I was raised by my grandfather. We would watch all the chaos going on in the 70's on our rural little farm. He would tell me many rules a good man should live by. One of those rules was to never use the color of my skin as an excuse for personal weaknesses. And another was to respect all people until they give you reason not to. Rules I still live by.

@holoholohaolenokaoi2299

Жыл бұрын

what i wish is, that more people would live by those simple rules. 🤙

@juliaweber212

Жыл бұрын

He was wise and gave you the best advice

@sincerely-b

Жыл бұрын

Your grandfather was a strong and smart man. He refused to be a victim. That's very empowering.

@marialanchester8180

Жыл бұрын

Amen, thank you boone315

@robthomas5488

Жыл бұрын

AMEN!

I am a 53 year old white male & most of my heroes are black men, Thomas Sowell being one of them. Van, you're killing it, dude. It is all about obtaining real knowledge which we never received in our government indoctrination schools.

@ChadNErdProd

Жыл бұрын

It's really nice to see people uniting over common sense issues and being less controlled by tribalism. It's a lot more difficult for a lot black people to tread a certain path while dealing with having their reputation attacked. Either way though, we don't do the victim thing.

@gregsayles9253

Жыл бұрын

I'm the same age and feel exactly the same...

@seanmetro3496

Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with a White man having mostly White heroes and role models.

@ddale20

Жыл бұрын

I wish more Americans were exposed to wise people, black or white, instead of popular people or celebrities who might be talented and/or educated, but are fools. Unfortunately it seems as if Americans can’t tell the difference between wisdom and stupidity.

@cosmicallyderived

Жыл бұрын

That’s word!

My ex from Congo watched this and didn’t get overly emotional, I told her about the current slave trade between Saudi states and Africa which is larger than any slave trade in history and she wasn’t so emotional, but she went all in on BLM, and that was so sad to see because she kept using her skin to excuse her simply not working or building something for herself, and she became basically impossible to date, and there will be hundreds of thousands of young women and men like her today

@sethnmarshall

Жыл бұрын

Maybe because you are using the slave trade around the world to excuse what the USA did. Just because someone else does something wrong doesn’t excuse what you did. My parent used to say just because your friends jump off a cliff doesn’t mean you should.

@graftme3168

Жыл бұрын

Some people choose to believe what they want to believe so they don't have to be responsible for their own choices. You can usually tell who those people are because they are always blaming someone else or something else for their troubles.

The fact that people are more outraged about slavery from the past and not outraged about slavery going on today is insane

Every school in America should be required to show this to their students.

@jefflartigue9110

Жыл бұрын

Good luck but I agree. I would add Thomas Sowell should be required reading as well.

@Wokevaccine

Жыл бұрын

Teachers have tried and were fired.

@TheUniverseWorksForUsBeings

Жыл бұрын

They want us divided amongst eachother, so we don't go after them.

@TheUniverseWorksForUsBeings

Жыл бұрын

And I'm referencing the gov. That chooses education.

@blake7587

Жыл бұрын

@@TheUniverseWorksForUsBeings No it’s not the Gov. It’s the Left aka Democrats. Democrats dominate Education, Hollywood and the Media. Over 90% of college professors are democrats as well. The fact is Democrats try to use identity politics to divide America into groups and they want to control a majority of those groups. It’s nothing new. It’s called the Frankfurt School and it’s an idea that has been around since the 1920s.

Mr Sowell should be a household name in every school. Especially because he teaches about this subject without letting people get away with the idea that they could never do it or that their ancestors were free of guilt.

@Jack-qe8we

Жыл бұрын

He is a household name but they call him Uncle Tom

@lisalu46

Жыл бұрын

Actually the real Uncle Tom was a hero in the book, ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, So Thomas Sowell is a Uncle Tom, a real UNCLE TOM! Leading people out of bondage to freedom!! God Bless Him!

@Jack-qe8we

Жыл бұрын

@@lisalu46 that's what the black people call him

@sandramiller1988

Жыл бұрын

The progressive Left doesn’t like people expressing views that they don’t approve of. Especially if it reduces their power. Their ability to get into office is dependent on the ignorance of their constituency. Thomas Sowell is and was a threat to this.

@omnipotentgaming166

Жыл бұрын

They will never teach us this in school because school is not designed to educate, it’s destined to indoctrinate a controlable society and to be able to control us they need us fighting against each other.

I'm not a liberal. To me, Thomas Sowell and Ayaan Hirsi Ali are 2 of the most inspiring people I've ever listened to. Meaning they inspire me to try to be a bit more like them, every day.

@CreatingChaos

Жыл бұрын

"The White liberal is the worst enemy to America and the worst enemy to the Black man" Malcolm X

@ForOdinAndAsgard

Жыл бұрын

Ayaan Hirsi Ali is lying. She never was a political refugee, she was a luck seeker. She did not come from Somalia when entering the Netherlands, she already lived in Kenia and Germany for 12 years before. She was kicked out of the Netherlands for this. Persona non grata.

@reindervantil2582

Жыл бұрын

@@ForOdinAndAsgard Half truth. I am from The Netherlands and I know what happened. Ayaan Hirsi Ali was told to lie by the immigration officers to have a chance of not being sent back to Africa. She was supported to lie by authorities. Later this was used against her when she became very critical of islam and made a short movie by Theo van Gogh about the submissive role women have in islam. The movie was called Submission. Shortly after this movie Theo van Gogh was assasinated by a muslim in Amsterdam. Ayaan, by then a Dutch member of parliament was demonised and bullied out of parliament. Her original lies to enter the country were used against her. I am ashamed for my country about that. Ayaan Hirsi Alie is a hero.

@ForOdinAndAsgard

Жыл бұрын

@@reindervantil2582 That is not what happened.

@reindervantil2582

Жыл бұрын

@@ForOdinAndAsgard That is precisely what happened. Ayaan Hirsi Alie was bullied out of The Netherlands after her works with Theo van Gogh.

I’m surprised at the amount of wisdom LaKeesha has! She is very intelligent and I appreciate that. I am also amazed at how humble and understanding you both are! I’m glad I saw this video! Good job!

Thomas Sowell is a national treasure, he should be required reading or listening in high school and colleges

@cobicobi6417

Жыл бұрын

Yes because you love his lies

@elizabethsteen581

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@irtheLeGiOn

Жыл бұрын

@@cobicobi6417 which lie?

@cobicobi6417

Жыл бұрын

@@irtheLeGiOn 1. More slaves were bought to North Africa than in the American slave trade. And he said white slaves were still being bought and sold in the Ottoman Empire even after the American Civil War

@cobicobi6417

Жыл бұрын

@@irtheLeGiOn Sowell also says white people just took slaves and left from the West Coast of Africa but the Portuguese set up whole colonies on the West coast of Africa. The Portuguese fought a war against the Mail Empire in 1444 even through the Mali won even though they were fighting people that had guns they lost lots of people thus weakening the empire . This helped cause the fall of the Mali Empire and allowed for instability in the region

Thomas Sowell is an extremely well researched scholar. The more I learn about him and his research, the more I am shocked that he isn't one of our most celebrated Americans in our history!

@douglasvieira1824

Жыл бұрын

He's actually celebrated by conservatives throughout the world but unfortunatelly, the majority of them are not black, because black people prefer liberals ou leftists.

@bonitahobbs2374

Жыл бұрын

@@douglasvieira1824 WHERE IS THAT DIATRIBE, GENERALIZATION STEREOTYPE FOUND?? NOPE, MOST BLACKS ARE CONSERVATIVE STANDARDED PEOPLE, BUT THE MEDIA LIKES TO PORTRAY BLACKS OTHERWISE! IT IS CALLED " PROJECTING," !! Most right and left Politricks' in America are in the toilet!

@susancoyotesfan

Жыл бұрын

He is, by those who know his important work.

@smalltownhomesteadAC

Жыл бұрын

He is amazing!

@user-sn1hi7my7x

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, our media and politicians are so corrupt that this guy is considered a threat to their agenda. Our society is trying to suppress people like Thomas Sowell.

@ 12:34 , when the young lady said "I'm so sick and tired, , " I broke down in relief that she was aware of the strife within her community and took the bull by the horns fueled by her anger.. Thank you, Van Hill and LaKeesha Washington‼️🙋🏻‍♂️ 💖 🇺🇸 💖

@pdumpsterful

Жыл бұрын

Why does she say us and we? Why separate themselves from others? We are all Americans, black and white

@jimstepan3038

Жыл бұрын

@@pdumpsterful , she may have been referring to problems within only one culture..? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thank you very much for presenting this information. I watched "Roots" when I was younger and really hated slave traders. Hurts finding out Alex stretched the truth to grow the myth. I was never racist and never will be. Color of the skin doesn't determine the character of a person. But people gathered in groups can alter an individual's character. Groups can promote or denounce racism. I live as an individual building my own character.

And that right there is why we will never give up our second Amendment...

@alex66119

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!

@alensmic6100

Жыл бұрын

just stick to what makes the statistics bad for you..now imagine the chain reaction, if everyone possessed the thing with which they defend themselves.because even if I did self-defense. how would other people who were not there from the beginning react. would I become a victim stats

@perrywebb5833

Жыл бұрын

@alen šmic knives kill 5x more than guns. Guns help protect and save 20x more than they harm. Those are also statistics.

@alensmic6100

Жыл бұрын

@@perrywebb5833 Handguns 6,012 Firearms, type not stated 4,740 Knives or cutting instruments 1,035 stats of year 2022 your country

@heather2493

Жыл бұрын

@@alensmic6100 ​That is very presumptuous of you. Maybe he’s from a country where guns are illegal to own? How do you even know where he is from sir? I didn’t see anywhere he mentioned it…

I feel for anyone who has learned their history lessons through hollywood.

@steveescher1554

Жыл бұрын

Try talking to those people about WW2 haha They think that movies made by Jews about Nazis are accurate.

@innosanto

Жыл бұрын

Yeah most history movies are very inaccurate. Screenwriters and producers write them not historians not scientists.

@mitchpeter5718

Жыл бұрын

@@steveescher1554 movies are not accurate because that’s not the purpose it’s made for it!! Plus people are not gonna watch historical movies because they’re boring and not fun!!

@FDE_Doom_Girl

Жыл бұрын

And U.S schools

@steveescher1554

Жыл бұрын

@@mitchpeter5718 Lol we know that, but a lot of people do not. I hear the craziest things about Hitler and the NSDAP. Jew soap and lamp shades lol like really? where do they get this stuff? they still believe they killed non blondes lol that was just a lie based on the western world believing blonde hair blue eyes was the best look and it stayed that way until the 90s, even here in the US, just look at the models. Now it is "tall, dark and handsome:. That's like saying the US killed anyone that wasn't tall dark and handsome haha just because that look is "in" right now. A bunch of innocent people were locked up and died as a result, which is horrible and does not require lies to make it worse. It does if you want to profit off of it and trick people into believing the communists were the good guys and we should be like them, but suppress any ideology that went against the communists and even make up lies about them so no one will ever look into their politics that worked so well in fighting against communism

I will cry like a baby when he passes. I love that man.

I will be watching your show again even though I feel sick to my stomach over the things I learned. Thank you for educating me on things I didn’t know or understand. It is sickening.

@kathyborthwick6738

Жыл бұрын

Same here! Sent this to my family and they did not believe & agreed to research very thoroughly! All 5 of my sons agreed that Thomas Sowell ‘s work was not only right but that the term “ Uncle Tom “ is being used in the wrong way! Apparently, many Uncle Toms were with the underground railway as were many Lutheran, Anglican, and Catholic white ladies! ✨☀️✨👵🏽☝🏾

This lady is very insightful. She immediately got to the heart of Alex Halley’s “myth” comment (8:21). ‘He gave us something to hate.” Wow - very true. I really like the way she thinks and expresses herself.

@cosmicallyderived

Жыл бұрын

Yah that hit me too. She said it man. She saw it.

@joeterp5615

Жыл бұрын

@jimmiejaybohorn3916 Meh. Can’t refute his points, so you try to make a personal attack - and utterly fail.

@joeterp5615

Жыл бұрын

@jimmiejaybohorn3916 lol, yes, I’ve heard of MLK. Again, you can’t refute anything the learned economist/historian Thomas Sowell has said. You would rather deflect to other topics and people.

@joeterp5615

Жыл бұрын

@jimmiejaybohorn3916 Lol, you are a broken record who offers nothing of value. Obviously you can’t handle the truth of what he is saying. Sad.

@joeterp5615

Жыл бұрын

@jimmiejaybohorn3916 Lol - now you are calling me a racist because you have no reply to Sowell’s actual points? Are you 12 years old? 🤣 Or maybe I’m giving you too much credit and you are only 4 years old and will call me a poopoo head next.

Tom Macdonald has a song that said they don't want us to get along because if we do, we might go against them.

@eternallife9786

Жыл бұрын

I highly doubt anyone was red pill through his music

@adamc7191

Жыл бұрын

@@eternallife9786 show me where he hurt you lol

@vickimurphy5183

Жыл бұрын

I wasn’t red pilled thru his music but I do enjoy how Tom calls out the hypocrisy in our society.

@Aphrodite_ErosLuvChild214-80

Жыл бұрын

I like Tom however rap is the number one genre in the world, I fully fully believe it's the source of the madness people forgot that music is suppose to only be entertainment people trying to live lyrics .. I especially feel whites need to stop buying it and spending money with those spreading hatred against you why support that it's setting society years and years back

@trevorwalsh9443

Жыл бұрын

Tom didn’t really red pill anyone but he does speak the truth in his music.

Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest academic geniuses of our time. So much respect for this fine gentleman. Thank you LFR Family

@lkreyche

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thomas Sowell is a true intellectual. Read anything he has written, he is always right on point. He just understands, he gets it.

“Fear and Faith cannot exist in the same place”. Yes! 🙌

Lakeisha was spot on about how tv has formed people's misconceptions about slavery and race relations. It's warped man.

@FordManiac76

Жыл бұрын

It’s in bedded in the entire culture with rap music being the worst culprit

@VelveteenRecords1994

Жыл бұрын

Rap is 30 years old … WTF is you saying

@thatsthat2612

Жыл бұрын

They're trying to divide us. They can control us easier.

Good shit man, I bought this book 3 years ago and this man is criminally underrated, Sowell is a national treasure

@wYatt121509

Жыл бұрын

That is an understatement friend. I wish that everyone had to sit down to a good meal and LISTEN to this man. He is not just an academic but also a great spiritualist. Good man.

@mickeyd7283

Жыл бұрын

Global treasure. Love from South Africa

@DoughBoy45

Жыл бұрын

What book is this in???

@caseydulgar7058

Жыл бұрын

@@DoughBoy45 “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”

@NitroNinja324

Жыл бұрын

@@DoughBoy45 Black Rednecks and White Liberals

I’ve been watching you since the music reaction days. So happy to see your platform growing, learning and teaching for everyone. There is no hate or anger. Cheers from 🇨🇦

Thomas Sowell is an American treasure

@lordkhaelesdrakos5153

Жыл бұрын

We must protect him at all costs

@elizabethsteen581

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!!

I like her. She's funny and smart.

If more kids had fathers like you, the world would be a better place. You’re a blessing to us, because getting to go on this journey with you is educational and heart warming. And you’re absolutely a blessing to your wife and kids, because it takes a REAL man to seek truth and buck the popular opinion for your morals and beliefs…and that’s an example you’re setting for your kids that’s worth it’s weight in gold.

My man! Your content is of substance and quality information. I don’t know how or even when I found your channel but it is one of the few channels that are worth spending my time watching and your guest on this episode is very refreshing to listen to. Keep up the great work!

Love love LOVE Thomas Sowell. If we had more human beings like him, the world would be a much better place.

@robthomas5488

Жыл бұрын

There IS more people vocal as Mr. Sowell, unfortunately they are afraid to speak out

@jessicaquick6411

Жыл бұрын

agrred wish he'd run for President and save our history

@robthomas5488

Жыл бұрын

@JESSICA QUICK He doesn't fear anybody, all politicians play both sides of the fence for votes, then they represent nobody but their beloved seat.

@rozannaedwro934

Жыл бұрын

Yes me too . He teaches and has written about the past of the Irish. He is brilliant. 👍👍👍💕🤩💕

@kckeithc

Жыл бұрын

Truth tellers instead of segregationist??? 👏👏👏

"Gave us something to hate" SHE NAILED IT, CORRECT! Our eyes are opening.

Just found you my man. I like what you bring to the table. Keep spreading it brother! God Bless you and your family.

Thank you, it was so interesting listening to the two of you talk about the comments of Thomas Sowell

❤ I’m a big fan of Sowell. I just got my granddaughter the narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass from Tarl Warwick. I was so moved from the first page-I had to put it down so I could weep. What he went through and what his spirit overcame and refused to give up and take…the longing to be the master of his own fate…it’s what anyone of us would want. So inspiring and uplifting. Love to all of you, my brothers and sisters! 🤗❤️🇺🇸

@realPenrodPooch

Жыл бұрын

Frederick Douglass was an amazing man.

@ddale20

Жыл бұрын

I’m so sick of blacks complaining about brutality while brutalizing other blacks. We use the n-word religiously, abandon our children, treat our women like sex objects, and black women act and dress as they f they have no respect for themselves during award shows. It’s ridiculous!

@tarantulady8565

Жыл бұрын

Tarl Warwick is a.k.a. Styxhexenhammer666 here on KZread. Cool guy. Been watching him for at least 7 years. Don’t let the name of his channel scare you. He’s not a Devil worshiper…lol…just an editor of (usually) very old occult books. I’ve got one of his herbal medicine books, edited & reprinted from a centuries old book. I’ll have to get his Frederick Douglass book.👍

@Lunzatis_Palemoon

Жыл бұрын

@@tarantulady8565 I love Styx. One of the most intelligent and perspective people on KZread when it comes to politics. I don't agree with everything he says but I still respect him and his intelligence and knowledge.

@tarantulady8565

Жыл бұрын

@@Lunzatis_Palemoon Agreed! 💯 Yes, he’s very astute and knowledgeable re: politics, and his intelligence is undeniable. Hubby & I usually watch Styx daily just to hear his thoughts about the news of the day, get his perspective. And we don’t always agree with him either. But, overall, definitely worth watching.

Thomas Sowell is one of the best brilliant minds in America

@anesiathomas6076

Жыл бұрын

He and Ben Carson...

Educate! Educate! EDUCATE!! Great video. Thank you

Yo man saw your channel a couple days ago and I gotta say I love your kind energy my man. Been struggling to quit smoking and just been binging your videos instead. Thanks for the distraction and more importantly education!

“Fear and faith cannot exist in the same place.” Best line EVER, Miss LaKeesha!

@Maximill888

Жыл бұрын

Very powerful statement. It should be on billboards, shirts, bumper stickers everywhere!

@yunggbonker

Жыл бұрын

i thought the same thing. that needs to be a phrase more of us live by.

@csabo1725

Жыл бұрын

Faith cannot exist in reality either

@brucenorman8904

Жыл бұрын

@@csabo1725 Faith can most certainly exist in reality.

@8thYang

Жыл бұрын

What exactly is "faith" directed at in this statement? Faith in what? Usually it's directed at the existence of the Christian God, which then in turn, purports fear. In Christianity, it's essential for fear and faith to exist in the same place. Although I am not Christian, I still don't understand this statement, nor do I understand why people are moved by it. Fear, is a natural response when facing mortal adversity. If you think that you can invest enough faith into anything and become impervious to fear, you're either wrong, or you're a sociopath. Or perhaps a bit unhinged due to relentless fanaticism. If, by chance, the statement implies that faith is in one's self, I can stomach it, but I don't see any significant power in it.

I have been telling people for years about the black slave owners in the south and they all told me I was a liar. Thank you for posting this. I was even given a F grade on a paper because , even though it was truth, I shouldn't have written this paper for American history.

@earlputnal9124

Жыл бұрын

But even before there were dark skinned slave owners and before dark skinned people were slaves. Every different color skinned people were slaves also?

@deniseberman8633

Жыл бұрын

That’s screwed up, people are so brainwashed with negativity and full of hate they don’t want to hear the truth even if it comes from a black person.

@carywest9256

Жыл бұрын

You were messing with your teacher(school district)'s agenda. That's why you got a F. I was sent out of American History class for speaking up about the so-called Civil War. And taking up for my ancestor that l knew of, at that time in the mid'70s.

@earlputnal9124

Жыл бұрын

@@carywest9256 No I wasn't. Nobody ever told you that all kinds of different skin colored people were slaves? They really sheltered you from real world history then. Ouch.

@KevinSmith-qi5yn

Жыл бұрын

The first slave owner in the future US was an African indentured servant from 1619. He brought people over from Africa under an indentured servitude contract and successfully argued that one of them was bound to him for life. This is allowed through English Common Law under a debtor's contract and still exists today in places like India. It even expands to multi-generational contracts. In the US these types of contracts were abolished long before the civil war. Nearly all debts are abolished during bankruptcy with the exception of Student Loans and those will probably be challenged in the coming years.

I loved hearing your comments about it and your perspective in the subject was refreshing. It's always nice to see smart people learn and share their knowledge and vision of the world. See you in the next one. Peace

Absolutely loved the show sir. Lucky was so cool beans buddy 🤙 keep it real sír 🙏

I LOVE Thomas Sowell. ❤ I'm having my son listening to him so he can debate his teacher when its time for his "public school indoctrination".

@oooof6861

Жыл бұрын

Careful. They’ll probably expel him for illegal possession of truth

@RealSimsHouse

Жыл бұрын

@@oooof6861 😂 ain't that the truth.

@ferocis2255

Жыл бұрын

Lmao well said.

@arronpigford3129

Жыл бұрын

Haha...good one 😅

@Hanibul_Lecktor

Жыл бұрын

Good luck, I live in a red state thinking my child was safe. Nope, blindsided me like a mack truck. As a man I had to walk away from a 27yr marriage, from a women I loved very much. I had to avoid prosecution and made into a monster, I'm guilty. Guilty of being white, married to a dark skin women. Me being me, I record everything. Only reason I'm free, with a career. My daughter went in hard with my wife in tow. Suddenly my biracial family was at war...

Back as a kid, I checked out Booker T. When I was older, I read the stuff he wrote, cause I respected that man. I was blown away at his wisdom. People say his name today, but rarely read what he had to say. We would be a much better country if everyone respected his words as I do.

@ameliaannhouck2670

Жыл бұрын

SO YOU FOUND THE GREAT INVENTOR AND SAVER OF MILLIONS OF LIVES ; THE GREAT THE WONDERFUL BOOKER T, PEANUTS ! HE WAS A BRILLANT MAN , HE WAS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE AND NEVER COMPLAINED OR WHINED HE JUST INVENTED AND INVENTED AND THAT MAKES HIM A MAN OF GREAT MORALS AND ETHICS !! KEEP READING AND LISTEN TO EVERY VIDEO , PODCAST BY DR. SOWELL AND GET SUPER SMART, WHAT I WOULD HAVE GIVEN TO STUDY UNDER THIS MAN !!

@richardmartin9565

Жыл бұрын

Blacks hate Booker T because he advocated education and building skills over worrying about civil rights.

@ddale20

Жыл бұрын

Like Ms. Washington said, this is why they won’t teach the truth! They have to keep people uninformed to keep power.

@ohmightywez

Жыл бұрын

Education was more precious to him than gold. That’s the truth for everyone, every immigrant wave that has hit these shores. Knowledge truly is power. Not tyranny. Power, as in strength.

@jamesemery3639

Жыл бұрын

Sir, I believe the worst assignation in this country was the killing of Dr.Martin Luther King! Not any of the Kennedy family. Him. I believe OUR country would be better for everyone if he had not been killed.

Thank you for an amazing video both 🙏

Great video!! Thank you very much!! Greetings from Romania!

Van, bro.... 1:28 UNCLE TOM WAS THE HERO OF THE STORY.

I have a friend who is black and her ancestors lived in Virginia and were in fact black themselves and owned slaves. It was quite eye opening to hear her talk about it.

@henrydavis9953

Жыл бұрын

Wow! There is so much we were not taught in school. I’m a voracious reader. This is the reason why…

@ondolite3789

Жыл бұрын

This is desperate stuff.

@ondolite3789

Жыл бұрын

@@henrydavis9953 🐥

@oldschoolzone5711

Жыл бұрын

@@ondolite3789 Anthony Johnson 1600 - 1670) was a man known for achieving wealth in the early 17th-century Colony of Virginia. Born in Angola, he was one of the first African Americans whose right to own a slave for life was recognized by the Virginia courts.

@ondolite3789

Жыл бұрын

@@oldschoolzone5711 So what?

Powerful! Learned alot! Thank y'all

I love seeing my fellow Americans learning actual American history, as opposed to the garbage they teach in our schools. It gives an entirely new appreciation for our country.

Thx for allowing and encouraging this conversation

Girl what you said was right on... giving us a reason to hate!! Wow. Thank you. Thank you guys for being for unity, and truth. Thank you for bringing us together. This lady gets my applause 👏 . She is a wise and smart woman! Van as always thanks for promoting unity!!

@randymaylowski2485

Жыл бұрын

I know right, she was awesome! And she's right, that's why they the government wanted black people to believe "white people are racist". It blows my mind that black people think "white people are racist", but yet I seen lots of black people dating / marrying a white person than but yet "whites are racist" how does that make sense? oh right it doesn't. It's all been there excuse for getting attention from white people, so white people would feel bad for them by their race. Reality it shouldn't be about stupid race it should be about learn to unite with each other as one human race❤. Like imagine if we were all color blind like animals.

@teardrop-in-a-fishbowl

Жыл бұрын

As a one, one and only race the human race we were and are divided into factions, made narratives constantly repeated, to control! We were conquered, conquered ourselves, on only one purpose, so that a few people can enslave the rest of us and to make a money and get or to hold power over us. That's world politics in a nutshell!

@Peaceful-Sheep

Жыл бұрын

And hate creates more hate. It spreads like a malignant disease.

@deniseberman8633

Жыл бұрын

The young woman was right, people are celebrating negativity. It’s continually being pumped into young minds on a daily basis through all media which causes them to hate. Just turn onKZread and hear how they feel about whites. I understand why because of history but everyone is not the same.

We need this history taught in schools.

@mirosawirzyk5247

Жыл бұрын

Im SLAVIC (POLISH/Czech) the name of my people comes from the WORD SLAVE... IM SLAVIC... kzread.info/dash/bejne/qolmrdmlh6-XhdY.html

@jessicaquick6411

Жыл бұрын

instead of the crap the liberals are pushing now

@truehistory261

Жыл бұрын

We need this history but not black history right

@davemartino5997

Жыл бұрын

@@truehistory261 how about American history instead of black revisionist history.

@truehistory261

Жыл бұрын

@@davemartino5997 ever other group has there own why not have black history and your right we need to tell our story not white ppl us telling how it happened

That was awesome Thank you

I'm white 63 years old and never told this. I come from poor white folks and I'm still poor today. My grandpa built his log house. No plumbing and boards for floors. And a pot belly stove for heat. I truly think all peoples need to insist on truth being taught in school. This is why white privilege people want to ban our books. Thank You for sharing this. ❤

People like you two are why hope still exists for this world.

How's about Black Americans start referring to Themselves as Just.....AMERICANS! Oh, Great Video Van and The Beautiful Young Lady.

Thank you for sharing 💜

It is so refreshing to hear intelligent pleaple. Thanks 🙏

It’s still shocking to me that people don’t know who Thomas sowell is, I remember listening to him in the truck with my dad in the 90s.

@briangregus5225

Жыл бұрын

6 years ago it was shocking to me I didn't know who Thomas Sowell is. I try not to beat myself up too much. Now I spend a little time each day allowing desperate and wise thinkers inform my world views.

@ookie4179

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he’s not pushing a divisive racist narrative so you won’t see him on the mainstream media.

@CognitiveDissident.

Жыл бұрын

Props to your Pops.

@FDE_Doom_Girl

Жыл бұрын

Because media and hollywood hides the truth

@Marty4650

Жыл бұрын

I was actually shocked that this bright young man had never heard of Dr. Sowell until very recently. This tells me our schools are doing a very poor job of educating young people.

Fantastic guest. Wise woman

@airxtream2139

Жыл бұрын

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Great reaction, she's dope! Bring her back in the future, please. I love that you said a smile can bring you into favor, because it is so true.

😊I have watched Thomas Sowell for quite sometime, I ama white dude, I love this man as he is awesome in his putting things together, Morse people both white and black need to listen to Thomas Sowell, he is downtown earth!

Thomas Sowell is the greatest studied mind of our age. He has opened my mind in the last three years.

@user-sm9ss8nd5b

Жыл бұрын

Why? Because he can read history books? I can tell you the exact Same Things. Low bar.

@joshuaosborne9203

Жыл бұрын

@@user-sm9ss8nd5b Go get help.

@rozannaedwro934

Жыл бұрын

@@user-sm9ss8nd5blow bar? Gosh you shouldn’t say such hurtful things about yourself. 😮

@rls4072

Жыл бұрын

@S "The exact same things" Uh, No Ya can't. Otherwise You wouldn't have made that comment. You'd be reading! Straighten Up!

@christoph2k

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-sm9ss8nd5b you need a thorough education.

Hats off to Thomas Sowell for speaking truth and facts to the false popular social narrative. Most people just go along without questioning the narrative because it's the easy and popular thing to do. Questioning requires examination and thinking, which he has done. Sowell and others know that it's difficult to point out deception to the deceived because they hate to admit being fooled for so long by so many... it's VERY uncomfortable.

@michaelszczys8316

Жыл бұрын

Remember seeing TV movie about people around 1800 where a guy was in shipping business and got into shipping slaves from Africa. There was an incident where one of his ships went down in a storm and took a full load of slaves with it and besides losing a ship he was so devastated by all those souls going down with the ship that he ended up killing himself.

@MotherofMycroft

Жыл бұрын

Great profile name choice!

@michaelszczys8316

Жыл бұрын

@@MotherofMycroft pronounced ' stish '

@MotherofMycroft

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelszczys8316 Oh I'm sorry, I meant to address Mycroftsbother (Sherlock Holmes) the OG poster. But Im glad I know now cause I would not have gotten that one! If its a last name and you live in America, I can only imagine how many times it gets very mispronounced.

I love what you said about fear and faith can't be in the same place. Wow. I really love that!

You guys are fantastic. Don't stop!

I’m a Caucasian man who grew up reading Mr. Sowells column everyday while traveling to High School. He’s a great man. Highly astute and incredibly intelligent. I think the powers at be try to use race to divide us and that way play each other against us to stay in whatever form of power they have. It’s disgusting. But keeping us apart in cities and towns into enclaves keeps their power base going. Inner cities especially.

You said "For some reason I'm still not numb to that..." I think you should never be numb to it. You have a heart that cares. And that's gold.

@RebeccaGallin

Жыл бұрын

So true. It's amazing to me that no one shows pics of all race slaves in chains etc but ppl want to act like that didn't happen! It breaks my heart to see anyone treated as sub-human! But to the woke, it was only blacks who were slaves. Stolen, sold, mistreated and owned only by whites! If they knew or cared to know then they could not be the ultimate victim and DESERVE more than anyone else. Why would anyone want to be a victim? To me that's an insult and I've had bad things happen to me! I learned from those things tho, which takes work, lazy ppl hate work

Glad and honoured to come across such sensible open minded souls that can ctritically think :) ! God bless

You 2 are great, fist time iv seen this channel, you speak so much sence

Thomas Sowell is amazing. I read him in HS and I'm 52. He is one of the greatest minds of our time.

She's talking the truth. You go, girl.

Amen Sister. We need love.💜

Thank you for sharing.

I’m so thankful for being introduced to Thomas Sowell. He has such an honest and deep desire to get to truth. I can’t imagine growing up as he did and still being able to do that. He’s an amazing human. 😊

@ondolite3789

Жыл бұрын

He grew up ok. Stop making sly digz.

@chrisbolducrowan5110

Жыл бұрын

@@ondolite3789 are you for real dude? He's literally been one of my heroes for years. Where do you see a "dig'??

@ondolite3789

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Bolduc Rowan Lots of peeple grow worse than him and do not turn owt this bad.

@chrisbolducrowan5110

Жыл бұрын

@@ondolite3789 who said he turned out bad?

@ondolite3789

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisbolducrowan5110 Not hard to see. He is disgusting.

Loving you, Miss LaKeesha! I’m an American historian and it’s actually really nice to hear people having a calm discussion about the truth of our history as a nation.

@bungalowmo

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I tried to have a conversation on Linked In, and I was blasted with hate. The topic was reparations. It got ugly, so I left the thread.

@BobSmith-ke4jg

Жыл бұрын

Most people don't have the stomach to really get into the real un polished history, good, bad, and the really bad should be known.

@fawkesflames

Жыл бұрын

@@BobSmith-ke4jg I had the benefit of a very good American History Professor when I was in college. I remember her first class. She told every student that if they didn’t have the stomach for pain, human suffering and absolute horror; then the study of history was not for them and they should reconsider their major. She was right.

I appreciate this history lesson. This stuff should be taught in schools. Starting at the elementary level. Together we can make change and live in peace. Respect EVERYONE. Appreciate each others differences.

Preach Lucky preach. I wish everyone had the mindset that you just showed. The world would be so much better.

Great conversation between two thoughtful, intelligent people.

@larryl1427

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad that he's getting this out there. I'm starting to like this channel.

@karenshaffer1265

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this lady and Van done a excellent job.

There's a book called "Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo" that you should read, if you haven't already. It's a biography of the last living slave (known at the time) in the US to make the journey across the Atlantic, Cudjoe Lewis. The author interviewed him in 1927, but the book wasn't published until 2018 (58 years after the author died). He gave her his account of his village being raided by a neighboring tribe when he was a teen, the men slaughtered and dismembered, the women and children sold as slaves. This kind of brutality served 2 purposes. It eliminated nearby enemies/competitors, and it filled the conqueror's pockets. It's also not unique. Most of human history worldwide has been a cycle of violence and subjugation.

@pablorobles1277

Жыл бұрын

Regrettably this and most facts about universal human cruelty throughout history has been funneled into the demonization of one race and taken to the extremes in current social agendas. It is human nature to knock the powerful from their perches, not for the good of all, but to install ourselves in their place. The problem with this is that throughout history most new rulers are just as bad or worse than the deposed.

@misstessasims3850

Жыл бұрын

Do you not that in that period African were slave on their own land my grand mother was already born and they European had already divided the land for themselves , I don’t think that this book is true, why not publish it before sound forge in my opinion

@Ridingrules10000

Жыл бұрын

@@misstessasims3850, I'm not sure what part of that story sounds unbelievable to you, or what reason this woman would have to lie, or what reason Cudjoe would have to lie. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Neale_Hurston

I really enjoyed the discussion and banter that y’all had. Kesha is a very insightful woman!

Love your videos! You answered your own question about how so few were able to control so many. Armed vs Unarmed. Ironic, there's a "class" of people is trying to disarm us right now

Thomas Sowell is Brilliant 🙏🏻♥️

We need a million more understanding people like her

Powerful guest. Great video.

Preach. Exactly the same thing I tell people and they look at me like I'm crazy.

This was so good! Wish it was longer! Thank you Van and LaKeesha! 🙏🏻😻🎉

Don’t stop her- she’s preaching truth

LaKeesha. Damn. One bright and open minded woman. Kudos. More Sowell! Much more Sowell! Thanks for sharing. Made me smile to see you’re reactions. 🤘

This is why we need proper history to be taught in our schools and in our country so we can learn the truth, about history good or bad ,so we can reflect on it and learn from it, as to not let the bad history repeat itself and take the good history to improve our future as a nation and as civilized human beings

@Handsoffthekids

Жыл бұрын

Yes same reason why historical statues and monuments should be preserved not toppled.

Considering uncle tom DIED instead of giving away where escaped slaves went, I would be grateful to be called a uncle tom

@gamestersparadise9121

Жыл бұрын

This!!

@ed.z.

Жыл бұрын

John Brown.

This lady has a lovely smile and laugh, and she's wise, too. Thank you for this reaction!

I have been listening to Mr. Sowell for years. Amazing person. A person I look up to.

Loving that lovely friend of yours. She's already ahead of this issue. She sees & knows. You and she are the black voices so desperately needed on MSM to break the spell.

This was a fun watch!

Some time ago I predicted you would hit A MILLION SBSCRIBERS... Now I think you will eventually reach MILLIONS of subscribers. This is no accident. You are doing just a great job.

If you love Sowell, you'll love Walter Williams too. RIP WW.

We should never allow ourselves to become numb to slavery. It is still happening & that is where our energy should be placed. I love your videos. You guys are so open and your responses are so honest.

@MrWarriorsMom

Жыл бұрын

Thanks to Hillary people are being enslaved in Libya. There were no slave sales in Libya before she had ghadafi murdered

@doggieclaude

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. There are child slaves in the Central African Republic today and I would like money to be used to help stop that rather than reparations to people who, by comparison, are hugely privileged. Reading Dexter Dias' "10 Types of Human" really opened my eyes to the current situation in CAR.

I agree with Ms. Washington! I am so tired of how we make bad choices that kill within our own communities and then blame it on other people.

Absolutely love ❤ this video that you two watched

I really enjoyed this, as a white British chap who is somewhat fed up lately with the attacks on my country for its history with slavery yet it’s never explained Britain and the Royal Navy ended slave ships on the high seas thus ending much of slavery.

@justmehello5543

Жыл бұрын

British also paid reparations but not to the slave but the slave owner.

@kristofevarsson6903

Жыл бұрын

@@justmehello5543 If anything, that's just a government reimbursement, not a reparation. The slaveowner spent his own money on a practice that was supported and fueled by the State, so when the State did away with the practice it took on the financial burden of giving the people who spent their money participating in it by giving it back to them. Countries are rich, but hardly ever _that_ rich, and to some perspectives that might be seen as "rewarding the wrong guy" but to me I see that as the State accepting responsibility for it's own role and taking the consequences upon itself.

@Reba405

Жыл бұрын

Only 3000 British people were slave owners out of millions! The poor were treated terribly by the rich !!! It's always been the Rich treating poor people whatever color they were! Divide and conquer has never been more true than now.....

Oh Van you crack me up! You learned the secret to life early. Make a person smile and you have a friend for life. You can't hate with a smile on your face, unless you are demented, I guess. 😄 Makes me remember what a elementary Principal told me about my oldest with learning disabilities...don't worry about Mike, he has the biggest smile, he will always pass his classes. He was right. Mike is now 54 and that smile still serves him well.