Kaizen D. Asiedu
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Jason Arday shouldn’t be dead. But he is dead - because he didn’t tell the truth. And Cambridge University didn’t look for the truth - because he’s black. And fellow black professors didn’t ask for the truth - because he is black. Jason lied repeatedly. And he told the exact lies that allow one to excel in the system that elite universities have adopted. A system that factors in race, hardship, and lived experience under the banner of equity, instead of pure performance. Nearly everyone in these institutions ignored Jason’s lies, to try and protect black people. They called the people seeking the truth racists. Of course there were some racists. But the majority of people just wanted the truth. Avoiding the truth didn’t help black people. Double standards in academia aren’t helping black people. They hurt the perception of black people who are truly the best, and would have held prestigious positions at elite schools, solely off the merits of their performance. Double standards always backfire. Even when well intentioned. Even when intended to correct for past oppression. Race-conscious hiring and admissions have created a situation where it is rational to wonder whether a black person has achieved their position because they were simply the best, or because they were good enough, and black. This is not a racist thought. It’s a rational thing to wonder when a system promotes people based on race. It’s a thing I’ve wondered about myself, as someone who graduated from Harvard - which had race-conscious admissions. No amount of insistence that it’s racist will make it racist. It’s no more racist than it would be to wonder whether a white player got into the NBA off of just performance, if the NBA decided to focus on “fixing” the underrepresentation of white people. This is the logical downside of race-conscious hiring and admissions. You can think the downside is worth the upside. But the downside remains. Calling people with legitimate concerns racist didn’t protect black people. It didn’t protect Jason. It hurt black people who have earned their positions. And it allowed a troubled man who built his career on lies to rise to a height so great that his fall from grace killed him. We could have just had the truth. Instead, we have a tragedy.
Kaizen D. Asiedu1,081,623 views • 12 days ago
I was in Madrid when Spain won the World Cup. Almost 2 million people celebrated in the streets. I saw 0 violence. 0 property damage. 0 rioting. Spain’s government later reported a total of 6 arrests, and no serious incidents. Almost 2 million people. Almost entirely peaceful. When a Parisian team won the Champions League in 2026, riots broke out and trashed the city. And it happened before that, in 2025. And there was violence before that, in 2018, when France won the World Cup. Guess when their celebrations were peaceful? In 1998 - before their immigration policy created an entire population of people who didn’t assimilate. Immigration can be great for a country. But not when you do it without being thoughtful who you admit, how many, and for how long. If Spain makes the same mistakes as France, soon their “celebrations” will look like Paris’s. England is already well underway.
Kaizen D. Asiedu2,767,924 views • 1 month ago
White people didn't invent slavery. Here's the uncomfortable truth.
Kaizen D. Asiedu44,399,783 views • 1 year ago
62% of young Americans like socialism. Most don’t know what socialism is. They think China is successful socialism. China is not socialist. China is capitalist. When China was socialist, the Great Leap Forward killed upwards of 55 million. We have a major education problem.
Kaizen D. Asiedu759,921 views • 15 days ago
Zohran Mamdani is advertising socialism, and selling it with something else.
Kaizen D. Asiedu171,105 views • 4 days ago
Every American owes it to themselves to go see a SpaceX rocket launch. They’re a reminder that there's more to life than politics and problems. It would be useful to make this a field trip for public schools. There is no better demonstration of what makes America special.
Kaizen D. Asiedu13,793,842 views • 10 months ago
After the Ukrainian woman was murdered, the mayor issued a statement exclusively defending the homeless and mentally ill. No mention of the killer’s 14 arrests and multiple felonies. Our empathy keeps getting used to excuse evil. And it’s literally killing us.
Kaizen D. Asiedu15,575,574 views • 11 months ago
This wasn't murder. Renee's death in Minneapolis is tragic. But see it for what it is, not what you want it to be. You can hate ICE. But blocking officers then speeding off in a 2-ton vehicle with people at your bumper is irrational. She rolled the dice. Sadly, she died.
Kaizen D. Asiedu9,509,172 views • 7 months ago
We now have a dream team leading the country, and a revolution in government is possible
Kaizen D. Asiedu23,741,431 views • 1 year ago
It's not that Democrats want deportations to be done lawfully. They want to stop them entirely. That's why Newsom committed $50m to fight deportations, before Trump took office. That's why Mayor Frey won't enforce immigration law. That's why all the chaos is in blue areas.
Kaizen D. Asiedu5,594,298 views • 7 months ago
This senator is saying RFK Jr. disputes “settled science”. The term “settled science” is incoherent. Science is a process, not a conclusion. Science is an inquiry, not an institution. Science isn’t dogmatic, it’s curious. “The Science” should always be up for review.
Kaizen D. Asiedu16,153,274 views • 1 year ago
Why the Somali fraud wasn't called out by more Minnesotans is clear. They're black immigrants, and critics don't want to be called racist. As a son of African immigrants, I'll say: Some cultures are incompatible. Immigrants who won't choose American culture shouldn't be here.
Kaizen D. Asiedu5,829,525 views • 8 months ago