Racism in England | Maxi Priest Interview
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Enjoy irie reasoning with reggae legend Maxi Priest known to the world for his mega-hits ' Wild World' and 'Closer To You'. In this interview Maxi Priest opens up about the racism he experienced growing up as a Jamaican in England.
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The only difference with racism in the 70s is that you could fight them...anyone called you a name you could tump-dem-down at work, tump-dem-down at school or tump-dem-down on the streets...today its very PC.
The other benefits of the 70s is that we were united as one from young to old. That doesn't exist anymore....were is the unity today!
Even though those days were very testing I miss the unity we had. I was still at school in the 70s but everyone knew each other and would look out for you.
Tru no more unity. You have black people who talk that black power this and that but when it comes time to stand up they sit down and shut up
That's a bullshit narrative. Back then, people were getting killed by racist KKK. Not so much now.
Very true we need to restore that
Facts!
Yet a lot of Jamaicans thought foreign was a bed of roses then
They still do. Nothing has changed
Neither was Africa!
CJ J great point
I still love Maxi Priest. My fav song is... Close To You.💋 ❤🖤💚🎶🎵
60sAmethyst mine too😀
Snap.
I was raised in kilburn north London my family came over from Ireland back in the day. The area was mostly Jamaican and Irish and it worked well. Rejects United! Not sure about today, this was 80s and 90s. Different vibe.
We lived across the road from Kensal rise station and below was Gee barbers, an upstanding gent my family knew for many years In our time there.
Racism always been a problem, for all cultures but it didn't get better, people just become more disjointed. It's become another hipster haven for the edgy socialists which prices out the locals. Common tale.
I have always travelled I was born into the gypsy life, lived all over England it exists everywhere. I still move around, like a true nomad carrying a few good memories from the past and hoping the future will bring some hope.
Some letting agents in the endz still say no blacks. Nothings changed
Gee still operates the barber shop in the same location 🙂
@@jackierowe9953 that's great to hear. I had a cuppa next door few years back (Joe's) and noticed him still there!
I love the place so much, I've put that place into some poems only way to keep it alive when all the good has gone. ♥️😊
Thank you for sharing your story 🤗
@@ldn876 what??? Crazy
I'm a skinhead and I love Jamaican culture and reggae music like a lot of old skool skinheads do
That’s why we as black people should unite as one United we stand divided we fall
It's hard to unite when American Black's don't like west Indian Black's.
Maxi priest is now older and wiser.Thank you brother for showing you cared.
Did the British think that aĺl the time they ruled other countries and told them how great Britain was, no one from the "colonies" would want to come here?
Cause the land mass is shit.. that's why caucasians they came to America.. and braught plague with them..
Yes maxi Priest you worked hard for your success
Great vibes. What a great personal insight about life in Britain from Maxi. Niceness
MAXI PRIEST REAL TALK......REAL LIFE!!
Nice interview !! Enjoyed watching this and learning about the poverty and struggle he had went through in his life
Give thanks !!
Great interview he really reflected on the life we lived .Me know seh a treasure beach him come from.One ting him he is positive and always smiling ,Big Up
Give thanks !!
You know, Lover's Rock was essentially what it was, because it was, what was needed, at the time. We needed to love each other!! So, although we went to big dances, where at that time the sounds would play roots music, teaching us to love our culture, we really learned how to love each other at the blues dance. Lover's rock, rockers, and soul ruled the house party, but most importantly couples danced together. So, we would go to a roots dance until midnight, but then we'd be looking for a blues dance to see the sun come up.
Shemra those were the days 😍☺️
Joya Landis
Those dark times were terrible. As an Indian kid growing up in the early 80s. England was a shit place to live, our only true friends were an Afro Carribean family two doors down. We were like one family, one love, i miss them a lot. The thing was we never complained or moaned about the casual racism. We developed a 'cold face' to it and gained a great inner strength to better ourselves, that would be our revenge served cold back to these loonies.We just got our heads down and bettered ourselves through education etc. That feeling of race paranoia whenever you encounter white english people never really leaves you. The funny thing is my wife is from Scotland. Never had a peep of racism up there. Same in Europe. I met so many different white folks on my travels from around the world, never a peep of racism out of em. English racism is tied up in notions of empire and racial superiority defined through the practice of eugenics. Unfortunately Racism is evil with hatred the root and is very difficult to uproot. It never went away, its just gone slighty subtle and so entirely not so obvious..But racism does exist everywhere, until we start co operating with each other rather than competing then maybe we can save our human race from oblivion. Mankind has no Messiah to save him. His only Salvation is himself....
Yea? you indians asians have turned on the caribbean community, when they were the ones defending you from racists back in the day!
@@mamaninti450 that' why its of massive importance we Blacks stick to our oww, the same way the so-called Jews and Chinese operate.
@@mamaninti450 yep sister that's what they're trying to do here in the United states but Tariq nasheed is waking us up to it.
Fuck you coolie
When you reach America
You turn yaw fuckin nose up
Fuckin hyprocrypt.
Foh clown
I don't like none of yew Indians no not one
Im in new york Nassau County Franklin Square so much racism here they look at me like they looking at shit on the floor since Trump been president it got worse
You can always count on INKTV to give its viewers an in-depth interview, lessons learned every time. Respek to you and Maxi Priest.
Give thanks for the strength !!
2019 and things have not changed much
i am jamaica living in England in 1960 very beautiful
original skin heads wasnt racist it was the national front that was racist who adopted the the skin head look
#MaxiPriest was one of my favorite reggae artist and I still listen to his TO THIS FUCKEN DAY!!! #TillThisDay ~ Deontay Wilder!! #2k19
The same Jamaicans who were calling Africans by insulting names back then didn't see that it was hurtful to Africans, but when they were called all sorts by whites they felt bitter and resentful.
I dear say my good freind, the so called west indians did not sell your souls to the plantations or to the slaughterhouse of the hands of the wicked or the opressor. You should be more humble that you were allowed to work, provide for your fami,ies, maintain your names and cultural faiths intact and remain as a self respecting citizen. The so called west indians did not take in reciept of theft and pillaged the land of your forefathers, but the rich and greed of your forefathers higher societies colloborated with the wicked in result. I think you should re address the elite higher chiefs and leaders of your foundations home base and question why you are hurt about so called west indians that done you no harm.
@@geegod9461 And the first generation born Africans? This went right up into the 80's should they have gotten such harsh treatment also? with the parents that could be understood but not growing up with first generation Jamaicans..born in the UK.
You should have sang about it Maxi, you had the platform to let the world know. Ijs
He told himself, let Bob Marley and Peter Tosh handle that part.
Said the same thing too, but we're multi-faceted. Life and REGGAE music would have lost out without his particular contribution. Gwan MAXI!
Steel pulse & Aswad sang about social issues,Maxi came through on a sound system with 10 dj's (rappers).who were the stars at the time but Maxi rose way above them,even it was singing pop /Reggae.He's made is money & name now he can use it to let people know the UK through its caribbean people.
The Great Roberta Flack once said Maxi has one of the purest singing voice she’s ever heard
He is self interest an a lwsys has been, even today.. Speaking from 1st hand experience as an artist
No blacks
No Irish
No dogs.
My grandad was from Sierra Leonne a wealthy ish family and when his dad died in the 50s. My grandad got a large inheritance and bought a big house in Manchester and let out rooms to blacks, Irish etc. But no dogs.
Brian Doherty why didn’t he invest in and support his ancestral home in Africa?
Big up to Maxi and a bigger change is always in the mix. Bless up.😍😍😍
we black people give them so much respect.yet we never get any
I was still a young kid in the '70s and never knew anything about racism in the West Midlands. Of course I saw the NF etc marching on TV, but those idiots never affected us. And to be honest, even in later decades I did not come across many racist incidents and the ones that stand out for me in UK have actually been from white US people and white South Africans. Now as a grown man with an educational background almost second to none, I could not care less if I come across racists. They can't hurt me and if anything I know how to pull strings and work the system to get rid of them. Racist bwoy, uno time done!
I only came here to listen to Maxi Priest. Back in the 1980s I first asked a fellow university student to out to a Maxi Priest concert in London. Today, were are married with 2 grown up kids.
Any racism is evil and we are ALL God's people. No race better than the other BUT...................it is because of people like Maxi that some ARE racist. What is it EIGHT KIDS by FIVE different Women. Gregory Isaacs TWELVE KIDS by 8 Women. Bob Marley THIRTEEN KIDS and died young. My Black Ladyfriend is one of SIX babymothers by one guy and his brother has fathered " 14 or 15" children by untold women. ALL 20/21 kids brought up without a FATHER around giving emotional and practical and financial suppot to the Mum who is out doing 2/3 jobs.Who is with the kids? THAT is why some are racist,I'm afraid..
I came from a poor working class London white/british family utilising social housing with an outside toilet and no car and my Mum and Dad realised they could not afford any more kids so...............they did NOT have them.....how extraordinary..lol
Maxi Priest was my childwood crush😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘, I remember the time he he came to Willowgate plaza in Mandeville! 1997.....or so.
It's - childhood...
@@jadaaleeshamindexpert7365 only God is perfect👌
@@ladypskitchen I was not judging you, harshly i just wanted to help.... cause my spelling/grammar is not perfect either...
Yes Racism is in england hard but now we have overcome that even still it is going on under the quiet which won"t go away . but london nice
We haven't overcome anything .
The sad thing is the people that mistreated your people back then
They are still running the world today , I live in America in 2019 we are an immigrant family the things my family and I have to go trough here is no joke folks.
Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."
Those days we walked in groups for a reason....safety in numbers ...now the ignorant shits call it ...gangs ...but it was really life or death in many areas...as you'd be walking ...and the next you had to be running ...they were wicked to us 60's babies ...but strength and belief in self ...have bought us this far ...we need to go back to love of self ....and caring for us..peace 👍🏾
Bless. Give thanks for your insight.
Black and white unite 🙏 I live in tilbury wear the windrush came into dock my family welcomed the people with open arms ! One love
“When music hits, you feel no pain” - The Late, Great...Bob Marley
Love u maxi priest
Only difference now and then, then they’d tell you to your face your not getting the job before you tried, now they let you do the application(s) and amplitude tests etc... using up your entire day and energy then they tell you sorry you’ve not got the job. I know which option of the two I’d prefer. Meh.......
He used to be so attractive when he was younger
Saxon studio original member 👊🏽
This is my dude!!!! Maxi biggup from Barbados brother!!
He’s talking with a smile despite all that ❤ Good vibes Maxi
The irish suffered because they were irish but because the irish had white skin they were told that they had more opportunities which they never had
The Irish was just as racist to people of colour as well.
Love Maxi The Struggle Was Real
The one tune he did with Shabba Ranks is legendary!
Maasai Joshua yes one of my favorite songs
When will this end racism will it ever end??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
While there's a victim industry it'll be there (here's a clue: it doesn't actually exist but sshh don't tell anyone)
Black Power is real
I never knew Maxi was a ghetto youth. Thank you for the video 🙏🏼
After all those years in the industry when he could say something and highlight the situation NOW YOU WANT TO TALK
I am wondering the same thing....
Same taught here old age eh lol
@@itiswhatitis3721 yes, mus!
Latoya Beir That's because he was having it good he was making money from whites promoting his music, now he looks like he is in retirement mode he can talk
but he better not say too much otherwise they might cut his pension.
I love Maxi priest, always have...a gentleman
SOMETHINGS , WILL NEVER CHANGE...RAS PECT
Any racism is evil and we are ALL God's people. No race better than the other BUT...................it is because of people like Maxi that some ARE racist. What is it EIGHT KIDS by FIVE different Women. Gregory Isaacs TWELVE KIDS by 8 Women. Bob Marley THIRTEEN KIDS and died young. My Black Ladyfriend is one of SIX babymothers by one guy and his brother has fathered " 14 or 15" children by untold women. ALL 20/21 kids brought up without a FATHER around giving emotional and practical and financial suppot to the Mum who is out doing 2/3 jobs.Who is with the kids? THAT is why some are racist,I'm afraid..
Which is why when applying for work here you have to hide your ethnicity, they seem to have a fondness for Indians which Indo means Indigo from Black, confused mad people imo. Big up I never knew.
Bless-ed Love Maxi Priest. When God is for us who can be against us try as they may. The weapons may form but will not prosper. Big up to you and your good up good up brother from another mother the musical icon G. Wayne. 😍Much love and keep bringing those wondrrful songs. Bless ❤
I remember those days!!! Real talk....
When I tell the younger people in my family about the level of racism that we faced back then, they are totally shocked. Although they all know the stories of how it was, they just don’t know how we managed to live in those times. However, despite all of that, there was a unity amongst the people back then that I feel today has sadly been lost. The whole Sound System thing is important…back in the 70s early 80s we were all in gangs, Sound Systems were our gangs. They were a fundamental part of the community, gave the youth belonging, purpose and direction and bought the people together. Despite all the shit we faced in society, being a soundman, and the experiences I had back then playing my sound, were some of the best experiences of my life.
Nah you looked down your nose at and switched off from english people and immersed yourself in sound system, then every day as you'd pass white people in the street they looked more and more alien to you, you thought their world was out of bounds to you but it was you who distanced yourself from them not the other way round, so now you use the racist thing as just a convenient myth to mask your lack of application or integration, if whites despised you as much as you say then they'd have wiped you out long ago, after all there was a time when there were so few blacks around in england it was possible, but you're still here aren't you, intact, you soldier you lol, I was there, at blues, at clash, there was more racism coming out of the black community than was going in, stop the BS
I know this white guy that lives in Brixton in railton road back in the 70s and 80s that loved a drink when he had a few drinks he go black this black that I said to him one day you don't like black people but you buy your drink of them he said them one's are different that's what you call confusing bigoted racist and there still racist now but more under cover the Irish and Jamaicans and West Indians built this country
I experienced all of that in the early 80s in Liverpool.
Many thanks for this interview! You've gained a new subscriber!
Bless
@@INEVERKNEWTV Blessing same way. 🙂
I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS GROWING UP,
WE HAD BNP LEADERS LIVING ON ONE
SIDE & NATIONAL FRONT AKA NF ON
THE OTHER SIDE 🙉🙈🙊
Much respect family, i can truly understand the experience🙏🙏🙏
Dem hard times made us stronger and more unified at the time. But the shithouses noticed this and get up in the mix to mess us up!
Music gave you a platform to talk up
Wow....... Islanders and Africans never speak about RACISM in England....aww wow
Now they are. WAKE UP CALL 101
nothing changed but it mellowed down and went under the carpet.
LENDGDERY maxi prist !
Always loved this guy went through the same thing as a young man living in the UK comming from ireland first friend I made was a. Black guy when I went there wer all the same whether úr black or white
One Love! From Tennessee First Nations
Looking good man. 👍👍👍
Dig up maxi uk lover's rock
Wow! I never knew there’s a local chapter of Hells Angel in England, you live and learn.
Its not only Caribbean people who felt the impact of racism, my parents did, who came from Nigeria to study. The thing about England is that the African experience in the UK is mostly muted, why, I don't know... So please acknowledge the Africans who came to study in the 60s, 70s and 80s who eventually settled in the UK, where they gave birth to people like me...
i justtt wanna beee closeee to uuuuu
I remember these days , wee bit later but defo the same trip.
JAH don't want no weak heart nation.
We Jamaicans living abroad is no weak heart.
Selasi comes from the line of David who slew the giant goliath.
Smh the lies u believe
I wanna meet this brotha
Yes maxi Priest I've been there racism at school in in primary school by the age of 4 me and my sister what called the n word that's why I just can't understand why black people in America use the n word I know how I was brought up in the area a lot of racism let's big blessings everytime maxi Priest
Them, some raw ass glasses he got on.
Willie lynch was a genius and the reason for me saying this because he created a document about how to control your slave and with that document it's still working to this day conquer and divide. Martin and malcolm and other pioneers who sacrificed their lives were our voices we don't have that today.
I never knew that
BIG UP MAXI PRIEST
Suddenly, 40 years later Maxi Priest wakes up and now he's a "concerned" black man/historian? Talkin' bout how he had a rough time growing up in London? Puleeeze! Gimme a friggin' break!
He seems a kool dude and smart
Great insight and documentary
Start SINGING IT BRO........👏
Hawaii loves ya Maxi..
Love the Hawaiian islands quick silver Hat!
Talk up maxi talk up
Max is my mothers fist cousin along with Jacob Miller and Fed Locs. Clan Elliott. Big ups cuzz.
Everything he has said I have heard my dad and family say.
Everyone knows that racism is alive and well but you cannot let that run your life. There's a lot of opportunities in this world and you cannot let no one including yourself keep you back from your dreams because if you do then it's your fault.
Racism and its material consequences is never the fault of those who have to deal with it.
Love Maxi ♥♥
WOW!! Shit breaks my heart they had to go through that, smh.
Our own government turns their back on us that’s the reason why so many run to a foreign country in search of what they have been denied in dem own yard, I say this to many of you here, when you point your fingers make sure your hearts 💕 are clean. No one born in this world to hate, it was thought and many learned it practice preached it and it’s dirty ways, I don’t hate no one not even my enemies love conquers all.😊❤️❤️❤️
Regardless of what your past is, what things were, ask yourself what you are doing now?
Are you holding onto something old or being kind today?
That is all that matters otherwise the cycle continues.
I want to take whatever life throws on the chin and not reciprocate, hate is a cancer. To yourself and others.
Sure know your history but also know the present, don't be doomed to repeat it of course but today is all that matters.
Get fit. Mentally fit. Where the mind goes a man follows.
Being from Britain, I always expected him to talk with more of a British accent.
Love you always uncle Max.
What is wrong with this channel?
Unite or die! Own or be owned! ✊
It's 'Close' To You not 'Closer' - might be worth doing some research?
The interview was too short
You no I went for job but u had to fill in from state your school I gave wrong religion never got job I understand what he is talking about peace to you
"🙌🏽⭐LONDON⭐
🙌🏽is the place for me,
London, this lovely City
you can go to France or America, India Asia or Australia
6ut! you must! come! Bacc!
to LONDON CITY" 🙌🏽👂🏽💆🏾♂️
Now when you walk towards them on the same side they run to the other side of the road🤣 all ways crack me up.
Yes my sholder