World News Headlines February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling 0 India Arie explains the bigger problem behind Joe Rogan’s racist comments 0 0000 0 0 more India Arie explains the bigger problem behind Joe Rogan’s racist comments February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found February 15, 2022 Under One Ceiling India Arie explains the bigger problem behind Joe Rogan’s racist comments One week after sharing a supercut of podcaster Joe Rogan repeatedly saying the N-word, India.Arie has joined Daily Show host Trevor Noah for a serious talk about Rogan, racism, and removing her music from Spotify. In a 30-minute interview, the singer-songwriter and Noah discussed everything from responding to racist behaviour, to Spotify’s abysmal compensation for artists, to personal truths. “I have learned in my life to make room and forgiveness for people who are unconsciously racist, because our whole society is built on racist concepts,” said Arie. “So if you’re born into it — if you’re not actively working to not be racist — then you have some of it in you.” Arie drew a distinction between unconscious and conscious racism, saying that “if you know you’re doing it, and you keep doing it, I would say that’s a racist.” “For me, when I think about Joe Rogan, I think that he is being consciously racist,” said Arie. “He knew that [saying the N-word] was inappropriate, and I think the fact that he did it repeatedly, and was conscious, and knew, I think that is being racist.” Rogan was already in the spotlight for spreading COVID-19 information, but the footage Arie shared drew attention to some of the other troubling commentary made by Rogan himself and guests on his Spotify-exclusive podcast. “I don’t like even saying that because I’m a sensitive, old soul, and I want to believe the best in people, so when I first heard his apology, my instinct is to go, ‘He tried.’ … What I really think is that he was being consciously racist, and it makes me wonder what he talks like behind closed doors. If you have even a consciousness where you can call Black people apes, there’s something there,” Arie continued. “Wanting to see the best in everything made it so that it wasn’t oftentimes seeing what things were.” SEE ALSO: Neil Young told Spotify to choose between him and Joe Rogan. Spotify chose Joe Rogan. Noah also shared his opinion that tackling racism and bigotry is more difficult because “we haven’t developed a framework in society to allow people to not be that thing.” “If you live in a world where you are a racist, a sexist, a misogynist, a xenophobe, whatever it may be… does society give you the option to not be that anymore, and does society give you the option to adopt a different label?” said Noah. “If society doesn’t do that, then people will violently refuse acknowledging any of these things [in themselves] because then they know that that means they’re forever condemned to being kicked out of society.” Related Related posts: Boost your Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets skills with this course bundle Netanyahu assured Putin “I will be back soon” after losing election PayPal wants to buy pinboard site Pinterest for $45bn: Sources Will rich nations foot the bill for a global ‘pandemic treaty’? tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous PSA: Today's 'Wordle' solution depends on which site you use next South Korea probes Tesla on suspicion of exaggerating mileage
