#ninasimone On her experience of racism as a child: @NinaSimoneMusic Recording session: Interview, November 17, 1984 at Ronnie Scott's in London
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@slajaa10 жыл бұрын
the ending made me to laugh too. she is funny, authentic, strong, beautiful, educationalist and very beautiful. i love her
@SlitDrum8 жыл бұрын
That's how you raise children, you protect them from being first witnesses of evil for as long as you can, but the harsh world will always find its way to them ... you can only hope they'll be strong enough by then not merely to understand, but push back. Love is truly the way and only solution to all the world's ills.
@MrSadelover1008 жыл бұрын
+SlitDrum Understandable..but We NOW know racism is Much more than someone Not liking you...It's A Global System called White Supremacy...WE are literally living in The Matrix. The System is Designed to keep you perpetually CONFUSED. Best to teach children the Truth about White Supremacy as soon as they can understan, like the Jews do with their Children...so they can have a chance to not only survive this War...but also understand their Mission in life Early on instead of finding out when it's too late...the next Trayvon Martin in 20-30 years.
@SlitDrum8 жыл бұрын
+sadelover100 Reading your post, I felt a lot of echoes (in your vocabulary) running through it that I very briefly had to go to your channel and review your subscriptions and I was fairly right: you're subscribed to TheMaybach1947 (Tariq Nasheed), Boyce Watkins and I can only suspect also to TBA (or you, at least, listen to him). SMH. I've grown increasingly disenchanted with this clique and it's ridiculous blind hatred of Whites - nothing convinced me more of this than Peter Liang's case & the unwarranted vitriol,i.e. orgy of hate directed to Asians, on Tariq's channel on this issue. Asians, according to them, are now the 'new' White Supremacists. I really do feel, at times, that Tariq profits from tragedy and victimology (I wonder if he recognizes this ripple effect from his work). It can be all very sinister - at times, like with Peter Liang's case, it's like he's waiting for something to go wrong. And in that manner, is the carbon opposite copy of a moron like Sotomayor. This group's insistence, which I regard as childish, to always respond from an emotive standpoint is repellent to me. I had to close the browser on SARGE WP last week listening to a video of his on Tia & Tamera's interracial marriage, when he began screaming and shouting. My feeling is this: a person can present the same argument, just as effectively if not more than so, from a calm collected position. Emotionalism betrays irrationality, betrays childishness. Before I even begin to respond to the content in your post to me, haven't you ever asked yourself, as have I on innumerable occasions, why is it that they never ever recommend scholarly reading material on their broadcasts? It's always dating stuff, better ways to get laid etc. Utter trivia. Particularly given the tremendous audience of young people who follow them: get them well read-up, get them to articulate their standpoint from a calm, reasoned position, a verbally fluent position without availing phrases (which sound very delusional to me) like "We're living in the matrix", "the system is designed to keep you perpetually confused" and "it's a global system called White Supremacy"? More importantly, get them to couch their arguments in more scholarly material and positions than silly militant rhetoric. All of this is extremely disheartening for me, hence I say I lost interest in this group. Now, you say: *_but We NOW know racism is Much more than someone Not liking you_* You mean you _now_ know. Race has always been a non-essential to the structure of Racism. At it's very root, it's a combat over resources - primarily economical, which makes hatred of Whites pointless. Many people have said this before the group I mention above - you'd know this if they actually did recommend reading material to their listener-ship. Even Garvey said there's no way out of the racial animosity directed to people of African descent if they do not strengthen their economies, their scientific institutions and academic tradition (and remove foreign control of them) to gain respect from members of other races. The Asians have done exactly this! There's nothing new in what Tariq and others are spouting. *_It's A Global System called White Supremacy_* No, it's a system called Western Imperialism (it's been around for many years and is not invincible, as demonstrable with countries like China) and in countries wherein leaders have effective control of their national affairs, cultural affairs, policies and national structure Western govts can't dictate what they should do with their nations, can't control them. By no means is it invincible. *_Best to teach children the Truth about White Supremacy as soon as they can understan, like the Jews do with their Children...so they can have a chance to not only survive this War...but also understand their Mission in life Early on instead of finding out when it's too late_* I am averse to brain-washing children with biased political doctrines. Should they become politically curious, I would rather give them all the available reading material and hold reasoned political discussions with them, couched by logic and evidenced in the work they've read. Like it or not, there's much to learn by means of institutionalism from White Institutions (of course, these are not originally Western concepts). One of the things that Garvey, bless him, remarked in his writings is that one of the gravest mistakes made by Black academics is that in learning from White institutions, they do not take what is useful there and implement it to enrich their own institutional experience of their people as a collective, culturally or otherwise. They simply mimic the thing as it is. And, if not learning, some rather discard the thing entirely simply because it's a White person at the other end - which is dangerous and stupid.
@MrSadelover1008 жыл бұрын
Strange You didn't Mention Neely Fuller Jr, Frances Cress Welsing, Dr Claude Anderson or Dr Umar Johnson..I'd highly recommend you check them out ASAP! Black parents who don't practice/believe in Black self-love or Black empowerment Love their children...but undervalue their Genius, INtelligence, strength and potential because BLACKNESS doesn't resonate with those qualities in their limited frame of reference....the only thing they can pass down is Get a Good Education, Get a Good Job...or worse advise to give Any Child BE INDEPENDENT, BE INDEPENDENT!!.there's very little they can offer beyond that because they live their existence day by day in the Matrix kingdom that's not of their creation...Our Children CAN handle Any Truth or LIE we give them and build off of it...why HIde White Supremacy when we know they will eventually have to face it?...they will only look back at US as being cruel and unusual once they get Slammed without adequate preparation (if not Murdered)...because they're too smart NOT to know how to handle and manuver around Anything, they are born Winners, not just Survivors...but they NEED to be taught, vetted and prepared in our homes. We are no longer at luxury to avoid it anyway. All classes of black people are feeling the wrath of White Supremacy now. We Allowed Desegregation to take our businesses and economic power away from us...so we lost our Visionary Spirit... Boundless Energy we once had. It's our RESPONSIBILITY to regain it and pass it down to our next generations...and not just stay stuck on the past...because the past didn't work for us...just let go of the Traditions like the generation after Slavery did. This is Our RECONSTRUCTION era...so we need to grasp it...these are exciting times.
@SlitDrum8 жыл бұрын
+sadelover100 _Strange You didn't Mention Neely Fuller Jr, Frances Cress Welsing, Dr Claude Anderson or Dr Umar Johnson..I'd highly recommend you check them out ASAP_ I've no need to. I'm familiar with these characters and my problems with them is the same. I saw a video of Johnson on IQ race studies and he was raising a very horrible argument about the under-performance of people of African descent (of which I am one) in IQ tests. He proved me right because: (1) he was responding from emotionalism; (2) having couched his position in militarist rhetoric, he became emotional and made assertions that were preposterous and not supported by scholarly work (in particular that Blacks in the US fail IQ test due to the "tricky" language - which is just silly). In doing so, he's doing the young people who follow him a great disservice, because it doesn't get them to build comprehensive arguments that are beyond reactionary means, ones that are supported by reason, rationale and evidenced points. There are tons of scholarly papers on why IQ race tests simply don't support the myth of a superior race, i.e. White. A response, more respectful of his audience, would involve engagement with these and not responding from emotion. *_Black parents who don't practice/believe in Black self-love or Black empowerment Love their children...but undervalue their Genius, INtelligence, strength and potential_* My only problem with this is when people always insist that Black self-love and/or empowerment should necessarily translate to a militant hatred of Whites. That is stupid. *_why HIde White Supremacy when we know they will eventually have to face it?_* Children should have a healthy political education, should they reach a stage when they find that they are becoming politically curious. Justice, restorative justice, should be a key central concept of this teaching. And their intellectual growth should be one, as Garvey pointed out, that is in the interest of the strengthening of the institutions of their people. This, however, as I earlier said, does not necessarily translate into a hatred of members of other races (which I see regularly practiced on Tariq's channel, as with his video on Peter Liang). And Tariq is a bit of a hypocrite. Being of the interest of the development of the institutions, economic or otherwise, of their people, this does not mean they should similarly exist in isolation in their intellectual growth: there's very valuable lessons to be learned from members of other races, very rewarding things and engagement with them is crucial.It all depends on how you use what you've learned for your own institutional interest. I can tell you that I'm huge admirer of Toni Morrison. She's probably one of the most important African American novelist of her time and, from evaluating her work that I've read, she's primarily a deep pan-Africanist in her approach to her intellectual work (and unapologetically so) - I'm thinking in particular of works like _Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination_ . But, intriguingly enough, Morrison's intellectual development has not been exclusively with Black scholarly works: she has a huge admiration for and is extremely well-versed in European and American classical literature. All evidence suggests this. Song of Solomon, her seminal work, includes many elements of European classicism, which she used simply to enrich the Black literary experience in the U.S. She's a perfect example of what I'm talking about, when I say that these cultures can completely co-exist and be beneficial to one another. Black empowerment does not necessarily translate to a hatred of Whites.
@howardking80155 жыл бұрын
I could listen to you talk for days, what is your opinion on Malcolm X's character?
@fancyod8 жыл бұрын
I was sheltered from the racism living on a farm. Also from swearing an fighting. It was a great experience when I think about it. When I first experienced racism it was horrible. Why did the white kids get bigger ice cream cones than the black kids, the white lady sad take it or leave it, a school field trip I'll never forget. Now that I'm old I can say she did us a favor with the smaller cones.I hope they got fat.
@lovelydaniel80833 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂💯
@ranjeetsidhu98783 күн бұрын
I live st a farm rn and I'vd not experienceduch in life and idk how to fight back Hope I become brave like nina someday
@antd82596 жыл бұрын
I love to hear how people overcame, had obstacles and still succeeded!
@Berliner76543216 жыл бұрын
Agree. Just look at the history of George Washington Carver or Marie Curie, only to name two of those greats.
@Joemnc10 жыл бұрын
I am new to Nina Simone and to be honest the first time I hear her sing I was not a fan. However, I started really listening to the words and the fantastic way she plays the piano. Now, I am a huge fan. I cannot understand why someone who really enjoys music and pure talent would not be a fan.
@lovelydaniel80838 жыл бұрын
She reminds me such much of Maya Angelou.
@thenakedeve3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@ruthless.65043 жыл бұрын
Yes 🙌🏾 we love you black queens 👸
@ashleyskitchen67112 жыл бұрын
Yes her posture too
@EllenSykes2028 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I used to get them mixed up all the time.😂😂😅
@Renken_11 жыл бұрын
"Not too much these days." Hahaha.
@bernettamorton36265 жыл бұрын
There can be another movie made with India.Arie. Many people would love to see India's interpretation of this complicated; yet, brilliant woman who had a unique calling in life. That unique calling on Nina's life was interwoven with telling the truth of our lives during the turbulent 60's through her musicianship. It took courage and boldness to present the harsh realities of the time that many dared not face and take on through the art of lyrical and melodic compositions. Many sacrifices were made by Nina and her family and we are still the blessed recipients of the gifts that came through her including her beautiful daughter. The gift to us that keeps on giving. 💖
@VasylDiakonov10 жыл бұрын
She has strong will and talent, that's why she is exceptional to all average black and whites or any other nations. People like her is the reason why humanity should live on - to create beauty and explore our world, make it better place to live!
@escargot15357 жыл бұрын
Thanks you for this video.
@overexposedproductions6 жыл бұрын
I became depressed when I first experienced racism. I went to private school for most of my childhood. around 4th grade one of the teachers began treating me differently based on my race. I didn't know anything about my history. why I'm in America. the institutional situation that's going on when it comes to racism. it's humiliating and degrading. and it has left lasting affects on my social development for good while after. I'll forever have strong views on this topic and I'm not afraid to be assertive and to the point in what I believe in when it comes to racism nowadays.
@Pr3tty_daii11 жыл бұрын
The ending was really cute, it made me smile :)
@aleja08711 жыл бұрын
you are wonderfull, you're gouegeous! you're someone who inspired us!
@lambsquad_90479 жыл бұрын
No lies. As a black child I didn't even know racism existed and never experienced it.
@lambsquad_90479 жыл бұрын
Puggy I'm not American. I'm Caribbean.
@hughhrobowski8878 жыл бұрын
+Lambsquad_90 you are A BIG LIAR RACISM IS WORLD WIDE
@lambsquad_90478 жыл бұрын
hugh hrobowski Your comprehension skill is trash.
@hughhrobowski8878 жыл бұрын
Lambsquad_90 you said you never experienced racism .how old are you ?that mean never never never
@lambsquad_90478 жыл бұрын
hugh hrobowski When I was a chiiiiiiiiild.
@smile73tt11 жыл бұрын
@ mesleepy123, you obviously don't understand black culture. If you did then you would have seen how beautiful and passionate her soul was.
@GC-fi9xl5 жыл бұрын
Well done Simone XxX
@karlannherndon11373 жыл бұрын
🎶🎤GODDAM I LOVE THIS LADY💋💔🔥🌹💜MISS U NINA💧
@fundifferent1 Жыл бұрын
People seem to think that living in the past was all terror and racism for black people. But in reality there was segregation so many black people were able to create their own neighborhoods and entire towns where they lived normal lives and children could grow up without realizing that if they went over to the next town there could be troubled. It was isolated. Some times white people would come over to the neiborhoods and start massacres though, like Tulsa.
@yelassinacoulibaly3 жыл бұрын
🌈😍😍😍👌👌👌🌈💐
@derwinlowery8 жыл бұрын
black women dont speak like this from the south let alone play bach...one of a kind
@kimaya298 жыл бұрын
+jason lowery Neither do white people from the south...so what's your point?
@derwinlowery8 жыл бұрын
J Stephen blues started from the south so youre right, but bach was not taught to many blacks [especially for black women in the 50s and 60s] , i am from the south and black women from the south arent talking like people from england.
@ilae.williams76753 жыл бұрын
I was born in Alabama---in the 50's, had piano lessons every Friday and play Bach, Beethovan and Brahms...went to a private school because the state of Alabama did not educate Blacks...my parents are college graduates,and all four of us kids went to college---2 Ph.Ds....not unusual, its the racial stereotype mentality that YOU have🖤💯👈