Took my 16 yr old son to the theater, on a Saturday night, to see a documentary...he protested initially, but left blown away, as I. I’m a 51 yr old man, whose family is from Charleston SC, who graduated from an HBCU and have been studying the subject for 25 years...and yet, Who We Are was a complete two hour education. Excellent work, to say the least.

"Whenever the government provides opportunities in privileges for rich people and white people they call it “subsidized” when they do it for poor people and negroes they call it “welfare.” The fact is that everybody in this country lives on welfare. Suburbia was built with federally subsidized credit. And highways that take our white brothers out to the suburbs were built with federally subsidized money to the tune of 90 percent. Everybody is on welfare in this country. The problem is that we all to often have socialism for the rich and rugged free enterprise capitalism for the poor. That’s the problem." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A better world should be the goal of every decent and 'principled' human being. Without principles to live by, we are doomed. We have lost our way, or maybe we were originally set on the wrong path on purpose. What ever happened to the concept of the common good? We need more education, less indoctrination.

When it comes to principles, time is irrelevant. Be it 1962 or 2022; such human rights principles are timeless and universal.

"For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy America reigns without a rival." -Frederick Douglass

This so deep! I was crying when he told about playing basketball in Mississippi. You could see the pain in his eyes. Thank for doing this interview.

It's been 2yrs since I first watched this man's talk and I feel like I'm still as angry as I was then. I can't fathom the strength it takes to calmly discuss this subject, but I'm still trying. Thank you Mr Robinson.

America is failing to deal with their internal issues This is why this country is going down until you deal with your infrastructure problem nothing will work for America.

Robinsons speeches and talks are on youtube and i highly recommend wstching him. His "naked lunch" moment is pretty astounding.

*I see Indian, Chinese and other communities continuing the hate while not realizing they are on the same craft. They'll feel the pain once we are gone then it's too late* .

It's called gas lighting They have laws on the books but they don't stand by them.

Absolutely, I will never forget being raised in the South under segregation. It was ugly & hateful.

I was born in 1963 and I grew up in white suburbia Wisconsin, and since I was old enough to understand, I could see that racism and the inequality were/are huge problems in America, and America needs to do better!

I learned about all the deceit/tricks & hidden extreme hate, in my 50's as well 🤯 It was like coming out of the Matrix & you can never go back 😵‍💫I was more disgusted with myself for being so gullible & easily brainwashed/conditioned into self hate.

I must see this film! Everyone should see it. For once stand in another man's shoes.

I'm angry. I'll say it. Biden, with the stroke of a pen, could put forth ALL his policies. If he so chose. The thing we all must recognize is he doesn't WANT too. We NEED more parties and grass roots organization. All must sit at the table. The rural. The urban. The miner. The millennial. Etc...

REPARATIONS FOR ADOS

Voting rights mean nothing in a place/nation not a nation in which those we are allowed to vote for are not the people's choice, unless you embrace the supreme court inclusion of corporate entities as "people too".

When will America start to get serious about fixing its racism problem and stop "fixing" the rest of the world. Everyone would benefit.

Too many times, a certain people with a certain mindset, talk to us as if we're beneath them. Saying things like "Get over it, slavery is over." And other callous inserts. I say go read the 13th amendment in its entirety and look at the turbulent history of this country. Then get back to me because we've endured far far more than slavery alone.

Massive respect to Jeffery!!! As a white man, I am ashamed of the racism of the past and present. Shame on all stupid, very primitive bullies of all kind!!!!!!!

"Know you history = Understanding your Future."

Thank you, Jeffery Robinson, I will look into this in my area. Florida has a horrid racist population.

The US Revolutionary war was fought to preserve a white settler colonial project , which involved indigenous Genocide , mass land theft , and expansion of the industry of slavery .

Speak it, show it, sing out the story of our families and lives, all of our lives. The messenger is so astute and knows how to present these truths.

I was blessed to enjoy seeing a preview screening of this through LACMA in mid December. IT IS A MUST-SEE, MAGNIFICENT, POWERFUL movie!!! As someone raised by Southern parents (with a highly prejudiced father - both race & religion) in the 1950-60s, gratefully transformed by the "flower power" consciousness in the late 60s... embracing equality & color-blindness... this movie took my breath away. Jeffrey Robinson shares a TRUTH that we all need to embrace to move past our ugly past into a future that embraces genuine equality. There is so much work ahead... but, we can do it!

Every year I have been writing some words down for Martin Luther King Jr day Someday we will not have to dream about the truth it will be known in everybody's heart and shared throughout all cultures together at lasts naturally

Resisting a self nominated master, more than a right it's a duty. We owe that to our future generations.

I met Jeffrey Robinson in person at a seminar he is the man he's so wise, intelligent, intellectual and kind. Lord keep your cloth covering him he's doing a great job for society as a whole.

A democratic nation should be fair. Especially when that nation was actually a territory belonging to people of color (natives).

THERE'S 1 RACE-HUMAN

WOW!! VERY INFORMATIVE!!!

These women are angels in disguise

We LUV you Amy 💕❤️💙👍🏼👍🏼✌🏼✌🏼

I am proud. I will have my 7th grade social studies class watch this film.

Right on time. Thank you.

I had a similar experience at Dartmouth medical school in 1988 when a white lady student jumped in front of me to use a microscope. She was attempting to provoke me which would have likely led to my expulsion because I would have likely gone for blood if I had not backed down.

Mr. Robinson has always been a person that has gotten my attention. His talks have always spoken to the core of his subject matter. He is great with his presentation. If you need to hear it again then listen to again. Thank you for continuing to give the great information for our listening and understanding.

Wow so powerful... the truth cuts through the hate, lies and biggitory with such authority. Well done to all for bringing this to the foremost of our social consciousness

Ok so cut the check.

Sharing, Justice and Peace for All.

No more study groups or sit downs about is America or the government is racist or not!!! So called blk Americans know the answer to that so can we get resources and land, money for the wealth taken from my ancestors??! We don't need whyte Americans to understand racism anymore they know! Blk Americans we need to come together no matter religions or social status and build our communities to be separate like before within the different states like other groups are doing now!

Sign me up! "AMERICAN HISTORY 101" now in session.

" … Democrats have been dealt a major blow in their efforts to pass new voting rights' legislation." Correction: Democrats dealt a major blow to new voting rights' legislation.

"...and it's still not a felony." Pretty good summary. Things change, but they also stay the same. Now there's a movement to change the police issue, but they'll find other ways to keep things the same.

Why can’t we teach everyone that a report of this magnitude, is truthful.

I get time restrictions but this video was cut off way too soon. This interview needs extension but thanks for covering. Everybody needs to know about this movie 👏

When are black people getting legislation we asked for. Voting rights isn't our biggest concern

After hearing Mar, Robinson a couple of years ago, now seeing this headed in this direction who all people can have excess it . Especially now! Timing is everything! Thank you film producers assisting Mr. Robinson reach all people.

Oh the racist trolls will come out of there holes with this one.

So what about our reparations. Cut the check

It seems to me the US is going Backwards in regards to race and race relations, come on America fix up. Writing from Britain 🇬🇧

Corporate Power depends on the the absence of voting rights for people who aren't in the scope of corporate interest.Taxpayers.

There are good moral people like Jeffery Robinson and the two filmmakers and I believe in them with all my heart but there are more that are actively abhorrent or who say and do nothing, choosing to ignore what’s going on before their eyes. “I didn’t do anything wrong, I didn’t know what was happening ”, so said the Germans after the war. It’s our responsibility to try to find out. Everyone throws the word existentialism around all the time, it’s ridiculous. Humankind is basic Sartre and Camus, people who choose not to have a moral compass and so ‘the choices we make make define us.’ But there are moments in time when we have the opportunity to wake up and do the right thing. This is a big glaring moment. I hope hope with all my heart we listen to people like Robinson and act.

My beloved parents were "unicorns," and I am deeply grateful for them. They were able to insulate my heart from hate for the environment that we were forced to survive and succeed in adverse conditions. Believe me, I continue to carry on their teachings as the matriarch of my family.

This is really good stuff. The momentum of CRT is one of the elements that is leading the change to more fair and balancing America. But the road to that awareness is still fraught with resistance and ignorance. Keep the faith friends because change for the better is coming.

"This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home to the hand that chose it." -Simon Armitage

God Bless Jeffery Robinson thumbs up 👍🏼we take r hat's off for u! Very intelligent man!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I hope he puts his documentary on a KZfaq channel for free. It would really get to a larger audience.

It's been said on youtube, "they never got rid of slavery, they just upgraded it". "They're not enslaving me. I have a right to right them", "It says it in the Bible".

Let's be clear. It is more appropriate to learn about the Holocaust, a tragic that occurred in another country, by another nation. But what happened in USA/ Americas should be suppressed, and not be brought to mind. It's about priorities in USA, and who has them working for their agenda.

So we were at literally the end of the fork. They ate or eat us. There is a whole book about it. Human Consumption and Homoeroticism with in U.S Slave culture. Written by Vincent Woodward. Your welcome

His lecture is on youtube....it will definitely change the way you think about this 'great' country

I would love to see those who were a part of this film get involved with the Minnesota Teen Activists in St.Paul, MN, who are walking out all across their school district today. They are the future of America & are being trolled so ugly I feel shamed from a neighboring state! I won an essay contest when I was in junior high in MN -- the President's Bicentennial Essay Contest, about why each contest entrant was proud to be an American. My essay is buried in a time capsule under the White House, and is supposed to be opened on our Tricentennial. The thing is, I was lied to about "who we are". America broke my heart to pieces, for the mythology fed us under the facade of American History was my THING coming up. Today, the MN Teen Activists gave me hope again, but most days I drop a tear, or fifty, for the figment of imagination I once believed was really who we are, and each of those days I mourn wishing I could take my essay back. Jerome Treadwell of Highland Park Sr High, and Angela Nguyen of Harding High, teen leaders in St. Paul, MN, have done more for America already than most people living in this country have done by their 80s. They deserve the mentorship of Jeffrey Robinson & filmmakers, as well as that of Democracy Now -- if there is to be on this soil, an inclusive democracy ever.

Thanks Jeffrey for the work you do. I appreciate the way you humanize your words, in explaining the depth of our American tragedy and history.

Professor Gerald Horne, at the University of Houston, book titled “The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America” is an excellent resource to understand where we are now.

58 f*ing years later! Damn it USA 🤬

This man inspires me to do more and be better.....

Where is this film being shown? Netflix, Amazon, AppleTV?

1619

Everything changes when you have children

I have to keep reminding myself every day that this country does not revolve around me just because I'm white, I have to make room and I have to respect all peoples rights and ideas, I have to get used to shareing this great country with other peoples that are not white european. after I had put me first aside and after I opened my mind I found it very easy to understand how racism is bringing this country down. I have since found many of my freinds are now of all race. so please give peace a chance and educate your self about your self.

WHERE CAN YOU SEE OR BUY THE MOVIE

Will it be possible to secure a link or copy of the film? I’d love to watch in community here in Kalamazoo, MI.

I feel suffering when I watch this.

I HAVE A DREAM, that one day my children will live in a country where their leaders are judged by the content of their character.

Very moving. Thank you

V pass.. Much more effective than driver's license or "other" state issued ID. This is an omen window display.

Voting is compulsory in Australia. And held on Saturdays. There are three polling places within walking distance of my home.

Thanks for your help my beautiful people we need help 💪🏾

We are fucking slaves to this system

Our character defines our destiny. It is ironic that all those politicians who get appointed have to be sworn in by laying hand on a Bible but how many do actually behave like there is a God? How many actually behave like one day they will have to answer before God for every cruel acts done against one’s brothers and sisters?

I always want to be open minded because as someone who is more conservative, I've been called a lot of names-racist, bigot, homophobe--none of which are true. I wanted to approach this film with an open heart and an open mind and I'm always willing to hear the truth, especially when it is backed by documented historic facts. I am inclined to agree with most of the points made in this film especially when backed up by historic documents with direct quotes from their source. I even agree that the Star-Spangled Banner, may not have been the most appropriate choice of national anthems. If I'd been asked, I would have chosen America the Beautiful which I believe was written during WWII. There are a couple of sticking points I had with the information and logic used. The three women who funded BLM were supposed to raise and distribute funds to chapters across the nation--the misappropriated those funds to their own benefit. My next sticking point was the professor's defense of those individual black men who recently died at the hands of a police officers. In just about every case, each of those individuals were breaking the law and refused to comply with the officer's requests. While no one deserves to die under those circumstances, if each if those individuals had complied with the police requests, they might be alive today. I would hope that if I were breaking the law and the police approached me that if I complied, I would go to jail, get my lawyer involved and let them sort it out. The public was never allowed to see the body cam footage in its entirety. I do agree that we have to be able to have conversations and debates. I do believe as a nation we are moving forward--perhaps not as quickly as we should, but I believe we are. As far as the confederate flag is concerned, I don't buy into it being about it being a symbol of the south as anything other than a symbol of bigotry. I want to tell anyone flying it, "You lost, get over it." And finally, I disagree with thoughts expressed regarding "white privilege". I grew up extremely poor and white and I can say in all honesty that people gave me the same kinds of looks that they gave people of color. Poor is poor. I've had security follow me in department stores. I've had the police hassle me for "loitering" because I sat down on the curb in front of a store on a hot day to catch my breath. I was poor and I looked it. So, I don't think you can make a blanket statement like that because it doesn't fit everyone.

It occurs to me that far too many of my fellow (Democrats) are so 'hooked' on concepts concerning life's potential for: Amiability, Justice, & Peace that we easily forget that lots of (Other) folks aren't as moved or even fond of those things. People like myself will often 'bend over backwards" to please rather than annoy or (Anger) those around us, even while being subjected to abuse. As far as (Politics) goes, Democrats need to find ways of demonstrating that 'We too' are capable & ready to be as Cold, Calculating, & Sneaky as our Republican counterparts. Apparently, Politics & Darwinism are (Not) mutually exclusive forces ! 😎

FOR THE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER, I THANK YOU....LOL.

Watch this film, watch this film, watch this film, possibly the best film ever!

Yo! Go! MLK! MLK for every day! He's quietly spinning in complete dismay!

Born in 1955. Best time ever for a Black woman to be born. Downhill for America ever since.

Funny how racism always comes up at election time.

Almighty GOD! You are looking, an seeing all the unjust that we have been going through for so, so long.

Good for your Dad and his wisdom.

Cut the check

Please, support The Venus Project!

Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs.

Did democracy work ???

This is a shame …. Biden must push harder and use the 14th Amendment to prosecute Jose against an equilibrium!

BS! Voting is near the bottom of the list of important things. It's important for the 2 party duopoly, not for regular people. Just another worthless distraction.

Thank you for sharing! Very informative!

The black alienation psy op is brilliant. It penetrates your psyche deep enough to manifest yourself as a target through fear and anger. This allows the "other" victims of the same group to attack the alienated instead of the culprits.

As a 'middle' class to 'poor' European, I still cannot grasp why a house (the senate) can block legislation for it seems eternity. If my understanding is right the senate is created to oversee that doesn't 'rape' the constitution. And that was it - THEN. Now the 'senate' seems to have more power then the house. If they would followed the UK system to make the senate like the 'house of lords' now In 1911, in the British Parliament deprived the House of Lords of its absolute power of veto on legislation. The act was proposed by a Liberal majority in the House of Commons. Not so still in that 'golden' Union called the USA. If that was to happen (it won't, but one can have a dream), and the senate was rolled back in its original purpose, a lot of laws would have been passed, especially those on racial discrimination. What I always thought was very wrong in the USA, was the enormous amount of money spending to elect a short term 'medieval king' - called 'president' with extreme powers (medieval I said, it's actually worse). Your country is not very well like all over the world, even among so called 'allies', except those with little or no democracy and 'bearing gifts' - sorry to be cynical. (oil, mineral rights etc.) - 1-5% of Americans own 95% + of your assets. Do you really think, as long as the 'senate' and a short lived very powerful 'king' are in power ANYTHING will change for the people ? Especially the denigrated, 1911, in the British Parliament which deprived the House of Lords of its absolute power of veto on legislation. The act was proposed by a Liberal majority in the House of Commons.But this seems impossible in the US. How many years were there without a 'war' since the US' inception ? Ask that to the average student, who can't even point out a state in his/her country. And let's hope they don't fall over, because medical care costs are the highest in the world. And yet you call this the 'land of the free and the willing'. I wrote this in fifteen minutes, I hope I'll get a response, and I cannot promise i will be courteous to them if they come up with the usual nonsense.