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  • @musicmonkey5798
    @musicmonkey5798 Před 6 lety +1256

    “Hey that’s not fair, I did not get to pick what colour I was when I started. Yeah, no one does”
    Most realist thing I’ve ever heard

    • @enderdall5914
      @enderdall5914 Před 4 lety +10

      I live in suburbs and I'm not Caucasian......

    • @toughgirlable
      @toughgirlable Před 4 lety +3

      Super Ruler i felt that

    • @musicmonkey5798
      @musicmonkey5798 Před 4 lety +7

      @@enderdall5914 nice

    • @dottyContrarian
      @dottyContrarian Před 3 lety +8

      @@enderdall5914 i guess we're making progress :)

    • @marlinbundo2409
      @marlinbundo2409 Před 3 lety +24

      @@enderdall5914 its not meant to be 100%, its discussing trends. And we are making progress, suburbs are starting to meaningfully diversify. Still though, in orange county there is only one family on my street that isn't white.
      I hope videos like these dont serve to make white ppl feel guilty, because we shouldnt. At least young people have no responsibility for the sins of the past. It is an important reminder however that not everything we have is from hard work and achievement, some of it was ruthlessly stolen from others and we need to be mindful of that before we adopt some kind of short sighted "bootstraps" philosophy that does nothing to help the disadvantaged.
      In terms of reparations, i think the government should allow direct reparations only in clear-cut cases: my grandfather had his land unlawfully stolen, he has 13 direct descendants, the land is worth X amount today, we need to either be given our land back or paid what it is worth, with some modest interest.
      For the majority of people with no such clear cut case, reparations should be in the form of community investment and affirmative action, things that reduce inequality in general.

  • @platinummaestro5871
    @platinummaestro5871 Před 6 lety +729

    "That's not fair I didn't even get to choose what color I was when we started"
    "Yeah no one does"
    😂

    • @flharojmano2857
      @flharojmano2857 Před 5 lety +1

      😁

    • @hahahaha8192
      @hahahaha8192 Před 4 lety +9

      Prabh Rangi So you’re saying, and correct me if I’m wrong, that greedy politicians are rich because they deserve it, and homeless people with mental health issues that prevent them from being able to get a job deserve to be in the place that they are?

    • @aadityaphadnis8399
      @aadityaphadnis8399 Před 4 lety +3

      If only more people realised that.

    • @thoumotherdearest9041
      @thoumotherdearest9041 Před 3 lety +1

      I see you watched the video too

  • @kayleemendoza8585
    @kayleemendoza8585 Před 6 lety +519

    The first thing I noticed from this video:
    Isn’t that the dad from Dog With a Blog?

  • @alagosplode
    @alagosplode Před 6 lety +180

    What Adam says there at the end is important. To Mr. Whitey McHomeowner: it's not that you're racist for enjoying benefits of history benefiting white, you just need to be aware of it and act and vote accordingly. It's not your fault, until you try to propagate and expand the advantages you already have at the expense of others.

    • @blueturtle3623
      @blueturtle3623 Před rokem +9

      This needs to be shouted from the rooftops. People tend to not want to talk about it because they think people are saying they have personally done something wrong. You're only doing something wrong if you're not acknowledging it. Or if you're actively racist but thats a whole other thing.

    • @TCM1231
      @TCM1231 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I just like to point out that in the first 20 seconds of the video they say this neighborhood is “” insufferably white “imagine if they said a neighborhood was insufferably black……

  • @grimbb9358
    @grimbb9358 Před 3 lety +186

    This video was the starting point for my research into civil rights issues and injustice for black communities three years ago, it majorly opened my eyes so thank you

    • @twstdreality
      @twstdreality Před 9 měsíci

      Asians have it best. You should attack them, not whites

  • @moockmusic
    @moockmusic Před 2 lety +318

    I love that 2000 people (1 in 6 viewers) disliked this video… for sharing basic facts.
    Perfectly sums up the state of racial politics in our country.

    • @velvetrose7729
      @velvetrose7729 Před 2 lety +3

      How do you even know how many dislikes the video has?
      I'm seeing 12K👍 Likes 0 👎Dislikes

    • @Jericholic914
      @Jericholic914 Před 2 lety +1

      It’s a basic fact that too much whiteness is insufferable? You’re a racist turd and you don’t even realize it.

    • @YSleepish
      @YSleepish Před 2 lety +20

      @@velvetrose7729 because dislikes were removed a bit ago

    • @YSleepish
      @YSleepish Před 2 lety +3

      @@Jericholic914 they never said too much whiteness is insufferable?

    • @Jericholic914
      @Jericholic914 Před 2 lety +5

      @@YSleepish uhh go watch the first 20 seconds of the video again

  • @anonymousman4006
    @anonymousman4006 Před 6 lety +493

    I caught that Sims music in the background...

  • @ThatOneGirlThatPlays
    @ThatOneGirlThatPlays Před 3 lety +149

    How fitting that the producers used monopoly to represent this.

    • @jalifritz8033
      @jalifritz8033 Před 2 lety +23

      It’s kinda funny if you know that monopoly was intended as criticism of capitalism in the first place.

  • @nicoles_handle
    @nicoles_handle Před 6 lety +70

    lmao when the child says "they grow up so fast" i actually choked

  • @Second_Trumpet
    @Second_Trumpet Před 6 lety +322

    Here's a suggestion for a topic: Adam Ruins Lobbyists.

    • @woolyvideos
      @woolyvideos Před 6 lety

      Davis3969 Paul Manafort!

    • @lrm9298
      @lrm9298 Před 6 lety

      Davis3969 YES

    • @gino14
      @gino14 Před 6 lety +13

      That's basically this entire goddamn show

    • @lisax119
      @lisax119 Před 5 lety

      YESSSS

    • @tecwynjones6532
      @tecwynjones6532 Před 5 lety +5

      @Blee He actually did do a video similar to that addressing this. I think it's called "Adam ruins Adam ruins everything"

  • @lizzytheowl577
    @lizzytheowl577 Před 6 lety +69

    Having lived in a majority white town and a majority non-white town (There was a mix of African Americans, Latinos, and Asians.) I can confirm that the stuff about the poverty rate and school systems is absolutely true. This episode helped explain things, but the end result was no surprise for me.

  • @mightza3781
    @mightza3781 Před 6 lety +420

    Gentrification: Redlining Strikes Back

    • @godzillavkk
      @godzillavkk Před 4 lety +13

      I’m afraid you’re wrong. We’re not moving into the cities to protest segregation. We’re moving into cities because we can’t afford to live in the suburbs. Government and business budget cuts have taken away the jobs that gave our parents the money they used to buy their houses, so we are not making the money they made, no matter how hard we work. So in the future, white people are going to suffer from poverty.

    • @godzillavkk
      @godzillavkk Před 4 lety +4

      @Kimberly York I smell fear in you.

    • @godzillavkk
      @godzillavkk Před 4 lety +1

      @Kimberly York I can smell it in you everywhere.

    • @godzillavkk
      @godzillavkk Před 4 lety +2

      @Kimberly York Fear of change.

    • @javiersolorio-rodriguez2819
      @javiersolorio-rodriguez2819 Před 4 lety +14

      godzillavkk wow... You’re pathetic. Leave the woman alone. You don’t have any sympathy for minorities struggling. You’re only worried about your white people. Re read what you wrote. All of sudden you feel the struggle and all hell breaks loose. But black and brown have struggled for centuries and you turn the cheek. Racism masked...

  • @cottoncandy113
    @cottoncandy113 Před 6 lety +73

    "But that doesn't mean I'm racist!"
    "I'm sure you're not Rooon."
    I'm dying 😂

    • @thepuzzler3347
      @thepuzzler3347 Před 5 lety +1

      Racism doesn't exist. It's ok to be tribal

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 Před 4 lety +11

      The Puzzler except it does and it isn’t (at least in the way you’re phrasing it)

    • @gezi5927
      @gezi5927 Před 4 lety +1

      Hive Atlas He said Ron

    • @gezi5927
      @gezi5927 Před 4 lety +5

      The Puzzler ah yes, I bet you’ve never had racism towards you

    • @wlm1697
      @wlm1697 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gezi5927 I hope that you have had racism towards you.

  • @BlaineTog
    @BlaineTog Před 6 lety +631

    Serious question: what can we do to fix things?

    • @mathinvitti7954
      @mathinvitti7954 Před 6 lety +108

      BlaineTog amongst other things outreach campaigns, like what Australia is doing with aborigines, bussing programs to better schools, and a bunch of other things I can't remember at the moment.

    • @greenacorn1151
      @greenacorn1151 Před 6 lety +40

      They give ideas at the end of the episode.

    • @chakatfirepaw
      @chakatfirepaw Před 6 lety +114

      One basic thing with schooling is to shift what level school funding is done at. Instead of getting taxes from the local community, pool all of that money and distribute more or less evenly.

    • @TheCharleseye
      @TheCharleseye Před 6 lety +23

      Satirical answer: Duct tape.

    • @ruyman90
      @ruyman90 Před 6 lety +36

      That's a real problem because of course scholarships, insurances, jobs, and more can be given but in order for minorities to catch up we would have to be selective and forbidden those benefits to white people who haven't done anything wrong. That would be like fighting racism with more racism.
      Is a complicated issue

  • @smolbean2012
    @smolbean2012 Před 6 lety +77

    Ron looks like a real-life version of Jerry Smith

    • @johnnyrocketz7808
      @johnnyrocketz7808 Před 5 lety +1

      Smol Bean He acted in Dog with a blog tf

    • @angelintodemonseed
      @angelintodemonseed Před 5 lety +1

      I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it was the intention, considering Jerry Smith became a “closet racist” out of literally nowhere.

  • @frederickkriesel2724
    @frederickkriesel2724 Před 6 lety +35

    Notice the bag full of kale has NPR on it? Lol

    • @frederickkriesel2724
      @frederickkriesel2724 Před 6 lety +3

      Though seeing that it should of been Fox News.

    • @ChronoBio
      @ChronoBio Před 3 lety +1

      The point is to show all white suburban people benefit from being able to get less expensive loans in any location they wish, regardless of political inclination.

  • @lyn2113
    @lyn2113 Před 6 lety +20

    We were actually discussing this in my human geography class today! I came here for more information, and I’m really glad I did!

  • @DontreadPimpBoy
    @DontreadPimpBoy Před 6 lety +25

    Where I live there's a school that separates Africans from Caucasians, Asians, and Latinos.
    Literally puts the blacks in one class and the whites in another.

    • @carultch
      @carultch Před 3 lety +6

      How is that possibly legal?

    • @sammyjaohnson5631
      @sammyjaohnson5631 Před 3 lety +1

      @@carultch fr this guy probly lieing

    • @comedicpsychnerd
      @comedicpsychnerd Před 3 lety +4

      @@sammyjaohnson5631 actually, this kinda happens in my school too, justa to a lesser extent. There are significantly less students of color in JROTC, and this year, people were “randomly” put in that class, including me. There’s only one black kid in JROTC in my entire grade.

    • @sammyjaohnson5631
      @sammyjaohnson5631 Před 3 lety

      @@comedicpsychnerd oh well iv never seen anything like that

    • @madladjad9936
      @madladjad9936 Před 3 lety +1

      @@comedicpsychnerd maybe because blacks don’t join jrotc that often

  • @iainmaclean4872
    @iainmaclean4872 Před 5 lety +42

    "insufferably white"

    • @RedVelvetBlackleather
      @RedVelvetBlackleather Před 5 lety +5

      Iain MacLean
      “Ruins everything”
      The shows NPC trash

    • @klansman5615
      @klansman5615 Před 4 lety +3

      White areas are the best

    • @BifronsCandle
      @BifronsCandle Před 4 lety +6

      Decayed Knight imagine being this fragile

    • @Velvetx4cove
      @Velvetx4cove Před 3 lety +1

      @@RedVelvetBlackleather Maybe you don't notice, but having an extremely segregated neighborhood/school is, in fact, boring and insufferable.

    • @RedVelvetBlackleather
      @RedVelvetBlackleather Před 3 lety +2

      @@Velvetx4cove
      “Boring, and insufferable” yeah and that’s why 1950’s America was considered peak Americana.

  • @eveyjay5647
    @eveyjay5647 Před 6 lety +60

    Girl with red hair talks about red lining

  • @mariemk8042
    @mariemk8042 Před 3 lety +54

    This is such simple explanation and it all makes sense how it never was an equal society for families of color. They didn't stand a chance in the 30's and on ward due to such racist policies for lending.

    • @NurseSnow2U
      @NurseSnow2U Před 3 lety +1

      Precisely.

    • @dissmr
      @dissmr Před 2 lety +3

      those laws are not in place for 60 years now.. just look anywhere you go how black people overwhelmingly drive luxury cars. Young or old it doesn't matter. Priorities are still backwards. i see it every day where I live. And they all come from the "small taxes" towns.
      It sounds like the lesson on how to handle money is needed.

    • @elmoyes207
      @elmoyes207 Před 2 lety +10

      @@dissmr troll

    • @S8EdgyVA
      @S8EdgyVA Před rokem +1

      @@dissmr DUDE, don't pretend like history has no affect on the present just because some people somewhere managed to overcome the poor conditions they were given by said history. Even a rigged game can be beaten if you're lucky enough

    • @S8EdgyVA
      @S8EdgyVA Před rokem

      Oh, yeah, I forgot, the legal scholarship about how history affects the present is dangerous because it teaches kids to feel disgusted by America, isn't it? Get real

  • @jinakaye
    @jinakaye Před 4 lety +29

    This is a great video that explains redlining perfectly.

    • @-landon-9002
      @-landon-9002 Před 3 lety +3

      It’s all history, now the only main racism in America is giving non white color skin people lower standards for them to get into collages. It’s racist but people don’t see it that way.

    • @jameswright4999
      @jameswright4999 Před 2 lety +3

      @@-landon-9002 look at it like this, if you were purposely given a head start in a race that everyone is supposed to finish at the same time, the only way to catch up is if the one in front stops.

    • @fredleinweber2819
      @fredleinweber2819 Před rokem

      @@jameswright4999 NO, everyone is NOT meant to finish at the same time. Its equal opportunity not outcome. Equity is communist garbage. Lowering standards for people based on race is ACTUAL racism.

    • @jameswright4999
      @jameswright4999 Před rokem

      @fredleinweber2819 the finish line here represents success and the ability to pass down wealth and assist to future generations. The same time stipulation represents the average human lifespan.

    • @jameswright4999
      @jameswright4999 Před rokem

      @fredleinweber2819 everyone is not equal, realistically. But unfortunately, racists are in control. They don't broadcast the fact that they red-line people of color. I just seen a college application from 1958 that a person of color sent in and was denied because of skin color. It actually said it on the letter. These ppl are still in control to this day and in every state in our country and the world. Controlling every pubic service as a joint effort to keep a certain group behind, you can't deny the rat race is unfair.

  • @datonz
    @datonz Před 6 lety +247

    I grew up in the south. After watching this episode of Adam Ruins Everything, it sounds like the south is way more integrated than the north.

    • @pwrovr9k731
      @pwrovr9k731 Před 6 lety +8

      I would say more white people in my school by a little so its about 30 percent white 28 percent mexican and 27 percent black rest is Other race's. But I dont know where to but my self becuase I am all three of those black mexican and white.

    • @TheShowThatSUX
      @TheShowThatSUX Před 6 lety +10

      +datonz, that is actually more or less true. As ai moved around the USA as a kid that struck me up north it is X over here Y over there. Where in the south it is X across the street from Y as it were. IMO getting long is far more productive. And drives me nuts when people from the NE move down to the south and wont live in the nice neighborhood because it is to WHAT EVER WORD THEY USE, but you know what I mean. For the most part in the south WHO CARES IT IS THE NICE PLACE.

    • @lizzytheowl577
      @lizzytheowl577 Před 6 lety +38

      datonz
      This is probably because from the beginning a lot of black people have lived in the South. After the slaves were freed black people didn't really have anything so they couldn't move up to the North (en masse). Then after that it's generational issues where parents had little to no money to pass on so it took longer to become successful.
      It doesn't mean the South is less racist, it just means that they have better integration because they were kinda forced to.

    • @TheShowThatSUX
      @TheShowThatSUX Před 6 lety +20

      +lizzy the owl, actually, you want to look at what the TRUE HISTORY is there. Many black people did move, and the NORTH FREAKED OUT. NYC unions lobbied to have anti-black laws to protect them self from black labor. Many northern cities still show the almost parties to this day. Northerners very much were more racist expecting the blacks to stay in the south where they belonged as it were. Don't get me wrong the south had bigotry and a 2 level system, but the north for a time as the migration started was so anti-black they wanted no black at all. What is truly disturbing on that front is in the south when you have that one guy in the neighborhood who is, well, a bigot: the neighborhood revels in making the bigot uncomfortable. Block parties and what not become the norm the cops and code look the other way no matter how many minor infractions you are breaking making the bigot cringe once they figure out what is going on Not so much up north. No up north the bigot can use cops and code to enforce bigotry and what not.

    • @goddessoflove4ever
      @goddessoflove4ever Před 6 lety +1

      TheShowThatSUX what are you saying?

  • @jaclynbush5778
    @jaclynbush5778 Před 8 měsíci +2

    I'm currently attending college for Environmental Science. I share this video with instructors and peers anytime that environmental racism and injustice is brought up. Thank you for taking the time to put together this segment.

  • @jan3211200
    @jan3211200 Před 6 lety +20

    Its not fair! I didnt get to pick the color i started with!! ..... yeah no one does

  • @michaelwillis5432
    @michaelwillis5432 Před 6 lety +388

    I really like that he explained white privilege in a way that doesn't end with "all white people are racist"

    • @brovahkiin4302
      @brovahkiin4302 Před 6 lety +72

      Michael WIllis I think that's the point. You don't have to be racist, but acknowledging you have have had an advantage, due to your parents and grandparents being treated far, far better, and still experience better treatment in some areas than people who aren't white, helps a lot to fight those problems.
      People on the right like to "confuse" the term "white privilege" with the accusation of being racist, while it is actually just factual, based on evidence. But websites and media outlets like fox or breitbart are so damn good at destroying the meaning of words, people now immediately think "crazy sjw" when they hear white privilege

    • @ausername6456
      @ausername6456 Před 6 lety +35

      Holy Water Muffin many?
      Every white nation in the world benefits from Africa's existence. Without it your iPhone is nothing.

    • @thienphucn1
      @thienphucn1 Před 6 lety +10

      SJWs hijack the term "white privilege" and demonize white people which prevent us from taking actual solution

    • @regilad_9043
      @regilad_9043 Před 6 lety

      Is that a legitimate argument people say about the south, because your white and getting a leg up your racist? Clueless sure, that makes sense but racist?

    • @LermaBean
      @LermaBean Před 6 lety +1

      Thiên Phúc Nguyễn Đình
      Actually SJWs do absolutely nothing, saying that they actually hijack anything would mean that you're giving them credit.

  • @im19ice3
    @im19ice3 Před 5 lety +61

    racism is a system not just an adjective

    • @neoarketariviello4241
      @neoarketariviello4241 Před 4 lety +7

      Racism isn’t an adjective, racist is

    • @sydneytilden2341
      @sydneytilden2341 Před 4 lety +3

      Racism isnt an adjective libtard

    • @im19ice3
      @im19ice3 Před 4 lety +5

      @@sydneytilden2341 love your critical thinking skills, how you use them before emitting a statement, it's mindblowing how some people can just do that instead of limiting their understanding to a one-dimensional literal sense when they don't like the complex ideas that could be found otherwise

    • @im19ice3
      @im19ice3 Před 4 lety +3

      @@neoarketariviello4241 right, did i make my point tho? yes. communication: successed. ;9

    • @nuklearboysymbiote
      @nuklearboysymbiote Před 3 lety

      Still true unfortunately, will we live to see that changed?

  • @GuacBloc
    @GuacBloc Před 4 lety +26

    Wow dog with a blog made alot of changes in the remake, didn't they

  • @mkfmgaming3019
    @mkfmgaming3019 Před rokem +10

    Its shocking how little views this has. I was talking to someone about this and i remembered this video. how tf does it only have 881k views.

    • @victim21
      @victim21 Před rokem +3

      People unfortunately don't want to hear the truth.

    • @michaeladams667
      @michaeladams667 Před rokem

      I was thinking the same thing then saw your comment

  • @detroitroyalty6989
    @detroitroyalty6989 Před 4 lety +5

    The whole episode he was yelling “ little Donavan” 🤣🤣🤣

  • @tntiscool54
    @tntiscool54 Před 6 lety +11

    2:32 can we just take a moment to recognize the sims 3 song "cartographer symphony" being played here?

  • @OtakuUnitedStudio
    @OtakuUnitedStudio Před 6 lety +6

    FYI there was a school in Georgia that had it's first racially integrated prom in 2013. That's because it was the first in decades to be run by the school instead of one of the school's private donors.

  • @l3ete1geuse
    @l3ete1geuse Před 6 lety +360

    I can appreciate this. Most modern white people aren't hateful towards minorities in the US, however they don't realize their advantage; this doesn't make you racist. if you simple tell people how they have been given a leg up without accusing them of wrong doing, they will be more receptive.

    • @TheSterlingArcher16
      @TheSterlingArcher16 Před 6 lety +30

      Betelgeuse So where did Asian privilege come from? Because most asians living in the US are recent immigrants who arrived with nothing, yet per capita they are better off by every metric compared to white people.

    • @mightza3781
      @mightza3781 Před 6 lety +36

      Asians were still majorly disadvantaged until the 1970's, by then immigration laws were changed to allow more educated Asians into the country and they were touted as the model minority, so they had it better than some other minorities. Asians are per capita better off than white people, but that is due to higher rates of college attainment. An Asian with an advanced degree still earns 5% less than someone white with the same degree. Asians are still underrepresented in upper management at companies.

    • @TheSterlingArcher16
      @TheSterlingArcher16 Před 6 lety +18

      Apatthetic Man Basically Asians on average place a higher emphasis on achievement and are harder working.

    • @WordsofHarmony
      @WordsofHarmony Před 6 lety +17

      Archer not true
      Recent Asian immigrant are actually very well educated and wealthy. Also back in the late 1800's they banned low wage Chinese laborers after the railroad and only accepts students and businessmen...

    • @WordsofHarmony
      @WordsofHarmony Před 6 lety +12

      Archer its generational
      A lot of black families send 1st time college students. Black families dont know about a lot of leg ups in system or even if their grades are good and get accepted they cant afford it.
      More successful black families come from GENERATIONAL success because they have knowledge and resources at their disposal.

  • @floralee1645
    @floralee1645 Před 6 lety +196

    Whoever saying this show is anti white needs to stop. Look at this from another angle. It is not shaming you or blaming you for anything. It is telling you that the system was built racist. It is not your fault, but you have have the ability to recognize the fact and react to it.
    Racism is a thing. We all have prejudice and it is because our surroundings and not because of our nature. If we can recognize the bias we have on sex, gender, race, sexual orientation and many more, we can see the world a little bit clearer.

    • @benjaminloh1901
      @benjaminloh1901 Před 6 lety +7

      now here is a man with basic inference skills. spread the good word dude

    • @feliciapate7926
      @feliciapate7926 Před 5 lety +4

      And we can teach future generations better. Even if you have no kids, chances are there's a kid in your life. When I worked as a cashier I tried to teach various things to folks. There are kids that were younger have I that I'm still in contact with from my high school days who remember stuff I told them 20 years ago.

    • @zhongxina2793
      @zhongxina2793 Před 5 lety +23

      you're wrong. the underlying thing here is to feel guilt for nothing we ever did. All of these nonsense that he spouts was from decades ago when the US was predominantly white. You can't expect any other country to do what this guy is saying. For example you would go over to japan, which chooses to be homogeneous and call them racist for not pandering to the ethnic minority. Face it you're just brain washed and I bet that 5 years ago you didn't think about this kind of thing. In fact nobody did because its a trend right now. If you really want to help the ethnic minority then stop pandering to a belief system that deals in the victim role where they are able to blame all of there problems to something they can't actually change and start taking action in their own lives because here in America there is no reason to why you can't make a good living and if you choose not to believe that then you're the problem. Not white America.

    • @leeks1408
      @leeks1408 Před 5 lety +10

      This is the exact point of history, learning from the horrid mistakes of the past to make a better future. Unfortunately, some people nowadays don’t realize that (or know a thing about history) and cause history to repeat itself.

    • @678crazydave
      @678crazydave Před 5 lety +1

      @@zhongxina2793 thank you

  • @maxwelljw8400
    @maxwelljw8400 Před 5 lety +90

    Sinatra says brought me here

    • @SilvrSavior
      @SilvrSavior Před 5 lety +15

      Same. I mainly wanted to peruse this comment section to see how much the cancer was in here.

    • @thepuzzler3347
      @thepuzzler3347 Před 5 lety +7

      @@SilvrSavior it's stage 5 there is no hope

    • @FatherTime89
      @FatherTime89 Před 3 lety +1

      Dude's a hack

  • @eiquebitumin9445
    @eiquebitumin9445 Před 6 lety +492

    There are two kinds of people in these comment sections:
    1. the people who hate this series because it occasionally says something questionable.
    2. the people who condemn this show for saying something they disagree with or believe to be false.
    Then there's me.
    The only person who enjoys the series for it's character and humor.

    • @eiquebitumin9445
      @eiquebitumin9445 Před 6 lety

      Daily Log 234: Red Faced Rob Schneider. End of Log.

    • @kjlucky7513
      @kjlucky7513 Před 6 lety

      Eique Bitumin me and you are da same

    • @dhyanpatel142
      @dhyanpatel142 Před 6 lety +13

      The sources used in this video are from around 2012. I'd trust this more if they were more recent.
      This show has also gotten some things wrong in the past due to poor research or some kind of SJW motive

    • @EonsDarkLatios
      @EonsDarkLatios Před 6 lety

      Eique Bitumin You're not the only one

    • @dumbofass
      @dumbofass Před 6 lety

      same

  • @godzillavkk
    @godzillavkk Před 5 lety +4

    I used to live in a mostly white suburb. But mom and dad thought me and my older brother appreciated our priveldges too much. So when we moved out, with mom and dad’s “help”, we both got small apartments in poor neighborhoods. And I have I feeling they wanted us there to “teach us a lesson in humility.”

  • @amyallen4459
    @amyallen4459 Před 6 lety +5

    Yup, that's why even now when buying a home, reading ALL the fine print is important because some still have those rules on there.

  • @ctkairos
    @ctkairos Před 6 lety +259

    It's amazing how few people know this stuff. Keep up the good work!

    • @cathy-pz2to
      @cathy-pz2to Před 6 lety +2

      Who cares

    • @DronZizzle
      @DronZizzle Před 6 lety +22

      its amazing how everything adam says is actually wrong, yet it is stated so matter-of-fact

    • @pj-fg8vq
      @pj-fg8vq Před 6 lety +3

      DronZizzle it’s funny how you’re wrong

    • @DronZizzle
      @DronZizzle Před 6 lety +5

      czcams.com/video/D7E_Ss5OwWq/video.html lol nope

    • @pj-fg8vq
      @pj-fg8vq Před 6 lety +3

      DronZizzle lol your link doesn’t work much like your statement

  • @Revrev84
    @Revrev84 Před 6 lety +83

    I've been saying for decades that the way we fund our schools is inherently racist and stupid. The school system should have been federalized years ago with a standard amount of funding per child given to each school throughout the nation. If we fail to educate all our children then we fail as a nation. People always scream that a woman might be aborting a child that could cure cancer, but if we fail to educate the children that are here then the child who could have cured cancer might have been born a thousand times but never recived the right education to do so.

    • @diamantedante
      @diamantedante Před 6 lety +7

      Ok, then you'll cut the average amount expended on non-asian minorities. Currently, we spend 2% more per pupil on black and pre-columbian students. As for federalizing education, it's not an enumerated power of the national government per the Constitution, even though publicly-provided school predates the revolution. State constitutions contain the free education provisions, and an Amendment to federalize the process would be opposed by left, right, coastal, mountain, and midwest communities alike. Pretty much only white socialists want a top-down federalized education system.

    • @Revrev84
      @Revrev84 Před 6 lety +8

      Dante Diamante I'm well aware of the fact that as an enumerated power of the federal government it would require a constitutional amendment. However when you state that 2% more goes to minority students, what mean is that currently 2% more of federal aid goes to minority students. The majority of school are funded through real estate taxes which means that significantly less overall money is going to minority students. As for being a white socialist you got that all wrong, I'm an African American with Libertarian leanings and actually came to my understanding of this social injustice through my studies of Thurgoode Marshall and the years of work he did to end segregation in schools. Ultimately even a federalized school system wouldn't completely fix the issues involved in our education but it would be a step in the right direction and one that many on the Right would support as it would greatly decrease the amount of employees they have to bring in from overseas.

    • @leahakel6383
      @leahakel6383 Před 5 lety

      Just like this comment

    • @blakel95
      @blakel95 Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah. Federal education. Because the idiots in D.C. know what my kids need to learn about. What a genuine thought but in practice a terrible idea. Less federal the better.

    • @mooocowcowcowmooo
      @mooocowcowcowmooo Před 5 lety

      So you've been admitting for years that you are inherently racist and stupid? How stunning and brave of you to admit this to the world.

  • @morganirvine2327
    @morganirvine2327 Před 5 lety +7

    A tote bag full of kale your killing me lady 😂

  • @theocean1973
    @theocean1973 Před 5 lety +71

    -“That’s not fair! I didn’t get to choose which color I was when I started!”
    -“No one does.”
    Oof. That’s heavy.

    • @SuperLumianaire
      @SuperLumianaire Před 5 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/PNdaW8xkMEA/video.html

    • @linguisticallyoversight8685
      @linguisticallyoversight8685 Před 5 lety +6

      But it doesn't excuse the fact that he only targets white people when was the last time you seen a video telling black people are Mexicans that they're f****** up 🤔 that's because this self-loathing little f***** turd tapper is so racist against white people it's not even funny he is the living embodiment of reverse racism the true reverse racism when someone is taught to hate their own race stupid racist piece of s*** thinks that just because he had a privileged upbringing that that was the default setting for white people here's something to think about white people are the minority there are more blacks there are more Asians there are more of every other race if you look globally so you are pushing down when you're racist to white people you are acting in a repugnant fashion when you specifically and only target white people the way this self-important self-righteous a little twat does

    • @SuperLumianaire
      @SuperLumianaire Před 5 lety +3

      @@linguisticallyoversight8685 It's not reverse racism, it's just terrible ol fashioned racism. You're right on everything else though.

  • @tecwynjones6532
    @tecwynjones6532 Před 5 lety +24

    Peter Coffin brought me here with his video about representation.

  • @evc1838
    @evc1838 Před rokem +6

    The guy who voiced Levitt is an amazing voice actor.

  • @karaknowshowtovlog
    @karaknowshowtovlog Před 6 lety +28

    The sims music hahahahahaha.

  • @gangatalishis
    @gangatalishis Před 6 lety +253

    Well TBH it'd getting better. Seeing alot more black people moving into my town, back then I was the only minority in class most of the time.

    • @mybackhurts7020
      @mybackhurts7020 Před 6 lety +34

      gangstalishis Got a look at it from the other point of view I'm white in a black neighborhood I'm in the minority here. I get more racism towards me on a daily basis then you probably do in your whole life living in the suburbs. What I'm saying is it goes both ways

    • @mojo.s4669
      @mojo.s4669 Před 6 lety +51

      Some Nobody So what? When you go out into the world you don't have to worry about police, steroptypes and racial profiling. Minorities are systemically oppressed while you aren't, so you comparing a population of people who have struggled for decades to your predicament, which actually doesn't affect you in the grand scheme of things is ignorant. I understand your statement but it's riddled with personal experience not facts.

    • @lexik4603
      @lexik4603 Před 6 lety +16

      And lower-income people basically go to college for free. If the people in these "red" areas are primarily poor, they're the ones who can receive grants and aid to go to college at no cost so they can provide a better future for themselves. But most people in those red areas choose not to go to college, instead dropping out of school and choose more reckless behaviors when they have the opportunity to improve their lives right in front of them.

    • @mojo.s4669
      @mojo.s4669 Před 6 lety +40

      Lexi K You are honestly slow. Instead of trying to blame them with such a general statement, think about why they're there and how they got there. If you honestly think it's that easy to stay in school when their academic system is under funded your stupid. The African American crisis is much more complex then that. Stop trivializing their struggle in this predominantly white country. If all blacks had to do is stay in school then the world would be a better place, but we both know that isn't the reason black people remain in the ghetto. Secondly you will never ever understand a person of colors struggle with Culture, Society and beliefs.
      This Country has almost always benefitted White people. Now I'm not saying America hasn't changed, I as a White person see that change. But we all have Rose colored lenses on, and project our experiences and idealogy without realizing that minorities are different from us socially, economically, and financially. This Country was built on European tradition and standards that has helped us get ahead of the rest.

    • @jalengee8421
      @jalengee8421 Před 6 lety +6

      gangstalishis
      looking at my highschool's graduation pics over the years and it literally got less white percentage wise as time goes on, more of us blacks, Asians, south Asians, Latinos, mixed people. Polynesians and native Canadians prob touched there. heck throw in a Melanesian!
      yes in Canada

  • @bringtolife2586
    @bringtolife2586 Před 4 měsíci +2

    That's why some parents send their kids to public school. Not private schools

  • @Walterdecarvalh0100
    @Walterdecarvalh0100 Před 2 lety +3

    "roads are racist"

  • @mramachandran9830
    @mramachandran9830 Před rokem +15

    Great video! People need to learn about recent history and how it affects people's lives today.

  • @itscuriousclara
    @itscuriousclara Před 2 lety +5

    amazing video every american should see this

    • @infantebenji
      @infantebenji Před 2 lety +1

      even if they all see it some people mind is already made

  • @vesperthe_planet
    @vesperthe_planet Před rokem +2

    something about having to watch this for school doesn't feel right- like, normally we're watching really monotone documentaries, but now it's an episode of adam ruins everything-

    • @singvogel7895
      @singvogel7895 Před měsícem

      I try to get the most entertaining vids for my classes, but sometimes you strike out!

  • @justbob10
    @justbob10 Před 2 dny +1

    this man fills me with undying rage

  • @mattutgetcare
    @mattutgetcare Před 5 lety +7

    Adam Ruins Everything should be called Adam Lies About Everything

  • @Kyrolysis
    @Kyrolysis Před 6 lety +3

    Tote bag full of Kale... Perfection

  • @trx2194
    @trx2194 Před rokem +1

    I love how theres the sims 3 map theme running in the background 😂

  • @niiki3443
    @niiki3443 Před 6 lety +2

    That moment when you're focused on a serious issue but recognize a Sims 3 song in the background

  • @lacydoe
    @lacydoe Před 6 lety +341

    i bet instead of looking this stuff up, some are going to do what they usually do when they hear some truth...... say " that's just propaganda" instead of cracking a book open. smh

    • @Ottolotto0480
      @Ottolotto0480 Před 6 lety +36

      Life Is a lesson Don't waste your talent Your argument is incorrect. They never claimed that all white families were like that, but rather they had the opportunity to do so. People in the red zones couldn't accrue enough wealth to have those opportunities. It's not social justice propaganda. It's just listening what the video says.

    • @dhyanpatel142
      @dhyanpatel142 Před 6 lety +1

      The sources are not that recent meaning the information may be wrong

    • @SketchyHippopotamus
      @SketchyHippopotamus Před 6 lety

      +

    • @kingjonstarkgeryan8573
      @kingjonstarkgeryan8573 Před 6 lety +4

      Life Is a lesson Don't waste your talent Also his video on the justice system was full of errors especially regarding California public defenders.

    • @MortalCoil64
      @MortalCoil64 Před 6 lety +13

      Jason Yu, that's a really good point. I think folks should stop thinking as privilege as an automatic advantage, but rather an opportunity that other folks don't have; it doesn't mean you'll be successful, but rather that you have a greater chance to be

  • @Halorym
    @Halorym Před 5 lety +5

    Schools are 'segregated' because of school district policies. How about that school choice?

    • @petej7002
      @petej7002 Před 5 lety +4

      Halorym still zoning laws . You can be indicted on sending a child to a school not in his zone.

  • @fireflamejj21
    @fireflamejj21 Před 4 lety

    I'm glad this is the first video to pop up when I search for ARE

  • @chengyiq3066
    @chengyiq3066 Před 6 lety +2

    I am looking forward for Season 3!!

  • @mangakaonline
    @mangakaonline Před 6 lety +5

    I love the sims music in the background X'DDDDDD

  • @rustecohle591
    @rustecohle591 Před 6 lety +191

    God bless this guy...and now you know...

    • @bookerdeyeet5046
      @bookerdeyeet5046 Před 6 lety +2

      Hes gonna ruin god next

    • @ANewtStart
      @ANewtStart Před 6 lety +1

      Brent Pilgrim and knowing is half of the battle

    • @abenboer4739
      @abenboer4739 Před 6 lety +7

      You don't know anything. This is just pure anti-white propaganda
      This video runs through the idiocy:
      czcams.com/video/D7E_Ss5OwWQ/video.html

    • @owlman5262
      @owlman5262 Před 5 lety +1

      Since the left cares so much...im Hispanic everything this moron says is wrong.

  • @cestmegnifique
    @cestmegnifique Před 3 lety +2

    This video was posted 2 years ago, how are there people that are still clueless about this? 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @monroerobbins7551
    @monroerobbins7551 Před 6 lety +13

    This needs to be everywhere!!

  • @shaylafisher7746
    @shaylafisher7746 Před 6 lety +5

    it’s so sad reading the comments where people are literally researching things such as “adam ruins the suburbs alternative theories” because they don’t want to accept that racism is still around

  • @knkcarney
    @knkcarney Před 6 lety +37

    "The market went up! I can sell my house and buy a bigger one!"
    Literally just blew up your own argument from your Renting is better than Owning a Home.

    • @tse93s
      @tse93s Před 4 lety +12

      McDigger hella not true.. because all that is called is inflation what happens when you can no longer benefit from non organic equity? You end up owing more than what the home is worth.. whereas if you rent you aren’t affected by inflation in market rates just demand of the area

    • @tse93s
      @tse93s Před 4 lety +2

      Kimberly York that’s assuming the landlord has a mortgage.. most landlords don’t have mortgages or have owned their homes long enough to refinance

    • @89qwyg9yqa34t
      @89qwyg9yqa34t Před 4 lety +1

      What's what's called "hyperbole to make a point." The contention is that, if you're white and you have succeeded, it's about race and not about your effort.

    • @thisrandomdude2880
      @thisrandomdude2880 Před 4 lety +4

      And what if a crisis like the 2008 market crash happens? People bought their homes thinking that they could always sell them for a profit, but millions ended up ruined and some even destitute.

    • @89qwyg9yqa34t
      @89qwyg9yqa34t Před 4 lety +3

      @@thisrandomdude2880 Buying houses for profit creates a bubble. If it pops, you cannot blame the system. You were engaging in speculative market exploitation and you knew there were risks when you jumped in.

  • @EccentricGentelman
    @EccentricGentelman Před 6 lety +8

    I went through the 31 years of my life so far without without knowing ANYTHING about red-lining. But it suddenly explains a lot of things I saw in shows like Law & Order and the PJs.

    • @helloitsme9255
      @helloitsme9255 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sliver170 fiction can tie in with reality

  • @thewatcher8733
    @thewatcher8733 Před 2 lety +3

    Still waiting for someone to make this into a real boardgame

  • @MA3DCH3N
    @MA3DCH3N Před 4 lety +7

    I love how honest but gentle Adam is tho

  • @thoumotherdearest9041
    @thoumotherdearest9041 Před 3 lety +3

    Me watching from the suburbs: Ha! Everyone’s white except for me.

  • @Tehillim29
    @Tehillim29 Před 5 lety +3

    Adam dresses in a white tuxedo like he is about to attend a KKK meeting

  • @primecity1095
    @primecity1095 Před 6 lety +1

    finally a new ARE
    i waited alot

  • @SgtVipus
    @SgtVipus Před 6 lety +3

    finally a longer episode it been strange with all the short episodes

    • @Kayla-ee1bp
      @Kayla-ee1bp Před 6 lety +1

      Nero Vipus ikr

    • @ryankussow631
      @ryankussow631 Před 6 lety +1

      Nero Vipus they are only short because they have only been posting teasers to the episode (to make you tune into the actual show on tv)

    • @SgtVipus
      @SgtVipus Před 6 lety

      I didnt realise it was a TV show I'm in uk and I don't watch TV but it makes sense

    • @PrimeSonic
      @PrimeSonic Před 6 lety +2

      Try looking for Adam Ruins Everything on Amazon or Netflix. It's a really good show. These small clips are just a tiny taste of what a full episode has to offer.

  • @teanmace
    @teanmace Před 2 lety +11

    America in a nutshell.

  • @tomokosetsuko-chantrashent3454

    I had to watch this video to solve some questions for homework

  • @sweetladya8590
    @sweetladya8590 Před 4 lety +1

    Yo the kid killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @squiddler7731
    @squiddler7731 Před 6 lety +3

    2:24 You do if you're playing that South Park RPG.

  • @SIDHAKTHEGUYY
    @SIDHAKTHEGUYY Před 6 lety +6

    i want that board game

    • @felixicon
      @felixicon Před 3 lety

      seriously. help me get it. .. i need it today

    • @generichomosapien4666
      @generichomosapien4666 Před 2 lety

      hello I am from the future, it’s called monopoly and its very fitting, monopoly was created to criticize capitalism

  • @dankorot7400
    @dankorot7400 Před 5 lety +1

    Just to clarify, basic judgement is a form of racism because racism isn’t exactly only race

  • @edikind3347
    @edikind3347 Před 19 dny

    The way it just cuts from the sad piano solo to the upbeat outtro tune…

  • @tierneytellsstories
    @tierneytellsstories Před 5 lety +6

    I showed this to my sociology class and everyone was really impressed and shocked

  • @Nuvizzle
    @Nuvizzle Před 5 lety +7

    Video: Presents facts on racist policies and how they continue to impact minorities today.
    Commenters: B-But I don't feel like racism exists so it must not. My feelings trump your facts.

    • @etenivity9703
      @etenivity9703 Před 5 lety

      Sly Goat The facts provided didn’t prove why systematic racism exists *today* & they were mostly taken out of context. There’s this thing called ‘individual accountability’ and Adam never discusses that when he “proves” why XYZ is oppressed (I.e. everyone faces obstacles in life & we have the equal opportunity to overcome them) And FYI, minorities make up .. a minority of the population - so no sxxx they aren’t gonna fill the suburbs.
      Some ppl in this world just don’t put in the work to become highly successful - and b’c of intercity culture, many of those ppl are minorities. Ironically, it’s YOU that wants systemic racism to exist, so you can feel morally superior about your *feelings*. Truthfully tho, modern systematic-racism has been disproven countless times with facts that are actually put into context - but that doesn’t fit your biased narrative, so I’m sure you ignore all of that.

  • @BeckyMayHowarth
    @BeckyMayHowarth Před 6 lety +1

    Is that sim music used around the 2:50 mark?

  • @Roby-qu8md
    @Roby-qu8md Před 5 lety

    The fact that his name is Ron is the icing on the cake 😂👏🏻

  • @krealyesitisbeta5642
    @krealyesitisbeta5642 Před 6 lety +10

    this is the saddest thing i've ever saw.

  • @pamelastruss
    @pamelastruss Před 2 lety +5

    This is an excellent video to use to explain how racism has negatively affected society today.

  • @changemymind2021
    @changemymind2021 Před 5 lety +1

    Let's not forget the 2008 recession due to subprime mortgages issued to persons unable to maintain the properties and unable to make the mortgage payments.

  • @Research0digo
    @Research0digo Před 6 lety +3

    I loved watching Jon Stewart smacked down Bill-O about Levittown.

  • @NudistNomad
    @NudistNomad Před 5 lety +111

    I love the “Things were once racist therefore their still racist” attitude. Really, it’s not pompous at all.

    • @laviarray
      @laviarray Před 5 lety +34

      No it isn't. Pointing out problems with current systems is the first step in changing them.
      Also it isn't "Things were once racist therefore their still racist”
      it's "Things were once racist and are still racist”

    • @flharojmano2857
      @flharojmano2857 Před 5 lety

      im guessing you watch sinatra says

    • @goaway5300
      @goaway5300 Před 4 lety +1

      *they're

    • @devcron7041
      @devcron7041 Před 4 lety

      Sorry but I'm a facts over feelings guy and I see no evidence supporting your claim.

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 Před 4 lety

      Devcron do you mean the guy at the top?

  • @yarchieduke
    @yarchieduke Před 6 lety +10

    Dog With A Blog Dad!

    • @stressqueen1403
      @stressqueen1403 Před 5 lety

      Danny Vo I watched this video in AP Human Geo and i KNEW i recognized that guy but i couldn’t remember where i knew him from so THANK YOU for commenting that

  • @toiletturbulence8186
    @toiletturbulence8186 Před 5 lety +2

    i'm disappointed in humanity.

  • @AmethystEyes
    @AmethystEyes Před 6 lety +3

    The only part I didn’t know about was that the highways were built to go through black middle class towns.

  • @thdude1873
    @thdude1873 Před 4 lety +4

    lol I watched this in my social studies class

  • @nutlover3609
    @nutlover3609 Před 5 lety +8

    This is why I like living in Canada

    • @lordblazer
      @lordblazer Před 4 lety +2

      lol *looks at you in First Nations*

    • @ooheeh2264
      @ooheeh2264 Před 4 lety

      Sigma Canada actually has a large population of Asians, African Americans, and Arabians

  • @lofiguy9300
    @lofiguy9300 Před rokem +1

    Times have changed. It's not like this anymore at least not in the suburbs I live in.

    • @montejames831
      @montejames831 Před rokem +4

      You live in 1 suburb out of thousands

    • @enderdude7828
      @enderdude7828 Před rokem +1

      That's anecdotal evidence. It literally proves nothing.

  • @leejoelbeasley5005
    @leejoelbeasley5005 Před 6 lety +2

    waste of water? I lived in houses with yard for all my life (im 49 and a half) even when i lived in Los Angeles where it hardly rains (the dodgers went 7 years without a home game Rain delay) I never had to water my lawn.

  • @matthewdonovan36
    @matthewdonovan36 Před 6 lety +6

    But what do we do now? That is the big question.

  • @gracerobertson3542
    @gracerobertson3542 Před 5 lety +3

    Is that the guy from Dog With A Blog?

  • @demonetizationiscomingfory5961

    When a kid understands economy better than you.

  • @levihamm6640
    @levihamm6640 Před 6 lety +1

    at my school it was about a 50/50 divide between black and white and our school had everything she mentioned