Thanks for all of the views and "likes" on this video! Of course, TEDx talks are only 11-15 minutes long, so its impossible to address everything in such a short space. If anyone is interested in further information on this topic, you can check out these sources: "Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century" by Dorothy Roberts "Planting the Seed: The Invention of Race" by Abby Ferber- found in her book "White Man Falling" "The Race Myth: Why We Pretend Race Exists in America" by Joseph L. Graves "Race the Power of an Illusion"-- a great documentary by PBS The topic of race and ethnicity in Norway is also addressed in various pieces by Mette Andersson and Katrine Fangen, both of the University of Oslo.

@harukatakahashi8822

6 жыл бұрын

alot of people who are born in america who have spanish speaking families who are mexicans say "They're mexicans" but most of them refer themselves as mexican being a race so how would you correct this please

@dblck9

5 жыл бұрын

Jenna you're a beautiful person in every meaning, and, I must confess, I was kinda scared that this "bendiness" of the thumb would actually have a social meaning, or that it was somehow connected to race, which, unfortunately, has. I loved your video. We NEED to talk about it. We need to study. And we need to know, explore, break barriers, even if it shocks, if it changes, because this is what it takes, what happens when we just lose something we'd better. Lose that false link, that lie we've been fed, or our own ignorance. Thank you. I'm sad that I can't find the Dark Girls documentary for free on the net, and we know that the more cost is involved, the more it takes to spread the word.

@topgurl9313

5 жыл бұрын

One of the most informative and well-executed TEDx talks on the subject of "race." You're brilliant! Thank you so much.

@thomasdequincey5811

4 жыл бұрын

Why do those maps show that "race clearly matters"? They just show that people like to live with other people of their own race. P.S. This is a dreadful TED talk.

@kneezelpeople

Жыл бұрын

You are an absolutely incredible public speaker. You talk about a very difficult topic in such a warm, engaging, calm way that seems non-threatening. This is an emotional topic, so it would be very easy to engage a lot of emotion and therefore becoming seemingly threatening. I'm grateful you are using your gifts on a subject that is so important.

This is my sociology professor at school!! This is so cool :)

@dblck9

5 жыл бұрын

sociology is cool :)

@mangaman6833

5 жыл бұрын

No wonder schools are now cultural marxist brainwashing factories.

@mangaman6833

4 жыл бұрын

@Devereux Lescault Says the brainwashed communist

@bigbrother6548

3 жыл бұрын

Manga Man Lol “everything I don’t like is postmodern cultural Marxism”

@callista3296

3 жыл бұрын

Sociologyyy \(๑╹◡╹๑)ﾉ♬

What a fascinating and powerful speech. I had no idea Norway is hesitant to use the word race. This is so important to discuss openly, because race does affect our experiences in society and we must be willing to listen to the experiences of "Others". Thank you for lending your compassionate, well-informed voice to this discussion, Dr. Chernega. Your studies help open the way to deeper exploration of this important topic.

@samsammssoula6510

5 жыл бұрын

"Others" such a Chilling Concept..smh Wow

@gregglass4796

5 жыл бұрын

greenteapoetry ww

@dblck9

5 жыл бұрын

"others"

I HAVE IT! I'm not alone! I have the hitchhiker thumb! I'm normal HOORAAAAAY

I would be curious to see the findings of 'western looking' peoples experiences in non western countries.

@samsammssoula6510

5 жыл бұрын

+BeepBop Boop Perhaps the Perspective that "White" skin is Most Beautiful is the Origins of Racial Bias?.

@alexn.2901

5 жыл бұрын

Never heard of the Hamitic hypothesis? Of colonialism? Of scientific racism?

@dw7312

5 жыл бұрын

I’m sure they were treated like humans should treat each other ...

@nina9604

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a white woman and I've been to Tanzania and Madagascar. I definitely stood out and attracted attention, but never anything negative (unless you count creepy male attention.) As far as I know, whiteness is sadly seen as the epitome of beauty in most parts of the world.

@topgurl9313

4 жыл бұрын

Just ask people and they will be happy to tell you. Most (white) people I know who have been travelling, say that they've been stared at, excessively smiled at or asked a thousand questions about what their lives are like back in the UK. Nothing worse than that. One of my friends, who has ginger hair, recently said people in a particular part of India loved her hair. She said something like "it was innocent curiosity and fascination. I got bullied for my hair when I was a kid, so the admiration was a pleasant change."

Very important! The discussion needs to start! We can't fight an enemy we do not know!

@straighttalking2090

4 жыл бұрын

We have to start by recognising that race is real.

@Nomatterwhat69

3 жыл бұрын

@@straighttalking2090 what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? what does it mean ? Race meaning plz

@straighttalking2090

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nomatterwhat69 ? what does what mean?

@Nomatterwhat69

3 жыл бұрын

@@straighttalking2090 what is race ?

@straighttalking2090

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nomatterwhat69 It is a way of identifying change trends within a species

Great talk.....and we definitely cannot end racism if we don’t talk about it

Summary: Different people are treated differently by different people in different places.

Great talk❤

Prejudice means 'pre-judgement'. My dictionary defines 'prejudice' as: 'any preconceived opinion or feeling, favourable or unfavourable. So to have a positive or supportive opinion of Islam, without first reading the Koran, is to be guilty of prejudice.' Race in humans IS the equivalent of varieties within plants and within other animals. To pretend that humans aren't animals is deceitful. I work for the benefit of myself and for my own children. If I die, the law will give the fruits of my labour to my own children and to their father, all of whom are of the same race as myself. And that is how it should be. Somalis can avoid racism by staying in Africa. Why should immigrants and their children have equal rights with the descendants of the people who actually built and paid for, the country's infrastructure and institutions?

Sidenote: The opposable thumb is a key trait in the evolution of humans and other primates.

"Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Culture is just the fenotype of a population. Iq is genetic like everything else. There will always be deviants and outliers. Haplogroup is a better term than race. Plato described this 2500 years ago in the myth of the metals. Crime is not a result of poverty, its a result of RELATIV poverty. Mixing groups with large diffrence in iq creates RELATIV poverty and political polarisation.

Let’s talk about Kylie Jenner and how she darkens her skin and gets fuller lips to look more attractive. Maybe I should go up there next time and try to expand, exploit and elaborate on it.

What she says is quite paradox on one hand she gives the correct example with the thumb, that variaties are social choosen and not given,. Nur then she talks about races as if they were existing scientificly. But they are not. The Problem she talks about is in fact xenophobia. Everyone WHO is different to us (WHO ever this might be) is not welcome. Using unaccurate subjects like race will not solve the Problem. Kind regards

@MovieMaker2100

4 жыл бұрын

Go ask a mixed race person with leukemia if race is real or not. Their chances of finding donors are slim to none because they're mixed race.

@eagleclaws26

4 жыл бұрын

There is no such thing as race period

hi

@GrimSingmuf

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, Jeremy. How have you been? What is life like for you nowadays?

I want to move to Norway

@keithsmith4780

6 жыл бұрын

Rico Muerte “I want to move to Norway.” Bon voyage. Everyone I know who’s been there tells me that it’s a lovely place. I see, however, that your post is 11 months old. Have you moved yet? If not, then I doubt that you really want to.

@stiarait

6 жыл бұрын

So does Donald Trump, take him with you

@zxyatiywariii8

3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever move to Norway? 🤷🏾‍♀️

@CappuccinoTX

3 жыл бұрын

@@zxyatiywariii8 no unfortunately I wasn't able to, I'm facing some criminal charges right now.

Good speech

What if we all mixed with each other

@GrimSingmuf

2 жыл бұрын

Doing that at a party in Boston tommorow.

World-wide, race doesn’t have social restraints if you’re rich. Discrimination only deprives the working class.

03:02 19/08/2019 Some people just can,t help themselves. people just make life too Complicated for anyone who would like to get to know you better. I suppose you would go up in the air if someone asks you [ What is your nationality ] This seems to be the up and coming big issue of late. It happed to me when I ask someone the same question she went nut,s. I was gobsmacked. I just had to tell her she has a chip on her shoulder. SO, GET RID OF IT. I meant nothing by it. Oh by the way if you look at your thumbs closer you will see one thumb looks like your dad's thumb and the other looks like your mum's thumb. Malc UK.

I'm sorry. What? Race is defined by adaptations to environment. This creates distinct, identifiable differences. Like skin colour, or height. It's not a 'social construct.' There ARE different races in the world. We're all human beings.

Not talking about race hurts everyone.

@eraserace6165

5 жыл бұрын

But the conversation should be about how we get rid of this insidious concept so that the term no longer carries the meaning that it currently does.

@straighttalking2090

4 жыл бұрын

@@eraserace6165 You can't erase race other than by interbreeding all peoples until we are homogenous. Good luck

@MM-gp9mb

4 жыл бұрын

@@straighttalking2090 Thats not possible. Even if everyone interbreeding their would still be varying skin tones. Everyone might technically be the same race but there would still be colorism.

@carlencharleston8576

4 жыл бұрын

@@MM-gp9mb So the ultimate answer would have to be to build deep relationships with each other like a "family." We have varying colors in my 8 member family but we never talk about how one is ligther than the other or treat them based on that. Why is there no colorism in my family? I would say it's because we "think" we're all family. Hence, the ideology is the problem and that is what must be changed. So @eraseraces, we are working to change the ideology to match the scientific facts, we really are all one family.

@eferrari96

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that racism creates different culture, like slaves experienced racism, had a different life than whites thus they had a different culture. This culture now gets associated with race, and having different cultures is fine, but limiting it to race or color is not and that is the problem.

"We shouldn't refer to groups of people in the same way we refer to groups of animals". In this statement the speaker identifies the source of her cognitive dissonance and its' pervasiveness throughout the speech. _We are animals_ , we are all part of the same evolutionary bush. Race is a natural precursor to speciation - we are evolving - race is real. Rationalise it - accept it.

7:30 France you need to hear this.

This is a terrible attempt to explain a complex problem.

If race matters, why are Asian Americans the top 10% in the US.

@thatguy9482

2 жыл бұрын

In the US it doesn't matter your race or where your from, if I work hard and make good choices, u will succeed

@joshuataylor3550

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatguy9482 That's the best joke I've seen in my entire life.

The premise is flawed. Basically saying the bendyness of your thumb doesn't matter. Therefore, race doesn't matter. The individual does.

One last thing because this is the most dangerous and foolish idea you put forward: race has nothing to do with the ability to accumulate wealth. 'Whites' were born into the empires that were recently consolidated into the global empire (around the first world war~second world war). Opportunity to profit from the empire was theirs first because the empire began in their lands. The simple fact about greed is that it is blind. An employer who never sees his or her employees doesn't mind any aspect of them except those aspects which pertain to their ability to do their jobs. In other words, since race doesn't affect people's ability to do jobs (the only thing remotely true in your message, but there are exceptions: off the top of my head, the Spanish had to take native wives in their Andean colonies because Spanish women couldn't reproduce due to the altitude), the only trait that matters is submissiveness. Poverty is meant to be punishment for those who will not submit. There is poverty among all races in all corners of the world. Regardless of race, workers are subjected to vicious superficial evaluation. It seems likely that relieving people of their prejudices based on race only encourages them to judge more cruelly based on other criteria. Because the empire started in "white" lands, the expectation of "white" mannerisms has been inherited. Obviously the tendency toward "white" mannerisms is most dominant in "white" people. If other races are being turned down for work more so than "whites", it is because of a percieved lack of assimilation to the culture of the empire in almost every case. This, not 'racism', is mechanism for the destruction of every culture in the world. The only problem is the ignorance of the many caused by the manipulation of the few. Maybe it's time for us all to stop watching KZread and make a sincere effort to educate ourselves about worldly matters so we can rein in the mad dogs before they rip the world to shreds. Also anyone who uses the term "white" without qualifaction is among the worst of racists. People with little skin pigmentation come from distinct racial backgrounds, such as the Celts, Germanics, and Slavs, and there are further subdivisions in these extremely broad groups. By using the word "white" you belittle their unique histories in a grievous manner. Some doctor of sociology.

@MicahMadru

8 жыл бұрын

+Phuok Yu Well said. She made that point about the different language that uses the same word for different races as that would be found for different breeds of dogs. She says we shouldn't do that. Why not? She doesn't justify it. Every animal has a different classification and sub group, either we say there aren't different races in humanity or there are. The terms that we use and playing onto being politically correct doesn't change the facts.

@mikepatti1147

5 жыл бұрын

Am I going to take the word of a professor who was trained in studying this? or a source by the name of "phuok yu" well phuok me I think I know the answer

@joshuataylor3550

2 жыл бұрын

@@MicahMadru Humans also created the animal classification groups

Let's not. I hired workers from all races. My policy is if you talk about racism you are fired. End of story. The past is the past period. You are here to work not cry. Grow up. Funny how well my people got along.

I've always been told that people who's thumbs bend backwards are spineless. That's obviously a huge generalisation and probably some form of old wives tale, but yea. Social meaning.

She didn't get it herself.

One sided conversation when it come to race. Nothing is said when non western people are attacking Europeans

@personalyt6728

4 жыл бұрын

How often does that happen though compared to the reverse?

@Nomatterwhat69

3 жыл бұрын

@@personalyt6728 I don't think it's about how often. I think it's about taking the problem as universal to help each individual having the same chances in society. Assuming it's one sided is a bias as it depends on the scales.

@Nomatterwhat69

3 жыл бұрын

@@personalyt6728 equality also means people shouldn't be "more equal" than others. I still understand your argument but imo it's not the way to do it.

Sit down. Lets talk about race

"Race" has NEVER been genetic. We are all one

@alexn.2901

5 жыл бұрын

Biological races don't exist. Sociological races do exist. Talking about race isn't talking about genes but rather about systems of power, history, privilege, etc.

@straighttalking2090

4 жыл бұрын

Well how could you put your race down if you don't have one??? Deerrrrrr. You can't have it both ways.

@xxBitchutecom

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexn.2901 I do not understand your last written sentence. Write correctly. My English is not very good. We have a different nose. We have a different body size. We have a different brain size. Different predisposition to disease. We can suffer from diseases that are peculiar only to the special races. There are special drugs for races that help some races, but have a detrimental effect on others. We have different illnesses in different ways. We have a different hair shape. For the some races it will be difficult to give birth to a child from Europeans because the skulls of Europeans are too big. For negros, it is normal to give birth while sitting, but for a European it ends in the death of a child. We have a different tact of the brain, so we have a different music pattern (perhaps I didn’t put it right, but I think the point is clear.). We have different physical abilities. Someone runs faster and jumps higher, someone has a faster reaction and accuracy, someone is stronger, someone is more agile. For example, hockey players consist of the white race because they have a different brain motility. Different brain configuration. Blacks have thicker nerve fibers from the brain and they are not so painful when they are beaten in the head. You just will not see non-white in some sports.

I thought race was a social construct and therefore how is it possible to be racist if the concept doesn't exist?

@whendidyoutubeaddhandles

7 жыл бұрын

SetMind InMotion treating people differently on. the basis of these social constructs. that's how. good god, it's not rocket science.

@setmindinmotion7728

7 жыл бұрын

"treating people differently on. the basis of these social constructs." So if race is an abstract social construct, why do people look different based on their genes?

@whendidyoutubeaddhandles

7 жыл бұрын

SetMind InMotion because those people treat people differently on the basis of assuming they have different characteristics because of these so called 'races', which is false. no one is denying that population groups look different, but looks are irrelevant when judging a person.

@user-ci4cw1kn3k

6 жыл бұрын

chuck norris pretty much everyone treat each other base on race. Most people marry within their race. That says it all.

@stiarait

6 жыл бұрын

There is nothing “abstract”about the social construct. For those who experiemce it daily, race is palpable

Oh my beloved Christ what has been wrought against your glory? "We" made race up. Who is "we"? Do you mean to blame every man woman and child that ever existed? Or just the 'white' ones? You have no substance. The wild manner in which you jump between anecdotes that are doubtfully relevent, related, or true makes difficulty for anyone trying to understand your point of view. You do not link your anecdotes to your opinions of the state of things. Your opinions are not supported by anything similar to logic, rationale, or evidence. Your speech is wholly empty; like a mixture of unintelligable echoes from those who promote the blind acceptance of an arbitrary world-view. It seems like you've made the mistake of thinking the intellectual refuse you force-feed your unaware students is pallatable to an educated crowd. How embarassing for your institution. Opinions that hopefully appeal to common sense: Nearly all people (and animals) throughout all time have been living in ethnically homogenous communities. It seems unreasonable to expect them to adapt to "multiculturalism" instantly. Traditionally when one ethnic group settles in a territory dominated by another ethnic group it is in the context of a violent invasion (see: human history since the dawn of time, European history is especially accessible). Also, what is supposed to be the rationale for the necessity of "multiculturalism"? To provide equal opportunities for all races out of human-heartedness? What about the people who are left behind in their lands without opportunity? If there was a sincere care about the plight of the poor around the world there would be efforts to invest in and improve conditions in poor lands. Instead the west tries to lure people away promising a better life while sending the profits from their foreign ventures back to the 1st world (imperialism). In example: Could the crops that are processed for ethanol not alone feed every starving person in the world? The only way in which "we" "created race" is by the decisions throughout the many hundreds of thousands of years of history of the modern human that led to actual genetic differences in people. Different lands call for different lifestyles and the land imprints itself upon everything that lives on it in the most profound way. People know their own people instinctively just as every other living creature instinctively knows its own. Have you ever heard of "imprinting"? The first form grasped by the perception of an animal as responding to it's expression is the form the animal builds it's identity around. In other words: whatever a creature percieves as providing nourishment is what it identifies itself as. (See: geese following humans in aircraft, infant lab monkeys growing attached to milk dispensers made of wire, or try to revive your 'common sense'). Obviously, as humans are not from outer space, they have this in common with all animals. People are '"racist" for very deep reasons and this will never change. Even if you somehow brainwash the entire world to ignore race their instincts to discriminate on a superficial basis will find other ways to manifest. You can't undo what humanity is without destroying it, so kindly, stop trying.

@whendidyoutubeaddhandles

7 жыл бұрын

Phuok Yu by "we" she means everyone who subscribes to it, not just white people. the species living separately that you mention are separate sub-species. there is no where near enough genetic variation in humans for us to have sub-species. not to mention the fact that tribalism (especially based on physical features) is very primitive, and the more evolved we get the less primitive we become. yes it's natural but so is rape, murder and much more. they are l in human natural and were means of survival and reproduction. but as we evolve, we leave suggest primitive things behind.

@dopeitsjay58

7 жыл бұрын

Triggered

@gregglass4796

5 жыл бұрын

Phuok Yu qq

@gregglass4796

5 жыл бұрын

Phuok Yu ssa

@gregglass4796

5 жыл бұрын

wqe

I wonder if she has the same empathy sympathy and compassion for the white South Africans? Should we talk about the racial inequality in South Africa?

Hispanic is not a race.

@joehobo8868

3 жыл бұрын

Japanese consider themselves a race. Chinese consider themselves a race. Koreans consider themselves a race. What do these three races have in common? They all hate each other. Why?

@OMGCREATIVEMEDIA

3 жыл бұрын

Latinx is a label, not a race. You can be united by a culture or language and still be there to support each other. Labels do not define who you are.

@giuseppeneroni

2 жыл бұрын

New York marathon is a race

@joshuataylor3550

2 жыл бұрын

@@OMGCREATIVEMEDIA Race is just a label.