A Black History of New Years

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[@AuthenticWe]

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[@garysears9660]

​In the Bahamas we do the watchnight thing

[@UniqueCommentary247]

Gorl don't do it there's nothing Ike a sober new years try it. New years is more depressing the next day with alcohol.

[@pacotoyful]

I was in high school in 1999 and I laughed at folks who thought everything was going to stop! I even went to a rave and danced my azz off to Prince’s 1999! 😮Looks like we still here!

[@4namolly]

Same!! 14 yrs old. So glad we all got into Prince that year 😂🎉

[@DeeDaKaang1]

I graduated from highschool in 1999

[@AyaMars4444]

Omg u just unlocked the memory of that song being played non-stop 🤣🤣

[@AuthenticWe]

I was a senior in highschool and it was a grand hour indeed

[@DeeDaKaang1]

@@AuthenticWe Best year in history

[@cynicismIncarnate]

I love Maya Angelou's writing about New Years. It's just so cozy, for a lack of a better word.

[@sandra-jones]

My Gosh! She planned my meal! It all sounded so good!!

[@aliasfakename3159]

I was born in 1999 so I survived 3 apocalypses (Y2k, 2012, & covid).

[@desiraedoingthemost5339]

New Year's Eve 1999, I worked in accounting and had a 2 month old baby. We were told that there were going to be computer glitches because of the date. Something to the effect that the systems were going to recognize 00 as 1900 and not 2000. And as such, systems would crash and all the lights would go out, etc. I dressed up, went to a New Year's Eve party, danced to Prince's 1999, and waited for the bottom to drop. I was literally waiting for all the power to go out at midnight. And when nothing happened, it was so anticlimactic!!

[@Cornerstoner]

Facts! 😂👏🏿 I was like "aww...😒"

[@TheEbonyMystique]

Me and my man at the time, brought in 2K dancing and drinking. I don't know too many people who were actually scared. 2012 kind of went down the same way.

[@NicksElixir]

I was 9 years old and quietly anxious about Y2K. I watched one too many made for TV conspiracy documentaries about Y2K (as well as the Bermuda triangle and Bigfoot) and I was shook. I was mildly waiting for the world to end when midnight rolled around, but nothing happened, and that was the first time I realized I will survive all my fears, worries, and anxieties.

[@lolab6770]

Same lol 9 years old waiting for the while world to end, scared....... And nothing happened...... Then they tried to revamp the scare with the Mayan calendar thing..... Had surgery and went about my business in Dec 2012 🤣 I am not phased by doomsday stories anymore. We've lived through too many

[@KandiBabyy]

Omg, YESSSSS!!!! I was 10 years old, and in the 6th grade. I remember secretly being SOOOOO scared, because (IDK IF MY PARENTS WERE LISTENING TO THE RADIO, OR SOME TV PROGRAM/NEWS) IDK…..BUTT- I remember whatever it was, was saying at midnight that night, it would be basically the devil knocking on our front doors and taking over… So obviously me being a child I took it as the actual devil. I remember staying up on New Year’s so scared and not even able to, tell anybody why. Lol SMH.

[@lifewithangelina92]

I was 7 and definitely nervous!!!

[@ladyhotep5189]

I got pregnant with my daughter on Dec 31st 1999. 😂that's how I brought in Y2k

[@ashgreene4914]

Fantastic, a libra baby👏🏾

[@truthiscensored]

Having Warm Loving Relations lol

[@DeeDaKaang1]

This has quickly become my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@Snobbybrokechic]

My brother and I were in Times Square. People were trying to tell you to buy supplies and gold bars. Prince’s 1999 was playing on repeat!

[@gabeschill4412]

My Italian-American mother remembers that Y2K affected the nursing home that she was working at majorly. They had to catalogue and save all the mostly black and ethnic white residents’ medical information. This whole process was protested by the white owners of the nursing home. It was only at the mass protesting of the black residents and the support of black staff (although I should note that the majority of the black staff were in the kitchen and custodial, so they didn’t have that much power) this was in New Jersey

[@Niqueguala415]

Shoutout to us 2000 babies 😂😂😂😂 we here 23 yrs later Y2K didn’t get us 😭😭😭💕 I’m telling my son everything went to shambles 2000 and only THE STRONG SURVIVED 😂😂😂 also happy new year and holidays lex 💕💕💕

[@carayj]

To see people list their birth year in the 2000s its wild, it means we all are getting old

[@soulfulwildflower3068]

New Year’s was one of the very few holidays I could celebrate growing up, so I’ve always looked forward to it. In 1999, I was in my teens, and my family was pretty chill that day despite my mom being heavy into the conspiracy theories. I remembered just having faith that the computer scientists and other professionals would be able to handle it. This year, I am going to do the usual with loved ones: drink sparkling wine, make a charcuterie board and have other appetizers and homemade candies/tiny desserts. On NYD, will eat some black eyed peas, greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.

[@horseenthusiast9903]

You know how to party! That all sounds DELICIOUS. Hope you've been having a good year so far. :)

[@TRUECRIMEKEN]

This is my favorite channel on KZbin 😩💕

[@DeeDaKaang1]

Mine 2

[@d6mafia13]

Mine too!

[@kolboy757]

Our family ain’t do anything during Y2K but bought a new TV and we all went to church

[@jazzmyn5804]

My dad's favorite holiday is New Year's and we always try to spend it as a family, watching Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve, drinking shirley temples, and ringing in the New Year together. Been doing it since I was a kid

[@kevstubeification]

I was part of the Y2K prep at work. We had things in place, tested and ready, so I wasn’t worried. I did breathe a little relief when Jan 1 hit and all was well. Some prayer didn’t hurt either 😉

[@heathertea2704]

1999's, New Year's Eve was a COLD AZZ day that I'll never forget.😁

[@miraclesblessings5044]

Okay so....1999 I wasn't old enough to do anything but go to bed but I remember my friends grandmother bought a lot of stuff.... and then asked us to sell it for her! LoL! Her grandfather donated everything and got a tax write off receipt. HAPPY NEW YEAR LEX....im looking forward to all that you bring in the new year. Blessings to you and your future endeavors..........

[@drebone1986]

I was the only one who didn't believe the Y2K bug in my family and I was the only one into computers in my family so that gave me that confidence but I was also very aware what country I lived in and if anything would've ever went down they wouldn't tell us ever it would've just happened but I can admit I did pause for a minute once midnight hit just in case and then I bragged afterwards 😂 I wasn't worried but you know when this country says look over here it's usually doing something over that way so I was still ready for anything to happen and was relieved when nothing happened regardless of being right or wrong 😌

[@fairariadne2000]

I spent Christmas in Phoenix. My friend laughed at me when I said I’m not taking chances, I’m going home on 12/31. Whatever. Made it home and celebrated New Year’s with good sleep!

[@demarkestbrooks7896]

I normally attend Watch Night Service at church for New Years 🎉

[@iinkdy]

you are literally my favorite history teacher😍😍😍

[@IntelexualMedia]

Thank you 🥰😊

[@salimatasoumaoro3034]

I love you so much Lexi!@@IntelexualMedia

[@TheChaoticAsexual]

I’m going to a convention over the weekend of New Year’s with some friends, and I’m really excited because I’m giving a panel for the first time! It’s based off of research I did for on Christianity in anime for one of my college classes and I am just genuinely so excited for it!

[@yasminabdalla4442]

I have found the strongest depictions of true Christian values in anime.

[@gyrlchele]

I wasn’t fazed because I knew so computer nerd had solved it years before

[@lorensims4846]

I'll offer a big "thank you" to the legacy COBOL programmers who do all the hard work to make sure that we all now wonder if Y2K was a real thing or not. Yes, it was a very real problem, but the disaster was averted.

[@brownparkproductionsllc]

During Y2K, I was chillin’ with my friend and watching the Prince concert. I didn’t worry at all. For NYE this year, I will be going to church.

[@gorgeousgem_]

I was a 5 y/o Kindergartener in 1999 lol I'd seen the news and all the things going on but my innocent mind couldn't comprehend what was happening. I didn't truly understand the hysteria surrounding Y2K until I grew up.

[@inthemixwithleahbpodcast]

I was 15 in 1999 I remember my parents stocking up on water and what not… it was funny 🤣🤣

[@ms.anonyma2325]

I was 21 in 1999. I was at a house party with my cousins not worried about a thang. Woke up the next morning went to the kitchen for some coffee like “Well we’re still here” lol.

[@waheedanaomi]

I was 20 years old raving at the millennium dome in London, one of the best New Years ever. Such a great night 😊

[@bootneyleefarnsworth7307]

You have a beautiful shade of brown skin...your videos are interesting and informative. I always look forward to your uploads. 👌🏽

[@lllinai]

I was super chilling, as I was 6 months old. But fr, I didn’t know y2k was a thing until very recently. Life in Latin America is so different lol.

[@shrimptempuraasmr3742]

I've been cleaning and washing all week! The new year is fast approaching!! I wish the best for all ❤🎉

[@willmallory9085]

10:52 I remember Watch Night Service for Y2K. Folks were praying hard leading up to midnight. 😅

[@ObsidianWisdom]

First, Southfield is putting Tickle-Me-Elmo into a woodchipper and my Detroit family trying to be overprepared during the Bubble... my hometowns were wild in the 90s... and I didn't even know as a youngling.

[@misterpalmer]

This was so well done! Awesome work!!!

[@crishnaholmes7730]

Thanks for uploading had a scary situation at work recently

[@musefulviolet]

Chile, I was 17 and went over to a friend’s house. We had a small gathering, watched the ball drop, and laughed at the news reports of business as usual after midnight 2000. My mom was in IT so if she wasn’t pressed, neither was I.

[@tdsollog]

I love the Chanel jacket!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

I am here for a another great topic and video from Lex ❤.

[@Shyyne713]

I was 6 and I remember hearing on the news and tv and people around me whispering about the world was going to end. They wouldn’t talk about it in front of us but I overheard my grandmother on the phone and just talking. I remember people shopping like crazy and right before new years us praying and holding hands. I feel like that was the only new years where we were all happy but I remember that first hr everyone was still on egg shells 😂

[@LadyTam716]

I was in the 9th grade, I didnt really get nervous until that evening. I stayed home and around 11 pm I filled up the bathtub with water....just in case lol.

[@LionessArt-n4t]

Wishing you and yours beautiful holiday time and the best new year. I plan to meditate into the new year and then spend the day jotting down ideas. Now I'm on my way to check out Lexual does the 9-s. I was in my 20s during that time. Peace.

[@Ryuubie]

This is just what I needed for the holidays!

[@ohsobashful4763]

Love your videos. So New Year’s Eve 1999 I was 9 and I was terrified. My aunt threw New Year’s parties for the kids and during the countdown I kept my eyes closed and hands over my face because I thought the power was going to turn off 😂.

[@lifeoferinr9383]

Wish this was longer ☹️❤️

[@cherih.6370]

Why was I sitting here smacking my lips and drooling when she was sampling the red blend? I ❤❤red wine

[@grrrrrrr0]

Happy New Year! Another great production

[@clivematthews95]

Thank you, Lexual. Immo spend my new year’s locked up in this little o’ cage, since it’s where I’m supposed to spend all my days. I’m just a guy who’s mental abuse means nothing to no one around me, so thank you for this great video I hope you enjoy your New Years with your dogs ❤

[@sharaineroberts8537]

I was more curious about what would happen. I wasn't worried. To be honest, I was more worried I wouldn't be able to stay up to see every country celebrate the New Year. My 4 year old son kept me busy. I almost completed my goal but fell asleep just before the last 2 countries.

[@Kxngteezy]

Ohhh just short enough for the rest of my lunch break!!! Thanks ❤

[@DP-oi9nd]

SOOO TIMELY! WORKING A ROOT FOR THIS SUBJECT

[@Araceli_Espinoza9585]

Girl I was watching this from work And you gave me a gift for wine. 🍷 ❤ Thank you! 💙 ❤💙❤💙❤

[@noxmagubane]

I think that I'll probably be chilling at home, but who knows?....also thank you for the video, I hope you have a good new year too :)...

[@GrandmaCynthia666]

For new years ill be trying to live stream new years on both youtube and twitch. While also applying to jobs. So happy new year to you all and remember that the earth is your stage. The sun and moon is your spotlight. So you give the universe one hell of a show ❤🎉

[@kaitlyn__L]

That dress (or long sweater?) looks aMAZing on you! The idea of debts being collected on new year is so weird to me… I know it’s less special in England but in Scotland it’s still bigger than Christmas. And it was WAY bigger than Christmas for a very long time. I’m at least glad that once black people were freed, new years was able to become special rather than an object of dread. As to my y2k, my only indication something was up was my dad insisted the computer and the VCRs were completely unplugged. Otherwise it seemed like a regular, albeit larger than normal, new year’s party to me. I played hide and seek with other kids from the neighbourhood while the adults counted down. It’d be fun if we’d started Seeking after the adults finished counting down, but I don’t recall.

[@chroniclesofshylles]

I was in my first year of college during Y2K….I probably just looked forward to the potential of classes being canceled for a while 😂. I do remember being a little worried but also not stockpiling a thing since I was a broke student 😊

[@roselynholloway7863]

Thanks for uploading had a scary situation at work

[@KilonovaBurst]

I was 8 on y2k. All I remember about Y2K was my brother being pissed he had to go back to school after winter break cause he owed one of his classmates $100 for breaking his CD player.

[@tnhankins1]

I was working and in my first semester in college in 1999. At work we were told to unplug all the computers in the office. 😂😂

[@sabrinaestrada3590]

For New Year's I plan to watch the ball drop and chill with my husband.

[@devonmunn5728]

Love these holiday related videos

[@MilanUniverse]

13:43 the Diddy pun 🤭🤭

[@galaxylucia1898]

Another wonderful and educational video! Thank you 🙌🏾

[@AlSmoovMovement]

Sis, you do an AMAZING job of tying History, Education, and Entertainment into a very INTRIGUING video ... Keep PUSHIN'! 💯💪🏾👑

[@LibbyEdwards100]

I went out to dinner with my friend and concert. We had fun.🎉

[@kincamell]

Gratitude for sharing.

[@ImLemonadeCandy]

I love you Elexis 2:04 😂

[@kaylanotsmiley7006]

yes girl! I love your sponsorship clip, congratulations and collect the coin!! Thank you for the black history series, Its a great watch and learn,

[@bece00]

notifications are ON!! You do some of the best work on KZbin!

[@OhGodSheALeo]

Yessss thank you for mentioning us Haitians! Soup Joumou soon come! 🇭🇹💙❤

[@carolineburroughs8686]

Thank you for sharing and a Happy New Year to you 🎉🥳🙏🏾🍾🥂🍷❣️

[@xXChinxX14]

I’m going to buy my New Year’s Eve meal tomorrow lol. And my dog hate fireworks too 😩. As always great content!! Happy new year to you. 💜🎉

[@Nooooooooooooooooooooo7913]

LOVEEEEEE these videos as always. You are so necessary and I wish you a happy new year!😊

[@queenlala916]

My favorite holiday!!! 💗

[@Jennyboomboom88]

I remember Y2K like it was yesterday! 😂 my parents left me to babysit my younger siblings as they went out to party. 😂 We stayed up to see if anything would happen & nothing happened. 😂 what a time. ❤ For 2024 NYE, I will be shaking my rump on somebody’s son at a NYC event in DTLA. 😁

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Lol❤😂

[@feyisaraolukoga9077]

I've just recently come across your channel and I have to say this is some of the most thought out, entertaining content I've watched in a while on KZbin! I love how your brain works! Love from London x

[@FromPointAtoMe]

I remember Y2K, I was in high school, my mom just filled up the bathtub just in case and stated she don't own this world she just live it and called it a day.

[@augustG.I.F]

100 years ago sounds so far away. Then in a moment of reflection you realize the good'ol days are actually parallel with things that go on today in 2023 in so many ways. The justice seems to be on the same level even with more evidence. 😮😢 That's insane. Great video as per your usual!!🎉🥳🍾🥂

[@brycetheoddball]

Great video! Keep it up Lex💙🔥

[@SkinnyBlackLaFlare]

I was in preschool back in 1999

[@NB-nh2sf]

My mom and Dad are Jim crow survivors and children of those who survived the great depression. We were pretty prepared ...as we could be.

[@NB-nh2sf]

And in Church . Watch night

[@sweet_iris]

love your channel ❤

[@DeannaBaileytheRavensFan]

I was 12 in 1999. Watching all the adults freak out was funny as a kid.

[@TrevonGray]

Love your history lessons 📚❤

[@raycreer9722]

I remember ALL of this… being only 37 yrs of age, I can honestly laugh & look back at how ppl was tripping of the yr 2000…. 😂😮‍💨

[@strawberrykun6136]

Lmaoo see this is why i watch you lexie. As a gen zer where else could I've possibly learnt about the Y2k scare 🙏🏼🔥

[@micheckmagg4085]

I love your channel. Great work 🎙️🎙️🔥🔥

[@Andrea-rw9tf]

Same to you!

[@themousegoddess]

I'm not really a wine person because a-my step-dad's fruit wines kind of spoiled me and b- I'm ignorant and never know what to pick. If I did not live in Canada I would definitely be giving that sponsor a try. Take that, algo, a coherent comment that's almost relevant within the first 24 hours! I'm not good at commenting 😅

[@Nina525]

I was 20 yrs old in 1999. Didn't give a damn about Y2K! 😂😂

[@toyaJM]

I was 12 at Y2K and I thought the whole thing was ridiculous. I was were I usually am for NYE church, having a blast with my god sisters running around getting into trouble lol

[@Lucky4991]

Totally totally off-topic, but can I PLEASE ask where you got your hair? I absolutely love it.!!!

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Happy New Yr Lex More likely I will be at home drinking and maybe nothing hard. Sprinkle apple stuff or pink champagne with i normally on drink on my bday. Lol. I hope reading this a safe and fun hoildays.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

Love the pink top miss and pink is my favorite color.

[@Annie-Andy]

Yes, for the early upload!

[@AlasKenn1]

Maya Angelou's new years sounds pretty lit.

[@t.taylor1611]

Thank you for sharing

[@truthiscensored]

The Incidents in the Life of a SIave Girl by Harriet Jacobs have a whole chapter (3) dedicated to New Years Day for the sIaves, basically like the video says they were sold at auction