More Than 7: Jaylen Brown speaks at Berkeley on Panopticism

Jaylen Brown revisits his old campus at UC Berkeley and delivers a speech on Michel Focault’s theory of Panopticism.

Full speech:

[KSizboredlife]

JB you're prob not gonna read this but this is why you're my favorite hooper. JB the bball player, educator, public speaker, community leader, social justice advocate, and fashion designer. The Celtics are blessed to have such a multi-faceted individual leading the team

[tedguanzon]

As a Poli sci major who is a huge celtics fan, this just made me adore him more.

[pfneuman]

What a pleasant surprise to hear this! Had no idea JB is super deep and so eloquent. Thank you for posting this, I learned a lot from your brief talk.

[sconartist]

Ironically 2 years later, you’re only further proving your point. The funny thing about the term “free-thinkers” is that it doesn’t benefit those in their present moments in time, only after time has passed for history to recognize their greatness. Keep doing you JB, you’re appreciated in Boston🍀

[jimmoore]

In a world of dynamic normality JB now has a platform to share his intelligent thoughts and opinions, breaking the hegemony of a society that goes back to the original Americans. Berkeley is a home of radicals and JB is a radically different hooper... and he's pretty good at that too 🏀

[okwaleedpoetry]

public speaking is difficult but you make it look easy, good luck in the finals. great subject.

[slamdunk]

I got to know Jaylen during his freshman year at Cal. I covered the team. Super smart dude. He represents Berkeley well.

[rafeek]

Congrats on the 18th Championship with the Celtics! Well done! Didnt know you had a channel and were so thoughtul. All the best to you!

[lightdarklightdarklightdark]

yo mazulla and jb have made me a celtics fan the world is really changing

[Jtvs]

Over the last few weeks I've been reading 'Go Up For Glory" by Bill Russell. Although I grew up across the Atlantic Ocean and did not experience this up close, I can see where you draw inspiration from him as a human being. And I think that we can all learn something from Bill Russell's pride, principles and views on life. Great presentation, Jaylen! Love to see you embrace these topics in society!

[marlo-ssvd]

I respect you man.
Good stuff Jaylen Brown for speaking up at Berkeley about Panopticism. It is something I face currently in my daily life in the Philippines as a Filipino-American where certain aspects of me unknown to people become a facet for discrimination and derogatory overuse. Over time I developed a hate and contention towards these sentiments by people, including people closest to me, continuously fighting for something they know isn't sane or active to do but continually push back to remain in power. It is abusive. I don't deserve this and so don't they, and they are the social constructs confounding, confining us.

[c.p]

He’s literally so smart - it’s hard not to love him. VERY smart!

[deerinheadlights]

This was great to hear and watch in general and the Celtics being one win away from winning the NBA finals. Thanks for sharing Jaylen

[dickmcballs]

A panopticon is a circular prison where cells are located at the periphery and a watchtower at the center. Prisoners can be seen at any time by a guard at the center, but they themselves cannot see the guard. By not knowing if or when they are watched, yet knowing that they can be watched at any time, the inmate automatically conforms to good behavior.

[AnthonyLeNguyen]

Thank you for sharing your speech. I really learned a lot. So glad to have a person like you on my Celtics. Great person, great basketball player.

[altonweaver]

This is why he’s my favorite person. Articulate, poised, intelligent and talented athlete.

[NotAndy]

Jaylen I needed an essay topic due this week about ethical issues in social work and I was listening to this when playing 2K before writing that paper. Heard that story about you getting pulled over at the start and I'm going to write my essay on this, thanks man

[ekaf]

Man, this got me emotional for no reason. JB you tha man - keep using your platform and pushing that envelope brotha

[nicholascrespinel]

This is beautiful! It's sad more people, especially kids, will never have an opportunity for this type of education. Heal the trauma
Find peace
All Love

[thefreshserve]

This is a great video and I love to see people of all backgrounds embracing philosophy, but I feel this is missing a (pretty clear) class and economic lens - one major reason athletes are 'trained' to be silent is because one of the key functions of professional sports (especially in the US), in their current orientation, is to launder the reputation of billionaires and corporations (sponsors), while serving as a distraction for working class individuals (if you're spending >50% of your leisure time consuming sports and advertising, it's much less likely that you will take the proactive steps to become educated and/or conscious of a range of social and economic issues).

That is why the owners decided Kaepernick had to go - the ruling class need sport to be entirely free of meaningful political ideas and actions, otherwise it risks not serving its purpose (from the perspective of the powerful).