'White leftists' are OBSESSED with Hoteps

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[arriek.]

i was friends with a hotep. i stopped being friend with he called my ancestor beliefs and culture (i’m yoruba) demonic. he also took me to the cherokee reservation and said black people aren’t african.

[tigerlike]

As a black leftist, admittedly I am also obsessed with hoteps and hoteppery in general because I find it funny. Dr. Umar is a well of unintentional comedy lol

[MsBlackIntrovert]

I had a conversation with a hotep and he believed we used to breed with animals in Egypt …because of things like the sphinx existing in ancient Egypt. The “hotep” community has devolved into madness and I don’t think the stigma will ever leave it. We need another image of someone who is “Pro Black”

[gatfatf]

Completely unrelated but I was struck by a memory from middle school where my sorta stoner-y classmate was absolutely shat on by TWO teachers at once for trying to deliver an actually solid presentation on Jimi Hendrix and his influence on Rock music because it was "promoting drug culture" but let the presentations on Elvis and the Beatles go unchallenged. Shoutouts to you Brent, you were a real one that period.

[natashaa]

Thank you for this, I felt seen and validated as I am SO discouraged to find so much anti Africanism in spaces inhabited by disapora black people. Recently I have been told that we are the original Scottish, English, Egyptians (which is, at least IN a part of Africa) Native American, "Hebrews" and Moors. The disgust they have towards West Africa and our shared ancestry is palpable and not ONE of them have bothered in the slightest to do even the most tiny bit of research towards West Africa, instead they will spend time putting white Royals into blackface, learning new languages, traditions and foods that have NOTHING to do with us, appropriating these cultures, all because they have a lot of hatred towards our origin story.

[ReySylvr]

Another great video, I grew up with two educators for parents in a multinational trini-american home. My mother was a very proud Trinidadian woman, but always prompted black unity regardless of nationality. It's disheartening when I see friends quoting ADOS or family abroad disparaging black Americans like if black solidarity is a thing of the past. Appreciate both FD and Andrew's channels for it's nuanced, groundedness compared to the sensationalism that turns these discussions into Dr. Umar caricatures.

[Mooneysb]

I remember rocking a Free Mumia shirt to middle school back in 2002 and my (white) teacher sent me to the principals office for what she said was “promoting violence” and told me Mumia was a “cop killer.” Fortunately the vice principal (a black man) took one look at my shirt and sent me straight back to class.

[t_ylr]

Couldn't agree more about the teaching of History. It's not a perfect book but Howard Zinn's People's History of the US was a lightbulb moment for me, but I didn't read it until college. I worry about kids in school now where anything that goes against American historical mythology is banned.

[Cudddlefish]

I agree with andrewism that history has been intentionally distorted to focus on great figures as opposed to the masses, although I think that human psychology also plays a role in our collective focus on great individuals. Focusing on an individual provides the viewer with someone they can identify and emphasize with. Role models provide people with guidance when they are unsure as to how they should get past difficulties in their own lives. Even in the mythologies of the past and popular media today, the stories we tell tend to revolve around a person rather than around the people. Even if this is a natural tendency, though, Andrewism is right that we need to teach more "people's histories" and focus less on great figures.

[MrTwindog]

Did Dr. Umar just say “Give me your grits money!” ? I love this channel!! 👊🏾✊🏿

[lastknight]

My only real life interaction with Hoteps is when I took my wife to a fancy restaurant in Atlanta for her birthday and they were preaching along the street and yelled at us "You are with the enemy sister, do you not have any time for your brothers anymore?" despite the fact I'm middle easterner and not even white. If nothing else it made us laugh the whole dinner and I'm still a hardcore leftist

[tm]

I think for white people a liberal or someone on the left is a person who thinks anti black racism is a problem. But thinking anti black racism is a problem is an extremely common belief amongst black Americans no matter their political beliefs. I think Umar is a conservative.

[vtecef]

Now that is stuck in my head and I’m going to be saying “give me ya grit money” all day lol

[Junior-tsxg]

I'm happy that we are moving on from the kidology thing. I've accepted that she leans into moderate views and it may take her reading more leftist canons to understand why her arguments are the most genuine. Listening to this conversation was refreshing. I Love hearing people talk about pan-Africanism in a healthy way. Understanding that nowadays many people who are associated with pan-Africanism completely misrepresent the true spirit of the ideology.

[nothingnothing]

The idea that the American political spectrum was ever inline with Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism is funny.

[Sidsidsids]

This was a good talk. I appreciate what you're both saying.

[rileym]

So grateful for your content! I’m a Canadian working to become a math teacher and you consistently open my eyes to biases to be aware of ❤️

[davidlaush]

Babe wake up, new F.D Signifire just dropped!

[jacejoseph]

I've never heard of Andrewism before this video but i cant describe how fast my head turned when i heard a fellow trini accent... Good stuff as always