What 'Black Lives Matter' Doesn’t Tell You

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  • @lesjames2478
    @lesjames2478 Před 4 lety +165

    I'm really liberal. I took the same political compass test you did in another video and it confirmed that I am pretty left in both social issues and economic issues but I'm finding it harder and harder to identify with "the left". The "woke left" outrage and cancel culture is so destructive to having actual civil disorcourse. It harms people's lives while not actually resulting in change. I dont identify with the republican party at all but I'm finding it harder to identify with what the Democrat party is becoming.

    • @missmagui8135
      @missmagui8135 Před 4 lety +3

      Kanye 2020

    • @lizicadumitru9683
      @lizicadumitru9683 Před 2 lety +1

      Let's bring back Liberal label

    • @brina6680
      @brina6680 Před 2 lety +5

      Absolutely 💯 percent agree with you and feel exactly the same

    • @hsmd4533
      @hsmd4533 Před 2 lety +6

      The Democratic Party has become a group of condescending pigs.

    • @tigermagda
      @tigermagda Před 2 lety +1

      Same

  • @Katiedid93
    @Katiedid93 Před 4 lety +64

    Dissenting opinions matter. Challenging conversations are necessary. As a true hipster, once anything becomes a popular mainstream idea, I immediately question it. 😂 I am a Libertarian and I appreciate this political education you are giving a platform to.

    • @chiconva
      @chiconva Před 2 lety

      So you’re a hipster?

    • @kaitlinwilson
      @kaitlinwilson Před 2 lety

      Same haha it's uncool so bye ✌🏻 😂

  • @bluehammy1
    @bluehammy1 Před 2 lety +16

    Please know that there are lots and lots of middle age, white, conservative, heterosexual people out there who love you both and support the work you do. Keep up the good work!

  • @edt49er
    @edt49er Před 4 lety +29

    There's tons of problems throughout the world, we need to tackle the most prominent and work our way down the ladder. It starts with your own community, but the virtue signaling does absolutely nothing, same for outrage and cancel culture

    • @hlwebb9877
      @hlwebb9877 Před 4 lety

      It starts with the family of origin & the childhood provided by family. It's a bit late when the "community" is expected to right the wrongs occurring in the family home. Community can support the family but doesn't raise the children.

    • @mellissacampbell7921
      @mellissacampbell7921 Před 4 lety

      hl webb well said.

  • @Large_Sarge
    @Large_Sarge Před 4 lety +946

    I agree that black live matter. I do not support the organization. Both can be true.

    • @israelchavarri6562
      @israelchavarri6562 Před 4 lety +156

      I agree with this sentiment. I’m a conservative. I don’t mind saying black lives matter, because they do matter. I just don’t agree with BLM org.

    • @arielle
      @arielle  Před 4 lety +164

      Yes exactly

    • @israelchavarri6562
      @israelchavarri6562 Před 4 lety +34

      Kristopher Chavez I don’t disagree with you. The reason I say black lives matter is not because other lives don’t matter. It’s for 2 reasons. Reason one it’s to strategically empathize with those that join the BLM and so I can say “black lives do matter” but BLM doesn’t give a shit about black lives. If I say “all lives matter” right off the bat they will ignore me, from the get go. It’s like trying to get a rambunctious teenager to listen to you. You don’t discount what they are saying, you empathize with them and say yea you are right, but did you know about this?
      Second reason I say black lives matter is due to moral reasons. Meaning that I try to equate that statement to have a legit standard that they don’t live up to. You don’t know how many discussions I have had where they can’t have a rebuttal because they can’t factually say they care about black lives matter more than I do. I end up listing facts after facts that BLM doesn’t give a shit about black lives and they can’t fight back, because they are all rhetoric but no substance.

    • @YourPalHDee
      @YourPalHDee Před 4 lety +13

      Well I'd even argue that thinking black lives matter and supporting the organisation are mutually exclusive. If you support BLM, you are anti-people.

    • @trublgrl
      @trublgrl Před 4 lety +24

      "Black Lives Matter" is a phrase that reminds me of a parent saying to her daughter "Oh honey, you're pretty too, in your own way."
      Uhm, why would you feel the need to say that, mom?

  • @karenbignell7060
    @karenbignell7060 Před 4 lety +35

    I just saw this video for the first time and I feel like you gave me a piece of myself back to me. So many LGBTQIA+ people that I admire have made me feel so horrible about myself because I’m white. I didn’t choose to be white or gay, it’s just how I was made and I have lived my life trying to be kind to everybody I meet. One of my favorite musicians refuses to post anything anymore on her instagram except blm propaganda. I have had kind of mini identity crisis because I was scared of walking away from the left. I’m gay, so, I felt like I had to be on the left. But a lot of things the left are pushing don’t make sense to me. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. Thank you!

  • @elikyaa
    @elikyaa Před 4 lety +205

    This constant need to frame everything as "the left is doing this or the right is doing that" is getting really old and hindering a lot of these conversations. I want to hear your argument without being bombarded by this lazy political drivel. In all honesty, I couldn't care less about your political affiliation I just want to hear your perspective.
    I was confused when Gina used her experiences as a reference point to the black experience cause she isn't black. If an Asian person spoke about their experiences with racism, I wouldn't use mine to negate theirs because it's completely off-topic. It came across as pretty tone deaf.
    As for Blexit, I won't lie I didn't know this was a legitimate organization. I've only heard that term in reference to Black Americans migrating to other countries so I will most definitely look into it. With that said, I don't understand why Gina is surprised by the push back when this organization is associated to Candace Owens and she is on record referring to black people as "trained chimpanzees". Of course that isn't going to foster a sentiment of solidarity with her own community. I do think she has made some good points in the past but it's not surprising that many don't care to listen at this point

    • @Amy-qe8br
      @Amy-qe8br Před 4 lety +1

      Good comment

    • @Beijaxol
      @Beijaxol Před 4 lety +7

      The so called "Blexit" is nothing new. For many decades African Americans have been emigrating to places like France, Ghana, Russia and Canada to find greater freedom, safety and opportunity. Paul Robeson, James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, Nina Simone and Maya Angelou all went abroad to leave behind Jim Crow segregation, lynching and to grow as artists.

    • @enthashytispissed
      @enthashytispissed Před 4 lety +4

      It is more likely that she would see and hear racism by not being part of the black community. Someone is more likely to say something racist about another group behind their back out of fear of actually having a confrontation. Talking behind someone's back. So if she is hanging out with people that are not black then it is more likely she would hear racist comments about black people than when she is in the presence of a black person.

    • @enthashytispissed
      @enthashytispissed Před 4 lety +1

      Not to mention that my family moved to Savannah (where she is from) when I was going into 5th grade. I now live about 20 mins outside of Savannah, but all the local areas pretty much call themselves part of Savannah. That would include Pooler, Port Wentworth, Bloomingdale, Rincon, Richmondhill, the islands, Thunderbolt, and Garden City. It is all kinda jumbled together as one metro area the same way as the surrounding cities of Atlanta. And I can say she is correct about this area. There are some racists sure, but not many. Hell, Savannah also has a very large gay population. We even have a gay club that you could consider a large landmark.

    • @Ricokenyy
      @Ricokenyy Před 4 lety +2

      @PlzPasstheSprite she doesn't but ok

  • @MichaelYoder1961
    @MichaelYoder1961 Před 4 lety +357

    Oh, dear! Critical thinking - that's not allowed anymore. It's a thought crime.

    • @williamwilliams7706
      @williamwilliams7706 Před 4 lety +7

      I guess so.That's a lot of down votes for a video that had everything right. Must be over their target getting hate flak.

    • @MrSpiritchild
      @MrSpiritchild Před 4 lety +4

      Critical thinking, the art of investigating facts before creating a theory. Critical theory, the act of creating a theory before investigating facts.

    • @LDuke-pc7kq
      @LDuke-pc7kq Před 3 lety +3

      Yes... 1984 in 2020 🙄

    • @zeenuf00
      @zeenuf00 Před 3 lety

      @@MrSpiritchild exactly

    • @shuepsx652
      @shuepsx652 Před 3 lety +5

      It's allowed. But she doesn't do it

  • @user-xu8uq3yx7i
    @user-xu8uq3yx7i Před 4 lety +322

    The fact that she says she has hardly ever "seen racism" at 9:37 kinda proves she doesn't know much. I have encountered lots of blatantly racist people and it is a real issue, so please don't discount other people's experiences. Just because you might not have seen or experienced it does not mean it doesn't exist.

    • @amieinwonderland8566
      @amieinwonderland8566 Před 4 lety +71

      careful she’s on a comment deleting spree for anyone calling her out on her shit

    • @stacyhereiam
      @stacyhereiam Před 4 lety +54

      Personal experiences of racism does not prove a systemic racism issue. There are in fact racist individuals. But the system itself is not racist. Not one U.S. policy/law segregates based on race. If you know of a policy that targets minority Americans then please let me know.

    • @annabelsummer2643
      @annabelsummer2643 Před 4 lety +59

      White person hasn't seen racism, how shocking, not.

    • @stacyhereiam
      @stacyhereiam Před 4 lety +27

      Annabel Summer im white and have experienced racism. She’s lesbian and has definitely been discriminated against... especially by people of her own community. I highly suggest you watch her “ coming out” video about her leaving the left.

    • @Nachtmusiks
      @Nachtmusiks Před 4 lety +30

      @@stacyhereiam There's systematic racism, I never really believed either, until I heard Richard Rothstein talked about the suburban housing setup.
      Starting with the Fair Housing Act of 1968, it's rare to see a healthy mix of white and black people living together. It's either completely or majorly black or completely white or majorly white, and the black neighborhood are well known to be as the "ghetto" this mostly stemmed out from the systematical racism created in 1968 to enable white people to get cheaper houses in the suburb and ban all residents from selling their house to black people.
      He went into it a lot more in his lectures you can watch it if you want, but Republicans tend to dismiss systematic racism as if 40 to 60 years ago racism didn't exist. Im sure the system will change in the future, but it's ludicrous to think within a few decades everything can be back to normal from something that lasted for hundred of years.

  • @ArtfulJo
    @ArtfulJo Před 4 lety +256

    I think the point about BLM not being a 501(c)(3) is quite critical. If we don't know where the money donated to them goes, nothing they say is truly credible. Every organization needs to be transparent and accountable or we can't trust them - even if we believe "they mean well."

    • @cc22079
      @cc22079 Před 4 lety +18

      Alot of the money gets trickled down to code blue aka. Democrat party that's why we have this huge influx to joe biden

    • @mwestonbloop
      @mwestonbloop Před 4 lety +18

      Oh, we know where the money goes. It goes to ActBlue. (It’s in the url when you go to the donation page) We know the money goes to white democrat politicians. www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00401224&cycle=2020

    • @timetomuskup2
      @timetomuskup2 Před 4 lety +13

      It’s all going to democrats for elections

    • @shellyshannon5226
      @shellyshannon5226 Před 4 lety +11

      I do know for a fact that most of the money donated to BLM is funneled into the Democratic Party.

    • @shellyshannon5226
      @shellyshannon5226 Před 4 lety +4

      Rape is going to be talked about less now than before. There won’t be any police left to investigate and bring the rapists to justice.

  • @MrsPebbles
    @MrsPebbles Před 4 lety +160

    Great video, however, your guest said that what has been happening to Black communities is a matter of a few decades which based on historical fact is highly inaccurate. Also, you guest explained topics such as the high presence of planned parenthood, the lack of effective education, and the access to jobs in Black communities, but then denies the existence of systemic racism. When you see all three of these points, they reveal the very existence of racism that is rooted in the very fabric and politics of this country. I would also like for you to bring a Black person to talk about these topics, not someone who agrees with you, but someone that can spark a real debate.

    • @keithkaitlinreynolds808
      @keithkaitlinreynolds808 Před 4 lety +10

      yes.

    • @SSRIs
      @SSRIs Před 4 lety +9

      Thank you. It won’t happen tho

    • @toshla4871
      @toshla4871 Před 4 lety +6

      Go watch Zuby’s interview with Arielle

    • @XoeCox
      @XoeCox Před 4 lety +3

      You said it all!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

    • @TrueAnarkii
      @TrueAnarkii Před 4 lety +16

      Now are we going to take note of the fact that most of the states that experience high presence of planned parenthood, the lack of effective education, and the access to jobs in Black communities are run by democrats...hmmmmmmm

  • @usedtobemyself
    @usedtobemyself Před 3 lety +197

    You definitely failed Statistics 101 ladies...embarrassing to listen to.

    • @johnbach2380
      @johnbach2380 Před 3 lety +14

      As opposed to you who's brought so many stats to the table... oooh right... you've said nothing.

    • @hkunjvonxok3261
      @hkunjvonxok3261 Před 3 lety +4

      @@johnbach2380 czcams.com/video/jDinaowzHK8/video.html Here you go

    • @johnbach2380
      @johnbach2380 Před 3 lety +9

      @@hkunjvonxok3261 15 minutes in and I dont hear any statistics. I just hear the same ole 'if you don't agree with BLM' u be crazy arguements.
      stats are easily found and would debunk this sh*t pretty fast. So yes, a 1 hour video of rambling would be effective use of my time.

    • @hkunjvonxok3261
      @hkunjvonxok3261 Před 3 lety +6

      @@johnbach2380 Only watched the first 15 mins? Friggin’ proved yourself to be close-minded, dude. It would be nice if you were a bit more transparent about your complete disregard of Corry’s points (which make the same amount of sense whether you have heard them or not).
      Also, he’s not spouting the hallowed Faxs and Logique because that is what the [speech impediment] bibliography is for; showing the stats that back your claims, something that Arielle unaccountably forgot to do for this video. Strange. To be at all credible, the damn claims need to be backed up by the (in this case non-existent) bibliography. Thank goodness you have so much faith in Arielle, else you wouldn’t know what to believe.

    • @johnbach2380
      @johnbach2380 Před 3 lety +6

      @@hkunjvonxok3261
      This is hilarious. To be credible the damn claims need to be backed up by bibliography?
      So where is the studies and proof of systematic racism and the epidemic of police brutality in 2020?
      Where is the objective study? I see a bunch of twitter and emotion... The outrage doesn't seem to care about this but you call me out even though i've done my own research... not just watching Arielle videos to form my opinion sir or maam... or they.
      Multiple times in the 15 minutes, I was told that if you disagree with BLM you apparently want to see african americans suffer and are for systematic racism. There are repercussions that are being debated about sending out the message BLM does... that is fact.
      Anti BLM Has nothing to do with supporting racism or police brutality.
      That is a close minded statement as if there's not layers to this debate. If it was that simple then sure... I'd put on my BLM t-shirt and go marching with the rest of you.
      But only 'close minded' people would look at what's taking place and come to the conclusion of... for BLM... Hero... against BLM... YOU ARE OKAY WITH BLACKS getting beat up. Hypocrisy.
      The BLM webpage is literally scrubbing away all their anti-patriarchy marxist beliefs on their webpage because of the bad press and we're here discussing how Blexit changed from leaving democrats... to leaving left.

  • @martiepowell7631
    @martiepowell7631 Před 4 lety +8

    This was a great conversation. Gave me a lot to think about for sure. Thank you ladies

  • @cosmicowllie7394
    @cosmicowllie7394 Před 4 lety +108

    There's a lot of good information in this video, but I feel the generalisation of The Left™ is reductive. Political beliefs run along a pretty nuanced spectrum, and I think labelling everyone on the left in such a way is naive at best, or done with bad faith intentions at worst. If you believe in social programs, universal healthcare, various degrees of gun control, various degrees of government regulation to protect individuals, you'd be - at minimum - a left leaning centrist. This doesn't even take into account the authoritarian-libertarian axis, which can add an entirely new perspective on how we should go about implementing these political ideas.
    A criticism that Arielle has in regards to trans and other lgbt issues is the use of obfuscating, poorly defined language. Same is true here. Talk about the political groups you are actually criticising in specific; do your best to adequately represent their ideological beliefs to show you at least understand them, then criticise them. This stereotyping is unhelpful.

    • @platypups
      @platypups Před 4 lety +14

      Thank you 👏

    • @kevinpeterson188
      @kevinpeterson188 Před 4 lety +13

      i agree. the term makes me cringe as it sounds so sweeping and filled with malintent.

    • @Jnvlv247
      @Jnvlv247 Před 4 lety +4

      Did you you not hear Gina say that when they say "left" they mean the crazy mob that attacks you for saying anything remotely different than what they believe. We all know that does not mean everyone who identifies as liberal or even left leaning. Although it is slowly taking over the party and certainly has accelerated this year (election year). They are in direct opposition to the ones who label you as a racist, nazi or something-phobe.
      By the way, step away from the computer and out in real world and you will see most people don't think right vs left and sjw vs conservative. Most people are either apolitical or centered and may lean one way or another. We tend to ignore that because discussing crazy radical viewpoints and controversial statments are more fun than discussing things with a level headed person.

    • @Skychupie
      @Skychupie Před 4 lety +1

      So well said..thank you! 👍

    • @Whoreallyknows
      @Whoreallyknows Před 4 lety +2

      You’re arguing semantics. There’s a difference between being left from conservative values and “The Left” technically anyone who is a democrat would be left but there’s a difference between liberals and the left. The left is a specific group who utilize identity politics and political correctness to fight for equality of outcome as their main objective in social justice. The left is against freedom of speech and are essentially fighting to overthrow our capitalist system.

  • @ItsTaniya
    @ItsTaniya Před 3 lety +57

    Oh my god. I fucking love this. I feel the same exact way they are feeling and to hear them talk about it really helps me sort my thoughts out! Fuck yeah

  • @4lizlemon
    @4lizlemon Před 4 lety +5

    Love this so much. So informative. I hope you continue to talk about this as time goes on.

  • @bamababii5989
    @bamababii5989 Před 4 lety +124

    People who aren't black speaking on the black community and our issues like they know our community need to just shut up and stop talking and worry about your own damn communities.

    • @deborahmenchini2931
      @deborahmenchini2931 Před 3 lety +16

      Are you surprised? She's been talking OVER trans people for years...

    • @LatinChickWithMedley
      @LatinChickWithMedley Před 3 lety +11

      @@akuma1362 That confuses me. "worry about yourself" but... black americans say, "speak up. support black americans" and others say, "don't speak for us"

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney Před 3 lety +4

      So each race can only talk about their own community? That's certainly not what's been going on lately, that's for sure. BLM's whole deal is to talk about a different community.

    • @Corvelle1991
      @Corvelle1991 Před 3 lety

      IKDR!!!

    • @ZombieFighter95
      @ZombieFighter95 Před 3 lety +1

      @@akuma1362 they probably want them to not spout uninformed bullshit that they know nothing about.

  • @michiipichii
    @michiipichii Před 3 lety +6

    I love the content you make. Please keep going it's so refreshing to see someone adress what's really going on

  • @ForthSanity
    @ForthSanity Před 4 lety +118

    I was compelled...until she said "Abortions in black neighbourhoods are higher than in white neighbourhoods and Arielle says "they do it for the money." Wow, slick....I can think of six better ways to talk about the issue of higher abortions without it sound right off the bat like plan parenthood is also destroying black communities and undertones of "abortions are wrong, my organization cares more, but do not mind that we might also payout to people under the table for less abortion availability and stricter laws against it.
    Better example:
    - "Higher abortions suggests planned parenthood has given black communities more access to abortions than white communities suggesting targeted black population, which could be for money or population control."
    - "Planned Planhood is not transparent about where their money goes."
    - "Black neighbourhoods are more accessible than white neighbourhoods because the towns and states governing them care less about the black communities' infrastructure and plan parenthood takes advantage of that."
    - "Its a money grab because white communities are less likely to pay for an abortion since they are less desperate to avoid crippling poverty and violence."
    - "It's a money grab because black women are more likely to have an unwanted pregnancy and be talked out of the pregnancy."
    - "It seems planned parenthood takes advantage of the black communities and we know this because an abortion costs (how much here) through them, and they make (how much here) on abortions alone in a year "
    Also, I love how she holds her tongue and didn't say "my organization is pro-life or I am pro-life. That is a red flag there. You gotta be honest about that. You cannot go suggesting another organization is worse than you and or not transparent, and then not be completely transparent about yourself.
    Still this is a different view on the matter I am willing to watch but gotta say, this one is pretty cringy when it comes to the part on abortion, plan parenthood and who "cares" more.

    • @katherine1368
      @katherine1368 Před 4 lety +22

      You literally repeated what she said but in a nicer and less blunt way...is the truth so hard to swallow that we have to sugar coat it in this way for people to listen? Planned parenthood is still a COMPANY. Companies do not care about you or your race. They care about MONEY. Anything else is simple pandering. Obviously they will “support” the group that will give them more money.

    • @djcogdill9263
      @djcogdill9263 Před 4 lety +2

      @@katherine1368 To be fair, we do live in the age of political correctness (which I fucking hate btw)

    • @andyrevan
      @andyrevan Před 4 lety +2

      Do you know what the percentage of black people in America would be if planned parenthood never existed? I'm thinking 60%

    • @KurenaiTenka
      @KurenaiTenka Před 4 lety +18

      I checked out of the video at that point too. If there's a disproportionate amount of abortions by black women, then maybe that's an issue with access to contraception.

    • @IAmTheRealBill
      @IAmTheRealBill Před 4 lety +8

      ForthSanity.Ink the founder of PP explicitly wanted to eradicate the black and the poor and creates PP to do it. But sure, blame generic others.

  • @nolanolivier6791
    @nolanolivier6791 Před 4 lety +38

    Rohingya Lives Matter
    Uyghur Lives Matter
    Hong Kong Lives Matter

  • @EmmersonSprocket
    @EmmersonSprocket Před 4 lety +14

    Uploaded 2 minutes ago? I'm watching this right freaking now!

  • @sourcehauntings8851
    @sourcehauntings8851 Před 4 lety +56

    Letting people speak about different opinions and beliefs is the very foundation of freedom in this country. We can’t have intelligent, insightful conversation if we all rinse repeat rinse our conversations to fit certain beliefs. We become parrots- not understanding deeply our beliefs but just mimicking what others believe. Kudos for having this guest on. For me- beliefs are tested not on a public forum or sharing memes about BLM- it’s about you personally in all accounts. How are you going treat other folks? Hopefully with respect and manners.

    • @Beijaxol
      @Beijaxol Před 4 lety +3

      How is this a respectful conversation with 2 non-black women talking about black people with no black people in the conversation? This does not work. Arielle has been courageously making amazing videos of controversial topics that include the people who are central to the issues she is discussing. Now because of the terrible and unfair treatment she has received from mostly white men, Arielle is drawn to racist, reactionary groups. It's a disaster and a real loss for fans like me, who have followed her for years and admired her as a source of information and inspiration.

    • @averyprice1771
      @averyprice1771 Před 3 lety +2

      @@autonomous1547 They're talking about issues that affect Black people without actually having any credible information or sources, or having a black guest along to speak. If you genuinely want to help, raise up and promote black voices, don't speak over them. Most of the information in this video is misinformed at best and outright false information at worst. It's not fact, it's opinion, and the way they're making it sound like it's a fact leads to misinformation. I see that you're upset that the white people weren't listened to when talking about black issues, but historically and socially, Black people aren't included in conversations about their own rights and racism. If you want to be helpful in combatting racism and bringing real issues to light, talk to people who those issues effect. Get real, hard fact statistics. Conduct surveys, don't just rely on individual experiences.
      If it really upsets you so much that white people aren't being listened to on the topic of racism, imagine how absolutely fucking awful it must feel for a black person to say "Hey, our society is racist and I'm being treated unfairly" and then a white person coming along and saying "Meh, it's not that bad and your movement is bullshit. Here's MY opinion and what I think is the problem with the black community."

  • @mygenderisdje
    @mygenderisdje Před 4 lety +121

    Not agreeing or disagreeing but if you’re going to make such bold statements, it’d be a LOT more efficient and more welcoming for people who have strong views that don’t match yours to listen to what you have to say if you provide evidence to back up your claims. Especially when you talk about how “the statistics don’t show systematic racism” or systematic whatever else. If you’re going to make statements about statistics and research specifically, provide that information your referring to on the screen and/or with links to credible sources in your bio.

    • @stacyhereiam
      @stacyhereiam Před 4 lety +22

      Feel free to look at the cdc and fbi stats. It literally states all this. Ny times also has been keeping records of people killed by cops. If you can’t find it, i can link it.

    • @annabelsummer2643
      @annabelsummer2643 Před 4 lety +24

      @@stacyhereiam the burdon of proof is on the person making the statement not the person watching someone make the statement.

    • @stacyhereiam
      @stacyhereiam Před 4 lety +16

      Annabel Summer if you watch her other videos she actually links the proof in them. If you want the proof that the person that works for/with Candace you can literally watch any of her videos and she’ll provide proof. But I’ll happily give you the stats that you don’t want to look up.

    • @stacyhereiam
      @stacyhereiam Před 4 lety +14

      Annabel Summer www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2019-statistics-on-law-enforcement-officers-killed-in-the-line-of-duty

    • @stacyhereiam
      @stacyhereiam Před 4 lety +13

      Annabel Summer www.lawenforcementtoday.com/police-brutality-race-numbers/

  • @struthsayer9092
    @struthsayer9092 Před 3 lety +5

    You both are awesome. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a video this much. Clear, honest, intelligent and funny too. Keep up the great work.

  • @salamandah69
    @salamandah69 Před 4 lety +77

    I'm a big fan of yours Arielle first and foremost. The thing is there is the corporation and there is the saying "BLM." Just because someone says, 'blm" doesn't necessarily mean that they are trying to support the organization but that they are against racism. I agree whoever cares about black lives should care about other social issues pertaining to black communities. I don't believe we should minimize the subject of police brutality because what is wrong is wrong. I think it's incorrect to think that racism "doesn't exist because I lived in South Georgia and I haven't seen it." We don't know the plight of others, but also considering now that racism is taboo, things are brushed under the rug even more. The lady addresses systemic racism and systemic issues that the black community faces and then says that there is no systemic racism? All of these things are relevant. I am not educated enough in the subject of knowing which issues are "less important" but they are valid. Do I agree with rioting and all or nothing culture? No, I don't, but I do see the point in people actually addressing issued even if they are not the most pressing. The issues in the US may not be like in other "more racist countries" but they exist. From the sound of it, Blexit sounds like a good idea but don't demonize people for wanting to address and correct issues. Is the arresting of these officers the most important thing? Probably not, but is it the correct thing to do for someone who has murdered a genuinely innocent person? Sure we don't live in the 1960s, but racism does exist. It's just more discreet now and people have proof when it occurs and people get outraged. Mob mentality is not the solution and we should focus on these other issues, but she's basically like racism doesn't exist and they are rioting for nothing, but we are trying to help black people because yeah. Like if systemic racism doesn't exist, why is she even doing these things for the black community? She was very contradictory

    • @keithkaitlinreynolds808
      @keithkaitlinreynolds808 Před 4 lety +10

      And it sounds like saviorism.

    • @superfate9424
      @superfate9424 Před 4 lety +6

      She didn't say racism never existed she just tried to point out systematic racism isn't the biggest problem for black America. Racism will always be at least partially systemic because a minority of people will always be racist and every person helps run the system so that minority will always be present which makes sense but, I agree with her that there are MUCH larger issues to face and talking about racism and trying to change racist people's minds or abolish their way of thinking is an idle way to deal with things such as a 75% birthrate out of wedlock. Even if racism was the issue it seems that the blexit organization is way better for black people than BLM LLC.

    • @boop3260
      @boop3260 Před 4 lety +11

      @@superfate9424 Except it is the problem. All the issues she went on to list outside of police killings that affect Black people are directly related to systemic racism. The fact that her supposed movement (which on researching it is basically a neo-conservative party that is actively anti-choice, anti-LGBT and pro-Trump) don't acknowledge this is ridiculous - she's basically hamstrung herself.

    • @superfate9424
      @superfate9424 Před 4 lety +3

      Captain Slaymore Glad you said it so I didn’t have to. I think it’s racist for people to believe that every disparity between black and white people are exclusively or even majorly because of racism. Racism we never said was never part of it we just don’t agree that it is this gigantic systemic thing that CAUSES ALL disparities and functionally speaking to identify the problem as exclusively external is lacking in any form of self awareness. It just doesn’t help anybody when people say their problems they possess as individuals are because of other people and thus it is up to the other people to fix it for them is madness!!! Even if it was true somehow that we could accurately wrap all the problems of black people or even most problems into one terrible blanket statement cause like racism then the solution would STILL be to take care of ones own community starting with the father absence issue rather than trying to convince racist people to not be racist. And with BLM you just don’t see that although there are definitely many other organizations that are helpful.

    • @katherine1368
      @katherine1368 Před 4 lety +2

      Captain Slaymore never mind the fact that black Americans can get into med school with an average GPA of 3.4-3.5, meanwhile, white and Asians have to have it at 3.78-3.98. That’s a HUGE difference. And this applies for the MCAT as well. If anything, most grants, scholarships, opportunities are “minority preferred.” What about the poor white male who can’t get any of it? Don’t lie and tell me that you truly think minorities have less opportunities.

  • @PixieBoi3
    @PixieBoi3 Před 4 lety +67

    As a black gay person, who has left..."the left". I will say I feel you are missing the point of the BLM movement. It's not so much a political issue but that we are unjustly killed by police. It's a topic I think you need a better understanding of

    • @amieinwonderland8566
      @amieinwonderland8566 Před 4 lety +8

      THIS

    • @PixieBoi3
      @PixieBoi3 Před 4 lety +9

      @Brian Quint those statistics you speak of are very wrong, no source was sited I noticed. Trust me, I've a complete understanding of the issue. 😘

    • @summergilliland4068
      @summergilliland4068 Před 4 lety +7

      I think you missed the point. Black lives matter the corporation is not about black lives. It's about collecting money and lining poclets. Their is a problem with police brutality but statistically ita all around not just blacks.

    • @amiddend
      @amiddend Před 4 lety +5

      Summer- While that may be white people aren't being judged and killed just for the color of their skin. I am a white (although also a member of the LGBTQ+ community) person with privilege. When I go out into the world I don’t have to worry about being harassed for simply existing. Black people (in any state) don’t have that same freedom.

    • @PixieBoi3
      @PixieBoi3 Před 4 lety +4

      @@summergilliland4068 no wrong, your statistics are wrong! I live life as a black man so do not tell me what is and isnt true cause you watched a video and read a few articles 🤣 BLM is not a corporation, although there are ppl who have taken the movement and made it something else but it's about a stance against police brutality and the unjust murder of black lives...education yourself gurl. And before you talk "statistics" state your sources. There maybe more white men killed by police but not due to racism! That my dear is the point. I do somewhat agree with you

  • @jamesgray1019
    @jamesgray1019 Před 4 lety +9

    You’re amazing! I love your videos and the non emotional facts that you bring to your channel and subscribers. Never stop speaking the truth and facts ❤️❤️❤️

  • @avrilfan123
    @avrilfan123 Před 3 lety +222

    arielle: it's not my place to talk about blm
    arielle: talks about blm in a TWELVE MINUTE VIDEO

    • @home4life505
      @home4life505 Před 3 lety +12

      This is how I know you're a Leftist
      Arielle: "It's not my place to talk about BLM SPECIFICALLY."
      This is why there is a black woman sitting next to her speaking about BLM.

    • @ToDaMaxxx
      @ToDaMaxxx Před 3 lety +11

      Lmao she said there was a black woman sitting next to her...that woman next to her isn't black. She pulled that shit out of her ass

    • @bobamochagacha3960
      @bobamochagacha3960 Před 3 lety

      @@akuma1362 aré you blind? Shes clearly WHITE

    • @dpetrov32
      @dpetrov32 Před 3 lety +7

      @@bobamochagacha3960 wow excuse me...? how can you tell her race just from how she looks? I swear to god I want to report your comment for racism ... please explain yourself fast!

    • @dpetrov32
      @dpetrov32 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ToDaMaxxx please tone it down with the racism! if a Black woman tells you she is Black, who are you to question her?

  • @alnthevalley1
    @alnthevalley1 Před 4 lety +53

    I have been stopped, cuffed and not beaten by cops as a trans man, and bc I haven’t changed my driver’s license, they are more surprised in a inquisitive way (and not rude about it) and have treated me very professionally

    • @anahernandez4043
      @anahernandez4043 Před 4 lety +3

      I have been stopped by police too. I was speeding though.

    • @trublgrl
      @trublgrl Před 4 lety +6

      I have also been stopped by the police, just for falling asleep in a government parking lot. Being in New York City, raised with stories of Stonewall and the violence against transwomen by the NYPD in the 70's, I got very scared. They did ask for ID (Mine was still fully masculine) and questioned me, I think, to determine my sobriety. Nowadays, they call this a 'wellness check." They determined I was in no danger, was no danger to anyone else, and went on their way. I felt better that if something HAD been wrong, they were on it within like, an hour. Sometimes fear of authority is a very dangerous thing to carry in your mind, Who else is going to help you out there?

    • @NuclearGrizzly
      @NuclearGrizzly Před 4 lety +2

      I'm been stopped by police in several states. The only time I was treated poorly was in Vermont when it is apparently illegal to be black. Just ask State Rep. Kiah Morris.

    • @XoeCox
      @XoeCox Před 4 lety +2

      And I am happy to hear that. But your treatment would have more than likely been very different if you were a black man. Black men and women have a justified fear of being stopped by police and not making it home. We know it does not matter how much money we have or our education level. All that matters is that we are black. And when you are black, you live your whole life as being seen as less than.

    • @yourrandominternettroll5311
      @yourrandominternettroll5311 Před 4 lety +1

      @Cool Runnings Xoe
      How exactly do “black people have a justified fear of being stopped by police?” I don’t have a justified fear. My only fear is of their guns (I’ve had a traumatic incident that involved very close gun fire and I’d rather not go into detail). I have no justified fear of police. In fact I have no fear of police at all, just their guns but I’m not necessarily afraid of ‘police guns,’ I’m afraid of any and all guns.

  • @MIMI-ud7jw
    @MIMI-ud7jw Před 4 lety +133

    Why do the words "black lives matter" trigger you so much?

    • @lazyguy4805
      @lazyguy4805 Před 4 lety +6

      Wel I don't know about Arielle but ,,BLM" definitely lost me and many other people when this happened:
      czcams.com/video/nj8Vr62FdK4/video.html
      More black lives were destroyed by this riots than helped in any constructive way.

    • @averyprice1771
      @averyprice1771 Před 3 lety +9

      @@akuma1362 I think that's a fair thing to say, but also the discussion is on BLM, not Palenstinians and Iranian refugees. The funny thing is, supporting a movement for black people doesn't mean that I can't support movements for Asian people, Middle Eastern People, Latino People, etc. Black Lives Matter doesn't mean that nobody else's does; it means that up until this point in our history, in our society, black people are treated as less than, and we want to find a way to empower and encourage Black voices and stories to be heard. What a lot of people don't realise is that just because we're talking about BLM, doesn't mean we don't support other races - we just want all people to be equal. Furthermore, the 'All Lives Matter' movement was primarily dictated by white people who don't like not being involved in everything - a way for them to find importance in something that was made to help Black people feel important. Personally, I learned long ago that just because you talk about racism doesn't mean that other problems go away; which is why BLM is so important. It focuses us on an incredibly misinterpreted and marginalised community. I support the BLM movement, but I also support the ending of white supremacy, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, misogyny and more. Raising and supporting black voices doesn't mean that nobody else gets a voice.
      [As a sidebar: I'm white and I know that therefore my opinion on the topic isn't as important as those of POC. However, this is just my understanding of the BLM movement and some of the biggest misconceptions around it]

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney Před 3 lety +6

      You are purposely being disingenuous and it's gross and you are exactly the type of person they are talking about. They specifically state that lots of the protesters have their hearts in the right place, and that there's a difference between the concept and the organization. NOBODY has a problem with black lives matter. Black Lives Matter on the other hand is truly reprehensible.

    • @Johnphilips1234
      @Johnphilips1234 Před 3 lety +4

      Its not the principle. Its just the organisation who are jut race baiters who have done nothing to actually help the black community.

    • @Nada07able
      @Nada07able Před 3 lety

      Because she's racist.

  • @alexandersvideopicks8735
    @alexandersvideopicks8735 Před 3 lety +8

    Thank you for posting, Arielle! You two are awesome. I think most people do not know that BLM is a for-profit corporation and not a 501c. Thank you for being honest and addressing the issue in a fair manner. Straight/conservative white man here; love your videos!

  • @sibergirl
    @sibergirl Před 4 lety +4

    This was a great convo! Thanks for posting.

  • @httmai
    @httmai Před 3 lety +8

    This video is the TRUTH. Truth as in coherent, logical and factual. OMG, I want to buy you both a drink and talk to both of you for hours on end!

  • @kianablaze24
    @kianablaze24 Před 3 lety +328

    You didn’t cite a single source, how am I supposed to believe any of the facts you presented? I don’t blindly support anybody.

    • @lisao6928
      @lisao6928 Před 3 lety +33

      Coleman Hughes has a lot of good stats on this, but you can also look at the stats from the Washington Post or from the CDC. Heather McDonald wrote a book on police stats. Rolland Fryer who is a professor, at Harvard has done a bunch of studies. These studies show that whites are more likely to be killed by cops based on the number of police interactions. His studies do show that people of color are more likely to be roughed up, statistically. You can also go to the BLM website to find out more about them. Let me know if you need any more sources. I have been looking into this the past few months. I am a social researcher and happy to help.

    • @zeenuf00
      @zeenuf00 Před 3 lety +17

      @Nice One who's burning cities down and attacking people in the streets, champ?

    • @zeenuf00
      @zeenuf00 Před 3 lety +3

      @Nice One yes, I'm saying that. you're welcome.

    • @zeenuf00
      @zeenuf00 Před 3 lety +7

      @Nice One BLM is a terrorist organization

    • @zeenuf00
      @zeenuf00 Před 3 lety +10

      @Nice One actually, the riots and burning cities and attacks on civilians say so. but thanks anyway sport lol!!

  • @ladypittbull4270
    @ladypittbull4270 Před 4 lety +1

    This is a great video!!! Glad y’all got together to put this information out!

  • @Sofetchadhd
    @Sofetchadhd Před 4 lety +2

    I’m from North Carolina. We have a huge juvenile problem in this state. I was in trouble as a young teen, and I found the Conservative movement and it helped me do better with my mental issues and I have such a love for Conservatives that they’re supportive in changes! 💕 I adore this video so much.

  • @cee8mee
    @cee8mee Před 4 lety +10

    What a fantastic conversation!

  • @ascendingneet2263
    @ascendingneet2263 Před 4 lety +16

    I wanted to do something like this but thought I would be insulting 😭😭😭 Thank you soooo much for showing me I’m not alone in my genuine want to help POC by picking things up by the ROOT, even (and mostly) when that means admitting to very true stereotypes

    • @CrakenFlux
      @CrakenFlux Před rokem +1

      Dare to Be! (what a crappy moment in the culture when we have to encourage people to BE.) Think of Joan of Arc. Like Jesus? Think of Jesus!! Nature abhors and eventually eliminates cowards.

  • @nicholasmelanson78
    @nicholasmelanson78 Před 4 lety +113

    When she said that maybe Arielle, that lady, Candace and Blaire could all work together....
    Does she not realize that Candace and Blaire literally don't f*ck with eachother....

    • @writingthefuture
      @writingthefuture Před 4 lety +44

      i wish they could but damn that debate 😭😭 i love both blaire and candace but candace was soo disrespectful.. i hope she's learned from it

    • @daivahataka
      @daivahataka Před 4 lety +5

      That was so painful to watch but at least it did inspire the Rucka Rucka Ali parody song. 😅

    • @lapelcelery42
      @lapelcelery42 Před 4 lety +11

      @@writingthefuture They were both pretty disrespectful, and we never really got closure on the whole Social Autopsy thing from Candace. One of very few debates where we actually might have all been better off if it hadn't happened.

    • @crewkid52
      @crewkid52 Před 4 lety +1

      #SaveDave

    • @levibull6063
      @levibull6063 Před 4 lety +3

      When those two are in the same room ... Shits gonna go down
      But candice should of been more respectful ... Blair knows .... (This is gonna sound strange) shes ... Biologically male ... But hell she went through with it doesnt regret it and im sure anyone that ever saw her would say ... She .. Blair is she

  • @nasimwehbe8410
    @nasimwehbe8410 Před 4 lety +4

    Just found your channel and really enjoy the content. Im a Constitutional Conservative, I have a gay Conservative uncle and I just wanted to say welcome. Im a firm believer in you do you and I do me. Much love and respect for your bravery. Keep up the good work on bridging the gap and crushing stereotypes. We beed more people like you. We are all Americans and we all need to stand together. Stay blessed.

  • @ondabrynk
    @ondabrynk Před 4 lety +178

    BLM video...featuring a non black person “educating” on black issues....wonderful 🙄

    • @nicoleaustin5563
      @nicoleaustin5563 Před 4 lety +35

      As long as they are educated and telling the truth it shouldn't matter. Beautiful part of America and being free.

    • @sophia4332
      @sophia4332 Před 4 lety +18

      the idea that if someone for example isn't gay or female that means they have absolutely no idea about what those groups of people experience is absolutely ridiculous. You might as well just say that black people have no idea what struggles white people face because they aren't white. But of course that would be racist because its something degrading about black people, yet when someone says something degrading about white people its completely fine. thats equality for you

    • @jwb52z9
      @jwb52z9 Před 4 lety +15

      @@sophia4332 Although no one's life is perfect, by comparison White people really don't have all that many problems unless they are dirt poor.

    • @sophia4332
      @sophia4332 Před 4 lety +2

      @@jwb52z9 and?

    • @applepop7376
      @applepop7376 Před 4 lety +17

      @@sophia4332 I think comparison being made is that being educated the only dose so far being black is an experience you have to live through not on top that every black person has different experiences it would be great if ariel got a black person and this nice lady to both speak share ideas express how they feel and show both sides of the story more and more it feels like she just yelling left is evil without really get someone else on the left to say something theirs 2 sides to every story and that can't be ignore not that I think she doing it on purpose

  • @sierradickinson760
    @sierradickinson760 Před 4 lety +60

    You are so right. Im not right or left but I've found it so hard to remove my emotions from these issues. I find myself following the woke wave and its almost inescapable sometimes. I dont want to just follow my emotions and what social media is throwing in my face. I want to be logical and see every angle and try to make actual changes.

    • @YourPalHDee
      @YourPalHDee Před 4 lety +1

      Sounds like your emotions lead you in the right direction tbh. I always trust my gut feeling, it's intuition and many people just don't have it, but sounds like you do.

    • @missmagui8135
      @missmagui8135 Před 4 lety

      I feel ya... same here... it takes a lot of courage and spiritual effort - I’m under exhaustion... thinking on taking a month off from social media

    • @kmac2280
      @kmac2280 Před 2 lety +1

      This has taught me more thank you for pointing out BLM is a corporation and explains why victims of those families they fought for didn’t see a cent of the money for their children’s funerals.

    • @kmac2280
      @kmac2280 Před 2 lety +1

      I am the ultimate hipster without the glasses coffee and beanie. I used to do this thing in high school; when something became popular I jump off the wagon and instead I find my own music , style and when it becomes popular I drop it , which is what I did with the democrat party in 2020. I guess I always knew mob mentality is fake because they only follow trends and to always take a step back and make your own decisions.

  • @Shadowkiss19
    @Shadowkiss19 Před 4 lety +12

    I have never heard of your organization before. I love the concepts of your organization. We hear BLM more that the organization that helps.

  • @melslife4216
    @melslife4216 Před 4 lety +6

    Thanks so y'all definitely helped a lot. I'm so happy your speaking about this .

    • @ashleyw3841
      @ashleyw3841 Před 3 lety

      Do not listen to non black people who dont know wtf they are talking about

  • @ceciliagusmao4961
    @ceciliagusmao4961 Před 4 lety +193

    Its really good to see a LGBT woman with influence speaking against the extreme left.... Representation in the political debate matters too!

    • @sophia4332
      @sophia4332 Před 4 lety +9

      Sydney Watson also recently made a video about speaking out against the left. though shes not LGBT, shes still a female voice, and im excited about the rise in creators talking about how we need to start speaking up against the left recently

    • @AleesatheIsraeli
      @AleesatheIsraeli Před 4 lety

      Go figure lol

    • @lucydiamond06
      @lucydiamond06 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes!

    • @ceciliagusmao4961
      @ceciliagusmao4961 Před 4 lety +6

      @@sophia4332 exactly! The authoritarian left is getting strong in Brazil too... Polarization is the enemy of the century, unfortunately

    • @johngerity
      @johngerity Před 4 lety

      This does not sound like a level headed Star Trek fan pointing out a continuity failure or bad casting. It's "Star Trek is garbage, that's why I've decided to join the Jedi Order." Coz, you know, heaven forbid you join a group or follow an ideology that you can criticize. Unless she regularly criticizes the right and I've just been oblivious to it. Is that a thing?

  • @jeremiahwd
    @jeremiahwd Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you so much!! It is so refreshing to hear the logic you ladies were speaking. Thank you! Thanl you! Thank you!

  • @footsiesgirl
    @footsiesgirl Před 4 lety

    Great conversation ladies, very eye opening!

  • @JessMichaelWillyard
    @JessMichaelWillyard Před 4 lety

    You guys are awesome. Thanks for the FACTS. So helpful. Peace and love!

  • @popcornkernnel
    @popcornkernnel Před 4 lety +153

    I’m all for differences in opinions... but I feel like all these so called “movements” promote even more division within communities like black and lgbt+. Aligning with just one political side seems counterintuitive when thinking about ways that there can be improvements for both communities.

    • @trublgrl
      @trublgrl Před 4 lety +14

      Uh oh. You figured it out. Communism is spread by creating division between groups, then making promises to each group. The greed in us wants to hear "Justice for Black people" , "Justice for gay people" when "Justice for all" is what we all want. They appeal to our desire to have special significance, and convince us that LGBT people will have less if Blacks get, and Whites will have less when Immigrants get. Meanwhile, we don't need anything from the government but fair courts and to be left alone.

    • @johngerity
      @johngerity Před 4 lety +7

      @@trublgrl I'm a strong critic of cult-like leftist behavior and the lack of skepticism and critical thinking therin, and there's plenty on the left to criticize, but this BLEXIT bullshit feels like the exact same thing to me. Learning to recognize this kind of sham behavior, learning to recognize propaganda as propaganda inoculates you against indoctrination and hive mind thinking. It's like Falun Gong. You go there curious about enlightenment and all you actually get is "look at what communist china is doing to them" yeah, and Jews and Muslims too btw. Is that literally how you define your religion? Our Holy Church Of Look What They Did To Us? Instead of defining sides (CNN vs FoxNews, East Coast vs West Coast) and pitting them against each other, unite on what you can do and fix it. Example:Foundation Beyond Belief is an atheist NFP that tries to help people without making them feel like they owe something to god for the efforts the organization makes. They don't go out of their way to point out why Salvation Army and missionaries are fucked up, they just do what needs to be done. WHY IS THAT SO GOD DAMNED HARD!

    • @trublgrl
      @trublgrl Před 4 lety +6

      @@johngerity I'm confused as to why your deconstruction of "Blexit's bullshit" is an explanation of Falun Gong? What is Blexit asking for except that people critically examine their loyalties? Gina Florio here is purely acting as you say, working in the black community to solve systemic problems. True, Blexit's premise is that the democrat party does more harm than good to black people. What's wrong with that? You apparently say NFP doesn't go out of it's way to bash The Salvation Army, and yet you are the first person I ever heard mention it, and you are bashing the Salvation Army. The NFP must think that faith and charity are mutually exclusive, and there's no reason they should be precluded from saying that. Blexit feels that Black empowerment and Black Democrat-ism are mutually exclusive, so why can't they speak there position? Maybe it's not "so damn hard" for them to not bring their politics into their work, but maybe they don't want to do that. No one is compelled to deal with them. No one has the right to tell them what their goals should be and how they should achieve them.
      For someone who apparently doesn't believe in shared religious ethics, you seem fairly puritanical in your views of how people should conduct themselves.
      (Or is this just all about you being a communist and having to step up to confront anyone who decries that murderous ideology, with your "You just as bad" non-argument?)

    • @johngerity
      @johngerity Před 4 lety +2

      @mrtrex01 You can be tax exempt and still be a cult.

    • @steff2437
      @steff2437 Před 4 lety +6

      This whole video was basically an advertisement for people who support BLM to "come to reality"and offer their support to BLEXIT instead. It's like a sick competition of who can have more followers who hate the other group.

  • @lunacrazy9587
    @lunacrazy9587 Před 4 lety +53

    You guys definitely have good points of trends and cancel culture and mob mentality, but some of the things you have said are just wrong. Systemic racism in the police force is a real problem saying its not as big as it is is dismissing it, a white kid will never and has never been killed for simply walking home, and a white women was never killed for sleeping in her own home. Abortion wise these are poorer communities, education plays a big roll in the rate of abortion and poorer communities have poorly funded public schools do to the small amount of tax payer dollars, it is not only the fact there are more planed parenthoods because if a person wants/needs an abortion they will find a place that will preform one. Planed parenthood also dose a lot more then just abortions such as cancer screenings, distribute birth control, std screenings, with abortions only making up about 3% of what they actually do. In fact if you go in for an abortion screening they make sure to go over all other options before abortion. And a big reminder that not all POC experience racism, just because it hasn't happened to you does not mean that it is not happening. I am also asian and have been called racial slurs because i live in a very white place, so if I feel that little amount of racism I can not begin to fathom how Black/brown people feel when there are entire groups dedicated to putting them down for the past over 100 years. Lastly you are both no at POC and benefit from it, if you are at a store looking to buy something the security will almost 100 percent leave you be because you are not "suspicious" where as a POC is wayyyy more likely to be followed in a store by undercover security.

    • @katherine1368
      @katherine1368 Před 4 lety +8

      Im also Asian. And although we are also called names, because racism DOES exist, it is truly not as systemic and widespread as you’d think. Asians were also oppressed and discriminated against, but our intact family values have allowed us to become THE TOP PERCENT IN INCOME GROUP IN AMERICA. Is there such a thing as Asian privilege? And should I start apologizing and paying reparations for simply having for being an immigrant and having hard working immigrant parents who came to the US 19 years ago with no money and were illiterate??

    • @loqutor
      @loqutor Před 4 lety +2

      You really wanna stand by your statements on systemic racism? Go look up Justine Damond, Duncan Lemp, Daniel Shaver, and Kelly Thomas, then get back to me.

    • @alphacat9302
      @alphacat9302 Před 4 lety +5

      Are you serious? Plenty of white people have been killed by overzealous cops, either by accident or with disregard to protocol. Heck, Duncan Lemp was shot and killed while sleeping in March and his girlfriend was wounded. Your ignorance of the actual state of affairs is blinding you.

    • @dovahkiin2424
      @dovahkiin2424 Před 4 lety +6

      Tell me you are not comparing the oppression of Asain ppl to the 100s of years of slavery and continual oppression of black ppl and then saying the Asain community recovered better bc of family values. You must be out of your mind..

    • @Lucia-cc4br
      @Lucia-cc4br Před 4 lety +9

      i am asian and this statement about our community "doing well" due to our family values is wrong. you're upholding. the model minority myth and erasing the struggle that many asian americans still face today. this also puts down black. and other brown communities. we are also poc.

  • @Bikebreathtube
    @Bikebreathtube Před 4 lety

    Great piece. It's very helpful for you to have gotten this out there. Truth can be scary, but you are speaking it!

  • @spearageddon3279
    @spearageddon3279 Před 4 lety

    Another great video and interview! Well done ladies. 👍

  • @veronicajohnson5983
    @veronicajohnson5983 Před 3 lety +103

    Please watch Corys video, your facts are either wrong or you explain them wrong in order to fit ur narrative.

    • @hkunjvonxok3261
      @hkunjvonxok3261 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes, please do!!! here is the link: czcams.com/video/jDinaowzHK8/video.html

    • @manbearpig2.060
      @manbearpig2.060 Před 3 lety +2

      veronica corys facts are destroyed on BLM here czcams.com/video/9eS0Hu2usC0/video.html

    • @veronicajohnson5983
      @veronicajohnson5983 Před 3 lety +4

      @@manbearpig2.060 they do not source any facts and give very one sided arguments that offer no new insight I have not already heard from the right. Sorry but it’s not a very great argument and I’m my eyes doesn’t really debunk anything Cory said.

    • @manbearpig2.060
      @manbearpig2.060 Před 3 lety +2

      @@veronicajohnson5983 the guy you linked to is in no way an expert on these issues, I was talking about the lies BLM and people on the left have used as scare tactics for months now mainly for the election now that the lefts won we wont hear about it for another 3 years until another election,If, and I am guessing that's not what he addresses, then you clearly didn't watch the video I sent above as it's 100 percent debunks any lies and dishonest info the left has put out on the matter of cops and shootings if you did watch and actually believe if altho I highly doubt you did, id love to see a response debunking what *an actual expert on these matters said in my video* and not some random CZcams leftist who gets his info from biased leftist media outlets

    • @manbearpig2.060
      @manbearpig2.060 Před 3 lety +1

      @@veronicajohnson5983 the video I sent you covers everything BLM has said about cops from their hunting black dog simply because they are black which we all know is BS, to them claiming black men are being shot at record rates and just using fear mongering tactics which are for anyone who actually watches the video which comes with facts and stats debunks all that nonsense, Heather Mac Donald is a expert on these issues

  • @Catina28
    @Catina28 Před 4 lety +42

    Great conversation ladies. As a black person, u give me hope that people like us can stand up to these bullies. At least we can now.. 😂😂

  • @TheStabbedGaiusJuliusCaesar

    I came here after seeing you on The Buttsman's show, saw a couple of videos, subscribed. Great content.

  • @kat050107
    @kat050107 Před 4 lety

    Absolutely AMAZING video Arielle!! Thank you so much for speaking the truth.

  • @giulialeonetti3663
    @giulialeonetti3663 Před 4 lety +12

    Finally someone that address the problem wisely! I really appreciate your content, Arielle and I hope you’ll continue to do so!
    Thank you and love you :)

  • @eriksaner3608
    @eriksaner3608 Před 4 lety +15

    Why get a conservative Asian American to discuss African American issues? You at least could have invited a black conservative to discuss the BLM movement. Everyone has the right to discuss whatever they wish, but Gina is not a spokesperson for Black Americans. I mean surely you wouldn’t invite a black American to discuss the high suicide rates of East Asians or other cultural issues? Very divisive.

    • @tonguepop9453
      @tonguepop9453 Před 4 lety +4

      Why does the race of the woman matter if she came to speak about the group that she is in to help black people?

    • @nicoleaustin5563
      @nicoleaustin5563 Před 4 lety +2

      She is obviously very educated on all the topics discussed and she is a huge part of Blexit, as she mentioned, who does a ton for the black community. You're literally just picking at this point. As long as they are educated and speaking truth anyone can speak on any issue they choose.

    • @eriksaner3608
      @eriksaner3608 Před 4 lety +1

      *Tongue pop* black people don’t need her ‘help’. That sounds very patronising. Also, although mentioning someone’s race isn’t productive all the time, we can’t pretend to be colour blind. It is important to bring people who are from a particular group to talk about issues affecting that group. The Asian American struggle is different to the African American struggle. Let’s stop putting all POC in the same box. Many non-black POC can be very anti-black.

    • @eriksaner3608
      @eriksaner3608 Před 4 lety

      Nicole Austin As mentioned before, I didn’t say she doesn’t have a right to discuss BLM and Blexit. I just personally would have given a platform to a black conservative, who often times are singled out by liberals and the BLM movement, not an Asian conservative.

  • @4july99
    @4july99 Před 2 lety

    I’m here because of your conversation with Sean McDowell. Agree with everything you both say here. Really good. Don’t stop talking sense!

  • @donaldkunzer4097
    @donaldkunzer4097 Před 4 lety +1

    This was so well put and awesome!

  • @richardreese8038
    @richardreese8038 Před 4 lety +22

    I support black people as a whole, but BLM doesn’t really care about ALL black lives. Love this channel I don’t agree with everything but this is one of the most honest channel on CZcams

    • @angerybirddude86
      @angerybirddude86 Před 4 lety

      It is speaking about a particular issue affecting Black lives

  • @mindthependulum6245
    @mindthependulum6245 Před 4 lety +75

    Real diversity is hearing as many groups as possible speak the truth, living that truth. I appreciate this video.

    • @Beijaxol
      @Beijaxol Před 4 lety +19

      Two non-Black women talking about Black people and BLM without the inclusion of any Black women is like listening to a 'Karen' dialing in a complaint to the police about a Black person she disapproves of.

    • @yourrandominternettroll5311
      @yourrandominternettroll5311 Před 4 lety +4

      @Beijaxol
      Well it shouldn’t matter what skin color they are. But whatever. And I’m a black woman and believe agree that BLM is just such a great big hoax and full of lies.

    • @parkthepenguin6344
      @parkthepenguin6344 Před 3 lety +4

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    • @bigbawlzlebowski8886
      @bigbawlzlebowski8886 Před 3 lety +2

      @@yourrandominternettroll5311 I'm skeptical that you're a black woman.

    • @yourrandominternettroll5311
      @yourrandominternettroll5311 Před 3 lety

      @@bigbawlzlebowski8886 well I am. You can believe what you like but I am speaking the truth.

  • @debimausel
    @debimausel Před 4 lety

    I'm new to your channel and I love what you are doing. Thanks!

  • @johncampo7634
    @johncampo7634 Před 4 lety

    This was such a great and informative video!!!....thank you

  • @ascendingneet2263
    @ascendingneet2263 Před 4 lety +135

    I don’t agree on all of the points in this video, but damn it is a breath of fresh air to see people admitting to the points I DO agree with

    • @EobardFerguson
      @EobardFerguson Před 4 lety

      What ‘points’ do you not agree with?

    • @jasonbirchoff2605
      @jasonbirchoff2605 Před 4 lety +1

      @@EobardFerguson in my case take school choice. Why is the answer to education problems increase school choice, which I take to mean vouchers. Why isn't the answer putting in the investment into the community that was kept our due to red lining and federal housing guidelines?
      Sure vouchers are easy but it's basically copping out on fixing the thing that was broken by a decision everyone claims they believe was racist and should not have been done?

    • @jennifermoore6321
      @jennifermoore6321 Před 4 lety +1

      Jason Birchoff If this is an area of interest for you, let me recommend “Charter Schools and their Enemies” by Thomas Sowell.

    • @jasonbirchoff2605
      @jasonbirchoff2605 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jennifermoore6321 Havent read the book. have added it to my growing reading list. However, from the summary on amazon. I am not sure this will change my mind. Like I said I am not against vouchers in a vaccum. Put another way, if the only problem that existed was just failing education system but everything else was ok. Then by all means lets go whole hog on vouchers. Hell I wouldnt hold up the deployment of a voucher system for my concerns.
      My problem is simply if your going to take the position Candice Owens and her colleagues have taken. I consider it disingenuous. The point isn't that bad stuff happened in the past we should all just wallow in pity. The Point is bad stuff happened and no one seems to be interested in understanding how and why and acknowledge how it is affecting us to this day. We only seem interested in small one off fixes. Instead of confronting the horrible past with backbone and enumerating all the effects we still have today and systematically work to resolving them.
      I would love nothing more than to not have to mandate at the state or federal level something like affirmative action. But it is pretty much made necessary by not undoing the effects of all the social engineering that was done in the past while leaving african americans to fend for themselves. Unfortunately, no one seems to want that smoke. so all we get is one off fixes. It just irks me to no end. Because when you have a problem at the scale this was created you dont just fix it as a one off. and school vouchers is just another one off fix

    • @queenruth2109
      @queenruth2109 Před 4 lety +1

      @@jasonbirchoff2605 I'm a little confused. Why isn't the burden on the individuals that went to school specifically to teach. My cousin is an inner city school teacher. There are many challenges that come with that. She teaches biology and comes up with creative ways for the retention of the material she teaches. I see a lot of teachers that are overcome with behavioral issues that they dont teach adequately. And I'm not sure in for either behaviorally or mentally deficient students belong in the same classrooms as students that are not challenged in these areas. The whole its discrimination theory just leaves for more under taught students.

  • @hops2099x
    @hops2099x Před 4 lety +145

    Gotta watch this one now before it’s pulled 😂

    • @yourrandominternettroll5311
      @yourrandominternettroll5311 Před 4 lety +12

      Same lol. But it’s sad that people can’t talk about what they want to without being censored by youtube.

    • @CLL21
      @CLL21 Před 4 lety +5

      Take off your tinfoil hat. Crowder, Shapiro, lobster boy & the rest of them, are still all over YT.

    • @hops2099x
      @hops2099x Před 4 lety +3

      Chelsea L calm down it was a joke

    • @aaliyahm1697
      @aaliyahm1697 Před 4 lety +2

      @@CLL21 lobster boy ?

    • @hkunjvonxok3261
      @hkunjvonxok3261 Před 3 lety +1

      @@CLL21 Yep. YT literally funnels people into Alt-Right spaces. Support LGBTQ+ people who are actually in danger of having their voices silenced (like notcorry who made a vid replying to this vid here: czcams.com/video/jDinaowzHK8/video.html

  • @gaylesuemedley-barton4217

    Wow! Y'all are awesome! Ima keep checking your channel out and share. Thank you!

  • @Samuel115s
    @Samuel115s Před 3 lety +1

    I don't understand why we can't do both at the same time. Why can't we protest against police injustice to black people and also tackle the problems in the black community.

  • @johnosullivan7467
    @johnosullivan7467 Před 4 lety +7

    I’m so glad reasonable people are talking! Thank you both for proving that this can happen without conflict!

  • @TheSharmoota
    @TheSharmoota Před 4 lety +3

    You’re awesome! Always allowing us to experience different viewpoints and bringing on great guests!

  • @evlinay
    @evlinay Před 4 lety +2

    Thank you for this video. More people should speak up as you do.

  • @midnightfury7267
    @midnightfury7267 Před 4 lety

    Wow you both are so on point! Thank You so much for the knowledge what you are talking about is true. Keep spreading the real news! God Bless.

  • @leftybelle7022
    @leftybelle7022 Před 4 lety +30

    You both rock, thanks for a does of reality with a smile.

  • @mandy3404
    @mandy3404 Před 4 lety +52

    I can't believe you just listed access to abortion as a bad thing?! So what, it's better if these women don't have access to abortion so they are forced to raise kids they don't have the resources for?! If you want to reduce abortion, the best thing you can do is increase access to contraception. Surely putting a planned parenthood in every community is what you SHOULD be doing to reduce abortion?! Taking away abortion isn't going to magically make better families, in fact probably the opposite.

    • @terricastles3832
      @terricastles3832 Před 4 lety +6

      You only hear what you want to hear. In no way did they say what you said they did. They question why so many PP's plunk their asses down in the middle of low income neighborhoods, namely black neighborhoods. And how twisted is it to think a family is diminished because of a child. Sad and sick and I don't blame you for believing that, you've been spoonfed such lies your entire life.

    • @blazebaby89
      @blazebaby89 Před 4 lety +20

      @@ThatEmoGirl pro-lifers only care about "saving a child" up until they are born, then they will vote to take away social programs that many low income families depend on to survive. So it's not really about saving a child, it's about making the mother/family suffer "consequences".

    • @ArtfulJo
      @ArtfulJo Před 4 lety

      PP giving women access to abortion that they choose is fine with me, it's the rest of PP's behavior (offering hormones to teens, hosting cotton ceiling workshops, etc.) really and truly sucks.

    • @blazebaby89
      @blazebaby89 Před 4 lety +8

      @@ArtfulJo be real, the majority of what PP does is provide health services to women such as pap smears, access to birth control, wellness and STI checks. Everything else you mentioned, including abortions, make up a minority of what they do.

    • @istandwithjkrowling3098
      @istandwithjkrowling3098 Před 4 lety +8

      @@ThatEmoGirl The solution to reducing abortion isn't so simple as removing abortion clinics. You still have condoms that break. You still have people uneducated about safe sex. *You still have rape.* You need to solve all those problems long before removing abortion clinics. If not, you're going to end up with a lot of unwanted babies growing up with parents who can't take care of them. Not to mention, *None of this is related to BLM.* You're not "pro-life" if you don't care about the babies afters it's been born. You're just "pro forced birth."

  • @zachandaurora952
    @zachandaurora952 Před 4 lety

    New to your videos. But I'm glad to see your view points on all of this stuff in the world today. I subscribed

  • @lezpumabooma4305
    @lezpumabooma4305 Před 4 lety

    I love your videos and not afraid to talk about topics people are cautious about.

  • @katiesmith8501
    @katiesmith8501 Před 4 lety +60

    Are you gonna go full conservative now? You seem grossly excited about the "red waves" in all the traditionally liberal groups.

    • @donstrong5763
      @donstrong5763 Před 4 lety +3

      Democrats are not liberal anymore, they are Marxists.

    • @ZombieFighter95
      @ZombieFighter95 Před 3 lety +2

      @@donstrong5763 that's the dumbest shit I've ever read. Define Marxist for me, come on.

    • @sarawhitmire7967
      @sarawhitmire7967 Před 3 lety

      @@ZombieFighter95 it’s true

    • @ZombieFighter95
      @ZombieFighter95 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sarawhitmire7967 alright, what do you think Marxism is?

    • @sarawhitmire7967
      @sarawhitmire7967 Před 3 lety

      @@ZombieFighter95 it's evil. Socialism equals everything is free and equal. No thanks

  • @sadem1045
    @sadem1045 Před 3 lety +11

    4:31 You cannot get an abortion at Planned Parenthood locations. Planned Parenthood shares information with people with unplanned pregnancies on topics such as adoption, prenatal care, and yes, abortion. Planned Parenthood also offers OB/GYN services to females regardless of whether they're pregnant or not. 👍

  • @summersmith5141
    @summersmith5141 Před 4 lety

    Thank you for doing these videos.

  • @KitGW
    @KitGW Před 3 lety +2

    Blexit and Walk Away are the best things happening in American politics right now

  • @Lazy_eye_blobFish
    @Lazy_eye_blobFish Před 4 lety +18

    !!!!THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!! God bless you.
    Also arielle loves the word juxtaposition lmao!

    • @arielle
      @arielle  Před 4 lety +10

      i do love that word haha

    • @Lazy_eye_blobFish
      @Lazy_eye_blobFish Před 4 lety

      @@arielle hey it hurts nobody so you do your thing.

    • @Lazy_eye_blobFish
      @Lazy_eye_blobFish Před 4 lety +1

      @@arielle also you made my morning a lot better by responding. I can not go to church anymore due to covid so thank you for making me smile.
      Despite our different beliefs and views I pray you are happy and safe.
      God bless and much love from Cincinnati
      Sincerely
      🤎Gabe🤎

    • @unsourced7561
      @unsourced7561 Před 4 lety +2

      Unfortunately, she uses the term incorrectly in this video lol. In order for two things to juxtapose, they must be dissimilar. She claims that BLM and trans activists form a juxtaposition because they are so similar.

    • @RockHudrock
      @RockHudrock Před 4 lety

      Happy Blobfish Productions How do you know she has different beliefs? AFAIK she is a Christian. She might not be a full-fledged conservative, but she’s smart and logical and that’s 80% of being a conservative.

  • @alexanderx2808
    @alexanderx2808 Před 4 lety +27

    It’s not just about fighting police brutality. It’s about ending the prison industrial complex and mass-incarceration.

    • @richardreese8038
      @richardreese8038 Před 4 lety +6

      True it is but these problems were passed in the 1994 crime bill endorsed by majority democrat congress

    • @johnnyseed9257
      @johnnyseed9257 Před 4 lety

      Hell ya your a republican. This is what Trumps doing. Welcome to the party. MAGA

    • @bluecannibaleyes
      @bluecannibaleyes Před 4 lety +1

      That’s easy: stop committing crimes.

    • @taylortimeless
      @taylortimeless Před 4 lety +4

      bluecannibaleyes wrong. Not everyone that ends up in jail is guilty tho. Some were wrongfully accused. The world is not that black and white.

    • @snorgonofborkkad
      @snorgonofborkkad Před 4 lety +1

      Taylor Tot Yes but you’re talking about an extreme minority. The vast majority of people in prison did something, usually multiple things, to be there. Not that the prison system doesn’t need major reform. We just have to stop these ridiculous false narratives and be honest about what’s really going on to create change.

  • @ronniebrindley1993
    @ronniebrindley1993 Před 4 lety

    I love your views and opinions. Keep up the good work. You have a new subscriber.seen you for the first time today. Will share your vids

  • @davidhazera9851
    @davidhazera9851 Před 4 lety

    I commend you two for such a thoughtful and logical presentation.

  • @sevs9550
    @sevs9550 Před 4 lety +157

    Don't worry about the backlash you might get from this, keep your voice. Don't let them shame you into silence, hopefully a few will listen. Great vid.

    • @KrissyMeow
      @KrissyMeow Před 4 lety +9

      Super agree. They are stating facts and will be berated for this. Don't bend the knee when the Twitter mob starts screeching. Please do not take down the video, please do not apologize for this.

    • @Power_Verse_
      @Power_Verse_ Před 4 lety +1

      @AandA violence towards police? The police pushed that poor older white man. he was only walking. And the police shot ppls eyes out. If all lives mattered to you, you'd see that mexican and white ppl are being harmed by police for speaking out about black ppl being harmed by police. Ironic the whole thing

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      @parkthepenguin6344 Před 3 lety +1

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      @hkunjvonxok3261 Před 3 lety

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    • @parkthepenguin6344
      @parkthepenguin6344 Před 3 lety

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  • @gilbd
    @gilbd Před 4 lety +30

    Wow, well educated, well spoken and highly relevant at this time. Sooo refreshing coming from these young people.

  • @roriemarie2968
    @roriemarie2968 Před 4 lety

    Great guest!!! Great conversation!

  • @fabiesque
    @fabiesque Před 4 lety +1

    I am so glad Arielle you are around.....you bring fresh air (-:

  • @antimonycup7066
    @antimonycup7066 Před 4 lety +7

    lol, Arielle from the future was high af xD

  • @michaelgoober3079
    @michaelgoober3079 Před 4 lety +24

    Thanks for making this. I hope this gets spread. I will try to help

  • @jimgeissmann2918
    @jimgeissmann2918 Před 4 lety

    Good for you keep up the great work.
    The truth will always win over this madness going on in America now.

  • @usaryry
    @usaryry Před 4 lety +26

    I’m a conservative and I love Arielle. She is logical and down to earth. The gay community can be mean to her, but she she doesn’t ever lose her charm.

    • @slothjolly8075
      @slothjolly8075 Před 3 lety

      Would you still like her if she wasn’t speaking out against what she rails against?

  • @michaelbradym7893
    @michaelbradym7893 Před 4 lety +3

    Fantastic!!!!! Really hope people share this !! These 2 women offer up one of the sanest talks Ive heard in a very long time! Thank you Arielle and Gina for bringing back clear,calm understanding back to the masses!

  • @happyvalley286
    @happyvalley286 Před 2 lety

    You gals are awesome! Keep up the great work!!

  • @oldgrizz8720
    @oldgrizz8720 Před 4 lety

    What incredible honesty! THANK YOU>

  • @honplace1362
    @honplace1362 Před 4 lety +4

    For videos like this I feel it's important, that you include sources, especially when "dropping statistics". Just in general

    • @honplace1362
      @honplace1362 Před 4 lety

      Just because I like to tell my friends about all the informative stuff I find online, but I can't with good conscience when I don't know where the information is from

    • @AntonioRivera28
      @AntonioRivera28 Před 4 lety +1

      @@honplace1362 fbi has them all easily available to look up

  • @perryshaffer1079
    @perryshaffer1079 Před 4 lety +3

    I like this. I'm a conservative who's been watching everything just melt down into this mess that it is in disbelief for a long time now. And I don't hate anyone. But I get this bigot hick accusation from people anytime I try to actually engage abt what's wrong with the culture and the political atmosphere. I heard of Arielle a few months back when she got on someone's show on Facebook and just immediately recognized her again in a random CZcams recommendation. I like seeing that these kinds of things are starting to happen. Someone needs to lead by example for this new generation who have been brainwashed into thinking that there can be no compromise or discourse on any level with any opposing idea. And frankly the fact they don't allow themselves to hear anyone out shows all too easily. Their beliefs are twisted beyond any measure of sanity. Because they're being fed a world of confusion and are being given an adult card when they haven't been taught or demonstrated the interaction skills to have a right to it. A child is a child. And sadly, some of them are in their mid twenties in droves now. Logic kills guys. Keep putting this stuff out there and alot more people might start realizing that they need to wake up from their woke culture a little bit.

  • @briansim3031
    @briansim3031 Před 4 lety

    You guys are great. Keep going. Your individual things and jointly 👍🏼

  • @AJ-dt3pz
    @AJ-dt3pz Před 2 lety

    You're brave for talking about this Arielle! Keep it up.