Mtv s new documentary white people is a 42minute film following pulitzer prizewinning journalist and immigration activist jose antonio vargas as he travels across the u. Mtv s controversial documentary on white privilege was only broadcast last night but it has already accomplished the directors aim of making people uncomfortable. Discomfort has a name, and its mtv s white people the network is serious about its newest documentary from pulitzer prizewinning journalist jose antonio vargas, who won the prize for. Jose antonio vargas and mtv set to find out with documentary white people, which aims to get young caucasian men and women to talk. Watch white people on wednesday, july 22nd at 87c on mtv. According to, the film follows pulitzerprize winner jose antonio vargas as he travels across the country and speaks with young people about racial identity and how it. T he most shocking revelation to come out of jose antonio vargass mtv documentary white people is that according to the film, 4 out of 5 young white people feel.
Mtv is hoping to make people stand up and take notice of the problem of white privilege in the united states with their satirical new video but not everyone is in on the joke. Actually, gen x did sell out, invent all things millennial, and cause. Yesterday, a british mother and her daughter tried the same thing, but nah. Jose antonio vargas talks with young people in the documentary white people. Jose antonio vargas, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist who was brought up in the philippines, gives uncomfortable, awkward and tearful interviews to select cast and panels in the divisive.
Mtvs controversial and heavily hyped documentary white people is the most insubstantial and unfounded documentary of the year, and its facile structure and lack of substance bleeds through it like its an episode of your average reality television show. The new documentary white people opens with the journalist jose antonio vargas approaching white people on the street and telling them hes doing a film for mtv on what it means to be young and. Russell brand tried every drug in the book, from cannabis to crack cocaine. White people, the mtv documentary that explores the meaning of whiteness and racial identity in the united states, has drawn incredibly strong reactions online. Not tumblr watch white people cry about white privilege in a new mtv documentary white people. On july 22nd, mtv will air their new documentary entitled white people. Having conversations about race can be really difficult. The new documentary white people opens with the journalist jose antonio vargas approaching white people on the street and telling them hes doing a film for mtv. The wild and wonderful whites of west virginia 2009 official. The 41minute documentary was met with a lot of controversy before and after it was released.
Mtvs white people tackles race debate with uncomfortable. In the film, pulitzer prizewinning journalist jose antonio vargas travels across the country to. The documentary follows davis, a black race ambassador and musician, as he befriends members of the ku klux klan. People who admitted to using crack were 52% white, 38%. Joe rogan on mtv s new years resolution for white guys video duration. The documentary, called white people, doesnt premiere until july 22, but a trailer for it which had nearly 2 million views on youtube as of wednesday has drawn fire from the right. White privilege or white skin privilege is the societal privilege that benefits white people over nonwhite people in some societies, particularly if they are. Why white people should not watch the mtv documentary. I dont share anything in this blog unless i have read, watched or listened to it myself first.
Mtv makes documentary on white people i left a comment which is one i most likely wont be seeing since i dont use the email that i used for my account on youtube. Mtv is an american cable channel, first tested on december 1, 1977 as sight on sound before its official launch as mtv on august 1, 1981. I stated that colored people dont like having their accomplishments attributed through affirmative action to their race and yet theyre so quick say. In the controversial and eyeopening documentary white people, premiering july 22 on mtv, pulitzer prizewinning journalist jose antonio vargas explores whiteness in america.
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But as they say, dont judge a book by its cover or title. Mtvs new documentary white people is both polarizing. Working on the new mtv documentary white people has sent pulitzer prizewinning filmmaker and journalist jose antonio vargas all over the united states. Mtv to air white people documentary from jose antonio. Thats what makes white people, the new documentary by jose antonio vargas and mtv. Gen x set the precedent for todays social justice warriors and capitalist super soldiers. Watch the white people cast get real about race in. Mtv tht asian dude so rightwhen youre a minority u experience. The title white people was clearly intended to provoke folks like fox news sean hannity and rush limbaugh, who eagerly took the bait. Chappelles show tyrone biggums crack intervention comedy central. Mtvs white people documentary succeeds in making viewers. White people built america, they also created the means by which illegal immigrants such as jose vargas, the presenter of mtv s anti white documentary, can reach white countries, they also built countries which immigrants such as jose vargas would want to live in. It follows the journalist and immigrationrights activist jose antonio vargas as he meets a series of.
Mtv misses opportunity to have uncomfortable talk about race the documentary aimed to find out what young, white americans think about race. Mtvs documentary white people shows that white people. On wednesday night, mtv will premiere a documentary called white people, which aims to explore what white people, especially millennial white people, think about being white. The wild and wonderful whites of west virginia 2009 imdb. Mtv just released a new trailer for its latest documentary, white people, which will air on july 22. White people is a 2015 american documentary film directed, produced and starring pulitzer prize winner jose antonio vargas, and explores white privilege in the united states. As the realization sets in that you, the selfentitled supreme being, are losing power on the planet that you stole and destroyed out of greed, youll implode in more ways than one. White people is a challenging title, and a trailer for the mtv documentary that bears it drew criticism from conservative pundits last week. Mtv under fire over spoof video about racism and white. Tyrones suburban pals want to help him break his crack addiction. In the controversial mtv documentary white people that aired wednesday, journalist jose antonio vargas interviewed white people about what it meant to be white. Mtv s white people is a groundbreaking documentary on race that aims to answer that question from the viewpoint of young white people living in america today.
The easiest way to caption and translate any video, with crowdsourcing, volunteers, and professional services. Jose antonio vargas mtv documentary white people may not go deep, but it serves as a good conversation starter. A group of white teachers on the pine ridge indian reservation near the. Watch white people cry about white privilege in a new mtv. In a sane world jose vargas would be either already deported to the philippines or sitting in a prison cell with a white man in. Mtvs white people documentary draws outrage, shame and. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist jose antonio vargas, who was awarded the prestigious honor for his coverage of the virginia tech shootings in 2007, will be hosting the documentary. Mtv documentary works hard to understand race, particulary the idea of.
New york ap one of the challenges for makers of the mtv documentary white people was getting folks to talk about race when they didnt feel the issue concerned them. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist jose antonio vargas and mtv have teamed up to produce a documentary that asks young white people to think about how they view race and the privilege of. Mtv s new documentary, white people, provides an insightful look into the issue of race from the attitudes of white millennials. In mtv documentary white people, we watch white folks. Mtvs white people documentary a skindeep discussion of. The cast includes dakota wright, lucas nydam, samantha slavinsky, katy, and john chimento. Mtv to air white people documentary from jose antonio vargas exclusive the project will also be made available on mtv. The 2018 mtv movie and tv awards made one thing perfectly clear.
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