Seconded. It's not like music suddenly started popping up during the European dark ages.
What they probably meant is "oldest song still regularly sung/covered today".

*beg

I've posted an example of the "white jokes" he's referring to:
*related=http://videosift.com/video/Workshop-For-Whitey

More of a social commentary on common prejudices, really.

Not at all. I certainly did not say it doesn't count. I said it's different.
You said yourself you moved away from there. Minorities can't move away from being refused a loan, getting a better job, or abuses of power. They can't run away from TV hosts seemingly amazed that black people know how to use a fork. They have to deal with more than explicit manifestation of discrimination.
That does in no way diminishes what you had to live through.

To quote Louis CK:
"I'm not trying to say that if you're white you can't complain. I'm just saying that if you're black you get to complain more."

I also want to stress, in line with my previous remark on "labels", that the vocabulary we use to discuss these issues is often not good enough, or at least not precise enough. We want to use (or claim) the word 'racism' because it carries that emotional weight needed to make a statement, even though it obviously means different things to different people. Should we instead use qualifiers like "community discrimination", "systemic discrimination"? Probably. But it's not likely to happen. To me the important point is not how it's called, but that people who are not confronted with this reality understand what effects it has on those who have live it.

Related: "Everything is a Remix" (part 2 - Start Wars)
*related=http://videosift.com/video/Everything-is-a-Remix-Part-2

Yes, I am not entirely convinced by the term "reverse racism" either, but that's the one he used so I opted to let it stand.

Nonetheless, it's interesting how people can remain stuck on the label and miss the bigger point.
Yes "racism is racism", but that's not what he is talking about. Let's use a simple example: you're a white guy out in the street (of a western country, that is), minding your own business, when suddenly you are insulted by a black guy out of nowhere. He hates white folks. That guy is an evil racist, you got that right. He even snatches your wallet. You've been mugged by a racist. It sucks. It's an event in your life, but tomorrow will be another day.
Now let's compare that to being a black/colored/minority person: The police can stop, frisk, and detain you. Any day. You may be refused service at some restaurant. Any day. You may not be let in a club. Any day. You may not get that job. You may not get that apartment. If where you live really sucks, you may be in for a mugging or lynching on a seasonal basis. It won't happen all the time of course, but it will happen again and again, with a frequency and severity you will never be able to predict, and when it happens you will have no recourse. It's not 'an event', it defines you life. You expect it around every street corner.

So you and I can encounter a racist, but someone from a minority does experience racism (in other words, they've encountered so many racists in their life they've stopped counting: they talk about 'racism', not 'racists'). These are completely different things. There is simply no way you can actually live that level of oppression if you are not part of a minority.

And this is what he meant. He's not saying that there are no non-white racists, or no racists aiming at whites. He is saying there's no way you can experience actual real-scale racism, as it happens in society, if you yourself are part of the ethnic majority. Quite the difference.

TL;DR: racist != racism

He's like the secret love child of Thatcher and Farage!

Found on The Grauniad.

Bad ad hoc hypothese: he was imitating or lampooning a MIT professor everyone in the audience knows of.

Hey! When I access The Sift from another computer, my awesome thumbnail for this vid is missing. How come?

Help me, @siftbot Kenobi, you are my only hope.

Thanks.
...Only took four years!

It's funny, each time Snowden opens his mouth, he completely destroys the US administration's attempts at portraying him as a brazen irresponsible punk. His responses are always thoughtful and articulate. You may contend that he has a lot of time to come up with his soundbites, but then so do many top politicians, and they still sound like idiots.

Fixed.

You just made me realize the title for this video is completely off. This should not be about squirrels.

* One assumes.