“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.” Thomas Sowell

@vcat8136

2 жыл бұрын

Great quote! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻

@nocapitals9833

2 жыл бұрын

try to tell them the truth, they call your a traitor, try to talk to them honestly and they call you a hater.

@gifctdotorgthought-police3706

2 жыл бұрын

@@nocapitals9833 TLDR: It's a project I may use as a novel's foreword. Poetry isn't my thing and so it could be a turd😅 "Incomprehensible": Last night I had a dream that everything could be okay. Could you please spare a moment to hear me out today? Our families’ crimes had been forgotten after we had chosen to stow them away. We lived on a world where pasts had been cleared and was now a peaceful day. All of our people were being treated fair for we somehow found a new way. Forgiving those dead ancestors who had chosen to hurt families with no say. I called up my Cassidy, thinking that there could still be some time. We spoke of this dream world, where a life could feel that sublime. I’d never hear her happy laugh; no instead, only tears brought on by the pain. You see her being born into this world, had left her soul with a stain. Her cries then told me of the price she’d been forced to pay. Do you know why I knelt down and began to beg and pray? I begged that she be spared, and her pain with me would stay. Could she not just be a child who’s allowed to run and play? Why tell others that this hate, is a byproduct of our time? Kindly consider this seriously, and not just as a rhyme. How come all of us today are busy judging one another? Could someone please stop, and let us talk with each other? Why are we always fixated on sexes, colors, and creeds? How could we ever replace these truly useless needs? Can there a better way for everyone, and not just for my niece? I swear you could take it all, just please save my baby a piece. You may want to believe that I cannot weigh in. You might even want to judge me based on the color of my skin. Racist are those who prefer that their own race remain the same. Human is the only race that I claim, but still I prefer my own name. I resemble a group that is reviled by many whenever they can. Most see me as evil, or fear that I may have a secret plan. Why do you now think that your life, I could never understand? Is it because all that stands before you is just another white-man? You may have some decent answers, or you might not even agree. Still I’d like to thank you, for now stopping to converse with me. I would only ask that you stop and try to see as I see. Why are our races defined by the meaning of pedigree? Does it make any sense for us to still remain divided? Do you have one good reason why we cannot stand united? I’m personally tired of seeing our brothers and sisters remain frightened. Why do we remain at each other’s throats like a noose that is steadily tightened? Why do we allow our cops and loved ones to continue taking their turn at dying? Why do we continue justifying the ways in which, to ourselves, we still be lying? The rest of us are hypocrites; too busy picking which truths we preserve. Steadily creating guardians who forget, their job is to protect and serve. I don’t care to talk about which of us has the right to be madder. Our ignorant asses even managed to fight over which lives should matter. No former should be treated even slightly better than the latter. Why do we let the middle income starve while our rich and poor get fatter? I kind of think we must all now share an equal part in this blame. Since we continue to argue and fight while our society is left lame. Every generation is born to us new, and should carry no other’s past fame. Yet we continue to pass on the shame, of those who have already came. It is in times like this that I think of my life’s lease. A child robbed of everything, even her innocence and peace. I dream of the day she can finally feel safe and secure. She is born of two cultures; both of which consider her impure. She gets no reprieve while at school; just the usual and more of the same. Teachers never learn who she is; they’re interested only in her race’s name. Her generation will one day rise, or if not hers then maybe the next. They will get a chance to explore this world with a new range of context. It could be so damn beautiful, and I bet that we would all feel so strange. Living in peace instead of showing more of this nonsensical, incessant rage. We could all stand side by side; watching how their kids laugh, love, and play. I hope they're so good; they make us all feel the appropriate shame in some way. My baby's gotten so big now that she’s just about grown. It won’t be much longer before she’ll be out on her own. But she’ll always be my baby, and my sweet little girl. May she always showcase to us the best of both worlds. Who knows, one day, I may even get to be a father. All because we stopped this senseless slaughter. Everyone now is still hung up on the color of a face. It never should have been a factor in the first place. Maybe our government will soon join and help quicken our pace? By never defining anyone as more than a part of the HUMAN RACE. Can you see what I see; can we get on the same page? No more being compelled by the rules of a previous age. Caucasian is a word that follows me everywhere that I go. It's not always impossible, but it is difficult to forego. I would gladly look on as all labels were burned or slain. But no, we would rather just argue and allow them to remain. I’d like to take this time to thank you for reading my letter. I know that we are the same; but some of your thoughts may be better. It is true that there are people who can be up to no good. I try with everyone because I was taught that we should . All I see right now is a sister; or maybe even a brother. I look forward to the day; we all recognize one another. ~Nicholas Grant~

@granjmy

2 жыл бұрын

@@gifctdotorgthought-police3706 You poured out your heart in that poem, Nicholas. Keep writing!

@dancarter482

2 жыл бұрын

@@gifctdotorgthought-police3706 Magnifique! Have you read 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius. ?

I once was on a flight with a man who immigrated from Africa to the US. We had a great conversation on various topics. At one point he picked up some white guilt I didn't know I had. What he told me has stayed with me to this day. "Look, you [Europeans] were enslaving each other long before you met us [Africans], and we were enslaving each other long before we met you. The difference is, you stopped."

@bdwilcox

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The man who set slavery into motion in the British Colonies, and that set the legal precedence for slavery through to the states after independence from Britain, was a black man named Anthony Johnson. Up until Mr. Johnson went to court to claim ownership over another black man, chattel slavery was not allowed in the British Colonies - in fact, two of Johnson's white neighbors went to court to oppose Mr. Johnson's claim of ownership saying there was no slavery in the colonies, one of the white men offering a job to the man Mr. Johnson now claimed was his property. Mr. Johnson unfortunately won the case and that set the legal basis for all chattel slavery in the colonies / states. The point here isn't to lay blame on any man or race - it's to point out that "the heart of man is inherently wicked" no matter your race, creed, color, background, etc. and that rather than fighting each other, we should be fighting a system that allows and supports such injustices. You can't just go around blaming people, especially people who had nothing to do with the past injustices, and claim victimhood for things you never experienced. Perpetual victimhood is a self-destructive narrative that re-enslaves people to a life without responsibility and a denial of self-control and accountability.

@kurtsherrick2066

2 жыл бұрын

@@bdwilcox Good to hear from someone who knows some true History. The case was in the 1650's in Virginia. Johnson was a Angolan Black and came as a Indentured Servant. He figure to.keep them past a Legal Release Date. Also it was common for the men they worked off their travel to Receive a Mule, Gun or a Acre of Land so they could have a start. Johnson obviously didn't want to free them or supply them. The Court House in North Hampton Virginia is where the records are if I remember correctly. Google says it isn't true but it is completely true. It goes against the Narrative and the great satan Google is all about Politically Correct. Slanted History and they rarely put Books and Articles that disprove things you are supposed to believe and don't use a brain to figure it out.

@maceanglin

2 жыл бұрын

Dang that’s awesome

@josm1481

2 жыл бұрын

Britain literally fought African kingdoms to stop them slaving and human sacrifice. The slave port of Lagos, Nigeria was bombarded in 1851 to stop.

@CubanLibertarian

2 жыл бұрын

Ooh

They don't want you talking about Thomas Sowell because he has a sensible message of peace and unity. He doesn't preach hate. It makes me feel better to see people like yourself spreading his message. Thank you. I have been seriously worried that racial issues are going to tear this country to pieces. I don't hate anybody and I do my best to be fair to everyone. All I want in return is that same sentiment.

This is the first time I’ve commented on your videos. You asked the question “why don’t people want me to react to him…”. You answered your own question…you’re getting educated! The longer people remain unaware and ignorant the easier they are to control and manipulate through media and false narratives. Knowledge truly is power!!!

@suesmythe4115

Жыл бұрын

well said and so true !

@jebbo2320

Жыл бұрын

The government tries to keep the black American down and keep us divided and uninformed and not joining together -the same reason they started the division between white and black people to begin with - they had to differentiate between poor white people and black people because they were on the same level except their race- because there was rich black slave owners too and just like with Covid when people were telling on each other for not wearing masks because our “leaders” were telling us to be tattle tellers same thing they made it a law that white people had to turn in a black person if they wasn’t where they were supposed to be - white and black people suffered the consequences all because of the government and the rich and they still doin the same shit today -

Thomas Sowell started out as a liberal democrat, and after a few observations and really diving into history, he changed his position and adopted a more conservative stance

@alfarouqaminufor3892

2 жыл бұрын

He actually was far more left than a liberal, he was a Marxist. He said what changed his mind was facts.

@keltonhutchison5951

2 жыл бұрын

Actually ...he was a devout Marxist first.

@WillCenteno1

2 жыл бұрын

I was raised the same way thinking I'm a victim literally took me to hell ended up hooked on drugs and homeless, it took me realizing no one is holding me back but ME AND THAT B.S MENTALITY, and I've delt with ignorant racist ppl in my life but none of them had any power over me except me.

@jasonswoger410

2 жыл бұрын

He is also a Libertarian. Not a liberal. They a similar but also very very different

@CocoXLarge

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonswoger410 He was not a libertarian. He was a far leftist not even Milton Friedman could change his mind. His mind changed after one summer working in government.

You could not have chosen a better person to learn from. Thomas Sowell is well educated, thoughtful, and open-minded. Good on you for tackling his works!

@robnorwood3591

2 жыл бұрын

He's one of the good ones, right?

@LibertasRAC

2 жыл бұрын

@@robnorwood3591 You're exactly the kind of racist liberal that Malcolm X was talking about. You keep saying this stupid shit in response to multiple comments, trying to tear down a black man because he doesn't conform to your white supremacist ideology.

@alaskatopher

2 жыл бұрын

@@robnorwood3591 it's nice of you to help demonstrate exactly how the far-left addresses most complex issues.

@scratchpenny

2 жыл бұрын

@@LibertasRAC It's incredible that these types still use these tired scare tactics rather than actually debate on merit. I suppose they must work at some level, but fortunately, they are being taken less and less seriously as people learn and grow their knowledge of themselves and the world.

@poolplexer

2 жыл бұрын

@@LibertasRAC Hes probably a Russian BOT. Its not a real person

I'm a retired teacher. I did teach about slavery in ancient cultures like Greece and Rome. The idea that only blacks were slaves was so deeply engrained that my kids couldn't comprehend the fact that those slaves were not blacks. It took lots of convincing and I'm not sure the kids ever fully accepted it.

Love to hear Thomas Sowell speak !!

People dont want you to know ...they want you to be angry . Thats why they dont want you to learn ... this is learning . Im Slavic , peace

@rolandowagner7775

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Slavic too, and knew that the word Slave came from Slav. I knew all this stuff about slavery as well.

@GenX975

2 жыл бұрын

@@rolandowagner7775well we here middle east europe , balkan ...we learn all that in school , at least I did 40 years ago .

@LetholdusKaspyr

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a very American thing to think that slavery is a white on black thing. They don't know or care about the rest of the world, or even our own history that's inconvenient. I'm Irish American. My people's experience is actively dismissed by the American establishment.

@ecviets

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetholdusKaspyr > "My people's experience is actively dismissed by the American establishment." That's because the establishment wants to use the topic to intentionally divide people.

@jannettsnow2856

2 жыл бұрын

@@LetholdusKaspyr nice of you to catgorize,you do know some Americans care & loves all.

The fact that you get shit for learning means your doing something correct!! Keep it up..

@stimproid

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It you are taking flak.....you are over the target.

People with money & power never want to give it up & look at others as inferior. Thank you, God for Thomas Sowell for teaching the facts.

Whether it's economics, history, or moralism, I love me some Thomas Sowell. That dude is awesome.

@user-fm7nq7ul2c

Жыл бұрын

This guy is defending his European masters, he compares the Europeans to taking more than 60 million Africans as slaves, half of them died at sea, with the situation of slaves in Islamic countries, where the slaves became kings like what happened in Egypt or becoming scholars or guge , but in Islam, kidnapping people and taking them as slaves is forbidden, and this is what the Europeans did, there is a way One is a prisoner of war

Anyone saying you shouldn't react to whatever or whoever you want to are being fascistic.... I like that you are exploring and thinking about what you know and what you have learned.

Sowell's intelligence isn't what distinguishes him from his contemporaries, it's his wisdom.

@miks48

2 жыл бұрын

That's called intellectual integrity and it's pretty rare, even among intellectuals.

@stevelafrate1968

2 жыл бұрын

Don't diminish that though. Intellectually, he's a giant.

@mickeydrennan1576

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, no. He's a grifter and an apologist for white supremacy.

@markaguilera493

2 жыл бұрын

@@mickeydrennan1576 OH yeah... And soon you'll be put back into shackles😂

@mickeydrennan1576

2 жыл бұрын

@@markaguilera493 , try making sense. I know it's difficult for the easily grifted, but give it a go.

I am an old White guy married to a Black woman for 23 years . I am enjoying watching Your Openness to All views ! THANK YOU for shining Light in Dark places !

Thomas Sowell is an American treasure. ❤ Thank you, Van, for highlighting this most intelligent, well read, brilliant man.

The book “Black Rednecks and White Liberals” by Thomas Sowell addresses the consequences that bad public policy has had on the black community. Eye opening.

@midnighttoker5774

2 жыл бұрын

The first time i realized the k-12grades are F**king our kids heads was 25 years ago in college when i learned Plymouth rock was not the first permanent settlement of the new world

@markbrown8097

2 жыл бұрын

@@midnighttoker5774 Jamestown was, being a Virginian, I learned that as a child.

@Lunchbox7

2 жыл бұрын

@@markbrown8097 same

@shawnj1966

2 жыл бұрын

He has reacted to a portion of that book. I suggested it as well.

@shanebell9017

2 жыл бұрын

Sowell's body of work is phenomenal. A great mind and an eloquent man.

Sowell isn’t trying to minimize the experiences of slavery or its effect on the current descendants of slaves. He is merely pointing out additional facts. Knowledge is power. If you don’t learn more facts, then you are still under the control of those who find it beneficial for you to be angry. That’s why some people are not happy about you hearing other viewpoints. You’ve got it right, Van. As I’ve said before, intelligent people are open to hearing what others say and taking it under consideration. You are one of those people! Thank-you.

@TheGooGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but why is he pointing those facts? He has an agenda to maintain the oppressed culturally irrelevant.

@NOLAgenX

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGooGaming Sowell has no agenda but facts. He is an economist and historian who has been everything from a Marxist to a Conservative to a centrist. Knowledge is true power.

@AndersonSilva-br1qt

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGooGaming was was a socialist. Who started proving socialism was better than capitalism… He ran real world experience and found it was not true. So he questioned everything we know and knew.. and found and told the story on how everything was happening as he was finding out about all of it.

@Retro_Rainer

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGooGaming pls elaborate, because as it stands, your comment doesn't make any sense.

@FM-nm4ng

2 жыл бұрын

He (along with a lot of other people) prefer an unvarnished view of history.

This needs to be spread. If we all had a better grasp of the implications of this information, we would all be better off.

Truth is eternal. It is good to listen and learn. Maybe if we face the truth we can then work together to make this a better world. I appreciate your willingness to seek truth. Don’t let the hater’s get to you. God bless.

Doctor Sowell was a high school dropout who joined the Marines and during his service he became a pistol instructor in the Corp. Once discharged he was able to enter college and ultimately received his Phd. He is one of the greatest black thinkers of the 20th and the 21st centuries.

@briancrawford69

2 жыл бұрын

Not just black thinkers. Thinker period

@aircablenetwork8581

2 жыл бұрын

I was introduced to Dr. Sowell by Rush Limbaugh. Both great Americans. When I took Rush Limbaughs instructions it was one of the best moves, I made in my life. Yes, I am black.

@marnieweaver3935

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best thinkers!

@cablebrain9691

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that he started out as a liberal-minded young man.

@aircablenetwork8581

2 жыл бұрын

@@cablebrain9691 ...so did Ronald Reagan. Most thinkers start out that way.

Dr. Sowell is a National Treasure. I only wish more people would listen to his lessons, and take them to heart.

I'm happy to see done people actually learning the real & whole truth

I was fortunate to go to Catholic school in the late 70s/80s in south Louisiana--and yes I was taught something similar. Yet, when I tell people that I am from S. Louisiana, they swear I must have endured so much racism, and are immediately shocked when I tell them that the first instance of racism I experienced was in my 20s, after I moved from Louisiana to Massachusetts.

"The anger is still there" ...because it is stoked by those who have something to gain by the division it creates.

@GhostSal

2 жыл бұрын

No one should be angry about injustices they have not faced, nor should anyone feel guilty about something they haven’t done. It isn’t that the past should be forgotten, it shouldn’t, it’s that the past should never be used as a crutch or grievance for the present. Stats justifying arguments can easily be shown to prove whatever argument you want to make. However, when you view yourself as a victim (always a victim) and others as oppressors (always oppressors) that isn’t healthy for our society (for any society).

@stimproid

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostSal Well said Sal.

This needs to be taught in school today Thomas Sowell is teaching Truth.

@lisaclark6977

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I watched how much school teaching changed from my time to my kids time in school and I couldn't believe how many truths had been removed from the school books and it's the reason we now have so many from high school and college that truly believe Marxism and communism is a great idea instead of having the Constitution and free society.

@laurenherda2415

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@elskeletor3566

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisaclark6977 I completely agree with you

@scottfrench4139

2 жыл бұрын

Hysterical!

You are getting more and more educated and in turn so am I! I truly admire you Van. Def didn't learn this in school but you are my teacher now! You will go far Van

thanks van...people hearing the truth can be upsetting...t.g. you are a good man and keep checkin the perimeter.

Thomas Sowell has the greatest combination of intellect, honesty, and common sense of any person I’ve ever read.

If some one takes a fact as disrespectful it's there problem not yours! This is why we are where we are!!

I'm 55 yes old, white, former Marine, I'm subscribing to your channel because like you I'm a truth and fact seeker, I support your journey! Stay strong and stay true to facts!

Thanks!

We should always be EXTREMELY suspicious of any narrative, source, organization, movement or person that seeks to divide, to make us fear and/or hate one another. United we stand, divided we fall. We are not each other's enemy. Our enemies are those to seek to conquer and rule over us by dividing us against each other.

@steffurness

2 жыл бұрын

"I am not your demon, and you are not my enemy." Let's start from peace, and move towards productive health.

The history of slavery is obviously more complicated than we’re led to believe in contemporary media and academia. Open air slave markets operate in Africa to this very day.

@rolandowagner7775

2 жыл бұрын

The history of slavery is not more complicated than what we're told, the history is completely False and/or unknown to 99% of people if they only get their information from the education system or media.

@capnlongdong1396

2 жыл бұрын

@@rolandowagner7775 respectfully, completely false is an understatement...the narrative of slavery is a complete psy-op, a great work of mass social engineering. Why shackle someone's limbs when you can shackle their minds? Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

@rolandowagner7775

2 жыл бұрын

@@capnlongdong1396 Can't say I disagree with anything you said. The 1619 project proves your point completely that the slavery narrative is nothing but orchestrated lies meant to mentally enslave the population, although the false narrative was going on for decades before then. Same thing with the Native American and colonials narrative. Nothing but lies after lies to create an oppressor and victim class mentality.

@capnlongdong1396

2 жыл бұрын

@@rolandowagner7775 very well said! 🎯⚡ Pretty much the entire history that people are ts taught is a mixture of distortions and brazen lies. It's good to see a truly conscious individual in the comments👊🏽

I hope this gets in to all the right hands. This doesn’t change what has happened but it does shine some light in a very dark place.

When you pick at a scab long enough it will leave a scar.... it's time for healing and forgiveness. Keep posting. I am blessed to be having this dialogue.

I love these reactions. Thomas Sowell is a very smart man. He understands that we're all in this together. Peace and love my fellow humans.

All I can say Thomas Sowell is one of the smartest people you ever meet I also say Larry Elder these men are walking directioners!! Learned so much things they don't teach in schools today.

@jasonswoger410

2 жыл бұрын

Lol your going to point him towards the black face of white supremacy. 🤣. Idk if van is ready for that kind of hate mail. Lol

@jerryarcher1923

2 жыл бұрын

Walter Williams and Bob Woodson are others to research the truth.

@johnfantham3027

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonswoger410 well for me peace and love will always destroy hate racism because God loves his children we are all God's children people might hate this but truth we are brothers and sisters teach love not hate PEACE Out

@wendyfi1

2 жыл бұрын

I have a tremendous respect for both of these me. I lean more towards Thomas Sowell. I grow up with him on my tv every Sunday up until he retired.

@jasonswoger410

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfantham3027 lol I don't disagree with you. I like Elder. I was just making a joke about all the hate van says he's getting. Elder was mainly ignored by media until he put his foot in the governors recall race in California

You learning the truth will destroy all their lies. truth will set you free.

I was born in 1960 and graduated 1978 and we definitely learned some of it.

People don't want other people learning the truth for the same reason people didn't teach slaves to read. The more you know, the more dangerous you are. Uneducated is easier to control. Plain and simple. Never stop learning and expanding your mind.

@Remi-bt7tp

2 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥

@arlaabrell8658

2 жыл бұрын

BINGO! - the phrase of liking them "young and dumb" applies here a great deal. An empty head is easy to fill and it can be filled with anger and ignorance/lies or with knowledge/truth and conviction, the first ones to get to that head are the ones who fill it up.

@T-Man_865

2 жыл бұрын

Their are even known slaves who had a white man buy the contract from a black man because he didn't like how the slave was mistreated. Alot of whites were against the treatment of slaves in America. Some would care for and actually pay good for their work and then even buy them a house for the slave and spouse after the contract ended and continued to be friendly. This would shock alot of people to learn this today. Also that some of the first american slave owners were rich black folk like anthony Johnson. It was all about economic privilege kind of like today

@livedandletdie

2 жыл бұрын

@@T-Man_865 Yeah, it's weird how a lot of blacks doesn't know that about 10% of the original slave owners in America were black.

@T-Man_865

2 жыл бұрын

@@livedandletdie i dont think that percentage matters when it comes to this. It's the fact that it happened. Again before seas were crossed black enslaved blacks and whites enslaved whites.

If you keep people blind you keep them dependent.

We're all in this together in this life on earth. We gotta look ahead and learn from the past. United. We have lots that still need to be fixed.

It's called the truth

Proud of Van. I knew he was a sharp man who asked questions so it frustrated me when he seemed to follow the narrative without question. It was only a matter of time before this happened and whether he changes his opinions or not I respect him listening.

Read about the Barbary Slave trade in North Africa. It will suddenly make sense why North Africa is so racially and culturally diverse. The African pirates took over a million whites as slaves and traded them.

MUCH RESPECT!! Proud that you smart and have an open-mind to actually do your own homework and not listen to lies of the past. Sowell is brilliant. Do not listen to naysayers!! The fact that you're willing to delve into history just shows how smart you are!! Blessings!

Schools I went to didn't even scratch the surface on the topic. One teacher brought up that 1/4 of slave owners in the south (some areas ) were owned by blacks, and the teacher was told not to even bring that up. The numbers by Thomas was more like 1/3 in New Orleans and other areas in the south. Thomas Sowell has a video on that too. I agree with you 100%. It's sickening any way you look at it.

@lewisner

Жыл бұрын

In the UK about 10% of the population were slaves until the Norman Conquest. In 1066 William The Conqeror effectively abolished slavery on the UK mainland and in a landmark ruling in 1772 when a slave had been brought to the UK and escaped from his owner it was established that "as soon as a slave sets foot on English soil he is free". This didn't apply to British colonies or the international slave trade.

You’re right, nothing will ever take away from the shame or pain from what happened during slavery. But what I believe Thomas Sowell is saying is that there are more immediate and pressing issues that are causing harm to blacks, such as broken families, that need to be addressed. And, that blaming the history of slavery does more harm than benefit as it distracts from things we can do here and now going forward.

@GhostSal

2 жыл бұрын

No one should be angry about injustices they have not faced, nor should anyone feel guilty about something they haven’t done. It isn’t that the past should be forgotten, it shouldn’t, it’s that the past should never be used as a crutch or grievance for the present. Stats justifying arguments can easily be shown to prove whatever argument you want to make. However, when you view yourself as a victim (always a victim) and others as oppressors (always oppressors) that isn’t healthy for our society (for any society).

@FSVR54

2 жыл бұрын

@@GhostSal Facts. No American alive today should feel "shame or pain" for something that they never did. Even during slavery times, not everyone agreed with the concept

@AB-ol5uz

2 жыл бұрын

100% acknowledging someone else's pain/harm should not be used as a shield for not trying yourself.I think that's what Kanye - and even Tom McDonald in some of his songs is referring - a poverty/slave mentality paralyzing more people today than anything else and it's evident when you see the progress of acclimation and financial stability for black immigrants that arrived after Jim Crowe ended. And it's not like there weren't devastating events in their home country (or their personal family history). Same with Asians after Vietnam War, Jews fleeing Hitler/WW2, etc. Enormous harm and devastating consequences but it didn't stop them from being productive and self-motivated when they arrived with pennies in their pocket in the U.S..

@tristramcoffin926

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. This.

@tristramcoffin926

2 жыл бұрын

Certain parties are always eager to do things that do not really matter regarding race relations. Remove some statues. Virtue signal about flags. However, when was the last time that those parties affected change that makes the life of the average black person better? They do not want your life to be better. You are a committed, reliable voting block. Think of this. If tomorrow we woke up and blacks did not need the democratic party as supposed advocates the Democratic Party would become a third party overnight. The fact is that democrats are invested in keeping blacks exactly where they are at least along socio-economic lines. Nothing pisses off a leftist more than a rando black individual who has escaped their newly minted plantation who thinks for him or herself and is vocal about why. Ask Kanye West about this, or Larry Elder, or Candace Owens or even the person you know on your own block who has other ideas. Remember, the only reason that a democrat calls a black person token because they disagree and have decided instead to be conservative is that they expect to own all of you. Token means an outlier. Any exception to their assumed rule. So a token is one who strayed off of their designed control arm (plantation) for a minority to be resigned as someone they are forced to care about because they do not vote or speak according to how the race-obsessed democrats think they should speak.

I appreciate your reactions. Those objecting don't want people to realize the facts you are learning. Slavery was not just a black and white thing or just an American thing and that minimizes their arguments.

@midnighttoker5774

2 жыл бұрын

There would be no arguments

. I started reading Thomas Sowell's newspaper column in the '80s.. First off the man is a genius. At the same time while being Down to earth.. Now let's add loads of common sense ....... Love this man

The only thing I can think of people who don't want you to react to truth must have ulterior motives. Keep the faith and pursue truth

Yes, the history of slavery was taught in my schools exactly the way presented by Sewell. I was born in 1966. Alternate versions of history did not appear until at least 15 years later.

@guy0nthec0uch

2 жыл бұрын

I turned 48 this year and slavery was taught in school. It was my Generation that grew up and weaponized it to the ideals of White Privilidge and Systemic racism. Both of which have been proven false so they lean on feelings to justify their beliefs.

@Jojo-fy2ud

2 жыл бұрын

because for some reason the left wants to divide us all by race. It's nothing but RACISM all the time! Why???

@thebrhinocerous

2 жыл бұрын

My schooling lasted from 84-97 (not including college), and I learned a lot of this stuff as well. And this was out in California.

@rong648

2 жыл бұрын

where did you go to school?

@davidgratton8869

2 жыл бұрын

@@rong648 I grew up in Southern Missouri, about an hour south of St Louis.

Some people don't want anyone to know the truth. They want to cancel Thomas Sowell.

The truth will not make you happy no matter how hard you try, but is peace possible? No more fighting, no more prejudice.

If you keep dwelling on the pain you experienced, you will never get better...

Don't listen to the haters van. Your channel will continue to do great and reach who it needs to as long as you keep staying true like I know. People who are against everything so strongly are sketchy. Like they want to manipulate you. 🤙

@illuminahde

2 жыл бұрын

Straight up. I wouldn't unsubscribe if he started reacting to Chomsky. On the contrary. That's the difference between libertarians, traditional liberals, conservatives and these Neo-Marxist. The latter being 💯% against healthy debate. Their ideas cannot stand scrutiny and they know it. It's why they use those 'isms to shut down discussions.

@TylerAtkins64

2 жыл бұрын

I have been watching his subscriber count since he started doing these type of reactions and he has steady growth weekly, there are more open minded, information hungry young adults in this country than we imagine, I have hope for our future

@robnorwood3591

2 жыл бұрын

White people love the good ones.

@illuminahde

2 жыл бұрын

@@robnorwood3591 What are you saying? Are you not a good one? Are you more black? I grew up in public housing. Did you?

@illuminahde

2 жыл бұрын

@@robnorwood3591 Please engage with me on any topic smart guy. Prove your point of view or just leave like a little bia

I’m so happy that more and more black American boys or guys are listening to Dr. Seoul he is a very brilliant man and I hope that he wake up 75% of black American men and then America will become a better place.

you couldn't ask for a better teacher. the man spits "facts" and i will promise you won't find him wrong - he an amazing historian and has paid the price for going against the lies or rewrites of history. i really really respect this man.

Sowell is one of the greatest thinkers of our time. Glorious curiosity and critical thinking skills. I've learned so much about our history by listening to this man.

@user-fm7nq7ul2c

Жыл бұрын

This video defends the Europeans. Islam legitimized the liberation of slaves from them who arrived and became kings, like what happened in Egypt, and they became scholars and judges. It is forbidden to kidnap people and take them as slaves, as the Europeans used to do

@dalmac5978

Жыл бұрын

Thomas Sowell has his own agenda, and what he doesn’t present is as important as what he does. His selective presentation of facts makes older white Americans happy, but, as is evidenced by many of the comments here, leads to a gross misunderstanding of the harsh realities of slavery in this country.

No bro. They didn't even teach this in college. There's a reason for that. Knowledge is power. Always consider the source and if they have a incentive to lie. Thomas Sowell is one of the smartest men I've ever heard speak. Yet, he's never featured on BET or even well known in the black community. Really think about that.

@trismaccarran9950

2 жыл бұрын

There's no form of oppression like the silencing of anothers' thoughts

@randylahey8207

2 жыл бұрын

Bingo. It's amazing to watch these videos of American black men listening to Thomas Sowell for the first time. It's a combination of shock, dismay, hope and a deep realization that life ISN'T what you've been taught in school. He should be a giant in his community, and instead he is shunned. It's tragic..

@ejackson6073

2 жыл бұрын

@@randylahey8207 It’s intentional, which is what’s tragic. The Leftists need people to be misinformed, ignorant of facts, and angry. They then get powerful and rich off of their dependence 💔💔💔

@scottfrench4139

2 жыл бұрын

That reason is that Sowell misconstrues reality to fit his deranged ideology.

@trismaccarran9950

2 жыл бұрын

@Michael Armstrong...just my own perspective

I get that….we must look forward and not backward…I’m 73 and I saw those injustices…thank God they no longer exist…

Facts are we Have to look past the Past that is like a Blind fold .We have to work for the Future and what we can Make it 🙏

Historically, slaves were one of the spoils of war; on every continent. Been around, damn near since day one.

I adore Thomas Sowell. He's so rational, well read and articulate. My vocabulary gets better just listening to him

Our country would be so much more educated if they all just read Thomas Sowell. Much of the ignorance we see today leading to violence would not exist if people really wanted Truth.

it's up to people like Van and others in the black community to keep Mr Sowell's knowledge alive and spread it

Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant minds. He blows my mind every time I listen to him.

Never taught this to me in school. Not even close. I've been telling people the talking points form this video for a while now. One of the reasons I supported building the wall, and strengthing our boarders, was because of the sex slaves brought into our country. Question: What law covers certain people and are backed by powerful people? I want them abolished!

@Gekokujo76

2 жыл бұрын

Im constantly surprised at what people werent taught in schools. I went to a small Montana high school in the 90s and we were taught a lot of the "unpopular history" that even my peers of that era supposedly werent being taught. We suffered in only having French as a foreign language and werent taught any geography in high school (it was taught in junior high, but I didnt go to junior high there). That said, when it came to World History and American History (different teachers and different years), we were at least taught the truth and given a broad perspective. That said, Im amazed at how much of THIS particular lesson that I was never taught in school or even along the way in my other studies and travels. Half of this video was information I'd never heard before anywhere. Sowell is a treasure.

@T-Man_865

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gekokujo76 they didnt teach complete history where i went. And they can't be now days considering all the snow flakes in today's generation

Thank you for this information l am white and 76 and some of it l didn't know. I have never been racist and l come from Texas!!!

They did not teach it in my school, it was my search for knowledge that reviled it to me. Thank You Van it is good to revue this again with you.

Your open-minded way of approaching conversations gives me hope.

This man is a national treasure. His knowledge of history and cultures is above most others accross the board.

@PVilarnovo

2 жыл бұрын

I am from Brasil. He is a world treasure.

@scottfrench4139

2 жыл бұрын

He's anything but a treasure.

@xbubblehead

2 жыл бұрын

He is only talking about things that anyone who bothered to read a book would know. The fact that he is held in such esteem by so many is only a reflection of the culture of ignorance that has become so popular.

@xbubblehead

2 жыл бұрын

@@Goosewitdajuice317 Maybe if you devoted less time to fun and more to paying attention to what you were being taught, such elementary history would not be such a surprise to you.

@mickeyd7283

2 жыл бұрын

@@xbubblehead you’re not wrong, most people don’t and or can’t read the few whites who attempt to speak truth are labeled racist. Non whites like Thomas Sowell are extremely rare and so considered to be very valuable sources of material to help enlighten and open the minds of the easily misguided masses.

IT IS NO ACCIDENT THAT TRUTH IS COMING OUT!

You're a good person my man!!! I appreciate you for not judging without FACTS. Good for you Dawg💯 I'm Irish and German, look Mexican and Dress Hood.

love this!...as you can see by my PFP...I grew up in Flushing Queens, literally the biggest melting pot in the world. Trust that racism is 100% taught...Children are not born racist

Thank you for reacting to him. Honestly, thank you. Tired of listening to people who have zero understanding of history.

They never taught me this in school. Instead I was taught that i was a piece of crap because my ancestors were white and skave ownwers. I used to have a severe amount of sorrow because of it but then i started to realize that slavery was a RICH MANS business and poor white families did nit own slaves and my ancestors died to end slavery. That helped me to heal from the stigma of being evil no matter what i did. Im so glad you are doing videos of Thomas Sowell🫠🫠🫠

Why don't more people read and listen to Sowell? He is one of the most important minds to come out of America...

Growing up in Kenya, we are fully aware of slavery, as it never died there. We are shocked Americans aren’t aware of the history.

Thomas Sowell identifies as a human being, first. He's human being forward. This is why he's so dangerous.

Thomas Sowell is a rockstar. Want a righteous education on anything economic as well? He’s your guy. One of the greatest minds of our time.

You are taking the time to learn the historical truth on the subject. Much RESPECT to you.

I'm a guy of Slavic birth, my grandparents taught us the truth about Slavery. They stopped teaching the actual truth in schools somewhere in the 50's or 60's because all my uncles and aunts understood the actual facts from going to school as kids. Yet once they changed all the history books to fit their new narrative was when things started to change. Even the word Slave is related to the term Slavic. So, any of us that have grandparents that came over from the old world are not a people that forget unless we were too stupid to listen and double check the facts they started trying to force feed us in the public brainwashing system. It's why when people talk to me about I'm supposed to feel that white guilt I simply don't. Because not only do I descend from the technical slave race via the gene pool, but my family wasn't even in the America's until slavery was already banished. I can understand how that can affect a person's mentality, because most slaves understand that we descend from a people that were enslaved by the Sumerians and their descendants. It's why the country of Poland is trying to keep their country their country currently. It's the same reason I laugh when people refer to Vlad Tepes as a monster, if you ever look into why he snapped and became the man he was you'd understand why a good chunk of his people consider him a saint to this day. The things that the invaders were doing was enough to make most sane and rational people a bit crazy. And once I realized how the history books in school painted him I understood they were printing made up bullshit. The sad fact is most of what you were taught in school wasn't even half truths. It's why I tell people to this day, do your own research and follow the facts. And see just how messed up this world actually is. Slavery was always a shit show, and sadly it still goes on in some degree to this day in certain places of the globe. There are places in this world where groups of people kill the parents of kids and then talk those same children into becoming child soldiers well pretending they want to help them.

@indianruckus6412

2 жыл бұрын

M8 your story is interesting. And I have a question. The Ottoman Empire only abolished slavery in 1924 and considering that people who were slavic were enslaved for so long. Have you ever observed or know of any discrimination laws embedded in countries with displaced slavs? Or if you had recent anscestors/ relatives who were slaves (50+ years). Like how Afro-Amercians say that their great-great-great grandfather was a slave for example. Do displaced slavs face similar issues to african americans in terms of supposed 'generational trauma'? Because as you say your obligated to feel white guilt because of how similar your skin colour is too the western europeans (notably English) and don't feel it. I knew about the origin of the word slave and I am curious how people will not bat an eye/not even care for the europeans over centuries who had to deal with the atrocities of slavery or not talk about how they survived such chaos. For a much longer time period argubaly but be extremely sensitive or even unnaturaly sympathetic towards the topic black people of slavery.

@dravenrichardson2372

2 жыл бұрын

@@indianruckus6412 You don't really need laws to discriminate, let's be honest here. Where I grew up most of the neighborhoods were sectioned off by race. In my grandparent's neighborhood it was mostly Slavic people. The street I technically grew up on was mostly Irish Catholic we were technically the only family that weren't, so we got treated differently. There was an innate distrust because we were outsiders. And most of the zones were like that, The Italians, the Greeks, The Slavic's, The Irish, The Jewish. Not only did most of them stick to their own communities, but they generally only hired in their own communities too. So, where you grew up and your last name and where your grandparents came from could seriously affect your ability to survive let alone get ahead. Most of the money where I grew up was held by the Italians, Greeks, and Jews. If they only hire their own via their own circles, then it sort of limits your options. If you want to talk about displaced Slavic people, you only have to look as far as the traveling gypsy's. They are not really welcome anywhere. In fact most places will chase them off asap. Even if they are just trying to work and keep to themselves. Not to many places in Europe welcome them and most of those countries are hostile to them outright. I said socially I am expected to feel some level of white guilt, I am auto assumed to be a benefactor of white privilege. If growing up without shoes and going to bed hungry in an abusive house is a privilege, then I must have missed the benefit's package that came with it. They talk about a lack of discrimination in the workplace, but I have been openly turned down by the person doing the hiring from at least 8 jobs that I was qualified for because of my white skin. Because said workplace had a government quota to check off. I have literally been told that I was their first choice due to my qualifications and work history but they had to hire someone else to keep their quota's in check. Still not as funny as not getting hired from the one place because I have no criminal record though. There are still plenty of jobs where I grew up that don't hire outside of their own race, the only time you usually escape that fate is if one family owes the other family an odd favor or debt. Like my one uncle got his foot in the door in a certain job because my grandfather saved the owners dad in the war. So he was granted a chance to prove himself capable. One he would have never other had most likely. It's why our grandfather always told us, discrimination is a learned habit. And all of your life choices will effect not only your life but those that share your ancestry. Every action one takes in this world is a walking moving billboard for your race. People tend to snap judge others off of past experiences. If every experience you had with a certain race or group ends badly then you'll start trusting them less. The reverse is the same. It's why we were raised to work hard and to mind our manners. Because it not only effect us personally but everyone else that looks like us or shares our origins. It's also why we are supposed to keep our own kind in check, because there actions effect all of us as well.

@Avigdor1655

Жыл бұрын

The word robot is derived from the Slava old church word robota meaning serf or forced Labourer.

@user-fm7nq7ul2c

Жыл бұрын

This guy is defending his European masters, he compares the Europeans to taking more than 60 million Africans as slaves, half of them died at sea, with the situation of slaves in Islamic countries, where the slaves became kings like what happened in Egypt or becoming scholars or guge , but in Islam, kidnapping people and taking them as slaves is forbidden, and this is what the Europeans did, there is a way One is a prisoner of war

@chillscrill6116

Жыл бұрын

Do u find it odd that we fought WW2 n Hitler to stop tyranny only to take his inner circle an apply their tactics to our Country??? An if that did happen who really won WW2???

I haven't learned none of this stuff in school total opposite and wonder why I've learned a lot of this stuff in the last few years doing my own research and thanks to Thomas Sowell

Knowledge is power. There's been a huge effort to keep people ignorant in this country because they're easier to control if they're kept in the dark

Thomas Sowell needs to stick around for another 92 years. He is a national treasure on so many issues.

Never just "ignore" what a person says because someone said so. Do that thing you so best, and listen. Mr. Sowell is a highly respected and educated man. Dudes just awesome!! Thanks for doing these tough conversations bro. Mad respect

Yes. This was taught in my upstate New York school. Started learning about it in 4th grade. It was expanded upon each subsequent year until sometime around 1984, when it stopped being taught as a slavery and started to be taught as a racism instead.

@ronniemaclaine5234

2 жыл бұрын

I also grew up in upstate New York and was taught this stuff I graduated 1985 so I was lucky that I grew up in the time and place I did

@TheDiamonddust1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronniemaclaine5234 I am from the South and was taught this and also a lot of truth about why the civil war happened or the war of northern aggression as we call it .

@glassontherocks

2 жыл бұрын

We got the real deal back in the 60's. With American Civics. You couldn't graduate without taking it.

@ThisManTriggeredMe

2 жыл бұрын

Putnam county or further up?

@ChromeDragon1969

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThisManTriggeredMe Hamilton County

Thomas Sowell is on the next level. He doesn't make excuses he points to all that are at fault. He makes no apologies for historical truth and pulls no punches exposing true evil.

There's truth in true history, the good and bad...

i've learned so much from Thomas Sowell

We're not having an honest discussion of slavery in America until we not only discuss the evils of slavery, but also discuss the fact that Western society is the reason for the ending of slavery. There's good and bad, but we only talk about the bad. We don't discuss the progress that has clearly been made. Sowell is demonized because he doesn't support a victim mindset. He talks about individual responsibility, and that takes away group guilt for whites, and group victimhood for not-white people. He's capital L Liberal, not Marxist. We talked shortly about most of this in high school, an all white small country town. We had a pretty lively discussion of all of this when I got into college, with a good mix of all races in that class. At least a few black students had no idea that Africans captured and sold slaves to Europeans, rather than Europeans landing and capturing Africans to take across the ocean.

@vmcmark7578

2 жыл бұрын

""We're not having an honest discussion of ....................."" ANY THING in this country because the ""POWERS THAT BE"" love the divide & concur, split everyone up into sub groups, teach/preach hatred to ALL OTHERS & if that doesn't work, CALL EVERYONE A ...............""IST"", (fill in the dots with your preferred label)!!!

@armorer94

2 жыл бұрын

Slavery still exists in parts of Africa and Asia. Nobody seems to mention this either.

@vmcmark7578

2 жыл бұрын

@@armorer94 It was mentioned in the video by TS. Another lil ditty is that the slaves that were captured & sold WERE NOT THE BEST because those with the strongest mindset & bodies surely fought to the death rather than be captured & sold.

@armorer94

2 жыл бұрын

@@vmcmark7578 Yeah, I replied before that was mentioned.🙄

@randylahey8207

2 жыл бұрын

@@vmcmark7578 the people sold into slavery were mostly either conquered from other tribes, violent criminals they deemed dangerous to the society, or political enemies of the ruling class. And slavery still exists EVERYWHERE. Africa, the Middle East, Asia(hello China) the Americas, even more underground in Europe. Low estimates are around 40 million, 60-100 or more is likely and may even be a major undercount. 4% of the population are sociopaths, 1% are psychopaths. And we all know wolves rule the sheep. So slavery isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. People are way too fucked for that..

I'll tell you, blue is my favorite color, and the whole set up you got is relaxing. That blue and the fire in the back kinda reminds me of of "Sin City." Thomas Sowell is a national treasure!

I am an 80 year old white woman who has been an admirer and reader of Thomas Sowell for about 55 years. One of our national treasures.

I love this man’s voice. I can listen to Mr. Sowell for hours and never get tired of it. Plus, his intellect on top of that so I’m learning while I’m listening? I’m always here for it.

Thomas Sowell taught me more about the reality of history than any book I read in school. Brilliant man.

THE SEEDS OF HATRED HAS GIVEN FRUITS TO MORE NEGATIVE FEELINGS TOWARDS HUMAN BEINGS

When you went Polynesian, I had to watch it twice. Thanks for a great laugh. Yeah Dude, Thomas Sowell is brilliant. He’s a senior member of The Hoover Institute.

I did not learn about this history till several years after HS. When I was in college and I chose to write a subject paper on the history of slavery. That is when I learned about estimable Dr. Thomas Sowell and his historical research around the subject. I got a B on the paper... the professor claimed that I needed better sources. When I asked about what sources I should have considered, I got a brush off. Never did get an answer to my question. 😞 Always keep listening and learning. We are riding along with the discovery adventure you are taking. Be well, be safe, and God bless.

@dreamweaver1603

2 жыл бұрын

That’s terrible. He has paid a price for being conservative in academia, but hopefully in the future that will change.

@livedandletdie

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreamweaver1603 The only way to sort out academia, politics etc. Is with Bullets, a lot of bullets, it's the sad truth, if you can't physically threaten others into submission, your voice is meaningless. You can speak truth to power all you want, if you don't have an army to back you up, Academia can just claim you're a lunatic conspiracy theorist, the government can just neutralize(kill) you... the biggest problem with centralized power, is the fact that it is guaranteed to be misused.

@joehooper89

2 жыл бұрын

I had a similar situation with a history of religions in America course I took. I literally quoted from Thomas Jeffersons own words in a letter to another one of the founder's where he said he was a Christian and that it was only through divine intervention that we won the war. And right besides the quote he wrote "whats your source" and continued to denote every single time I quoted various founders stating they were Christians. But when I cited the founders who were claiming to be agnostic with the exact same citations it was left alone..... Confronted him afterwards and he told me they were all agnostic and i was taking the quotes out of context.....

@ChanelStuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@joehooper89 wow, that's crazy. Ppl like that shouldn't be teaching ANYTHING

@ChanelStuff

2 жыл бұрын

How horrible! You can't quote anyone without being questioned.