There were two points I wanted to address in the above video: how her art mirrors her life, and how both her life and her art are the result of her ideology of power. Taking someone's art out of context in order to prove any point isn't something I'm totally comfortable with. It's rather disrespectful. And due to the nature of her art (which I believe is technically defined as "challenging"), using snippets of it here and there is almost assuredly going to be interpreted as me making fun of her and her work. It's almost as if the nature of "challenging" conceptual work is to be indistinguishable from parody, once it's taken out of its institutionalized (read: sacred) context. In this way, "challenging" conceptual art and "postmodern" social justice share the same rapid deterioration of value when they are subjected to hard critique. Had Naima, for example, created something with the quality of an Adele track, then when I dubbed it into the context of her ideas and behaviors-how would the emotional value of those scenes changed? Furthermore: can these Critical Theory ideas that Naima espouses be held by someone who is pursuing the beautiful? Does Critical Theory not end up undermining the ability to work toward an aesthetic height? How is someone who claims victimhood able to suspend their victimhood for long enough to gain the skills to transcend it? It is all too easy to mock Naima. And by mockery dismiss the power of her ideas. These ideas are powerful. They are incredible contagious. They are ultimately corrosive to the cultures and social fabrics that they come into contact with. But still-I took her work out of context, and it should be seen on its own. Thus this link: www.naimalowe.net

"If you don't find me attractive or think my writing sucks this is a reflection on your racism rather than my physical appearance or writing ability."

I'm sorry Benjamin but I can't take anymore of this community love.

I was outside on my back porch when I started watching the video. When Naima Lowe (or whoever it was)started singing, my neighbors german shepherd started howling. True story! 😅🐕😱

Naima Lowe: "I am writing this with a heavy heart..." Bite your tongue, Patrick. Bite your tongue.

This is all I listen to anymore. I work at a job where I can listen to whatever I want for 8 hours. I feel at this point I am an accredited expert of the incidence of Evergreen State College protest

That choral peice was like a glass of cool water after a spoon of bitter, pointless medicine.

Naima Lowe seems to be the source of most of the problem. She's not looking for solutions, she just wants turmoil. And she's really poisoning these students.

The amount of times I've heard these pampered children claim to be "putting their bodies on the line" is so disgusting... They talk like their fighting in Vietnam when in fact they're sitting on their asses getting preferential treatment at every turn and earning a degree without having to actually provide any objective proof of mastery. It seems like they're butthurt because their verbal feedback didn't say they're the smartest, greatest, best student ever. I'd be shocked if they've even studied with one professor that I'd describe as a 'hard ass'. Like the kinda guy who teaches a challenging class in math, science, or engineering where more than half the students fail and there's no subjective basis on which they're being graded. No leniency on their test scores or completion of work.

Naima had more power over people as a college professor than I've ever had over anyone in my life.

This stuff is amazing. I hope one day you'll do a "Where are they now?" series!

I talk about being white with my friends. I'm so glad that were white, guys, let's go play tennis

Also, every time I hear that godsforsaken "community love" chant I cringe so *hard* . It sounds so horrifyingly cultish! Its downright nauseating 😖🤢🤮.

God that finger snapping instantly makes me tense

I don’t like how she’s stressing out her poor little dog, at that one point. Selfish B!

Brett Weinstein comes off so well in these videos. He seems really thoughtful, really committed to getting things right. He seems to have a balance between striving to get change and striving to get truth.

That ending though. 🙌. Needed that beauty....fed my soul

Just an observation. It appears that Naimas "growth" acceleration seems to have coincided with the expansion of her self importance and her paycheck. The fortress was indeed fortified by the time the battle was waging. All I see is an emotionally disturbed, insecure woman desperate for validation. Why she is determined to die on her daddys hill is a mystery but one thing's for sure.... she didn't inherit any musical talent. yeesh.

'We've been sitting on our asses for 40 years, and this is the result'. They should use that clip to encourage people to exercise.

I wish this series would never end. I’m so messed up

You can hear the immaturity and desperate need for validation/attention in the tone of their voice.

It’s so hard to fathom that Naima is a professor, not a student. Plus, if she hates Evergreen so much ...she can always find another college to work at... If any other college would hire her. This series is so fascinating.

I see a lot of people saying that the black students probably took down the posters. And that’s possible. But it’s also possible that the few non-indoctrinated students at the school saw how toxic those posters were and took them down, not out of malice but out of pure concern for the future of the community. Those posters weren’t fostering kindness and love. They were toxic

This was the best one so far...very nicely done. The choir at the end was a nice touch.

I'm not sure I have the mental fortitude to continue watching this series, though I will in support of you, Benjamin, even if it means developing ulcers.

Thank you for choosing the most transcendent meaningful piece of music to counter all that ugliness. Perfection.

"Just scream your head off, everyone will hear you - that's what matters." As a vocal student...no. Just...no. Screaming and singing are totally physiologically separate. Whoever told her that did not have her best interests at heart, and/or already knew that she was a hopeless case for any kind of vocal training. Which, if the videos can be stomached, will attest to the hopelessness of teaching her to do anything more than take up space on a stage.

Benjamin A Boyce: Thank you so much for adding the choir performance at the end. It was absolutely awe-inspiring. It brought tears to my eyes. It is a beautiful example of what can be created when many voices work together. Naima's "followers" may have been loud and strong when they worked together. But, the nature of their effort caused the exact opposite result.😼

Truth without grace is tyranny. This is heartbreaking. It is like she has everyone fearful like little mice in a corner. Racism is not against one race! Can’t you see that? It is bullying. It also has a cult sort of vibe to it too.

It really bothers me that she's out of breath just from talking

"you can't get anything done when you're angry" - the one nugget of truth Naima has shared. And ironically, it was never used.

“Some assembly required” is quite apt for a Naima-centric video. Beauttiful ending, by the way. I could not agree more.

Worst people at Evergreen (Ranked): 2. Naima 1. George Bridges

That choral piece at the end was so goddamn beautiful I got goosebumps by the second verse, and when it ended I could hear my heart beating loudly in my ears. The more ideological koolaid you drink, the more filters a beautiful piece of art has to go through until there is almost no potency when it reaches your heart.

I've been reading posts for over an hour. You have assembled an amazing group of eclectic people here through your work. What a lovely community of common fonts we have become.

Poor little dog! Being smothered in armtit, literally in fear for his life. Another victim of naima's heavy heart. The boobalanche theory of Oppression.

Imagine how much happiness she could find just actually trying out JP's 12 rules and living a healthy life. I understand being passion and even religious about a cause, but there gets a point that you have to recognize that you are not helping that cause with your personal issues. That, in fact, you are hurting it.

Much Praise for your work! A very Important series that brings clarity to Evergreen college.

12:15 Naima "You shouldn't expect a place to defend yourself [from being labeled a racist]"

Wow Benjamin, glad you managed to get out of that place with your individual sanity intact. Reminds me of why I quit art school back in the 70s but orders of magnitude worse. Thanks for the documentary. Had no idea how ridiculous the situation in higher education has become. My father who taught philosophy and ethics at Skagit Valley must be turning over in his grave.

"DON'T PANIC! Developing patience and tenacity in a diverse community." These guys really have no sense of irony.

This is the best episode yet. The inclusion of the choir piece at the end was truly inspired. This series is one of the best pieces of journalism (in the truest sense of the word) I've seen in recent years.

After fifteen episodes I think I’m finally developing a thickening of the skin to this ideological madness.

Have no words for all this, I'm portuguese, and have been binge watching this videos/documentaries with incredulity and shock. This one (until now) is the best! Congrats to the guy who made it. Ironically and poetically sums it all up. This is Kafkaesque...and if the consequences were not so tragic, it would be a comedy....given by this (self proclaimed)"leaders". I don't want to ridicule, or make it a joke, and don't know if it was just me that notice the subtil irony in the words written in the woman's T-shit with the poor dog on her lap "leading" this "so call" protests. GOAL DIGGER..... priceless!!!

these videos are like the gym fail compilation videos for me; i don't know why i watch them but i just can't stop

The contrast between the possessed ugliness of naima and the rejuvenating beauty of the choral piece is powerful

Has any of these main characters of the series contacted you or commented on these videos? Any rebuttal or defense of their actions laid out by you? Anyone involved directly in these riots have remorse or re examined their actions and role they played in this craziness? Anyone questioning themselves or this doctrine after all is said and done? Anyone?

Thank you for that soothing palate cleanser at the end. I needed that after watching the video.

Oh Benjamin. I'll confess to not being completely sober, but I can't believe I'd forgotten that choir video. I remember thinking the first time I saw it, 'What a beautiful moment, I'll never forget this.' And yet, I had. And, it's probably just my not-sober state talking here, but that's the first time I've been moved to tears by choir music in a while. I closed my eyes and, well, wow. Beauty, indeed.

I think the point of the Questions For White People project was to get white people to think about the fact that they don't have answers to those questions - the implication being that black people do have answers to those questions when you substitute 'white' for 'black'. I would have understood that and thought it was provocative, interesting art when I was 18. But, assuming that my interpretation is correct, the whole project then assumes a priori that both black and white people have identical respective experiences... which is, by definition, racist. I really do feel bad for people who define their worldview around race, even - or perhaps especially - when it's in the name of disassembling it. The whole thing is a psychic quagmire, which SJ advocates state outright ("Racism is an all-encompassing system!"), but they can't help themselves. Fighting it only serves to sink you further in. If you instead move very slowly and grab ahold of something, you have a much better chance of pulling yourself out of it. You can't fight the bog. Punching it gets you that much more stuck. You just have to get out of it.

I really like this one. The editing does such a good job of representing the madness of the situation, in all its flavors. Naima also does a good job of that. Hope you're doing something nice and sane right now, bless you

The shirt Naima Lowe is wear at the opening of the episode; "Goal Digger", makes me recall something Scott Adams said in one of his podcast. Paraphrasing: The Left tend to think and govern in terms of *goals*, while The Right tend to think and govern in terms of *systems*. I never noticed before, but now it's impossible to not see.....Goal Digger!

Evergreen State College really reminds me of my home only here its doctors. I live in a remote, mountain location. Some doctors practice here because they love this place and want this life. Some doctors practice here because they cannot practice anywhere else. This is educational malpractice and she is a cult leader.

I find it very interesting that (judging by the comments) The Complete Evergreen Story audience is starting to split between not being able to stomach anymore and being absolutely captivated. I'm in the absolutely captivated group.

Now we want to see her documentaries!

Ben.....you are really doing a fine job with this series. I can see improvement in each successive episode, cheers! :)

Now that I've watched all FIFTEEN episodes of this, I'd love to share some feedback with you. First, WOW, fantastic work. This is a MASSIVE amount of content and as someone who makes educational videos for a living, I know how much work must've gone into these. Well done. And, thank you for chronicling this whole thing for the rest of us. I very much appreciate the fact that all this is available to anyone who might be interested and it stands as a historical record of what happened in this time and place. That said, there are also a couple things I couldn't help but notice where I think some critique is warranted. And, please bear in mind, I do mean critique, not criticism; these are things I'd put in the category of "room for improvement" if you consider making changes or additions to this in the future. 1. I couldn't help but notice that there are at least a few things left out of the retelling of events that happened during the protests. At this point, I don't remember if it was one of your previous videos or something someone else posted, but there is at least some amount of footage of what happened one of the nights of these protests when students were running around, for lack of a better word, "hunting down" people who'd been deemed "impure". I'd love to know why that wasn't included. I'd also like to know why there was no discussion of anything else that happened AFTER the protests. There are and have been repercussions, both immediately and long after, but you didn't cover any of that, which I couldn't help but notice and which left me feeling... unsatisfied, as if this were a novel with one of the later chapters missing. 2. You interviewed lots of people for this and I think that added a lot of nuance and gravity to this but I couldn't help but notice that you didn't interview any of the protest "leaders" or anyone from the college's administration. Maybe you tried and were turned down, maybe it was just impossible for any number of other reasons. But that omission was noticeable and I think the fact that those people don't have a chance to represent themselves does make this feel like a very one-sided telling of these events.For example, I couldn't help thinking through out, that I'd love to hear from one of the students, in their own words, why THEY felt that Bret's email was racist. Everything that was presented was video showing people reacting to conclusions that they've all already arrived at but we never get to hear WHY they arrived at those conclusions from their own point of view and in their own words. You got other students on camera after the fact talking about their experience and point of view, but not one of them was on the "other side" of the protests. Again, maybe you tried and it turned out to be impossible, but if so, you should've made that explicitly clear IN these videos. I do think that this is one of the reasons why many people feel you and your position are "hostile" to the college and to the protesters. I want to be clear that I'm not one of those people, but you referenced multiple times in these videos that people at the college know who you are and view you as hostile. And, I think some of that is legitimate. Finally, thanks again for putting all this together. It took a LOT of time and effort to put together and I admire and respect what you've done. Thank you!

Thanks for including the choir at the end. This is such a stressful series to watch. I can't imagine the toll living through this madness must have taken on everyone involved.

This series has need amazing and eye opening! Thank you for hard work.

That song and those harmonies at the end made me cry. Thank you.

Fantastic closing to this video my dude. Fantastic.

Well done Ben. A beautiful epitaph for Evergreen.

I will say this is the best breakdown of an incident I've ever seen. Great storytelling abilities Benjamin.

Those feet are the stuff nightmares are made of.

B-Boyce, I appreciate that the production quality goes up work each vid. Salute.

Life thrives in reverence and gratitude. Thanks again for all you do, Mr. Benjamin.

Compulsive viewing, but soooooo depressing. It is important that this is documented for posterity - but will they heed the warnings?

"Beauty is truth, and truth, beauty." Who said that? I read it in a book when I was little. No I'm not crying, u are

Amazing editing. Thanks for introducing me to that song!

It's fascinating when they think they're "learning to think critically" or "finding the answers on their own", when in reality the narrative is forced on them, and any attempt at digging deeper or exploring nuance is promptly shut down with intimidation or ostracization.

That hairstyle spells trouble

It can always be worse. We could be that little dog Naima carries around. Does he really have a choice?

I didn't really understand what you were doing with this one, until the end. Thanks. It's been a while since something moved me like this video did.

Why is everyone at evergreen pudgy and lumpy-faced?

Nicely edited

damn the edits are so good. way to be Benjamin!

This whole series is off the hook, hinges, chain, meter, and the meat rack. Benjamin, you killed it my boi.

i like jamil's dumbfounded look @9:14 when that black girl asks the room if they know how many black students are living in the woods, in the dark.

Benjamin, for the love of god - why did you choose this college?

The ending here was so beautiful and a great reminder of what we all share

32:21 - "Just scream your head off, hehehe, everyone will hear, that's what matters" - Sums up everything that is going on culturally for the last 20+ years

I really liked your arty approach here. Very multi layered. I had to watch it 2-3 times to catch every little thing (and maybe there is still something more to discover when I'll watch it again). I also liked the way you used snippets of her words to talk to your audience. I appreciate it when you tell us where we are in the timeline relative to the protests: "one year before" or "the day after", etc. It is a lot easier to get the context. On the other hand, sometimes I had to stop the video to read everything that was going on while something else was being spoken about. Information overload! One again: great stuff, dude.

Mr. Boyce, exactly how many hours of her footage did you have to sort through and re watch to edit this? Any more than a full minute of watching this ....woman... would drive me insane. You are a brave man.

Thank you Benjamin for providing your continued updates on this tragedy in American college education. Excellent work on your part. Fortunately, I can alter my settings to 2.0x playback speed when there are segments focused on Naimi Lowe as I don't want to waste much time listening to her diatribe about people who don't align with her views. It is indeed unfortunate that is where we find ourselves today.

Benjamin how did you survive this? If I was there I would have been afraid to speak. I'm a very agreeable person I don't really want to make any waves and I definitely would have self-censored

Benjamin the part at the end speaking on the pursuit of unattainable (but glorious in my opinion) truth and beauty paired with that song seriously made me get emotional!! We need help right now as a country. We are so lost and are struggling. I wish we could all go down to the river and pray....

The constant nervousness and heavy breathing in her voice indicates to me either she knows she is lying or a narcissistic paranoia believing she virtually has a gun to her head in any of these videos. A college professor.. of film.. does not get to use the stage fright defense.

Most excellent as always

Something happened to the idea of craft in art, that was heavily influenced by the punk ethic - "if you scream loud enough at least they'll hear you." I came to school to study the craft of composition and mastering enough instruments to communicate well, and that aesthetic / ethic has disappeared from not only schools, but much of the music being made, period. Lowe is a classic example of what happens when we abandoned that. TESC has such incredible facilities. 40 years ago, when I started there, we used to say that if we could combine Cornish teachers with Evergreen equipment, we'd have a school second to none. Maybe someone will buy a clue and recharter the school and make it place to learn to actually hone some skills. Maybe I'm just too old. I'm glad I'm not there now.

The singing at the end gave me goosebumps.

And thank you so much for doing this expose

Thanks Benjamin.

You will be a great documentary filmmaker Benjamin!

does anyone else chuckle every time the see the clip of Naima talking about sitting on asses for 40 years?

That "under the rug" appearance of Ben cracked me up!

I am continually reminded of attending church services with call and response. There really is a religious like aspect to this ideology. Community love... community love. We must love and protect each other. Hey hey ho ho

“Burn this place to the ground...” 1:23 It seems like I’ve heard that somewhere recently 🤔

Was any evidence ever produced to prove who took down the posters.? Others Outside the campus? Others from the campus against "the students"? "The students" themselves?

Thank you for the hymn at the end.

I'm having an okay day today and i have a feeling that will disappear if i watch this. You still have all my support and I still thumbs up'd it.👍🏼 Is 'thumbs up'd it' even real words? LoL.✌🏼