Evergreen's LEGENDARY Canoe Meeting (FULL VIDEO)
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Evergreen's Equity and Inclusion Council Community Report Back, held on November 16th, 2016
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Evergreen Trivia: I was on camera two for this (audience right).
The Equity Plan they're unveiling was hurriedly assembled the night beforehand, with large sections of it plagiarized from other institution's Equity Proposals.
econospeak.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-protests-at-evergreen-state-college.html
Evergreen's head of statistics states the data itself doesn't support its conclusions:
czcams.com/video/3xQzs3lMsdw/video.html
The full plan:
evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/equity/documents/FINAL%202016-17%20Strategic%20Equity%20Plan%20--%20FOR%20CAMPUS-1.pdf
The plan itself does not withstand honest critique, and such critique was ignored by the President and the Board of Trustees: czcams.com/video/ArIBoF-HnG0/video.html
After the ceremony, faculty and students walked to the Longhouse, where faculty surrounded students, and everyone sang songs.
Bret Weinstein, Mike Paros, and Alan Nasser (all professors), challenged the wisdom, efficacy, legality, and data of the proposal, via the campus-wide email system. Many arguments ensued. Bret Weinstein's emails would be singled out and published by the TESC Student Run Cooper Point Journal:
www.cooperpointjournal.com/2017/03/20/re-equity-inclusion-silence-and-fear-faculty-emails-reveal-controversy-over-race-and-diversity-at-evergreen/
I get the feeling you were never more glad to be working the camera than then in not half to get in to that silly imaginary Canoe
Something appeared on my CZcams main page just now that I haven't seen before. It was a link to this video with the label "What did you think of this video? Help us improve CZcams", and asked me to rank it 1-5 stars or "not sure". I had watched a some of the video yesterday.
Thanks for letting me know! My fate is in the hands of the audience!
Cargo Cult?
"everyone sang songs" I'd love to know which songs.
I graduated from a college in Middle East, even by our standards this is batshit crazy...
The canoe sailed right into financial oblivion.
The canoe has now sailed into my workplace 🤮
The whole meeting's message can summed up as "You're a bad person if you don't completely submit your will to our collectivist authoritarian ideology".
The Indian could not get into Evergreen so he beets a drum and call racism.
And, there’s no discussion, no debate. The cornerstone of our Republic is freedom of religion and robust debate. That’s what the 1st Amend is about. They shit all over it, by design. “We will make you respect us” Get bent.
This is literally a religious worship ceremony. You have the preaching, the testifying, the tearful conversions, the declarations of faith, the exhortations to the sinners. The speakers even have exactly the same rhythm as an Evangelical preacher.
You really hit the nail on the head. The confession of sin. The repentance. The salvation. The affirmation of faith. The abandonment of reason in favor of simple belief. And here, it seems everyone auditioning for the role of Jesus.
They don’t need politics. They need a therapist.
Why do so many of the audience's facial expressions remind me of how prisoners look? That sort of fearful indifference. It's frightening to see.
The Canoe segment 3/4 in is so mesmerizingly culty.
Don't be the first to stop clapping.
North Korea style lol
Solzhenitsyn
LOL classic comment
What fascinates me most is how little actual information is being conveyed through all this talking. These are mostly just acts of self congratulatory "performative linguistics" designed to virtue sing to the choir without actually saying much of anything specifically except for platitudes of buzzwords.
Good observation. Reminds me of what has become of professional debate in the academic world. Like the stuff Micheal Moreno exposed. It's no longer debate. it's performative art. Race to the bottom.
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve gotten 30 mins in so far and have heard nothing of substance at all.
You are witnessing the bizzar rituals of a cult. They preach their ideology, chant the sacred words, confess their sins and proclaim their devotion and purity. This one seems to have a sort of Jesus complex about it. They who have suffered the most, or at least claim to, are the most worthy, the most innocent, the most pure. Amen.
Been to church?
They’re telling “their story”.
do
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Empire of Autism ... hahaha 😂😂😂
Was this a scene deleted from Portlandlandia?
I'm not sure if Portlandia is still a thing, if so I have a feeling they would have to lie about reality for their 'jokes'.
There is no warmth here. It's baffling (and ironic) that these are the kinds of people that are supposed to be providing "safe spaces" for people.
It's like that classic Beatles tune, "We all live in a yellow canoe of equity"
Everyone on that 'council' looks absolutely miserable.
excellent observation. It's like they have to have a constant mad face or they're not doing the work.
I know right? It's so disturbing. Like they're all under willing subjugation. This isn't what people "doing it right" look like.
Most of them, but not all. Some of them to me looked delighted at finally being able to spread their agenda. What they fail to understand is that "diversity and inclusion" leads to group tensions, because each group has different needs. They also fail to recognize how "inclusion" mostly excludes a huge swath of increasingly-resentful people.
For a full-time drum-circler, that first guy sure struggles to keep a steady beat.
Watching this as an ex-Mormon, I was struck by how much it was like a fast and testimony meeting in the Mormon church, full of emotional virtue-signaling that reinforces group think, mingled with a general conference talk where Mormon leaders likewise often use the analogy of a boat to distinguish between those who are on the path of righteousness and those who are not, warning people that if they leave the boat they will drown and die "spiritually". It also reminded me of the Mormon temple endowment ceremony, where you are called upon to make vows of loyalty and obedience (without real forewarning of what you'll be asked to commit to either it should be noted).
A fellow ex-Mo? Mormonism taught me about human nature, and being cultish is inescapable. What do we do Francis?
I'm a former Jehovah's Witness and feel the same way. Major cult vibes.
No Felix, we will not be getting into the Canoe of Equity. Instead we will join Benjamin Boyce in the Canoe of Inquiry: charting the dark waters and looking out for loons.
I have to take a shower after watching these evergreen "equity" videos.
I tried, but the dirt, it won't come off!
try a month in detox. That might just work.
Dear Lord, I'm not even 5 mins in. and all I can think is how this looks like every tv or movie portrayal of a group therapy session. Pull yourselves together for crying out loud!
That, and of course the Tomahawk Chop. I am also thinking I'm at a Braves game in the 90's.
Never gets old. Simultaneously hysterical, yet terrifying.
it'd be interesting knowing where all this people are now
This is what happens when they try actually constructing something. All they can do is critique and dismantle
Yes, that’s what revolutionaries do, burn things to the ground. This nightmare of nonsense explains why getting a job is nearly impossible for these people other than equity divisions created to provide paychecks. I have no doubt some of these people are hostages to the bizarre ideologues, but most usurp unearned moral superiority for passively enabling the crackpots.
That canoe was sinking, for sure.
"I consider myself an international student even though I've lived in America for 21 years am a full citizen of the USA."
Okay so you're delusional
Yeah that gets me. I did my whole MA in Australia, and just plain don't believe grown-up, self-respecting, money-paying students at a university "consider themselves" international students. It's a university--people are from all over, in different ways.
Of course, times have changed.
Equity of student experience is the goal of all this? That is not only impossible to achieve, but also an undesirable outcome completely at odds with the goals of diversity. You can't celebrate difference and want everyone to be the same, with the same outcome. Equity of outcome as a stated goal is fundamentally flawed.
Kevin Mykelz Yes, equality of outcome is the precise principle which oversaw the slaughter of over 100 million during the last 100 years.
Did you notice how, rather than respect actual cultural diversity, they kinda wanted everyone to embrace Black and First American culture? Uh, what about other people's cultures?
The entire concept of “equity” is racist. Period. It discriminates against whites, Asians and high achieving minorities (Indians). I never thought I’d be happy Trump crammed those three looney Catholics on the bench.
I’ve never heard so many mixed metaphors in my life. They’re in a canoe but they could get derailed but they are rowing but they need wind in their sails…
Oh, I get it...this is one of their church meetings and this "equity" that they talk about is their god.
And why all the back slapping and clapping?
I got really confused by this, but I think I can clarify it. There were a couple references to people working at "MIT." At first I thought they were talking about the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but doing a little research, I learned there's a program at Evergreen called the Masters in Teaching program (MiT). I believe that's what's being referred to. These were people teaching future educators. How um...gawd awful. :P
I thought clapping was triggering to these people?
I was thinking that too but what's up with the flipping the top hand around when they clap? I have no doubt that has some historical or metaphorical message aside from "traditional clapping with palms together is so eurocentric".
They probably "micro evolved" .
Ben I love your content but I can't watch this. I'll never get that hour-and-a-half back
Wise choice. This is for posterity / researchers.
Well, it's an Evergreen video, I can let it play in the background while I'm doing something else. We've been in lockdown since March 10, I'm running out of things to do. 😂
Perhaps beta-blockers instead of popcorn?
I watch, i get frustrated, i continue to watch.
Merit and equity are mutually exclusive.
Your college can't achieve equity without stifling not only their highest achievers, but also their average achievers.....because even average is better than below average.
You don't win at anything.....life, sport, work, intellectual endeavors by just pointing out what you don't like and how things are unfair. If the only thing you create is chaos and dissension, you're a useless person in a society.
zxy atiywariii I always listen to these things while I work. I like to think that the spirit of the evergreen protesters is somehow contained within the paint of the vehicles I spray.
It still KILLS me to stand Bret standing there at the end. He must have had a lot running through his head during this whole ritual. I feel horrible for every good person that was guilted in to joining this madness
"enforcing others to respect us" Why on earth would I be obedient to you? Why should I be forced to respect you against my wishes and judgement? Will you reciprocate? Will you respect me and be obedient to me? I highly doubt it. "Your silence will not protect you" I agree. My actions and my willingness to defy tyranny will.
...and the award for Worst Performance by a Native American goes to...
Iron Eyes Cody wept..
thanks for the video.
"I'm here because I was told by a high school counselor I wasn't smart enough to go to college."
Everything you do and say serves to demonstrate that counselor's wisdom.
From my vantage point, the most shocking thing about this video is the absolute lack of talent demonstrated by the participants. I didn't hear a single original thought. No one among these people showed an ability to be articulate. Nothing of substance was presented. No one demonstrated an ability to present a coherent idea from beginning to end. Clearly no one took the time to prepare their comments in advance.
This nation needs higher quality students and faculty or we are doomed. Hopefully , this sample is not representative.
The president of Evergreen...holy shit. That guy doesn't have the integrity to be the president of the neighborhood dog walkers' cribbage club, not even secretary. Paying his pension, starting immediately, would be an excellent use of college funds.
Spot On!
The fat guy beating on the drum pretending like he's Native cracks me up the most.
Christmas in May. Many thanks, Benjamin!
Oh how I love to get cringy goosebumps from watching and listening to these fools......kinda like a train wreck. It's repellent yet mesmerizing at the same time.
We have a saying in Australia----Up shit creek without a canoe === It means we are screwed. This appears apt to Evergreen.
Naima looks really pissed that she has to pretend to clap to the beat of someone that isn't really her sort...
If the black guy wants to acknowledge and respect that he is sitting on native land, why doesn't he leave? Was he invited by those tribes "connected with the land?"
I had almost the exact same thought. He’s not so upset by the situation that he would make a sacrifice of any sort to correct it. He’s actually using the situation to his own advantage, leveraging the need for ‘respect’ to add authority to his words and gain power.
I feel sorry for the folks in this video who have experienced hardship and pain, until they become embittered and angry at others, and seek to control other people. Sometimes we should work to make the world a better place; but life will never be entirely fair. Ultimately, it is up to each of us to make the most of - and find contentment in - whatever life circumstance we are in - even when those circumstances are bad. Those who do, tend to be more pleasant people - those capable of remaining at peace and maintaining healthy relationships with others.
I think Christopher Guest just got the idea for his next movie/mockumentary.
14:00 - "loving our image and enforcing others to respect us"
Problem in a nutshell right there.
Whites don’t come to school today. it’s a forced day of absence for YOU!
It would have been really funny if he had done that drum thing for like three hours.
The air in that room makes a funeral look like a Brazilian Celebration of the Flesh.
Sorry Benjamin, Sir. This is torture. I can't watch it. Glad it's here for the record, but no.
I watched the whole thing and transcribed most of it. I agree, it was tough to do. Bear in mind: I am a white Conservative, aka "racist", "white supremacist" or "obstructionist" in their circles. ; )
You need to do the work , don’t be so fragile.
It’s like the guy playing the drum with his Native Indian heritage has won the oppression olympics so he could literally do anything on that stage and nobody can say shit, but when ever a white person speaks you can hear the eggshells cracking underneath their feet.
I know you talked about events that led up to this, going back to 2015 (IIRC), and I think you said Bridges came in in 2016, but I can't help but notice the timing of this, about 1 week after the election... I interpret the way the leaders of this are acting as feeling alarmed, and taking a "circle the wagons" action, in response. They wanted to strengthen their tribe, and they thought the way to do that was to find out once and for all who is with them, and who isn't, and to ostracize those who are not. They find strength in ideological conformity. This explains what happened in May 2017, where Bret Weinstein clearly indicated again and again that he was not joining in with the group-think, and they saw that as a threat. However, you've pointed to a different cause, where he opposed a budget proposal (again, IIRC), because he, in effect, was interfering with the plans of Bridges and the Equity Council.
My brain goes haywire when I try to click like on your videos like these.
i admire your courage and integrity... much respect
George trying to avoid eye contact with Bret Weinstein at 1:30:20
The behavior is so pathological, no one looks at him.
This would have been so uncomfortable to be apart of. Holy shit the theatrics. What a waste of everyone’s time and no wonder they keep complaining they can’t get anything done.
Benjamin, you got this on an FOIA request? Did they give you any trouble, and is there a lot of other material?
Great work! This stuff needs to see the light of day.
I got snubbed by some TESC employees who were not happy I disgorged so much material (that I had been present during the creation of)-but they're a state institution and WA has fairly strong FOIA legislation. See my "Evergreen Resources" playlist for more videos, I'll eventually put up everything I have, including uncut & time stamped protest footage (which I'm saving for when I'm especially bored-it's quite a bit to organize and cross reference!)
@@BenjaminABoyce Wow...yes, I can imagine that you're a thorn in the side of some TESC people! Just their luck that you're patience never ends, haha :)
@@BenjaminABoyce Thank you for your efforts. This needs to be seen.
If you sent this video to someone who has never heard of evergreen or what happened there, I am 95% sure they would believe it’s a cult meeting.
"Get in the boat and shut up...Inclusion and Solidarity!!"
I would rather get on a canoe with Ted Bundy
Talk about being placed in a forced situation. This is so disingenuous ! Thumbs way up to anyone that had the courage to ignore that racist canoe.
That one poor guy. “ I’d like to get in the canoe” Not yet! “ May I get in the canoe” No! It’s like a circular firing squad of ignorance.
Their heads were so deep inside the data!
is that a canoe in your pocket or are you just pleased to censor me?
Guy sounds drunk as hell
It’s like the end of the hobbit when they get on the boat to sail away ?
They rowed that canoe on a river that ended with a waterfall.
Cutting edge higher education for all to see and learn from.
Please tell me there will be an MST3K/RiffTracks version of this.
Great that someone recorded this :tearslaughing:
She is really struggling to read something she wrote herself?
How is this dumpster fire of a college still going?
Unfortunately most people don't investigate past the surface level proclamations. Rich parents read the schools mission statment, feel satisfied enough and write the check. That's how a lot of business works actually.
I guess I watch stuff like this because I must enjoy occasionally flooding my body with stress hormones.
My favorite ☺
It's hard to believe so many people could speak so inarticulately for so long about so little with such obvious insincerity & complete conformity. The dim light of mediocrity bathes the room, and it's reflected in the stultified faces of the unfortunate participants.
He got a paradigm shift alright... just not the one he was expecting
Why the bizarre hand clap method?
That dude really sucks at the drum his chief sheds a tear from the skies
This corny pseudo-intellectual crap makes me think of band names. "Maximum Woo" is my favorite so far.
Ship of fools.
There’s no way anyone can look at this and say this is not a cultic religious ritual
This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.LOL
I feel like I've been through a struggle session just watching it
In what way is a song and dance suposed to bring about unity when the students are dead set on division? Content of character or color of skin? Are we to punish children for the sins of their fathers? Put down the past's luggage. It's weighing us all down.
Wait a minute .....ya all can swim right .
That canoe took them up stream with out a paddle!!!
Thst song is really called..dying Buffalo
Hi Benjamin. What's your read on the staff member talking from 1:12:40 to 1:13:29? Is he emotional because of pride in what he/they are doing? Or is it fear / being forced to do something he doesn't agree with? Thanks!
Fear 100%
@@Mike.Garcia Agree
The Native American man had a very inspiring message to start things off. It must have been tough to watch his message be unceremoniously shit on by the other speakers.
did they literally invent word salad?
28:35 “struggle some of us have been fighting for hundreds of years”
Last time I checked, Irish have been fighting Britain twice as long
Evergreen's song in my head is Metallica's Shortest Straw...
Behind you, hands are tied
Your being, ostracized
Your hell is multiplied, upending
The fallout has begun
Oppressive damage done
Your many turned to none, to nothing
You're reaching your nadir
Your will has disappeared
The lie is crystal clear, defending
Channels red
One word said
Blacklisted with vertigo make you dead
Shortest straw
Challenge liberty
Downed by law
Live in infamy
Rub you raw
Witch hunt riding through
Shortest straw
This shortest straw has been pulled for you
Pulled for you
The canoe reminds me of the horses in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', only instead of a man banging coconuts together you have a drummer. 😅😅😅
And the canoe sails to the White House...Ugh! Am I looking forward to the next four years.
Did she say “poop-ah”??? 🤣
any time "paradigm shift" comes up it sounds like Weird Al's "Mission Statement"
This all seems very staged, a bit forced, and quite exaggerated.
It felt like a hostage situation. Nobody wanted to be the first to stop clapping, similar to when a petty dictator gives a speech.
Are there any actual classes at this school?
Looking for clarity on 2 things;
1) is the guy speaking at the beginning of the video with the drum drunk? I can't tell; you could tell me that he's hammered, and you could tell me he's stone sober, and I'd believe either just the same.
2) is the faculty member, the gentleman with that glasses doing the whole canoe...whatever the hell is supposed to be; is he as clueless in person as he seems here? He can have the whole cliche,be-spectacled Harrison Tweed/ tight groomed goate (didn't that go out of style a decade ago))college professor look down pat, but I don't see him splitting the atom any time soon... Thank God for the humanities dept.*
*(I say that as a former classical studies major.)
my brain has degraded listening to this.... that being said was 8 years ahead of its time
This is a church service
I tried. I really did. I have watched ad enjoyed every evergreen video, but these people are nuts.
Fed up American, I commend thee for the attempt.
@@BenjaminABoyce Thanks you. That. Means a lot. I really did try. 😢😁🤪 That is not a school anymore. It’s a cult for the mentally deranged. Great work though..as usual. I might’ve been able to endure it better If you narrated it some, but without you..I was like.. Why the F am I watching these absolute loons.
Swab the poop deck & splice the mainbrace! All aboard the canoe me hearties!! There be lunacy ahead
Waiting for that heartbeat was really stressing me out, like what if it was the heartbeat bit and no one noticed?!
34:30 - George Sumner Bridges has a quick snort of coke to get through the rest of his rubbish speech
Sail away ,sail away ,sail away .Enya ...anyone ?