Guess what? You can now reserve your spot in the live studio audience for The Amber Ruffin Show! 1iota.com/show/1210/the-amber-ruffin-show

@markwilson9652

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not worthy but love you guys, I'll be honored to join you guys.

@jasmeen7950

3 жыл бұрын

I wish i could but i live in the Netherlands😪

@lukewright9031

3 жыл бұрын

@We The people Now's not the time for your white-splaining BS

@lukewright9031

3 жыл бұрын

@Arlando Little What about it? How is that different from white on white murders in the suburbs or trailer parks?

@lukewright9031

3 жыл бұрын

@Arlando Little Exactly. The comparison is pointless so why bring it up?

And then we learn about These things in a Comedy Show instead of schools because the system abides…

@rushfan1970

3 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Exactly!!!

@dezignerhairz1401

3 жыл бұрын

Right

@marshalljulie3676

3 жыл бұрын

Yet they trying to stop teaching CRT in school apparently it makes white kid's hate themselves🤦‍♂️

@cczsus6513

3 жыл бұрын

@@marshalljulie3676 Yep honestly I could careless about the white kid's feeling your people did something very bad and that's just life.

@ghintz2156

3 жыл бұрын

@@marshalljulie3676 what do you mean "stop" teaching it? CRT is in a microscopic number of K-12 schools. They're banning stuff that's not even in schools currently.

The most horrible part is that the system is working just like it was meant to.

@kingjah6420

3 жыл бұрын

Sad

@joebrewer4529

3 жыл бұрын

How is the system holding you back from understanding what a gigabyte or a gigabit is?

@oldenmarlow339

3 жыл бұрын

Not for much longer. It’s slowly being dismantled by being exposed to the TRUTH of who and what these people really are.

@unrhu

3 жыл бұрын

Bingo, people keep saying it's broke, no it's working perfectly

@BishounenLuvr

3 жыл бұрын

Yup

Tulsa wasn’t the first or only of its kind. Mass graves and destroyed cities are everywhere

@josephdaley1720

2 жыл бұрын

@dburtrealJR rosewood isn't a myth...it's fact.

@deandreanderson7737

2 жыл бұрын

Rosewood is real💯

@zee_lolaj7382

2 жыл бұрын

Please Believe

@trulyblessed5254

2 жыл бұрын

Not all were man made some were cataclysmic events.

@DAngeloAmous

2 жыл бұрын

Tulsa wasn’t, but it was the most prosperous and affluent of it’s time and in the end they don’t want any of that for us and it’s on us to get us back to that place.

Wow, I didn’t know about these “drowned towns”. I can’t help but think about how much potential prosperity has been lost.

@elaineb7065

3 жыл бұрын

England did the same thing to Wales. There's a Welsh village under a dam built for Liverpool

@janismurphy4616

3 жыл бұрын

Part of the issue with the Welsh villages was that they were fluent Welsh speakers and refused to learn/ teach / speak English .They were flooded without any consultation or local input .

@ambriaashley3383

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely. lost wealth & prosperity, for generations. I had never heard of Oscarville before this, but I know those residents deserve justice in some way.

@jcspoon573

3 жыл бұрын

I knew about the first few. Holy $#!t but NOT how many across the US, though.

@beckyfordsullivan6877

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you don’t have bootstraps 😟

The level of messed up this is is unquantifiable. The fact that there are enough instances for a rolling list is sickening.

@parrishharris3008

3 жыл бұрын

Very very sad and sickening

@marklattanzi9359

3 жыл бұрын

That list is wrong. The four Massachusetts towns she listed were nearly 100% white.

@justtheanodelay1119

3 жыл бұрын

@H.R.M. Blaq-Grinda 1st at least.

@billystrayhornsghost

3 жыл бұрын

@@marklattanzi9359 Amber is correct.She said that this happened to white towns too .

@SunnyandNova

3 жыл бұрын

This is why they don’t want CRT which is a trick bag name in itself

Thanks Amber. More people need to know these atrocities.

@nicolebrown1927

3 жыл бұрын

And Republicans are trying to stop us from learning about these atrocities.

@calvinbriscoe2087

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolebrown1927 . Where was this type of information when they were having those reparations hearings? If a comic can find this information then surely our politicians can find and use information in an effort to demand reparations.

@cinnamonstar808

3 жыл бұрын

we are now into the 𝔸𝕘𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝔸𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕦𝕤: this year ... what ever secret the Earth has or whatever lie is being told = will reveal itself. 🛰️🚀 🛸NOBODY to the government: "are there UFOs videos.. let us see it?" US: 🥺😐 OK ok 𝓎𝑒𝓈... 𝒶𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝒾𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔? 𝐼 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 ...𝓊𝓅𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒 please & thanks

@justtheanodelay1119

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolebrown1927 Remember 9/11; forget everything else.

@zteia7060

3 жыл бұрын

@@calvinbriscoe2087 When polititions aren't really working for your best interest now you know what that looks like.. So sad people still trust them..

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AMBER RUFFIN! THE ANCESTORS ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!

@sleepquietlytiredtoys4212

2 жыл бұрын

🤔

@josephdaley1720

2 жыл бұрын

@You Tube hates freedom of speech ours is 93%, and yours is 89%. So since you're 70% of the population, that's actually a lot more bodies.

@ambriaashley3383

2 жыл бұрын

They are.

@Lightmakerslife

2 жыл бұрын

Wow....see my video that shi messed up...I did not know that

@huddeemane

2 жыл бұрын

😒🤐

I have never heard of this I never studied it in school never knew about it. That's awful. It makes me sad that our government is corrupt enough to do that and shameful.

@ubiquitousseymone

3 жыл бұрын

The government and people.

@JadenKaye

3 жыл бұрын

@@ubiquitousseymone 92 of them have shown up here so far.

@jonnyhartman2441

3 жыл бұрын

This knowledge was not to be discovered it was to be forgotten about.

@eddieabc2580

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is coming to out of the dark into the light

@meinegeheim2801

2 жыл бұрын

@Cutie Pie ........."cause of ENVY and HATE". This is the ABSOLUTE bottom line for racism! However, they'll NEVER admit this TRUTH. Their "power" is our lack of KNOWLEDGE of WHO we are.

When amber gets serious in order to emphasize her hopeful message I really feel that.

@nickmoore5315

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I feel that and a little shame too

@joedellaselva1251

3 жыл бұрын

Tessa Majors

@Dana-df5iu

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickmoore5315 i

Judgment is coming big time! NO ONE gets away with injustice forever.

@user-vg5dj6qi9b

2 жыл бұрын

U Better kno it!!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

@NdoubleOZ

2 жыл бұрын

Of course they do

@YisraelRace_YahudahTribe

2 жыл бұрын

Qam yasharala!

@h8chitlins

Жыл бұрын

When?

@trueheart8739

Жыл бұрын

@@h8chitlins soon!

I love the way Amber brings issues to our attention. She has the gift of telling the story with enough gravity combined with humour. Well done, Amber, really well done.

@wadestanton

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad a comedy show finally brought to it. Sorry USA education didn't.

@8thwonder0608

3 жыл бұрын

Let's just be real about it: Amber makes hearing atrocities committed by white people's ancestors palatable for their descendants fragility.

@FringePrincess

3 жыл бұрын

yes! her book is like that too

@8thwonder0608

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-wb9rq5nn2e Keyboard warriors. They wouldn't dare say it to your face...

@justinharris2320

3 жыл бұрын

@@8thwonder0608 what does 'N' mean in that reply?

I'm already suspicious of every lake I see, because I live in Arizona and there should NOT be any lakes here! But, now I have another reason to be suspicious, at least of man-made lakes.

@fitawrarifitness6842

3 жыл бұрын

It's diabolical

@tresaaz703

3 жыл бұрын

Look up Allanville AZ... Hidden Lake

@thedarkgoddess5274

3 жыл бұрын

Check out LAKE LANIER a whole TOWN under there..n you kno who DROWN them..

@ea7109

2 жыл бұрын

@@tresaaz703 Just checked it out! 😳 Seems like the developers were trying to drive them out!!🤔

@hideousruin

2 жыл бұрын

If there weren't any reservoirs you wouldn't be able to have most of the people. Plenty of white towns and other landmarks were covered up for other reservoirs. They were made wherever the land was appropriate. They didn't just go around digging gargantuan holes in the ground.

This puts the levys failing during Katarina into new light.

@Afrometa

3 жыл бұрын

Which also happened before in the early 1900s and they blew up the Levy's

@ijn1216

3 жыл бұрын

Ya think

@lucky-13gof47

3 жыл бұрын

@@ijn1216 This is why they don't want to teach CRT in schools, people will begin to connect the dots.

@NunayoBisnez

3 жыл бұрын

The Army Corps of Engineers breached the levies during Katrina.

@kensmechanicalaffair

2 жыл бұрын

Is that a Russian flood!?

I really, really wish I could be surprised at this.

Every time I think it can't get any worse it gets much much worse.

@riss5693

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@8thwonder0608

3 жыл бұрын

And it will get even worse. This is america...

@cmarie1759

3 жыл бұрын

Stay Tuned More to Come, unfortunately!

@RojaJaneman

2 жыл бұрын

Wait until stuff we did overseas coAmes out decades later when documents r declassified.

@dimensionexo.

Жыл бұрын

Nothing has changed just more covert *

In recent years I've often struggled to be proud of our country and to teach my kids about our true history. Thank you for your thoughtful and intelligent show- you're terrific!

@BishounenLuvr

3 жыл бұрын

What's there to be proud of? Policing the world and being greedy. The US and the pride it advertises the citizens to have kinda reminds me of how the North Korean government say they're the best.

@Armendicus

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree but things are getting better . We’re witnessing the last gasps if white supremacy . Its gonna look worse before it gets better.

@keilanscott1098

9 ай бұрын

Nothing to be proud of only disgusted.

@ChinoGuey

5 ай бұрын

Go to a different one then

Much like Rosewood and Ocoee, Florida.

Thanks for including examples from all over the US

The soul of our accestor's can't be silenced

@treacherousjslither6920

2 жыл бұрын

Dragonfly Jones!

@JkDibine

3 ай бұрын

Amen!

wait...what?!?!? how did i not know this? this is...this is horrifying

@shalonrivers6732

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. Like, in 54yrs how is it I can know about Columbus but not this...then it hit me "oh yeah, I've been lied to my whole life by the united states of america" and it's sad and sickening.

@lukewright9031

3 жыл бұрын

Can someone shout *white washing* for those in the back!

@GIGATT808

3 жыл бұрын

Serial killers hiding their work or something

@SunnyandNova

3 жыл бұрын

This is why they don’t want Critical Race Theory they try to act like it’s so confusing... now they are trying to vaccinabate 👀us.

this is why we need to keep exposing history and not the myths .....people literally dont know what led to today

I'm amazed that you can tell a story of such destruction and evil, and ultimately speak with a voice of hope for the future. You are a wonderful gift to our society-all you who work to make the Amber Ruffin Show possible. Never stop speaking. We need you.

Amber Ruffin is a national treasure! Not only is she an excellent entertainer and an outstanding writer, she is one of the best educators in America. "How Did We Get Here?", indeed....... 😲😱🙏

@AnnaTBowen

3 жыл бұрын

100% agree!

@Gorealaracer38

Жыл бұрын

And Dane CALLOWAY, and ME!!

Thank You Amber for educating this old white woman. I am forever an ally and support reparations 100% You're Funny and Brilliant and I Love You ♥️

@elizabethwhite2151

3 жыл бұрын

Amen and same.

@tammystockley-loughlin7680

3 жыл бұрын

This white lady agrees also. Positive vibes from New Hampshire and remember to be kind to each other and yourself

@KuttyJoe

3 жыл бұрын

@@tammystockley-loughlin7680 White allies are great allies until they start thinking about having to personally lose something. Anything. Then they vanish.

@tammystockley-loughlin7680

3 жыл бұрын

@@KuttyJoe rising tide lifts all boats...I'm not going anywhere. I believe in punching up, not kicking down.

@malirabbit6228

3 жыл бұрын

Live long and prosper!

This is why you're here, thank you for sharing this vital information with us.

The sad part is none of us knew about this. Can you imagine boating on there above people's homes? This is the first segment that almost made me cry I'm glad she kept sprinkles of humor in it because that's the worst thing I've seen Amber cover.

And to think, people are against these truths from being exposed.

I am from Oregon, took AP Oregon history in high school, and I never learned about Vanport until I was in my fourth year of college, IN Portland, where it happened!

The layers of irony: The KZread ad that preceded this video was for "Freedom Boat Club" featuring only white customers and the only POCs in the ad were the staff. That is so incredibly appropriate for the subject of Amber Ruffin's segment. Cause--Effect.

@rushfan1970

3 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Well-spotted!!

@sadunlap

3 жыл бұрын

@@rushfan1970 I'm going out on a limb here and guess that the fact that Ruffin talks about lakes and boating is what triggered the algorithm to assign that ad. If true that would make this an example of automating cluelessness about racism. Computer algorithms are not morally, politically neutral "math." It just gets better and better.

@Myron90

3 жыл бұрын

I hate that commercial...

@deepee4323

3 жыл бұрын

Add to that irony that amber is with yt man and you have clueless, out of touch with racism bingo

@camjamcam1

3 жыл бұрын

@Sherrieff Hammond People of Colour

This country doesn't deserve Amber. She's taught us and gives us a reasons to hope. This is what TV should be. Full of meaning, value, truth, and potential.

it is so important to learn this. far too many of us, even within the community, were never taught. thank you Amber & team!!! 🤎🤎🤎

I'm just happy these stories are finally getting told.

Yeah This is Amerikkka. This is why they are banning history across the country. Can I repost this? this needs to go viral.

Wow. I knew that all of Georgia’s lakes were man made but not how they got there.

@kenneth7197

3 жыл бұрын

Really, all man made?

@By_Ash_Away

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenneth7197 there are sinkholes and wetlands but apparently all of the large lakes are man made!

@kenneth7197

3 жыл бұрын

@@By_Ash_Away thanks

@andrearichardson7931

3 жыл бұрын

@@kenneth7197 Tennessee is much the same, where Reelfoot Lake is literally the only natural large lake, and it was filled by the 1812 earthquake/flood. The others are all reservoirs made by damming rivers.

@kenneth7197

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrearichardson7931 thanks.

It's so disturbing on so many levels

@kensmechanicalaffair

2 жыл бұрын

Disturbing is an understatement.

More history taught here than in any high school in the States.

@thie523

3 жыл бұрын

It's my money and I want it now! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1

2 жыл бұрын

Because it's been re-written and lots of it been deliberately suppressed

@dimensionexo.

Жыл бұрын

Have to take special courses - Which some are attempting to ban *

Karma. So many people drown in Lake Lanier each year. I wouldn’t put my toe in that lake.

@vladimirenlow4388

3 жыл бұрын

That might not necessarily be a coincidence. There's probably a lot of debris down there that comes loose for people to get trapped in or impaled on. I wonder how many deaths on Lake Lanier result from such incidents.

@karrynlflax5387

3 жыл бұрын

They claim that it’s haunted too. There’s also a graveyard under that water.

@callieduval3000

3 жыл бұрын

Me either lake tobosofeekee either my niece drowned in that one. All kinds of things are in lakes and I don't like dark waters I hate lakes.

@vladimirenlow4388

3 жыл бұрын

@@callieduval3000 Please accept my sympathies on the loss of your niece.

@laryanryan9170

3 жыл бұрын

@Vladimir Elbow. People jump into lake Lanier and never come back to the surface. The authorities will spend a week looking for them before they find the body. Lake Lanier is so huge it is surrounded by hundreds if not thousands of homes that have been built since the 80's.

And there are ppl who will say, "This happening doesn't effect your generation". but I'm 40 and my great grandmother was alive when this happened.

@dimensionexo.

Жыл бұрын

It definitely has a domino effect on us all - Imagine the thousands of fortune 500 - Afro owned companies there would be *

Makes sense why people disappear in that lake soo often..

This segment is so great. I refer people to it all the time. When is this show coming back‽ America needs more Amber and voices like hers!

“Why can’t y’all just pull yourselves up by the bootstraps?” Because historically whenever we’ve tried to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps, y’all cut them.

@michaelmaps2004

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It was just lip service when they knew they don't want to see them rising

@WeCreateDaily

3 жыл бұрын

Yup it’s all a game they play they make it seem like we never did anything after slavery but complain meanwhile the truth is every time we built something up they destroyed it!

@trulyblessed5254

2 жыл бұрын

It's impossible when you negotiate with the adversary.,

@jmbrswell

2 жыл бұрын

LOL YALL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@tharealisrael1447

2 жыл бұрын

@@WeCreateDaily look up history with no chaser and go to the gullah wars video I promise you would regret it

I’m in Georgia and Lake Lanier is well known for swimmers and boaters drowning every year. Drownings are reported but oddly the actual history of how the lake began is NEVER discussed. Absolutely shameful.

@The.Whoever

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexADalton Not the white people. Are you white, Alex?

@The.Whoever

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexADalton 😂😂😂🤡

I had no idea. I'm 43 yo and it's the first time I have ever heard of this.

@thecosmicblueautie

3 жыл бұрын

That we weren't supposed to hear about it at all is the kicker and the plan.

@robertaclark6079

3 жыл бұрын

They did this to Elephant Butte, NM. Who lived there beforehand?

@AudranER

3 жыл бұрын

@@thecosmicblueautie Luke 12:2-3 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

@PaperMario64

3 жыл бұрын

Same. They want to keep it that way.

I've never been and will never go to Lake Lanier. Those ghosts are VERY vengeful.

@mushmouf1400

3 жыл бұрын

Solves the mystery of folks drowning Every Single Year

@ronekafaith

3 жыл бұрын

I just saw your post after I made mine. Nope. Will not go there!!

If I've learned nothing else this past year, it's that nothing surprises me about what is omitted from our history. This is just the latest piece. Thanks Amber for bringing it to the light.

Don't forget the Red Summer and the coup in Wilmington

@rushfan1970

3 жыл бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼Thank you! I'm from Wilmington, 50 years old & never knew of that horrible past until a few years ago, from a story on NPR! It sickened me, to think the privilege of so many there in my generation was based on such grossly awful events!

@coraggio93

3 жыл бұрын

I heard about Red Summer and thought it happened only in one city. I was shocked to learn that it happened in many cities across the country.

@lucky-13gof47

3 жыл бұрын

The messed up part is when you look up the other minorities who have received some form of reparations in America, and we got Juneteenth....a federal holiday for everyone.

@coraggio93

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucky-13gof47 Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, whilst the SCOTUS is busy (with Clarence Thomas' help) tearing down the Voting Rights Act. Feels like Red Summer, but without weapons.

@wildhorses6817

2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of either . Hidden History.

Thank you for spreading knowledge

That list of towns sent literal chills down my spine.

Wikipedia says "The communities of Old Neversink and Bittersweet were lost to form the Neversink Reservoir, while Eureka, Montela, and Lackawack were lost to form the Rondout Reservoir." :(

@sophiejones7727

3 жыл бұрын

Wow…irony

@marinakesawa7470

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Wikipedia...they weren't "lost," someone tried to erase them from history.

This is why truthful history must be researched, revealed, and taught; not vilified under the Critical Race Theory banner that the right is goosestepping against.

@stephengordon2995

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@calvinbriscoe2087

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephengordon2995 What's your probem?

@Miss-Ann-Thrope

3 жыл бұрын

Even if the name is changed, the content is vilified because "mainstream" America does not want that truth told. People were up in arms about something that has never been part of any curriculum. HBCUs don't teach CRT. The government was up to something else but wanted to take everyone's eye off of the ball.

@jackieyoung8651

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephengordon2995 he's speaking the truth! Why tell him to shut up?

@stephengordon2995

2 жыл бұрын

@@jackieyoung8651 obviously you don't know how to read or do your own research either . His description of what should be taught is exactly what critical race theory IS!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for sharing this. It hurt to hear but its needed.

Never heard of these. Reparations are calling!

To the people who dislike this video Critical Race Fact needs to be taught in schools. Im turning 54 this week and I never knew about any of this stuff

@Afrometa

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't dislike it because they believe it isn't true but because they won't the truth to be told .. more than likely they didn't even watch the video at all

@barbram8001

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@rickyracer1970

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but it's interesting how someone could possibly try to diminish the tragedy of the Titanic sinking regardless of context

@tonytay4320

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickyracer1970 She showing something else happening in 1912 beside the sinking of the Titanic.

@ninahndz5880

3 жыл бұрын

So do what I did, I went to libraries, I researched.

It makes since now why my father would never take us to lake lanier.

@alexw853

2 жыл бұрын

That's a smart man.

If you consider what we did to native Americans/ First nations, too. This kind of thing is permiated through most of our histories, to many communities :/

@cmac3616

3 жыл бұрын

Amber Your show is SOOO informative and funny

@ladellallen3155

3 жыл бұрын

What America did and continue to do to the indigenous melanated people of this land is beyond comprehension and comparison to the so called native Americans. Why? Why bring up another group when the focus is on melanated people. Smh, Babylon is falling.

@yesid17

3 жыл бұрын

@@ladellallen3155 "Why bring up another group" because it's relevant? not everyone watching may know that history, just like most people watching didn't know about York Hill and Seneca Village-a comparison here and there-and maybe pointing out how much more recent it was-is warranted, no?

@thegazetteyt

3 жыл бұрын

@@yesid17 The point is is that you can speak of one group's tragedy without whatabouting another. They all deserved to be mentioned, but grouping them devalues everyone's struggles. People wouldn't talk about another tragedy when they talk about the Holocaust, so why do it here?

@yesid17

3 жыл бұрын

@@thegazetteyt "grouping them devalues everyone's struggles." agree to disagree 🤷‍♂️ "People wouldn't talk about another tragedy when they talk about the Holocaust, so why do it here?" This is exactly my point-we're not talking about a different tragedy, we're talking about the exact same thing-they flooded Indigenous towns too, they drove out Indigenous people for dams, lakes, and reservoirs too-literally the same thing. And decades later, not like Seneca Village and York Hill in the 1850s, or like Oscarville in 1912. The Garrison Dam was built in the 1940s and 50s. The Oahe Dam was built in the 50s and 60s, some of the people that lived through that are still alive, this isn't ancient history-and these are clearly very related issues-so that's why it should be at least mentioned here. Also in regards to the Holocaust, I presume you meant to imply that you wouldn't mention groups besides Jews when talking about the Holocaust-but that's not the case, it is increasingly common to acknowledge that the Nazis also targeted LGBTQ people, and Rroma people, among others-acknowledging that doesn't take away from the gravity of the matter in my opinion.

I learn more from Amber than from school. I had created an educational playlist so I can save Amber's videos.

😭This truth really hurts...

I for sure learn more from Amber than any other show. Thanks Amber.❤️

Another great piece of work right there. This show is a gem.

That looked agonizing for her, I'm glad she was strong and able to educate us.

Everytime I start watching this segment, I do it with dread. I'm gonna keep watching though and I will also tell everyone I know about it.

i hear her disappointment or somekind negative feeling even with jokes you feel her seriousness. I am shocked and appalled 😕

Love this woman. Brains, heart, funny.

@peforster6725

3 жыл бұрын

Truth teller

@legtoe8626

3 жыл бұрын

She lied but ok I looked at the list and I’m from Massachusetts so l looked at the history of the towns that were flooded had nothing to do with race in facts Dana was a rich mostly white community. I I wonder how many towns on that list had anything to do with race. Cause none of the towns in Massachusetts didn’t she over exaggerated on purpose makes her a liar!!!

@legtoe8626

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t believe me google or just KZread some of the towns on that list

@blahblahpocalyspe8323

3 жыл бұрын

@Leg Toe you're a liar and a nobody... move along.

@SKARAMANGA1

3 жыл бұрын

@@legtoe8626 you must be on of the dislikes, well truth hurts doesn't it STFU

Oh there is sooo much more... This is tough... Thank you.

I've always been suspicious of lakes but now Amber has me terrified 😨. But seriously America will never be what it is supposed to be until change our ways and "cut some dang checks".

@wejamnn

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, money makes it ok huh? Dasf

There are many many more stories like this that we’ll never know

Now these lakes are drying up....everything you do in the dark will come to light....

That's why those of us from the South who know, know NOT to go to Lake Lanier!!

Idk, even cutting a check can fall somewhat short. Like let’s say the city wants to build a fancy new underground freeway and they need to buy up some poc family homes any their proposed rout. So they cut a check for the home at market value. That sounds great… until you realize that wealthy investors are buying up homes well above market value and the families that have been displaced won’t be able to afford a home with the check they were cut.

@TT-xz5sy

3 жыл бұрын

Smart 💯💯

@darrellboone9274

3 жыл бұрын

"Cutting a dang check",is about the best thing America could do,going forward;we can't go back in time,and those affected/their descendants wouldn't realistically get the millions of dollars(each!)that justice demands,so "the lesser of two evils" would be cutting that dang check

@kensmechanicalaffair

2 жыл бұрын

That's chess comrades.

Loving what we can become........ I feel honored by your wisdom. Thanks for toughing thru to make this video.

I lived here in Portland for at least 15 years before I even heard of Vanport, and finally learned more about the flood several years later. Hey, at least those shipbuilding workers manufactured battleships for allied victories before they were homeless after the 1947 flood. 😢

@mermaiddiyartist8119

3 жыл бұрын

That’s soo horrible

@christopherlundgren1700

3 жыл бұрын

I mean at least the flood that leveled Vanport wasn't on purpose. I guess that's better than some of these other stories? A little bit? But yeah, I grew up in Portland and didn't know about Vanport until maybe a handful of years ago.

@elenachristian9860

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherlundgren1700 Makes me wonder if this is why Katrina was so badly mismanaged. Land grab?

And now you know why the usual suspects are so oppose to the teaching of Critical Race Theory. They don't want little Billy and Susie to learn how monstrous grandpa was.

@scorpiocarnage1055

3 жыл бұрын

You can say that again. How upset would they be if they learned their grandparent may have attended one of the Sunday picnic lynchings?

California Version: Chavez Ravine Ball Park was a thriving Latino Community before it was a ball park.

@missybarbour6885

3 жыл бұрын

Big public works projects like stadiums do this ALL THE TIME!!!

@atomic66

3 жыл бұрын

And freeways

@cross75man75

3 жыл бұрын

@@missybarbour6885 But isn't the point about who's community they choose to do it to.

@missybarbour6885

3 жыл бұрын

@@cross75man75 Yes, absolutely.

I don’t think anyone of us will ever live up to the idea of America. But we’ll keep learning and trying. Thanks amber!

@alvallac2171

3 жыл бұрын

*any one (different meaning)

@kissit012

3 жыл бұрын

The idea of America was for white domination and destruction of indigenous and non white people for profit of the former. I’d say we’re doing pretty well.

@disappearintothesea

3 жыл бұрын

@@kissit012 touché

Wow! Amber this is excellent work! We really need this. Please continue this brilliant work you are doing. These short videos are perfect for starting these essential conversations because they appeal to today’s short attention spans. I absolutely love your work!!

I feel robbed by public education after her eloquent explanation of racism.

I never thought I would see oscarville covered

I learned about Seneca Village from a podcast. I learned about the Tulsa massacre (which, btw, they call the "race riots") from a book I found while I was working in my university library. I'm learning about all these other flooded towns from a comedy writer and host. Seems like I should have learned about this in school. Like a whole history of racism in our country. Maybe we could call it Critical Race Theory.

@gurusmurf5921

3 жыл бұрын

That name is already taken by a concept in post graduate studies. We could call it truthful and accurate history instead.

Oh I'm loving the designer suits...keep"em coming. The information is mind blowing.

There is a movement to make some of the descendants of the massacre in Forsyth whole. There are many properties in the area that have had deed transfers without a bill of sale showing that the land was stolen.

That's why lake Lanier is haunted, all those spirits are trapped🗣💯

Can't remember where I heard the quote, but, "I go to comedians for my news, and I go to the news for comedy." Truly news is about caring for some political party, while i gotten more information from Amber in 5 months than all the news stations in 2 years.

Thank you so much for bringing these things to attention of average people. This is how to make the world better.

I grew up in Forsyth County in the 80s. We were poor, but we lived in a rented trailer on Lake Lanier. It was 100% white when I grew up there. I hated it so much, I moved to Central America at age 18!

@michaelmaps2004

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you made it out

@hollyyork1164

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmaps2004 me too! Unfortunately I now find myself, 30 years later, in Florida after traveling the world and the 48 contiguous united states. After spending the last 6 years in Upstate New York, my 6 days in Florida is thus far disappointing. I can only imagine how I'll feel when I have to enroll my 9-year-old in 4th grade in one of the worst states, education wise! SMH. I think I'm gonna homeschool.

@michaelmaps2004

3 жыл бұрын

@@hollyyork1164 yeah i think homeschooling is the best. You also get to control what your child learns and protect her from the crazy things that are now happening everyday

@DntHtThPlya

3 жыл бұрын

@@hollyyork1164 Especially in DeSantistan

You can definitely hear and see her pain during this segment. We all feel this, it's such a horrible shame that she is having to teach Americans their history because places want to ban critical race theory and honest discussions about our actual history so the status quo can be maintained. These towns she mentioned are unfortunately just the tip of the iceberg for towns that were lost, and I definitely won't be looking at lakes the same way.

@MoonlightSonata88

Жыл бұрын

And we mean they want to *prevent crt, not ban. To ban would mean that crt is already taught.

I immediately thought about the Quabbin Reservoir. Sure enough...

@praeseodymion

3 жыл бұрын

Those were white towns and I can't understand why they are on this list.

Peabody award for Amber Ruffin

Amber I really needed your show. You inspire to do more. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

Wow Amber!!!!! Man, I had no idea about these Historic Tragedies!!!!!

For 529 years, we have been acting like crazy is normal but crazy is just crazy!

See also: Kinzua Dam in Pennsylvania

Wow, I'm speechless, there are no words.

Now let's talk about the interstate system!

This is so amazing I wish it was unreal. Amber, you're a treasure! Thank you for bringing the light to us. Sharing this with others

I really appreciate this segment and all the things it teaches me

Wow, this is sooooo very disturbing

i'm sorry what the actual f america????? so thankful for you Amber. i hate that i had to learn about this through your show. i should have already known it.

@trueheart8739

3 жыл бұрын

We all should have, but I have a feeling we’ll learn even more. Luke 8:17!

@joedellaselva1251

3 жыл бұрын

Don't get your history lessons from a comedy show. Go do some work and research.

@victoriap1649

2 жыл бұрын

@@joedellaselva1251 Amber has done the work and research herself for all of us. If you fact check anything she’s saying yourself, you will find what I’m saying to be true.

@joedellaselva1251

2 жыл бұрын

@@victoriap1649 You're right! That's my responsibility to do so.

I used to live in Georgia. And I've been to Lake Lanier. And I never knew this.

This woman has me ALL THE WAY TUNED IN!