Black Parents’ Tax Dollars Pay for White Kids' “Segregation Academies” | The Amber Ruffin Show

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Watching Amber greet her audience, my heart was full.

[@mikegriffin4020]

I think more Caucasians collect public assistance its for all its not for one

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We are all in this together

[@darkskinbrother2465]

Iam loveing the content my beautiful sister we need more strong woman like you that's speaking this truth 🙏🏿

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@@mikegriffin4020 no we aren’t

[@Jane-yr2cg]

“How Did We Get Here” is always an education! Thanks Amber!

[@ammaleslie509]

How did we get here segments should be a playlist!!!

[@ascent8487]

Why are tax dollars even going to private schools in the first place? How are they still “private,” at that point?

[@macmen007]

White people make the rules, for their benefit. Similar decision making during slavery, Jim Crow laws and the rest.

[@superultraviolet2]

Exactly. Wth are people paying tuition for?

[@baiaforev2407]

Right

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Privately owned, publicly subsidized.

[@funkyfiss]

This is a lie, private schools do not get federal funding.

[@jayk7149]

52 years of age, and never knew this stuff. Thank you Amber

[@desireawinton9745]

Why do you think the roads and schools in certain areas are better than some other areas?"

[@jayk7149]

@@desireawinton9745 Cut me a little slack. So busy taking care of my family, somethings I didn't pay attention to. I'm awake now. not to old to learn

[@emaw3420]

Me too, I thought they're rich, and pay for their kids private schools. Wow, things have got to change. This is outrageous.

[@Sindarin721]

There's Bonus Points available for you if you're also white ATOP being GenX.

[@ebonyg2244]

@Brendan Day prove it

[@ariesawest-gaylor9484]

This is why many parents does not want all history taught in schools. The truth.

[@rhondawells401]

History and the truth is what America fears the most….

[@ariesawest-gaylor9484]

@@rhondawells401 also losing their status.

[@markhardiman1179]

People can't handle the truth.✌🏿I remember going through a 10th grade history book & an 11th grade one & the stories were different about the same subjects.🤔I almost stole those 2 books but didn't.Wish I had now.🙏🏿💃🏿🙏🏿

[@toddinnis7220]

Exactly

[@khunigan]

Bing, Bing, Bing! Score!

[@MsZephyra]

I love that Amber feels free to unapologetically speak her mind and educate people more than most mainstream news outlets. I still can't believe this show exists!!

[@chocolateangel8743]

I was thinking the same thing...

[@injunsun]

Agreed.

[@nim3408]

This is what we're talking about when wyte people say racism doesn't exist.

[@binbin9196]

I was thinking the exact same thing. Thank goodness this show exists.

[@judthchrismon3345]

@@nim3408 my thought too.😡

[@cherylmcnutt9905]

Eye-opening! Why has this never received national attention before??

[@HH-mw4sq]

Why? Are you seriously asking or was that rhetorical?

[@barbgruber]

On the Media exposed it. Pro publica exposed it.

[@shockeydunlap1285]

People would rather awful things happen than talk about them

[@katiebice3905]

Been spouting about this for at least 10 years. Nobody seems to listen. Been SCREAMING about the MEDIA takeover by 4 large companies for ALMOST 30 YEARS and guess what. 95% of all MEDIA IS OWNED BY 4 PEOPLE. And still, NOBODY LISTENS.

[@blackbolt3685]

Isn't it obvious?!? ja 🤷🏿‍♂😐

[@oaklandcookie]

This public school teacher thanks you!!!!!

[@rejoyce318]

This retired teacher thanks YOU! Stay healthy & sane, please. :)

[@RAconsciousness]

I'm sharing this with friends right now.

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[@taram4756]

I'm white and I am here to say that if parents want to send their little brats to private schools then they need to pay for it our of their own pockets. Tax money should only be used for public schools.

[@AskMiko]

I knew this was happening, but didn’t know it was so widespread. Explains why some of the prestigious public schools in metro cities rapidly fell into disrepair and closed. Money diverted to other schools leaving students to suffer.

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

are you willing to go to the school board meetings and bring it up? Are you willing to protest out in front of private schools?

[@taram4756]

@@AskMiko exactly. I live in a Midwestern city where we have too many public schools to lose money by having funds diverted to private schools but that's exactly what our low life governor just did.

[@taram4756]

@@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584 Yes I am because I raised 3 children in public schools here in my city.

[@lisagulick4144]

@@taram4756 Sounds like my state. "School choice," my @$$!

[@twilsstanton9506]

You don't hear this on the news ....where it belongs.

[@blackbolt3685]

That's the whole point,it's easier,and,more beneficial for certain folks to fearmonger,and,propagandize 🤷🏿‍♂

[@stryfespoint304]

Amazing how the perception of that phrase has resonated with time to reflect who the scapegoat is and the actual perpetrator.

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[@thexalon]

In my area, the effort to keep schools segregated was extreme enough that new municipalities were split off from the main city right around the time that desegregation busing within municipalities became the law of the land.

[@JustSheaShea]

For us in the modern day it’s classism. When we moved to our first house in the suburbs they separated our district by housing type and neighborhood. The homes further from the school but across the street from the boarding prep school fed into our district and only 2 apartment complexes where rent was more than most mortgages.

[@ammaleslie509]

Correct. This is exactly the stuff that they are passing laws against teaching. But the court jester is the only one who dares speak truth to the king.

[@DJRenee]

Yep. And they still do it

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[@natureinmyyardcorvidshummi8152]

That happens constantly in Mississippi.

[@leodawn5913]

Thank you for bringing attention to the lie of austerity politics in America

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[@TruthB7Told]

It's called the Truth, in a Nation that has Mastered the wickedness of lying! Let's turn over some more rocks and see what Truth's we can uncover!!

[@sojotruth180]

Dang, and I thought that I was upset about charter schools that takes tax money from public schools and can choose who can and who cannot attend their schools!

[@hks2377]

Yeah! No school that’s allowed to discriminate based on special needs, income, race, etc should get a single penny from taxpayers, especially since that $ is desperately needed in actual public schools! If they won’t treat kids equally, districts should pull their funding.

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[@jordachejordan90]

Why don't private schools use private funds?

[@ammaleslie509]

Some of them do. But most of them use both.

[@jordachejordan90]

@@ammaleslie509 like most things in the U.S., doesn't seem fair.

[@puellamservumaddominum6180]

Because that is expensive. Better to get free money to go to your private schools

[@melanienolley]

Because they can make laws that allow them to get tax dollars.

[@mmlvx]

There is some unfairness. I've known Christians who wanted to send their kids to private, religious schools that in accord with their moral values. Fair enough, right? But, they felt like they shouldn't be paying taxes to fund the public schools they weren't using and disapproved of. (Which I can sympathize with -- I hate it that my taxes support unjust wars.)

[@ussemi4912]

amber, I'm not sure if I'm laughing so much, I'm crying or I'm crying so much I'm crying. much love.

[@HaYahwarrior]

Ha-freaking-larious!!!! U have what the scholars might call, an existential dilemma 😆!

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[@russgaulin3721]

Old white guy here, and student of Amber. I sorta knew this but "segregation academies"? New to me. Guess the fairness doctrine was about those with fair skin...

[@jpt9328]

Hub's a public school teacher and I've been screaming about this for years. Thank you.

[@ashleystearns2486]

Brilliant. And on-point about it ALL - including, of course, Bill Maher.

[@bambam7618]

Not at all.

[@lordeverybody872]

@@bambam7618 bill maher is still relevant.

[@robertodelosangeles1310]

But why? What’s wrong with bill Maher? He appreciates nuance far more than many commentators that the left loves

[@akbar8477]

BM😒

[@ceterisparibus8966]

@@robertodelosangeles1310 Like which ones?

[@ReincarnatedStargazer]

In Mississippi, almost every county had a segregation academy in the 90s. And many are still operating today. However the education in the MS academies were worse than public school ed (hey we're talking MS here).

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I learn so much from Amber!

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It's wonderful that Amber is doing this, but sad that she has to

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Awe bull 🤣😂

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@@loralarose9615 ?

[@nolanarts]

She being paid to say it. It's a script.

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Well if educated and informed individuals don't. Who will!

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[@reginalda.bellsr.249]

This is the reason why they don’t want critical race theory taught in school.....

[@trustwhonever-endingbs1758]

Because it's BS.🤷🏿‍♀️

[@HeavyHardDrive]

@@trustwhonever-endingbs1758 100%

[@allenmobley8444]

CRT isn’t the answer brotha homeschooling our children is the best way! I homeschool my children and you bet your bottom dollar that they’re going to learn a complete understanding of history

[@jaefrmbk2k]

🎯🎯 truth hurts

[@funkyfiss]

This video is a lie. Private schools do not get federal funding.

[@rejoyce318]

"On the Ones and Threes Elementary" I'm still laughing.

[@gratefulone6669]

I had to pause and rewind it because I couldn't hear what was said after that due to my laughter 😊

[@michellestratman8893]

I don't know what "ones and threes" refers to. Can you help me, please?

[@rejoyce318]

@@michellestratman8893 There's a joke that white people only know how to clap on the 1st and 3rd beats of a measure (ONE two THREE four).

[@kingfafahx5574]

@@michellestratman8893 thank you for asking this!! & @rejoyce thank you for answering!! i was so clueless on the joke lol

[@Psiberzerker]

@@michellestratman8893 "2 4 6 8!" The even numbers are out of rhythm. It's a bandcamp/cheerleading joke. Friends don't let friends clap on the ones, and threes.

[@kiwifruit4448]

Thank you Amber. Your knowledge has opened our eyes. I Pray the public schools start getting that money

[@phoebehastings1764]

Peabody Award! Thank you Amber!!!

[@tomthetank1]

Very telling, an important story

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Another lesson learned! Thank you Amber

[@Myron90]

This is so funny... And the fact that its in front of a crowd of white people makes it funnier and glad

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Amber and her team do an incredible job of educating the public. She deserves her Emmy nomination and I hope she receives the award and many more to come.

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You are truly the best thing to happen to television. Have been for years behind the scenes but i hope we have your show and you for YEARS to come cause your perspective and personality make a MASSIVE difference

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[@cc-cc4499]

While some Americans are constantly saying racism is over, Segregation Academy is still a thing lol

[@gregbryant7787]

Speak that truth! Thank you!!

[@heidi3963]

This was an excellent segment!

[@travroo321]

All she did was read from a teleprompter what some white lady wrote for her.. Wasn't authentic or accurate at all unfortuntely..

[@VirgoShxt]

@@travroo321 so you don't think she does her homework before the show🤨

[@travroo321]

@@VirgoShxt Jenny Hagel wrote that bad segment. If you wrote something, it's there for reference... not direct reading like out of a harry potter book. So easy to tell the difference.

[@kriskenmonroe1]

I really missed Amber! Thank you for continuing to do the job which shouldn't be up to you (educating us white people)!

[@ColoringKaria]

Saw this taped live and it was amazing.

[@ebonyg2244]

I’m jealous. Where white people in attendance?

[@ColoringKaria]

@@ebonyg2244 yes plenty! At least 50%!

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[@LynRuiz]

Germantown Municipal Schools in TN was formed this way. They were under the Shelby County Schools system alongside Memphis City Schools. 90% white district.

[@THEFINESTINTROVERTS]

I live in Memphis. This is very true.

[@thatgrlkiy]

I went to ECS and it was HORRIFIC😢

[@MargaretPinard]

Learned a lot about this from Deep Delta Justice by Matthew Van Meter--about the case of segregation academies in one Louisiana parish.

[@1940semochild]

Is this a podcast?

[@RowdyBoy82]

How Did We Get Here is my favorite Olympic Sport.

[@lisamurdoch2525]

I love your truth telling, Amber.

[@MagnoliaPantherWoman]

Amber speaks truth. 💗 Y'all can find documentaries on this subject.

[@thetextilealchemist]

"Are you feeling a smell?" On behalf of white people, yes, we are.

[@thomasinmoore1162]

😂😂😂😂this comment made me literally lol. Thank you

[@NewMessage]

I thought 'feeling a smell' was the 'dance' I do when trying to pass cheese.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

I really didn't need to know that .

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

You cut cheese. You pass gas. If you're passing a whole cheese, see a doctor.

[@rin_box]

when I watch amber's show, I realize just how effed the US is

[@elizabethingram9784]

Tell it! The Amber way… ❤️

[@Jin420]

"Are you feeling a smell?" Tf?!?!?! 🤦🏻‍♀️☠🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mbrightster]

Now, along with fabulous comedy, you are doing deep journalism. Awards are on the way.... Welll... They should be.

[@webmonkees]

Stealthier folks go for 'private school' who qualify for the same education funds, while at the same time charging too much to the parents. Harvard juniors.

[@peterporkeresq.2817]

John Oliver: _"Bill Maher - How is This Still a Thing?"_

[@rohanmathew8370]

Did John olive say that ?

[@peterporkeresq.2817]

@@rohanmathew8370 No, but I'm sure he'd love to.

[@Johnny_Shikari]

Segregation Academy sounds like nickname for Harvard

[@kermitdfrogz]

“Are you feeling a smell?” Genius!

[@Jenny_Oblivion]

Thanks for your reporting and your comedy. I was just researching where 1/4 of my pay goes. I’m white, with no kids. This is awful and hopefully we can change it.

[@TengatoPrime]

If the student is giving up their public education benefit in exchange for a private school credit, how is that double-dipping tax dollars?

[@catherinefisher8534]

Amber keeps it real with class, heart and humor - shout out to Amber Says Whhaat??

[@kaiasutton9339]

Same in Mississippi

[@elvisiscat]

👏Love these segments! Thank you for continuing to educate us, Amber, and cracking us up while doing it! This show is so important. 🙏😘

[@dawnharris6162]

Absolutely!!!

[@jamesthomas6448]

Keep on digging we gotta know

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[@ilenecarroll3786]

Thank you,Thank you, Thank you Amber 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I have been trying to explain this to ppl, I hope that you can make them understand.

[@sheilagrant2583]

Well you won't hear this on Fox News

[@Danielalvarez-lf8wb]

Brown guy here. Love Amber AND Bill Maher

[@SynymynBuhnz]

You are great. We need a Seth Myers and Amber Ruffin goes Day Drinking video like he did with Rhianna, and Lorde or whatever her name is.

[@kevinm3591]

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor! You take a shot

[@sashafierce515]

Talk, preach, teach. Thanks Much, my Sista 💐💖

[@danielp7394]

I've been Screaming about the difference in our schools in Arkansas since I was 17. I went to 6 different high schools and that was before the charter schools started taking more funding from the sith schools

[@jacquelineturner3983]

If they want their children to go to private schools they should pay and not tax dollars.

[@irinaphoenix2169]

You can take my life, but you can't take my hip-huggers!

[@cmarie1759]

She Nailed it like Always!💕

[@kpop863]

i dont think they want to talk about that side of socialism.

[@yoosc7771]

Wow Amber! You have taught me a lot today. That’s crazy 😠

[@Indyawillis85]

I'm definitely gonna share this video!

[@Blackjack09721]

Amber deserves more subscribers, this is gold!

[@bianca-sg8zq]

Thank you Amber!! If the education curriculum doesn't tell us, you will!!! Why accurate history taught in schools...🧐

[@banonKING]

When I hear my parents and grandparents talk about having to hike to school... I believe them now. Both my parents went to segregated schools.

[@iris-nx1wt]

I was told that in GA if your student had an IEP you could enroll them in a private school and the state would pay for it. Go figure.

[@marilynmonheaux]

Speak the word Amber. My cousin in MS said they still have separate proms down there

[@mitchellsmith4601]

In California, public funds pay for charter schools, which are essentially free private schools.

[@LyricMichelle]

Its crazy to see a late night host say “you and I” and it REALLY APPLY 🤣😩 ❤️

[@ryanhauser3014]

That just happened where I live. The school split into two zones. Folks that lived in nice houses went to the newly built school. Both are public schools. We literally live half a mile away but our daughter has to go to the other school.

[@prof.scheere6933]

How do u get private school for free? Ive always heard it costs a college tuition to attend

[@mebeingU2]

Wait! So all kids aren’t privileged enough to be able to pay for a private school that still receives public money through state programs and tax dollars? Imagine that.

[@ronniet71]

Teaching us and making us laugh!!! Thank you Amber!!!

[@shurondaknoxson772]

It's really sad that I... along with many others...are more informed about topics that deals with issues in the world on these shows..(Amber... John.. Trevor) than what was taught in schools 🤔

[@alpha3305]

It is disappointing that comedians educate better than the public school system.

[@victornoel5925]

This is the news and commentary I actually want to hear in truth and humor!

[@michaelwaller342]

Outstanding!

[@jamesrandal5442]

And we pay for private bus chauffeur for rich kids

[@luvbig41]

They do the same now with the Lottery. The money from the lottery is disproportionately distributed to majority white schools.

[@shay8916]

I'm from that town in SC, (Summerton, S). Claredon County District One is still very much segregated. We don't have any white kids in our schools. They all go to school in the next town over or Claredon Hall, which is a private school created in response to Brown v, Board ed.

[@1plugdug102]

I love her ❤️ protect her at all times.

[@rufusdean-el8336]

Wow. Thanks for bringing this out.

[@NeilCrouse99]

LOL, ... I'm old enough now to have witnessed Mr. Bill Maher turn from a talented young contrarian, to largely the "Get off my lawn", guy now, ... *: )*

[@Meenamomracearoundtown]

Wow learned a lot and you are 10 times funnier than bill what his face

[@akbar8477]

He is irritating😠

[@PolishBehemoth]

Dang... yall going all in on bill maher like he stole something

[@ceterisparibus8966]

@@PolishBehemoth He did much worse imo

[@PolishBehemoth]

@@ceterisparibus8966 what was it? I never watch the guy. But yall lefty people will tear up anybody and your own mother.

[@AbqCommunityOrganizer]

TRUTH!!! PREACH!!

[@brendakw485]

So true, I've lived this. When my husband taught special education in Greene County Georgia, he learned that Lake Oconee Academy, also a public school in Greene County, had seceded from the county system and did not have a special Ed department. Wasn't difficult to realize why. Most of the kids being referred to special services were non-white.

[@Black_unity597]

Umar Johnson explains why they keep trying to send our children to special Ed classes do not let them test your child there is nothing wrong with our children it’s something wrong with the teacher and lessons!

[@yahlove1673]

Same thing here in Fulton County. Sad and true!

[@HeavyHardDrive]

I remember when Clayton County lost accreditation. All the parents were trying to move their kids to Fayette and Henry.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

2:50 wow that's a shot across the bow wonder how he's going to respond.

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

This needs to be said more, Bill Maher needs to retire!

[@Lambda3141]

School district secession is messed up! Never heard of it before.

[@sherwinfitz]

Just subscribed! Thanks for all you do Amber!

[@MadamKaiju]

Thank you for covering topics like this.

[@chrisstewart8954]

I love how amber teach you stuff