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Standing up to discrimination and hate should be everyone's business, says community activist Wale Elegbede. In this vital talk, he shares how his community in La Crosse, Wisconsin came together to form an interfaith group in response to Islamophobia and racism — and shows why a mentality of caring for your neighbors can make life better for everyone.
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Stop blaming one race for institutional racism will be a good start!
You did not know what institutional racism is or you wouldn’t have said that get a good understanding of what institutional racism is and then you will know what it’s all about it’s not just the average white person walking down the street trying to work and and lives it’s about the laws that are passed it is about people being left out of a system of education job training work privileges and the list goes on and on when I see the average white person I judge him like I do another person of any color by what you do and what you say and how you behave but these things are behind the scenes that keep us out locked out not to have good healthcare and it goes on and on so when I see other white people or anybody I don’t say oh you’re part of institutionalized racism no no you could hate me all you like but when there’s a system set up that keeps me from buying a home or renting a place that’s institutionalized racism when you redline districts and it goes on and on so that’s what people are talking about when they say institutionalized racism is anyone some some black people carry that thing on in the structure the way they carry on business so we got to have a clear understanding of what we’re talking about here then we can communicate better and maybe things will get better
When did he do that ? Stop hearing what you’ve been told to hear and start actually listening..
Ta that’s what we all need to be a unity
Wonder how that is working out for the African community? Verses individual accountability and responsibility. When I do wrong, I am responsible. When I do wrong under a community model, the community is wrong. Ring true?
I’m sure you’re a nice guy, but your collectivist philosophy doesn’t seem to work for Nigeria or the rest of west Africa and it will make the USA more like Nigeria in the future, thus the original reason why your family moved here.
What a silly argument. Your logic is extremely flawed but I’ll give you credit for trying very hard.
@Hawkenwhacker Maybe point it out then. I would appreciate your constructiveness.
@Hawkenwhacker where is your proof. Can you provide an adequate counter-argument?
Work on the 75% fatherless homes and 40% abortion rates.
BONUS: If the father is white the baby is cherished bit the black father’s baby is terminated.
I wish there was nothing but love between us all. Thank you for your talk. Blessed be.
I cannot give you a thumbs up or a thumbs down you sound sincere and I hear many of your points but if America is so bad that it needs to be changed instead of Simulating with us you believe we must change for you. America can’t be so bad or you would’ve never moved here in Africa I want to be in the state it is if this is a better way , a soup Taste better when there are many different flavors added not over bearing but pleasingly mixed
Get rid of the Democrat party that uses division and race strategically and tactically!
Quite ironic to denounce division while pointing the finger at the other half of a bileteral whole
You can’t “eradicate hate”, it’s a human emotion and very often well justified despite the stigma of one being “blinded” by rage – these are not the same.
It’s OK to hate violent criminals and terrorists. It’s understandable to despise propaganda.
Those who normalize “elimination” of thoughts and feelings never truly want peace and justice, they want their political enemies dead.
Don’t let the communists fool you into thinking destroying property and harming people during racist riots is acceptable.
You either too dumb or are you are ignoring the message of the video on purpose…
@Δημήτρης Μπαλφούσιας I don’t think he is too dumb. I guess he is mainly focused on the title. And I agree. If you want to eradicate something it only shows your extremist nature. Eradication as an idea itself is the enemy of a self-reflected and “balanced” form of life. What are you going to eradicate next if it does not fit too your ideas (and/or idiology)… ?
@gsftb
So it’s also bad eradicating sickness, poverty, and hunger?
Btw what the video was referring to as “hate” was a euphimism for racism, and it goes without saying that racism should be eliminated.
@Δημήτρης Μπαλφούσιας well it is not a question of whether I think poverty, sickness or serious hunger should be “eradicated”. At first glance it may seem like a honorable goal. But I think the pursuit of those goals is “just fine”. if you eradicate hate, the question of how you do it is immensely important. Provocatively speaking if your goal is to eradicate hunger, you could achieve it by eradicating humans…. I just want to make sure that you know that I think that’s not a good idea but please think twice before you formulate populist statements/questions.
Only a sith deals in absolutes – obi Wan kenobi
The man is talking about hate crime though.
And it takes a village to raise a child !!
Thank you for this video.
One of the principles rules of Islam that I have learned so far is that a person should not follow the belief of his fathers, which we call blind tradition, as we as Muslims do not have to imitate those who preceded us without knowing if this matter is permissible or disliked without looking for it in the Qur’an or asking the sheikhs soooo if ur muslim neighbor is a bad person, this does not mean that all Muslims are bad , as our religion teaches us to love others of any religion, like all religions.
@Sara Kaddar
No, it’s because you don’t practice what you preach.
@Δημήτρης Μπαλφούσιας maybe
Why do we need to eradicate an aspect of ourselves? We can channel “hate” or the desire to criticise into criticising constructively or for comedic purposes but every now and then we get in bad moods, compete aggressively and get into arguments and sometimes, heaven forbid, we say “hateful” things. Maybe we should cut ourselves some slack and stop denigrating pretty natural parts of our personalities and characters.
As long as hate exists, so will racism too
You are SOOOO right and an amazing MAN!!! Thanks for this deeply moving talk. We are ALL TOGETHER and march forward into the future united with LOVE.
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
Robert Frost
These hatful replies made me wanna cry
I’m at great loss