Akala deconstructs race, class, and Britain's modern myths | Unfiltered with James O'Brien #32
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Rapper, poet and scholar Akala joins James O’Brien for a scintillating interview, in which they discuss two issues that run to the heart of modern Britain: race and class.
In a breakneck hour of conversation, Akala picks apart many of the modern myths around gangs, street violence and black youth, looking at the ways these are perpetuated in the media and who benefits from perpetuating them, as well as looking back to the Windrush generation and the institutionalised injustices that led to the recent crisis. It’s an education.
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I come back to this interview every couple months or so ... Akala is brilliant at explaining how British history has shaped our society today. Very Insightful especially for myself - a black British boy growing up in Wandsworth, South London.
I do too, I am often reminded of it in discussion and will come n grab the link for people and then end up watching in full again. I find him absolutely fascinating his knowledge and understanding is second to none x
Imagine how brilliant Britain would be if more prime time programmes were discussions like this.
Akala is THE Don. Unfiltered never fails to amaze me!
That was weak. Try again friend x
Luke Reid and your clearly not creative in your belligerent ignorance
Akala is a grade A afrocentric, racist moron with a victim complex.
He just happens to be quite charismatic too, which fools idiots like you.
Much more poetic but still tame. Must try harder x
like that one really racist time he tried to teach kids Shakespeare and appreciate the country they come from. what a total cunt!
Very impressed by this Akala guy. I was born Irish eldest of 14 kids. Have avoided jail and worked hard. Enjoying retirement. Wish I had met this guy 30 years ago.
He’s good at explaining complexed issues in a way that’s easy for people to understand.
No he combines lots of things that are taken out of context, pseudo social science theories and a lot of generalisation to construct a narrative that then makes sense. Go through each comment he uses, analyse the context, each statistic, historical analysis and so forth most of everything he uses to build his theory either is easily challengeable or completely misrepresented or out of context. what most of what modern media is accused of doing he is doing. Don't take my word for it listen to his other content on CZcams or his writings and you don't have to go too deep to start picking apart the things he is saying as almost blatant lies.
Amazing beautiful (soul) man
@Chris Trevanion can you please expound on this, I think I missed sth I'd like to know about. Thank you very much 🙏
Chris Trevanion when was the last time you was in Angola?
@95 CRIP people generally talk before they take action...
Love the fact that James is actually sitting there listening and learning rather than trying to pretend "he knows what its like" I went to one of those Saturday schools and I can honestly say they change the outcomes of our lives. Kept us off the streets and made us understand the importance of education. I'd encourage any parent to find places like this to send your children if they still exist
that’s called beta male white guilt
Most definitely true
TheHatedHater yeah, can’t stop the tears
TheHatedHater and some caffeine to help me stay awake reading your boring and pointless comments
TheHatedHater Zzzzzzzz
we must protect Akala at all costs.
ED11 facts but I pity the fool that comes for akala.
AT ALL COSTS
Ashe’ to my brother akala... the ancestors are protecting him... 🙏🏿
ED11 Akala is an irrelevant ,.no one gives a fu*k about the twat .
From his shadow, no pun intended.
I'm white from a broken home lived on a council estate middle child of three, only child to finish school. I remember being searched by the police often when I was aged 12 to 18. I still as a man get followed around shops and have strangers move their bags to the opposite side of their bodies. I'm from Liverpool where the children are all treated like gang members and outside of Liverpool I'm treated like a thug and a thief. Behind all the "joking" People from my city are hated openly mocked and even wished death on by people. Messages last for generations especially when legitimised by the media and government.
Social economic class isn't just an origin it is often a state of being. You aren't put in a box you are the box, as a group of people you identify as that box and when people try and get out of that mindset. You are criticised and mocked. I remember being lashed with negative comments for trying at school for knowing the answer to questions, this attitude to knowledge is part of the culture of some people. It's perpetuated by envy and passed on through families.
Nicely put and illustrates a lot of what needs to be changed. It's not racist to hate someone because of their skin colour if they are white.
The victim mentality is toxic and the (new) left loves it, believe in yourself because nobody is gonna save you stand up for your interests and what you think is right not what people tell you to think is right.
@@mattfm101 People shouldn't in general need to think what is right they should have been taught what is right, when talking about morals etc. Obviously this is not the case with some people that is when they have to be rehabilitated, if possible. Some decisions require a combined agreement on what is right such as capital punishment if we get these wrong it is possible that anyone could suffer the consequences.
Exactly hence the term = victim hood
I'v never heard people say they hate "Scousers,"apart from extreme moronic football fans!.
But of course I'v heard all the jokes and Piss taking about stealing&crime up in Liverpool,but at the same time I'v encountered Scousers who have done exactly the same(exploiting stereotypes)about Londoner's.
Now there's always going 2b a time when some of the remarks irritate but for the most part u take it for what it is!
.And as for being pulled over by Police,well of course that's part and parcel of growing up in poorer working class area's of the country(especially the inner Cities)
But listening to this "Race baiter"talking, u would swear he had it so much harder than anyone else.
When u are raised in a poor borough like Hackney(and I'm talking about yrs ago,as opposed to now) one of the most recognisable points and common denominators was everyone was in a similar boat Economically and struggling to get by..Black or White!
And amongst these groups u had good and bad,but plenty of hard working people.
But u didn't see the Blacks being any worse off than Whites's economically(more to the contrary in many cases)But u learned to get along (sometimes).So listening to this dude seize his moment with this 24ct C##t O,brien makes me cringe!!.It's just an opportunity to grab some $$$$,.Now that's the real coup!
My mum always told me to work 10 times harder than my white peers. She wasn't wrong. People have told me that I was "gifted" my degree despite making sure I always did FAR more work than my peers.
as someone who grew up in one of the most deprived areas in the east end of glasgow, it's so nice to actual hear someone bringing awareness to the realities of growing up in that area as it seems like something the rest of Britain don't give a shit about, thanks Akala
I feel you, I grew up in a shit part of the south side.
I vaguely knew of Akala as a rapper but only discovered in the last few days that he happens to be an incredible orator and an absolute scholar, who also just happens to be a brilliant rapper. Can't get enough of listening to him speak.
We need far more Akala's in the world. Never was there a more aware, rational and balanced voice in the political discourse of race.
Ignore the Hater, Non Ofyourbusiness. You're spoddon...
That's exactly what I did. ;)
So because you're antagonised by the facts hes telling you, that makes him 'racebaiting'? HAHA! Nah love, it just makes you an ignorant racist. And if you havent already noticed, race has been politicised since the beginning, so its clear to everyone here that you do NOT know what you're talking about.
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Interesting to see you don't even try to hide your Nazi tendencies. My great-grandfather fought your like, and I will too if necessary. If your war does materialize, you will find that not all of us are the soft targets you seem to think.
Joe Bloggs - that is an epic amount of historical revisionism. And total bollocks made up by Nazi apologists. There is a staggering amount of evidence for the holocaust, which was aimed at gypsies, trade-unionists, left-wing people, the disabled and gay people, as well as Jews. This has actually been demonstrated several times in court cases in countries where there are laws against holocaust denial.
In short - you are a Nazi. The lowest of the low. The human race has spent thousands of years being amazingly horrible to each other, and in this whole long and sorry history, there have never been a worse bunch of cunts than you lot.
Pure class....The stories of my Dad living in Kilburn and Camden as an Irishman. Akala, keep doing what youre doing.
Big up Kilburn
@@farzanamughal5933 ye man, BLESS
yes, it was the same here in the Birmingham Area, where most of my friends were of Irish descent ,their Parents had it really hard, decades of Abuse and belittling,and banishment , life is just not Fair to some of us, the question i alway's ask is this; Why is it that corrupt and devious people airbrush real history, to suit an agenda, and let chaos ensue for the immeasurable masses to fathom out, and whom attempt to build bridges with effort and boundless Love , only to have it all destroyed by the stroke of a politicians pen' ?? 🤔
🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
The man is a genius and beyond gripping to listen to.
R u agitated?
@Max OnFire your an idiot
@@brandonfromlondonuk3484 keep your mouth shut Muppet. I'll wait for fackin reply mate
Lmao
Akala matata
This isn't a podcast - this is an education
TalkNorwichCity much like his music
This is an education..... czcams.com/video/dnmq7utJGJQ/video.html
The best kind of education
Pat 68. What a snarky, bigoted piece of binary polemics you've posted. I'm guessing you "want your country back" from whomever...
This is our favourite comment since we started the Unfiltered video podcast! Glad you're enjoying.
A cleaner buying a house in kings cross in those times, crazy to think. It goes to show how messed the housing situation is in the UK, bricks were always bricks and will always be bricks.
Tis capitalism
@@kieranhardy581 The state have propped up the housing market with shared ownership and deposit schemes, they have also consistently reduced interest rates, every 1% reduction in rates means a 10% increase in prices, ie. affordability is affected. The Government now cant increase rates because of their own 2 trillion debt mountain, the interest on state debt would mean massive tax increases. In addition the huge amount of quantitive easing has boosted asset prices, stocks and property values are driven up by low government bond yields and huge injections of state cash, in other words the Left wingers are indirectly causing the problems they complain about and blame 'capitalism' a true free market would have balanced out prices with high interest rates years ago
@@jamesandrew1750 I dont care about the free market when the government seems to have a fetish for inflation
I think I’m a right-leaning centrist and could not agree more that we should be spending more money on making the lives of poor children better. This guy is absolutely brilliant in a lot of what he says. I don’t think I agree with him on everything but at least he is incredibly honest about the complexity of the problems and doesn’t try to reduce everything to sloganistic nonsense.
You’re not a right-leaning centrist, mate.
Arthur interesting how you know that from one comment on a single person’s view on a complex issue. Where would you say I stand on the political spectrum, pal?
i’m left and love your attitude
Perry Mason people on the internet don’t seem to realise centrist means that you agree with aspects of both sides lol
Ricky Cheese haha I know... I think it’s just because many are so used to giving and receiving hate for anybody that doesn’t just agree with them 🤷🏻♂️😂
I honestly can't get enough of Akala - he speaks beyond intelligence and he's so humble too. Nothing but facts.
Nothing but race baiting, and data collecting, to fit his anti-white narrative and keep the black kids angry. Nice.
it's a problem as Akala is a Marxist and I don't follow him at all - I prefer Tomas Sowell czcams.com/video/B--gQVANKCE/video.html
Beyond intelligence? You need to get out more.
Quite an incredible man, enjoy his clarity and compassionate understanding of himself and others. Another one to re-watch.
If you listen to what he says, here, you'll realise he *clearly* and *unambiguously* places race firmly in context of the class system in this country. I do not recognise the story you're trying to put across. If you didn't hear it try listening again. It's quite a rounded piece. Of course, he uses his own perspective...as a lens through which to view broader problems... It's *all* there. Just listen.
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Jimm Stick I think you should listen to this podcast fully.
Jimm Stick I think you need to listen to him without prejudice. It’s interesting how understanding something or someone gives us greater latitude to resolve a problem, as opposed to perpetuating it. Many times, when we see or hear someone saying or doing something unusual, our first reaction is to make judgments about something we really don’t understand. If what we observe doesn’t conform to what we learned from past experiences, we promptly dismiss it. Even if we may disagree with a person’s point of view or don’t understand one’s behavior, we may pre-judge the rationality of their view or behavior without understanding that there may be legitimate reasons why a person believes or behaves the way they do. Whether these reasons are good or not is a matter of interpretation. The fact is, with every observable act, there’s always a genealogy of events that have pre-conditioned any moment that confronts us. Instead of making hasty and inconclusive judgments about the nature of our experience, wouldn’t it benefit us to suspend judgments until we have measured and analyzed the underlying nature of the phenomena before us? When we don’t poise ourselves to comprehend any situation, belief, or individual behavior, we contribute to how that person, belief, or situation will be misconstrued. This habit of prematurely rejecting something new or different because we’re not accustomed to it can result in someone’s behavior or belief being stigmatized, ridiculed, and unaccepted. Our impulsive rejection of phenomena that doesn’t conform to our own common sense can ultimately culminate in many injustices
divide and conquer has been every states go to forever. Keep the poor divded and hating eachother so the rich profit. Its not revolutionary xD
Feel like I've been opened up and further educated! Akala is just Brilliant! He brought me here and I'm going to stick around.
Thanks!
Akala is a force of nature, the energy he emits is truly electric. I find him utterly compelling, charismatic and inspiring. I could listen to him speak for hours. He has so much that he wants to say and it all comes tumbling out. His personal story is fascinating and gives him an unique perspective on issues relating to the politics of race and class in the UK.
@Herman Hosch It equates to how things "actually are" from THEIR perspective...
@Dinki Di Your objectively open mind seems to have shut down during all the factual information he presented and the parts where he stressed that his personal experience is not representative of all people from his background. You might want to get that checked out lest you go arse over tit down that slippery slope.
Got chills at 39:19 “My birth was a sentence” me and my cousin were talking recently about poverty and being born into it and how the mechanisms of society explicitly punish you for being poor.
today I walked into an american second hand store with the intention of buying my first dresser of drawers, i'm 44- never had a dresser, no need really because I didn't ever have enough cloths. I had to call my best friend to ask her if I deserve a $200 antique dresser, that's how low I think of myself as a result of being born and raised in poverty. I'm both upset with myself for not buying the fucking dressers but who not standing up for myself either.
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AKALA is a rare human being, traumatised from endless often meaningless or pointless activism of Hate and nihilistic prejudice, he rose from the gutter that those people were happy to keep him under, and now excels at such a high frequency, that basically Boggles the Mind, keep going Brother, we salute you, may you be BLESSED .
Solly your words reach the world .thankyou me romany gipsy england truth is truth
@@ccn8741 May you be Blessed ,my kindred spirit, With the LOVE of Almighty God, we shall Prevail against all servitude , Take care, and may the New year bring much needed Joy and Happiness to you and your Family, BLESS 😇
Rose from the gutter? I don’t think so. And he makes that quite clear numerous times, throughout the interview. He had positive make role models, he had structure and support in his life. He had direction, and was motivated and encouraged. Clearly he had food on the table, and family that loved him. He passed on the opportunity to go to private school. And you say he was endlessly traumatized and rose from the gutter? You’ve clearly missed the point. Systemic racism is something that influences people with how to feel and behave toward people according to their race, and presumed class. This isn’t a traumatic experience. Some blacks may fall through the cracks because the system, and systemic racism failed them, but Akala very clearly used systemic racism as an opportunity to learn, observe, and excel. Without systemic racism, quite frankly, he wouldn’t have his platform. Don’t get me wrong, racism in any form sucks, but lumping him into some bottom of the gutter category because of the color of his skin and assuming every day of his life is full of trauma really fails to miss the point. I’m sure it’s well intended, and that you are acting from a place of compassion, but the assumption that all black peoples are perpetually traumatized and all have to lift themselves out of the gutter is a hasty generalization, and still has a tad bit of something that doesn’t feel very good. Perhaps not racism, but it’s a type of compassion/support that is less helpful than it is helpful.
Listening to this man just fills me with such a good feeling and fills me with hope for our young sons 🤗🙂
“People need a scapegoat”. He just hit the nail on the head there.
You mean an ignorant man child that has no profession, no trade and no economic benefit to the country
The oilandgasresourceportal I can’t say I have the foggiest what you’re on about but more power to you
follow the money and tell me who's doing well off today
Britain's colonial shame: Slave-owners given huge payouts after abolition
David Cameron's ancestors were among the wealthy families who received generous reparation payments that would be worth millions of pounds in today's money
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Sunday 24 February 2013 01:00
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Slavery on an industrial scale was a major source of the wealth of the British empire
Slavery on an industrial scale was a major source of the wealth of the British empire ( Getty Images )
The true scale of Britain's involvement in the slave trade has been laid bare in documents revealing how the country's wealthiest families received the modern equivalent of billions of pounds in compensation after slavery was abolished.
The previously unseen records show exactly who received what in payouts from the Government when slave ownership was abolished by Britain - much to the potential embarrassment of their descendants. Dr Nick Draper from University College London, who has studied the compensation papers, says as many as one-fifth of wealthy Victorian Britons derived all or part of their fortunes from the slave economy.
As a result, there are now wealthy families all around the UK still indirectly enjoying the proceeds of slavery where it has been passed on to them. Dr Draper said: "There was a feeding frenzy around the compensation." A John Austin, for instance, owned 415 slaves, and got compensation of £20,511, a sum worth nearly £17m today. And there were many who received far more.
history can set us all free
@@alvintheodule2018 So you're saying the descendants of slave owners should pay reparations to the descendants of slaves. BTW... Have you ever had a DNA test?
what are you saying ?
Why are people saying he is acting like a victim? He is stating facts about history and society.
If you study sociology, you see that we have a lot of answers to societies' problems but nothing seems to happen to the things that are profitable and bring ease to the governments control.
Because sadly, people are often idiots that prefer to interpret things to fit their own narrative
Because he is. I’m black and I’m a lot blacker than that glass of milk and I’ve faced no issues at all over my skin. I’ve faced prejudice from being from Liverpool but never being black. He only ever crops up when he can make a bit of money from playing the victim. Is he correct in his history? 100% and of course there’s certainly truth to it culturally and I myself was a “victim” before I joined the paras. What the paras thought me was we always need to look at ourself first. Accept culpability and not blame others. Him and his kin are not teaching our young black men (but it’s an important message for all our young men) that. He’s teaching them to feel sorry for themselves, to point the finger instead of hard work. He’s a rich dude with a public voice and had one of the best educations in the country and yet he has the nerve to sit there and tell us we’ll never amount to anything because the white man won’t let us? That the single dad rate is so much higher in the black community than white because of an empire in the 1700? He has the nerve to say we have no voice? No one will listen? That everyone hates us just because we’re black? Nah, he’s a rat, mate. People like him do more harm than good.
Because many of his facts are wrong.
This is true. I cited a few of his historical errors above.
@Symbolic Non-Literal North of England always poor, Luanda being a great place, democracies in Mesopotamia, 2-3% of the populous requiring education. criticism of Clement Attlee and Thomas Sowell (I mean really)
I came from Ghana after living there for 4 years and was always within the top 5 of my class. Scoring 99% almost always. I come back to secondary school and they stuck me in lower sets and it’s only when I was doing beyond well that they upped me to the 2nd set.
Discrimination in class and race is very real and still happens now. They just assume you’re less capable because of your skin colour but the statistics tell a different story 👀.
I honestly don’t know what those people are thinking, especially when teachers are supposed to be more leftist and largely oppose brexit.
You sound like you‘ve made a lot of yourself anyway, but of course this issue is much greater than a individual one.
Why is that bad? Did you show them qualifications and they didn’t listen? If you come from Germany and are white they will probably put you in lower sets to see how you fare then adjust your classes once they have a barometer of what level you are at. Which is what they did. If I moved to say Ghana i wouldn’t expect to be put in top
Set maths, I’m actually mediocre at maths and was middle set. Why look for racism so hard all the time. Get over yourself mate.
@@Sidowse she did not say any of that, she said it was do to her race and with white people its because they're daft.
Calum Hock This is why Minor right wing supporters hate you left wingers, because you think your opinion is always right just like how most of them couldn’t stop moaning about brexit. Teachers arnt suppose to be anything I’ve had very conservative teachers that cared for me the most and best thing is if you wanna talk about race he was black. Teachers shouldn’t get political because it’s a breach of trust when they are young and completely opinion based
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Could of easily listened to another hour, so many questions still unanswered. I think a part 2 is mandatory!
"Give the people what they want!" We'll definitely try to get Akala on for another episode in the future
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I've now watched this interview from start to finish 3 times, and am still struggling to assimilate all that information. Such a great man, with such an important perspective.
Here in 2020. I could listen to him all day. I wish my history teachers were like him.
NeilsFeels Some people will never understand or comprehend the truth, always the McDonald’s wage “wohrken clahhz” brainwashed brexit type
learnt more about history Listening to akala than i ever did in school.
Christ! Did you *actually listen* to *anything* he said??
andybycz I think he is what the Americans would term as 'triggered'(!)
Gj420 j Do your own historical research don’t listen to this twat, did you see the fish on his left shoulder and the chip on his right! 😂😫
Gj420 j . . . You learnt Akalas twisted version of History sadly . . .
what shit schools did you go to then Gj420
This was incredible to watch. This type of education needs to be out there daily for everyone to understand and learn from. Well done
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wow akala can't you run for the priminister as your knowledge is power but i guess society does not want us to know the truth
@@alisonfarquharson3870 The English public would have a fit: they couldn't even handle a mixed half white lady in the Royal family for 5 mins:
The guy is just a visionary. Preach my man - if you have a friend / colleague / family member who has never heard of Akala - send them this
Or maybe Thomas Sowell
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I relate to Akala so much. I love this man..he changed my personality back when I was a stupid dysfunctional kid by opening my eyes to the bigger picture and helping me realise it's not just me.
When James responds "I've never been searched in my life!" is very relatable to myself as a white male in the US. About a year ago, a friend of mine from Kenya had the police called to his house by a neighbor. He had been taking out the recycling, and the clatter had drawn his neighbor's attention. She called the police and told them there was a black man smashing a window of a house. Multiple cop cars arrived, when he answered the door 9 officers entered his home. Eventually, while one officer went with him upstairs to get his wallet to show his ID, the others were able to observe the family photos on the wall. It was clear what had happened. No apology. They just peaced out.
Now, my wife and I rent a home from a friend of a friend. We got a good deal, and live in a neighborhood that we wouldn't normally be able to afford. Most of my neighbors are moderately wealthy retirees at least my parents age. I could look out of place for my age in my neighborhood, but I've never had the police called on me.
You are not blind unlike a lot of people that tend to act like one. You might not understand but At least you acknowledge how blacks are being racially targeted unwillingly or willingly.
I loved in 35:29 when he compared the us vs UK blk and Irish community relations 🤯. He explains all the nuances of culture beautifully.
I'm amazed at how surprised O'Brien is to Akala's explanation of how intentional white supremacy is...
He realises it because he himself mentioned that the evidence is clear and overwhelming. His own internalised racism won’t allow him to accept it. That was A KEY MOMENT when it comes to racism. And how people uphold it. By denying it. By calling it conspiracy theory. By feigning shock despite having a horrific and barbaric past that is WELL RECORDED
PRIVILEGE!!!
And he's a so-called liberal, so this should show what we're really up against as black people. Every generation, white people pretend to be surprised that whites were so thoughtless.
The real problemo is class
James O'Brien impressed me the most in this interview, asked educated to the point questions based on what Akala was talking about, in his follow up questions he showed that he fully understood the topics Akala had mentioned and gave another view but still let his interviewee have the stage and fully have his say.
James o'brien was adopted as a child and also have black relatives. He can tell you that.
You reckon? I thought he was incredibly patronising
That's interesting 🤔
A shame they don't teach any of this in school today. Keep up the good work Akala!
@@burntsoup too MUCH lawlessness in schools
Salient points, well made... In DUBLIN in the 1970s/80s, it was clear to me, as a WHITE CATHOLIC (although atheist, even then...), that young men of my age and background in Northern Ireland were being discriminated against, (by stop-and-search practice among others...) in a way that Loyalist young men simply were not... Instead of these discriminatory practices mitigating AGAINST any Nationalist feeling, the opposite, unsurprisingly, ensued... (If you are already being treated as DIFFERENT and hence LESSER than an otherwise equal socio-economic group, it is no surprise that one will feel put-upon...) In the context of The Irish Troubles, this is not OBVIOUSLY about race or EVEN RELIGION, rather about an assumption by a governing authority and its agents of government that YOU ARE NOT ONE OF US and therefor will be persecuted... Such legally-sanctioned oppression, (and it was...) surely encouraged militant Nationalism rather than diffused those feelings and emotions... To be SEEN AS DIFFERENT encourages one to THINK OF ONESELF as different... (More crassly, "If I'm going to be FUCKED OVER for NOTHING, why SHOULD I buy into your society/system?") The Irish situation is, of course, vastly different to that of British Citizens of Colour, and yet I think there are wider similarities... xx SF
OOOPS! (Akala gets to this!!!!!) Apologies, I was typing as I watched the conversation... xx SF
Steve Sandford ... As a child of the Troubles myself ... Republican BTW ... the same issues we grew up with ... and you explained them eloquently ...
Saoirse, siochan, is maitheas duit, A Chara... xx SF (Freedom, Peace and Goodness to you, Frend...)
Zé Couves you dont think you can be both non-white and Irish?
Zé Couves you know there are non-white people born in Ireland right? You know that makes them Irish don't you?
He needs a bigger platform, everyone needs to hear this
Are you all fukkin high on drugs
@@hafsa-qv1ub I live in the woods
@@hafsa-qv1ub he needs no platform or I'll blame you
@@hafsa-qv1ub yes I
An unbelievably educated man. I could listen to him for days
what do you mean unbelievably?
@@KaoruSan241 Could they simply they're impressed, does it have to imply racial assumption FFS
You need to get a life then
Akala is literally thickest person I've ever come across. Stone cold racist who blames Whitey for everything.
KaoruSan241 get a grip. Trying to imply that there’s racist connotations in what I’ve said. Fucking clown. It’s a figure of speech. If my football team played really well, I’d say they were unbelievable. Stop looking for issues where there’s none. Can’t even give a man I admire credit without some idiot making insinuations
It is amusing to see James O'Brien's face as they go back and forth it & dawns on him that there is a Race conspiracy (implicit). ..priceless 😂 Akala's knowledge is out of this world. No-one expects him to be so intelligent and well thought in his delivery. So 🆒.
He's a normal bright intellect. He reads. Don't we get used to being informed cross-disciplinary, to deal with the slippery turbo-charged opinions of privilege.
Why wouldn't anyone expect him to be "so intelligent"?? Akala isn't unknown.
@@apehyncho3685 how is my comment fully of jealousy or envy? Seems like you're the one who needs to get their head out of their own arse before making a comment.
@Stewart Goldberg TTC Of course it does not state this in British law. That would be unbelievably backwards. Akala is pointing out a variety of factors that exclusively affect black people in the UK. For example, the fact that they are 2.6 times more likely to be expelled accounting for 'all' other factors. Or how the British curriculum does not properly shed light on black history, or how our government utterly failed to do any justice to the Windrush generation, or the way the media focuses so much on the race of black people when reporting on crime but ignores it when talking about the achievements of black individuals.
There is still murder in the UK. Nowhere in British law does it say we ought to murder anyone. Just because it does not say in British law that there is a conspiracy does not mean there isn't.
Eva kalz ....why does no one expect him to be this intelligent? Really really curious to hear your answer here????
Every single place I 've worked as soon as I started working they would put me on my own in a position where English people would be two together.
Every single time, straight away. I am not black, I am Eastern European, but my English is excellent and I know more English history than the average English person.
"You have to work twice as hard" is quite true and literal.
So what ?
@@P-e_A-c_E "So what" that they make people work twice as hard for the same money just because of the place they were born?
Well, thats literally racism when people do that.
How racism is bad and it has negative results, I leave that up to you to research and understand
@@nikoskabbadias Eastern Europeans tend to be white so how is it racist?
@@pb8876 well because Eastern Europeans are a different ethnic group from Anglo Saxons, remember the British didn’t consider Eastern Europeans, Irish or Italians as “white” until sometime in the 1900’s. They British were racist against other white people too not just blacks, but as Akala said, once they needed the support to fight their wars they had to change up the racial classifications which they instituted in the first place. It’s stupid cuz you’re all the same colour; but it just shows how ridiculous racism is altogether.
I'm white , bought up on benefits, someone said to me when I was little "You'll have to work twice as hard" ....I'm glad! Progression comes through hardship not through ease (quick Morgan Freeman quote!) . Victim mentality will get you know where. Looking back at your family history to try and define your own situation is at best informative and interesting but applying that to the context of your own life, is just futile.
Akala is one of the smartest people ive ever heard, he knows his facts. the world needs more people like him!
@gotsda can you elaborate on his pseudonymy? Or how you know or think he is that way...
Yes Akala is awesome! He clearly does his research of the cold hard facts and of course the cherry on top is his personal experiences, there definitely should be more people like him😊🙌
@gotsda must be white.
The world is filled with humans exactly like him ...education is the key ...you give every human a rounded education ,standardised and eclectic. Understanding is taught .
@@brendakabanda2181 wow ...racism in a thread like this .... let's leave the colour appropriately off this page ... you are clearly a pale shade of green with purple toes ... I expect your colour matches your outburst .
Amazing interview! Acala should be given a role in the education department! Help our kids realise they must respect in other in their struggle to become positive adults!
@Ojciec Rydzyk hahah "rasist" "marksist" you div
@Ojciec Rydzyk how did you come to that conclusion? Everything I've heard has been by appearance has been a very fair depiction of current society, even in his music......
Fucking love Akala, one of few great educators conveying these ideas to the broader public, he does some really excellent nuanced stuff. Great interview.
The Emanuel Ribeiro Project calling Akala an intellectual is rather amusing. He's just a race pimp like Jesse Jackson before him.
In fairness, I was trying to think of a less academic term, I think educator is a better term, my bad. He's not a race pimp though, he raises important issues about British history that we often find too easy to forget.
Josh B does he bollocks. He just whines about the past incessantly.
Well as a history student whining about the past is right up my street. Especially the insidious effect of racialisation of commonwealth migrants in the 60s, and even earlier if you count racist imperial ideology that justified the pillaging of whole countries to support our current lifestyle at the expense of most other countries in the rest of the world. The recent 'Windrush' scandal is evidence of the racist immigration policies of the past 70 years coming home to haunt us. As a student of British immigration history, Akala is a breath of fresh air in a very foul xenophobia room. He is definitely more marxist in his analysis and in his belief in the coherence of the state intervention as an actor in racism rather than looking at specific discourses of racism, but that is expected as he grounds his analysis within his pan-African activism, and as a part of a minority in Britain he has historically experienced the severity of the state in ways most white Britons haven't. His insights and political contributions are invaluable and welcome at a time where British identity has become increasingly narrow and nationalism more extreme.
Josh B good lord, you sound just like him. Tough break kiddo.
I love how he puts it as how we're viewed, African / Caribbean ancestors. Coming to the UK and then told we drain the resources, when the main resources of "wealth" come from Africa and the middle east. Also his way of putting matters. Class
He didn't say that at all, he's talking about how Akala describes the people he's talking about.
The Chinese are currently in Africa and The Caribbean building up those countries and for whose benefit, some don't even employ the locals. The difference is Africa had all the wealth but no tools to work with it and did they know how much value? So they can surely build there country to the same high standards too. Also they need to focus on the corrupt government first then work your way up.
The British people and their innovation and industry are the main resource of wealth. And always have been.
If China has moved in to Africa, what was the point of us British moving out?
+Tellus Of Athens It's true though, non-EU immigrants receive more in public funds than they pay in tax
This guy is amazing. Him and Trevor Noah need to sit down, that would be so great.
I love to be apart of an interacting audience of Trevor Noah and Akala! That would be Boom!!
I had the exact same thought. Akala and Trevor. That would be an amazing interview.
So in agreement 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Johnson is well known worldwide as a compulsive liar, a slovenly deceitful bigoted liar, he has committed several illegal and criminal acts before and during his Priministership. You may remember his collusion to beat up a journalist and the Withdrawal Agreement that was forced through by Johnson without time for scrutiny. This caused the need for the illegal Internal Market Bill after some MP's noticed that the W.A. was not what they were told. This deal, agreed with the EU is going to be put through Parliament under exactly the same circumstances, with the obvious future result that it will have to be circumvented under sufferance forced by the same MP's, resulting in severe tariff and restrictions being implemented by the EU. The UK will suffer even more loss in the near future. How the fuck did we get into this almighty shitshow of a mess?
Please don't mention Akala and Noah in the same breath
Akala: My family dynamic changed, my sister became a popstar...
Me: Dibby Deeny Dyna-Mighty to get to people dem a live-a-lee! 💃🏽
Back to the interview... Akala has this amazing integrity about him & you cant help but absorb the way he delivers his knowledge. He is just amazing. Love the open radio host, not fighting against Akala or defending the system, being blind acting like this isn’t happening - like a LOT of people do & he listened. Asked the right questions. Huge respect for that. It’s rare 💖
Surprising because the radio host is normally a complete arrogant twonk
Boo! Inna ya weh lyrical shot... 💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾
@@cammyt9030 hit dat man up dem yeh
A great interview. What an interesting and insightful person Akala is.
Thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed! If you enjoyed this one you'll love our 31 other episodes of Unfiltered. czcams.com/video/atfVUgyEIOI/video.html
I just LOVE Akala. His way of looking at things honestly yet compassionately, is soooooooooooooooooooo very inspiring.
2 years on and still a brilliant "interview" - should be shown in EVERY school in the UK.
Not only in the UK. The same examples hold true in the timelines of other countries.
Ummmm, how about no. We already have enough Marxist indoctrination in this country thanks
John Smith Dont like the truth do ya
Marxism is a great system. We need a revolution, reminiscent of France or Russia, to overthrow this racist Tory government. We can police ourselves and make Britain a more diverse society. Now who’s with me?!
@@chelseacomps829 Jesus christ you're an easily manipulated idiot. Remember this comment when you're sent to a Marxist re-education camp
Love Akala. He's so friggin brilliant. James being schooled is a true rarity 👍🏿
Akala for prime minister he got my vote 💯🔥
I've said this from day. How much red tape would be around his actions and decisions though?
Why dont we have intelligent people like him in charge? Its a bit sad to think how much better world we could live in.
Fuck Yes
@sf2explus he's half white
@Obi-Wan Kenobi Politics attracts those who would be corrupt unfortunately.
Fascinating and illuminating. So much respect and love for Akala. Great discussion. Everyone should listen to this.
Akala is correct in mentioning the close bond between the Jamaican and Irish communities in London.
I have just finished reading "Natives" and I highly recommend it anyone: "converted" or otherwise. I don't necessarily identify myself as politically left or right (and most people are more complicated than that) but Akala's arguments are irrefutable. We need to see more of this and less hysteria in the media in my view.
Really enjoyed the book. It was very refreshing and a relief to hear race and class discussed openly, with nuance and detail. Not just as a quick comment before moving on as not to make people uncomfortable.
I've been on a James O'Brien rabbit hole ever since I discovered him yesterday. Seeing that he interviewed Akala makes my day.
I remember Saturday school. We really need to bring these back to the fore...
Yes, they sound like a brilliant idea.
I had never heard of them. My white friend in her 60s told me recently about '1 O' clock clubs' in London in the 80s - I didn't know about those either. Places in parks in London Boroughs where you could go with your kids and get soup and activities. She said there was one in most parks. Sounds amazing. Then SureStart came along, then the tories took that away.
You need a daddy, boys being raised in fatherless households where mommy has a boyfriend that don't give a you know what, about the kids of another.
Thank-you for pointing out the difference between a family where a father is still a bit part of a child's life but doesn't live under the same roof and how the rhetoric in society tells us differently.
I'm not from a 'broken' home; my children are not from a 'broken' home but I will fight for the rights of BOTH parents who are present in a child's life.
Enlightening, need part 2.
We'll try Gavin! We could've chatted to Akala for hours
JOE_co_uk absolutely cud listen him whole day his understanding about world view is such a refreshing yet very factual... perhaps you cud start series highlighting different topics every other week..
Excellent interview. So many truths. Such an articulate, intelligent and insightful man.
How has there not been a part 2 of this yet ? These two are money together!!
Could listen to their back and forth for hours.
I would love to watch Akala having a debate with Katie Hopkins
Mate. That would not be a debate!!! 🤣
He tried debating Tommy Robinson & lost
@@jamesrun4eva474 no, he didn't lose, he lucidly and calmly destroyed Stephen Yaxley Lennon's points, such as they were, whilst 'Tommy' tried to shout over him, before sinking into a sulk.
He famously put Yaxley Lennon in his place - think that's still on CZcams somewhere.
Scott Mamby And those informal fallacies were ......?
This is amazing. Akala is amazing. They both are. I thoroughly enjoyed this and I’m enlightened.
"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." George Orwell
@Nigel surveillance capitalism has been around for a while.
The left try to rewrite history every chance they get.
@@bobertrarton6266 The elitists try to cover up their past.
George Orwell AKA Eric Blair, went to Eton, but he's ok coz he fought the Facist's in the Spanish civil war
@@bobertrarton6266 some people hate the necessary context the left inserts. Christopher Columbus didn't discover anything, he got lost and found people that were already living on this side of the world. But the purposefull narrative that he discovered stuff is comfortable for a certain people for the exact reason all the brown and black folks have a blond hair blue eyes Jesus poster in their house.
What an incredible mind Akala is! He deserves a bigger platform
Akala is such an intelligent, informed guy, able to express himself more eloquently than 99% of the Uk's population
99.9%
I feel like I`m following Akala around CZcams. Kinda like a CZcams stalker lol. Never even heard of this channel (Joe) before.
stepbak123 I'm in that same place as u lol every lecture on here I've watched of his
Me three ...on an Akala binge
kiddvandal91 .....have some soya milk that might help.
stepbak123 you have company I enjoy listening to him so much I bought the book in audio for me and 2 of my boy and hardback for the other one.
Ha ha me too
I detest James O'Brien but i'm actively trying to listen to podcasts that challenge my current way of thinking. This was a good one.
Detest??
I believe You can only be well informed by listening to opinions that challenge your world view.
Currently reading this book, just stumbled on this interview. The book is great, the race, class issue is superbly analysed. Ought to be on the school curriculum, if only ?
This is unbelievably eye opening a message loved every second of it great props to akala and James amazingly discussed and debated
My brother-in-law is from Jamaica all of his siblings who either where born there or spent substantial time there, are much more successful than the ones who didn't.
Sucksisfill
It's really hard not to kiss Akala's ass. He's not perfect and I very occasionally disagree with him but he's such a ridiculously cool guy. I had the privilege of seeing him speak at my uni last year. He's humble and modest but not falsely so, as well as having knowledge up the yin yang. I always get something new from each interview pr video he does. He doesn't just trot out the same talking points each time and he's up for a debate. James O'Brian is a great guy too. I like how he reigned Akala in a bit when he was about to go on another fascinating tangent.
Martin Sheills was it this sort of talk?
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I have a habit of going on a tangent or two whilst describing or presenting. Very hard to focus when there is so much to say. 😉
The man is brilliant. Nothing really new but so beautifully and eloquently put. Need to get hold of his books.....
Akala is full of shit.
Vag man, how so?
When you're an adult, you might see things differently
I was waiting for a sit down and discussion with these two!
Thankyou
Thank you Akala and James, that was a great conversation and very informative and helpful.
Huge respect for Akala. Would really like it to talk with him one day.
Yes Akala as my grandparents came here leaving 3 babies under the age of 5 years old! My grandpa was an accountant and ended up working on the trains 🚂 but was too ashamed he never returned to Jamaica 🇯🇲 as everyone he knew growing up in Jamaica 🇯🇲 expected more from him. My 16 years old now reminds me of him getting excluded from school for correcting his class teacher in history! He wasn’t put down for his GCSE because of his autism, he was not supported or allowed to do his practical towards his GCSEs . In April he had a practice test with a scriber for his GCSEs without even being told what it was and what he was doing and scored in the past marks. What happened the school said they were surprised how well he done and put him down to do them! Why were they surprised he passed I am now frustrated and will not let him take them until next year. So Akala is chatting about what is happening to me right now, so things are still the same for lots of us even now.
Shut up u daft racist bitch.
Twenty Faces If you'd bothered to go on Lukes channel, you'd have noticed he's black.....
So go on, please explain why his comment is racist you cretin?
Luke Reid was that meant to be directed at me in saying my son must had done something wrong. I don’t have time to argue with House Slave mentality people always trying to blame the person who has been wronged! My son for the better of it has proven time and time again that adults lies.
His Autism doesn’t allow him the filter we have so he sees things black or white no gray areas.
I don’t go around explaining my son to people as I find some of you very ignorant until you meet him.
The worst people who treats my son and my family horrible because of his needs are surprisingly black People!
One example of my son proving how lie adults/ teachers can be happened with a panel of over 7 professionals!
His school and teachers had to apologise to him with us all there even me as his mother was embarrassed 😩 for his teacher.
So I don’t have time to waste on ignorance and self hating black house slaves who treat everyone with the same self hate the have for themselves! Don’t wash too hard as the black skin my look pale to you but to others it’s still standing out! We see you going on going!
Maybe it would be good for people to buy Akala last book. As well as go out there an educate yourself about people, place and things around you before coming of here showing your self hate coconut 🥥 self!
I am one of those Jamaican who will support my kids and find out the truth for myself. I will question them and things and if they are wrong I will tell them they are wrong. But to hell with you if you are going to do things to them and think they are not allowed to question your ass because you are an adult.
My children are allowed to debate with me and question my decisions and point out my mistakes, so no adult I don’t care who you think you are, you will not be getting away with treating them badly or wrongfully and expect them to shut up because they are children.
You are mistaken if you are wrong you are wrong and you will be expected to apologise to them in front of me the same you you would expect them to.
My children have manners because that is apart of my Jamaican upbringings but I’ll be damned if you think you will be walking over us because you mistook us for another stupid black family who should know their place and shut up! You’ve another thing coming!
I’ve never sat still for so long before! Loved this, can’t wait to read the book.
Who else is checking in with Akala this weekend 5th to 7th June 2020?
Missed it! Where was it?
Yep also re-reading his book. ✊🏾
I watched this video and read the comments. Its difficult to see how black people will advance in the western world following this victim/ oppression narrative. For a more informed commentator try czcams.com/video/mS5WYp5xmvI/video.html
I have great respect for Akala. Priceless interview...
Need a part two given how much there wasn't time to discuss!
Fantastic talk, lots to take in, I'll have to watch it a few times to really imprint some of the quotes (I also chuckled at the timely cut @ 53:36)
I'm 28 now. I defo benefitted from the pan-African Saturday schools in the late 90s. Mine was in Camberwell. Shout out to Kofi!
A very genuine, heart, experience and intelligent summary of the current state of play. These topics should be mandatory education at schools so future generations have a bit more insight. Of course it never will be though. True about Irish people in Kilburn too they certainly had the same problems we all did/do. If everyone heard this and let it sink in that would be a massive step forward for us all. 10/10 podcast, infact so much more than just views or ideas, an actual education. Thanks
This is one of the best conversations I've ever had the privilege of listening too. #GushMuch!
I am a mixed race male, British who attended private schools. Our school holidays finish earlier than state schools does. At 14, I remember a schoolteacher telling us if we planned to go to theme parks in the summer, we should go before the state school children broke up!
I saw very early on what snobbery does- it segregates communities and creates a misplaced feeling of superiority within children, that shouldn't be encouraged.
It is a CHOICE to retain that mindset as an adult. Though Akala is right that a certain pride should come from attending Oxbridge, arrogance would be misplaced as without certain opportunities, these students would not have access to attend such prestigious institutions.
What Akala illustrated eloquently, are the workings a narcissistic culture hanging onto retaining an elite, with the odd token thrown in for presentation.
This conversation does highlight the gap in between the white middle class and the rest of us. The fact the presenter admits that he did not connect social problems within the BAME community as the same within his own community, says it all... Hoping that racism will decrease, by pretending it doesn't exist, has caused all of this!
Also, I am glad to hear another light skinned black person admit that we ARE privileged within our own native communities! We also receive here, some more than others, but it is prevalent.
Much appreciated gents :)
imagine a bangaldesi i girl trying to say what he does? no one will be impressed
Euro-African he’s not lightskinned black he is mixed raced. You lot literally have your own ethnicity section. If parents do not teach their kids their history they will grow up lost and confused. It starts in the household.
racism in britian aint just racism towards blacks. but its the only one we choose to talk about. this shows me how racist britian really is
Henry Fung every single race suffers from micro-aggressions and racism. They like focusing on the black/white racism because they know that nothing will change in the long run.
many of my black female friends believe racism has declined for blacks. i think mixed race marriages has helped that. but for pakistani/bangaldeshi type people it seems to be stuck in the 50's
I will be watching this again to fully catch every nugget... AMAZING!
I was told by my friends West Indian mother that kids were sent back to the Caribbean for a better education and my other friend`s step brother who lives in Granada had a far better education than the average kid in Britain so I knew about this already, my father is Jamaican though from a very divese racial background and he said the school he went to in Jamaica also was of a much higher standard to an English comprehensive school Akala knows his stuff.
Thanks to you both for this interview....hugely powerful insight for me and my students (in a secondary SEN school in outer London) to further develop their understanding of their own identity in its wider context. Much appreciated guys👌
si lewis .....have you got a job ?
Luke Reid I think you still resent when he schooled Tommy Robinson.
@TF MS too right fella thats the governments job
Akala is always heavy with the knowledge. Dude breaks down class and race, enthnicity, politics and history.
Come here straight from a video on Good Morning Britain where Akala was a guest.
I'm south Asian and want to say the Main Stream Media need to give more air time to young intelligent and articulate black and coloured men and women like Akala.
Akala made more sense to me in 15 mins then an entire week of listening to the usual guests the MSM churn out daily.
Peace and Love from Luton town.
This is a great conversation, I'm not an academic but I love learning.
I am always in awe when listening to Akala. He speaks with great intent and meaning.
Brilliant, just brilliant. Whether you agree with him or not (I do), this is the kind of open, candid, fact/experience based discussion that is needed in society.. not just on the topics discussed here, but on any/every topic that impacts wider society. Really good talk
He was able to connect so many dots for me. Brought back memories from childhood too
Everyone should watch this.. I mean everyone! What a genuinely inspiring man!
Why does it have to be an hour long? Total shame these great interviews all seem to get rushed along. Still a brilliant interview and fascinating insights and information from Akala. Thanks
love this conversation, as a Canadian I definitely see the similarities of the issues we face
I can appreciate the thoughtful questions from the interviewer. Very good interview overall.