@lets_be_candid: #paulmooney #racism #comedian #comedy #USA

chriscrossapplesauce87 :

Ibram X. Kendi has a great book that negates this argument. Black people can absolutely be racist. “How to be Antiracist” is the book. It’s a very slippery slope.

Ancel Malik Johnson :

People will pretend not to understand this

Big.Theoo :

THANK YOUUU

Ray B :

I completely agree with Paul on the distinction. People often say, “He’s racist,” “She’s racist,” or “Black people can be racist against white people.” But we must distinguish individual prejudice from systemic racism. Anyone Black, white, Puerto Rican, or any other race can hold prejudiced beliefs, make hateful comments, or mistreat someone because of their race. That behavior is wrong, regardless of who does it. But systemic racism involves something much larger: the power to turn racial prejudice into laws, policies, institutions, and practices that produce unequal outcomes. White supremacy in America was never limited to hateful words. It was enforced through slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, redlining, racial terror and lynching, discriminatory policing, employment discrimination, and unequal access to education, housing, voting, and wealth. Those systems created consequences that continue across generations. So, when I use the term “racism,” I am talking about prejudice backed by institutional and political power. What race-based laws have Black Americans created to oppress white people? What major institutions have we historically controlled to deny white people housing, voting rights, education, employment, or equal protection under the law? Can Black people be prejudiced? Absolutely. Can we say hateful or discriminatory things? Yes and that should still be confronted. But personal prejudice and systemic racism are not historically or structurally identical. Words may hurt, but laws, policies, and institutions can determine where people live, whether they vote, what education they receive, how they are policed, and whether they have a fair opportunity to build wealth. That is the distinction people keep refusing to acknowledge.

Mimi :

Why is this so hard for people to understand. Then again, people debate literally stupid things everyday 😭

Vincent Jones :

Racism is a system not a event period 🤔🤔🤔🤔

crypto_united :

People don’t understand the difference between being racist and bigoted

Sold_em0ut :

The fact we have to explain it like this worries me cause ppl still ain’t gon get. It

RELAXING RAIN ♓️ 🌧️ :

I love Paul Mooney man 🥰

Hereherehear :

Hear him cuz he ain’t never lied

Marcuss Cotton :

truth hurts

aliyahtheelovely :

Mind you these are ALL Regular positions in society

L.egacy :

True statement 💯

Miles Alexander :

What he says about the race card is the key

dressmedainty :

THANK YOU

KingAbayomi :

facts. ✊️🖤

Moonpep :

Excellent explanation!🦾

rexx :

Facts!!!!!!!!!!

scorpio9219_ :

They say we’re racist because they’re guilty. We don’t bother nobody

randyhen922 :

Thank you Paul!! I miss you!! RIP!!’

Apple ❌️ :

earthenessentials :

Indeed, how did it get in the deck!??! 💯💯

Jay :

well explained sir 🤔🤔

Alfreda Ford :

💯

gibby :

absolute facts