with it.

@cosmicdonkey3473

5 жыл бұрын

Getting away with what, mate?

didn't see many british people in this video

@futatorius

8 ай бұрын

How could you tell? Did you examine their passports?

a racist rant on a bus vs a stabbing on the underground, which is worse? the one that can actually kill

@georgeadawengo2840

8 жыл бұрын

+PitchBlackFox your mother

@Laughing_Chinaman

8 жыл бұрын

***** is a lovely person. now do you have an actual argument how words are just as bad if not worse than actual physical violence? or are you just going to throw insults over the internet

@georgeadawengo2840

8 жыл бұрын

I don't know why I wrote your mother, apologies, but my point is that a rant on a bus can be just as deadly as a stabbing on the underground, because people have committed suicide, they see themselves as inferior because of their skin colour, I think most humans are disgusting tbh

@Laughing_Chinaman

8 жыл бұрын

***** except that suicide is highest among white men. all life has very strong survival instincts a few mean words isn't going to make people kill themselves theres always underling factors, you can't wrap people in cotton wool and pretend hurt feeling are the same as actual violence

@georgeadawengo2840

8 жыл бұрын

so why is free speech only acceptable against the prophet, but mention the holocaust with a little bit of humour, its anti-Semitism, you white people make the rules so I suppose you can blatantly flout them

The victim mentality. How weak to blame all your problems on someone else. Take responsibility for yourself.

Enoch Powell did nothing wrong

@jawad9757

3 жыл бұрын

Lol ok

@futatorius

8 ай бұрын

@@jawad9757 You know the original version of that meme?

@jawad9757

8 ай бұрын

@@futatorius yeah that escaped my notice at the time

3:30 "definitely used to not getting a job because your name is a certain name" This woman has literally no way of understanding why she didn't get the job. This is assumption at best, fabrication at worst. Just because you're black and didn't get a job does not mean you didn't get the job BECAUSE you're black. She's living in the UK, a place with high job security. The harder it is to lose your job, the harder it is to get a job. You are living in a country, where it is notoriously hard to find the job you want and when you don't get it, you cry racism. Absolutely disgusting. This is nothing but race-baiting.

@futatorius

8 ай бұрын

There have been multiple studies done where identical CVs were sent to British employers, some with stereotypically "black" names and black person's photos, and others with "white" names and photos. Guess which had the higher rejection rate? And why is it so important to you to think that this never happens? I've been a hiring manager for decades, and colleagues have on occasion "helpfully" pointed out the applicant's ethnicity during the sifting process. "What exactly are you suggesting?" usually shuts them down.

David Starkey is a jabroni !

loving the locks, serious dread, whagwan wit da beard? man put blade to imface? rass

wer kommt aus deutschland vom englisch lk ? lol

wow he fucking took Enoch Powell's speech completely out of context like so many other people do holy shit

His improper use of the English language, made me more racist.

@futatorius

8 ай бұрын

It's much more likely you were already like that.

@MagnesVestergaard

8 ай бұрын

@@futatorius Bruh, that's what I said, "more," meaning I already was like that, but now "more" so

@Nee-vk7zz

8 ай бұрын

It’s Jamaican Patois, it’s technically not English and counts as it’s own language And I wish whites were only a fraction of how oppressed you think you are. You know NOTHING.

What an egomaniac!

Anyone on here from ROYDS

Grüße geht ans Mgh raus