PickVidsBest Social issues & culture Videos
The 168 Social issues & culture videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 1 introductory, 3 intermediate, 164 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a commentary. What they share is that something that already happened gets one reading. Channels you will keep seeing include TED, Innuendo Studios, TEDx Talks.
Junkies Take Over Corridors Of San Francisco Civic Center BART Station
A 2018 local news report showing people using drugs openly in the corridors of San Francisco's Civic Center BART station.
Yale University Students Protest Halloween Costume Email (VIDEO 3)
A short FIRE-published video of Yale students confronting a faculty member over a Halloween costume email in 2015.
Driving For Uber, Sleeping In Her Car (HBO )
A VICE News segment following Uber driver Terri White, who drives 83 miles from Stockton to San Francisco and sleeps in her car between rush hours.
People stuffed onto a train in Tokyo, Japan (train stuffing Tokyo)
Short 2006 footage of station staff in white gloves pushing commuters onto a packed morning train at a Tokyo station on the Toyoko Line.
Standardized Testing: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on standardized testing in American schools.
Juvenoia
Vsauce looks at 'juvenoia', the exaggerated fear that new media and youth culture are corrupting the young.
Teacher admits he helped write Common Core to end white privilege
A short Campus Reform clip in which a teacher claims to have helped write Common Core with the aim of ending white privilege.
HyperNormalisation explained by Adam Curtis
A 30-minute edit of a conversation between Adam Curtis and Russell Brand in which Curtis explains HyperNormalisation and his ideas on individualism, power and real change.
The New Religion Of Anti-Racism: A Conversation with John McWhorter (Episode #217)
Sam Harris interviews linguist John McWhorter about race, racism and what McWhorter calls the new religion of anti-racism.
Barack Obama on Gay Marriage
A two-minute clip from 2008 in which Barack Obama states his position on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Dr. Michio Kaku America Has A Secret Weapon
A short clip of Michio Kaku arguing that America's weak education system leaves a shortage of high-skilled tech workers, so H-1B visas bring in talent.
Video at Buffalo protest shows police pushing 75-year-old man
A CBC News report on video from a Buffalo protest in 2020 showing riot police pushing a 75-year-old man to the ground, leading to two officers being suspended.
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory
A video essay from Pop Culture Detective arguing that The Big Bang Theory normalizes sexism and toxic masculinity through its portrayal of nerd men.
Exclusive: Lee Atwater's Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
A short audio clip of a 1981 interview in which Republican strategist Lee Atwater explains to a political scientist how the party could win racist voters without using overtly racist language.
BLM Founder Says They Are "Trained Marxists"
A one-minute clip from Tony Heller's channel in which a Black Lives Matter co-founder describes herself and a colleague as trained Marxists.
Idiocracy - Opening scene in HD
The opening sequence of the film Idiocracy, which satirically shows less intelligent people out-breeding more intelligent ones.
Woman disguises 911 call by ordering pizza
A local news report about a woman who ordered a pizza on a 911 call to discreetly signal domestic violence and give her address to the dispatcher.
David Mitchell - Customer Service Rant
A one-minute clip of David Mitchell on a UK panel show explaining why he respects poor customer service in Britain.
Mark Fisher : The Slow Cancellation Of The Future
Mark Fisher's 2014 talk in Zagreb on the slow cancellation of the future, about cultural stagnation and the sense that popular culture has stopped producing the new.
Makeup Looted From CVS In San Francisco
Phone footage of looting in the makeup aisle of a San Francisco CVS, with commentary that police did not show.
How To Tell Someone They Sound Racist
Jay Smooth's short video on how to tell someone their words sound racist.
10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman
A short viral video of a woman walking through New York City for ten hours while being filmed receiving street harassment.
Hunter S. Thompson meets a Hell's Angel, 1967 | CBC
A 1967 CBC clip in which Hunter S.
Happiness
Steve Cutts' dark animated short follows a rat chasing happiness through consumerism and endless work.