Systemic discrimination 😍✨ what's that all about? And is it even real?

The idea of systemic discrimination is a politically charged subject, and the Internet is full of people throwing their opinions at you about this. How about some objectivity? This episode is a colossal, three hour journey through the science of Social Identity Theory, which then applies the insights from this to looking at marginalised groups.

This video isnota 'hot take': it is a massive integration of psychology and sociology, with its insights continually backed by real-world, empirical evidence. I am not here to push an agenda on you or tell you how to think: I just want to take all the knowledge experts have on how human beings work, integrate all these facts together, and relay to you a scientific consensus.

Social Identity Theory is not just a random idea cooked up by researchers: it's an evidence-backed model of looking at the world, one so powerful and far-reaching that it can change your whole worldview. It asks- and answers- Why do we need other people so much? What happens to us when we're around other people? Do other people define who 'we' are? How do humans think- and hate? Why do stereotypes, bias, prejudice, and discrimination exist? And can we stop it?

When we look at systemic discrimination, we'll be doing so through the lens of SIT. Systemic discrimination is an incredibly complex subject, and SIT is just one lens through which we can examine it. But we'll be examining it extremely carefully, looking at the very roots of this phenomenon and always analysing it scientifically and with evidence.

Along the way, we'll be exploring a host of other, essential questions. What is the patriarchy? What does modern feminism want? What's the point of representing women and minorities in media? How do the norms of past generations affect us? How can we overcome them? How does the society we live in shape us?

This episode is massive. It took so long to film you can actually see the day-night cycle affecting the room's lighting as the video goes on. So please check out my YouTube, @danielaaronlevy, for clips of this episode, breaking it down into more manageable chunks. Whether you choose to watch this video in the form of clips or just raw dog the whole episode, I promise that at no point in the video- or on this channel- will I ever try and stuff an ideology down your throat. Enjoy!