What parts of the Standard American History Myth did you believe? John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were founding fathers, but they didn't attend the Constitutional Convention. My bad.

@teteteteta2548

2 жыл бұрын

That football is respected around the world

@chanchancel

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Kenya my history classes literally copy pasted the myth demonstrated here. Now I know better

@conqueryourfuture6134

2 жыл бұрын

Have corporations stopped owning people? And those “corporations” are just a few rich royals behind a board of directors and investment company. Nothing has changed and lie that just blacks were slaves or indentured servants continues.

@gamermapper

2 жыл бұрын

That America is a country and not a continent

@gamermapper

2 жыл бұрын

@@teteteteta2548 Football is respected around the world, just not handegg. Everyone watches FIFA

An old saying in Chinese: “A page in your history book is a lifetime struggle of your ancestor”

@ChristyAbbey

Жыл бұрын

I'm over half a century old, and it's astonishing how little people know about the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights, which we're having to fight all over again.

@mattiemathis9549

Жыл бұрын

I’m not a fan of the CCP, but I really wish I had access to true Chinese heritage for information. Just like other ancient civilizations we can learn a lot. There are so many Chinese sayings that REALLY apply to life. Any graduate of West Point and other US military academies have read “The Art Of War”. It’s required reading…. But it’s also a very hard truth. This is how to win. This is how to dominate.

@junfa8686

Жыл бұрын

@@mattiemathis9549 nothing at all to do with the party…

@ShotgunPikachu

Жыл бұрын

@@mattiemathis9549 you know The Art of War was written in 5th century BC and the CCP was founded in like the 1920s. Not related at all lol

@mattiemathis9549

Жыл бұрын

Yes…. I didn’t clarify myself, and I apologize. Or I was trying to clarify myself and it came out wrong. Given that the CCP has only been involved for a very short time, I never should have mentioned it and given the culture the respect I have, instead of bringing that into it. I wasn’t trying to offend, but I did anyway. Sorry…

The "we elected a black man as president," thing is literally just "I have a black friend," for the whole government.

@raymonds7492

8 ай бұрын

And the black guy that they elected was mixed raced and raised by/around nothing but white people. Had to make sure he didn't have a chip on his shoulder.

@cloroxbleach2520

7 ай бұрын

More like "hey, a black overseer!"

@LennyMill

7 ай бұрын

No. Friends are equal. You don't vote for friends to have power over you

@KrepsyK

7 ай бұрын

And a racist would never have a black friend so...

@ADR-xn6dg

6 ай бұрын

@@KrepsyKthey’re always lying and say they do. It’s more than likely a coworker that actually talks to them in work environments only

I think it would have been worth mentioning that when America's Black soldiers returned after serving honorably in WW2, they were not allowed to take part in the GI Bill. That means no low interest loans for purchasing homes, and no free secondary education. I learned this only last year… thanks high school and college education!

@kschacherer92

Ай бұрын

I wasn't aware of this either, so I looked it up (thanks!), and you're blaming the GI bill when the problem was in banks or colleges privately deciding to be racist. Although it's totally possible the bill was designed this way i'd have to learn more to be convinced. Blacks were included in the GI bill, and it more than tripled their college enrollment (though tripling means little when the start value is 1%) "Though black people encountered many obstacles in their pursuit of G.I. benefits, the bill greatly expanded the population of African Americans attending college and graduate school. In 1940, enrollment at Black colleges was 1.08% of total U.S. college enrollment. By 1950 it had increased to 3.6%. However, these gains were limited almost exclusively to Northern states, and the educational and economic gap between white and black nationally widened under the effects of the G.I. Bill"

@theragingmoderate7797

22 күн бұрын

​@@kschacherer92 interesting comment and useful clarification. Although not surprising.

@GrisProenca

7 күн бұрын

And the platoons were segregated. Brazil was the only Latin American country that have fought in World War II and the Nazi said that they knew the platoon was Brazilian because there were no segregation

@nebwachamp

2 күн бұрын

​@@kschacherer92the gap really went to shit after the civil rights act and welfare tho. ....so the government is racist but mlk and others are gonna use it to help black ppl.... Lol how did that work

@nebwachamp

2 күн бұрын

Roland Martin and AL Sharpton.. if they were white they would be comparable to Wes Watson and Dylan Mulveny.... MLK would be Mayor Pete Buttigouge

This video reminds of high-school. I have always been a history nerd, and this was my teachers last year before retirement. So in the AP class, instead of doing the normal skit, he decided to change it up. At his (and my) last 2 weeks he went in depth about everything and anything about just how messed up America was. He was retiring and didn't care. He contradicted pretty much everything the school forced him to teach. Pretty much explained everything in this video, so 3 years later I look back to that, and I probably learned the most in those 2 weeks than I did throughout highschool.

@KristinaKarina

4 ай бұрын

That is a sad comment on the American public school system.

@blenky5516

2 ай бұрын

Thats fucken wild man, awesome

@lenibeni7421

28 күн бұрын

@@KristinaKarinait’s actually the opposite. It shows us pretty well how MUCH the system actually works! It would be foolish to believe that anything BUT this is intended. For the people it is horrible and bad, but for the system, for the government? Ideal. What they planned out works! So why change it up?

my seventh grade social studies teacher said one lovely morning "pop quiz!" and then she handed out the first page of the literacy test that you showed. she had all of us take the test, and then she had said "all of you failed." then she explained what the test we took was, and how it was used to prevent black people from voting all those years ago. everyone in the room was silent. i went home and told my parents about it, and they said "they shouldn't be teaching you that." she was a good teacher. i'm glad i had her.

@Rotwold

11 ай бұрын

Efficient way to teach children how some people were treated without saying "racism bad m'kay".

@porscheoscar

11 ай бұрын

So did your parents vote for Trump once or both times?

@r.i.petika829

11 ай бұрын

@@Rotwold”racism bad m’kaayyy”

@trebonejones410

11 ай бұрын

Wow

@literallythedemondog

11 ай бұрын

This is what my social studies teacher was like and I loved her. We need more teachers like this!

My 10th grade US history teacher announced to us that we would be taking a pop quiz that was worth 50% of our grade, and told us we had to get every answer right, otherwise, we failed. She handed us the "literacy tests" and said we had 10 minutes to complete it. Beside our understandable confusion as to what this had to do with history, we all failed, terribly. That's when she came out and told us that had we been black over 100 years ago, none of us would have been able to vote in the south, and told us these were the literacy tests the curriculum told her to teach us about. She is still my favorite teacher to this day, because she had such an amazing way of personalizing historic events to us.

@EricSundquistKC

2 жыл бұрын

And if you do that today, you risk your job in some states...

@tangerine6386

2 жыл бұрын

@@EricSundquistKC well, it was "today" sorta. Only about 4-5 years ago

@TheTigero

2 жыл бұрын

You were in 10th grade - you wouldn’t have been able to vote regardless…

@AlexA-ko8lu

2 жыл бұрын

You must have not been in a dark red state. Sounds like a good teacher.

@I_am_Irisarc

2 жыл бұрын

@Tangerine I think that by "today" what was meant was actually TODAY. There are laws, either proposed or on the books, that prevent teachers from teaching ideas that "make student and/or their parents uncomfortable." Of course, these laws are meant to keep what they perceive as anti-religous (read:anti-Christian) ideas, which they claim violate their right to practice their religion of choice, from being taught in public schools. These laws are also meant to prevent actual historical views and practices regarding race from reaching the eager ears and impressionable minds of young people. I'm not sure if these laws had already been enacted when you were in school, though i suspect they weee some places, but they do exist TODAY.

Slavery by Another Name- Douglas A Blackmon The Color of Law- Richard Rothstein The New Jim Crow- Michelle Alexander … are all great books the go along or follow up with this video.

@elizabethyow1165

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for these book 📚 recommendations! I’ve read The Color of Law before, I will check out the other 2 books.

@michaelcockerel8366

2 ай бұрын

@@elizabethyow1165 Read on!! ✊🏽 If you want another one pertaining to racism in algorithms I suggest “Algorithms of Oppression” by Safiya Umoja Noble.

@maryjaneb550

Ай бұрын

Thank you. ❤

@michaelcockerel8366

Ай бұрын

@@maryjaneb550 No problem. If you want more literature, let me know

RIP to all the victims of slavery and neoslavery

@The_Tomfool

Ай бұрын

The worst part is with the prison system the way it is… plenty of the victims are still alive and stuck today

@simonji2940

18 күн бұрын

Neoslavery only stopped expanding but the problem was never undone, so millions still live in the areas effected that are still suffering

The more I learn about American history, the less surprised I am that I was barely taught American history in school. They want a workforce, not an educated populace.

@tomaszwida

2 жыл бұрын

the practice that did in US it looks more like gulags that were in USSR

@yungcris5211

2 жыл бұрын

That’s why if your not motivated like I was, but your still smart. They won’t even try they just give up on you, general labor? Ok that’s fine buddy get out of here. They give up on you if you don’t seem promising. So fuck them, I’ll use that as motivation

@joshuaortiz2031

2 жыл бұрын

you could always read about the subject on your own outside of school. That's what I did.

@ThePhatFilosopher

2 жыл бұрын

@seth rollins people in high places of authority?

@johntodd6413

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuaortiz2031 I think you can only go so far with that, especially with things like STEM. It's a good start, but you can't rely on it without putting hours more of time and keeping with a constant amount of effort.

As a black person, it was more a sigh of exhaustion than seething with anger. Seeing the hard fight to ban topics like this being taught, I’m not surprised.

@TheMelopeus

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, banning topics like this is just like supporting them!

@h8today

2 жыл бұрын

The argument about CRT has nothing to do with any of this.

@orangehaze74

2 жыл бұрын

@@h8today You are right. It's almost like they think these topics are never taught at all in schools.

@h8today

2 жыл бұрын

@@-sn0wm4n-21 Yes. People are afraid that children are being taught "You're white, so that makes you racist."

@keyabrade1861

2 жыл бұрын

Information like this is antifragile - it gets stronger and spreads more when people try to suppress it.

What makes people most angry isn't so much as America's atrocities committed against another human being but the fact that we've been lied to and that the lies continue. TY for making this video that should be taught in schools.

@chrisbennett6260

6 ай бұрын

great point

@Black_unity597

4 ай бұрын

Who is angry about being lied to??? We have people in this country basically burning books and fighting against this history being taught and I mean the watered down history that was being taught now they have to teach slavery was good! So I don’t know what you are talking about but that’s the luxury of living in a bubble and not having to deal with reality! As a Black man that offends me a lot of these laws that are racist can be changed but won’t and you wanna know why because a certain group in this country that has true power to do it just won’t because they support it and have this deep seeded hatred for us like we did all these things to yall and not the other way around they started a propaganda war against us that last to this very day Arabs are right now still enslaving Black Africans and the world says nothing about it and it’s 2024! People are angry they were lied to??? Wow! I want to meet these people! As if Black Americans haven’t been saying these very SAMETHING for generations but this kid makes a video and now it becomes real to yall! That’s offensive! I will say atleast you have a heart to even feel away about all of this but it’s not enough to make a comment we need change and REPARATIONS ARE DUE WE NEED ACTION ON THAT BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD BE LABELED A PROTECTED GROUP AND BE GIVEN LAND AND THE RIGHT TO GOVERN OURSELVES JUST AS THE NATIVE AMERICANS WE GIVEN! Let see who stands with us on that!

@christiansmith5047

4 ай бұрын

​@Black_unity597 that didn't work out so great for the native americans. Be careful what you wish for.

@ninjawizard3865

2 ай бұрын

​@christiansmith5047 It did for the Cheifs no?

That plea bargaining sounds like the criminal "justice" system in Japan, where if you're arrested you're immediately assumed guilty, to the point where 99% of Japanese court cases result in a guilty verdict.

my great grandma who recently passed one time mentioned picking cotton with black people when she was growing up in the south. (she was white, just extremely poor) she mentioned that she made extremely little money doing so, while the black people werent paid at all. it was then we realized she worked along side enslaved people in the early 1900s. truly insane to me

@donwilliamson2106

Жыл бұрын

I am white and snapped cotton bowls in my youth. I received 2 cents a pound.

@thetwins4948

Жыл бұрын

That is sad to hear - everyone is up in arms about minimum wage today. Now imagine being dirt poor, being forced to work for free and being owned by another human at the same time....@@donwilliamson2106

@pieterveenders9793

Жыл бұрын

The same thing happened in many Europeans countries as well around that same period, with much of the white peasant population being in slavery to a tiny but extremely wealthy elite. We have something called the veen kolonies, or "peat colonies" in the East of the Netherlands, were at that time families would live in basically a hole in the ground, covered with peat bricks and grass, working for the land lord.

@weeb6316

Жыл бұрын

@@thetwins4948 just cause the past was ass dosent mean the present should hold that standard

@icannon6611

2 ай бұрын

There's a Korean war vet in my town who says his dad was freed by the government in 1906. It's insane how recent all of this actually happened

The piece about how slavery is illegal but _practicing_ slavery is not illegal completely blew my mind!

@DannyPoet

8 ай бұрын

shocking stuff.. even more shocking that this stuff not so well known.

@POLARISFPV

8 ай бұрын

It just goes to show you how the supreme Court can never be truly politically unbiased

@Balon-Breakspear

8 ай бұрын

I don’t get how they didn’t charge them with kidnapping, torture or murder when the workers died.

@Balon-Breakspear

8 ай бұрын

@@POLARISFPVwell you don’t need to reach that far back to see that. Just look at last years abortion decision and you’ll see the Supreme Court does the bidding of the party that appointed them. That was the first time the Supreme Court took away a right they had previously affirmed Americans to have.

@whitecismale1815

8 ай бұрын

​@@Balon-BreakspearI thought they gave thapt power to the state level? And not the federal level. Plus, why abortion such a huge up roar? I watch my gun rights and inalienable right to self preservation erroded everytime a Democrat gets into office.

As a Black US military vet who literally has my family's bloodline of former slaves running through my veins, I genuinely appreciate you laying out the REALITY of the history of the government sanctioned targeting of fellow human beings solely because they have my skin complexion.

@Just.A.T-Rex

5 ай бұрын

America is one the least racist counties I’ve ever visited out of 41 different nations.

@ALIENDNA14

4 ай бұрын

It's not just skin complexion, which is the problem; but instead, the actual real problem has to do with your classification status. Being a descendant of Freedmen/Negroes has been a classification problem, in many respects.

@__Patrick

4 ай бұрын

First things first; thank you for your service. I think you nailed it; some human beings need to feel superior to another human being and will do just about anything to validate that feeling.

@apolux359

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@jordanpoole7183

4 ай бұрын

You guys need to stop downplaying these peoples generational struggles. And to me it seems that there are more racist (white against colored) people in the US than non racist. And I'm white American myself.

"You learned everything you need to know about history in Elementary School," is one of the most accurate indictments of the American education system that I've heard to date. As a person that was in advanced classes through an exceptional Elementary School, a decent Junior High, and an infamous High School that was in rap songs that tried to re-brand itself, the only thing the latter two institutions did was regurgitate information I had already learned. Seriously though, I don't recommend any schools that are featured in the rise of multiple rap artists.

I usually skip anything to do with slavery because as a black man it’s exhausting. But this was so well done and factual I watched the entire thing. The fact it’s done by a white male is even more satisfying because no one can claim bias or prejudice. This was enjoyable and much appreciated. Thank you

@sharonnsmith81

2 жыл бұрын

💯💯💯

@feliciamears1767

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@nathan9901

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevearcher6100 aight bruh whatever fits your racist narratives

@nathan9901

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevearcher6100 ah. What a gem of a comment you left earlier, "that's cool, but how about we talk about the CURRENTLY exponentially higher black on white violent crime as well" yeah nah man, that doesn't sound racist at ALL

@FIREFOX274

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevearcher6100 another freak at it again... go dig a hole yeah?

It's probably not a big deal for most people, but I would really like to thank your for including subtitles, it really helps

@Felishamois

2 жыл бұрын

bump

@regulargoat7259

2 жыл бұрын

More youtubers need to include subtitles. They’re so incredibly useful

@Overminddl1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's amazing!

@terenarosa4790

2 жыл бұрын

Huge deal for me

@koalatydm

2 жыл бұрын

He did work at a school for the Deaf and hard of hearing, so that's probably part of why he's so sensitive about including them! It's also why he always signs the number "3" the way people who speak ASL would sign it instead of the way hearing people often do.

Slavery wasn’t abolished. it was redesigned

@raltzei8120

Ай бұрын

Best way to put it

it frustrates me how much prageru uses the whole "DEMOCRATS DID IT" to completely get rid of the fact it was the poltical right, not the left, the partys switched ideologies

@raltzei8120

Ай бұрын

Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that either.

@TotallyJelly

29 күн бұрын

Republicans will often say the democrats did slavery and lost the Civil War while also raising the Confederate flag from their houses and sticking it onto their lifted trucks they are clearly a very smart base of people lol

@Homosexual_Harley

28 күн бұрын

@@raltzei8120 seems to think they did

@highviewbarbell

27 күн бұрын

they didnt switch ieologies though

@Homosexual_Harley

26 күн бұрын

@@highviewbarbell im not gonna entertain your incompetence, since you couldn’t even spell ideologies correctly

I am black and growing up black in my schools I was taught in elementary “slavery happened, it was bad but then MLK came along and also Abraham Lincoln and now slavery go bye bye” and they never covered it more than that! This video is so informational!

@envadeh

2 жыл бұрын

Wait till you hear about how ameirka destroyed so much black radical leftist movements

@siresorb1419

2 жыл бұрын

Tbf, that was probably all the budget could afford.

@memyselfandeye76

2 жыл бұрын

@@siresorb1419 are you serious?? Stop making excuses.

@memyselfandeye76

2 жыл бұрын

And they never mention Malcolm X. You can forget that...too militant. Anyway, watch Slavery By Another Name...its a documentary by PBS that talks about this in greater detail. Read The Miseducation of the Negro, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. You're not going to learn the true history of the US unless you teach yourself. Do not depend on the American education system (including college) will teach this

@PoppoYoppo

2 жыл бұрын

@@memyselfandeye76 I don't think he's making excuses I think he's just talking about how underfunded public schools are

My high school American history class taught that Reconstruction ended in 1877 because "That's when federal troops were withdrawn from the south." but never did explain why that was or what happened afterwards. Today I learned it was an election compromise, not a pre-planned withdrawal, and now I know why all the black representatives that were elected in the 1870's mysteriously disappeared in the 1880's. By the way, I graduated in 2008. I'm a millennial that was taught the same set of myths and half-truths as you were.

@ArmtheArmless1990

2 жыл бұрын

Knowing Better, Atun Shei, and now my favorite NASCAR channel. This video is checking all the boxes. Also I grew up the same as you, with the Alabama high school version of history. I was in the military during the Treyvon Martin case. Active duty military is an interesting place because everyone is from somewhere else, and most units are small microcosms of the country as a whole, and the opinion was nearly unanimous that Zimmerman was a murderer. I was on lunch when the verdict came out, and almost couldn't stomach going back to work. I, along with most of the guys I worked with couldn't believe it. That was the beginning of a long educational experience for me

@purplegill10

2 жыл бұрын

Frickin awesome to see you here s1ap.

@lgbtqiarights

2 жыл бұрын

i actually learned it was an election compromise in a cambridge course. crazy how there’s a difference between how we were educated… feels weird to see people not learning about important things. then again, it’s over a decade difference since im still in school

@comeintotheforest

2 жыл бұрын

And in Minnesota, often rated among the best public schools in the country I learned the same thing while graduating in 2017

@MatthewChenault

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArmtheArmless1990, Atun-Shei is cringe.

Growing up in VA, it's crazy to think that most people don't know the true origin of their own country.

I worked for a few years in a Civil War Historical House. I learned more there in one training week than my entire US Public Scooling. On the Literacy Tests; the librarian for the museum showed me documents for one very, very infamous case. A black male tried to register to vote in North Carolina, and was passing every test they gave him. Turns out he was moving from Europe and was a licensed Doctor with a PHD. The tester ended up pulling a single sheet of paper from a bottom drawer and the Dr couldn't complete that test and so failed. The test was written entirely in Chinese and wasn't a test, but rather a receipt of goods. Even if the Black passed the initial literacy test, Southern States would find some way to ensure they couldn't pass the next. Even if they had to make one up.

@bethelightbringer8004

Ай бұрын

Wow.

The Internet is definitely one of the greatest inventions ever because we can share content like this. Opening up doors, removing biases and introducing Skepticism

@SilvaeTransilvaniae

2 жыл бұрын

Skepticism is a great band.

@stephenjenkins7971

2 жыл бұрын

Skepticism is rarely skeptic to anything but a few things. The "Skeptic" in US history is just as often a useful idiot for other groups, unfortunately often for dictatorships in other nation-states that just so happen to be against the US. We see that most often with the current Ukraine War where even quite a few Lefties defend Russian genocide of Ukrainians just because they're anti-US.

@zaczane

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenjenkins7971 then your doing skepticism wrong.

@stephenjenkins7971

2 жыл бұрын

@@zaczane Not me (I hope), but like 99% of skeptics are, yes.

@zaczane

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenjenkins7971 yeah I wasn’t trying to say you specifically were doing it wrong. But the people who you were describing talking about the Russia/Ukraine war. But I can see how the @you name might have made it seem like I was saying you yourself were bad at it which is not what I was trying to say

Behind the Bastards did a great couple of episodes on the KKK. The resurgence of the second KKK would be hilarious if it weren't so horrifying. It was basically a pyramid scheme selling white robes.

@chrismackall467

2 жыл бұрын

Behind the bastards? Is that a channel? If so can you link it or the video you’re talking about

@ILikedGooglePlus

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismackall467 It's a really good podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts from, I think. I listened on spotify

@xHarpyx

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing podcast!

@pathoithingz4320

2 жыл бұрын

they give candies to kids to recruit them now ya know

@proudcynophile1901

Жыл бұрын

The KKK pointed hats remind me of dunce caps.

You remind me a bit of my AP social studies teacher (in 1976/77). It was a long time ago, but I remember that she spent significant time talking about the less-attractive areas of American History, especially the treatment of Native Americans, the Trail of Tears, carpetbaggers, the internment of Japanese Americans. She was very calm and cool while she taught, but there was a sadness below the surface; I think I understand it now. I went to school in NY State, but she would definitely have problems in Texas or Florida today. I found your video compelling, and upsetting . Any child anywhere would be lucky to have a teacher like you. My question for you and to all of us, is, how do we make this better moving forward?

I went to school in Arkansas and graduated in 2004. We actually learned about almost all of these instances. I was in an AP class. However, I will say that there was a lot of context missing, and this video does an incredible job to clear things up. Cheers on job well done!

@smilegirl6429

4 ай бұрын

I also learned most of this in an AP class, though I come from up north in Washington.

@karthiktirumala1773

22 күн бұрын

Graduated 2 years ago, I also learned this in APUSH - from Texas.

The fact that it took a rich white kid being a victim to abolish convict leasing in Florida says all you need to know about US history.

@leonhenry4861

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, nothing changes until it upsets somebody white and rich who can make a difference.

@Toast2222

2 жыл бұрын

Cry

@anonymike8280

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonhenry4861 Which the affirmative action system does not. Not particularly compared to its impact on the other "half" of whites in the United States. What part of not being treated as a legitimate job applicant and not having entre into the educational system above the level of a bachelor's degree do people have trouble understanding? It's not a daydream. It's extant policy and law.

@mynamesnotshanekid813

2 жыл бұрын

@@Toast2222 he ain't wrong

@mine6562

2 жыл бұрын

So true perfect observation

I was fortunate enough actually to have this taught to me in eighth grade for American History. The teacher taught us never to believe things were as simple and clean as the history books told us, and people found loopholes to continue atrocities wherever they could. I'm realy grateful for her; she was an amazing teacher.

@DarthVader1977

2 жыл бұрын

Professor Tony Martin - The Jewish involvement in the slave trade.

@arguebitte672

2 жыл бұрын

This topic is sadly worse of and more confusing after this video. This due to the ignorance of the writer’s obvious bias for victim thinking instead of rational thinking and consequence based thinking. The majority of slaves lived in the south the majority of slave owners where in the south. The majority of southerners where from the poorest parts of Britain, this culture was distructive in the poor parts of Britain and likewise in the south. This culture was forced up on the slaves which then propagate it further. This can be sown in the way today black people speak English and the way today descendents from the poor parts of Britain do or did. This culture is what gives way for the inequality. If this wasn’t the case new Africans to the Americans Nigerians for example who do a hell of a lot better. This in the framework for America being racist doesn’t make sense logically. So the 1619 project and therefore this video. Personall note I find it sad that people like this KZreadr with lots of viewers don’t try to find mistakes in their logic like this. Thomas Sowell I such a savior for all of the Americans. Knowing better just made us know less, that might be the perfect allegory for these type of “mistakes” in logic.

@arguebitte672

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarthVader1977 This topic is sadly worse of and more confusing after this video. This due to the ignorance of the writer’s obvious bias for victim thinking instead of rational thinking and consequence based thinking. The majority of slaves lived in the south the majority of slave owners where in the south. The majority of southerners where from the poorest parts of Britain, this culture was distructive in the poor parts of Britain and likewise in the south. This culture was forced up on the slaves which then propagate it further. This can be sown in the way today black people speak English and the way today descendents from the poor parts of Britain do or did. This culture is what gives way for the inequality. If this wasn’t the case new Africans to the Americans Nigerians for example who do a hell of a lot better. This in the framework for America being racist doesn’t make sense logically. So the 1619 project and therefore this video. Personall note I find it sad that people like this KZreadr with lots of viewers don’t try to find mistakes in their logic like this. Thomas Sowell I such a savior for all of the Americans. Knowing better just made us know less, that might be the perfect allegory for these type of “mistakes” in logic.

@janedoe3516

2 жыл бұрын

@@arguebitte672 stop spamming the comments.

@arguebitte672

2 жыл бұрын

@@janedoe3516 you do have a point

I never become disgusted or nauseous because of true crime or anything like that, but at around 27:30 when you said humans were listed as livestock I physically grimaced. Truly disgusting.

@Jiub_SN

2 ай бұрын

Disgusting, but it makes sense. One of the keys to maintaining slavery as an institution was to convince people that black people weren't on the same level as the other races (specifically white people, but natives Asians etc were seen as above black people as well) so effectively animals

im a white gal born and raised in texas. my history classes across the years was basically that mock prageru video at the beginning. i cant exactly say this is a shock, as it checks out that america would do this, its just shocking how little i actually knew before watching this. thank you for making this.

I actually learned about Neoslavery not from a history teacher but from my 8th grade Math teacher. This is because a black student called another the hard r and she decided to teach us why the word was not to be used. She taught us about how her grandfather was a slave even though slavery had been abolished and worked 12 hours a day to try and make ends meet at a plantation

@nexenojustice552

10 ай бұрын

What a based teacher, I hope those kids learnt from that

@christigoth

10 ай бұрын

what's the hard R? you mean N word?

@Turkolini

10 ай бұрын

@@nexenojustice552 yes

@wendyfitzgerald9179

10 ай бұрын

R=racist, i think@@christigoth

@eliksir817

9 ай бұрын

the hard "R" means the "n" word ending in "er" rather than the version ending in "a"@@christigoth

Too many Americans love nostalgia but hate history. Thank you for teaching history!

@Tennysystem

2 жыл бұрын

Revisionist history

@jamesmoore8435

2 жыл бұрын

We must know history to identify revisionist history.

@jamesmoore8435

2 жыл бұрын

@@JB-mm5ff very true. However we have written, oral, physical, archeological and scientific ways of confirming historical truths. Even some memories as poor as that may be. Lol

@RichardChappell1

2 жыл бұрын

Which makes it easy for them to fall prey to charlatans, like this author.

@jamesmoore8435

2 жыл бұрын

@@RichardChappell1 many people have gotten over the fact that many of their ancestors where soulless, evil, rapist, and child molesters who lived off of the sweat Capital of others. Many learn to understand their history, place it in proper context and move on to live healthy productive lives. Others cry when their heritages history is not handled with white silk gloves. They want the Winnie the Pooh version AKA nostalgic version

As a history major and aspiring social studies teacher/professor, I truly appreciate this video from my soul. I subscribed immediately within the first 3 minutes. The standard history we were all taught in school felt like a puzzle, but the disgusting government stole the missing piece, and you found it. All of it makes me so upset. I hope we will all somehow be able to fix this egregious injustice to all the black communities.

I wrote entire papers on this subject earning my bachelors in history and I was surprised to learn a few of these things. Great video.

@NathanDudani

8 ай бұрын

e n t i r e

@MichaelJoseph-id2lc

5 ай бұрын

No one can say nothing was learned from this video!

Although this may be uncommon, my high school history teacher actually handed out those ‘literacy’ tests for us to take and failed all of us to make a point of how unfair it was

@djdrocco

2 жыл бұрын

I had this thought while watching. I'm glad at least one educator already does this.

@josephlucatorto4772

2 жыл бұрын

I had a teacher that did this too. We did this first thing in class one day and he told us it would be part of our grade. Mr Vanenburg best history teacher I ever had

@Ethan-cz8xq

2 жыл бұрын

My teacher didn't do this, but when I took APUSH I actually looked at one (I believe it was a Louisiana one) and quickly saw exactly how unfair it was

@whazzat8015

2 жыл бұрын

Heck, in '60's Dallas (aka City of Hate) we used as a textbook, Texas History Movies, published by the Dallas Morning News in 1934, which was a racist Jim Crow graphic novel , still in print. Black folks all held melons and Mexicans all sombreros. And they wonder why we had issues.

@nataliemccarthy9140

2 жыл бұрын

My high school history teacher did a similar thing with old citizenship tests (I think passing the test was required for entry to the US but I'm not sure). I remember one of the questions to draw the utensils into an image. Easy right? Not if you're from an asian country and have only ever eaten with chopsticks or if your from a country that predominantly eats with your hands. It really taught me how these tests were purposefully designed to exclude non-white people.

"it abolished slavery as a legal concept but didn't include punishment for people still engaging in it" HOLY SHIT that is some Terms of Service legal fine print loophole they've made there @_@

@pansexualdickhaver6878

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s a BAR!

@tracycottrell5146

Жыл бұрын

I believe I learned that once slavery became illegal, it was actually only a little illegal there were many ways of getting around having to pay for labor. For instance and imprisoned black man could be forced into free labor. Many things could put a black man in prison. Many ridiculous things. There you go back to your free labor nothing changed. Nothing ever changes instantly anyway and money always talks

this is the greatest video youtube has ever given us, thank you sir. i hope the entire nation has the opportunity to watch this

Honestly as a black man I can say that I learn quite a lot from this video and I appreciate the truths

Don’t feel guilty for believing the myth for so long. You should only feel guilty if you heard the truth and rejected it.

@fupoflapo2386

2 жыл бұрын

And those who use it to guilt a whole race for their own agenda.

@Jean_Jacques148

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@asetelini

2 жыл бұрын

This is practically a Quran quote.

@fupoflapo2386

2 жыл бұрын

@@asetelini haram

@fupoflapo2386

2 жыл бұрын

@@my8thaccount236 ?

I never even learned about Black Codes. You've made it so much easier to understand why such important history isn't taught in schools. And how critical it is that people today know it

@alesbianhotmess

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@WinWin-oo4uk

2 жыл бұрын

I was shown the movie Glory and that was it.

@littlemissmuffet8607

2 жыл бұрын

It’s taught in our schools here in Chicago, but not when I was in school

@Drebin2293

2 жыл бұрын

I went to school in Appalachia in the 90's we learnt most of what was in this video. Though I didn't know the extent the peonage system had been in practice. I also thought it had ended in the 1920s. I'm surprised at the comments section here. I thought everyone knew this stuff. Whilst I think they need to keep CRT at college level I also think they need to teach this as well. They also need to teach about the banana republics and the assassinations. Everyone needs to know just how despicable corporations and businesses can be when left to their own devices. If anyone needs to be taught why we need regulation, it's this kind of shit that needs to be pointed out.

@WinWin-oo4uk

2 жыл бұрын

@@Drebin2293 What does clothes have to do with this?

Can we appreciate the amount of research this man had to do just for an hour plus video.

Real answer, it never ended, penal labor which is protected under the 13th amendment is still allowed in many states, while private slave owning is extinct public slave owning is still allowed and private entitys can benefit from it.

Spencer Haywood a former all-star who played on the showtime Lakers (briefly 1980), grew up as a sharecropper, he said his family was held basically as slaves and threatened with death if they ran away...He said when he started to grow and get bigger (he grew up to around 6'8") he was falsely accused of murder and sent jail for a night, his mom realized that they might be trying to keep on the farm perpetually so after he was released she found a way to get him out so he could live and survive with a family member in Chicago. He's still alive today, still talks about that time, says whether it was called slavery or not it definitely felt like real slavery to him.

@jessestreet2549

2 жыл бұрын

i've argued for years that sharecroppers were actually worse off than actual slaves because the landowner had no vested interest (sizable purchase price) in the "free" sharecroppers and so had little interest in the health, housing and care of their tenants.

@MariaCJ

2 жыл бұрын

My father and his family grew up sharecropping. He was born in 1950. He only got away from it when he left home at 15 to live with his older brother.

@Gobackto4chan

2 жыл бұрын

The legal system must protect one group without binding them while binding another group without protection. That’s the conservative/confederate way.

@InnerDness

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessestreet2549 well it's essentially serfdom rather than slavery

@arch8748

2 жыл бұрын

@@jessestreet2549 my teacher said the same point the other day. With slavery, the owners had some reason to keep the slaves alive due to the money they spent on them. But with sharecropping and convict labor, the victims would regularly be worked to death

Those literacy tests were no joke. We took the test in AP US History. The teacher offered extra credit to anyone who passed. Only 5 out of 75 people passed. That was the easier test. The extreme test version had no one pass as you would need a near perfect memory of US history, dates, and people.

@amistrophy

2 жыл бұрын

perfect*

@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper

2 жыл бұрын

@@amistrophy purrfect

@garybradley5525

2 жыл бұрын

That is because the current state of education is pathetic!

@carson8290

2 жыл бұрын

@@garybradley5525 lmao tell me you didn’t actually watch the video without telling me you didn’t watch the video

@bunnywavyxx9524

2 жыл бұрын

@@garybradley5525 so imagine it back then.

i'm not from the usa so i never studied "elementary school level common knowledge", but after high school one day my brain went like "waaaait a minute, why didn't the usa side with germany?" and i really liked that the answer of this video title was also the answer to my years-long question

In the annals of tales that textbooks spin, Beyond the Pilgrims, where truths begin. Through the echoes of Civil War's fierce strife, A chapter untold, in the tapestry of life. MLK, a beacon in history's quest, Ended segregation, put bigotry to rest. But harken, oh seeker, to the hidden lore, For racism's ghost, still haunting the core. The Standard Myth, a veil of disguise, A narrative crafted, where the truth belies. Neoslavery's whispers, in the silence linger, A tale obscured, by history's artful finger. No swift demise, with MLK's decree, Racism's shadow, a resilient tree. Segregation's chains may outwardly sever, Yet roots of injustice persist forever. When was the last, the shackles unbind? In the realm of neoslavery, the answers we find. Beyond the textbooks, in the shadows cast, A legacy lingers, a historical mast. Knowing Better, a voice in the crowd, Unveils the truths, like a thunderous cloud. Beyond the facade of a myth so neat, Neoslavery's echoes, under history's feet. In the corridors of time, a haunting truth, The last slave freed, beyond the youth. Racism's grip, a persistent bane, In the fabric of history, leaves a stain. So let us learn, with open hearts, The untold chapters, where history imparts. Neoslavery's tale, a truth laid bare, In Knowing Better's enlightened glare.

@QwonDrea

Ай бұрын

THIS IS SO AMAZING ❤ SO TALENTED 😊

"This version of history, otherwise known as what actually happened" Banger quote

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

I know more epic History-Video-Essays and Myth-Busting, so let me recommend you Oversimplified, Bluejay, Second Thought, Genetically Modified Sceptic and Some-More-News! Some More News should really be highlighted cause hes excellent Coverage of all kinds of problems, as hes specialized on simply 'adressing and listing problems', which may make his Coverage seem 'random' but its not.

@notoriusdrifter40

Жыл бұрын

@@slevinchannel7589 Second Thought is based, I can also recommend Hakim and YUGOPNIK.

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

@@notoriusdrifter40 And Hbomberguy?

@slevinchannel7589

Жыл бұрын

@@notoriusdrifter40 He and 'Some More News' are better at 'Presentation'!!

@bornanagaming3329

Жыл бұрын

@@slevinchannel7589 oversimplified? Really? It's historymemes the youtube channel

Some stories of this extension of slavery survived within black families. You tell the average person about it and they try to convince you that it was just the regular prison system at work. When I was born, a few Civil War era slaves were still alive. It had to be painful for them to see their children and grandchildren grow up to be subjected to fates every bit as cruel as what they had experienced.

@Mrstrikerace

Жыл бұрын

Prison slave labor still exists today. Over 100 corporations use slave labor. It has always been about the rich exploiting the most vulnerable and they didn't in reality care what color you were but the evolutionists started the debate painting black people as sub standard. The rich have and always will use any excuse to exploit the poor or disadvantaged and in the process use any means to divide and conquer those that have little power. I grew up in a mixed race church and we are to love ALL people.

@jennaywilliams7664

Жыл бұрын

It still is.

55:04 One of the professors at my college was one of the researchers and narrators for a podcast called Sugarland 95 about convict leasing and sugarcane in Texas. I highly recommend listening to it to all of y’all who want to learn more. Thank you for this video!

I must say, first im a musician and dont really need to or much desire to learn about random history, yet you were able to capture my attention and keep me watching until the end. That was extremely interesting and informative, thank you for the lesson Mr.

@ralphmack8590

6 ай бұрын

Musician? You should always look to experience other ppl's pain and culture. Makes for better music. Or happiness

In my American history class someone shared an anecdote about their grandfather talking to a black cab driver in New Orleans and he ask “you can vote right? since you can read” and the driver said he got down to the polling place and the literacy test they gave him said “If you can read this your dead”

@kiwitrainguy

Жыл бұрын

"How many bubbles are there in a bar of soap?" That was one of the questions they would ask.

@skeyesk2717

Жыл бұрын

@@kiwitrainguy sheer lunacy...

@kiwitrainguy

Жыл бұрын

One question to ask the examiner is "How did you do on this test?" But then that would put the black person in to the "you're dead" category.

@allisonmarlow184

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, when I moved to New Orleans for business in 1981, it was made VERY CLEAR to me that they were still fighting the Civil War in Louisiana. White and black alike made this clear. And it was, back then, a VERY different world from anything else I had ever seen. After this video, I now understand why both races were mentally stuck in the 1860's, and what they were angry about. This needs to be taught in school. Putting blinders on hasn't worked, so let's try some understanding.

@willowt9196

Жыл бұрын

@@allisonmarlow184 I visited Huntsville Alabama in 1981 to visit an Aunt. I was in 7 th or 8 th grade. My Aunt took me on a river cruise. At one point they started playing the song Dixie. Everyone stood up just like they did to sing the national anthem at a baseball game. I have the chills now just thinking about it, I have a very new understanding of what happened. The more I learn the more I realize all of the lies I have been taught and why things just do not make any sense.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the history they are trying to protect. My father was a history teacher. When we moved to America. Every time he helped us with homework, he told us his blood pressure was about to go up. He taught us the real American history. So we study the myth to pass the test.. thank you for this video, and I had to share it.

I took AP US history in high school, didn't learn a single bit of any of this, well, except for the myth part....gotta love our education system!

@bece00

8 ай бұрын

I didn't get most of this until I was in college U.S history :/

This video should be shown in every history class in the country, especially Florida.

@Rountree1985

8 ай бұрын

And Texas

@antiLGTBQ

8 ай бұрын

why especially florida?

@conniethesconnie

7 ай бұрын

Florida has moved far right into the Prager U, Moms For Liberty, anti-woke, only teach the traditional story camp. Their attempts to stop leftist indoctrination in schools are resulting in forcing a right-wing agenda on schools. They see the pendulum move and rather than remove politics and return to the center they just pull it even further in the opposite direction.

@calangel

7 ай бұрын

Because Florida, where I live, is a hotbed for history deniers. Some of these silly school boards are trying to use PragerU garbage to teach kids.

@Hotfaucet

Ай бұрын

@@antiLGTBQ have you been watching the news this the shit they scared of teaching that’s why.

Retired history teacher here. Excellent work. I taught Texas history, which is clearly based on legends and tall tales.

@trusailietazperlinski4717

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, went to school in Texas.. you live it in Texas. Expecially if you are Native American. Honestly the intended purpose of it was so that an American born and raised Texan can, if need be practically recite the whole American history book, while presenting the colors and retiring the colors daily...in a dare I say "due process" fashion to free one another from injustices and illegal slavery. Imagine finding out in your late 30s, AFTER marking that you are American Native on all standard educational documents, and licensing that you are not native American, but rather only a natural born American.

@TheusDjehuty

11 ай бұрын

All history is based on white versions of their story. Whoever wins the wars writes the history RIGHT so don't act shocked and stop shitting on TX like that bullshit history was just told down south 🙄

@randomotaku5500

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the Alamo

@BB-tq4mm

11 ай бұрын

100% Texas history was so easy for any Texan to ace bc it's just a constant glorification of Texas the entire time 🥴

@notsomething7561

11 ай бұрын

As a Texan born and raised, it is an absolute shame that our state (which probably has the most interesting history of any state) does a horrid job of teaching its history.

Wow, this explains why American history after the civil war was soooo boring. Probably because all the drama was left out and replaced by little smiley faces. Thanks for giving me the history I missed.

@aminahmed110

2 жыл бұрын

How was it entertaining b4 the civil war then? U mean having slaves and mistreating them was fun?

@catherinecrawford2289

2 жыл бұрын

omg, there was sooo much deadly drama and so much danger afoot, and yes, it is taught as so dull and dry.

@UberOtaku001

2 жыл бұрын

When you cover the drama parents will freak out about how "woke" it is to acknowledge the black codes and Jim Crow

@dejstoney

2 жыл бұрын

Right. I just thought it stopped at Jim Crow and Mass incarceration but then it was actually much worse.

@lukeiamurdad9055

Жыл бұрын

@@UberOtaku001 it’s funny how they turn the word “woke” into some into something negative. And when I say they, I mean Fox News.

Thank you for updating my education on this topic as I was wonderfully under-educated in Alabama, especially because I was never given an actual US history course, because in the AP program, you take European History the year they taught American history in the non-college credit classes so I only learned about the colonies and then jumped back across the pond after Independence. This was 20 years ago now, so it's possible things have changed from the way things were then but as much as I had learned on my own since, there were still some things I hadn't come across. I am so grateful you're making this information available and I have shared this with several people already. 🙏🙀😿

Thank you for putting together a great video about the history myths, and the accuracy of black history in this country.

“Standard American History Myth” is such a perfect term! It’s straightforward, yet describes a massive, shared educational experience.

@amehak1922

2 жыл бұрын

And conservatives insist on it obsessively and get pissed off if you say so. That's why even the idea 'critical race theory' terrifies them so much.

@grmpEqweer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. And its' inaccuracy.

@amehak1922

2 жыл бұрын

@@grmpEqweer because they're racist and don't like admitting it.

@jerrell1169

2 жыл бұрын

Should be Standard History of America Myth just so it can be shortened to SHAM.

@arturocevallossoto5203

2 жыл бұрын

Every country has its own "national myth". I can very well recite the "Standard Mexican History Myth" from memory. It may change a bit with the years but the essence remains the same.

I had an aunt who while recounting stories about her early life, told me that during the great flood of 1927 in Louisiana a group of Black men showed up claiming that, "The master abandoned us." This was after the water started rising. The implication is clear that these been were slaves…

@KCLARK98

2 жыл бұрын

There's a movie that Keke Palmer starred in (don't remember the name) that retold the story of slaves that were found in either the 1960s or 1970s that had been so isolated from everywhere else, that the white people were able to keep the black people enslaved. This is exactly why I don't celebrate Juneteenth

@ColetteElizabeth

2 жыл бұрын

@@KCLARK98 looking for the movie right now. Thank you for the information.

@ColetteElizabeth

2 жыл бұрын

That's a trip. Many of my family members left the South, as part of a caravan comprised of extended family and other "kinfolk," right after The Great Flood of 1927 and during The Great Migration. My great grandmother told me that's why she was deathly afraid of rising water because she remembered when the levee broke.

@jessioliver16

2 жыл бұрын

@@KCLARK98 The movie is called Alice.

I’d double check that, ““ when Darwin’s book of , “Origin of Species” came out”” claim. Darwin made it clear that he didn’t believe in race.

@xx_isabel_the_wolf_xx3869

7 ай бұрын

Yeah but it kinda got hijacked unfortunately

This is a *literal* 160-year-old conspiracy to cover up the truth.

"we had black president twice so we can't be racist" is the equivalent of "I have black friends so I can't be racist"

@raymonds7492

8 ай бұрын

Not to mention that obama isn't even a descendant of slaves and was raised by white people.

@toreano3160

3 ай бұрын

Only thing we shared with Obama is complexion black folks in America don't come from africa Obama fooled slot of us here in America n this the same guy who fooled some of us wit crooked joe

@toreano3160

3 ай бұрын

Reparations now cut the checks do u believe in Reparations for the descendants?

@hashslingingslasher3957

3 ай бұрын

@@toreano3160 ehhhhhhhhh as a fellow light skin (black and white), the 400 years of slavery, and nearly 100 years of segregation something should of been done a long long time ago. whites were given millions of acres of land in a time where thats really all people had. Yet blacks werent even aloud to read/write. the atrocities that happened have done irreversible on the black community. though as it says iin the video we elected a black president twice and nothing was done. the year iis now 2024 and America is almost as divided than when the brown vs the school of education.

@richardgould4469

2 ай бұрын

i would challenge you to tell me how i can prove i am not racist without sounding racist ??

I find it disturbing and despicable that Southern states are writing laws banning this information from being taught. We need this information shared, not banned and hidden.

@nanni-buyerofcopper

Жыл бұрын

Fucking desantis over here almost burning books to keep this hidden

@choco9714

Жыл бұрын

@@nanni-buyerofcopper ashamed to have his surname

@elipticalecliptic481

Жыл бұрын

they want to bring this shit back

@Objectified

Жыл бұрын

No one is banning this from being taught.

@kiag.8484

Жыл бұрын

@@Objectified yes they are

This is why i hate when people say "Whats the point of knowing about History" Because all this stuff can happen and will happen again if left alone and without any knowledge. On top of that it gives us ao much information on what to do and not to do in the future when it comes to legislation, judicial issues, and so much more important factors that can effect our everyday life

I’m a 90s kid, at the time I went to school in Oregon I noticed the teacher (wht, old) would always mistreat the blck kids- she would get mad at them all the time, she would rip up their tests if she did that like it, etc. I was too young to understand why they were treated that way but I understand now that I’m an adult. Rsm will always continue to exist and people of color are still treated differently.

@sBrCj

3 ай бұрын

wow that's fucking awful did no one call her out on it?

Man, I’m an African American who loves history, and for me to not know this……it hurts. The fact that schools barely teach this is disgusting. I’m glad you taught me this though. Thank you. 🙏🏾

@Toyota4Life

2 жыл бұрын

They don’t want white people to look bad…

@martinphilip8998

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a pity that teaching real history has become “criminal". CRT became a boogeyman though it isn’t taught to undergraduates. Because stupid people don’t usually go to college, they’ve nothing to fret about.

@ellanina801

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate how thorough this video was. I remember being so inspired by the Underground Railroad, and slaves fighting for freedom, and civil rights and all that. I absolutely loved the idea that all Americans were equal, but when I got into the real world as an adult, I was grossly disappointed, and continue to be more and more every single day. Realizing that everything I was taught was twisted as propaganda (“white washed” some say) has been so painful. I hope someday our children will have the nation that WE were promised, and that all of those beautiful men, women, and children lost their lives for.

@thetruthispotenza3602

2 жыл бұрын

Most people dont even know that the African Kings and Queens started the African slave trade. They literally rounded up their own people and created the slave trade. There was black slave owners in America. Africans also invaded and enslaved millions of white Europeans. I believe these things arent taught to the people because it would help all of us understand something that would change everything. Its not about black vs white. Its about good vs evil. Good people should reject race politics. The people that accept all this racial propaganda are fueling this deception and division.

@ellanina801

2 жыл бұрын

@@thetruthispotenza3602 I would definitely be interested to learn more about this. Do have anything you can suggest to me (documentaries, books, articles, channels, etc)? Even some Native Americans had slaves. You are correct though, it’s about good versus evil, and that the racial propaganda is fueling deception and division. Much love. 💜💜💜

I was one of the "hippies" referenced by Nixon's man. I never broke a law or joined a demonstration, but I was a very effective advocate. I was harassed by police, and couldn't get a job, even though I had a college degree. What I am saying I saw the horrors of the war on drugs and how the law was applied. I saw how police used, and are still using no knock searches to intimidate, and at times assassinate their target, and that most of the time the target was black or brown. I saw how the war on drugs helped create and empower the cartels just like prohibition produced organized crime. I saw how the police were all over some street kid selling crack while downtown I saw several businessmen cram into a toilet stall blowing powder while a cop was using a urinal.

@gezin82

Жыл бұрын

It's one big crime syndicate, greed and crime will get you to the top, but you need another narrative to give plausible deniability. Nixons Narrative explanation was no anomaly, it's SOP. standard operating procedure, it's worse than Mob activity and deadlier

@Mrstrikerace

Жыл бұрын

The biggest problem has always been the rich on the poor. The more they could make white fight black and black fight white the more they could divide the people and accomplish their goals.

@user-du3vo5ld2j

Жыл бұрын

Drugs are legal in Seattle WA....how's that working out for them?

@jordinjalil3053

Жыл бұрын

@@user-du3vo5ld2j stop. the problem is the blatant sentencing disparity between "black" vs "white used substances. think for more than 2 seconds about this topic, as uncomfortable as it may make you.

@Rattys

Жыл бұрын

@@user-du3vo5ld2j If you think legalized drugs is the only problem with Seattle, you haven't met anyone from ANY other part of the state of Washington.

An excellent presentation. Convict leasing and debt peonage were systems that continued the greediness, violence, brutality, and maliciousness of slavery and the plantations, most of them operating as concentration camps.

Wow. I learned a ton from this video. I appreciate that you explained what is taught in schools for those of us who aren't American. Also that you made this so entertaining that Mum and I didn't even notice the length. Also, nearly every question I had about what you were saying was answered almost immediately. The only question I still have is - why is false pretense listed as both a felony and misdemeanour. I'll probably rewatch this at some point in case you explained and I just missed it. I knew practically none of this before watching your video. It really explains a lot of things that I had wondered about the way things seem to work in the States. Thank you.

You hit the nail on the head with the feeling guilty for being white thing. I think that’s why so many people are afraid to open their eyes to racism because they just think “well I’m not gonna be guilty for being white!” when in reality you don’t need to feel any guilt as long as you’re not racist, you just need to acknowledge that it’s there and has been there. Very informative video

@meowtherainbowx4163

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people like to cherry pick the smaller number of race activists and Twitter idiots who think literally all white people are racist and are consciously preserving their privilege. Those people exist, but they’re a convenient stereotype for other bad actors to use when they want to deflect from genuine race issues.

@DawaLhamo

2 жыл бұрын

Can't be part of the solutions if we can't understand the problems.

@Ikon55_

2 жыл бұрын

What about minorities being racist? Racisms aren't limited to affirmative action law! This new woke is untrue! That law, when it was written, was only for the current minorities. Not a forever law. I grew up in the late 60s and 70s. I had seen some of this racism first hand! I was so glad that law was enacted! We needed it! But like always, it's been totally abused! I'll tell you what. If Dr. King had come out of his grave before the George Floyd protests and rioting. He would have been over joyed with the progress this country had made! But the new all whites are inherently racist is just ridiculous! There were bigots there are bigots and they're always will be bigots! But that is not what you are calling racism! Our children have been exposed to each other's culture for a while now! They didn't even realize for the most part of racism! Until recently it was like I said mostly bigots! But not just bigots who were white! Bigots of all races! And whether you like it or not being white is a race! And when you talk so negatively about white people then you are a racist also! Somebody needs to stand up and control The narrative of bit. They need to acknowledge that there has been racism in the past and there are possibly some residue of its still, but nothing like is being yelled out by minorities now! Like I said earlier I had experienced real racism! This black lives matter whole situation is just a exasperating the problem. Let's get our facts straight and the narrative straight and become one undivided country again! And the kneeling during the anthem is disgraceful! Professional athletes have such a very wide avenue to be heard! I'm not against they're not believing in society yet I don't agree with, but have them go to the Arlington cemetery and have them kneel there in protest! Let them see why we are so offended! Let them see WHY people are so offended! Also, what's with playing of the black national anthem? There is no black nation! There's the United States! Maybe someone who disagrees can tell me where this black nation is? Did the black slaves get freed because the black slaves rioted for their freedom? No! How many countless whites were killed in the civil war to help free the slaves! I have yet to hear anyone speak of this! And don't tell me that's not the case! If it were then they wouldn't be tearing down Confederate statues and changing names! So they do recognize that the South represented slavery in the North represented non-slavery! So go to these Union graveyards and kneeling protest there for the tens of thousands of white people who died in that war! Disrespect their part and freeing the slaves! Whites should not be blamed for everything in history! Especially when your history is wrong! Especially when the history you are presenting is wrong! When affirmative action took place, it helped to relieve the current leftover racism in America! By bringing this up all the time about 400 years a slave has just set back racism by 50 years! And when you speak of slavery, do you realize how many native Americans we're enslaved? And killed with diseases! And put on these reservations without weapons to hunt with and terrible land to be able to farm! Don't you think that needs to be acknowledged! So how is all lives matter being racist? There is nothing about that that is racist! BLM is racist! Also in American history there was a thing called indentured servants! Check your history! These people were shipped over from England and that area because the lower class in England were getting overwhelming! So they offered free passage and the promise of land to the United States! But most of them didn't understand was that their patch of land which they were promised, came with 7 years of their type of slavery! In fact native Americans blacks and whites of that poverty level sometimes stayed in the same places together! And these whites who came to America under those conditions had very strict rules against them! They were not a citizen so they had no voting rights, they were practically a slave for the the 7 years. They had absolutely no rights and were beaten and abused when they didn't give their property owners the food and stuff that they had made each year just like the old class system of barons and such in England! Did you know that they were forbidden to be married! And if they did become married then there indentary was added by 7 years and the women lost any rights of citizenship! And did you know if they had children, that the children would be indentured until the age of 20? So you can see the cherry picking minority movement! And no one living today has anything to do with that! That goes for the civil war the rights to vote and everything else to benefit minorities or suppress minorities! Heck half of the white population or more in this country were immigrants well after the civil war! So you cannot blame the entire white race for your history of 400 years of racism! That would take you back to the early 1600s! When the vast enslaved people were native Americans and low class whites! So please stop this nonsense! Stand together shoulder to shoulder as the human race! We can do so much good if we did not allow them to divide us! PS I'm sure that some may try to pick apart different things in this statement go right ahead! The meaning is there! And the general history is there! So forgive people of 400 years ago who enslaved many races! And those who argue about how great our founding fathers were, you can look back and see what their thoughts were! And if the time of history that they were living in! And how they left ways to make amendments to the Constitution because they knew society would change! Just like the freedom of the slaves, women and black rights to vote! Affirmative action! And the mixing of races within the last 40 plus years! So don't be part of that problem! Be a part of what Doctor Martin Luther King had envisioned! Of a rainbow coalition and peace between the races! Okay I hope this gives you a slightly different opinions on the current conditions! My statement here is not too flare up anymore racism is to get an understanding into move back towards the future that we have come since the affirmative action law! Peace and love to ALL!

@joemoore1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ikon55_ Holy shit dude I don’t know wtf you’re on but I didn’t even mention half of the random ass crap you put in your long winded rant about I’m not sure what… most of it sounded pretty racist though so… nice I guess? 😂 why are you talking to me like I’ve done all this stuff and am blaming white people??💀 Did you even read my comment 😂

@uniquenewyork3325

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, we really don't need or want y'all to be guilty, we just want you to get how race impacts us differently because of all of these different factors

I’m an Indian living abroad and my son is in American school. I wanted to teach him American history and I clicked on the video. An absolute eye-opener!! Nothing different from our very own caste system.. Power and greed leads to inhuman behavior. I don’t know how much I can teach and reveal to my son, but I know better than before now. Thanks a ton. 🙏🏻💐

@tntstorms7969

2 жыл бұрын

How is the caste system going nowadays in India? Better, worse, same?

@kishmishhkoul2844

2 жыл бұрын

@@tntstorms7969 lot better, laws are strict and there is reservations for jobs and colleges to help uplift them

@tntstorms7969

2 жыл бұрын

@@kishmishhkoul2844 So is the caste system eliminated? I was under the impression that Hinduism was the reason for the caste system being that you were born to your condition and caste and not being mobile. What laws are you referring to being strict? And are they strict as in prohibiting the caste system from existing?

@Serene903

2 жыл бұрын

@@tntstorms7969 Hinduism never was the reason for it actually. The books said that your work would define your caste not the way you were born for example a teacher having the highest position after that the soldiers and so on. but well, greediness of the men in power ultimately disgraced the whole thing. While for the reservations its really helping, representation is now in large percentage ofcourse , and discrimination laws are pretty strict with people even getting convicted for life in more severe cases. I wouldn't say the caste bias is gone completely ,it is not practised but it's their, i have seen it even in my own family. however the times are changing and more people are fighting for the rights. Intercaste marriages were taboo 20-25 years ago however it's pretty common nowadays with interfaith marriages on the rise as well.

@christinemiddleton4476

2 жыл бұрын

@@tntstorms7969 Er, me thinks you do not fully understand the way in which the which Caste system came about and it’s structure; I suggest you read a book by Isabelle Wilkerson.

I gotta give you the utmost respect and appreciation. You laid errything perfectly. Thank you for takin the tyme and havin the courage to enlighten us. Subscribin for sure.

I am really glad I chose to watch your video ❤️. You're in depth truths seasoned with some sarcasm, are factual and reality driven and so important in this world. Thank you!

I didn't realize round 2 slavery was waaaay worse than round 1. Using the they're criminals myth and eugenics really helps explain why segregation was so widely accepted/permitted at the time. It always confused me why the North bought into it.

@simonphoenix3789

2 жыл бұрын

Lethe. V It wasn't worse, let alone way worse. It was still bad, but comparing it to actual slavery is like comparing the current war in Ukraine to the Nazi invasion and occupation of Ukraine in WW2.

@alltheusernameswastaken8936

2 жыл бұрын

@@simonphoenix3789 you missed something. you should have waited until at least min 47 before commenting. How is Georgia this time of year?

@mechanomics2649

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedarkmasterthedarkmaster It was a joke that went over your head.

@theojam2

2 жыл бұрын

We always want to see progress and sometimes a little too impatient with our own family. Then not even to consider our friends or the other people in our community. By what I mean is it more important that I become as rich as Elon or that everyone that works for a successful company should not need government assistance along with their salary to make ends meet?

@theojam2

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many times we look at the price of goods and services and say I'm not racist

I'm from the Caribbean. In school, we learned all about the versions of neoslavery that existed here (apprenticeship, plantation tenantries, various Located Labourer acts). It's a wonder to me that this kind of stuff isn't readily taught in the USA.

@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin

2 жыл бұрын

Apprenticeship is kind of like internship. You work in exchange for learning. Plantation tenantry is serfdom. I'm unsure about 'various located labourer acts' unless you want to get into some weedy anecdotes. None of those are actual slavery (ie. indefinite to permanent ownership of the person until they are sold or freed). Neoslavery is a conveniently imprecise modern buzzword. Instead, learn the proper terms for these things, because they will actually tell you what they are. It's important to distinguish reality from naming convention (physis from nomen, ie.), don't you agree? That's why the names like 'serdom' are important, because they are the closest we have gotten to reality so far to describe these things.

@garrycole9187

2 жыл бұрын

White Americans don't want to be accountable.

@sirdopaminesjournal3292

2 жыл бұрын

We don't want to make white people feel uncomfortable.

@jealousyofthesun

2 жыл бұрын

@@james_chatman "certain people" being the white middle class

@edwardbateman3094

2 жыл бұрын

@@jealousyofthesun no

My reaction to this video can only be expressed as "well fuck. I had that wrong". I was aware of the property line manipulation to segregate neighborhoods and had a general theory of legal discrimination against black people but while none of this truly surprises me given the history of our country it truly saddens and angers me.

Never seen a single one of your videos but you absolutely nailed it. Well done. Well done sir.

When I was in 11th grade, we walked into APUSH class and the teacher immediately gave us a test. It wasn't over anything we had studied. The questions were strangely worded or basically indecipherable, some had no correct answer or didn't specify how to provide an answer. She told us that the test would determine 10% of our semester grade. Through the entire time, she was muttering that she knew we wouldn't know how to do the work and that we'd never pass the test. She'd scold us if we asked questions or spoke. Just treated us like idiots. Rushed us to finish, then collected all the tests. That was how she introduced the topic of the literacy test to our class. Incredibly traumatic to me, a very anxious and possibly neuro-atypical student, but also one of the lessons that left the greatest impression on me.

@katkohut9825

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great lesson on the subject. Bringing history to the present through demonstration is one of the best ways to teach it.

@njm2699

2 жыл бұрын

Damn that is brutal. Imagine just sitting their questioning ur mental prowess while demeaning yourself bc u can’t get any answers correct.

@P.cookie

2 жыл бұрын

God, my APUSH teacher was just classist and was never on unit with the other classes

@punic4045

2 жыл бұрын

@@P.cookie she was classist in both ways I guess

@lobsterbark

2 жыл бұрын

One of my history teachers did a very similar same thing, only he just gave people random grades on the test because some of the questions didn't really have a right answer. He then talked about the literacy tests and showed actual period tests that had a lot of the same questions on it. Of course the test wasn't for an actual grade.

As a UK person, I remember covering the American civil rights movement in school for exams, (conveniently circumventing Europe/Britain's involvement in the unit title I know), and we all were taught the same timeline you were. But it's good to find a channel like yours, learning never stops

@oskarwinters1873

2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the Uk too and in Highschool we covered the English involvement. I think your teachers were being selective.

@f1rek1ller-56

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know people in other countries learn about that

@Jazzafritsch

2 жыл бұрын

@@f1rek1ller-56 seeing as america basically influences all western powers it's quite normal to learn a little bit about them we never covered anything in Australia though

@nurse941

2 жыл бұрын

@@f1rek1ller-56 most countries learn global history not just history pertaining to their country.

@purplewine7362

2 жыл бұрын

@@nurse941 americans don't

There's another piece of history that I was excited to learn about on KZread but then saw completely omitted in a Pearson textbook - Hiawatha and the Iroquois League. I really recommend the Extra History series about it! At one point as a special education instructor, I was teaching the various influences that formed the Constitution, and I made sure to mention the Iroquois even though the textbook said nothing about Native American influences.

This was very well done, the best explanation of all this that I've experienced. Thank you. It was long, but it captured my attention the whole way through.

"You won't believe what brought them back" Me, an avid Woodrow Wilson hater: "OH YES I WILL"

@trla6505

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes Will

@kevinaguilar7541

2 жыл бұрын

Willsoooon!

Something similar to neo-slavery happens in the gulf states nowadays. Worker from South-Asia arrive in countries like Qatar and the UAE, and often have to sign contracts which they know little about and their passports are taken away, essentially trapping them. After that, they're often horrible exploited, having to do tough labor in harsh conditions. Often times they are debt-trapped as well. All of this just to make some money to support their families back at home, young men leave their countries. And when they die, the debts sometimes get sent back to the parents at home who are struggling to make ends meet. It is actually quite unnerving how many similarities there are. I guess we still have a long way to go.

@peoplethesedaysberetarded

2 жыл бұрын

Oh noes! B-b-but CNN, and Knowing Better, tell me that the USA is de worstestest EVAR! How can it be? It’s almost like, as you point out, there is actual barbarism and savagery in this world, so much in fact that we DON’T have to burn time inventing and pretending it exists in the USA. Remember. Jussie Smollett’s would-be assassin still walks free.

@tomatochemist

2 жыл бұрын

That’s terrible! I’m really sorry to hear that.

@RhelrahneTheIdiot

2 жыл бұрын

This particular type of slavery if I'm not wrong is called 'Indentured Servitude', basically what happens is its a kind of labor contract where the person voluntarily works without pay with food and shelter provided in exchange for paying off some sort of debt or service that has been given to them. Generally its meant to be a more tame type of slavery with clearly defined limits as to what they will be doing, how they will be treated and for how long they will be working, as its voluntary on part of the worker in question though as for how it happens in Qatar and the UAE it is practically abduction akin to what was previously done to Africa with the slave trade. A example of which is with some colonists used to get to the America's, these particular colonists would use these sort of contracts to get to the Americas or where they wanted to go in exchange for providing the ship or affiliates of the ship a service. A example of which could be quite simple such as offering to work as a kitchen aid or helping the crew clean the ship while in other cases they might work as something a bit more demanding such as a railway constructor or in a general labor position much like more normal slaves.

@mushroomanjcc1954

2 жыл бұрын

We still have a long way to go? You mean in Qatar right?

@RoninMiyamotoMusashi

2 жыл бұрын

Is the situation worse or better for these workers in South Asia? I'm genuinely curious of why they would leave in the first place to such countries.

If you look up the Waterford Plantation, you will find that they had slaves right up until 1973. It’s entirely possible there could still be people secretly living in servitude.

Eye opening. Thank you so much for making this video, your students were lucky to have you.

I'm 60 and I learned more about this country in the last hour than in my lifetime. Thank you for telling it like it is and not sugar coating it.

@moparman1692

Жыл бұрын

Well.. If you interpret this as the truth without any critical questions involved.. then I can understand why..

@tophatcat1173

Жыл бұрын

@@moparman1692 and pray tell, what is your interpretation of the truth?

@littleme3597

Жыл бұрын

If one is not educated, why vote? They would NOT know what they were voting FOR! HOW IS THIS BAD?

@AspiredLife

Жыл бұрын

@@tophatcat1173Sooo much is being skipped. If you’re a democrat or subscribe to communist ideology then these are the sources of the majority of what he’s telling you about. It’s propaganda, he’s inflaming the audience especially when he’s sharing what the Communist Party has done without recognition the past 100 years including the protests he referred

@eric-br6kg

Жыл бұрын

in more recent times, Sir James Goldsmith, back in the 1990's, actively protested against globalization. He said when you move factories to other countries, and import the goods, you destroy local jobs, and force local populations to go into debt to afford those imports. We are now living through the consequences of those policy decisions today.

As a 16-year old who recently learned about the WW2 era and de-segregation, I could tell something was wrong but obviously didn't know what since I wasn't taught anything else. This video really helped set things straight for me, and you put it so clearly even a kid can understand. Thank you for making this video, more people need to see this.

@1NitaJAustin

2 жыл бұрын

and that's what they "gov't" doesn't get. This younger generation is not stupid and it doesn't matter what you look like but as long as they can feed the lies, they will. I'm glad that you came across this video as well. You can continue to enlighten yourself by educating yourself b/c their goal is to keep individuals like you in the dark.

@20chocsaday

2 жыл бұрын

If you want, try to find out what Jefferson said about those coming into the country with nothing to offer but the labour of their hands. I can't accurately remember the radio programme made by the BBC but I think it was something along the lines that they don't count as people.

@20chocsaday

2 жыл бұрын

@@KAYSLIF3350 Many politicians over time and space complain about 'Immigration'. Others say that we are short of young workers. One of the reasons given for the fall of the Roman Empire is the lack of citizens prepared to do the jobs down at the bottom of the pile that the society depended upon.

@CaptainScarfish

2 жыл бұрын

@@KAYSLIF3350 "0.001% of slaves weren't black, therefore slavery isn't a black issue!" 10/10 logic 👍

@LPTheGas

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianvanroy1528 By all means, explain what bearing the fact that people of any skin color could be taken as slaves in war, or sell themselves into slavery, in the Roman empire has on the issue of chattel slavery of Blacks in the United States. But please, let me get some popcorn first.

Thank you so much for this information. I am 72, have a college degree and I had heard of most of this only in passing. No one ever explained this through-line and I am embarrassed and ashamed of myself and our educational system. It explains institutional slavery. I am in your debt for this.

This is the most informative video I've seen on this topic.

I found a “labor contract” for my 3x great grandfather in South Carolina. Heartbreaking to know that after he was freed from slavery, he still ended up toiling in the fields. Thanks for making this video. So many people want to sweep history under the rug and cry that “critical race theory” teaches people to hate our country. The truth is we’re a country of wonders and horrors and we deserve to learn the truth about our past and how it shapes the present.

@konspiracy9895

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, I am all for that. But critical race theory does just teach negativity and division. Problem with us is that none of us can try to learn without picking a side and stamping on a label. I'm pretty proudly Americana, but I don't call myself a conservative because that label sparks instant division and negativity. We all just need to be people, and truth just needs to be truth. Everything else be damned.

@Paul-wd7uk

2 жыл бұрын

@@loturzelrestaurant - ha-ha! Don't forget "unF* cking the Republic" on podcast! THEN… it would be a magnificent power to behold… along with some other personal selects… but that's my preference.

@1bethanee

2 жыл бұрын

"we’re a country of wonders and horrors and we deserve to learn the truth about our past and how it shapes the present." That sums it up. I'm so sick of hearing that America is the greatest country in the world. There is no 'greatest country in the world.' And if there were, it wouldn't be America. But there are a lot of great things about it. So it should have the backbone to look at itself in the mirror.

@carmellovision6714

2 жыл бұрын

@@konspiracy9895 teach negativity and division, or just point out a variety of selected information in an argument / ethnographic analysis - such as summed up in this video. One could say this video is a result of “Critical Race Theory”, if the author had cited research and published this to a research review board. Dont blame the methodology, rather blame the knee jerk biases people have, selective ignorance, or talking heads that try and shape narratives into their favor.

@PeacemongerDesigns

2 жыл бұрын

It's a matter that is not unique to USA or any nation. It is a human thing, which keeps proving what a strange species of animal we humans are. I blame nature.

A lot of people in the comments are mentioning how they essentially knew a lot of this prior to watching the video but I want to be honest and say this video was more informative then I would like to admit in particular in comparison to what I was taught. Don't be too proud to admit that you didn't know something particularly when the majority of our education system specifically avoids these truths. I thought share cropping was the main system used in the late 19th century and learning the extent of debt peenage was infuriating yet unsurprising.

@four-en-tee

2 жыл бұрын

Oh sure, i learned some new stuff watching this, but yeah, its not like i wasnt taught this sort of shit. It just either wasnt covered as extensively as this, or most kids didnt give a shit growing up. Some people treated history like a blow off course, especially if you werent taking AP courses.

@HeyImLucious

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, 4nt actually hit the nail on the head for what I think is true for the majority of us. I knew the vast majority of this shit from school and "independent studying" (see: randomly browsing through wikipedia sources on random topics that we've all done, don't try to deny). Sure, I don't have the explicit dates memorized, deep knowledge of the minute details, etc. and- even after watching this video- I still don't have those things memorized because they aren't important enough for general life. Maybe I'm wrong, as I'm just guessing based on my own personal experience and interaction with people around me, but I think most people did already know the majority of things discussed in this video. There's nothing wrong with you if you didn't, its simply some historical facts you didn't know.

@nickfifteen

2 жыл бұрын

I think the issue is that, like with anything, you know the generals but are vague on the details. Some people may argue that not knowing the details means you don't know the generals, but I disagree. To me knowledge isn't just an "is" or "isn't" thing, but shades. Like, as a Korean-American, I consider the notion that anyone has simply KNOWN that Japan brutally occupied Korea before and during WW2 to be good enough and that the details are just garnish. We all don't know the details of things which don't affect us as a person or as a member of a group... but to me it's enough that you know it happened at all.

@IAMDPP

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir, indeed you are correct in your assessment, because if people knew so much on the subject as they say, why they are not willing to collectively push for change and yet they talk about equality, because they are only willing to benefit from slavery and the laws that was pass after the civil rights movement. There has been so many immigrants that came to this country after the civil rights movement to benefit from the civil rights movement laws. They try to speak as if blacks is crazy when we speak on the subject like opportunities is always there. If blacks won’t better opportunities in America, they either have to join the military or get high interest student loans to get an education. The education programs that will put a person in a good job is 3 times cost of other programs. The only reason the Democrats won’t to pass an immigration bill is because those immigrants will vote for the Democrats. It doesn’t has nothing to do with freedom. Kamala, nor Obama are not African Americans, they don’t represent us. They are not descendants of slaves who built the US economy. Our people have been systematically oppressed by these basis laws dating back to the beginning of this country. I grew up in Alabama and yes the Klan hung the last black man in 1981. The US government has pretty much protected the Klan the whole time. It took public outcry for those few men not all to be brought to justice. I say, gawd dam them Democrats/Republicans and gawd dam America.

@darkdragonsoul99

2 жыл бұрын

Oh our educational system failed me to the point where I do know these things because I was removed in the 7th grade I hard to learn shit on my own not be fed it by "teachers".

This video was incredible from beginning to end. Thank you

this has been added to my “must watch” playlist

Kind of tangential but slavery also is very prevalent in Dubai (and other places I'm sure, but I'm more informed on this one). There's an entire pipeline of people in India going to Dubai to get opportunity and upwards financial mobility only to get there, get their passport taken and work as basically slaves who don't get payed for months if at all. No guarantee that they will ever get back to their families. My dad worked there for a few years and the conditions are appalling, glad he was lucky enough to get out.

@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013

11 ай бұрын

Yep, it's very much a thing throughout much of the middle east. It's just a very different Type of slavery from the American kind most are familiar with, largely because even within the context of four thousand years of written history of slavery the kind practised into the mid-19th century in America is one of the worst kinds there ever was. Modern Middle-Eastern slavery is closer to the kind of stuff the united states was practising into the 1970s.

@knowthycell

11 ай бұрын

Chinese slavery is bad.

@genkiferal7178

10 ай бұрын

Americans are in love with their victimization as if they get "brownie points" for every group they fall under that makes them a victim or an unappreciated minority. Telling them that their are unfair things in other parts of the world steals their limelight and they will hate you for it

@edlenderman1977

9 ай бұрын

Wow wow cowboy!! Only American black slaves matter in this world! Stop trying to educate an start indoctrinating like this guy right hesr

@daniel4647

9 ай бұрын

In China and around Asia too, many of the scammers from there are actually slaves, entire building full of them inside guarded complexes, and the police there ignores it even though they clearly know about it. The BBC did a documentary on it.

I feel part of why the redeemer era(1870-1914) gets so little coverage is that it paints an even darker image of America than even going into depth on slavery. The abolition of slavery as a bookend is a happy ending of where things were horrible and got better, a moral ark of history where America may be a flawed nation but inevitably makes progress. The redeemer era shows that to be false, the bad guys won through unrelenting backlash and violence, and in the end rolled back progress for nearly a century. For this they died not as villains, but largely seen as heroes in a world they had successfully made in their darker image. Multiple generations lived and died in the century it took for African Americans to regain the rights they should have had in 1866. That is not to say that progress is impossible, but that is to say that there is no guarantee of progress.

@BeyondtheBlade

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct. I would just add a little tiny thing onto that: It is not impossible for something similar to happen again. Even among the people that you say that you follow, or the leaders of your political parties or whatnot, do not be afraid to ask questions, and to consider the full long-term affects of what they are doing. I've pointed out how people in both parties have been manipulated into voting against their own interests, because the person with the D or R attached to their name say the things they want to hear.

@CrazyBear65

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeyondtheBlade Most people voted for Sleepy Joe because he's not Trump. Now the gas prices are thru the roof, (Oh, Democrats are for the people, not the 1%, they say, so then why are the oil barons profiting? Hmm?) And Czar Vladamir the 1st of the New Mother Russia wants WW3.

@BeyondtheBlade

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrazyBear65 It is only due to Joe Biden that I am able to make this prediction: Donald Trump will be vindicated by the history books as one of the greatest US presidents, if only because Joe Biden, at least for the time being, appears to be absolutely inept, weak, and feckless. If Donald Trump had won his second term, he would have likely been seen as one of the most chaotic and terrible presidents.

@godofthisshit

2 жыл бұрын

@Quinn P This comment should be pinned.

Thank you for making this content that is so important especially now when history is being changed before our eyes. This truth must be taught and remembered. Thank You.