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Britain Wanted Their Country “back"...From Whom? — Transcript

by Trevor Noah · 1,834 words · 306 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

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  1. 0:00A lot of Americans were shocked by that
  2. 0:01rhetoric, but if you expanded your view,
  3. 0:04you realized that the rise of
  4. 0:06nationalism is taking place all over the
  5. 0:07world. In Austria, in Australia,
  6. 0:11in England, that was what Brexit was all
  7. 0:12about, right? They made it seem like it
  8. 0:15was about the economy, but it wasn't.
  9. 0:16The truth was, it was fundamentally
  10. 0:18people who wanted their country back.
  11. 0:22It never went anywhere.
  12. 0:24But they still wanted it back.
  13. 0:27I saw people on the news talking to the
  14. 0:28BBC. That's That's why I'm voting for
  15. 0:31Brexit. That's why I'm voting for
  16. 0:32Brexit, right? Because Because this
  17. 0:33bloody country This bloody country is
  18. 0:35going to the dogs, right? This bloody
  19. 0:37country and I want Britain back. THAT'S
  20. 0:38WHY WE'RE VOTING for Brexit CUZ WE WANT
  21. 0:40BRITAIN BACK. FROM WHO?
  22. 0:44From who? Britain is LIKE 95% WHITE. WHO
  23. 0:46DO YOU WANT IT BACK FROM?
  24. 0:50They were saying the weirdest things The
  25. 0:52The craziest things. These bloody
  26. 0:54immigrants, they come over here. They
  27. 0:56They They're up to no good, right? I
  28. 0:57hate these bloody immigrants. THEY NEED
  29. 0:58TO GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. But
  30. 1:00why do you hate them so much? I hate
  31. 1:02I'll tell you why I hate them. Tell you
  32. 1:03why, right? Because they're not even
  33. 1:04trying to be British. That's why. They
  34. 1:06don't even try to be British, RIGHT?
  35. 1:07THEY COME HERE. THEY BRING THEIR OWN
  36. 1:09BLOODY CULTURE, RIGHT? THEY BRING THEIR
  37. 1:10OWN FOOD, speak their own BLOODY
  38. 1:12LANGUAGES, TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WHOLE
  39. 1:13BLOODY PLACE.
  40. 1:16WELL, THAT SOUNDS BRITISH TO ME. I mean,
  41. 1:20>> [applause]
  42. 1:21[cheering]
  43. 1:25[applause]
  44. 1:29[applause]
  45. 1:30>> if there's one country
  46. 1:33>> [laughter]
  47. 1:33>> IF THERE'S ONE NATION IN THE WORLD
  48. 1:36>> [cheering]
  49. 1:37>> that has no right to complain about
  50. 1:39immigration,
  51. 1:41it's Great Britain.
  52. 1:44>> [cheering]
  53. 1:44[applause]
  54. 1:45>> If there's one nation in particular,
  55. 1:50you do understand they created the
  56. 1:51problem that they're now dealing with.
  57. 1:54They went out and colonized the world.
  58. 1:57At one point, half of the globe was
  59. 1:59controlled by the British Empire. Do you
  60. 2:01understand how insane that is?
  61. 2:03They went around colonizing from pillar
  62. 2:05to post. People didn't care about them.
  63. 2:07No one was trying to find the British.
  64. 2:10The British were the ones traveling the
  65. 2:12world telling everyone of their
  66. 2:13existence knocking on doors. Hey, we're
  67. 2:15the British. Follow us.
  68. 2:18It's basically ancient Twitter. That's
  69. 2:19what that was.
  70. 2:27And I'm not saying the British are bad
  71. 2:29people, by the way. You know,
  72. 2:30I understand that colonization was
  73. 2:31something that was popular at one time.
  74. 2:33Many European countries participated in
  75. 2:35it. But the British were the best.
  76. 2:37You know, they were the best. It's not
  77. 2:38because they were bad. I think I I I I I
  78. 2:41blame it on the weather.
  79. 2:42That's what I think happened.
  80. 2:44I think they have bad weather and bad
  81. 2:45weather makes you a bad person.
  82. 2:49Yeah, because if you think about it,
  83. 2:50there was no one from a tropical climate
  84. 2:53who was trying to take over the world.
  85. 2:57You don't ever hear stories of Caribbean
  86. 2:59conquerors.
  87. 3:02Yeah, there's no stories of like Troy
  88. 3:03the terrible from Trinidad. You don't
  89. 3:05hear these stories.
  90. 3:08There's no need for that. When the
  91. 3:10weather's horrible, you want to go
  92. 3:11somewhere else and take it from
  93. 3:12somebody. If you're living in a
  94. 3:13beautiful paradise, you have no need to
  95. 3:15leave. Could you imagine that scene?
  96. 3:17Just some random handsome guys hanging
  97. 3:20out on a beach in the Caribbean.
  98. 3:22One looking at the other out of nowhere.
  99. 3:25Darius.
  100. 3:27Darius.
  101. 3:28What, Troy?
  102. 3:30I was thinking, bro.
  103. 3:32Stay with me here. I was thinking,
  104. 3:34right?
  105. 3:35We should build boats, sail around the
  106. 3:38world, and force everyone to dance
  107. 3:40calypso.
  108. 3:42>> [applause]
  109. 3:45>> It wouldn't happen.
  110. 3:47>> [applause]
  111. 3:48>> It just wouldn't happen.
  112. 3:52The British
  113. 3:53colonized with class. They went all over
  114. 3:55the globe. And you know what
  115. 3:56colonization we we read about it now and
  116. 3:58it seems normal cuz it's in a history
  117. 3:59book. They colonized colonized
  118. 4:00colonized. When you think about
  119. 4:01colonization, it is the strangest thing
  120. 4:04you can think about cuz conquering is
  121. 4:05one thing. You go to another country,
  122. 4:07you take what's theirs, you want more,
  123. 4:08you take the land, you know, you you
  124. 4:10take the resources, you you kill the
  125. 4:12people. That I understand, but
  126. 4:14colonization I don't condone. I
  127. 4:16understand.
  128. 4:18But colonization
  129. 4:20is strange because you go there and you
  130. 4:21don't just take over. You then force the
  131. 4:23people to become you.
  132. 4:27That is such a strange concept.
  133. 4:29When you think about where the British
  134. 4:30did it. I mean they you know, they did
  135. 4:32it in in Africa. They you know, they did
  136. 4:34it in in in Asia. And think about in
  137. 4:36India. Those cultures could not be more
  138. 4:38diametrically opposed.
  139. 4:40And out of nowhere the British just
  140. 4:42decided to roll up.
  141. 4:43Imagine what the Indians must have felt
  142. 4:45like on that day.
  143. 4:47Minding your own business.
  144. 4:49Walking through a field.
  145. 4:51Next thing you know, the British showed
  146. 4:52up on horseback.
  147. 5:01Hear ye, hear ye.
  148. 5:03BY ORDER OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, WE
  149. 5:05HAVE ARRIVED.
  150. 5:12You over there.
  151. 5:13WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS LAND?
  152. 5:18THIS LAND OVER HERE?
  153. 5:20This is called India.
  154. 5:23Well, my good man, I am here to TELL YOU
  155. 5:25THAT INDIA IS NOW UNDER THE BRITISH
  156. 5:27EMPIRE.
  157. 5:33AND I'M glad that I can tell you that
  158. 5:35India is exactly where it was yesterday.
  159. 5:39>> [applause]
  160. 5:42>> No no no, I I feel you're not
  161. 5:44understanding what I'm saying. I'm
  162. 5:46letting you know that WE'RE HERE TO
  163. 5:47COLONIZE YOU BY ORDER OF THE QUEEN.
  164. 5:52WHO IS THE QUEEN?
  165. 5:54The Queen. The Queen of England, the
  166. 5:56ruler of Great Britain. She who was
  167. 5:59ordained by God.
  168. 6:02Which God?
  169. 6:06God. The one true God.
  170. 6:09There are many gods, my friend. What is
  171. 6:11the name of your God?
  172. 6:16There is only one God, AND HIS NAME IS
  173. 6:17GOD, AND YOU TOO SHALL WORSHIP HIM.
  174. 6:20YOU WANT ME TO worship a God, but you
  175. 6:22don't want to tell me his name?
  176. 6:25What are you talking about? There are
  177. 6:26many gods, okay? There is Shiva, there
  178. 6:28is Lakshmi, there is Hare Krishna. There
  179. 6:29are many gods. What is the name of your
  180. 6:32God?
  181. 6:35HIS NAME IS GOD.
  182. 6:38>> [laughter]
  183. 6:39>> You don't know the name of your God?
  184. 6:44It's just God.
  185. 6:46Is it like Mommy or Daddy?
  186. 6:50You want me to worship your God, but you
  187. 6:52don't want me to tell me his name, huh?
  188. 6:53How am I going to pray to him? What do I
  189. 6:55do? Every morning I go to wake up, then
  190. 6:56I pray like, "Oh, dear God, dear God, I
  191. 6:58was hoping that maybe God you could help
  192. 7:00me." No, no, sorry, not you, other God.
  193. 7:01No, no, other God. No, no, it's not
  194. 7:03wrong God. No God, I was trying to talk
  195. 7:05to other No, no, no, you're right. I
  196. 7:06should have asked for her first name.
  197. 7:08No, no, God. No, other God, please. No,
  198. 7:10God behind that God. No, not you today,
  199. 7:11God. Other God, you're right. He told me
  200. 7:13he would know who I was talking to, and
  201. 7:14I don't No, no, other God, please. That
  202. 7:16God on that No, no, that God you Then I
  203. 7:18wonder why my prayers are not getting
  204. 7:19answered, huh?
  205. 7:22>> [cheering and applause]
  206. 7:26[applause]
  207. 7:27>> How dare you speak to me like that?
  208. 7:30DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? NO, BECAUSE you
  209. 7:32never introduced yourself.
  210. 7:36I have come here representing Great
  211. 7:39Britain.
  212. 7:40And I have never heard of Britain.
  213. 7:43Who gave you that name?
  214. 7:48Well, well, well, we did.
  215. 7:52You called yourselves great?
  216. 7:55Isn't that a little presumptuous?
  217. 7:59Shouldn't you wait for other people to
  218. 8:00tell you how great you are? Huh?
  219. 8:03Shouldn't you just go around the world
  220. 8:04and just do good things, good things,
  221. 8:05good things? Then people go, "Oh my god,
  222. 8:07Britain, look how great you are."
  223. 8:10>> [applause]
  224. 8:13>> Well, I I I beg to differ. I believe we
  225. 8:15could do it because we knew
  226. 8:16INSTINCTIVELY WE ARE GREAT BRITAIN.
  227. 8:20WELL, in that case, welcome to Great
  228. 8:21India.
  229. 8:23No, no, it it doesn't it DOESN'T WORK
  230. 8:25LIKE THAT. IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
  231. 8:27HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO ME LIKE THIS?
  232. 8:28LOOK, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO dares to speak
  233. 8:30to me, okay? I was here minding my own
  234. 8:32business in my land. You came over here
  235. 8:34riding on your skinny cow telling me
  236. 8:36that things are going to change.
  237. 8:38I don't know who you are. All I know is
  238. 8:40you're clearly crazy, okay? You're not
  239. 8:41feeling too right. And I didn't want to
  240. 8:43say anything, but you look like you are
  241. 8:44going to faint. In fact, it looks like
  242. 8:45you have died last week, okay?
  243. 8:47Something is very wrong with your skin.
  244. 8:49You're not looking good, my friend.
  245. 8:50Maybe you should come down. We have a
  246. 8:51curry, we talk about this.
  247. 8:53What are you talking about? I LOOK QUITE
  248. 8:54NORMAL.
  249. 8:55>> YOU DO NOT LOOK NORMAL, MY FRIEND. I've
  250. 8:56never seen anybody with that complexion
  251. 8:58in my life, okay?
  252. 9:00You look like you're playing hide and
  253. 9:01seek with the sun your entire life. I
  254. 9:03don't know what is happening, but that
  255. 9:04is not how a person should look, huh? I
  256. 9:06can see your veins pumping through your
  257. 9:08skin right now. Do you know how creepy
  258. 9:09that is? Pumping, pumping, pumping,
  259. 9:11pumping. If I was your doctor, I don't
  260. 9:14need X-ray machine. I just go, "What is
  261. 9:15problem? It is your kidney." How do I
  262. 9:16know? Because you're translucent. That
  263. 9:18is how I know.
  264. 9:20Damn you, WE ARE GOING TO RUN THIS
  265. 9:21COUNTRY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. WE
  266. 9:23ARE NOT GOING to do anything you tell
  267. 9:24us. You're a madman. WE ARE GOING TO
  268. 9:26TAKE IT. YOU'RE NOT TAKING. WE'RE GOING
  269. 9:27TO
  270. 9:32She's all yours. Take. Take.
  271. 9:34Don't play nice. Take.
  272. 9:37And that's how the British took over.
  273. 9:40>> [applause]
  274. 9:41>> That's how they took over India.
  275. 9:47And then, [applause]
  276. 9:49many, many years later, the British,
  277. 9:51after they were done pillaging, left and
  278. 9:53went back home.
  279. 9:55And so, it only stands to reason
  280. 9:58that those Indians who they had now made
  281. 10:00British
  282. 10:02would seek out
  283. 10:04the land from whence they came.
  284. 10:09I don't understand why British people
  285. 10:10are complaining going, "Why are they
  286. 10:12COMING HERE? WHY ARE WHY THE HELL ARE
  287. 10:13YOU COMING HERE?" BECAUSE YOU TOLD us
  288. 10:16how great it was, so we came to see for
  289. 10:17ourselves.
  290. 10:19>> [applause]
  291. 10:22>> NO.
  292. 10:23GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM. GO BACK.
  293. 10:25YOU'RE NOT WELCOME HERE. THIS IS NOT
  294. 10:26YOUR HOME. BUT YOU SAID we are all part
  295. 10:28of the British Empire.
  296. 10:30No, when I said part, I meant you were
  297. 10:32under US, RIGHT? WE'RE THE BRITISH. YOU
  298. 10:34ARE THE EMPIRE. WHAT DO you mean? We are
  299. 10:36the British, AND YOU ARE THE EMPIRE.
  300. 10:38OKAY, WELL, in that case, the Empire
  301. 10:40strikes back.
  302. 10:42Now, make some curry and tell me where
  303. 10:44we're sitting, okay? Let's go. Let's go.
  304. 10:45Let's go. Let's go.
  305. 10:51>> [music]
  306. 10:58[music]

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