i'd like to add that when he says 'white male culture,' he means 'white american male culture.' I'm a white man but I'm from the Czech Republic, and there is not very much culturally that I have in common with white men in America.

As the saying goes, "If you want to know what it feels like to get wet, you don't ask a fish". These cultural blind spots are frequently misconstrued as racism... which exacerbates the problem. Also, every culture has its blind spots.

Hi, sending Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤️ this touched my heart and put tears in my eyes, thank you for speaking out thise words of love words of truth words of life

This isn't negative criticism, simply an addendum to his intentions, but speaking as a POC, to those of you would say "this is so helpful and eye opening", you should watch this video with a person of color and read the comments with them so you can see they percieve it. I'm glad he gave this talk, and I'm glad you've taken something from it, but until you watch it with someone else, the lesson is incomplete.

Ok, I have to disagree. I am a man from Afghanistan.. I was born in Afghanistan, raised and been living here all my life, I am not a white man and have not been around one. In the mean time I see most of what he described as “white man culture” in myself. I leave my emotions out of the way when dealing with something, I am at my most efficient and sharpest when I am alone, I would NEVER ask for directions if I am lost, while being aware that it is wrong and I don’t know why I do it, but still do it.. So I am more than sure it is not about culture of a white man, but I have no idea where it came from...

Just hang out with people from different cultures; it's pretty easy to realize you have your own culture when you're surrounded by somebody else's lol

I love the term "White culture" each European country has 8ts own distinct culture, and within the countries each region has it's own sub culture. I'm sure in America a white guy from new York has a different way of seeing the world than a white guy from Dakota

Everything that has ever happened to me, has changed my life, and transformed me into the man I am today.

His comment is right on about that his view of the world is wrong, it's just incomplete. That could be said of all of us.

This is incredibly insightful

NO NEED for criticism for this presentation, rather Melanated, european or otherwise...THIS WAS FREAKIN AWESOME! & The number of Dislikes is an Clear indication of exactly what this speakers intended msg was to reveal- IGNORANCE (on all lvls)!

Thank you so much for this, Michael. I hope and pray that this won't look like a secret in 2024. It takes white men to stand up and tell "it".

Thank you for sharing this! Many times, individuals just don't know how to start the conversation of race, privilege and bias.

Sorry for going off at a tangent, but how well does your culture balance being "a rugged individualist" and being "a team player"?

I went to a meetup at a bar in Bangkok on my latest birthday, but didn't feel like drinking. Then a white man asked me why I would want to come to a bar if I didn't drink. I told him that it was because I came here alone, and didn't want to walk back to the bus station alone at night when being a bit drunk. He was surprised by my answer and wondered why I was so worried about such a thing. As a man from North America, he must have forgotten that it was pretty dangerous for a girl in a developing country to walk on the street at night, let alone being drunk.

Stop raiding, stop colonizing, stop slaving, stop drones.

Great talk Michael.

Thank u!!! where can I find more information about setting up a course like the one you are talking about?

we all need to come together and try to understand each other

Thank you

“The word ‘privilege’ is a hard word for us as white men because we don’t feel privileged.” “There are things we haven’t had to navigate or negotiate or think about that other groups have.” All the comments on this video prove what he is saying about privilege. It’s as if discussing a group of people’s common behaviors observed in different regions of the world is in some way an attack on them. And what’s even more incredible is how dismissive everyone watching this is. One of the very things he discussed! Cultural growth can never begin until people stop trying to explain why they are different from the whole, and start challenging causation of barriers still in existence in today’s world. We all have so many opportunities to take a step back and ponder our perception. This speaker is highly underrated. His self awareness is absolutely incredible. Hats off to him. I would love to probe his thoughts.

the first organ of creation in the womb, is the heart love is, the greatest force, for change

this has given me some insight into the male cultivated mindset. We all come from our culture and learn things that need to be unlearned such as auto-responses. We all feel that is the beauty of an individual. We are all many parts helpful in the world and harmful. Take down the roadblocks to unity because we are not born with them, just look at how children play

I have always said why don't people look at a person for themselves, life is fragile, and stop seeing people through what you think they are or you have heard they were.

He does point out some key issues which people may have heard before. The message may have been heard before, but do they actually listen and put it to practice or just ignore it.

Great Ted Talk Michael Welp.

Timeless!

John Malkovich under cover!! Busted!!

God bless you for putting you on this journey and the work that you're doing!!

Thanks for sharing 'white' culture too! Good or great that you mention that we have cultural biases. We all have them and glad I recognize my biases, but not act out on any discrimination. Good talk.

I have met many kind-hearted Anglosaxons but the many Anglosaxons who are putting up a rugged, “rational”, “stoicly no feelings” front in denial of their own vulnerabilities while unfairly transferring their frustrations and fears unto others are just one of the hardest groups of people to wake up.

What he called different experience we know as struggle

“Invisible culture box” “unconscious bias”... said a mouthful right there!!!!

He's a nice man.

Thank you!!!

Great speaker. Great human being.

I'll give this guy credit for trying to open the minds of those that want them to remain close.There is understandings to many gang lifestyles which usually happens by members in these gangs caring ONLY about what the gang wants, did you hear me, "They Care Only About WHAT THE GANG WANTS! Even though when they're alone they know they're doing wrong they refuse to accept what they know is true because the idea of being on top trumps your safety and your rights!

Today I learned one white man s peaks on behalf of all white men, 10/10 talk.

Wonderful.!!!!

@12:09 THANK YOU

This was a very helpful video. I appreciate that I never felt gas-lighted or condemned. We need more talks like this. I am thankful for TEDx Talks.

There are people who act as if their point of view is absolute reality. -- which to me is the ultimate in authoritarianism and arrogance!!!

Well done!

As I listen to this dissertation I started thinking about how many times I had to check my emotions, hatred, and disbelief of white people at the door to be able to give my family a fighting chance in a world of white culture. I surely hope that the world play attention to this video because it did make me feel like the world can be better for all.

We are all exposed to politicization and agendas in much of the communication we experience, but I think this speaker is trying to bring awareness and to expand consciousness for those white men who could benefit. Having said that I would like him to make the the point in future talks that ALL majority cultures have privilege. Go to Japan. Go to China. Go to Somalia. You will find very strong cultural assumptions in all these places based on the fact that the majority culture's norms are like the air that people breathe. Adding this context would help lessen the element of judgement that always shadows this discussion.

"People say sometimes that beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as thought is."

It would be a good idea to take this program to the congressmen on the hill. What the top is filtering down is destroying our country. God help us.

Great job sir, nicely done.

There are successful people, and then there are people who want the successful people to question their success.

I’d highly recommend the book My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem. Basically we all need to do our own work on ourselves to fix the problems around race in society.

Powerful.

Loved it. I particularly liked how you articulated a White Male Culture. That's a great way to frame the whole diversity discussion.

Love this! I feel this is what America needs right now. Opening up! And being willing to listen when they open up! Thank you for sharing this!

Good talk. There's generally always a lot needed to be done, for people to better understand themselves and each other mutually, whatever their backgrounds. As noted, it's not helpful treating any particular group as "default" or not worth talking about. All groups deserve to be discussed and heard, and all groups deserve to try and find ways towards each other and to overcome misunderstandings. Stereotypes hurt everyone.

This guy is on par!

Thanks

Came here for the comments. I was not dissappointed! :D

Chris Motionless brought me here and may I say, absolutely spot on and worth the watch.

Courageous 🙏🏻 ❤️‍🩹

As a white master, and I dont just mean over other races but also within the white race, I played this video on mute.....looking out my windows on the 100th floor, across the vast lands I dominate. How magical.

I love this speech a lot! It even helped me to better understand things from the other side!

Powerful message from accurate results of a experienced man with knowledge of contemporary problems in society, yet i hope it won’t fall on deaf ears of a hardcore society of oppression acceptance.

He could have took the Amtrak from O'Hare Airport into Kalamazoo, MI. It is a direct shot. I took the train from Chicago to this location many times.

such a good Ted talk

Peace to this man...

Great points made here, especially when he said something like, “I realized that when I said I treat everyone the same, others hear that they need to fit into my cultural box.”

It's a positive start.

Most people self sabotage. If you wait long enough you’ll get what your waiting for.

Nicely done, Michael! Thanks for sharing your insights and perspective.

There is no one white culture. I live in the Netherlands, most of us are white, our culture is vastly different to russians or albanians where most people are also white.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the kind of message that will start to heal this country. I really appreciate his ability to self-reflect to reach a new level of understanding of other people in this world. Thank you sir! We must all self-reflect and try to make this world a better place for all of us. The survival of the human race is what's at stake.

Wonderful! Thank you. I salute you!

Very good talk. I appreciate his candor.

It really comes down to what a people put most of their time into. If you put a lot of time into sports you will tend to perfect it more than someone else. Just like putting a lot of time into gaining knowledge, the martial arts or anything else. Different cultures or nations of people just put more time into doing different things and may have perfected that thing more than another culture or race of people. I'm explaining this in a simple way, but hopefully this is not over someones head to not get, that it is a lot of truth to this observation (analogy). Then also diet may play a part. There are different types of edible vegetation on the planet that some people had access to that other tribes of people didn't have access to. Every tribe depending on where they settled on the planet had more access to something that other people didn't have access to. And this may have played a part that gives groups of people an edge over each other, in some way or another. If your (culture or people) put a lot of time into a particular thing, you will perfect that thing more than someone else or other nations of people. But this doesn't make you superior to other people. Why? Because someone is better than you are with something else. Being superior to other people is really a man made illusion. Only God is the superior one. Until you can create the universe like God, then you can never be superior to anyone on the planet.

Great talk.. Humility.. .. He's a learner and genuinely cares about being a better human being

Im Italian also yt i have plenty of culture to learn about in my own family

To everyone saying there is no “white culture” I believe he’s using the word “culture” in a different sense, not in the way a certain ethnic group does. Its in the way people would say something like “campus culture” in reference to a college, i.e. a shared way of life/mindset of people in the same place. So he’s referring to White *American* male “culture”

Everybody and everyone can use correction . Great job. White men are great!

Sir, you will free your heart and this should certainly minimize your frustration. Praise and honor to you. You my friend are changing the 🌎!

I don't think there is one "White American culture" nor do all White Americans belong to a culture with European origins.

Ok I don't get the other comments on here. I agree with everything that was said as a white Male myself. I personally believe I have been able to step out of the box of what my culture is many times with a simple resolution that I think all people of all backgrounds should at least attempt to do and that is try putting yourself in others shoes. If you don't understand where they're coming from then ask questions. You can never learn and improve your understanding of things if you don't ask. Doesn't mean that you are a different person just that you are a more informed one. I think all people should watch this and just think about why others feel the way they do.

he`s right on many things ! but times have changed since

I like that he brought out the way to shift from coming from a place of self-defense when confronted with one's offensive behavior, to a place of taking responsibility. Most people (not just white men) are automatically defensive if you confront them with an offense. That immediate response is almost, always, "it's not my fault, it's that you're too easily offended". It takes only a moment to re-examine one's words or actions, with humility (humility is key) to see that the person just may have a point. Even if you know you meant no harm, it's humble to simply say I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. Can we talk further about why this action offended you and how we can work together to make sure it doesn't happen again? I think lack of humility and the unwillingness to say I'm sorry has a lot to do with discord in the work place and elsewhere. We don't have to be right all the time. I personally thinks it takes a bigger person to say I'm sorry thank it does to defend, defend, defend.

It's not that they dont know, it's the fact that they chooses not to know so when they are confronted they act all oblivious, it's like the oldest trick in the book. Seen it many times and called them out for it.

If some of you actually listened to what he was saying, the only problem you'd have is the part of what he's saying that you identify with. None of us like changing. None of us wanna feel wrong. But if you're wrong, you're wrong. Is it wrong to be your white selves? Absolutely not. Is the system that was created to benefit you wrong? Absolutely. Should you listen to the issues of people, that don't look like you, that are affected by this system? Yes. I served this country, and fought for the constitution, knowing damn well that the constitution wasn't written with me in mind. The line that said "all men are created equal" didn't mean me. That was when we were considered 3/5 human. Understanding that may lead some of you to understand that our reality has been different from yours from the start. Once you get that, and realize we just wanna be treated the same way the world treats you, maybe you wouldn't be so mad. But who am I, right?

he very good,..

As a white female I have learned my culture from the predjuges of coloured people.i thank them because I have become stronger. I also have learned most about my self from my relationship with God .

He gets it. Bravo! This video should have MILLIONS of views!

" It has become increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic diversity as a civic strength. From multicultural festivals to pronouncements from political leaders, the message is the same: our differences make us stronger. But a massive new study, based on detailed interviews of nearly 30,000 people across America, has concluded just the opposite. Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam -- famous for "Bowling Alone," his 2000 book on declining civic engagement -- has found that the greater the diversity in a community, the fewer people vote and the less they volunteer, the less they give to charity and work on community projects. In the most diverse communities, neighbors trust one another about half as much as they do in the most homogenous settings. The study, the largest ever on civic engagement in America, found that virtually all measures of civic health are lower in more diverse settings. " -Pulled from a New York Times article discussing the findings of one of the largest studies conducted on civic health. PROVING that your precious "multiculturalism" is in fact a detriment to society.

I do little else but examine my own "white" culture. It's so enormous, so many-storied, so full of beauty and horror, wisdom and error, violence and love, selfishness and sacrifice, hope and sadness - so full of everything, in short, which makes up this vast tapestry of human life - that I doubt I'll ever finish.

Mandela make any difference between the the Zulu and Xoshan?

Much needed and ty

You've given me some things to think about and consider

He speaks of diversity. Every culture is different. If you believe diversity is a good thing and you want people to respect it then respect the values of other countries. If other societies don't agree with diversity then respect their values and dont force your values on them

Every man was created to be his own master, one master does not sever another! Only to the lord will man be free!!!!

I love this!!

Thank you sir!!! 💖💖💖

Culture is a context for people who do not understand where love comes from

The Navaho language was used against the Germans to scramble codes during WWII. Thomas Jefferson had a display of of Indian artifacts on a portion of a wall in his Monticello mansion to entertain his guests as indigenous peoples were being decimated. Benjamin Franklin learned Democratic ideals when he chose to visit various Indian tribes. Permutations are said to be endless and are provable in various networks throughout the whole of society and.perhaps beyond.