Black People Freed Black People, Get It Right History | The Amber Ruffin Show

[@TheAmberRuffinShow]

Happy Juneteenth everyone! If you are in need of more Amber Ruffin, catch tonight's full episode now on Peacock: pck.tv/3pOiao8

[@williammickle9947]

Happy Juneteenth Amber Ruffin! I love your show!

[@terryaustin2949]

Hey amber, did you know that my grandmother's birthday is on June 19th? Well now you do! Alice k Wilson of St Louis Missouri will turn 103 and counting!

[@dragonwings36]

Happy Juneteeth! June is the best month. :)

[@stevezytveld6585]

@@terryaustin2949 Happy Birthday to your Granny!!! The history she has seen. Have an extra slice of cake, you've more than earned it. Happy Juneteenth, everyone. - Cathy (&, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@irishhi8333]

A Solemn and Joyous Juneteenth to all! ✌🏼🖖🏿🖖🏾✌🏽 Seems we still struggle to be completely free, but we will stay the course and bring everyone with us. Happy Father's Day, for those we hold in our arms and those we hold in our hearts.

[@layliwhyteoliver7545]

My 8 year old made a point of saying (if front of a bunch of other white people), "Oh, this is the holiday that should have been a holiday a hundred years ago!". Ha!

[@adoxartist1258]

Bless your young one! 🥰

[@soni8995]

👏👏👏❤❤❤

[@stevezytveld6585]

From the mouth of babes. Smart Kiddo. - Cathy (&, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

[@MsJoyce31202]

👍

[@beverleybender2545]

You have a very smart son.

[@HEllis-qu5nn]

I am a Texan and we have been celebrating this all my life. This was not new to us here in Central Texas. However none of my friends in other states knew what it was.

[@ES2990]

I'm from Detroit and we celebrated it here all my life

[@hummingbird3771]

I'm glad to see Juneteenth getting national recognition, it's something Texas will never forget.

[@alanacholmes]

Same! I was raised in Galveston, and I, a Latina, grew up celebrating Juneteenth every year with parades, food, and performances. I had no idea it wasn't celebrated everywhere until I went to college.

[@HercuLync]

Galeveston is ground zero for Juneteenth. The reason it wasn't celebrated everywhere is because a lot of other places had their own celebrations centered around their own hometown's emancipation day. Places like Detroit picked up Juneteenth because their state didn't have an emancipation day. There was a big argument over whether Juneteenth or Dec. 6th should be the national holiday. The wrong day won. @@alanacholmes

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

This line is everything and I hope more Caucasian people learn this lesson: *"Try to enjoy something Without Making It All About YOU!"*

[@bethanychatman9531]

Exactly!!

[@tomboy5079]

Not possible... the only reason why it SUDDENLY became a federal holiday is to avoid reparations... trust me. Harriet Tubman on the dollar bill and a Haitian woman elected that's afraid to even mention reparations. In other words celebrate and shut up talking about receiving money.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

She's the one who's obsessed with white people. Hate is an obsession by definition, and that Harriet Tubman argument is so illogical it can only come from hate.

[@causeeffect7624]

Or claiming and renaming it!

[@causeeffect7624]

@@tomboy5079 ...speak more truths...

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Thank you, Amber, for once again teaching me more in 6 minutes than I learned in 12 years of public school.

[@lutherwright6413]

What a true statement and honestly someone should definitely recognize the caliber of it besides me but I’m sure they won’t, but let’s continue to get educated and educate! Thank you Rowynne and thank you Amber!

[@daftwod]

"Learning" is just imagining things you want to be true and then just believing it.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@lutherwright6413 No, you're not the only one who appreciates Rowynne's comment and knows it's important and valuable. Rowynne and the rest of us here (trolls excluded of course) do love Amber and do know her history lessons aren't just entertainment; they're a vital public service.

[@kushkingzoriginal]

@@daftwod did u just learn that?

[@daftwod]

@@kushkingzoriginal Trying to figure out if you knew it was facetious.

[@delfin7461]

The "How did we get here" videos should be shown in every school!!!

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

100% agree. I'm quite salty that I had to wait 46 years to learn my country's history from a comedian instead of learning it in the school system I was forced to attend for 12 years.

[@wiljanhopeable]

@@rowynnecrowley1689 me too!! I feel the same!

[@wiljanhopeable]

@@rowynnecrowley1689 ol Ron, in Florida, probably has already enacted a "don't say Amber" law!

[@witchypoorose5196]

Oh, that would be amazing. Great idea!

[@djrobinson6688]

@KFC ManI see you're back trolling 🤡

[@adam346]

"You wanna promote something, promote my brother!" ok, not gonna lie, laughed the most at this part.

[@tootriv211]

My brothers keeper

[@user-zy5dp8fl8n]

4:00 THE STACY ADAMS SHOUTOUT!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🥲

[@creativewriter3887]

I love her "how did we get here"... it's "Schoolhouse Rock" for a new generation!! It should be required ed in schools!

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

I make my kids watch her!

[@Shewins23]

Saturday morning memories.

[@tigerlilly9038]

Should be..but according to America's dumbest parents THAT'S teaching CRT. 🙄🤣🤣🤣😳😳😳 Ted Cruz

[@linuxpyle]

How true is that statement!! Congrats!!

[@Mont3000]

yeah

[@andramorrell]

Give the writer that wrote the “ Stacey Adams” joke a raise!!! LOL!!!

[@lisac3778]

It was Michael Harriot who wrote it, apparently.

[@ウィルソンヘンリー]

Agreed!

[@poeticwisdom3]

Just showed up in my feed 10 days late, and I am a subscriber. Watch out, the algorithm is trying to get you.

[@NewMessage]

So.. no cobbler, then? * kicks wooden shoe and pouts *

[@MrBrutal33]

365,000 Union soldiers died to bring about the 13th amendment but don't let the truth get in the way of your self-congratulation.

[@joshuahessel4915]

Kentucky didn't free their slaves until December 1865 and the ratification of the 13th Amendment. They held out another six months past Juneteenth.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

How is this produktive "Joshua"? Do you feel proud to makke this announcement? Yes, we know this Nation is wikked

[@vcowherd39]

Being a Kentucky Native you are correct sir! @lucid dreams don’t get upset with the facts inform others🤷🏾‍♀️

[@kazza6078]

So sad we'll have to live without new episodes for a little bit! Come back soon, we love you! 💕🥰

[@beyourself2444]

Strangely enough, June 19th is Labour Day in my country and it’s also the first country to celebrate Emancipation Day 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@HercuLync]

Interestingly enough, June 19th is also Father's Day in the United States every few years.

[@cbpd89]

My employer decided to make Juneteenth one of their paid holidays this year!

[@Muhdah1972]

It was celebrated in Texas is what I'm thinking because I live in NY, and we've never celebrated Juneteenth until recently. My South & North Carolina relatives never celebrated it, Never heard of Juneteenth until a.few.years ago.

[@HercuLync]

South and North Carolina had their own Emancipation day celebrations that I'm sure like the ones that went on in my state on May 20th are being over shadowed by a holiday on the wrong day being promoted by people like Amber that don't know their history.

[@sanoska206]

So sad that history class will never go over this. Thanks for educating us!

[@Bookwright]

The truly sad thing about that is that I learnt this in my history class, in Sweden.

[@lesterholtsucks9039]

No one cares

[@HercuLync]

Considering how full of historical inaccuracies this is, it is truly sad that you learned this is Sweden. They need to do better there.@@Bookwright

[@crowonthepowerlines]

You should try out for the Olympics, because those mental gymnastics were incredible.

[@HercuLync]

I'm pretty sure she'd get disqualified for cheating.

[@beetlesaretrying4621]

"The after party for slavery". I am gasping for air, perfect line

[@wiljanhopeable]

@KFC Man stop being ignorant, bot!

[@lamontallen9435]

"Walmart if you wanna promote something, promote my brother!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lamontallen9435]

@Ms Earl Gray T🫖 That was hilarious to me 😂😂

[@joesmusic7143]

Another home run! I learned something and laughed at the same time. Thanks Amber, you’re fantastic!

[@Empress3016]

Learn another thing. The Juneteenth flag is Red White and Blue! You're welcome

[@HercuLync]

What did you learn other than that Amber doesn't know history?

[@Shewins23]

“Walmart if you wanna promote something promote my brother” Juneteenth facts 😆

[@michaelthethird702]

I saw the thumbnail and was like, "Labor Day?" I watched the episode and was like, "she right."

[@HercuLync]

I did like that joke, but the correct day for the new "Labor Day" is Dec. 6. Her version of history is not correct.

[@srhfitzpatrick]

I love that Amber mentioned the 14th amendment. It’s my favorite and objectively the most underrated amendment.

[@JackStraw1961]

So my Great Grandfather, who lost an arm, and his brother who lost a leg fighting with the 7th Iowa Infantry at the Battle of Pea Ridge had nothing to do with it?

[@lbrown9570]

Preach Sister....PRAY for our CHILDREN. Amen!

[@phatmoses9513]

I can't get enough of this Sistah!!!... bring it!

[@CelticVictory]

Well, those white soldier in the Union army might disagree with her.

[@abwab-g8n]

I will ever be convinced that the haters are lying to themselves How could anyone not enjoy this person and this show

[@Luvvamanwayne]

Hate knows no boundaries my sister, it's deep inside of these cretins,do you think their lives are all a bed of roses?? Why do you think they're so miserable!! But of course misery needs company.

[@PoliticanGaming]

@KFC Man says the person not expanding on the whole truth she left out. But let's hear how you will make this about yourself, I am dying to know.

[@betwandet41]

Well Flowers are pretty but so are Christmas lights and they look nothing alike. And some hate Christmas lights

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

So glad you were here to contribute, the Country is a better place because of it @@betwandet41

[@betwandet41]

@@youknowwhoyouare2269 thank you! I like your hat :)

[@cheryl8280]

Your government can't even get THAT right. Thank you, much respect and many thanks to Harriet Tubbman!! Keep up the great work, Amber and Hugs from Canada!

[@mab7175]

The United States Government intentionally doesn't want to get it right. Why you think United States became a more powerful country than Canada. The men who devised this country and still at its helms are the masters of deceit.

[@aragorn767]

December 18th 1865 was the day the last slaves were freed in the US. Kentucky and Delaware had slwves until then.

[@darkdominance911]

1. Juneteenth was ONLY a Texass holiday... there were Two northern states that still practiced slavery 5 months later. So in theory the end of slavery would be December 18th and not June 19th. Keep in mind that we were still finding slaves in the late 1960s who never knew they was free!

[@aragorn767]

Facts.

[@TyroneNorwood]

In Philadelphia we have The Odunde Festival which is a Juneteenth celebration.

[@jurnee2cre8]

I thought she was going to pull out a glass of Kool-Aid. What flavor you ask? Red! Some of that “House Party” Kool-aid!! 😁😋

[@TheDnAnAnA]

I would have put money on grape soda.

[@mzyotruthnlove8263]

I thought she was gonna be drinking MD 2020, Deuce Juice, or Alize.😂😂😂😂

[@gicandathomas606]

Preachin', Teachin' and makin' us laugh. You're a blessing Amber Ruffin.🤣💖

[@davidtookes1888]

She may be funny, but Amber is very intelligent and very brilliant to fans, Amber is one of the kind to have greatness to us

[@HercuLync]

She's funny, but she doesn't know history. @@davidtookes1888

[@sjdjfieizkck]

Juneteenth is for remembering the confederacy. Wouldn't have to be like this if they had statues up I suppose. White people fought on behalf of Lincolns order, get it right...

[@scramblesvibe7689]

Freeing people who should be free is something nobody should take credit for

[@Dom-fi2ys]

Did you find out it was the Republicans that forced the democrats to give up their slaves?

[@andrewlong4894]

Yeah who cares if hundreds of thousands of people died to free slaves right?

[@HercuLync]

When the people that should have been free weren't free, it's something to be proud of even if it took a way too long and a war.

[@MSK-jd5fi]

Firstly, Amber Ruffin is adorable. Secondly, this old white woman learns so much stuff I never knew from these “how did we get here” segments. I thought I was relatively well informed. I was not

[@tracyburris612]

I'm glad to read your comment. It makes me hopeful that maybe more ppl will be open to learning, understanding and embracing forgotten, or overlooked parts of America's history. Salute to willingness to listen, without judgment or condemnation.🤗

[@HercuLync]

The 13th Amendment is not forgotten or overlooked by history classes. This is not obscure. That there wasn't a national holiday for the end of slavery was embarrassing, but it's almost more embarrassing that we put it on the wrong day and that every few years it has to share a date with Father's Day. @@tracyburris612

[@HercuLync]

There were more than a quarter of a million people legally living in slavery on June 20th, 1865. Juneteenth is not the day "everybody got it."

[@gabrielmaroto18]

Thank you Amber!❤🎉💐💐

[@lunamax1214]

I don't suppose we could get the recipe for that Junetini, could we? Pretty please?

[@kimberly8695]

I DO love that explanation of Stacy Adams!

[@witchypoorose5196]

FANTASTIC! I knew some, I learned some. 😁 Thank you, Ms. Ruffin! Happy Juneteenth! 💚🖤❤

[@Empress3016]

Juneteenth colors are Red White and Blue!

[@landonb728]

Iconic! Amber is doing the WORK!!!!

[@minnijeantrickey9026]

Sparkling, informative, incisive wit. So appreciated

[@kumada84]

Amber left out misconception #5: That June 19th, 1865 was the day the last enslaved people were "freed". There were still slaves in Delaware and Kentucky until December 6th because it was still legal in those states. People need to know that.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Harriet Tubman saved 770 slaves. Who saved the other 1,999,230 slaves?

[@jamesdenny4734]

Why would you make that up?... I love peach cobbler... especially with top n bottom crust !😋

[@poststopcop5571]

Word to the wise slavery never ended nothing to celebrate.

[@jr19321]

I learn Sooo much about Our history from Amber! Thanks Amber! You're Awesome!

[@HercuLync]

So you learn nothing.

[@AsterInDis]

Ok but now I want to know, what all goes into a Junetini?

[@CMAlongi]

That's what I want to know!

[@markopecinovic4475]

Was about to say...looked delish

[@ilRosewood]

You’re free to do whatever you want!

[@mrhimselfalone7657]

Hot sauce , koolaid, and Hennessy

[@charoberts07]

@@mrhimselfalone7657😂😂😂😂😂

[@WGFavor]

Juneteenth wasn’t historically celebrated everywhere. In Virginia, we celebrated Emancipation Day. That date depended on the area in which the celebration was held.

[@monicafbond6454]

You are so right. I'm in Virginia, but didn't learn about it until the 1990s. Never saw celebrations until mid to late 2000s.

[@speedtopia2013]

...maybe because you both grew up in virginia????? js

[@WGFavor]

@@speedtopia2013 in actuality…in certain parts of Virginia the E.P. didnt apply since it was under union control. They weren’t going to reenslave anyone, but slavery still legally exist

[@kashondahicks8113]

"PROMOTE MY BROTHER" 😆 Say it again for the ppl in the back 📣

[@sherylhagen6565]

I love that you take time to explain to white people what you're referring to.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

Sadly, those who need to see it never tuned in, those that showed up were already tuned out

[@monicaluketich6913]

I grew up in West Virginia, and it wasn't until I moved to Texas that I had even heard of it. And of course it was from other white folks who, apparently didn't know the history. Thanks for teaching this white woman what it is really about!

[@eddiemoorer2367]

Stacy Adams are like red bottoms folks that catch the holy ghost.... 🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭🤣😭

[@DivaDawn9]

Love the show, Amber👏🏽 You never disappoint🤗 Happy Juneteenth✊🏽

[@f.spencer3925]

This was one of my favorite How did we get here. Thanks Amber some of these things I didn't know.

[@SuperReader1]

Another great lesson! Happy Juneteenth!!

[@supremeteam3112]

I can't believe people actually listen to her amber you need to take a college course sorry FACTS

[@omorado]

I just found out today that I have the day off for the first time ever. ❤️

[@MoiraWillenov]

this. :D

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

🥾 @@amberlance182

[@HercuLync]

A quarter of a million people still living in slavery didn't say on Juneteenth.

[@Queen_Iminah]

Loved it! And we need some Juneteenis 🥂

[@Lexingtonian]

Is everyone else just watching this to cringe?

[@sandiilovesu4077]

No we have common sense unlike you Goofy

[@newmoon766]

Hawaii has a State holiday for every month when there's not a federal one. Like, King Kamehameha Day. (March)

[@Divineniijigamer]

I don't celebrate conditioning programming because it's called Gullah wars and not Juneteenth.

[@mrobi6197]

Walmart always want to promote something, promote my brother!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ludokerfluffle6232]

We were taught that it took that long for news of the end of the war to reach TX

[@ludokerfluffle6232]

I'm not saying it was right. I'm just saying that's what they said. It didn't make sense back then. But I'd already learned that school was not about being curuous. whatever answer they wanted I regurgitated. I just didn't want any trouble.

[@Marijuanifornia]

@@ludokerfluffle6232 If anyone has ever been to Washington DC and visited Capitol Hill, the US National Archives building is about a block from Congress. The 1942 USDA video *Hemp for Victory* was found in the Library of Congress in 1989 and has been officially listed in the US National Archives since 1990. There was a bill in Congress titled HR 3652, the *Hemp for Victory Act of 2019.* Let's review: a video from 1942 was listed in the US National Archives in 1990, but didn't reach Congress (a block away) until 2019 (and still didn't become law because barely anyone has heard of it ). Nothing makes sense because humans don't make sense. We call ourselves a "free country" while we pay billions of tax dollars every year for police to wage war against our fellow Americans over the exact same "Marihuana" plant that was legalized to defend America during World War II, and video proof of this generations-old lie is on everyone's cellphones at an official government website but not even Senators have heard of it.

[@Divineniijigamer]

Ladies and gentlemen stop looking at this video and go research Gullah wars right now.

[@rogercarroll1663]

Great commentary. Thank you.

[@kincamell2]

Heavy Gratitude.

[@gabi1086]

So glad she’s back!

[@johnmckinnon420]

A "day" that celebrates the freedom of millions of Americans is a day for all Americans to celebrate.

[@fourthgirl]

I disagree with the celebration timeline. My mother (1923-2008), born and raised in Dallas until age 19 never heard of Juneteenth until she saw a poster in Berkeley CA announcing their 8th annual Juneteenth Celebration. This was on the late 90's.

[@langston122]

What?

[@unity649]

unlearn to relearn pay attention

[@21stcenturymassiah2]

Walmart if you w a nt to promote something... Promote my brothers and sisters 😄😄😄 that was hilarious 🤣 🤣🤣

[@candicemonique5927]

I want to know what is in a Junetini? I want to try it. 😂🤣😂😂

[@youthsportsfilms6252]

"How did we get here" is the BEST!

[@Capsaxian]

Dear Amber, I am now going out to buy my wooden shoes, let the peach cobbler elf know

[@kheatherthompson]

Don't forgot about MayDay in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The troops reached these states in May and finally got to Texas in June... hence Juneteenth.

[@amberts180]

She used to come up in my feed, but I now I have to search her show every time. Dag nabbit!

[@kchortu]

AMBER, I NEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDD a recipe for the Junteni, because that is a tradition that needs to exist!

[@mikeadams7629]

Young lady read a book Ps it was December before the last two northern states actually where freed. Your an extremely misguided person

[@lauraw.7008]

Don't think I'd want wooden clogs with peach cobbler --- but I LOVE peach cobbler. One of the first things my grandma taught me to make that I could make by myself.

[@mamakcharepoo399]

I just learned that when the Union soldiers arrived in Galveston it was to enforce the freedom of the enslaved. They had to come with guns to force the plantation owners to free the people who were enslaved. Many of the people who were enslaved actually knew that slavery had ended but because of the cruelty of their owners they could not leave until the owners were forced to secede.

[@hadassah179]

The way that 14th amendment shows up to correct the 13th proves what Chappelle mentioned one of his friends saying at the Mark Twain event "the next amendment is in case the previous one doesn't work out."

[@lisaloki5337]

These are my fav segements!! Thank you for educating us! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 see you next season!! 💛💛💛

[@tomboy5079]

That's the reason why it SUDDENLY a federal holiday... trust me. Harriet Tubman on the dollar bill and a Haitian woman elected that's afraid to even mention reparations. In other words celebrate for a day or two and shut up talking about receiving money.

[@michellefu4002]

I love her "oh-kay" at 4:37

[@Yithmaster]

Wow this level of historical revisionism would bring a tear to every Stalin era commissar and Maoist for it's insane brazenness.

[@jaytree3930]

I wish that this could shown before movies meant for largely white audiences. Love love love it.💯💯❤❤

[@tanyawade5197]

The way they used to show a cartoon at the drive-in before the main movie?😁 I just told on my age😂. But, that is a great idea👏🏽👏🏽.

[@allenp.8695]

I don't support C.R.T. "Caucasian Race Tomfoolery" lol classic. I think I'm gonna put that on a shirt!

[@h3mogoblin]

Nah but red bottoms for ppl who got the Holy Ghost is HILARIOUS 🤣🤣🤣🤣 IYKYK

[@roccoz2231]

I've seen 80s sitcoms with a more realistic-sounding laughtrack. The applause also sounds fake.

[@sdrice2007]

Normally I don't find this entire show funny, entertaining, etc. But THIS segment? Spot on!

[@HercuLync]

Except just about everything she said was false.

[@angelathompson1733]

I learn so much from your videos . Thanks

[@lukefouquier6598]

Vodka, strawberry, basil, simple syrup, and a splash of sparkling rosé

[@normanleach5427]

Strengthen the argument by underscoring the influence of the Harlem Renaissance.

[@HercuLync]

The Harlem Renaissance had nothing to do with the ending of slavery.

[@theoldschooldiva374]

I had to teach my children this over 20 years ago....and some work colleagues last week 😌

[@MagicAndReason]

is there going to be an announcement of a 3rd season soon? We ❤ Amber!

[@srhfitzpatrick]

We need more Amber!

[@marcinafaithalbert6841]

throwin shade straight in their face....WOW

[@peterbuchholtz3004]

Lady, you got it wrong But then again you guys get most things wrong........over and over.....