Black People + Classism

[@ashotoffacts1079]

As a black woman from “the hood” who “made it out” by going to an HBCU, joining a sorority, and working a “good job”, this read was needed. It made me check myself as much as I hate respectability politics

[@IntelexualMedia]

thank you for watching

[@56jklove]

@Intelexual Media do u think there is a difference between white classism, and black. Cause alot or most black rich people in entertainment came from poverty or middle class, there is still a connection to black culture regardless of class, imo. What are your thoughts.

[@cynthiadickerson5403]

A Shots of Facts They know when you came from the hood. To them, you didn't make it out, you just relocated. Have you ever been around the snooty black folks? They will nauseate you.

[@trxphywaifalt]

@@cynthiadickerson5403 exactly why I’m going to a PWI. I have to deal w colorism and texturism from ppl that look like me & classism? Life is hard enough. I expect this treatment from everyone else

[@blackfuery7633]

Respect

[@jazzeeq]

We got excluded then excluded each other. I myself am a proud product of HBCUs, middle class, and an inter class relationship. In this video I just learned about what Jack and Jill was , another perspective on my education and upbringing and the term inter class dating. Thank you

[@DavidKitchen-SoWhat]

What is inter class?

[@omarimack194]

@@DavidKitchen-SoWhatLike when someone wealthy dated someone poor.

[@xo1762]

​@@DavidKitchen-SoWhat dating down

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​@@xo1762 🙄

[@cashmoney2898]

I am from the hood no college degree. I knew what jack and Jill is and all about the Black Elite.

[@Boahemaa]

It would take you 30 years to catch up to a person born into a family with landed property if both of you had similar talents ~Thomas Piketty

[@lifestraight]

Interesting quote. I don't recognize the name but will look him up.

[@lifestraight]

@@biancalord488 Not true. But how did you become a biochemist? As in how did u pay for school?

[@kevinthomas7526]

Most black folks in America have land, n don’t know it. (most don’t care tho)

[@flordelis9649]

Then you don't know the story of Ronald Read. Psychology in this world is the winner. Oh how they use it on the people. No one can catch up to people who earned theirs by stealing or robbing people blind.

[@JupiterNicoB]

I gotta do what I gotta do…. I ain’t gonna do it with a smile tho!

[@terrymcgee6428]

Anyone looking for a book that explains and gives examples on a lot of the history on this topic I recommend the book, "How capitalism underdeveloped Black America." By Manning Marble.

[@travismathis3279]

One of the best! Good recommendation! Lol I know I'm nine months late but still.

[@meyou3772]

Thanks!

[@NeoDarkling]

Thanks for the recommendation, I'm headed to Amazon now.

[@akatobi2002]

THANK YOU FOR THIS SUGGESTION]

[@UniqueLibra1981]

The half has never been told. Slavery and the making of American capitalism

[@MojoSojoJojo]

You are The Queen of informative drags! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@IntelexualMedia]

lol thanks!

[@kimc2357]

I love that she spares no one, not even the skinfolks!

[@SuburbanKween]

Ain't she??? LOLOL

[@shardeabre]

We love to see it 😍🌹

[@1DarkNinja58]

A drag queen?

[@shaniasmith9999]

Same thing in the Caribbean. As a child I noticed that the people who went to private schools or lived in gated communities tended to be light skin or mixed. While the public schools had darker skinned children. Many Jamaicans worship light skin and make colorist comments.

[@dellontobin282]

This is an issue throughout the diaspora. It’s all Willie Lynchism, regardless of his texts were a myth or not. The context still remains true.

[@charlesxavier3489]

Same thing in Haiti.

[@ingababy5196]

Yes we do have that issue in Jamaica. I am happy to see more Black Jamaicans move into these Gated communities as well.

[@catherineogilvie616]

I remember asking my husband what percentage of blacks were in Jamaica and he said maybe 50%...... he was so shocked when I told him it's 90+% black. He started doing his own research because he couldn't believe it. He grew up in a community that barely had black or dark skinned people. (He is dark skinned black btw).

[@FaithsStardust]

I genuinely cannot stand it. It partially puts me of going to Jamaica tbh. I don’t want to support that.

[@BintuKabbahoney]

Thank you for this. I am a first generation West African who attended Howard and witnessed the respectability politics first hand while there and after graduation. I never fed into it bc my father is a successful African businessman and I was well educated and well travelled but somehow once social media like Instagram popped off I became insecure after graduation bc my life didn’t seem as lit as some of the people I graduated with. If you decided to pledge, you were placed on a pedalstool on campus. Also, among the people I knew from Howard, they went off to have great jobs, easily found partners (many married each other who met at school), bought homes, easily got into the industry, etc.. After college I also realized that many of them only hung out with other people who attended Howard and dared not have friends outside of their tight knit circles. The black upper class looks down on the rest of the community and only interacts with the community for a photo opportunity. The talented 10th was actually a club at Howard that promoted the ideologies of WEB Dubois. I wasn’t interested in any of that. I’ve always stayed tried to myself and went back home to Philly to serve my community which has made me feel fulfilled but it saddens me how elitist most of the people I graduated with are and they live in a bubble bc they are no different than any other black personality they just have degrees

[@greenbyrd3665]

💯💯💯

[@greenbyrd3665]

💯💯💯

[@mariebrooks7341]

Absolutely. You said that! Right on! I have lived with that in my family for a long time and it goes from generation to generation. We have the elite folks and the non-invited folks who seem to have made it regardless. Most of us are college educated and have careers whether we were in Jack and Jill or a sorority or fraternity. We managed to make our own way and be successful without the connections of those organizations.

[@rybackfrankie8679]

Well, to be fair any community or country has his own form of classism, elite and tight knit circles, that's normal. It always existed since the dawn of times and it always will. That's even the same in West Africa and mostly anywhere in the world which is normal. The opposite would be even detrimental. Additionally, it can be very hard, draining, risky and even dangerous to meld with people you have not much in common with. It's not because someone is black that I have necessarily much in common with him and we have to get close, hang around or "live together". Society is always pyramidal at some point by force of circumstances and it's even a type of "order". Now, I really think the elites should have the purpose to elevate their community while the community shouldn't be entitled towards the elites as well.

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​@@rybackfrankie8679 I don't think anyone feels entitled to the fruits of black elites, just tone down the bullshit lol. Let's keep it real, they were the types who complained about the trappings of white elitism and supremacy, only to get money and do the exact same things. That's the only thing that chaps my ass. It's like men who complain about players but get money/physique and end up doing what they claimed they hated. Black elites never hated white supremacy, they were envious of it. They wanted.......to be them. They wanted......to be white. And I think that's what rubs us wrong. That's like me wanting to dress and act like the guy who robbed me instead of being better.

[@manb4war]

I moved to Atlanta in the mid 90's. I had always been told it was a great place for black people. When I got there, I found a huge disparity between the poor and the elites. I've never seen such distinct lines of class separation. Every person you met would ask, "What school did you go to?" What sorority did you pledge? Where do you live? Every person I met was looking to use you in some way....I lasted about 9 months.

[@papakojowiafe-annor8847]

you took the midnight train to Georgia?

[@TheOnIyGod]

@@papakojowiafe-annor8847 "Took The Midnight Train Going Anywhere" - Steve Perry (Journey)

[@JohnSmith-li7xe]

To be fair almost every races like that. Differences is we are the smallest population (almost)in the country so it's more clear versus other races

[@eliyahubenysrael6272]

Capitalism is a virus..

[@presidential3228]

fr its always what school u went to what do u do for a living… it feels like a video game

[@BeTeeEl]

As a middle class sheltered white kid I am very thankful for your videos! I am learning a lot

[@NatSaysQui]

Same here.

[@lyrablack8621]

@@NatSaysQui Same

[@amandah8258]

Saaaame

[@lavitorroja2632]

same !

[@kyra7428]

ditto!

[@SOS-ct9mv]

as long as poor and working class people of any ethnicity are fighting each-other, they will be too busy to question the real power structure Capitalism whom only goal is to keep cheap labor available so the people a the top can profit. It's actually a privilege to have the time to question race and classism in America, and have time to read books on the topic. If two people of different ethnicities are working four jobs and still fighting for scraps, they don't see why they should give another group more. What would cool tensions is lifting people out of poverty and making people financially comfortable, good public schools, health care, vacation, livable wage etc. So people have the time and energy to question the world around them and why things happen the way they do. But that doesn't benefit the ruling class.

[@cynthiadickerson5403]

I wish l could give you a thousands of thumbs 👍. People just don't get it no matter how many people explain the facts. I am sick of hearing the narrative.

[@barbciari3365]

Then how come the poor white.. we’re right along with all the other whites..treating black peoples like trash.. poor blacks did nothing to poor white. Yet y’all were right along with all the other whites calling us niggers and helping lynch us…… y’all didn’t help us..and u can’t blame poor black either we just came out of slavery and wanted to be left alone.

[@andreabrown4541]

Poor black ppl have not, were not and are not fighting poor white ppl. So get it straight!

[@LoveCompassionPurity]

True. True.

[@prafonity]

@@LoveCompassionPuritythis is so true

[@matthewmann8969]

Classism is one of the biggest common isms in every community the more someone has in there pockets, safes, lockers, boxes, baskets, bags, or cabinets usually the more they would be looked up to

[@aangitano]

Agreed. This ugly -ism, imo, is the root of all other -isms.

[@C_The_Guy]

sadly it will never go away. classism has existed since before Jesus was born. even before paper currency, american capitalism, and modern day social media. no matter whether we are talking about million dollar Italian supercars of today, or the horses and carriages of the old days, as long as there is something to “have” there will always be the “haves” and the “have-nots”

[@lifestraight]

And the more they look down on others

[@miram2053]

@@C_The_Guyessentially greed

[@dansmodacct]

@@C_The_Guy well no one wants to live in poor conditions. That’s just human nature

[@meredithwhite5790]

I’d be interested in hearing more about how colorism impacts people of color. I have read of whitening creams used among asians and afro-carribeans. I've also noticed how a lot of prominent black politicians are lighter-skinned. E.g. Cory Booker, Obama. There aren't as many black politicians that become household names that are as dark as Nina Turner, for example.

[@schwarzebaron77]

Look at Sammy Sousa

[@lymarie1974]

@@schwarzebaron77 Sammy is a whole other issue

[@jonathanhosh4459]

Lupida Nyongo

[@youareenough4978]

President Obama is mixed not black.

[@davruck1]

Nina turner pissed of the corrupt party leaders. I don’t know why she keeps trying to run on their ticket. I’ve met her and she’s mad cool. I actually found her strangely attractive for some reason. She’s one of those people who exudes cool power. I’m from Cleveland so we’re all special out here. 😝

[@celica9098]

This is the video the Black community needed. Not every black person is on your side.

[@abcxyz3378]

I’m not 🙋‍♂️

[@efreq.6465]

That’s because this entire video puts the modern view of victimization in it. I’m a black mixed Spanish and I find it mind blowing how when I go to mexico, whether to San Luis, Mexicali or algadones, you will immediately see people of all ages grinding for money and work. Btw these places entire cities looks like the worst of New Orleans. Culture truly has an impact

[@efreq.6465]

Meanwhile the US poor people who are essentially middle to upper clas and Mexico crying of no opportunities and oppression

[@naj9093]

@@efreq.6465 well there you go right there, Mexico and the US is not the same . So how could you say one isn’t doing enough or one doesn’t have its own issues , pitting them against each other to compare helps neither and just causes more problems.

[@efreq.6465]

@@naj9093 no one is pitting them against each other lol. And the Mexicans deal with like 5 times the amount of poverty we have, what I’m saying is that the reason their community is strong is because family and work are heavily pushed in their culture. The fact that you looked at my comment and said that it would cause divide is the exact problem I have within the black community. Everything is hostile to the ego of us, there’s no “hmmm maybe we can learn from their culture”, instead you’re often refuted as seeming to try to divide or push “whiteness”. It’s bs

[@HosCreates]

I never knew about these exclusive clubs ! growing up in poverty - It never ceases to amaze me that being poor still sucks no matter your melanin -melanin just adds more disadvantages because of racism. Just goes to show that when people stick together and have a network it means growth of your net worth .

[@renaissancewoman100]

I understood when asked "who are your people" in that circle was always a way of finding out if you meet the pedigree to be around them. I was grouped with them after being found to be "intelligent". In my black school, my 3rd grade teacher who could pass for white grouped us by "intelligence". It absolutely was based on where we lived. I was poor but ended up in the social groups of upper class because she had to move me "up". It took decades for me to realize it was classicism. PS also many black upper class families in the south made their money by opening funeral homes. That and the "burial insurance" kept them wealthy. Also many black upper class members were double agents during the Civil Rights movement. They didn't want other black people to have better opportunities.

[@Torch.Flames777]

Yup

[@gannibalof21st]

* let me add they made their money from religiosity i.e. church.Being a comprador to the elites i.e. the talented 10th. Lets not forget the former slave plantation owner themselves. Politicians etc.

[@JohnSmith-li7xe]

I don't know man. Your situation sound like a a mix of classism Plus intelligence. At least you were moved up based on merit. Also had that happen to me in grade school. Some teachers just dont want good talent to go to waste.

[@abcxyz3378]

plz putting kids into groups based on how smart they are isn’t classism lmao. And if it was based on where you lived, like you said, then why were you in the smart group instead of put where other people like you lived? Sounds like you were just smart

[@IsaiahYurkingamg]

I subscribed, we need more black media like this.

[@Jralls3]

We need a whole black media TV station like this!

[@gannibalof21st]

Black power media on KZbin.

[@oceanbreeze1897]

Used to see way more channels like this. Idk why they diminished, our maybe other types of channels rose in popularity. I just subbed to her channel as well.

[@abcxyz3378]

I disagree with everything she said in the video, like when she said “Howard didn’t see it’s black president until 1926. And he was extremely light skin” ?? Does being light skin make you less black? Also her criticism of Jack and Jill. I’m in Jack and Jill and it is expensive to participate in activities. So maybe it’s not that lower income people can’t join Jack and Jill, it’s because they can’t afford to.

[@kellyroyds5040]

​@@abcxyz3378 Lol. You disagree because you benefit from that system. You know darn right well that light skin comes with some privilege. I remember my Great Aunt trying to pressure my mother into putting me into the Twigs. It was a club that operated in Philadelphia's Main Line neighborhoods. Not sure about its full range. My mother refused, because she didn't want her children to be snobs. I could have used the contacts, but most likely wouldn't have lasted because I'm not good at following.

[@karlplummer9386]

Jesus bless you this really enlightened me, a poor black but not defeated black man.

[@kevinthomas7526]

If you got access to a computer, you ain’t that poor

[@azules2688]

@@kevinthomas7526 You really don't know anything. You can't deem who is poor based off of them having access to a computer or phone. You know nothing about this man, please think before you type.

[@purplelove3666]

Only God blesses

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​​@@kevinthomas7526 How expensive do you think computers are? He could also be on a phone, my phone is brand new but I only pay 40 bucks a month for it. Also, anything under 30k a year is poor.....you should check the stats, alot of people are poor. Props to you if you aren't but get off your high horse lol. This is exactly what this video is talking about, I swear. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@thebadstation8416]

​@@azules2688 you live in a first world country. You're not living in a slum. You don't know true poverty. Even if you're homeless you are homeless in a first world country.

[@asew4897]

@9:23 I wanted to scream. So many black people have fallen for this lie. This why I side-eye all these black financial counselors and wealth counselors that are going to charge you ultimately tell you the exact same thing they tell literally tell every other black person“you need more money, start a business, invest in stocks.” Some of my family have fallen for this lie.

[@rodb66]

I absolutely agree. These financial gurus never really address income to living expenses ratio. They come to from a position of privilege and become more wealthy from the false hope that they feed you.

[@marcus760]

Bro what?? You haven’t tried neither or. So are you still struggling financially when you’re only working off of a degree or a minimum wage job? As a black man I’d tell people the same. No matter your skin color. Most blacks people are broke as fuck because of this mindset. They’re ultimately broken people in a broken system playing the game of life on broken logic.

[@JohnSmith-li7xe]

It's not that simple. Some of these basic principles do work as long as you tailor them to your life circumstances. That's where so many fail. Dont follow someone else's roadmap. Because you both dont live the same life.

[@murk4552]

​@@JohnSmith-li7xe yeah it is, for wealthy people to get just loans and investments by taking people's money through taxs, scams, leasing property, etc. It is harder to try and become rich, than to stay wealthy.

[@michaelsmith-ws2mb]

I was 13 years old when a friend of mine Mom(who was a lawyer and was a jack and jill mom) His dad was also a doctor and a mason and i think might have been involved in the boule. REally nice family. my friend was in jack and jill, he told me about all the things they did like conventions. and at these conventions they had rap concerts , fun retreats and other things that intersted me. LOng story short the jack and jill moms have to put your name in for membership. (if your mother isnt affiliated)since my parents were Jamaican immigrants we had no idea there was even a jack and jill. so my friends mom set me up to meet the head of the jack and jill chapter in NJ. well lets just say the lady took one look at me and turned her nose up and i was denied membership. didnt hurt me really but that is when i got my first taste of classism. hts funny is my family was just middle class not upper middle class like they were. This taught me a valuble lesson about classism within the black community.

[@dansmodacct]

Why did she look down on you?

[@michaelsmith-ws2mb]

Not sure but I think my clothes I wore that day wasn’t up to par! That’s just a guess.,,

[@prim.an.propher1505]

I’m familiar with jack and jill. You have to be invited for acceptance and it’s not for everyone. Your family has to have the upper socioeconomic status, the right zip code, and in most cases your skin has to be the right shade of color. Not many immigrants are members either.

[@Stophatingjitt]

@@michaelsmith-ws2mb bro racism is fake do your research whites help wayyy more blacks become successful then blacks help each other. Matter fact name one rich blacks person who doesn’t have a white man in their corner helping. Don’t let these stupid vids fool you

[@shavonnestacia2865]

My Mother is from Georgia and my Father is from Jamaica (Both light skinned) and I was born & raised in NY. I've seen classism from both FBA & Immigrants, Especially Jamaicans. It's sad.

[@chocolateaddictedartist5924]

As a middle class Indian kid living in the U.S., thank you for educating people of all demographics on important issues and how they affect us today. I see a lot of parallels between this video and the caste system & politics in India. Funny how history repeats itself.

[@jasminerosewater3891]

This needs to be boosted to the absolute top of social discourse!!!! The normalization of Luxury has the Black Community in a chokehold rn.

[@vlonefilmzzz3880]

Actually having a luxury mindset isn't necessarily bad however the things we view as luxury such as Clothes, Accessories, Shoes, and other petty things is counterproductive

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​@@vlonefilmzzz3880 Tf is a luxury mindset. It's the same thing, obsessed with luxury. Extra and worthless stuff, ironically. Luxury is a byproduct not the goal. Take weightlifting for example. The goal is to get stronger, healthier and build muscle, not to look hot. But a byproduct of having muscle is that it makes you more attractive to some.

[@vlonefilmzzz3880]

@@LembeckIsStaying In a world without people having a luxury mindset most of you mfs would still be living in huts and broken down straw houses and last time I checked working out has always been about looking aesthetically pleasing

[@SaffariRose]

@@vlonefilmzzz3880 living in a nice house has nothing to do with a luxury mindset, lol. Standards of living cut across different cultures. Some of those 'mud houses' right now, have historical values that an upscale mansion would never have. This 'luxury mindset' term is just another fancy word to highlight a luxury obsession. Objects shouldn't give you value, not especially those items whose quality have severly dropped. The 1% of the world are living fine off the dividends of large scale investments, saving the actual wealth for generations to come, meanwhile we're buying bags and shoes and patting ourselves on the back.

[@pooploops]

Yeah black people love blowing their money on logos lmao

[@breezzeeshoulders2610]

Yes, one t-shirt or eyelash away from being a millionaire. That is exactly what I have been thinking on. It's almost like name -it and claim-it pastors who tell people a million dollars is coming their way

[@Social_Pugatory]

Just buy this anointing oil and prayer clothe and pray over it and you’ll be a millionaire Tomorrow! *shouts*

[@asew4897]

The prosperity gospel is insidious

[@BellesView]

@@Social_PugatoryLol don’t forget Peter Popoff’s miracle water

[@tacrewgirl]

This this this

[@halallen9195]

I love your take on respectability politics

[@lyndaslocs]

I was influenced by exposure to wealthy, well-educated Blacks to go into a professional career. I knew people who were in the Links and sent their kids to Jack and Jill. Thanks for the memories!

[@parisjean4751]

This is ✨top tier✨ content It’s so refreshing to find people like you who call this sh*t out.

[@abcxyz3378]

Her entire video was bs

[@yungrichnbroke5199]

She didn’t really call anything out. I think she described a lot of things that exist which was informative, but her criticisms were weak. We are all just people and expecting all black people to all be literal communists who reject all capital is silly.

[@parisjean4751]

If her video has you responding to a 2 year old comment on KZbin, she did… I literally don’t even remember what was said in the video. Also this is my opinion. State you own with a comment of your own instead of coming under mines. You don’t agree… that’s cute. Idc what your opinion is. Get lost.

[@yungrichnbroke5199]

@@parisjean4751 I’m engaging with your opinion because I value it :) also the algorithm apparently thrusted a bunch of viewers to this video in the past couple of weeks.

[@parisjean4751]

I respect that

[@Nooooooooooooooooooooo7913]

Was trying to share this on my Instagram but I couldn’t find your page. Smdh trifling ass but this video literally described my upbringing and the black people I grew up around so eloquently I have to stan

[@briebanks8915]

I remember when I was growing up and I had friends that would do Jack and Jill stuff and I wanted to be a part of it so bad! I told my mom and asked her to find out how I could join and when she came back to me and said it’s invite-only, I was so devastated that my FRIEND wouldn’t invite me. Little did I know it had nothing to do with friendship and my hairstylist mom and truck driver dad would never be “good enough” to get me in. I started reading OKOP and kept getting mad and putting it down… eventually I stopped trying. Thank you for this video ❤

[@greenbyrd3665]

Brie Banks, I'm sorry you had that experience. I'll give you a quote from my mom. "You're just as good as anybody else, and if there's any question about it; you're better!" 😂 Don't allow anybody to dim your light.

[@mariebrooks7341]

Oh don't feel bad. My family is full of folks in Jack and Jill, sororities and fraternities and they never asked some of the rest of us to join either. ijs I knew what Jack and Jill was and also The Links. I'm not impressed. My cousins are not better than anybody else even though some in my family seem to think they do separate themselves and have put them on a pedestal namely the elders who are now deceased. I never felt like they were better. Most of us are college educated and have careers just have chosen not to be in a sorority or fraternity and not invited to Jack and Jill as a child yet it didn't affect us being successful. Don't feel bad, you are ENOUGH just who you are without your FRIEND ever inviting you or your parents never being "good enough" to get you in. I am reading Our Kind Of People and it is embarrassing to read about that type of classism and attempts to be so elite and separate with all that we go through in this country to have equality and equity.

[@abcxyz3378]

Jack and Jill is expensive to maintain a memeber ship, like my family is going to teen conference. 3 of us, my mom and my brother, for applying, it’s $300 each. Although I’m not defending your friend for not inviting you, I don’t think your “hairstylist mom and truck driver dad” would be able to keep up with the monetary commitments

[@stevie9160]

Coming from a kid who was is Jack and Jill, I wouldn’t blame your friend for it too much. It was probably more the parents fault if it was by invite-only at the time. In my experience, the kids involved with it have no power to invite people, even the older ones. All the decisions about who can and can’t join are made by the moms in the chapter. Anyone who wants to join has to go through them and get voted in by all the other moms. That’s not to say that it isn’t a messed up situation though because it’s definitely unfair. I had a lot of friends that I wish I could’ve invited, but unfortunately the main barrier to joining was the expensive costs to maintain a membership.

[@lillybart-s9i]

@@stevie9160 Yes, the moms decide. the kids do not.

[@JothanGurr]

I know this is an older video but I just caught it and it hits soooo hard! Your ability to distill so many dimensions of this painful and deeply misunderstood phenamina is truly brilliant

[@IntelexualMedia]

Thank you ❤️

[@JothanGurr]

@@IntelexualMedia You have opened my eyes to the fact that there is no community so oppressed it can't be further hurt by classism among some of it's members and further exploited by the oppressive culture

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​@@JothanGurr Damn, that was jewel. But it does sting.

[@Healingson]

I was born into an upper middle class black family in South Africa. I lived in the suburbs my whole life and I never grew up thinking that I’m rich or looking down on others because everyone around me was on my level or higher but my life experiences at 20 have shown me that you have to be very sensitive and careful of what you say to people who grew up with less and as hard as I tried to get them to like me, there would always be a breakdown in our relations at a point, now I’ve realised why we subconsciously chill with people who are from similar situations to ourselves

[@theoneandonly86-o5q]

I relate. Als9nin SA also very above average life. I have friends from all walks of life but I learnt that you will be hated because you are well off. Also learnt that poor blacks hate wealthy blacks but also hate poorer blacks. Poor SAns can be the most classist demographic.

[@Luckimee]

Yes and this is American history:)

[@kath1017]

Spike Lee touch on this a bit in his movie School Daze

[@justinnixon6946]

I loved the hair shop scene (Good and Bad Hair). Really explains colorism and the ways in which different black people, particularly between light skin blacks w/“good hair” (curly or soft) and dark skin blacks w/“bad hair” or “nigga hair” (kinky or rough). And how that causes an unnecessary rift and superiority complex amongst light skinned blacks.

[@tmsphere]

A bit? the entire movie was ab that.

[@laexploradoraaaXD]

Really love how much information you're able to include in your videos.

[@abcxyz3378]

Entire video was bs

[@lifestraight]

4:21 When W.E.B. DuBois promoted the talented tenth, it was not in alignment with the idea of instill pride in Black folk who were ethnic outsiders in white suburbia. The idea of the "Talented Tenth" is that the most educated and professional Black people would lead the masses of lesser educated, working class Black folk. He later abandoned the idea of the Talented Tenth because he saw the flaw in a small, isolated, disconnected percentage of wealthy Black folk who were detached from the everyday needs and understanding of Black life for the masses, taking the lead of the masses.

[@jasminehill6312]

Exactly!!!!

[@Social_Pugatory]

But yet here we are with the black elite and their black bourgeoisie acolytes leading our communities at the local and federal levels. *Cough* NAACP *Cough* Congressional Black Caucus *Cough* and other black groups/organizations that claim to represent the black American masses and our interests but really pad their own pockets and could care less about the least of us. No matter the black elite pedigree if they have never experienced poverty they can’t deem themselves the arbiters of what the poor want and need if the only interaction with the poor they have is passing out free turkey’s and bikes in the hood during the holidays.

[@jasminehill6312]

@@Social_Pugatory Agreed!

[@lifestraight]

@@Social_Pugatory I dont think they really represent us hence the current disorganization.

[@lifestraight]

@SocialPurgatory Revisiting this thread I would agree with the turkeys and free bikes comment but let's not diminish the role of the Black middle/upper class in the alleviation of long suffering for the poor. It was two Black upperclassmen by the names of J.B. Stradford and O.W. Gurley who financed and provided land for Black Wall Street. I just read something (not sure how accurate it is) that said Magic Johnson employed Crips and Bloods when he built his theater in their neighborhoods and it is suspected to have contributed to a significant decline in neighborhood violence. So the wealthy definitely have a role to play.

[@jshir17]

*Classism is rooted in eugenics just as racism and ableism are*

[@tmsphere]

no.

[@voxomnes9537]

@@tmsphere Yes.

[@bigevil1001]

And yet classism is older than both. 😒

[@vlonefilmzzz3880]

You people have a problem with the wealthy and fortunate only wanting to associate with each other now? The reason why our community suffer is because we don't even have a class to begin with 🤦🏾‍♂️you people are too busy feeling sorry for the worthless counterproductive maggots within our race rather than going your own route

[@user-bf2ky3tt9c]

Great video!🙏🏿 Systematic racism and capitalism are so intertwined that one can’t survive without the other…and classism and colorism are factions of those two problems plaguing blk ppl as a whole. I won’t dive deep, but will say there’s a lot more social and physiological issues that post-enslavement, and the birth of systemic racism has had on blk ppl, that factor into blk classism.

[@princerak8881]

Black Americans have victim mentality

[@abcxyz3378]

her entire argument was a straw man when she said the first black president of Howard was elected, “but he was extremely light skin” as if it makes you less black.

[@SebastianSeanCrow]

9:42 I follow a lot of black creators who do things like make falsies, clothes, keychains, nails, etc and... they are nowhere NEAR millionaires. Hell, most full time creators I follow have only been able to do their career full time in the past couple years. They make enough to keep their business going and to stay housed. They do it cuz it’s their passion. Within our current system, that’s how it is for everyone, yoy can’t just suddenly become a millionaire. If yoy take into account systemic racism, then like I don’t see how people can have the mindset that a black person is just one start up away from amassing wealth?? Even online only businesses (which is all the creators I follow tbh) are hella expensive to keep up and time consuming.

[@abcxyz3378]

Don’t forget that those markets are oversaturated with the same people, you will never be unique in that market, there will be 10 others doing the exact same thing as you, at 100 others doing it better

[@wtfcomments2585]

Oh no its almost like some things take work

[@spacecowboy3456]

Damnit, this channel deserves more views. It's sad that an upload with such content has 20,000 views after a year, but an upload about Cardi B's outfit has a half million in a day....smh. We need to get our minds right.

[@SynterraSteen]

Gotta de-program

[@lilli8803]

It’s the algorithm

[@TheKarret]

@@biancalord488 Isn't Thomas Sowell basically like the rich black people this video is criticizing? Blaming the poverty and issues of black people on their behavior and lack of nuclear families etc, saying that the Civil Rights were actually BAD for black people? That mentality doesn't seem like something you should be getting thanked for spreading, as it doesn't address the actual problems with society.

[@creolesoul7993]

@@TheKarret If black people didnt beg to join in with the people that enslaved, them. We would of continued to deal with each other, and invest in our own people. Now we have nothing on of our own, even with more millionaires then when we had black wallstreet.

[@abcxyz3378]

@@SynterraSteen oh no, not the escape the matrix bitches

[@gayleedwards318]

I didn't grow up hearing or experiencing any of this. Born in the 80s in Calif my dad always told us work hard and you can be successful. My parents never even talked about being poor, not having enough money , or struggling. It's your mentality. My mom earned a Bachelors degree, my father just a high school diploma. He's always been my example. He worked his way up in the IT field to Vice President, no degree no special society just hard work and a relationship with God. He's 67 now (doesn't want to retire) and still working as a VP. My mom fully retired, and enjoying her life with my dad. I went to a Calif state school, no sorority, graduated, and earn a great income now in my early 40s. The past plays a roll but doesn't determine our future. Live below your means, save, invest, and don't have a bunch of babies before marriage. Date, marry, have kids, stay together. Reinforce family structure. This is obviously my opinion but I don't think it has to be like this anymore. We have more choices than we did in the past.

[@DeltaLou]

I've been binge watching you and love your approach and journalistic style. I'm only a first generation American but it still is sickening and embarrassing to see how poorly blacks have been mistreated since this country's founding. Blacks are very much apart of the American experience and identity as they have been here from the beginning, helping create and define American culture with their contributions to art, music, and also the economic incubators that made the nation so successful. Yet, given all this, the mistreatment still persists today and it is so heartbreaking. And in terms of a solution to mitigate the problems, where does one even start. The new administration seems to be more conscious of it but that is yet to be determined.

[@abcxyz3378]

Her entire video is false, and not only false but also amplifies colorism by emphasizing that if you’re light skin your not black enough.

[@ruquiamulamba6169]

I grew up really poor but now I’ve made it but what’s hard is that I have to lives. Like with friends that don’t have money or is really hard to maintain those friendships. I’m generous but I’ve often felt taken advantage of. I think it’s hard not to feed into classism.

[@vicvic2081]

Your answer to this dilemma will found spiritually more then intellectually

[@auntielu4394]

If you don’t feel respected or are getting taking advantage of, it’s time to find other people who share your current interests. You deserve to have the social life that you want. 🙂

[@urbanvoice5323]

​@@vicvic2081just treat ppl as ppl. Ppl with money can take adv as well.

[@poopbutt6241]

That’s just you having shitty friends

[@giomar89]

I'm binge-watching your channel, you're an absolute treasure. Being white and living in Europe has always made Black America a difficult topic to understand (you know, besides the obvious historical racism, enslavement and extreme abuse). I'm learning so much, thanks!

[@abcxyz3378]

Plz don’t listen to this vid, it’s absolutely bull

[@ii954]

@@abcxyz3378it’s not bull it’s historically accurate

[@abcxyz3378]

@@ii954 this lady said the first black Dean wasnt black enough because of his skin tone. She said he was the first black Dean of Howard, but he would light skin?? As if that makes him less black.

[@fightvale57]

This is phenomenal. This is so we'll researched and compiled.bits concise and direct,thank you so much for doing this.

[@Dm34421]

Obama was very condescending towards blacks and preached about respectability politics. His "cousin pookie" comment was disrespectful 🙄

[@AlexisMaria]

lolll what did he say

[@minko1016]

That's the exact problem with most people they think clasdjdm is exclusion and the problem like there would not be a natural hierarchy anyway without it. The problem is not classicism but low culture being promoted as a standard for black people or anyone and access to earn more in labour markets.

[@miram2053]

@@minko1016 capitalism will not save us. It needs an underclass to thrive.

[@Ksgr867]

@@AlexisMaria tell your cousin pookie to get off the couch and vote

[@radarinfinite1032]

​@@Ksgr867 lol that's funny. He had a point 😮😂😂

[@shinadevon4464]

I just discovered your channel and immediately subscribed. I’m blown away by how informative, engaging and concise you are. I can’t wait to watch every video you’ve ever made!

[@tylerlasarow]

Tell em girl. Im so glad that us as a people are having these conversations, keep talking sis

[@gpturismo]

I love MLK but he said the U.S. suffered from 3 sins, racism, poverty and war. He was an elite and I always wondered if poverty should be classism or classism added all together

[@jama3997]

So is this why I don't like rich black people? Bc I legit feel like they think they are better than the rest of us because them being wealthy pushes them closer to the status of being white. Literally got a classmate and he's nice, but he also looks at me weird bc of how I talk and everything and I always feel judged being around him and the other rich kids he hangs out with. His father is literally a successful personal trainer for college football players, as a HOBBY. The man has several successful business that were passed down to him. And when I saw my peer hopping into the driver seat of that custom designed 2020 maserati I just felt utter resentment for him.

[@jasminehill6312]

They do think that they are better than us.

[@AyesheAlwaysLovely]

U don’t like them, because you’re a hater. U can get your money up.....So u too can have a 2020 Maserati.

[@jama3997]

@@AyesheAlwaysLovely im not a hater ma'am I just know how reality works. I am happy when black people have it made, but I notice that when a lot of them come into money they have that "bootstrap" mentality and think that every other black person who isn't as fortunate as them, isn't working hard enough. I had three jobs in high school/ college while dual enrolled and still had good grades and wonderful test scores, yet was still judged bc I'm not on "their level" and they see themselves as better than people like me

[@AyesheAlwaysLovely]

@@jama3997 blah blah 😑 blah blah 😑

[@kittykatz4001]

You write too well for ppl to look down on how you speak.

[@Escoveeche]

Girrlll if only I was in school and needed a topic for an essay! Keep this coming

[@rihannahaiti5570]

I wish they had some groups for educated people. I went out with a group of professionals and it was a disaster, they grew up poor and still had some negative tendencies. Class is more than money

[@IntelexualMedia]

If you have so many high class respectable friends why don’t you go hang out with them? Or do they find you low class?

[@IntelexualMedia]

Poor educated classy Rihanna needs help making educated and classy friends :-(

[@M3lCHOR]

If education isn’t liberating, then the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor. - ferairi

[@valeriependelton5819]

Great video. As a Black woman I shun Black classism. No one person is better than anyone else even if they have a few dollars.

[@keywill1728]

What world u living in

[@miram2053]

@@keywill1728 Not Satan's.

[@creolesoul7993]

Facts. No matter how much money we have,we are the same to them. All these rich black people, and we still dont own anything as a race. Half the rich blacks are sell outs any ways...lol

[@wintermonroe2894]

​@@miram2053 😂😂😂😂

[@creolesoul7993]

@@gentlemenrule3260 there's lots of people that live in the different hoods that have money but feel more comfortable around there own kind. The people that wants to leave, do. Most so called black people don't live in ghettos anyways

[@sabujones2508]

As a 77yr old African amerikka, I'm seriously impressed with your depth of knowledge and your presentation. So much of what U talk about most blk people know zero about. To often its the clowns and buffons on KZbin that get all the attention. You bring the serious and the informative to light. Again much respect and keep on PUTTING YOUR FOOT IN THEM SLEEPING ASSES.

[@seanbrummfield448]

I'm glad you talked about another thing that truly does divide black people these days. We've been jokingly or even harshly trashing each other based on where we were born and grew up, where we live, our complexions, who we date or marry, where we went to school, finances, education, jobs the list goes on. All of these things came after the 60s and continues this day. I think that was one of the cons of gaining civil rights, of how divided we'll be. Some may be jokes, some people want to make it harsh bullying.

[@detroid89]

💯 Agree! Dr Sowell speaks allot about this.

[@tacrewgirl]

I'm binging your videos. I'm enjoying this one on respectability politics and how everyone is one t-shirt or eyelash company away from millionaire status. This hustle culture mindset is like a different kind of MLM. I appreciate learning from and sharing your videos. NC represent!

[@dcla6003]

Thank you for this content. I'm actually doing this topic for my thesis.....i feel like classism is more relevant than people give credit.

[@abcxyz3378]

This entire video was bull

[@slater2001]

As someone who champions the idea of personal responsibility being a key component to your own success, I’ve only recently come to realize that even though it has been proven to work for some individuals, not everybody is the same. And so, if we truly want to lift up a people or a community out of generational poverty the deciding factors have to be the availability of resources and opportunities. this was a super insightful video dude thank you

[@piecesofme8531]

This was excellent. This Gen X’er is constantly learning from the astute research and analysis by Gen Zers.

[@LesleyGene]

I'm a Nigerian and I've lived in Nigeria all my adult life. You could be describing classism in Nigeria and across much Africa. I read one comment where someone was describing Africa as more egalitarian, that was the old Africa maybe. Being 'egalitarian' is associated with poverty and being lower class. I'm going to listen to this again and also think about how classism manifests in Nigeria. And why

[@happygucci5094]

This gave me chills!!! I can't get over how much you both packed in and alluded to in a small amount of time. One of my faves!! You could not have described where I am from any more accurately than if you grew up here- from the Churches,schools, right on down... Sis- you are doing something amazing!

[@LoveAndSnapple]

So these upper class Black people were basically citizens of Wakanda while they watched the rest of the Black community toil and suffer. Guess we don’t have to wonder what people would do if given the choice…

[@autumnthelight557]

I’ve had a lot of experiences when it comes to black people of a higher class. Even in my family. I can honestly I can count on ONE hand how many of them cared enough to help lower income youth, or treated them with human decency. Typically they tend to exclude lower class black people in every aspect of their lives. It’s truly sad!

[@detroid89]

Haha are you clueless? Every fucking race does this mate. Get out of your bubble and see the world for what it really is.

[@leporiaantic]

This video made my day! This video really touched me because it spoke to what I have been seeing in my community.

[@jemarrebrown836]

I’d love for you to do a video about classism in Black entertainment

[@colouredgal]

Other races peg us as all being uneducated, having a black scent and ghetto. When you are from the suburbs, middle class, educated and well spoken it’s such a shock to them and insulting.

[@cocopus]

its shocking because there's not that many of you that are educated and well spoken lol.

[@certifiedgyal]

​@@cocopus so basically you don't get out much. embarrassing

[@cocopus]

@@certifiedgyal Ironically enough if you got out you'll see how truly "civilized" these people are. but you're probably too young or too sheltered and you don't get enough exposure to these people lol.

[@UrbanEconomist5]

2years later… I live in Chicago where the lower class black youth is destroying the city and everyone in it. Yea it’s a reason we are separating ourselves. JJ

[@Stophatingjitt]

Right. As an African I’ll rather be around whites they’ve never wronged me but black broke into our home. They ruined my dads job even robbed the place once. Why wouldn’t we hate blacks

[@economicdevelopmentplannin8715]

Same thing happened in DC area. Black people escaped to PG to get away from roundy blacks in the hood. Now, when the roundy people are coming to PG, black American families are moving even further away to Charles County. The punchline: whites are moving into DC and the home prices are going through the roof. It doesn't pay to run away...

[@thhe5859]

Exactly. Separation is required in order to move the culture forward. Everyone can’t come because everyone won’t get in line.

[@htowngirl]

8:09 I recently found out Im a descendant of someone freed about 20 years before slavery “ended”. I had a feeling that played a part in my families success but I needed some confirmation. You feel crazy growing up in a black conservative household when you clearly see what’s really going on. Love these videos!

[@chrish3867]

We’re not focused. Our aim is completely off. We’ve got this victim mindset. It’s crazy. “Poor us”. History has been so bad, and all the odds are stacked against us. Meanwhile, we would rather pursue a rap career than earn a degree. But maybe that’s my light skinned privilege talking. Sincerely, A poor black kid who grew up on food stamps in the hood without a father, dropped out of high school, committed crimes, spent almost all his 20s in prison and is now in law school about to be an attorney. Our lives are in our own hands.

[@IntelexualMedia]

What 10 history books have you read on this topic to boil down systemic wealth inequality to most of “us” wanting to be rappers ? And yes I’m positive your light skin has probably helped you in situations that your dark skinned brethren would not have been able to navigate as easily. Again, what books have you read on this topic?

[@IntelexualMedia]

What did he preach, exactly?

[@IntelexualMedia]

Don’t leave behind the other felons when you become an attorney. Your new classist circles certainly will recoil from you and you’ll never truly belong. One tiny circumstance could have been different for you and you’d still be in jail. Remain humble

[@IntelexualMedia]

Sincerely, a poor black woman who grew up without a father in the hood and only went to college because an NFL player saw her as more salvageable than her peers and gave her a full ride. Would that have happened if I wasn’t light skinned, pretty, and book smart? I highly doubt it. If I can recognize my privilege, why not you?

[@chrish3867]

@@IntelexualMedia that’s attractive women privilege. It has nothing to do with being black. If you were white you could’ve just as easily been picked up by a white football player. I was released from prison at the age of 27 a black convicted felon with a fresh criminal record, and no work experience. I had no education and no prospects of a future. There is no privilege there. Everything I have achieved since then I earned. Equally, my peers who I grew up with are dead, in prison, pursuing rap careers post the age of 30 or working menial jobs. That, is the problem. It’s a mindset. In the year of 2023 you can wake up and take your life in a different direction. It’s not easy but it’s doable. Instead, we just continue to blame history and the system. If you know all the odds are stacked against you, you can use that to win the game. Instead, we just complain and talk about disadvantage. “Black Lives Matter” but black people kill black people everyday. And we don’t march about it or hold up signs. We make rap songs, glorify it and perpetuate our self annihilating culture. I’m done here. Thank you.

[@nathancoleman7235]

I hardly recognized you there I. Media,good work again

[@austingear4]

I was in jack and Jill and grew up in the suburbs, and I think a lot about how if other black kids got the same exposure I did. I know that program helped me change and understand things for the better. I think if we came together and integrated and/or make a program for underprivileged children that want to strive for success like jack and Jill that could be successful. Respond with thoughts about this.

[@nzingaa4152]

The problem often is the parents of the children you may want to help bring on other issues, not all but that is why in my opinion. If the children could be helped/exposed to things without a parent that may be problematic involved.

[@coachsamir6400]

I’m a son of HBCU grads from my grandparents and parents. I’m a HBCU grad who also grew up in Jack and Jill. Once I became a Muslim and married my wife from East Africa I was no longer accepted in those circles!

[@23xxwhitebeltsxx23]

a word! was just talking about how rival hoods insulting each other is classist (chicago west side vs south side bs) smh. thank u!

[@lavelhare3723]

Yes tired of that debate and there's poverty in both sides and the east side as well smh

[@theinternetsavedmylife]

Ha ha...Have no productive use of your time, eh?

[@lavelhare3723]

@Elegant Oprah poverty

[@fernandorosales2789]

That bit about the wealthy concentrating resources among themselves was fire. That it basically what the purpose of private property is about.

[@kit1628]

Well said. I am 75. Graduated from an all black, Grade 1 to 12, school in rural Maryland. As a favored preacher's kid, I received scholarships, but I remained fixated on the majority and thus did not assume the "role." In consequence of my decision, I had a hard time acquiring the trappings of a middle class American life. I dared not say what you so courageously stated. Read E. Franklin Frazier's "Black Bourgeoisie" and Franz Fanon's "Wretched of the Earth."

[@FavoredandFlourishing]

I went to private school a catholic school. People in my neighborhood always mocked my speech. I eventually weaponized education as a defense mechanism. I hate being told I sound white. I hate that my daughter is attending public school but still gets bullied for speaking proper English. It’s exhausting.

[@dixztube]

It’s so stupid… it makes no sense. All these folks speaking English lol and whites speak all sorts of languages .. just idiots.

[@nubian47]

My mothers cousin in Fort. Lauderdale Florida once invited her down south for a week with her husband and adopted daughter. Being from the hood up north I immediately felt the difference that vocally was absent. I was received and welcomed very warmly an treated as family but it was something you sense when introduced to her friends and just talking to them. She did have a boyfriend who acknowledged to me that he was from the ghetto but he was a West Virginia student/athlete and pledged to the popular fraternity. He left the day before we left an the day we left brother #2 appeared fresh from North Carolina state basketball team to embrace her( My cousin was a hottie) Still we were treated like royalty but I sensed dramatic differences from our lives up north. They were all members of Jack&Jill in good standing.

[@thesamefooltwice]

You went OFF in this video! Love it!

[@JJerseyGirl]

My grandmother told me our cousin applied to Howard back in the day when you had to send a picture with your application. Grandma said she was rejected because she was "too dark".

[@almiro5451]

Great objectivity in your videos thumbs up, in my opinion my big issues with classism are: the gap it creates between those who have it and those who don't so they can't actually relate anymore & the attitude of some freshly rich black people that empower the culture of consuming as if the only way to prove black people's value is through expensive cars and sneakers etc. they just give the bad exemple but can i blame them? they're the symptoms not the disease... the saddest is that it's not just in america it's everywhere.

[@kittykatz4001]

What about poor ppl with expensive sneakers and expensive smartphones?

[@abcxyz3378]

@@kittykatz4001 if they can’t afford it, what’s your problem with it?

[@kittykatz4001]

@@abcxyz3378 I do not have a problem. I was responding to the op above 👆.

[@abcxyz3378]

@@kittykatz4001 yep, and I was agreeing with it. Jealousy is a sin and a bad color on anyone

[@MsLeeTurner]

Love it! How am I just seeing this??? It's so refreshing to see someone of this young generation speak out about how things really are in America for black people and why things are the way they are. I hope more of her generation will see this and subscribe to her knowledge so they can see whats really happening out here and not get too lost in mass media bs.

[@M3lCHOR]

If people say they don’t see color run!! Because they don’t see you.

[@kingsleylaurent562]

Perfect video for 4/20. This shit was deep asf. I guess there's also a section of classism for children of immigrant parents going off and getting educated, good job, and wealthy.

[@Stophatingjitt]

Deep? This video was bs just excuses for black ignorance

[@8.0.70]

It would be very interesting if you could do a video on the history of Black ppl as entertainers and athletes. This goes back thousands of years.

[@souljarohill8795]

One thing I’ve noticed as an African American young man is how our community is so deeply in love in the idea of classism. You see it from the hbcu, you see it in the orgs, you see it in the overall mindset. The thing is imo it’s not something we should strive for. It helps you individually get by but in the end who actually owns the banks and resources for you to make this class system? What do you actually own? It’s a method of division imo

[@lilboybloo]

these r so informative. Sis these videos r AMAZING !

[@IntelexualMedia]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching

[@IamZWill]

I can't wait for you to drop the proposed solutions for all these problems video! 👀

[@IntelexualMedia]

You first 👀

[@Healthy_Stuff279]

As a person who grew up in the hood, and was fed that negative mindset narrative that tells me how much I'm a I'm a victim, I'm a victim, I'm a victim, that narrative only led to my failure. I am sick to no end of hearing that same kind of narrative out there telling Black people all kind of negative, negative, negative stuff. Where is the positive stuff that can help me build my life and be successful?

[@IntelexualMedia]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Tyz245]

You hit the nail right on the head with this! Thank you so much for making this video, more people need to see this fr. I never knew about the whole story behind W.E.B Dubois, I only heard the good things. I am most definitely subscribing.

[@meyou3772]

Girl you really spoke a word here!❣👌🏾🙏🏾

[@mlford2001]

WHY am I just now coming across your channel?!? Just amazing!

[@eldraenpharr8222]

I knew the feeling of dating down but hearing it out loud made it real. I always knew I wasn't a part of the black elite and it always hurt

[@ricoburke3206]

Sista I’ve followed your stuff a while and this is my favorite favorite 👍🏾

[@justinwatson1510]

I sincerely love your videos; thank you for taking the time to make and share them with the world.

[@swankm9821]

While I have a love for HBCUs and their historical relevance. Since attending one, I’ve been noticing some glaring issues within them. This might just be the school I attended, but I’m noticing the pulling away from those values that made our schools the beautiful and unique institutions that they actually are. Going into the experience, I had hoped to learn from experienced professionals on how to be a community builder while navigating this crazy world as a young black professional. I deeply wanted to feel the feeling of community that I’ve been seeking all my life. To my disappointment, I felt a huge lack of leadership at my school as well as strong mentors. As a result, some of the friends I made felt this same type of pain. There is a understanding that we must build as young professionals in this world. I don’t think me or many others that feel like me want to be pacified about the experiences that we face as a people of color . Especially as we enter spaces dominated by people that don’t look like us.

[@creolesoul7993]

We don't own any HBCU colleges. We're just the face of them.

[@wonkyslaush54]

Madam CJ walker wasn't born rich or educated though. She's self made.

[@KinneyJustin]

She said the same at @8:42

[@sotosotoa8120]

Just saw this for the 1st time. Thank you sis for the info. I knew of these types of black, but I never knew them in detail. I really do appreciate your knowledge. God bless, stay strong. Black nation unite Africa unite. Thanks again

[@KayCash]

you got me researching stuff,great video and I like the way you explained this

[@priscilla8068]

I don’t know how I came across your channel, but I do know that the good lawd was on my side when I did because your channel is a gold mine and I’m glad to have discovered it.

[@c.i.glammua8019]

You always bring the knowledge! I would totally subscribe to your podcast if you launched one.

[@mlightfoot]

This is an OUTSTANDING piece of work! Keep bringing the TRUTH!😉👍🏾🙌🏾👊🏾

[@ingababy5196]

There will always be Rich and Poor people. It’s up to you to make sure you are not one of the poor.

[@-lowe5765]

This was extremely well done. I do think the Atlanta Compromise Dubois v Washington deserves a long form breakdown pros cons of each argument