Yes! This reminds me of what Trevor said about two different types of racism on his interview on Hot Ones.

Are ypu aware that racism is something that is too big of a deal mainly in the US?? I mean, we know that racist behaviour could be present in other countries, but much much less than in the US. You are practically the only ones that are very focused in the type of race other people are, in order to discriminate them just because they are not similar to your skin colour, language or culture.

@@nayosilver1180 I disagree. I think were just one of few countries that addresses racism as an issue and actually talks openly about it.

@@nayosilver1180 I disagree as well. In Europe they have had to put a lot of effort into eliminating racism from soccer into the modern day. African American soccer players who have played in Europe have said they where shocked by the amount of racist behavior there. This is a world wide issue.

@wings of a butterfly Hey guys, please don't use genetics to justify racism. If my evolutionary psychology understanding is correct; humans are inherently protective of their tribe, yes. But it's up to you whether you exclude people of different races or genders from your tribe. Racism is taught, not inherited. Yes, it is a global issue. But the disparity you guys have in the US of A is still a whole lot bigger than here in Europe. We have a lot of issues still, the Netherlands has had a holiday that involves blackface for the better part of a hunderd years, along with plenty of institutional and individual problems, and it's still not gone, and we need to fix this shit here too. But unprosecuted killings of black people, the skewed incarceration system, and believing white men should be the ruling class is by and large a you thing.

"with his little cute self" That seems kind of sexist and like it really should not have made it into this otherwise pretty alright post.

@@mdruffy235 sexist?

@@duustincrawford2945 Well, imagine the same comment directed at a woman. It would be seen as belitteling and - if it comes from the opposite sex - sexist. But sexism isn't a one way street.

@@mdruffy235 this is why context matters and in this context is pretty much just a compliment.

IKR😏

I laughed so hard that I cried at this

@@Darkrosefae TRUTH IS ALWAYS FUNNIEST

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Yes!

Really, he should

@@justicewarrior9187 Just stop. It was bullshit when you thought it up, it's bullshit now.

@@Enigma2K99 Uh no it isn't, it actually happened, get over it.

@@justicewarrior9187 www.snopes.com/fact-check/clinton-byrd-photo-klan/ She wasn't... She is a cold hearted woman but not an idiot.

I agree with most of what you said. Where I disagree with you is the part about having a racists thought doesn't make you races is a bit confusing to me. Thoughts are the seed to actions and not only did he have a thought he also acted on it. Now I don't think he is races he he had a experience and that experience give him a feel that feel give him a idea he acting on idea. But what is important is he look back on that chain of action and decided to correct it. I also don't think just because someone seeks retribution that the other person has to except.

Russell Nyoni he didn't have a racist thought, he had a vendetta based on a racist belief. By his own admission he specifically asked his female acquaintance what the race of the rapist was. He didn't ask about height, scars, clothing, or where she might have encountered him. He asked what race the individual was. He then walked the streets with the intention of accosting someone like me or you, for an entire week. In his mind the only thing that would have satisfied him was to visit pain upon any member of a specific race. That is the definition of hatred and racism. I don't give a fuck how much I liked Liam Neeson in the past, his admission that murdering any Black man would do is enough to nullify any previous respect I had for him. And the reality is that there are many more people like him that we have to interact with everyday. Some of them wear badges, some of them work in human resources, and some of them currently work in the White House. I refuse to excuse it as a past faux pas on Neeson's part because I would be doing a disservice to my four Black sons. And in fact I take issue with your attempt to paint his critics as "sharks" for pointing out the obvious offense of his admission. You have a right to your opinion but it seems very obtuse and counterintuitive.

@@whizkidd2227he didn't act on it.he clearly said he hope some 'black bastars would attack him/have a go at him and he would take it out on him.now I'm not justifying the actions he was ready to take but I'm saying i understand.the idea is not to demonize people,the idea is to illuminate them and have them understand that we are all similar in our differences. PS:He did confirm that he asked about other features i.e height,weight,before he asked for the race.he had 'A' racist thought and killed it then decided to be frank about it Now you want to drag hi even lower why???

@@BrooklynBeTheBoro That is a lie tho, He said that he asks her how he was and she told him it was a black person.

@@elbertcortes he asked her what color the person was and she said black. I heard the audio on Instagram

That's great man. We need more of that.

Imagine how racist Trevor Noah would feel like to a random guy in afrika, when you hear his impressions on africans. (the fact that he is white and grew up white.)

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@@eliteviktor3 You do realize that Trevor is South African right?

If we are to talk about it. If we can see and accept the ability to notice flaws within ourself, we may want to talk about it, bring it to awareness as part of the process of changing.

Always the same topics--- the U.S. is awfully racist, Trump is bad, Republicans are unbearable.

Really? It is common sense here. You don't have to look up to some far away imagined wisdom. Please just don't love it, better be like that.

He does have the wisdom of a a 150 year old, doesn’t he? A young man to have such an old soul.

his grandma is bomb too

@@ginaweith9475 it is called "logic" and "rationality". You don't have to get that old and you can learn it much earlier. Please stop praising normal things. Just start thinking for yourself.

@@skjelm6363 You think it's normal? You will learn. 😁

@mysterychemistry that's the point. Racism isn't a "yes or no" "you're either are racist or not" thing. Watch his interview on Hot Ones.

@mysterychemistry Well if that's your main point then I agree, even us Asians in Asian countires can have prejudices against other Asians. But such degree is more apparent, intra-wise, when it comes to social classes (since eastern countries tend to be more homogenous than the west, meaning we don't have the usual "racial factor" to blame).

I don't think smart is the main characteristic of mr Trevor....I'd say he's funny, clever and alert.

When a black person is mindful of a history and pattern of behavior of a certain group of people it is only being wise. Now that is different from going out on a limb and attacking or accosting white people. What I have come to learn about them is that they are inherently “ethnocentric “. They truly believe without a shadow of a doubt that their way and only their way is the way to do things. It is later in life or when they travel and get exposed that they begin to exercise those open-minded muscles a bit more but by and large they tend to be very myopic in their thought processes. I do NOT think a black person being mindful of the potential danger from a white person is bad but just the result of history. I have often felt that they are also wary of black people because they are aware of the history of what they did because if their ancestors.

@@cheesecakelasagna regarding this Hot One thing I would like to watch. As I listen to Noah he is always saying things are black and white when they are convenient to make a point and then perhaps he does come off as 'nothing black and white' when it's also convenient. That to me is a shitty way of being a media figure. You need to understand that not everything is black and white ALL THE TIME, not for your convenience. Example, Noah says I am racist because I (white woman) dressed up as my favorite character Mr. Eko (black man) from the TV show LOST in order to celebrate how great of a TV show I felt it was in celebration of season finales. Again, not only does he paint me as racist but would I be sexist as well? Or is he someone who feels like I can change my gender any day I want? I don't know him well enough to have heard his opinion on gender flip flopping.

Intelligence too!

Exactly, Ion T. These questions are on the spot, from a random audience member. Trevor shows his wisdom and intelligence. This was fantastic.

True not everyone but every once in a while the past comes into play and the next minute .....your looking at every white person like.... But that being said, I wish color, religious beliefs and all would have no place in our treatment of other people or thoughts. Forgiveness, judgement and acceptance are the hardest things to master no matter the situation

...but it isn't?

@@RobVespa quit trolling....

Honest pc narrative

@@badseedent4827 at least you admit its honest.

When is it balanced

I totally agree with that. But islamic violence isn’t a one of event. If you read the islamic scripture it becomes very clear why islam is practically the only religion that have the level of violence it has. Muslims are not to blame though. The Islamic doctrine is. We need to support moderate muslims so they can make islam the religion of peace they claim it to be.

@@maximilianjohandson3382 thats because like trevor said people take it in a different meaning than its supposed to be !! , like when quran talks about war it was actually about how the quraysh tribe invaded prophet muhammeds city so he had to defend it , but some people who wants to defame islam changes the meaning of it and recruits easily brainwashed people to cause terror and defame islam and muslims

Lol thats not what Liam said. Trevor as usual has blown it out of proportion to suit his bias.

Thank you for sharing! ❤️

@@maximilianjohandson3382 prove it

Lisa L very insightful comment. im proud you offered to share your story. us girls go through so much crap so i hope you’re doing better and that you grow stronger every day. ❤️❤️❤️

@@hanchan1673 thank you. I am doing well now. It almost completely damaged my relationships with some of our black friends and family members. I was just in a really bad place and I lashed out at those who were trying to love me and support me through that experience. I'm grateful they stuck with me. Being sexually assaulted is traumatic and we girls do go through a lot. I still deal with the PTSD that it caused. But, I'm determined to take my life back completely and I'm working hard to do so. What really makes me sad is the conversations I have to have with my daughters. I have to give them ways to keep from being assaulted. It's a very sad truth and I pray it changes.

Totally, that isn't straight racism, its trauma profiling out people who may be a danger to you. Leave it to fester though and its one of the roots of future racism.

@@pennie6330 Yeah but did you personally experience slavery the way that girl personally experienced rape? I hate when people say "you survived" as if they're saying "get over it", she had a trauma and she realized how it effected her and put in the intensive work to get better. You don't get to just come on here and minimize all that she's been through. That's as if a white person were to say "you didn't live through slavery, you're alive. Get over it." At least that's the tone I'm getting. If you meant it in a sympathetic, "I'm going through it too" type of way, then I apologize for wrongly criticizing you. Either way, I wish you the best.

@Big C 🙌👏👏👏 Thank you. I was thinking the same thing, but you've worded my thought perfectly. I'm English.

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@@2dguy284 was gonna recommend that one too. John Barnes is a damn legend.

@@2dguy284 thanks I watched that. Very interesting

I wouldn't say that other people's responses are unreasonable. As a black person I think its totally reasonable to be outraged and that's also part of what Trevor said. Liam got help which was great or whatever but his outright denial of being racist as Trevor said rings false and is upsetting in it's own right. We just need more nuance all around in terms of tackling both sides of this not just on Liam's side but on the side of black people who are justified in their anger as well

how is this reasonable? he parts from the basis that Liam admited that he wanted to kill every black man...that is no where near the truth.... not even close to it. he talked for 3 min about a subject, sayed nothing and was based on a premised of a racism that never existed, Liam wanted to kill a black man, because it was one that raped his friend, he did not wanted to lash on the entire race... sure he may have killed an innocent man out of rage, and that is the point in question, if it was a white man he would have done the same, would he be racist also? the premise is wrong, just because he sayed he wanted to kill a black man out of rage, does not make him want to kill EVERY black man

@@freakindamnshiki I don't know that it's quite the same. I don't believe that he would've gone out & looked for a random white man to kill had it been a white man that raped his friend. It seemed that he wanted to take his fury out on a black man specifically because the perp was singled out as a black man. Of course, he didn't do it, thank goodness, & he was wise enough to seek help & realized it was wrong to act on his feelings. I just don't think that his response would've been the same had it been a white guy that did it, & I think that's the point. Maybe there was some underlying racism that surfaced under the circumstances. The thing is, how does killing an innocent man help anything? She would still remain a victim of rape, the bad guy would still be out there walking the streets, Liam likely would've ended up in trouble with the law, meanwhile an innocent man & his family would suffer for someone else's crime. Bad outcome all the way around.

@@KatarinaS. i actually think he would have done the same if it was any other race, because it was not an act of racism, but an acto of rage and vengence, he was trying to lash on someone that would do that to a dear friend of his, i think the point is that, rage blinds you to do stupid shit. Now that is was i took from his story, it was a black man that raped her, so he was looking for a black man to lash out, i think he would do the same to any other, the fact was not because it was a black man just because it was black

@@Austamala it happened 40 years ago not now..Go and watch the video by the former English Football player John (can't remember his surname starts with b I tink). He is well spoken and a black man and he isn't outraged!

Doubt it was unplanned he would be stuttering all the time to think of the subject if caught off cuff

I was thinking the same thing! I think he’s actually funnier unscripted. Blows my mind he’s so insightful and funny at the same time candidly

This is the sad truth. Its all just another thing that's gone too far. People don't know about nuance or moderation any more. Forgiveness doesn't seem to exist and understanding may have been shot trying to save common sense. How can there not be sides when anyone hovering around the middle are pointed out by whatever side they're judged to be slightly further from and basically pushed into becoming what people say they are.

It's definitely a problem, but at the same time talking is cheap and to have every public figure summon a press conference where they give a milquetoast apology, for every single thing doesn't necessarily imply growth, most times it's just damage control. But as we can't tell what's in someone's heart and mind, alas 😑

I think at least part of it stems from our "clickbait" culture where people are so quick to repost these sorts of headlines, or make a meme or something out of them, or give their own hot take on it (often without even reading an article) just to get a "like" or whatever... and then move onto the next thing. It's like a mob mentality but the mob only has a 2 second attention span. Not sure if i am expressing the idea clearly enough, but maybe you know what I mean.

@@noisetv1863 I understand what you mean. I wish there was a middle ground, but the internet has had a big part in whittling it away.

@@koneh6666 You're not wrong about that either. It's a very nuanced issue, but it provokes knee jerk reactions that ruins so much. At the end of the day, it comes down to the internet's attention span, and people's willingness to look into gray areas instead of black and white. Sadly people will try, as you mentioned, to save face and spit out disingenuous apologies, but that shouldn't close the door for broader thinking overall.

remember when right wingers used to say trevor was a race baiter. i bet they biting their tongues now.

HOLY SHIT!.. Trevor said the exact same thing I was thinkin. If Liam wanted to talk about that incident he should have went on Oprah, The View or hell, SWay in the Morning or The Breakfast Club. And people would have respected him more on both sides

Triggerhappy when did politics come into this? It’s about race

@@nathanrolls4015 I'm stating the irony of how he's glad that Liam Nelson has performed himself and the fact that Trevor kind of agrees with his grievances

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it was a pretty stupid hypothesis because in his original comments, it was painfully clear what his intentions were and his shame in his past. being on Oprah or somewhere else wouldn't have helped him. People would still be angry at him.

Just want to point out that you're a racist. If you still doesn't know why what you just typed is racism then sorry, can't help you with your lack of learning ability.

Context is everything.

Why are you proud for being dumb? Here's what a "racist" boiled down to: someone who takes the wrong conclusion from a biased, wrong-headed data. You claimed that blacks committed more crime than whites. That data is correct. Your conclusion is dead wrong. You proudly attribute this to their being black instead of another factor, such as economic situation, standard of living and/or education level. This is like saying "white people are more corrupt, just look at all the corrupt politicians, there are more corrupt whites than blacks". Their skin color or ethnicity has nothing to do with their actions. There is nothing in our gene code that would predispose us to more crime that affects skin color or appearance. That's just science. So you're proud for being dumb. Like someone who picked up a pebble and then it started to rain and thought "I just found a magic pebble that can cause rain!". DUMB. Correlation does not necessarily mean causation. -- unless a white person gives up all sense of racial identity and speaks only good things about non-whites they are "racist." -- There's no such thing as racial identity. You have cultural identity. People don't act a certain way just because of their genetic lineage. They do so because of how they're brought up. Culture. And if you think your "racial identity" is "I'm white so I'm better than you" then yes, you're a racist. Because you're being dumb and attribute your perceived superiority to your skin color. Really now. What is the "racial identity" of the "white race"? Tap dancing? Hot dogs? Polo shirt with a sweater tied around your neck? (hint: all of those are culture)

Yay Trevor gets our inherited hate! So sad lol you all need help.

Curia Regis Um, do you know why blacks in America are light-skinned? Hint: not because of consensual sexual relationship their female ancestors had with their male ancestors. So shut the fuck up. Some people in this country can get away with ANYTHING. As they are covered by police and the government.

@Curia Regis Black White Purple you are an ugly soul

@Curia Regis not a bit of that was true, you racist fuck.

Curia Regis hahahahahaha hahahahahahahah!😂😂🤣 damn you are ignorant 🤦‍♀️

You're not black!

@@nikkarter5578 and how do you know that. A lot of black people weren't even mad at him

Wolf Mama what the fuck? It has nothing to do with race you moron. It had everything to do with revenge

@@nikkarter5578 I'm black. And I agree with Wolf Mama. If Neeson had been black, would you have been more forgiving?

@zan zy EXACTLY

Whatever nick ..

Mark what world do you live in ..

Actually, his original statement was about the craft of acting, but you can change it to suit your narrative since you can't deal with the truth.

Man, you're soooooo incredibly informed. Must be nice. I, personally, envy you.

I'm black and from the UK where this incident most likely took place as there were no black areas in northern Ireland 40 years ago . I believe black people currently make up just over 1% in Ireland , he could of walked around prowling menacingly for 52 weeks 40 years ago and never seen a black person. England however is another story and has many black areas (ghettos) in birmingham , london, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham etc. Where he could of walked around to find a victim for his murderous racist intentions. Many black people 40 years ago were the fatal victims of these type of racist unprovoked attacks in those days I myself faced many unprovoked attacks by people like liam ,even big grown men racially attacked me when i was only a young child of 11 ,but thank God they weren't fatal. He was definitely a racist thug and he may well of changed his ways since excising his demons in his revenge /vigilante orientated Hollywood films. However what he described was a failed attempt of what would of been if successful a racially motivated murder.

Mama?

So anti Semitic jokes he wrote are not considered anti Semitic now?

Lol... no he isn't.

You must be a liberal if you think this guy is a role model or an intellectual. Anti white bullshit liberal propaganda weekly!

Lol Trevor Noah is a moron

Absolutely, he's best role model for whites too, especially kids.

If there is no value in atonement, then there is no change.

I'm from Ireland too and there was 1 black fella in our small town ... he worked in the local grocery shop ... very helpful lad ... I wonder where he is now.

Maybe it's a Catholic thing - do whatever you want but say sorry and all is forgiven? He set out to murder people (MURDER PEOPLE, not say some mean words, MURDER PEOPLE - why are so many of you acting like setting out to kill a human being is just some kind of trivial mistake? What if a black guy actually did approach him on one of those nights?) based on the colour of their skin, but he seems kinda sorry about it so let's all leave him alone!

@@callum9999 So what do you think should be done with him?

@@callum9999 the fact of the matter is that _didn't_ happen, and neeson sought help to change himself so he wouldn't be the kind of person who'd do something like that anymore, and _that's why_ we're able to be forgiving. Since nobody got hurt, just changing his behavior to prevent it from happening again is good enough for an apology to be acceptable. If someone _had_ gotten hurt, then obviously the threshold for forgiveness is much higher.

You're frankly amazed that people are blowing this so out of proportion IN 2019? I'm frankly amazed at THAT.

@@suckapunch565, well said! Very well said!

Curia Regis Jesus Christ man get help, at least Liam Neeson owned up to his racism.

@@DollFaceKimmy, excellently put!

Just-Passing-Through 11 No? I was replying to some dude here with way too much internalised bullshit.

No he was angry about what happend to his friend

AmbyJeans I think Trevor is wrong. Liam was looking for a black person to do something wrong so he could express his anger in a ‘justified’ violent matter. He didn’t want to just kill any random black man as is evidenced by the fact that he didn’t do so. If the rapist would have been a ginger, liam would have said the same thing and no-one would have bat an eye. Black here is used in a descriptive manner and not a racial manner.

Ilikecommenting Regardless if people bat an eye or not, it would still be racist or a hate crime against a certain group of people with a certain type of complexion or facial characteristics. Whether it was a man with blue eyes, or brunette, or blond, or a military man, or a white man, or a Mexican man. It doesn’t matter, he chose to hunt for a man of a certain group and it happened to be a man from the black race, so he had a very racist thought and intention. Mind you, he didn’t care if the man he picked had done the actual crime or not. He just wanted any Blackman to pay. And that’s very wrong and the very definition of racism.

Ilikecommenting So bc he didn't actually attack a black person that's evidence that it wasn't racist? Liam Neeson himself was saying that he was being racist. That was the point of his story. This does not make Liam Neeson racist, he's just telling a story about a time that he had a racist impulse. I thought that was kind of what Trevor Noah was saying and I agree. I don't think Neeson's approach to it was the smartest PR wise, but I'm not down with this condemnation of him. I felt like he was addressing racism, relating an example of a way racism can form in someone's mind. He just didn't go about it in the best way. You really can't say that if the attacker had been "a ginger" that Neeson would have had the same reaction. Because that's not what happened so it would only be speculation. Liam Neeson himself said that he made it a point to ask her what color the attacker was. So he was thinking about race from the get go. He admits this was wrong. He professes that he's ashamed of it and I believe him.

Ilikecommenting These are his actual words: He said: "God forbid you've ever had a member of your family hurt under criminal conditions. I'll tell you a story. This is true." Neeson said the alleged rape took place a long time ago and he found out about it when he came back from a trip abroad. The actor went on to use racially offensive language about the attacker. He said: "She handled the situation of the rape in the most extraordinary way. "But my immediate reaction was... I asked, did she know who it was? No. What colour were they? She said it was a black person. "I went up and down areas with a cosh, hoping I'd be approached by somebody - I'm ashamed to say that - and I did it for maybe a week, hoping some [uses air quotes with fingers] 'black bastard' would come out a pub and have a go at me about something, you know? So that I could kill him." He did express remorse. “It was horrible, horrible, when I think back, that I did that,” Neeson said to Michallon. “And I’ve never admitted that, and I’m saying it to a journalist. God forbid. It’s awful. But I did learn a lesson from it, when I eventually thought, ‘What the f--k are you doing,’ you know?” “There were some nights I went out deliberately into black areas in the city looking to be set upon so that I could unleash physical violence,” Neeson said. “[My response] shocked me and it hurt me. I did seek help. I went to a priest, I aired my confession, I was reared a Catholic. I had two very, very good friends that I talked to. And believe it or not, power-walking helped me. Two hours every day, to get rid of this. I’m not racist. This was nearly 40 years ago.”

Peder Hansen That seems to be in short supply nowadays

Well this why we need to do more to tackle racism

HailG3 yeah, might be b/c he ain‘t American. He has a totally different way of thinking!!!

@@ekaterinas8796 You might very well have a point. I'm European and I always saw it as Trevor's analysis. I didn't understand the commotion, I felt it was way over the top while Liam Neeson had only had the courage to be this honest about his past.

Haha

That would be interesting!

I like your honesty man.

great wisdom in your words sir...i believe good will triumph in the end...

Well said and thanks for your service.

Jorge Font thank you for your honesty. Such wisdom.

You are blessed to have attained clarity.

Thank you for being real about the struggle but rising above the impulse and thank you for your sacrifice in service ..i want to live in a world that we can real about the struggle but there is a path to redemption

@Peder Hansen no what he said was valid. We even have white military vets commenting on here that agree with Trevor. You clearly have issues...

Very well said.

@@richardbryant3169 Thank you sir.

I agree 100 percent of what you said, I'm white and I'm most definitely not racist but like you said who hasn't at least once in their life time thought of something they shouldn't of, usually in the heat of the moment, at the end of the day whilst I don't agree with what Liam thought or potentially could of done he came to his senses and Is appalled at himself for it, I admire his honesty because it was a very brave thing to admit to, knowing the certain backslash he was going to receive, I think talking about taboo subjects like this can only be a positive thing and gets things out in the open.

@@richardbryant3169 It's so true. I think the self righteousness is what I find horrible. So people will condemn and judge this gentleman because of a thought that crossed his mind all those many years ago. Are we gonna pretend like we've never entertained such thoughts before? No one is perfect. I have always liked him, but now I like him more. He is a real man.

@@africanandproud6792 exactly, show me a perfect person of any race.

Trevor has a bias, but at least I don't think he's trying to tow the line for his side non-stop. I think he's an intelligent thinking person who's also a product of his environment. We can call this "implicit bias". Whereas there are other people who aren't even shielding the fact that they don't care about right or wrong, or nuance, they just want to push their team's agenda no matter what. Or worse, some people want to use the truth/facts to push their side's narrative. Trevor is squarely inside the left sphere of perception, and it seems to be his default, but I appreciate that he makes and effort to have his own thoughts.

@@interfilamentar413 I agree. I personally believe so long as one has deeply held beliefs they will have bias, for that is the nature of deeply held beliefs, they influence our day to day actions and views.

Interfilamentar It’s not about left or right, it’s about seeing every situation from the logical, reasoning, and human perspective. It’s called thinking before speaking.

Everyone is bias, for reference check out his response to Serena Williams yelling obscenities at a ref. With that said he does try to see the other side of issues as much as one can in a comedy show.

He does he thinks that was racism

Admission is great

I. Love. You

Oh my god. You're bringing Steve into this?! Too soon, man... Too soon....

You admitted to being a sting ray-cist

Umair Ansari haha good one

I know! Trevor is really good at that, and it's not an easy thing to be good at, especially in this day and age when everybody flies off the handle at the first sign of trouble.

If you really believe these segments are on the fly that's hilarious lol 😂😂😂 it's all prepared

It was well put by Trevor, but John Barnes (black former UK soccer player and England player) said very similar things. I’m not saying the two were influenced by each other, but the feeling and approach provided by the programme isn’t a unique one. It doesn’t have to be, and this is not a criticism, but I think it’s a shame that the more nuanced arguments about this and many issues aren’t aired on mass conventional media whereas what is aired is dog whistle sound bites without context. Just an opinion.

CozmicSaber's Opinions That would make for an awesome episode. Given their upbringings I think it would be better than an Oprah interview.

Agree

Amen

23 and engaged, and I feel the same lol

That’s a beautiful thing to say!

And/ or husband lolz

Hi Gece, we can make that a common goal. From France with love.

Growing up in South Africa apartheid can humanize you in the most humbling manner and help you create a man in his thought provoking and compassionate form. I admire all that he is.

Yeah, but if walking around was the only action that you needed to take everyone else might have done it as well. He didn't actually DO anything wrong whatsoever. Did nothing illegal and nothing that could have been proven. It was 100% something absolutely wrong that he thought and walked around thinking. He didn't pick a random black person which implies he did have some sort requirement other than "black person". Some people have racist thoughts for no reason at all...he was typecasting his vengeance. People do it all the time. Shoot up cops for the police brutality happening. Beat muslims for the horrible things others have done. Mock or beat christians for the harm the church has caused or covered up over the years etc... because they are black doesn't even mean it was racist in that context specifically. In the "vengeance" category it actually suits a "type" generalization more than a racist one...notice he wanted it to be someone who started something with him. The type of person to start a fight or try to beat up a random guy is different than a random black person and he equates that type with the type who would rape someone whether wrong or not. It was horribly wrong but not just for the reasons you're thinking. What he did is why terrible violence is still being perpetrated in the middle east and around the world based on the past indiscretions of a particular group against another. It's what feuds are based on and they make just as much sense as his story but because his feud was with a 'black person who started something with him' it was labelled as just racist because of the times but it was much more closely related to the shooter who killed the police than the police who kill black people.

Every BLM activist ever

what is a racist thought?

@GoldenState Everyone's a racist. Anyone who denies that is a nincompoop.

I agree

Trevor Noah for president! Ah shit, South African. 28th Amendment: Trevor Noah is eligible for President of USA

Most us don't have those thoughts.

@@jeandada3654 most of us do, or did in the heat of the moment, and can't/won't remember.

Most of us aren't racist.

@@stuff6181 No, really, most of us don't think that cos one individual who had certain characteristics, black, or green eyed, or bald headed, or whatever, that because of that one attack on a friend of ours that everyone with a similar physical attribute is somehow linked or guilty or responsible, or I don t know, has something to do with it. No, one person did it, and noone else has anything to do with it.

Public opinion is never important esteem is called self-esteem for a reason.

F'ck the public.. lol always fuk em. sharks dont play in the kids pool anyways

What's sad is that public opinion isn't equal to common sense. You would think a majority label like public opinion, would mesh well with *common* sense.

@@nfzeta128 luckily most puppets bend to their master.. And most public is puppets.

@@fidgetyrock4420 The problem with that thinking is that the public chooses their leader based on their own feelings.

I agree, if less people were pushed toward one side because communication was seen as impossible or shut down then you're only creating more divides and therefore, problems.

@Curia Regis Hey bud, at least Trump gets a break tonight. Why don't Trevor ever have star African American actors, like Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Charlie Pride, etc instead of the black Grand dragon Spike Lee? Liam Nelson just got pissed at the time, he is N. Irish, we do not take anything in that matter lightly, they need to be death with no matter what race. White guilt is for the weak.

Curia Regis what's it like to live in an alternate reality? I bet it's fun, right? Being the hero of your own fantasies and despising all those 'brainwashed NPCs' who've clearly been programmed by fake news and lying liberal media. Does someone need a hug? 😚

No, you didn’t listen to Trevor

@@Notturnoir He's not talking abt Trevor, but the media which escalated a misconception of Liam's story.

Nobody gives a fuck about him changing. We just want him to go live under a rock and never bother us again.

@@lucaslayton3974 so that everyone who has similar thoughts doesn't call for help. Really clever. Liam Neeson said that he asked a priest for help. With your stupid comment you ensure that in the future people won't seek for help and instead try to deal with it on their own and probably fail.

This virtuous and ideal sentiment just so happens to almost always evaporate into thin air when there's a black person that has been brutally manhandled or shot, and some reporter digs up unrelated unflattering photographs or video. Then only is the past ever relevant, and some actually go as far as justifying present day events with past unrelated acts, insisting they deserve eternal and fatal punishment. Always interesting watching how people react to these incidents and the ever convenient, conditional wavering sense of nuance, empathy or compassion. Also a lot of people that are incredibly certain of what his mind might have been going through in the wake of what he discovered. So many are weirdly completely certain he categorically did not have any racist sentiments whatsoever, even though he expressed them explicitly. Seems these incidents are far more than what meets the eye.

There should be a limit though. Talk is cheap, and it's so easy to say you're sorry and never mean it. I'm giving Liam Neeson a pass, but still keep remembering he did that once.

@Lisa Huber Excellent! I agree 100%. Events and living life shapes people perspective regularly. Are we the same people we were 5, 3 or even 1 year ago?

OMG. You remembered that from nursing school too? That was nursing fundamentals.

You had to be taught that? wow..

It would be a better world if people could openly share where and when they learned how to be a better human without open criticism from the public. We are taught to prejudge and ...we can unlearn it as well to do our jobs to fairly work with the public, especially educating and saving lives. I'm sorry anyone criticises your post. It was very kind and informative. Thank you

@@rogeroropeza516 yes she had to be taught that in nursing school..because in reality there are people who are racist and are in the nursing field..so yes being taught that was a great thing....do u wanna live in a delusional world, where we think nobody is a racist...?

We must not be trapped by prejudice and instead seek to look beyond it.

I literally got to this as he said it lol.

How does he come up with this shit on the spot

Me too, I nearly peed my pants LOL 😂😂😂

He is also trying to promote his movie or at least to try to undo the damage he did to it.

Nando he's a professional comedian. Daily show is just his day job

They weren't just thoughts. He went out looking for people to hurt. And it is a racist thought that led to that. Do I belive he is a racist? No. Was he in a dark place that led he to be racist and dangerous? Yes!

That's a good point, I think Trevor reinforces it by pointing out that what he did was racist but as a society we tend to say that if you've done or said something racist, sexiest, etc that you are then that thing forever. This makes it hard to admit to doing a bad thing without being branded as a bad person. Liam admitting to having had a period when he did something he's not proud of was good, going around afterwords saying it wasn't racist when it clearly was is less good. Incidentally, my spell checker thought I meant tacos when I typed racist. I'm not sure what to think about that.

@Photonic Field I'm talking about the current liam, not liam during that moment.

@Photonic Field It was more ignorance than racist anyway. He said he would've acted and thought the same had it been a white person or latina etc.

he went out to put those words in action. It was just by luck a Black Man didnt cross his path before his "Enlightenment" lol What is Funny is if you ask a Black Person that is familiar with "The Troubles" we understood the extreme oppression and turmoil that went on. We felt bad and empathized with a group of people that is know for their racist views...

Right, and people using racist anecdotes to sell movie tickets are super real? Use your brain.

@@lucaslayton3974 people trying to sell anything aren't going to be super real but _surprisingly_ that wasn't what I was talking about so feel free to eff off. 🤗

I get that! I often feel uneasy about those apologies too. But I also wonder wether or not they may have felt bad about it, already, but didn't dare to bring it up themselves. Because obviously they would be judged and of course there still is a chance it might never get out. Sadly there usually is no way to know.

Thomas everyone is capable of making mistakes. Every one changes, why narrow it to any such group? We are human. End of story.

Thomas and yet I am the open minded one between the both of us. I understand where you are coming from. Everyone has implicit biases. I definitely have mine. Difference is I want everyone(including me) to work towards change, not just one group.

@Thomas oh really? the reason to change is based on my skincolor? why?

L. Fivaz that behaviour is not unique to one race. Ethnocentric ideas are shared by all.

Thomas you need to look up what ethnocentrism is, and then tell me no other group of people displays that behaviour trend. All people do it.

Thank you

Ah, but for whites to think in a nuanced manner about racism is clearly a sign that they've got genocidal intent.

I'm black and I just wanted to say I agree with what you're saying and am thankful that Trevor seems to gt it as well. I also have the unfortunate but helpful experience of going through almost the exact same thing as what Liam Neeson described. My father was killed in what was believed to be a gang initiation. He was just the unfortunate victim chosen for whatever ritual of violence they felt like perpetrating. After that I was bitter, angry, that rage Liam described but even more intense. Anyone who's lost someone to violence knows what I'm talking about. It consumes you, eats away at you whether waking or sleeping. And you want to "lash out" at times. For me I had made a decision at one point to go into law enforcement, with the idea of fighting against the very forces that had taken my father from me. But in my case I had the wrong makeup for it, bitterness, wanting to lash out. I got as far as the initial information meeting where they give you the materials for a background check. Throughout that whole time my church's pastor was very involved. We'd have long talks, times of prayer, etc. And he was always against the idea of me going for that job. Because I think he knew what I also knew. A gang member took my dad away. So in my eyes all gang members were terrible people, they were all guilty. If a situation occurred involving one, God only know what I would've done. But if there was an excuse to defend myself. If they "started something" (as Neeson phrased it), I would've probably killed them. Considering the controversies and tragedies surrounding police shootings in this country, the fact that I very well could've been one of those people, it fills me with shame, deep shame and disgust about how I was back then. I was also lucky enough to have help, a pastor that refused to leave me alone to my thoughts and whims. So I never sent the materials in. I found a different line of work. I had help, changed the way I thought and saw the world, processed my grief in a constructive, healthy way. I thank God for that every day. And I think that's what Neeson was trying to say (though, like Trevor, he really should've done it on Oprah instead of a radio spot for a freaking movie). That we have these situations in our lives that can draw out that latent racism/prejudice from the culture we grow up/live in, and mix it with rage. Rage that can't be well described in words. Rage that may not care too deeply about who the target is (whether it's the offender, someone like the offender, or just someone with the same skin color). For me, they just had to be a "gang member" and that would've been good enough. I think there are many people who've had those kind of horrible moments. Hopefully most of us have learned from them, have changed and become better people. I think this is a long overdue conversation for people to have, especially in this country. Just, you know, try it on Oprah next time lol.

​@@tutuadefolalu596 Thank you so much for sharing your story and insights. My condolences on the violent loss of your father.

@@tutuadefolalu596 This gives the perfect amount of perspective from a different angle than Neesan's. Thanks for offering your story, and I'm sure you're tired of hearing it but I'm still very sorry for your loss in such a way. More people need to see stories like yours to simply understand that any one of us, regardless of melanin content, can fall into the intoxication of rage and hate.