TEDxHampshireCollege - Jay Smooth - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race

Jay Smooth is host of New York's longest running hip-hop radio show, the Underground Railroad on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, and is an acclaimed commentator on politics and culture.

In this talk, he discusses the sometimes thorny territory of how we discuss issues of race and racism, offering insightful and humorous suggestions for expanding our perception of the subject.

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• lifestyle

[afropana1]

"The belief you must be perfect in order to be good is an obstacle to being the best you be." wow

[gsmack1906]

jay smooth is the man. very intelligent

[onlyallegra]

What a Godsend!

[TEACHYOUTEEWHY]

Jay Smooth STRIKES AGAIN!!

[MrDTBSAI]

@MrNewerastars what the fuck are you on about? How does that make him different from other human beings?

[mtdube]

@toke14 Yes he is!!!!

[MrNewerastars]

fact black animals are not perfect. theyre not humans just animals..

i believe thats what the supreme court ruled back in the day that they are not humans but animals but i must say they are and will always be cause they look like it

[toke14]

@MrNewerastars are you retarded ?

[nativesun]

This man is SO fucking brilliant I don't have the proper words to describe how fucking brilliant this man is.

[MrNewerastars]

this video doesn't change the fact that he has blackman blood inside of him

[DennkifromRingstreet]

Being "good" is unreachable. You only can be better than you were yesterday.

[OriginalGeenius]

@donluchitti "Black" has as much to do with how others see you, and which "racial" culture you identify with, as it does with your actual ancestry. If not more so.