"She has NO point!" Analyzing Candace Owens DEI pilot comments and more with Roland Martin

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  • @Captain4129
    @Captain4129 Před 4 měsíci +1572

    Candice Owens.... I am a black man and a retired airline captain. I have held a commercial pilot certificate for 40 years and an Airline Transport Pilot certificate for 30 years. All pilots regardless of race or gender are trained and assessed equally. All pilots have exceptional experience before being chosen as a candidate for employment as a pilot for a major airline in the United States of America. There are requirements that must be met. You can find those in the Federal Aviation Regulations. The problem is when I was hired for a major U.S. airline, less than one half of one percent of airline pilots flying for a U.S. air carrier were African American. The only way to create a level playing field for any person that's not male and white in the U.S.A. was to create laws that mandate rules for hiring other persons that are not just male and white. We call that quotas. Yes, necessary due to racist hiring practices in our great nation. Black pilots and women have served in the U.S. military since world war two. I've flown with white women, black women, black men and white men, Asian men, Men and women that speak Spanish, French, Arabic and Yoruba. Most all were outstanding and professional. We are a human race, Candice. We all have potential. Let's make America better than it ever has been.

    • @truefacts404
      @truefacts404 Před 4 měsíci +23

      🫡

    • @toneyingram732
      @toneyingram732 Před 4 měsíci +55

      Well she hate u

    • @getpaid38able
      @getpaid38able Před 4 měsíci +142

      I am glad to hear that my brother but Candace will not listen to sound doctrine or a message as you have articulated 😢

    • @whodat4lyfekris
      @whodat4lyfekris Před 4 měsíci +100

      It's truly a sad day you had to even type all this...like what you typed should be common knowledge yet here we are.
      Woo Conservatives these days extremes are outlandish

    • @user-dt9sg7cg5x
      @user-dt9sg7cg5x Před 4 měsíci

      Candace Owens is a disgrace to her own people she sounds racist to her people and Charlie Kirk making it sound like black people are not qualified to be airline pilots

  • @reginaldbrown1073
    @reginaldbrown1073 Před 4 měsíci +1161

    So when we see candace owens talking, we have the think " is she qualified to ask if someone else is qualified?"

    • @thecrimsoncure8201
      @thecrimsoncure8201 Před 4 měsíci +126

      She's a college dropout.

    • @ashlibabbittcroakedit9108
      @ashlibabbittcroakedit9108 Před 4 měsíci +88

      @@thecrimsoncure8201 Just like Charlie kirk and Matt Walsh

    • @fredylucas2484
      @fredylucas2484 Před 4 měsíci +10

      @@thecrimsoncure8201 I thought she went to University of Rhode Island

    • @thecrimsoncure8201
      @thecrimsoncure8201 Před 4 měsíci +79

      @@fredylucas2484...She dropped out in her freshman year. 😒

    • @SDesWriter
      @SDesWriter Před 4 měsíci +9

      It would help if you could type in complete sentences.

  • @oliviacovington4217
    @oliviacovington4217 Před 2 měsíci +262

    Black and female pilots had been flying airplanes safely before Candance Owens and Charlie Kirk were born.

    • @Ellieempress
      @Ellieempress Před 2 měsíci +18

      Absolutely, those two need to sit down and shut up .

    • @fayebradford5763
      @fayebradford5763 Před 2 měsíci

      She's a fast talker snd gas lighter, talks over her opponents is very deceptive! She finds whites that intice her but won't live next door to her! Her white husband enjoys her. Prayer for her relationship with lasting success!😊

    • @jamesharvey9272
      @jamesharvey9272 Před 2 měsíci +3

      So now the truth is being told they should sit down. A hit dog will always holler 😅😅

    • @rupertpumpkin6990
      @rupertpumpkin6990 Před 2 měsíci +6

      I understand were Candice and Charlie are coming from
      You all are missing the big point

    • @rupertpumpkin6990
      @rupertpumpkin6990 Před 2 měsíci

      And the black population is shrinking because of Hispanics but it seems like they are scared too say that

  • @mikeellerbee2667
    @mikeellerbee2667 Před 2 měsíci +115

    I am a black aviator, I do not think I went to a separate flight school.

    • @derekeady3119
      @derekeady3119 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Who brought that up?

    • @exdoode
      @exdoode Před měsícem +3

      @@derekeady3119 It's implied ... phallus!

    • @Todd-sn3xo
      @Todd-sn3xo Před měsícem

      So the big question how many blacks go to aviation school? is it roughly 14% of the class which would reflect the population? Are there thousands of unemployed pilots out there because they are black?

  • @Rob4jmac-kb8qo
    @Rob4jmac-kb8qo Před 4 měsíci +555

    As a white man, I can say this without hesitation...if you look at our country's history, black progress and success has always been met with white backlash. It is absolutely true. The dismantling of DEI efforts is just another example of this in our country's long, sad racial history...one step forward is always followed by two steps back. We have got to break this cycle. And it takes all of us white people, especially white men, to LOOK PAST OURSELVES, and to try to understand the struggles of others. We've got to fight the tendency to avoid this task. What's worse is that so many of us have begun twisting and perverting the concepts of racial equality in order to avoid dealing with these realities and return to a society dominated by white supremacy.

    • @ketket0725
      @ketket0725 Před 3 měsíci +28

      Thank you!

    • @Rob4jmac-kb8qo
      @Rob4jmac-kb8qo Před 3 měsíci +35

      @ketket0725 Awwww 🥹 you're welcome. And thank you for the acknowledgement. It's nice to know someone is listening, even if it isn't the people who NEED to hear it.

    • @shoppernista
      @shoppernista Před 3 měsíci +24

      Thank you - WE (all people/race/culture/color) must come together in a peace & love

    • @Thetruthishere11
      @Thetruthishere11 Před 3 měsíci +25

      As a Black man, I appreciate hearing your reflections on this and acknowledgment of the work to be done. You are more than an ally, you are showcasing what it means to be an accomplice which is EXACTLY what we need.

    • @Rob4jmac-kb8qo
      @Rob4jmac-kb8qo Před 3 měsíci +16

      @Thetruthishere11 Thank you so much for your acknowledgement and your kind words. It's interesting what you said about people being "accomplices". Too many of us think that because we may not have directly carried out the racial crimes of our nation, then we share no blame. But, silence is complicity. And allowing a crime to take place without reporting it is making oneself an accomplice.

  • @reggieb.763
    @reggieb.763 Před 4 měsíci +452

    As a black aviator, the silence of my white colleagues around these comments is deafening.

    • @addiewilson332
      @addiewilson332 Před 4 měsíci +49

      And they know better than anyone the rigorous training that ALL pilots have to go through. To speak on that alone would shut this ignorant conversation down.

    • @UnfortunateWar
      @UnfortunateWar Před 4 měsíci

      Because your white colleagues worked hard like you to get the job. They believe and correctly that hiring on basis of race is racist. Ask them if they put white on their job application or left it blank. I think you may be surprised by their answer.

    • @credalemabry185
      @credalemabry185 Před 4 měsíci +33

      Not shocking but still sad

    • @jamesanthony5257
      @jamesanthony5257 Před 4 měsíci +15

      Can I assume that if you were not qualified and confident of your piloting skills, you would not get on plane either? Thank You for your professionalism.

    • @cwhit0110
      @cwhit0110 Před 4 měsíci +29

      They’ll just pretend they haven’t heard these comments

  • @vivianlove5157
    @vivianlove5157 Před 3 měsíci +80

    Roland Martin will always bring the receipts always.❤❤❤

  • @duanelumpkin4400
    @duanelumpkin4400 Před 3 měsíci +143

    I dare Candice to go and be a guest on Roland’s podcast and engage in a conversation with him about her political beliefs and views.

    • @1steschelon
      @1steschelon Před 2 měsíci

      She won't. She's knees that Martin will smoke her like a Newport

    • @eynawal
      @eynawal Před 2 měsíci +16

      Roland will try to out talk or ignore her just like he did Umar Johnson

    • @sterlingferguson1704
      @sterlingferguson1704 Před 2 měsíci

      Owens and Sowell both like to work solo.

    • @waltporter7707
      @waltporter7707 Před 2 měsíci +16

      She's not going to do it. She's playing the game to get paid

    • @Nancybee1000
      @Nancybee1000 Před 2 měsíci +13

      She knows better...

  • @whiskyjames4200
    @whiskyjames4200 Před 4 měsíci +707

    My niece, a black female pilot worked for United Airlines for over a decade. She's now working for the Federal Government in Aviation. Jamaica's national airline, Air Jamaica, was piloted by all black pilots for over 50 years. And was considered one the ''SAFEST AIRLINES" in the world during that time. No mishaps... ever! 💯🇯🇲👊🏾

    • @robmack2837
      @robmack2837 Před 4 měsíci +39

      She didn't say that black people couldn't fly but that if you lower the standards just to meet a quota , you are going to ruin the reputation of black qualified people.

    • @visioinspiron9380
      @visioinspiron9380 Před 4 měsíci +16

      You're missing the point. In the case of your niece, she worked as a pilot not because there was need to hire a black pilot. Among whites and blacks she clearly qualified without a quota system. But the fear is that when you start having a quota system, you may start lowering the standard for that.

    • @Captain4129
      @Captain4129 Před 4 měsíci +75

      @@visioinspiron9380 The quotas started 40 years ago in the USA. Nothing new. No standards were lowered.
      Now, in 2024 there is a pilot shortage. If standards ie. experience requirements are lowered, they are lowered for each applicant. Has nothing to do with quotas.

    • @LNash-fn8ru
      @LNash-fn8ru Před 4 měsíci +55

      ​@@robmack2837 if they don't mean black pilots then why say, you'd be worried if the pilot flying your plane was black, and since when does the word diversity mean black. Every time you hear a conservative complaining about Diversity they always like to make it about black people or women when there are hundreds of different ethnicities in the US that also are eligible and use DEI programs.

    • @maxamed4yare
      @maxamed4yare Před 4 měsíci

      @@LNash-fn8ruFacts Every time I tell myself that I am conservative they always say. some racist 💩 and I quit. Do they think a random black person is flying the plane. the hours that you have to put in and go through to become a pilot is Crazy and many people don’t even like doing that Job ( not many ) so the people who finally do it are serious

  • @Tr3yification
    @Tr3yification Před 4 měsíci +422

    And yet no one EVER questioned the qualifications of the helicopter pilot in Kobe’s crash. 😒😒😒

    • @patphinesee7601
      @patphinesee7601 Před 3 měsíci +13

      Interesting comment...

    • @mikemaroyi7756
      @mikemaroyi7756 Před 3 měsíci +7

      That was due to weather conditions

    • @efun8334
      @efun8334 Před 3 měsíci +20

      @@mikemaroyi7756yeah right

    • @chambda
      @chambda Před 3 měsíci +70

      ​@mikemaroyi7756 Which may have proved the point regarding Kobe's untimely death. The pilot should have known better to fly in such conditions, eh?

    • @blackqueen164
      @blackqueen164 Před 3 měsíci +48

      ​​@mikemaroyi7756 Well if he was such an experienced Pilot, he would have utilized forethought and judgement, and decline to fly in such bad weather condition😮

  • @raymondbrown5449
    @raymondbrown5449 Před 2 měsíci +26

    Candice trying to get invited to the picnic. 😂

    • @DynoGreen313
      @DynoGreen313 Před 2 měsíci +1

      can DACE

    • @calliey59
      @calliey59 Před 2 měsíci

      She can't be with that type of talk. Those words were coming out the side of her butt.

  • @BrendaShafer-hx6lp
    @BrendaShafer-hx6lp Před 2 měsíci +35

    I am A.76 year-old White woman I Live in Alabama. I like Roland Martin Show.

  • @petekayyceclosedduncan2077
    @petekayyceclosedduncan2077 Před 4 měsíci +280

    Thank you for calling Candace out for being a hypocrite!!!!

    • @bonitahobbs2374
      @bonitahobbs2374 Před 4 měsíci +1

      In the past 6 months or so she received big monies from a lawsuit where she sued for having been racially' discriminated against by whites when she was a liberal and she convinced a white millionaire to give her a fairly tale- life with a yard full of her- their near white children! She got em in the palm of her hands! Myself : I AM BLACK AND PROUD. She flipped her script n "got over" in both lanes!!

    • @snasty5
      @snasty5 Před 4 měsíci

      Lol how? She’s had the same stance for a while now and it’s pretty valid. If they said they wanted to hire more white males and I went past the cockpit and it was two while males I’d be concerned too. All this stems back to taking color out and bringing merit back….literally not racist lol.

    • @gailm.4324
      @gailm.4324 Před 4 měsíci

      Candace is a con artist.. conning racist out of their dollars by throwing lies out at every turn.. after a while.. if you go too deep you get lost and can’t find your way back..

    • @fatumataholloway4897
      @fatumataholloway4897 Před 4 měsíci

      Candace is the Queen of hypocrisy!!

    • @chibee0203
      @chibee0203 Před 3 měsíci +20

      I get triggered every time I hear her speak!

  • @jdavi195
    @jdavi195 Před 4 měsíci +172

    My grandfather was a Tuskegee Airmen in WWII, he would talk about how they had to prove to the world that they were just as good as any white pilot. He unfortunately passed away in July 2020.

    • @user-on3fg5gt2h
      @user-on3fg5gt2h Před 3 měsíci +2

      Did he think the bar should have been lowered for blacks?

    • @mcdonoghrahloh459
      @mcdonoghrahloh459 Před 3 měsíci +1

      From Louisiana?

    • @jdavi195
      @jdavi195 Před 3 měsíci

      @@mcdonoghrahloh459 Memphis Tennessee

    • @jdavi195
      @jdavi195 Před 3 měsíci

      @@mcdonoghrahloh459 from Memphis, Tennessee

    • @jdavi195
      @jdavi195 Před 3 měsíci +8

      @user-on3fg5gt2h first Tuskegee class had a lower wash rate compared to white pilots. 40% to 63% white. They made it harder after that for black pilots.

  • @user-cv7pc6bc6j
    @user-cv7pc6bc6j Před 2 měsíci +17

    Very positive talk. My father graduated in 1948 from NYIT with a AS in Electrical Engineering and couldn’t get a job because he’s was black. After years of discriminatory hiring practices the DEI programs have given blacks a chance of being hired for professional jobs and acceptance in schools that previously excluded them.

    • @calliey59
      @calliey59 Před 2 měsíci +1

      You are absolutely right.

  • @tjc5245
    @tjc5245 Před měsícem +8

    STEPHEN A - awesome having Roland on to educate and inform !!!!!

  • @judypinero5113
    @judypinero5113 Před 3 měsíci +91

    😢This will never end -- "them against us; us against us. Thank you, Roland, for keeping facts straight, brother!

    • @twiladavis1516
      @twiladavis1516 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yes thank you Roland

    • @BrendaSheard-vt9fu
      @BrendaSheard-vt9fu Před 2 měsíci

      And they b kno e c this man is BRILLIANT..CĤANGING LETTERS LIKE WEX. CANT SPELL SCEAMS. AND DUM..*💯NOT TOUCH WHAT TRUE M

    • @Peace-iz7gj
      @Peace-iz7gj Před 2 měsíci

      Just stirring up his money pot. No racism issues means no money for him. Spirit of DIVISION runs this man

    • @rhondennis979
      @rhondennis979 Před 12 dny

      ​@BrendaSheard-vt9fu
      Not sure. Can you translate that into English?

  • @Coach_Wane
    @Coach_Wane Před 4 měsíci +186

    I’m a conservative voter. Roland Martin was on point. Candace Owens sound crazy for them comments.

    • @mikegreen8938
      @mikegreen8938 Před 3 měsíci

      She sounds crazy all the time. What difference does it make if you're conservative or liberal. If the comments of a person shows a lack of intelligence, let's call it for what it is. You all act like braindead gang members with this conservative and liberal nonsense.

    • @youngphenom84
      @youngphenom84 Před 3 měsíci +3

      You’re not conservative.

    • @nsudatta-roy8154
      @nsudatta-roy8154 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@youngphenom84 The person didn't say that he/she is a conservative. I have conservative views, but so-called conservatives with christ as a litmus test scare the $hit outta me. These people are largely just as insane as liberals.

    • @elgigante6838
      @elgigante6838 Před 3 měsíci +17

      She sounds crazy because she is crazy! She is a BIG grifter!

    • @variantfaze9572
      @variantfaze9572 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @youngphenom84 you know this because....? OH...you think all conservatives should be mindless zombies who just agree with any and all of the nonsense rhetoric other conservatives speak?? Take a seat Francis

  • @mutsaushewokunze6522
    @mutsaushewokunze6522 Před 3 měsíci +22

    What people want is not equality of outcome but rather equality of opportunity so that the most qualified rather than a gender or melamine content determine suitability

    • @harleyinglis1357
      @harleyinglis1357 Před 2 měsíci

      thats what I am thinking he is complaining that white people used to benefit from this but now the race who is benefitting is black he is in support how about we just instead focus on the actual policy rather than which race benefits
      quotas are completely racist/sexist regardless of which race or sex benefits

    • @RK-um9tu
      @RK-um9tu Před měsícem

      "Most Qualifed" -- you do know that 85% of people get there job from a friend of a friend.
      Most qualified has never been a hiring criteria in this country....

  • @jimdadj1
    @jimdadj1 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Good on Steven A for giving Roland this platform to speak truth. 💯

  • @gygreen1304
    @gygreen1304 Před 3 měsíci +162

    Years ago I sent my daughter to NY to her dad and she was flying alone. Nervous, I sat with her looking for someone I could approach to ask if they would be of comfort to her in the case of emergency. I saw a woman, asked, and she agreed. A few moments later the crew showed up. As they approached my daughter caught the eye of a woman pilot. I saw pilot wings on a black woman. I was almost in tears; I knew my daughter was safe! I knew that the black woman pilot was automatically at the top of her game! She looked at my daughter and smiled.

    • @monember2722
      @monember2722 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes. Back when you could trust that she wasn't some DEI placement. You could know she rose to the top on merit. Although depending on how many years ago that was, because affirmative action have been placing less qualified people in jobs for years. You do know that they are bringing in numbers of people for the sake of increasing numbers? Back then you know that the pilots were a fit temperamentally, cognitively, and full of precise experience, because they were military pilots(the vast majority). Now we have less reason to feel safe. It's easy to feel happy seeing black faces, but you don't consider what the reasoning behind this push for more non white males really means. It means more compliant, more apathetic workers, we've seen it over and over again. After firing the many pilots for not taking the shot, and those that did take it are dying and sick, they ramp up this DEI in aviation scheme. Meanwhile we get less experienced, rushed through black and female pilots. It's not something we should be comfortable with. They put a black face on everything destructive so they can pacify people and find cover with the claim of "racism". You can't even imagine the relentless evil these people have planned.

    • @EliteYouthSoccerTV
      @EliteYouthSoccerTV Před 2 měsíci

      Roland S Martin you talk with salt and fresh water out of your mouth at the same time.....

  • @kennye6088
    @kennye6088 Před 4 měsíci +61

    I am 73 years old and a so called "white Jew". But I remember my mother telling me stories of the difficult problems that African Americans face during the Second World War. Where the White military officers would not place Black officers in charge of Black combat troops. They would even place lesser educated and trained Puerto Rican Officers in charge.
    Now after generation after generation there are still people who question the professional status of women and persons of color.
    I my friend Fred, was a black sailor, he spent 26 years in Naval service. He attended 21 military schools and never finish less than 5th in any of his classes. He was a very smart man. But they still questioned his abilities.

    • @JamahSassafras-ke6sf
      @JamahSassafras-ke6sf Před 3 měsíci +6

      I am a diesel technician and I get this and I am better technician than 90 percent of them.

  • @winnigriff8989
    @winnigriff8989 Před 2 měsíci +7

    I love roland martin he is one the intelligent and informed black persons out there

  • @user-ek5kc8oh8c
    @user-ek5kc8oh8c Před 2 měsíci +9

    Denzel Washington said. "If you are looking for an excuse. You'll find one

    • @user-ek5kc8oh8c
      @user-ek5kc8oh8c Před 2 měsíci

      So it's the pencils fault ! Sounds like the same excuse democrats have about guns.

  • @annettehumphrey4979
    @annettehumphrey4979 Před 4 měsíci +213

    I work for Major Airlines. They have been having black pilots for years. What airline has she been flying with. Everytime I see a Black pilots I ask to take a picture with them. All the women and minority pilots proud of you❤

    • @wendellknight2072
      @wendellknight2072 Před 3 měsíci

      I used to do that as well. Now as I have said on many occasions this is one of rhe many reasons why Candace Owens is totally full of shit. I get that she has rhe right ti her own opinion but her opinions are based on pure and total bs and her bs gets worse the more she spews her negativity against black people

    • @nsudatta-roy8154
      @nsudatta-roy8154 Před 3 měsíci +15

      What folk seem to not understand is that commercial pilots still ha e to meet the minimum standards, which is still pretty damn difficult. This isn't the police dept.

    • @deemaverick987
      @deemaverick987 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Yes, we are.

    • @JohnBrown-ff6ez
      @JohnBrown-ff6ez Před 3 měsíci

      *#METOO*

    • @MsGrayst
      @MsGrayst Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@nsudatta-roy8154 Exactly

  • @variantfaze9572
    @variantfaze9572 Před 4 měsíci +90

    I would've asked Klandace, how many plane crashes from 1950 to the present involved women or black pilots? Since she'd be so hesitant to get on a plane with either one. Are all white male pilots qualified Klandace?

    • @nathanokioga
      @nathanokioga Před 4 měsíci

      A waste of time, she’s dumb and speaks to get some reaction to stay relevant.

    • @darrenmadison8219
      @darrenmadison8219 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Klandace. . . (luv it)😂

    • @user-fl4kk9ul9f
      @user-fl4kk9ul9f Před měsícem +1

      No you didn’t call her Klandace. Damn!!!!

  • @BiancaO.-qc9bd
    @BiancaO.-qc9bd Před měsícem +4

    I have a friend that is a robotics engineer. He is now studying to be a pilot. Trust me when I say they not letting any dummy’s fly planes.

  • @SDC1949
    @SDC1949 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Thank you Stephen for having Roland S Martin to respond to this Charlie Kirk false assertion of Black people’s capability. I agree with Roland’s response 💯 %. Great Conversation.

  • @Adreal357
    @Adreal357 Před 4 měsíci +245

    Based on her own criteria, she’s not qualified. Did she graduate college? She studied journalism but nene graduated

  • @Night-Mayor
    @Night-Mayor Před 4 měsíci +36

    I remember the movie Catch Me If You Can. The White Con Artist can bluff that he's a pilot with an airline uniform. No one questioned if he belonged. Take a seat.

  • @user-hf3ln7ry4k
    @user-hf3ln7ry4k Před 3 měsíci +7

    Two of the best TV and talk show host

  • @olganash1279
    @olganash1279 Před 2 měsíci +5

    Hi Roland,
    I am so proud of you..all I can say on the subject is : 😮 if you are walking on a farm and you should encounter a cow patty poop, would you step in it or would you step over so as to avoid it and continue on your wsy.
    Similarly thst is exactly how Candicd Owens comments should be treated...don't lower or compromise your dignity as to give her 2 minutes of your precious, informed and educated time.
    Again, thanks for all that you do.

  • @cassiewatson3870
    @cassiewatson3870 Před 3 měsíci +30

    As a Veteran of the USAF, I would like to know what Ms. Owens thinks about the African-American fighter pilots, the African American commanders in the military or the Women that command military members across the world. So with her assumption that these individuals
    are not qualified to serve their country.
    These are the same people who stated that Colin Kaepernick was disrespectful to the troops. Ms. Owens should never set foot on a military installation because DEI is very prevalent in the Armed Forces.

    • @linegrant4605
      @linegrant4605 Před 2 měsíci

      💯👍👍👍

    • @tonyafleming6871
      @tonyafleming6871 Před měsícem

      Hello, and thank you for your service!! Actually what that woman thinks is so not important, and I say that because she is so programmed, and wrestles with self-hate. She really wants to be white, but she does know that's impossible so she tries to mimick them - nothing against white folks. I just am so disgusted with people that uses social media's platform and are very destructive. I've seen SM as a blessing and also a curse, because people like her get on here and spread poison. Again, I say it doesn't matter what she thinks because she doesn't speak facts, she only says what she believes will get her ahead.

  • @losdv174stcapo8
    @losdv174stcapo8 Před 3 měsíci +36

    This Roland Martin dude just dropped a 💎,I appreciate the knowledge brother 💯💪🏽

  • @ilenesykes3686
    @ilenesykes3686 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thank you Roland for telling the truth, nothing but the real deal! Wake up America.

  • @chrisoglesby9183
    @chrisoglesby9183 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Bring her own your show and let’s see how she articulates her points.

    • @denisewright1264
      @denisewright1264 Před měsícem

      she's a punk. she will no come. she wants to debate AOC but not Roland Martin.

  • @deborahjohnson7227
    @deborahjohnson7227 Před 4 měsíci +486

    The Black pilots in the war 2, their still admiring them. They were the best.

    • @pagex1
      @pagex1 Před 4 měsíci +50

      The Tuskegee Airmen

    • @CindyLewis-cr6oj
      @CindyLewis-cr6oj Před 4 měsíci +16

      Yes

    • @59Gretsch
      @59Gretsch Před 4 měsíci +8

      No actually, when the Air Force was integrated in systems got more sophisticated, it became more and more difficult to qualify black pilots. A problem the Air Force still has.

    • @aerofred2002
      @aerofred2002 Před 4 měsíci +17

      That's bs. Modern system are even more comfortable and automated.

    • @aerofred2002
      @aerofred2002 Před 4 měsíci +7

      That's bs. Modern system are even more comfortable and automated.

  • @damiendsoul360
    @damiendsoul360 Před 4 měsíci +74

    Roland Martin is ALWAYS COMING WITH RECEIPTS!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @TTJJCC
    @TTJJCC Před 3 měsíci +6

    Everytime I think I might've misjudged Candace Owens she says things like this to remind me that I right all along.

  • @susanneal1820
    @susanneal1820 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Yaaaaa!!! Im so glad to see you guys together about Candy...I cant stand her!!!!!!😮😮😮..Thank You both...Educate all of our people!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @daryleaitch5383
    @daryleaitch5383 Před 3 měsíci +28

    Wow. I could listen to these two brothers all day! Both are well-informed and very intelligent!

  • @rhunt0210
    @rhunt0210 Před 4 měsíci +56

    I am glad that this all getting out in the open. I've been saying this for decades. Candace Owens is the Black face for White America. Great show!! I love it!

    • @williamcolbert7828
      @williamcolbert7828 Před 4 měsíci

      Candace Blowens SO wishes she was WHITE!!!

    • @bossK78
      @bossK78 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Completely disagree. Black folk ain't no monolith. We all do not think the same.

    • @ogunrebukeracistsxenophobe9661
      @ogunrebukeracistsxenophobe9661 Před 4 měsíci

      @@bossK78 Yeah right..The only people that agree with Coondace Owens are treacherous Raccoons and white supremacists. Which one are you?

    • @wrestlinganime4life288
      @wrestlinganime4life288 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@bossK78No shit but she's not an independent thinker she's a clout chaser,a grifter looking for White's validation

    • @Rob4jmac-kb8qo
      @Rob4jmac-kb8qo Před 3 měsíci

      I agree. But, I would say that is not for all of white America. I have long said that she and others like her are "conservative" white America's "black friend". And they can believe and say that because she agrees with them, that means they are right.

  • @jeanjackson4216
    @jeanjackson4216 Před 2 měsíci +4

    I love Roland Martin! He be on his sh📚 t ! 🥰

  • @RIPToriyamaDBZ
    @RIPToriyamaDBZ Před 3 měsíci +4

    People are only questioning qualifications because they CEO came out and said they are hiring people based on DEI. If they never said that then no one would question it.

  • @dpose1718
    @dpose1718 Před 3 měsíci +73

    Thank you for this conversation Stephen A & Roland Martin! It was great and on point!

    • @harleyinglis1357
      @harleyinglis1357 Před 2 měsíci

      not at all he complained that when whites got preferential treatment it was unfair but is know completely ok with quotas that benefit black people that is just pure racism how about we forget which race benfits from a policy and just focus on whether it is a good policy and quotas simply put do not allow businsses to hire who they deem as the most qualified candidates for whatever job which in my mind makes it a bad policy

  • @jimmywisner238
    @jimmywisner238 Před 4 měsíci +34

    Roland Martin is no Joke........ this is an excellent guess on your show Stephen A, this is the versatility that's missing on most Shows💯

  • @yvettewilliams5967
    @yvettewilliams5967 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you ROLAND and STEPHEN!!!

  • @frankwhite6512
    @frankwhite6512 Před měsícem +1

    Thank you for bringing this up

  • @dhowto3005
    @dhowto3005 Před 4 měsíci +315

    Mr. Stephen A. Smith thank you for having Mr. Roland Martin on to explain this to others.

    • @Facts-Over-Feelings
      @Facts-Over-Feelings Před 4 měsíci

      ROLAND IS A DEMOCRATS CHEERLEADER..HE HAS POTENTIAL..

    • @deloreswillis9224
      @deloreswillis9224 Před 3 měsíci +7

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @jamsid33
      @jamsid33 Před 3 měsíci +4

      yeah he is a genius lol

    • @user-od5sh1ck5g
      @user-od5sh1ck5g Před 3 měsíci

      Explained this how? By keeping up the division. Who cares what color a pilot is, if it’s a he or she, blk wh purple green, who cares, fly the darn plane. My god Roland has so much hate for wh people! He will have his day of reckoning one day!

    • @user-od5sh1ck5g
      @user-od5sh1ck5g Před 3 měsíci

      And exactly what did you learn from this? lol. More lies! Blk people have every opportunity as wh people! If this were true, why is Stephen and Roland making over 3 million a year! Come on now. Roland preaches so much hate, the man wrote a book on it. It’s the last thing we need today.

  • @dianagreene8347
    @dianagreene8347 Před 3 měsíci +28

    EXCELLENT conversation!! Loved Roland's background info , especially about VOTING RIGHTS! Thank you! ❤

  • @vernetterobertson3896
    @vernetterobertson3896 Před měsícem

    I'm proud to say Mr. Smith as a black person just because you have a speaking platform doesn't mean you speak for us all. Mr. Martin speaks loud and proud, but he's not the voice of black people. It's time we stop letting others say they're our voices. When we contradict them they get upset and high minded. They maybe saying things that's agreeable this still doesn't make them our spokes person.

  • @perryhendrickson7052
    @perryhendrickson7052 Před měsícem +2

    Got to gave it to roland martin , he knows his shit .

  • @ashantilematthew6277
    @ashantilematthew6277 Před 4 měsíci +177

    America has had its own "DEI" system for the last 400+ years. Their quotas were to have 90-100% white men, 9-10% white women, and a percent of some other skin tone, if they got any backlash.

    • @pamelacrittenden9630
      @pamelacrittenden9630 Před 4 měsíci +23

      Exactly!! I wish more talking heads would state this fact.

    • @JohnBrown-ff6ez
      @JohnBrown-ff6ez Před 3 měsíci +4

      *"CAUCASIAN". **#THEREIFIXEDIT*

    • @joshntn37111
      @joshntn37111 Před 3 měsíci

      I can't believe you actually believe this stuff. Please do some research. I use to be just like you and my life sucked. Once I decided to get out of this mindset my life is better than ever before. People like this make billions of dollars by making you think racism is everywhere when, in reality, racism only exists on the Democratic party. There is a reason why all they do is demonize Conservatives. They need you to believe Conservatives are evil bc they know if you actually spent time around conservatives they know you will begin to question everything you thought you knew. They have to demonize Black conservatives bc they are scared to death of the rise in Black and Latino support for Trump. If Trump supporters were so racist then why would Black and Latino men and women ditch the Democratic party and become Trump supporters in historic rates?

    • @Kunfucious577
      @Kunfucious577 Před 3 měsíci

      lol. That’s not even close to being possible. Why would you want to believe something like that unless you want to find an excuse?

    • @user-wk1yw5ph6f
      @user-wk1yw5ph6f Před 3 měsíci +3

      And it worked….

  • @mocoblue1
    @mocoblue1 Před 4 měsíci +37

    As a navy vet, I served on ships with women. When asked to do a task, the women did an outstanding job. And hell yes they were qualified jus like us men

    • @MrLyro40
      @MrLyro40 Před 4 měsíci

      That’s the point………. Qualified!!! These two making everything about race when it’s not actually the issue. The issue is qualified!!! Yes more women and women of color should be allowed to fly commercial planes? But at least be qualified to do it? Once again I believe people clearly misunderstand the point? Especially someone like Candace Owens. And Roland ‘ Move The Goalposts’ Martin is just being ignorant!!!!

    • @Omegateck16
      @Omegateck16 Před 4 měsíci +4

      As someone who also is a navy vet. That wasn't the point of what Candace Owens said. Nobody thought about this until United said they'd push DEI to 50% empolyee miniorites. When it comes to being responsible for hundreds of lives at one single time, as a pilot , you best believe you want the most qualified person regardless of their race. Now that they dont care about qualifications anymore and only about race, it's scary that theyll just hire people to cehck a box and not the best person for the job.

    • @keepitreal1448
      @keepitreal1448 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@Omegateck16 Your comment sounds stupid as h... Dude, no airline company won't hire someone who hasn't received the proper training and qualifications. WTF are you talking about. You realize there's a lot of black mechanics working on those aircraft's. Dummy😅😅😅

    • @keepitreal1448
      @keepitreal1448 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I'm also a Navy Electrician Mate Vet and I know plenty of black aircraft mechanics both men and women who performed very well. Not a single plane crashed or malfunction during flight ops.

    • @Omegateck16
      @Omegateck16 Před 4 měsíci

      Thats good for you..again..Im sure there are tons of good minority workers that are pilots..that wasnt the point she made.@@keepitreal1448

  • @evonwaters2775
    @evonwaters2775 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You are 100% right Roland!

  • @lilwen3
    @lilwen3 Před měsícem

    Roland Martin, always keep it real with real facts.

  • @charlescasimir4
    @charlescasimir4 Před 4 měsíci +307

    This is all freakin ridiculous. I have been an airline pilot for nearly 30 years and I can confirm that EVERY BLACK pilot on the flight decks of most airlines are highly qualified, because we are not judged fairly during training. The black candidate HAS to perform above and beyond to succeed. We are judged a lot harder than our Caucasian counterparts. FACT!!! To this day, as a Captain flying a B767, I get frustrated with some of the white First officers on the flight deck, wondering how they pass training. I have seen it with my own eyes how they get preferential treatment.
    The comment made by United was racist…. It’s strictly to justify the reason why more black pilots are being hired, discrediting our true value. In this era where pilot shortage is real, the industry needs pilots badly. Most of the favored white pilots ain’t making it through training or during IOE(initial operating experience). FACT. Period!!

    • @fkthepeep2095
      @fkthepeep2095 Před 4 měsíci +5

      This to help our replacement class get our jobs

    • @fkthepeep2095
      @fkthepeep2095 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Like you

    • @Michael-tc1dm
      @Michael-tc1dm Před 4 měsíci +9

      It's a different age now. Because we've been programed to be so consumed with race, it's a fact people are being employed based on skin color. The vice president is one of them.

    • @Sugarbear716
      @Sugarbear716 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Preach

    • @tammyboon6259
      @tammyboon6259 Před 4 měsíci +19

      ​@@Michael-tc1dm BUT it wasn't just because, Kamala was black or a woman, BUT Kamala Harris was ALSO Prosecutor & District Attorney!!!!

  • @TorreEdwards
    @TorreEdwards Před 4 měsíci +86

    Roland this some of your best work brother.

    • @alslimshady7215
      @alslimshady7215 Před 3 měsíci +3

      All he does is cry whine

    • @user-od5sh1ck5g
      @user-od5sh1ck5g Před 3 měsíci

      @TorreEdwards wrong! Please go watch Candace video. You will see how Roland is very dishonest and tries his hardest to make blk people hate wh people! It’s pretty sad!

    • @user-od5sh1ck5g
      @user-od5sh1ck5g Před 3 měsíci

      @TorreEdwards wrong! Please go watch Candace video. You will see how Roland is very dishonest and tries his hardest to make blk people hate wh people! It’s pretty sad!

    • @buckeyewill2166
      @buckeyewill2166 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@alslimshady7215…Well, why are you here????

    • @lindaleg3659
      @lindaleg3659 Před 3 měsíci

      Hates whitey. Full of half truths. Nathan Wade says hi.

  • @annmariebellamybartholomew1020

    Well done guys this conversation was rewarding .i could listen all day .Stephen A Smith we love Meghan and I hope you do too.She is ours .

  • @lestermagee710
    @lestermagee710 Před 25 dny

    Roland Martin knocked this one outta the park, well done.

  • @Reef2402
    @Reef2402 Před 4 měsíci +266

    Did anyone ask what merit or "qualifications" did Herschel (clueless) Walker have to make Trump think he can be a U.S. senator of GA during the mid-terms??

    • @Iskander448
      @Iskander448 Před 4 měsíci

      Oh they did not ask because he was doing the same thing Candance has been doing- being a surrogate for white prejudiced rhetoric.

    • @RealJackHQ
      @RealJackHQ Před 4 měsíci +6

      There was a really good Republican Senatorial candidate running in New York by the name of Jerome Pinion. Fox News was too obsessed with Herschel to give any credit to anyone else who actually had merit.

    • @c-mobucks4930
      @c-mobucks4930 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Herschel Walker isn't anymore clueless than Biden.

    • @timwhiteside9971
      @timwhiteside9971 Před 4 měsíci

      grow up .@@c-mobucks4930

    • @beaujac311
      @beaujac311 Před 4 měsíci +18

      c-mobucks4930:. Next you would be trying to convince us that Biden could rush for 200 yards against Bama.

  • @legacybyredding6147
    @legacybyredding6147 Před 4 měsíci +66

    I appreciate Stephen A having my brother Roland Martin on. As usual, my brother brought the heat and the truth.

    • @Facts-Over-Feelings
      @Facts-Over-Feelings Před 3 měsíci

      HE 2 MUCH WITH THE DEMS AND DOES NOT CONDEM THERE ANTI BLACK TACTICS.. THE RIGHT AND LEFT ARE BOTH ANTI BLACK.

    • @jamesellis701
      @jamesellis701 Před 3 měsíci

      Me too, as a white guy I love seeing black people live in victimhood, we need people like these brothers to keep black people in that mind set until we get enough illegals in here to replace them

    • @sheilacade776
      @sheilacade776 Před 3 měsíci +1

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @lindaleg3659
      @lindaleg3659 Před 3 měsíci

      Roland is full of half truths. Fani Willis says hi.

  • @ritacunegin1911
    @ritacunegin1911 Před měsícem +1

    Why didn’t I start to hearing about DEI until the bridge collapse in Baltimore under the leadership of two African Melanated Indigenous men! Governor Moore & Mayor Johnson!

  • @jays8130
    @jays8130 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Now these are the type of people SAS need to show more of on his platform, people with actual knowledge and facts.

  • @DrD313
    @DrD313 Před 4 měsíci +52

    Candace Owens is Jason Whitlock in a wig.

    • @buckeyewill2166
      @buckeyewill2166 Před 4 měsíci

      ….and a couple more pounds

    • @lorettasmith1414
      @lorettasmith1414 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@buckeyewill2166you ain’t lying. Jason Whitlock feeble attempt to drag Steven A Smith on his last memoire, he kept his mouth shut after that.

    • @ogunrebukeracistsxenophobe9661
      @ogunrebukeracistsxenophobe9661 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Jason Shitlock!

    • @mictza450
      @mictza450 Před 4 měsíci

      Facts!

    • @rtex1636
      @rtex1636 Před 4 měsíci

      And Jason is correct. Quit playing victim and worshipping your ethnicity

  • @mikeskew01
    @mikeskew01 Před 4 měsíci +80

    As a pilot who's been flying for over 30 years I can attest to the fact that Candace and Charlie are completely wrong. Makes me wonder what else she and her boy are wrong about.🤔

    • @tammyboon6259
      @tammyboon6259 Před 4 měsíci

      I can't listen to Candace Owen!!!! C'mon, as if Trump wz qualified 2b the President!!!! A part of Trump's anger & why he was SO threatened by Barak Obama was b/c former Barak Obama went to Ivy League University based on his own merit & scholarships, when his daddy had to give extra money to an Ivy League University to get his son, Donald Trump in!!!!

    • @beachlover9705
      @beachlover9705 Před 4 měsíci +13

      Soooo many things

    • @melindakennebrew-bd2fq
      @melindakennebrew-bd2fq Před 4 měsíci +2

      Exactly

    • @musiqd5706
      @musiqd5706 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Everything

    • @ashlibabbittcroakedit9108
      @ashlibabbittcroakedit9108 Před 4 měsíci +10

      Anything that comes out their mouth

  • @carolnewman8590
    @carolnewman8590 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thank you Roland & Stephen!!! This was outstanding!

  • @waynedaniels5000
    @waynedaniels5000 Před 3 měsíci +17

    When ever Martin showed up he always bring the receipts facts history and the whole nine.

  • @michaelfedorsha8147
    @michaelfedorsha8147 Před 4 měsíci +222

    When it comes to being responsible for hundreds of lives at one single time, as a pilot is, you best believe you want the most qualified person regardless of their race

    • @UltraSaltyDomer1776
      @UltraSaltyDomer1776 Před 4 měsíci +19

      Common sense

    • @noeltaylor3594
      @noeltaylor3594 Před 4 měsíci +32

      LOL.
      Do we ever question bus drivers? A lot of females and minorities drive bus, place people in their hands.

    • @earlpitman279
      @earlpitman279 Před 4 měsíci +19

      I love that you have Roland Martin as a guest. Please have him on again and again. He breaks it down so you can understand what's going on. Love it!

    • @craigman7262
      @craigman7262 Před 4 měsíci +11

      Yes but like any profession there's a baseline of qualifications for the jobs.

    • @UltraSaltyDomer1776
      @UltraSaltyDomer1776 Před 4 měsíci

      @@craigman7262 but the government has been watering that down through regulations and requirements/quotas and the airlines and other businesses are flipping themselves into pretzels to make it happen. We’re not racist for pointing these things out. We point these things out because we don’t want people to get hurt or die. We don’t want planes to crash.

  • @user-fq9tw3kz6x
    @user-fq9tw3kz6x Před 2 měsíci +1

    I agree 💯 Percent with him concerning this matter...😊❤❤❤

  • @d.f.9064
    @d.f.9064 Před měsícem

    As an educated person from a "red state" with a degree from a state university in Sociology, I cannot emphasize the importance and the decisive difference education can make in a person. Being from a "red state" and a blue collar family, my education changed the direction of my life. It changed me because I learned how to learn, not look for tidbits to back up my predispositions and prejudices. People with a gift for gab but no education are dangerous.

  • @edmundhudson
    @edmundhudson Před 4 měsíci +148

    I like Michael Harriot's point that (I'm paraphrasing) DEI/affirmative action is to make sure that qualified minority and female job candidates aren't overlooked in favor of LESS qualified white males.

    • @ThickerThanBloodTheSeries
      @ThickerThanBloodTheSeries Před 4 měsíci +17

      Exactly and they try to flip it

    • @Superman5000The
      @Superman5000The Před 4 měsíci

      Like studies have shown that the group of people who benefitted the most from DEI/affirmative action policies is white women.

    • @teamamerica5987
      @teamamerica5987 Před 4 měsíci +9

      No it isn't. Its about lowering standards based on skin color.
      Quotas instead of quality.

    • @JOneHundredTV
      @JOneHundredTV Před 4 měsíci

      ​@teamamerica5987 So.. You've just admitted that you think skin color is the standard. DEI isn't lowering standards in preference of skin color.. they are expanding which qualified applicants get looked at based on qualifications AND skin color because of ignorant fools like you who think that skin color determines qualification and won't even look at other qualified applicants.
      You know that.
      And if you don't know that.. then YOU'RE not even qualified to respond to this post.

    • @ashlibabbittcroakedit9108
      @ashlibabbittcroakedit9108 Před 4 měsíci +11

      ​@@teamamerica5987No all pilots pass the same tests

  • @deebobryson
    @deebobryson Před 4 měsíci +50

    Has anyone ever told her that she's where she's at because they were trying to fill a "quota"

    • @tpearl109
      @tpearl109 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Facts!

    • @Omegateck16
      @Omegateck16 Před 4 měsíci +1

      But shes not...lol

    • @TalkinnGrubbinMedia
      @TalkinnGrubbinMedia Před 4 měsíci +6

      ​@@Omegateck16Yes, she is. I don't see any other black people at that network outside of Candace. It's not because of her qualifications because she dropped out of college.

    • @Omegateck16
      @Omegateck16 Před 4 měsíci

      @@TalkinnGrubbinMedia Or mabye its because the only black outspoken conservatives with followings are Candace, Hodge Twins, Officer Tatum..they are all grouped with someone already.

    • @bruceleeroy8302
      @bruceleeroy8302 Před 4 měsíci

      Exactly. She is a black woman running interference for conservatives and white supremacists. It is much easier getting a black women to trash women and black people

  • @imnavhuh7823
    @imnavhuh7823 Před 2 měsíci +2

    A young lady from my community flies for the airforce. It was her dream from a very young age. And she prepared herself very well. Another flew solo at the age of 16 and will soon be flying commercially.

  • @lashundra78
    @lashundra78 Před měsícem

    Speak the truth, Roland! Speak!

  • @cherylday1831
    @cherylday1831 Před 4 měsíci +131

    I don't fly too often, once every couple of years, once I had a Black Woman pilot, and my first thought was this is so great, way to go.

    • @craigman7262
      @craigman7262 Před 4 měsíci +20

      Man I don't even care. Just get us on time lol

    • @richardellis8076
      @richardellis8076 Před 4 měsíci +8

      Right? We know what she had to but up with and overcome just to get there! She's a fighter who likely does not give up and has experience getting out of near no win situations lol. Thats the type of person you want behind the sticks when something goes down! (No pun intended!)

    • @59Gretsch
      @59Gretsch Před 4 měsíci +6

      Well of course if you know that this black female pilot, or any pilot went through the same wreckers to get hired. But when you have a quota system there’s pressure to qualify people. We see this all through the military and they have to change standards to get enough women qualified simple fitness test.

    • @israeljames7692
      @israeljames7692 Před 4 měsíci +7

      ​@59Gretsch so you think an airline would risk the lives if hundreds of people to fill a quota?

    • @kvdunbar
      @kvdunbar Před 4 měsíci

      Not one black pilot in this report, but you have been conditioned to believe white is right. The total fatalities due to aviation accidents since 1970 is 83,772. The total number of incidents is 11,164. According to ACRO, recent years have been considerably safer for aviation, with fewer than 170 incidents every year between 2009 and 2017, compared to as many as 226 as recently as 1998.

  • @SpeakAugusta
    @SpeakAugusta Před 3 měsíci +12

    Powerful conversation!

  • @Linda-qt8qk
    @Linda-qt8qk Před měsícem

    Damned straight Roland is the voice of black people and even brown people. I’m Hispanic and I watch Roland every chance I get. I am very bothered by black people that deny their race and that’s why I take exception to Candace.

  • @imkeepingitrealnolie4216
    @imkeepingitrealnolie4216 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Man this is 2024 do you really think we still need affirmative action???

    • @phbalance7583
      @phbalance7583 Před 2 měsíci

      It's 2024, and there is still massive amounts of discrimination, in many areas, inequality and equity problems, so why wouldn't there still be a need?

    • @imkeepingitrealnolie4216
      @imkeepingitrealnolie4216 Před 2 měsíci

      @@phbalance7583 for one it's discrimination in itself....2nd we had an African American president...3 we have the most diverse Supreme Court in the history of America...if you think we still need affirmative action in 2024 with minority governors mayor's DAs police and fireman chiefs house of representatives and senators then government is failing us or simply keeping the racial narrative going to keep us divided as a country....if you want REAL CHANGE make the urban public school the same as suburban public schools...my daughter went to a predominantly white public school and the education is EXTEMELY different then the school I went too and my school was ranked in the top 3 in the city I lived in...I actually had to test into my high-school...every student that graduated in my daughter's class went to college...if you think we still need affirmative action then the education system is either corrupt or poorly ran or it is designed to keep minorities uneducated....you pick one

  • @tombrewsaugh1399
    @tombrewsaugh1399 Před 4 měsíci +34

    As an old white liberal Mr. Marten is on point. I have worked with African American men with the same qualifications as mine and seen them treated differently by our supervisor snd fellow white co workers. I have had private conversations with these men over their treatment but there was very little i could do to help because of the system.

    • @kenyafromcali
      @kenyafromcali Před 4 měsíci

      Of course, you would think so. He is not. He is purposefully misleading because it is the only way he stays employed.

    • @Rob4jmac-kb8qo
      @Rob4jmac-kb8qo Před 3 měsíci +3

      And that's where it starts...it takes real conversations with people who are not like you, in order to understand their struggles.

    • @queenofsheba7145
      @queenofsheba7145 Před 3 měsíci +6

      @tombrewsaugh- That is good you have that awareness. I'm a black female Biomedical Engineer. I've faced tremendous racism in my 19 year career. I could write a book. I had to leave Corporate America. I'm now doing consulting and it's much better. I will never go back full-time. The racism took a toll on me. You're right it's a system, and no matter how many degrees, you will never be treated fairly.

    • @you_only_have_4000_weeks
      @you_only_have_4000_weeks Před 3 měsíci +2

      I agree with you brother and thank you.

    • @TilTheBreakADawn
      @TilTheBreakADawn Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@kenyafromcali There is empirical data to back up Roland's statements. And the line that he's race-baiting for employment is a tired trope.

  • @ItzDeshawn
    @ItzDeshawn Před 4 měsíci +329

    Bro you HAVE to be qualified to fly a plane, do y’all kno how many hours you have to put in flying before you can fly others ? 😂 like of course they gone be qualified smh that’s dumb to even question that

    • @EnterpriseNCC-1701
      @EnterpriseNCC-1701 Před 4 měsíci +79

      Exactly. I guess some people think Tyrone just came out from driving his Cadillac down the street to the airplane now.😅

    • @billycarter1798
      @billycarter1798 Před 4 měsíci

      Exactly. Candace is a well-spoken moron

    • @ItzDeshawn
      @ItzDeshawn Před 4 měsíci +27

      @@EnterpriseNCC-1701 I’m saying tho😭 I just feel like they need something to talk about cuz at this point we not thinking logically in the U.S. 😂

    • @mikeharris7261
      @mikeharris7261 Před 4 měsíci

      Candace knows this she's smart but she also knows that a lot of her followers are not that bright, so they'll believe a lot of the bs she puts out.

    • @TheTruthiest
      @TheTruthiest Před 4 měsíci +22

      How long before they claim that the qualification process is biased and demand the standards be lowered. That's what they are doing in other schools where they are getting rid of standardized testing.

  • @lbrakke
    @lbrakke Před 2 měsíci

    Go Roland Martin, he is just excellent!!!

  • @84latinray
    @84latinray Před 3 měsíci +1

    Rolando speaks facts!

  • @devonteleggett3353
    @devonteleggett3353 Před 4 měsíci +32

    The black ppl defending Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens and justifying their prejudices makes me quite sad. I love my brothers and sisters, but man ppl will spit right in our face and some of us will say that it's just raining outside. Stated simply, no matter how hard I work, no matter how credentialed or certified I am, none of that matters because I am a black man. They cant see my skills or talents just by looking at me, yet they can see my skin color. Because I'm black, Charlie Kirk's default response is to assume that I'm not qualified. Candace Owens saw the same clip we did, and did ninja gymnastics to come to the conclusions that she would have the same feeling if she say a woman flying. She's pretty much saying "His racism is okay because I'm slightly sexist myself."
    I promise it's not rain outside guys. Much love everyone 🙏🏿

    • @RoderickSpode
      @RoderickSpode Před 4 měsíci

      These types of KGs are sellouts 🦝

    • @rosejames5172
      @rosejames5172 Před 4 měsíci

      these black people supporting this false narrative will find themselves jobless and homeless.

  • @carltonbass2501
    @carltonbass2501 Před 3 měsíci +10

    For Her to make that Statement! "She Is A Trained Professional Dumb"🤔Good Content!

  • @user-lv5fq8if7l
    @user-lv5fq8if7l Před 2 měsíci +2

    Roland hit it on head.

  • @gabrielhampton6483
    @gabrielhampton6483 Před 2 měsíci +3

    That’s who Candice Owens is! DEI!

  • @user-ir2uu9iu5q
    @user-ir2uu9iu5q Před 4 měsíci +33

    Great take Gentlemen, the legendary Bessie Coleman who became the 1st Licensed International Female African American Pilot ✈️ on June 15th 1921 is looking down smiling on you both! Keep up the Good work!

    • @paulasuniverse5029
      @paulasuniverse5029 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yes! I actually thought of Bessie Coleman as I watched this. I taught elementary school students (predominantly white/Caucasian) in two schools about this brave and exceptional Black/American Indian/Indigenous/African American woman. They loved learning about her. The first person to ever hold an International pilot’s license and she had to learn French in order to accomplish that. ✈️

  • @bruceellis3167
    @bruceellis3167 Před 4 měsíci +86

    There are plenty of African sisters flying or have been flying from Nigeria, Kenya and Ethiopia and lets not ever forget the greatness of the Tuskegee Airmen the Black Eagle and Bessie Coleman and Eugene Bullard no Tuskeegee Airman was offered a job after the war speak it Roland

    • @rojayreid908
      @rojayreid908 Před 4 měsíci +9

      Don't forget the Caribbean pilots during WW2.

    • @charlesshead8475
      @charlesshead8475 Před 4 měsíci

      Bro Ive seen so many black pilots and black female pilots in Africa. Do people not realize the majority of pilots over there are black? How many plane crashes are we hearing about?

    • @HypnoticHollywood
      @HypnoticHollywood Před 4 měsíci +3

      Recently a pilot instructor confirmed the qualification standards to become a pilot have been lowered to fill diversity quotas, which he says makes him highly concerned...and he's an aviation instructor. To this, you say what?

    • @beachlover9705
      @beachlover9705 Před 4 měsíci +3

      And the female pilot Bessie Coleman flew before Amelia Earhart

    • @charlesshead8475
      @charlesshead8475 Před 4 měsíci

      @@beachlover9705 Yep! And she was the first black individual to pilot an airplane.

  • @marvinpyles3274
    @marvinpyles3274 Před 2 měsíci

    This is free Stephen A. Smith -- Weekday Recap w/Stephen & Roland

  • @rethadine
    @rethadine Před 3 měsíci +2

    They’re speaking on Candace remark when she used pilot as an example. The main subject was affirmative action.

  • @GCarnell
    @GCarnell Před 4 měsíci +69

    Stephen A, this was a great conversation. Please be sure to have Roland back.

    • @user-kt7wq4td3e
      @user-kt7wq4td3e Před 3 měsíci

      People are people..wheh you deny yourself as AFRICAN AMERICAN YOU DENY YOURSELF..OWN UP.😮

  • @jd1338
    @jd1338 Před 4 měsíci +94

    Love Roland Martin, legend. CNN anchors were always afraid of him....he's highly cultivated, educated, and speaks SENSE and the Truth. Amazing

    • @Wardawg-
      @Wardawg- Před 4 měsíci +9

      Thats why they got rid of him.

    • @Michael-tc1dm
      @Michael-tc1dm Před 4 měsíci +9

      Ben shapiro owned him lol.

    • @amirrizer5069
      @amirrizer5069 Před 4 měsíci +10

      He’s a race hustler….

    • @raas7479
      @raas7479 Před 4 měsíci

      He’s a race hustler just like SA

    • @BSTVsports
      @BSTVsports Před 4 měsíci

      Roland Martin is a huge fool and one of the main people pushing the democrat narrative. He’s horrible for the black community

  • @swannoir7949
    @swannoir7949 Před 2 měsíci +1

    But what Candace doesn't understand, is that under DEI, you have to be QUALIFIED.

  • @GloriaPitts-qp8mo
    @GloriaPitts-qp8mo Před 2 měsíci +2

    Her black behind has been indoctrinated. My cousin was a helicopter pilot inbthe airforce. Became a pilot flying for a major airline and flying most of his flight overseas. He retired some years ago. He showed me a book with all the black pilots flying planes for this airline. I was floored, not because they weren't qualified, its because I didn't know there were that many black pilots. God didn't give white people intelligence, talents, and certain gifts only, he gave it to everyone. Blacks given the opportunity for education and traing, they can do whatever they are given an opportunity to do..

  • @charlesanderson2595
    @charlesanderson2595 Před 4 měsíci +51

    One of the best conversations on this channel for me.

  • @nigelfrasier2253
    @nigelfrasier2253 Před 3 měsíci +9

    I appreciate SAS for having Roland on, and appreciate Roland for showing up. Lets keep this conversation going

  • @wms5253
    @wms5253 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Roland knows his history 👌

  • @maddogmadison2188
    @maddogmadison2188 Před 2 měsíci +1

    So basically, she's saying that anyone who listens to her commentary should have pause; if we're going by her standards of thinking 🤔

  • @wilhammonger7802
    @wilhammonger7802 Před 4 měsíci +4

    I love Roland, he doesn’t back down, he called Candice on her BS!