Welcome everybody to another week of
"Words You Can't Say Anymore™"
This week's word is the m-word
which - don't tell anyone I said this but it's
marijuana
Marijuana is
extremely racist now apparently as everybody knows
and if you say it, you're gonna be on the list somewhere
Well let me take you on this joyride through another episode of
"Words You Can't Say Anymore™"
Let's see what we've got this week
*MaxMoeFoe Twister sound*
Looks like it's the m-word
Nope cannot say marijuana anymore
strike that from the dictionary, guys
We'll see you next week
Stop saying marijuana
So this dude is deeply offended by a word
that seems completely neutral
by any standard of the world
Let's find out why
Why? Because it's racist as fuck
It's racist as flip
stop saying the m-word
I'm very upset that people are saying marijuana
instead of the m-word
stop saying
M A R I J U A N A
And I'm gonna make a video about it because it offends me
and I think the whole world needs to conform
to what I think is racist and not racist
It's such a powerful way to start a video
to tell people to
STOP USING A WORD
The term was used to knock on people of color
and their devilish ways
*Ethan goes crazy*
The word itself isn't inherently racist
Oh, okay
so it's not racist
So you just invalidated the whole point of this video
in the first 12 seconds
The word itself isn't inherently racist
Got it, so this video is done? We can close the case?
No? We still need to control the world and everybody in it
and what they say to avoid offending you?
Okay, got it. Let's keep watching
But it was used by American prohibitionist
to exploit racism and xenophobia
so by using the m-word
you're ignoring a long history of oppression
against Mexican immigrants and African Americans
hold on one second
is that a fresh reggae beat?
You're ignoring a long history of oppression
against Mexican immigrants and African Americans
Is that cultural appropriation?
Because, uh...
you do not look Jamaican to me
And I would appreciate it if you wouldn't use the r-word
in your v-word
Uh, that's "reggae in your video"
Hopefully when we get to true utopia
we won't be using words anymore
We'll just be saying a-word, b-word, c-word
It will just be shortened for every letter of the alphabet
and that way we can communicate much easier
without offending anyone
So please if you'll be so kind
don't use r-word in your v-word
You're ignoring a long history of oppression
against Mexican immigrants and African Americans
Let's go on a quick history lesson, shall we
Let's go on a little history lesson
shall we, you ignorant fucks?
*smugness intensifies*
I don't know why this guy annoys me so much
I think it's because he's
he looks like social justice warrior Mr.Rogers
He's in a white cardigan that's way too tight
he's got all this slicked back hair, and he just looks like
*Ethan goes Gollum mode*
T H E W H I T E D E V I L
*Ethan Klein tiny cough*
Oh, my god. Something's happening to me
I have felt this... oh wow
Yes, it is I, Whiteface Man
All insults insensitivity bounces off me
like the light hitting Antarctica
So what's this guy talking about, the m-word?
BECAUSE IT'S RACIST AS F@#!K
The m-word, marijuana, that's offending him?
Really, the m-word?
Really™?
You're gonna make a whole video about it?
and say oh the m-word
*Whiteface Man cough*
Let me break this down
He wants to compare the word marijuana
that isn't actually racist at all
and so he can have a word that's comparable to the n-word
This poor guy
he doesn't get to complain enough and feel offended enough time
so he needs to invent a word that's just as offensive
so he can put it next to the n-word
So by using the m-word
you're ignoring a long history of oppression
against Mexican immigrants and African Americans
Get real, dude
nobody... nobody in the world uses marijuana
and is willfully ignoring
the oppression of Mexican Americans
Get real, dude
It's not a competition
It's not a repression competition
Let's just eliminate words altogether
and just grunt at each other and nod
As in not offend anyone
Bask my whiteness
I am no angel
I'm just a man in cream paint
But it didn't become controversial until the early 1900s
when millions of Mexicans migrated to the U.S.
following the Mexican Revolution
With them they brought *marijuana*
I move that we stop saying marijuana
I agree, we shouldn't say that anymore
I think what we should start saying is
M A R I J U A N A
A little *salsa*
Yeah
whoo, spicy
Everyone's gonna be blazing after this video, dude
Good job
But the term was then popularized in the 1930s
by this man
Did you know that in Mexico they don't even eat burritos
And it wasn't until 1837
that Americans started spinning beans and guacamole and cheese
and wrapping it in a tortilla
and started inventing their own Mexican food called burritos
That shit is racist as fuck
and if I catch you using the b-word
you better watch out
Harry Anslinger was the director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
from 1930 to 1962
Now Anslinger believed
that marijuana influenced black and brown people
to commit murder and other violent crimes
Which is ridiculous
May I ask why do you set up a second camera angle
when you're on a static background
And I've noticed on BuzzFeed and all these shitty videos
they have this second angle, but I don't understand why
there's no purpose
There's no purpose
Are you just trying to make your production look
like it's higher quality like you have more money and more funding?
why there? Why here?
Why is there two cameras right now?
Adds nothing
there's absolutely nothing
Now Anslinger believed
that marijuana influenced black and brown people
to commit murder and other violent crimes
which is ridiculous
because all I see people do when they smoke is
sit on the couch, watch TV, eat munchies and fall asleep
whoa-oh, that's an original observation
Did he just point out that when the people are high
they sit on their couch, watch TV, eat munchies and fall asleep?
I have never heard that observation before
That is such an original joke
You know, for someone as sensitive as you are
to portray stoners as
just a bunch of lazy munchie eatin boneheads
is a little insensitive
But if you were smoking weed for medical purposes
I think you would have been deeply offended
by that joke you just made
and that's kind of the point
When you complain about everything
and every word is off-limits
and you choose to be offended by every single little thing
you put yourself in a box, sir
Try this for one day and see how you like it
it feels great
I'm telling you try it for a day, you're gonna love it
So his solution was to launch
a vicious propaganda campaign against marijuana
and associate it with all "inferior races" and social deviants
Anslinger traveled across the country
to convince people that marijuana was something
that was invading the U.S.
He even pronounced the drug as *marijuana*
to make it sound Hispanic and foreign and scary to white people
The campaign played on through 1937
when Anslinger successfully pushed Congress
to pass the Marijuana Tax Act
which made the drug illegal at a federal level
Words change, dude
Meanings change
This word has clearly not been offensive
I don't even know if it was offensive back then
but it's clearly not offensive now
and it hasn't been for a long time
For you to try
to make a parallel connection to the n-word
is disingenuous
and it discounts the actual racism
that African Americans have faced
and still face in this country
We are not here forever
How is this worth your time?
Life is too short
The m-word?
Marijuana is racist?
Dude come on man life is not... It's way too short, dude
You gotta give this up
You might argue that marijuana lost its prejudice bite years ago
But you can't ignore the racial implications
of its introduction to the American lexicon
Who are you actually helping?
Who... what life are you actually impacting
by going on this crusade?
No, not one person will think
Oh man. I'm so glad people aren't saying marijuana again
and then bringing up all that suffering I went through
And the real shame dude is
that this video may have actually been interesting
But when you do it through the lens of
I need you to stop saying that word
that specifically offends me and no one else
and I need to control what you do
it would have been a great video
But now... here I am in whiteface
putting on white lipstick and I mean
man, this is gonna take me hours to clean this shit off
You think I'm happy about this?
I have white oil in my hair
This whole conversation is actually very deja vu
We're still trying to fight the negative stigma
that clings onto a plant in 2018
All because of white men such as Jeff Sessions
and Steve Alford who keep making terrible remarks
when trying to make marijuana the culprit for crime
Organizations that advocate for legalization
and even some media publishers including NowThis
have stopped using marijuana
to describe anything that contains THC
or any other cannabinoid
So what's the right word to use?
Cannabis
Just call a by its Latin name
and you'll not only be technically correct
but also politically correct
Can we all just take a fucking chill pill
can we all just eat a burrito
and have some *salsa* and smoke a little *marijuana*?
And maybe that shouldn't be offensive
Maybe that should just be a great time
We're all having laughs having a couple *cervecias*
a couple *jalapenos*
right and that shouldn't offend anyone
just because I'm saying the word
This is Whiteface Man
bidding you adieu
And I apologize to all the French people out there
who are offended by my use of the a-word
adieu
Good shoot, Hila. That one really...
Seriously?
We're all good?
Seriously Hila?
I did silverface
Silverface? That's so offensive
[Hila] Why? [Ethan] Now you're gonna offend white people and black people
and Smurfs because it looks more blue than silver
Last time you said I couldn't do white
Dude this is so messed up
I cannot believe you would put on silver face
Why can't I do silverface?
I don't know if this video is gonna work anymore
That's just.. that's so racist Hila
I'm so offended right now
Okay, I'll take it off
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