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Prager U - A Short History of Slavery - Historian Reaction

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Edmund Plamowski

Suggestion in that universe that actually isn’t political. The Jordan Peterson episodes on Exodus that they’ve been releasing on youtube are very good.

Prof Moff

You really should call this a refuting video not reacting video

Derek

I admire the foray into something new, but I agree with Prof Moff. Felt like you were too focused, as a self-described slightly right of center person, on highlighting where you disagree with "your side" instead of just reacting to the video. And despite your request, the comment section is probably going to be a sh!t-show. Love your content.

vth

I don't disagree, in fact I attempted to acknowledge that near the end...I think because I come from the same side of the political spectrum I found myself doing just what you said.

Michael S

I thought this was good overall, and I appreciate you doing the video (it's why I subscribed to your Patreon). But I think you were too gracious in a few parts, especially at the end. You mention you don't think the motivation behind the video is a nefarious one even when the video, ostensibly on the short "history" of slavery, goes out of it short runtime to end with a message on black victim-hood (what does that have to do with slavery history?) that is nakedly partisan: our "real heritage" after saying "all men are created equal" (literally written when that was objectively false by a large slaveholder), they just need to embrace the patriotic nature (that held them down and fought tooth and nail a 100+ years after we lost several hundred thousand lives in the Civil War), and finally, just look at the image of the people supporting black aggrievement and notice it has a very intentional look: Hollywood with the guy holding an Oscar, a woman that looks suspiciously like a cross between Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton in front, straight up Ibram X Kendi in the back (accurately pictured with his hair style, navy suit, pink shirt and glasses), Al Sharpton in the front left, and what might be MeToo Founder Tarana Burke, Stacey Abrams or even Maya Angelou in the back. That, plus all the deceptive statements and images used that mostly focus on how the whites ended it all and the Africans did the forced slavery and still are doing it, puts this as having a nefarious message. The people that made this are not stupid and very deliberately chose what to say, show, and even animate.

Mark

You’re awesome, Chris. Us conservative Christians finally have a good representative in the YouTube history sphere (along with JD of course).

Jakub Krelik

man you were so uncomfortable watching this video. the entire time I though "Jesus just let her finish the thought, she is not saying slavery is good" maybe stay away from videos like these, if it makes you feel this way?

Micayah Wilson (Karlar)

I felt like you handled it well. It’s an awkward one, but I appreciate you taking it on and I feel like I have about the same perspective. I get what she was getting at, but it probably won’t do anything for anyone who went into it ready to disagree with her.

Kyle Isaac

The video is a "history of slavery", but I feel like Chris is reacting to it as a "justification of slavery." This is also borderline modpol, which, while I'm not entirely opposed to, I thought this channel was trying to avoid. That said, I appreciate the boldness in making this video.

Dale Switzer

Candace Owens is not a good choice for a channel which bills itself as intellectual and conservative. She’s too polemical. Saying that no non-white country has slavery is simply propaganda. Arab countries have plenty of slavery. This is setting up for the obvious racist conclusion — whites are better than browns and blacks. Making this point without elaboration also ignores the simple fact that Europe actively worked to make Africa worse. They armed technologically inferior tribes in return for them enslaving peaceful neighbors. Africa may not have been filled with beautiful and powerful empires allied with King Solomon, but it was certainly not as bad as it became after 200 years of European intervention. This is like Captain Kirk blaming the planet that imitated Chicago gangsters for being violent. The federation is the one who taught them to be violent. PragerU needs to do better than this if they expect to be considered reasonable people