black films have clumsy politics
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I might be wrong but a take on the Tyron story might just be the manufacture of black caricatures for entertainment. Hollywood loves a messiah story and black messiah is, apparently, now good for business. It ends the same way it begins. Still a caricature. Still white-washed. (Don't judge my take too harshly, I am a Nigerian who sometimes consumes adjacent cultures. I enjoy your takes. 😊)
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01:42 intro
Great job 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😊
06:46 the meaning of the movie
14:14 Afro-Pessimism
Came here from one of the barbershop vids cuz when bill tells you to "go back and watch that video" you better go back and watch that video
He was right, certified banger, nothing but facts
16:10 Afro-Nihilism
28:21 Who is black excellence really for?
You know I've avoided watching your videos in depth cause you always got that Philly gear on but your from Trenton?! If you went to TCHS there's a good chance you know my father LOL. This feels like when FD said his dad knew Lupe Fiasco's dad.
36:16 black on black crime
47:42 lower case "revolution"
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56:23 the cost of freedom
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33:53 "They did beat the system. Even at the expense of the community." 33 minutes of circular logic and you gloss over the issue with your criticism.
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Heavy on watching sleeping beauty! Had it on VHS
@Mamita.natureThey cloned Tyrone had its cringy moments and clumsy plot but for a fun movies with few gems its top tier entertainment.
@Mello_nationIs the algorithm giving me this before Christmas just bc @6:45 is (Transsiberian) Carol (of the Bells)?
@VilcxjoVakeroBlack people are boring!
@rickyallen560Intro funny 😭😭😭😭
@FreeTheWrldThis sorry mf sees everything through the lens of race. Grifters gonna grift.
@Coals3030Did you mean adhd? Not asd? I’ve seen under diagnosis for black people period historical and especially black boys?
@TheAvatarArcadeWhether you like the guy or not, kirk and Turning Point has had more motion when it comes to political effectiveness than you ever will. Just remember that as you sit inside and share your opinion to your 12 followers. The far-left has no presence outside of twitter threads.
@tylerfr0mearthThe talk of the privileged being delegated to the role of mobilizing their resources as opposed to spear heading the fight reminds me of indigenous discourse with "allies", were they encourage allies to help in ways that aren't intrusive to the cause/movement or become obstacles themselves. Ex. leaving the virtue signalling, being speaking voices for indigenous folks, representing them in the trash and utilizing resources and privilege that they have so that indigenous people can leverage such resources and strengthen there platform to address problems that they are experiencing first hand.
AKA not trying to get caught up in all of it and make it about themselves.
Well spoken discourse from you, BIGG regarding that.
I don't remember where i heard it, but they that nihilism is like,
Yeah nothing matters, but thats why everything matters, every little thinga counts to create this experience, the bonds we form, the memories we see before we die, it means nothing to the universe, but it does to people, to us.
Nothing matters thats why everything matters.
We only got each other.
MAVI SPOTTED?? wasn’t familiar with ya game
@condo-r5kYou give them too much empathy, I dare you to go live around them. Raise your kids along with them.the. can't stand the romanticizing of hood mentality. Nothing holsum about it, shit dysfunctional only thing "good"that comes from it is the music.
@kennethdenson8223I hope i can work with you soon
@kingwhaleboI moved to Trenton from a suburb in northern central jersey and I look around and can’t understand how the city seems like it’s intentionally stifled. It could be so much more there is so much culture and history here and yet the city’s importance seems forgotten. Happy to know that you came from here and I hope we could do some organizing in the future
@rsummers617Go birds
@lolosmithy7099You know Bill, I've been putting off watching this video because I know somewhere in I'd disagree with your views. The depiction of the preacher as another agent of delusion for the system in "They Cloned Tyrone" is a fitting satirical take on the role of the Black Church. You have on numerous accounts in your videos given the Black Church its due props and criticism but you fail to take the truly Black radical step of calling out the Black Church for what it truly is: the single greatest obstruction to Black people globally. Christian theology does nothing but restrict Black people to a white-centric metaphysics, ontology, and epistemology which results in an anti-Black politics.
@blackboyqpOne of the biggest dividers of people is the stereotyping of others that leads to further stereotyping from the recipients out of a defensive sentiment creating a cartoonish prejudice between the different environments in society which fractures our interactions making them more superficial and hostile
As simplistic as it may sound the best way to break these barriers is to just see someone as a human being you don't know anything about and be open to listening to them. You'll get some people that say wild things intentionally or not, but if you can get past the prejudices and ingrained stereotyping you can connect on an unfiltered human level, and this is where our true nature comes out and overwhelmingly if you are talking to someone without some hidden agendas they will come to the same understanding that all anyone really wants is to be able to live a good life and be a part of a community that takes care of all those that are a part of it
The potential marginalized communities have for reshaping and improving society is immense as they are the ones that see society's flaws directly and that's why they are made to be ostracised and looked down upon
Not to take individual accountability away but when a system is designed to keep you struggling and divided it's very easy to say why doesn't someone do this or that from the outside looking in
This "most miserable city" in America looks much like one of the best ones in the UK.
Just to give some perspective..
45:00 weird comment when you consider how many neighborhoods in California have been taken over the last four decades by Latino communities at the expense of their black populations through the use of terror tactics and gang violence.
@baldanders40:36 dam just got called out
@Neon_Piano7900Are you going to do sinners? We need a political breakdown.
@blacksunrisingtv752American fiction is not better than bamboozled
@Loch121ive never seen a planned parenthood facility in the rich white areas in my state.
@sabthdog2468LMFAO, I just realized the Lil Bill name and thought of the cartoon after spotting your bald head. I got a good chuckle out of that. I love this video! It gives me some topics to explore with some people I know. Thank you!
@astridablaze5826Naivete and relentless compassion can match cynicism and relentless might, if sufficiently protected and guided. Wander, with sylvia's protection, defeats lord dominator. he risks himself and is optimistic in spite of, not in ignorance of, villains who have destroyed a lot of people. and he is not supportive of their actions, but is of them the person. Those who do mass murder can in fact be hugged and loved to death.
those that are peaceful and respectful towards the warmonger and hostile towards those who bring peace. they are optimists in the worst regard. the white moderate acts this way, they push back against those who dont want to be abused and protect the exploiter. A false optimist is opposite to optimism, more than pesssimism is. False optimists kill true optimists, or silence and twist them.
false optimists kill true optimists before their actions can be put under scrutiny. Those who smile because they have stolen alot will inevitably be confronted by those who seek to return hope. Before MLK could cripple the mechanisms of suffering that are in place, he got shot. Mood self perpetuates and spreads, if true optimism becomes a norm hurting people becomes bad, which makes thievery that the richer than rely on harder to justify.
52:46 but isn't this addition of knowing being expressed in the unhoused man outside the store at the beginning tho... 😅
@KhemTrailzThere's never an excuse for debasing yourself.
@360SunTzuCan I watch BigG anywhere? Can anyone assist?
@baddkarmalMy guy...ima need the batman video luv ❤️ lol un-throwaway that shit
@baddkarmalHaha, I feel ya on the 2 christmas think. It’s only now, 30 years after my parents originally got divorced and all my grandparents are gone that we have finally gone back to just one. Thank god!! I’m finally starting to process some trauma. And I totally agree that the more hard things you go though the more depth you tend to have. And the more empathic you become. Which is probably why I often relate more to black people or trans people than I do to other straight white guys.
@laswastedyouthBill's biographical stories are so goddamn relatable to me. I swear we had the same childhood.
@GotNextVideo"dressed the white man's culture in the black man's clothes" is real! 🔥
@njongomato1:01:15 that idea of “keep a white friend” for purposes of teaching you right n wrong while thuggin. Instead, hood niggas need to keep a school nigga💯
@PreefBemiumRaising money for kids who need school supplies is NOT panhandling! Why do you do this to yourself, billiam?
You are the epitomy of HONOR & should never feel guilty about raising money. You wouldn't even HAVE to explain what the cause is. To me & many others. If it's billiam that money's goin FAR.
When you said that the pro-life movement is connected to anti-blackness, I had to check into that for myself real quick. Just scratching the surface, I had never considered how entangled those two subjects are. Now I’ve got a day of reading and self-educating ahead of me.
@TheBlerdman"Informal Social Control" 23:40
@gdpacnw512633:22 that’s a bar!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@android_no98Don't apologize for the blackjack and hookers, for they are just doing what they do. These 'vices' predate society and the culture of shame that uses them as parables.
However, better societies understand the nature of human needs, and have the opportunity to ameliorate and offset any risk and injustice that they bring to our current inadequate realities.
Please do "Atlanta" and "I'm a Virgo"! They bot hare so interesting watches but don't completely deliver in their endings
@jbrown7800ok I'm not here to defend philosophy majors but I will say that for me it is part of what brought me out of blind adherence to white supremacy. I learned that everything was in fact bullshit that could be proven and disproven, depending on how good you were with words. Don't mean to be all "not all philosophy majors" lol.
@FlyoverStateParkHonestly such a good video now I wonder how you’re gonna reflect after talking about sinners I know you’re gonna talk about sinners dude I’m jus waiting I’m not rushing I’m actually enjoying the back catalogue rn but I’m just thinking bc of this video how it might affect your view of sinners.
@Dkmtana