19. Real Talkļ¼ The #1 Thing That Really Divides Us
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Summary
What is it that really divides us as Americans and citizens of the world? What is racism really divided us? Is there racism still a problem in the United States? What does it mean to be a racist? And what does it have to do with race?
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told my teacher dumb bitch i'm gonna get millions watch this in the project living
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spoke it till existence mo changed to 50 got mo cost than did i only weigh 180 but my watch
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cost 250 what's up guys it's andy frisella and this is the show for the realists say goodbye
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to the lies the fakeness and delusions of modern society and there's a lot of them right now
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and welcome to motherfucking reality guys today we have one of my real talk episodes as you know
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these are short episodes it's gonna punch you in the face i'm gonna pick you up off the floor i'm
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gonna dust you off i'm gonna send you back into the game this is how these go i need you to know
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if this is your first time listening i'm not a quote unquote motivational speaker i'm an entrepreneur
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i'm a teacher i'm somebody who works to bring people the information they need to get better
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so this isn't going to be some rah rah you're a super winner uh positivity fluff job that's not
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what this is that's not what the show is that's not what i am and if that's what you're looking
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for you're in the wrong spot i want to change the way you live and that starts in your mind and to
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to change your mind you've got to change the way that you think okay so guys getting started here
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i have a very simple question for you what is it that really divides us as americans and citizens
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of the world i mean everywhere we look right now everybody's always talking about how america is
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deeply divided whether or not you're american or not that's what people are saying and i want you to
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really think about what that question means what is it that really divides us the truth is i think most
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people are absolutely wrong about what divides us i really do i think that they are dead wrong a lot of
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people think it's politics that divides us now there's no question that politics in america generally fall
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into two groups democrat or republican liberal conservative left right okay but there's far more people in the
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spectrum than just two options all right there's people that fall everywhere in between those two
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options and that never gets discussed but coming to the topic of division do you really think that the
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average person or the average people of this country really hate other people because they disagree with
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them politically do you because i don't okay i have friends from all different political views in all
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different cultures okay and there's nothing wrong with having different opinions people see life through
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different sets of lenses they get a different perspective depending on how they grew up depending
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on what schools they went to depending on where they grew up depending on a lot of different things and
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this is something that really gets lost amongst people everybody has a unique perspective and they base their
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opinions based around that perspective and it's nothing that should divide us under any circumstances and i
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don't think that it does all right and that moves us on to the next topic what about race are america's
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really divided on race i'm not talking about whether racism is still a real problem in america or the world
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because it is in certain circumstances i'm talking about whether the average person in the united states
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hates someone because they are black or hates someone because they are latino or hates someone
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because they are asian like my boy dave i'm talking about whether or not the average person in america
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refuses to be friends with a person of another race or refuses to do business with them because they're
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red yellow black white brown yellow blah blah blah whatever it doesn't matter i don't believe that's true
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i really don't i don't observe it anywhere i go i could tell you for a fact that i'm not like that and i can also
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tell you that every single business owner i know and i know a lot of them are also not like that all right
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race never plays a role and is even a conversation about how i particularly choose my friends i don't even
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think about it i don't even think about it and i don't know any people that do i just don't you know
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i don't see any companies out there that where race comes into their hiring practices i don't see
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uh many companies out there that are not hiring people just because they are from a certain
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uh cultural background i just don't see it okay does it happen yeah it does happen but it's not what
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people are making us think okay we've grown up in a society now for the last 10 or so years 12 years
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where you can't even tell jokes to each other anymore the world is so politically correct that
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if you joke around with someone of a different race everybody looks around like fuck dude was that
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out of line or did i accidentally say something racist like dude this is fucking ridiculous it is
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ridiculous okay kidding around and joking around with your friends no matter what the fuck color they
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are is what shows them that they are family we all operate that way most of us so why has it become
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something that we can't even fucking joke about guys the bottom line here is i think we're being lied
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to i think people some people at least in the media want to talk about how divided we are by race but it's
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not as bad as what they say it is the vast majority of us that's you listening to do not hate someone
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from another race we don't think of it as it's us against them i don't you don't and most of the other
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people don't either the reality is guys most of the things we're told divide us as americans don't
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really divide us when you consider it all the politics the race the religion the sexual orientation
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whatever it is okay they're not the things that divide us they just aren't are there extremists
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who hate and judge and shut themselves off from anyone who is different than them fuck yeah there
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are there's a lot of them those people are fucking ignorant okay i agree but every single day in this
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country there are millions and millions and millions of people who are very very different who still get
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along very very well they hold extremely different political views and they're still good friends
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there are people of different races who work for the same company and they still crush it in business
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together and have a great time doing it there are gay atheists who would love to have a beer with
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christian republicans there are white baby boomers out there who wouldn't think twice about pulling over
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and helping a young black kid change a tire on his car it happens every day in america and it's never
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talked about every single day it's not the exception these aren't the things that should be celebrated as
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the exception this is the norm but we're being lied to and we've been lied to about what divides us and
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you want to know why i'll tell you why we are told that we are divided by race religion politics or
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whatever because in each race and in each religion and each political party there are winners there
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are exceptional people there are people who are happy and successful because they always do the
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right thing they don't whine about their problems they are grateful for their life they create
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opportunities for themselves they do everything they can to make the most of their lives and they
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impact the people around them in a positive way the bottom line here is they're good people
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they're hard-working people who make the world a better place and here's the reality about that
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the people who want to control and manipulate us some of the media some of the politicians certain
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people in positions of power and influence they don't want us to get along they don't want it they
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know if all the truly exceptional people got together out there and we started working together
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something amazing would happen if we started building friendships if we started creating
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closer communities and stronger businesses together they won't be able to stop us can you see what i'm
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saying here what would happen if all the truly exceptional people in this country rejected the lies
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about being divided by race religion sexual orientation or whatever else and we would come together and
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fucking dominate it would start another american revolution not the kind with guns and people
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dying but a cultural revolution that would create a better way of life for all of us guys i'm telling
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you right now we are lied to about what divides us we are divided i don't argue that but it's not by what
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everybody thinks it's not what we're being told divides us the reality is there is really only one
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thing that divides americans and it doesn't just divide americans it divides the whole human race and
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that issue is excellence okay and i want you to stick by me here because you might be scratching your
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head there's two groups in america and in the world one group is full of whiners and excuse makers
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there are members of this group from every race every religion every political party you name it
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they are ungrateful they are entitled they experience a lot of pain some sort of adversity
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so they think the world owes them something they think the government owes them everything and no
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matter how patient people are with them no matter how many opportunities they are given they do nothing
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and they waste their lives the other group is totally different there are people in this group that were
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born into poverty and they rise to become millionaires and successful pillars of their community they are
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born with birth defects disease or handicaps and from the moment they are born life punches them right
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in the fucking mouth but they don't use any of that adversity as an excuse they are grateful for their life
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they work hard they're innovators entrepreneurs athletes blue collar workers and billionaires and they come
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from all races all religion all political parties no matter how different they are they have one
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thing in common they win do you guys comprehend what i'm saying here there's only one thing that
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really divides humanity and it's a commitment to excellence there are victims and then there are the
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victorious there are losers and then there are the winners i don't care what neighborhood you're from
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who your parents were what state you come from where you grew up it doesn't matter don't let people
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lie to you about what divides us don't let the national media do it and don't let the politicians do it
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and don't elect leaders who promote this shit of entitlement laziness jealousy or whining instead
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rally around the leaders in the world who promote the mindset and the lifestyle of committing to
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excellence get close to the people in your life who take personal responsibility for making the most
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of their lives for working as hard as they can for treating people well and being productive
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contributing members of the society guys the bottom line is this what if we stopped buying the lies that
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were sold about being divided what if we stopped allowing the powers that be to separate us into black
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white gay straight christian atheist rich or poor okay and we locked arms with anyone as long as they were
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committed to being exceptional and pursuing their own true potential what if we united to win i guarantee
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you the country and the culture that does this is going to have the strongest economy the healthiest
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families the closest communities the best culture the most unbeatable military the highest production
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and it will also be the happiest it would literally create the greatest country on earth so let's
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fucking do it told my teacher dumb bitch i'm gonna get millions watch this in the project living down
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while i i'm from where you can't trust so welcome