CNNs Black in America 2 Black Upper Class

[@CollegeTalkTV]

I'm black grew up in a middle class suburb and most of family has a college degree my mother has her masters.I'm in college now for engineering. I know first hand how people can stereotype but I honestly just laugh and keep going on about my day.

[@michellerosebrown]

Same, I'm from black middle class and members of my family all have college degrees.

[@starloszelson4541]

I wonder what he is doing right now

[@josiahgreen242]

I respect this Kid because he recognizes that he comes from privilege but doesn’t use it to look down upon other black people who didn’t grow up with his opportunity. He is looking to do his best to make change and create opportunities for black people who to succeed but were not given the opportunity. That is the best contribution the black upper class can make to move us forward.

[@vernonrobinson1685]

Meanwhile other blacks look down on him😊

[@jordanwashington1854]

People always used to(still do today) think that I was rich just because my parents drove nice cars, or just because I wore purses that just so happened to match my outfits. My family is not rich, but we are a part of the upper middle class. Being rich and upper-middle class are two different things to me.

[@ivydreams]

I’m very proud to see Black Excellence!

[@MrsTruthTeller]

AMEN! I am completely baffled by the reactions of others when African Americans do not fit the prototypical stereotypes. It's like they want us to always look bad no matter how many strides we make toward bettering ourselves. As an African American woman myself who is also an Ivy Leaguer, I know all too well the feelings of being labeled as a "charity case" when you have the same, if not better, grades, scores, and curriculum vitae as your fellow peers...it hurts :-(

[@SuperInfo2000]

She has money in her family from generations that date back to the 1850. Millions, listen to the interview again and observe the pictures of people in her family dating back to 1800s. Some people can not understand this concept because they don't have that kind of history in their family. Believe it of not there is such a thing as old money and new money among Black Americans.

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

Absolutely 7 years late but nonetheless it’s true. Our kind of people lawerence Otis talks about so much. And even negroland book marine talks about black old money upper class. Which tv shows it, like our kind of people on cbs

[@ViewTheWorld100]

I agree. There was a show a few years back called "Baldwin Hills" that showcased the lives of well-to-do blacks in that part of Los Angeles but the show eventually got cancelled due to low ratings. Shame.

[@thephoenixrising4614]

That show was good, but the reality is not many African Americans who watched BET baldwin hills could relate because the demographics for that show were kids/black people who didn't know wealthy African americans or the lifestyle. Not that's sad and a shame.

[@Gina-qx1ij]

Oh, but they do know of such folks. Several rap artist and etc who have means. We see and just have made up our minds who we are going to learn from.u​@@thephoenixrising4614

[@NintendoGamepro]

​@@thephoenixrising4614ridiculous! Many many of us couldnt relate to fresh prince of bel air but still watched!

[@LadyL31786]

I remember that show!! It was like the African-American version of Laguna Beach to me. I really loved Baldwin Hills. I was mad when BET canned the show.

[@Money457Iget]

Damn I wish I had a opportunity like them. Guess more hard work for me.

[@larettemccoy8113]

Thats how I feel

[@Dawitness11]

I live in Loudoun county, VA the richest single family income county in America. Most of the population as you guessed is white. Its crazy cause when they see me a lot of them get scared. It was so hard for me at one point to just be who I wanted to be because of the sterotypes, if I wanted to do good in school I was labeled trying to be white, if I did bad I was labeled a gangster and "cool." The HOA moved us out of our neighborhood, the cops were called on my brother for cleaning up our dogs poop in the backyard (smh). When we were selling our house in a upper class neighborhood the guy who wanted to see the house asked me "Are you the house keeper?" the list goes on and on I deal with it everyday at work too, they call me names like suck up because I work hard. I can go for days... Over the years and with the help of Jesus Christ, I have realized to just BE YOURSELF! People are going to judge you for doing good, they are going to judge you for being bad. So just do good and don't worry about what anybody thinks of you. Believe me I've been there! P.S, I'M HAPPILY ENGAGED TO A BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN!!!

[@Bahia82]

Wow I live in Prince Georges County, MD across the RIVER, do u think Loundon County has changed? Or is it still close minded?

[@Dawitness11]

Bahia82 lol, Loundon country is the same. I found out people are "close minded" everywhere, not just here. I hope all is well God bless!

[@jonothandoeser]

How many BEAUTIFUL BLACK WOMEN???

[@CarringtonAuzenne]

@@jonothandoeser creepy

[@leilanirose3274]

Why is it news that you're married to a bw? Aren't you also black??

[@TaelurAlexis]

I don't get it. I'm reading the comments...racist comments on a video about the black upper-class. What made you come watch the video if you have such hatred in your heart for us? Why?

[@painexotic3757]

@@antoniagaines8732 lol obvious troll is obvious. Go back to mexico.

[@madewithrealdiamonds]

Exclusionism has always been practiced in wealthy black communities. These people aren't new. They've always been part of the problem. Instead of trying to eradicate black poverty, they straddle alongside it since it's not them.

[@vernonrobinson1685]

It's their fault other blacks are poor. Comedy

[@LadyL31786]

The Tuxedo Ball sounds like a great idea for college students to network with professionals and all. Unfortunately, my mother (rest in peace) wasn't wealthy and my father isn't wealthy, however, I think Dr. Miles should extend invites to the Tuxedo Ball to underprivileged college students too so that they can get connections to the professional world.

[@robertridley9279]

^ what this person said. What about people who aspire to be where they are?

[@LadyL31786]

+Robert Ridley do you mean individuals who aren't in college???

[@kasparovthegodofwar]

That will never happen sweetheart. We don't mix with the poor and uneducated. We disdain those who live in poverty. Sorry.😉😃😊

[@LadyL31786]

Edward Anthony Wait a minute. I already know that the wealthy don't mix with poor and uneducated people, but you're telling me that the wealthy doesn't mix with the ones who are in college trying to make a decent living for themselves when they graduate?

[@kasparovthegodofwar]

LadyL31786 If you mean the scholarship/financial aid dependent college students, then yes. Universities need to be further privatized in order to assure that the vermin will never associate with us.

[@Chiefmaker75]

The black version of Asian Indian families. This formula obviously works

[@1820AL]

Not all black Americans struggle! And for your info, these people are not rich folk! They're just upper middle class blacks. Don't confine the black culture as just a struggling or urban culture.

[@tincredible]

It's refreshing to see a story on a segment of Black America that is largely ignored. It shows society that we are more than entertainers and athletes. Some of us do, in fact, become successful through education. I do, however, think that "Black Tuxedo" type foster a sense of elitism. I think these types of events should be extended to Black youth from all walks of life.

[@idonigboobu1999]

Buying a sports car is no achievement to boast of, perhaps a house or land would be a greater achievement. Priorities.

[@blackworldtraveler3711]

Idonigbo Obu Achievement is more of a personal thing to me and nothing for anyone to see. I have a home in two other countries. Been a millionaire for a while now since 28. No debt.Comfortable. Speak 4 languages, Multiple income streams two businesses,still have a $160k/yr. career,etc..semi retired at 42. Don't worry about money. Most don't know this because I'm jeans and tshirt mostly and drive a 4 year old Chevy compact. I do live in a upper middle class area in a gated condo community. Many around me drive very nice cars at least 5 times more than mine but they can't really afford them and like to keep up with the Joneses. I'm not the show off type. My close friends say I'm the type from the book "The Millionaire Next Door". So I guess I can say that I don't have the big hat but have a lot of cattle.

[@jonothandoeser]

@@blackworldtraveler3711 How exactly do you know that the people around you can't afford their automobiles? Do you have some secret insight into their family financial records? How could you possibly know? Do you know if they bought their cars brand new, or if they purchased them 3-years-old? Perhaps they might have inherited a sum of money? The obvious answer is that you have no idea, you're just making assumptions as a guy who makes a good amount of money but who drives a cheap car. ...Hey, you can do as you please, just don't try to compare your path to anyone elses.

[@sadgoy.]

I think that kind of positive encouragement needs to happen more.

[@arabionjames9290]

I am a new subscriber. I am poor man's son, I did 6 years, in college. Yeah I have a masters, but I am most proud that I am a poor man's son. Father black mother black it makes me twice as black.

[@KyloG-G1228]

And who decides what blacks are allowed to have and have not? When a race / culture has been seperated and redistributed , to various cities and countries. The programming and developmental process experience of learning have been designed to create a disconnected pride, without having the dignity which is to be respected and not rejected.

[@acajudi100]

I am happy for you. I am rich in common sense, love for others, and happy, I started from the bottom. No onetells me who I am, for I am highly blessed.

[@jmonte5896]

This type of information needs to be disseminated more widely as an inspiration to young Black people. For most of them, the only image of wealthy Black people they see are rappers and sports stars for men. The wealthy women are either married to them, or they are in entertainment, oftentimes strutting around half naked and dancing like strippers.

[@OneSummerSky]

That's why I support this Black in America series. We need to move away from the prevalent Single Story of what Black America is.

[@princessfam]

I am African-American and grew up in an upper-middle class household (what many in this program consider upper-class, but to me upper-class = Rockefeller, Astor etc.) and am still upper-middle class with the grace of God, education, perseverance etc. I do not support nor agree with holding exclusionary events made for only those “within the circle”.

[@MrSpotlight101]

This is proof that any one can make it no matter what color or race, people in this country need to stop limiting themselves and let the system hold them down

[@TheTonyspik]

what this proves is that black family has had its wealth for many generations. That boy made it when he came out his momma. So who made it in this video?

[@vetasha]

Have you ever been to ANY country in Africa? Black comes in all shades.

[@Critic_number_4]

Every ethnic group (whites ethnic groups included) stratifies itself into social classes-it's natural-but it's more complicated for blacks (and presumably latinos) because the distance between the average and the 'extra' 'ordinary' is so great that finding common ground is very difficult. People think and expect a college education to be the great equalizer but I don't think it is. Coming from a humble background and attaining great (financial?) success seasons a person's character differently than being born into an accomplished family lineage. I don't preference one over the other btw.

[@aamrakamran7275]

Beautiful.

[@edwardglass5358]

Lawrence O. Graham’s Our Kind of People covered the values and aesthetics of this group extensively. Unfortunately, appeasement and acquiescence to white anglo saxon culture acts more as a impediment towards the black mainstream. This esteemed group considers itself the one percent of within the black social hierarchy and social structure. It’s not centered on money. It’s centered and built upon bourgeois traditions whose roots trace to a segregated United States. The emphasis on charitable service and education are highly valued. Dr. Martin Luther King despite his piety and humbleness would be considered a member of this group.

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

@Frederic Wells absolutely we both watching across the pond

[@mikehistorycrazy51]

Members of the Black Upper Class -Blanche K. Bruce, James Wormley, Robert Reed Church, John Francis Cook, George F.T. Cook, John F. Cook Jr, Douglass Syphax, colonel John Mckee, Francis Grimke, Henry Grimke, James Forten, PBS Pinchback, John Mercer Langston (related to Langston Hughes), Mary Church Terrell (heiress and socialite), Charles B. Purvis, Josephine Wormley, Henry Mckee Minton, Josephine St. Pierre, John Locks, Richard Dereef, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Francis Cardozo, Nathan F. Mossell,

[@1820AL]

And how do you know? First of all, 98% of African-Americans have European admixure, no matter what social class. You can never tell the ancestry of someone just by looking at them. I am a dark-skinned black American, have a Ph.D, $167,000 salary, and proud to be black!

[@Alexandria.Washington]

NOT TRUE. Black Americans are the Aboriginal Copper Colored indigenous American Indian Tribes of North America. We have ZERO African DNA and very little European DNA if any. The major Aboriginal “Black” Americans are over 95% Indigenous North American DNA. Learn REAL Aboriginal American Indigenous history.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

That’s not true. Black Americans are the Aboriginal Origin “Copper Colored” American Indians of NA, USA. Their skin color was always shades of light to dark brown. My skin is very light and I have less than 10% European American. Almost 85% of my DNA is Indigenous American “Black” Indian and 0% African. We are NOT FROM AFRICA. We were here FIRST in America, USA.

[@NintendoGamepro]

​@@Alexandria.Washingtonwere Moors! Yes were indigenous Americans but our ancestry isn't just from here! Many of you say we're not African but can explain why the natives had mosques and spoke Arabic! They even wore turbans and fezs!

[@vernonrobinson1685]

​@@Alexandria.Washington no black Americans arent

[@9doggie12]

Checked his linkden went to Howard law

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

What’s his Linkdln

[@LUVJONZ99]

@lx0az9 My sister works with many Africans who come from wealthy families in Africa. One of her clients hates the US because she cannot employ someone to drive her around for $1.00 a day, in the US as she can in Africa. Yes, this African person who is upper class employs a lower class African to work for her. Class or socio economic separation is not a solely European practice...

[@sadgoy.]

Personally, I think its the blacks own fault for reinforcing their own stereotype about "ghetto" this and "gangster" that. I think if the community as a whole begins to improve themselves, and work together to destroy that stereotype, then this world would be much better for them. This is a great example of blacks who want to change that perception and better themselves. A truly beautiful thing here. A song that comes to mind is the song "Us" by ice cube.

[@Gardeningwithgeorge]

I agree. Here in England my family are part of the aristocracy (upper class) but we aren't actually rich. We have our house worth millions, been in the family for centuries but it's falling apart and we can't even afford heating. This documentary is very interesting but personally I would class these people as upper middle class. I don't think America has an aristocracy (well except descendants from founding fathers)

[@jairousparker2311]

We are a very diverse people and there has always been wealthy blacks historically. The many shades of black run deep in America and some of the wealthy are afraid of the negativity surrounding the history of their families wealth for generations and how it was obtained. It's a complicated story that many don't want to discuss or deal with publicly due to it's political nature.

[@jazzvixon]

Sing it loud black man !!!

[@lilmizzije]

where can i watch this

[@princessfam]

I appreciate you sharing your experience. Thanks for telling your story.

[@London_miss234]

I wish more blacks were as successful as those portrayed in the video. Education and opportunity is key. For those who give back to the poorer ones in teaching them how to build wealth and values good on them.

[@haruspex1-50]

This is a non issue. I went to a school which you pay £30,000 a year. My parents are wealthy and I am black. In my year out of hundreds of students there were only two black kids, just two. I remember in assembly sometimes, when the teacher would talk about poverty in parts of africa, all the kids would look at me as if I had just come over as an asylum seeker. People asked me dumb questions constantly. This crap shouldn't be news, it is what it is. You get ignorant nugget heads in all walks of life. It's up to you to let what tripe they have to say offend you or not. There's people in life who have it a lot harder than I ever have or this dude ever has. He should chill out and CNN should report on real issues and not such trivial nonsense like this

[@haruspex1-50]

***** quit with the white guilt. It's bad for your health. I don't need you defending black people. I'm sure my fellow blacks can defend themselves

[@haruspex1-50]

***** The problem with people like you is you think your a do gooder. Your the kind of fool that'll support a group like black lives matter. It's embarrassing and the bigotry of low expectations you naively push out is enough to make one's head spin. Your do gooder antics isn't helping, sure you'll get your dopamine fix but honestly you and buffoons like you are not improving things, rather you make them worse.

[@haruspex1-50]

***** The irony, you call me narrow minded because I don't agree with you. Gosh please keep going. The reason blacks in America are doing crap as a whole (and yes there are plenty of exceptions, i'm speaking generally) is down to their own decisions. I dont deny that the welfare system and no fault divorce laws hasn't helped but its down to themselves.They have no one to blame but themselves. It doesn't matter how many government programs or handouts they get, people like you give them the victim mentality which is a mental prison. Stop doing it. You think your helping but your really not. Rip off the band aid and let them be responsible for their decisions. Like I said its the bigotry of low expectations. You've got to stop that.

[@princessfam]

Although I am very much aware of these events and have attended them in the past, I am a strong supporter of egalitarian ventures and events that promote and champion inclusion. Please know that not ALL African-American's of this background and social standing don't think like this. We are not a monolith.

[@frompovertytoroyalty]

I feel know how ya feel bro I'm from tx too lol, and most of the upperclass ppl I met black and white are kinda snobbish

[@kennboy1]

Great video!!!

[@mikehistorycrazy51]

Black Upper Class Part 3: Allston. Lattimore, Ruffin, Trotter, Ridley, Chappelle, Wolfe, Lee, Elliot, St. Pierre, Creed, Duplex, Lathhrop, Bassett

[@driven39]

NOBODY HAS HELPED ME. I HAD TO DO IT BY MY SELF WITH NO HELP OR MOTIVATION FROM ANYONE.

[@jonothandoeser]

You're a liar.

[@Gardeningwithgeorge]

I am white, I find this documentary very interesting. It is a real shame though that there are some black people who feel insecure about their beautiful dark tan skin. I am sure as years go on, attitudes will change.

[@AyaanMahamud865]

I always knew this existed I just sawl it though

[@SuperInfo2000]

She comes from old money, nothing like Beyonce. Her linage is form the 1850's which means well connected with other families of the same wealth.

[@Jnel28]

we can't choose where we are from... my brothers and sistas we must remember no matter how far we go that we must stay committed to our cause of progressiveness. I'm from lower class and have friends of the wealthy class but black is something that will never go away. Let this be a blueprint for those who feel excluded

[@mashondaknight9132]

Great video

[@blackaristo]

Very happy to see this.

[@setaglm7285]

I obviously know that we are every hue, every hair type blah blah blah @ Sheri Serthe - your last line, and I quote, "Be proud of who you are" is PRECISELY MY POINT! If only...

[@mxyzptlk...]

Right now I'm getting my a BA BA in Biology and Chemistry. One day I will join these people...when I become a doctor.

[@shakaama]

again, not true. Black billionaires, millionaires come in all shades, including blue Black. stop spreading ignorance.

[@jairousparker2311]

Shakaama, well said.👤

[@michellerosebrown]

Agreed.

[@Machelle3200]

Because they want to keep intelligent urban kids out of their little circle. These folks work hard to keep "regular folk" from progressing, but look down their nose at anyone that isn't like them.

[@SuperInfo2000]

Oprah is new money as compared to over 100 years of wealth in the family. I should know.

[@KINGCABA-if4nk]

Couldn’t agree more. You should read our kind of people by Lawrence Otis Graham. And also tv show about black America upper class

[@TrustintheUniverse1111]

This is old, but I wish I didn't wear my cap backwards. I can be just as black wearing my baseball cap like the people around me and my environment and represent people who are going where I'm going.

[@buckeyewill2168]

Let's respect our economic and cultural differences as a people and realize that we can help each other.

[@sadgoy.]

I guess. But the problem is that everything about a person, from personal preferences, to outwardly appearance, plays a part in external identity. And based on how a person feels about that, they may try to fit an internal identity based upon that external identity. Then there are factors like , social upbringing and the kinds of values taught and reinforced.

[@driven39]

I AM A LAW STUDENT AND I'M ALMOST DONE WITH SCHOOL, I ALREADY OWN SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND I JUST BOUGHT MY FIRST SPORTS CAR. DON'T JUDGE THE BOOK BY THE COVER MY FRIEND.

[@jonothandoeser]

Then why do you type in all caps like a kindergartener? Liar!

[@jamiirali1]

the brother in the video spoke of adopting the cultural practices of the majority community..adopting the practices of the majority community whether it be the elite or not comes in all spectrums such as joining their greek fraternities( last time i checked we were not greek) or imitating their image( various color weaves and wigs) so lets not pick and choose what we adopt....anyone on youtube can form their own club and invite whoever they want into their circle..if these people dont want to accept others then its their right...thats not being elitist thats mingling with people who have similar ways of thinking and acting..hell im not rich but you dont have to be to understand that concept..blacks are diverse and we always hate to be typecast but we are the first to do it to ourselves....if you are not struggling enough or angry enough you arent black enough which is stupid as if one sees the image of a black when one googles poverty... then I guess Mansa Musa or any other ruler Builder or creator of great African empires were not black enough because they damn sure did not speak with ignorance nor did they have a ratchet mindset because if they did then Timbuktu would never have been the great university it was in its time...instead of criticizing the upper class blacks emulate their path to success...and actually their recipe for success is just plain hard work and sacrifice...

[@calizone352]

These are the financially stable families who could of contributed Knowledge and Resources in Africa to help future generations of children of African descent grow with more to offer the world themselves, than they ever thought possible Think Globally to affect real change..Unity Worldwide

[@mikehistorycrazy51]

Black Upper Class: -Wormleys owned the Wormley Hotel in Washington DC -Syphaxes were descended from Martha Washington and wealthy land owners who owned 15 or 17 acres of land which later became part of Arlington graveyard -Shadd: caterers -Francis: caterers -Gray: caterers -Locks: Hack and funeral business in Baltimore -Crum Mclennen, Kinloch, Dereef all owned slaves -Lewis: tailor -Clouston: Banker/ planter -Church: landowners, real estate, -Howard: undertaking -Mars: caterer

[@Gardeningwithgeorge]

Well said. I think another point to emphasise is that not all millionaires are in the public eye - her analogy seems to based on people like Beyoncé.

[@driven39]

I DIDN'T GET A INVITE, THAT PISSES ME OFF. I'M CURRENTLY IN THE HOOD STRUGGLING TO GET. NOBODY HAS HELPED ME!

[@technobeccnoendorsed]

Driven The Rockstar Kid because you helped you your destiny has been born through your own power

[@Alexandria.Washington]

Go to college.

[@AndrewGorny]

I'm sorry, I laughed when I heard that someone called this dude an epithet. It is hilariously outta line to call anyone that. How did that dude not get fired???

[@SuperInfo2000]

You have it wrong, mediocre people is not the middle class. Mediocre is the lower and underclass.

[@mikehistorycrazy51]

Black upper class again: Forten: sailmaking, Caterers of Philiadelphia include Appo, de Baptist, LeCount, Minton, Mckee, Bustill, Prosser, Bowser Jones, and Bogle who basically invented the industry of catering in America.

[@ZAIAHS19995]

my question to Dr.Miles is why cant the the tuxedo ball be opened to sophisticated african american youth that are aspiring to do well & be successful?

[@0Moreno0]

you need these type of shows to reduce to the stereotypes. and how do you know they don't help the community? don't assume.

[@sadgoy.]

I'm hispanic, first and foremost. Furthermore, I like what you said there. "because it's constantly stacked". I really like that. People really need to stop using these political cards and just get along. I mean, I know it's tough to get over what's happened to recently.(yeah 50-200 years can still greatly affect a generation and I say that's pretty recent) I just hope I can grow old in an age where people get along....

[@Alexandria.Washington]

For Hispanics it was over 400 years of slavery and very brutal

[@sadgoy.]

@@Alexandria.Washington can you tell me more about that? about who enslaved which hispanics? im just curious. (yeah i could just google it but i wanna hear your take on it more)

[@joshmishel9246]

The audio is off.

[@RBGUERILLA]

I disagree, We always hear about our struggles but never hear about the successes of our people in American Society. It is something to be proud of and it helps our people and others to see we are not just the stereotypical people you see in Film, BET, VH1 and the Media most of the time. This is another Segment of Black Society and Culture that they don't want to show and most people don't know.

[@SuperInfo2000]

In America in the 1800s and early 1900s if you could send your son's and daughter's to college then you were apart of the upper class, because that's only who went to college doing that time. As the upper middle class and middle class expanded college was a privilege for all.

[@iloveoldschool888]

I hope I will be rich one day.

[@jesushateswood]

I used to have a problem with Black elites until I read a book titled Our Kind of People. There has been a hierarchy within every group of people since before we the living were shot out of our mother's box. It's not right to criticize people living well and striving for more. The Black American experience is very diverse. There is a part of me that likes the fact that Black Americans share a certain something that is uniquely us.

[@sadgoy.]

Very true. This shows that not every person of a certain race will follow suit upon stereotypes and such. So I guess it shouldn't be viewed as a disappointment at all. Yeah. I take it back. I didn't think of it that way. Thanks.

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

I'm black and but I was not from a wealthy family. I did go to college and graduated and I have a decent paying job. I have been called "uppity" because of the way I speak.

[@yrretgnortsmra8955]

I hate that phrase.

[@canibus19]

Pretty much. Dr. James Manning had me almost catching the holy ghost talking bout how black folks racist towards each other.

[@seanjohn864]

Statistics show blacks who grow up wit money don't go to jail as much and compliance school So the experience is a bit different but I enjoy this video

[@seanjohn864]

Miln E almost

[@jonothandoeser]

@ EVERYONE doesn't have to become rich. Not everyone even wants to become rich.

[@SuperInfo2000]

Years of wealth in the family passed down counts very much. It can, but not as much today decide if you actually belong.

[@jasonivancontreras9340]

Fight on my black brothers fight against the prejudices of whites or any other group fight against the apathy and disinterest of your own upperclass and fight on against the stupidity and stereotypes that poor but greedy people project out to the world

[@sadgoy.]

No problem, dude. Thanks for the chat. You have a good day, man. :)

[@sadgoy.]

While it may be true that not all racism is gone. That may never go away due to humanity's natural animistic impulse for rage and violence. But a lot has changed and much progress has been taken in these last 50-60 years. Blacks can now cross the same sidewalks, drink from the same fountains, ride the same buses sitting wherever they want and go to the same stores. Blacks can also vote, go to the same schools, and so on. You cannot deny that much progress has occurred.

[@newunclehorse]

is the audio lagging, or is it my pc?

[@Gardeningwithgeorge]

btw I was reading an article yesterday, about the vanderbilts, they're like an upperclass American family? well apparently one of their ancestral homes is collapsing. I guess we are moving into a new era, one where mansions are no longer sustainable. land has little value these days, compared to hundreds of years ago. unless ofc the land is in a central city like newyork, lol.

[@thebuzzinc2757]

You sound dumb.

[@ohshit109powercorrupts]

He's cute.

[@ewardprince4342]

Black is a color it is not a nationality . All human beings live within their nationality .

[@Dabo082]

YES!!!!!....

[@ricardomcvane8720]

People are just ignorant.From both sides ,black , white,etc it is mind set.

[@lx0az9]

@LUVJONZ99 As to wealthy Africans it's nice to know there is such a class. I do not know very much about wealthy modern Africans (although I do know something of African history). I also know that wealthy ppl from third wld countries adopt the taste and preferences of ppl in the western industrialized countries which they use to exploit there own ppl.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

We are NOT AFRICAN! We are the Aboriginal “Copper Colored”Indigenous American Indians (AIAI) of North America, USA. We have ZERO African DNA. We were already here FIRST in the Americas pre-Colombian and pre-Siberian Mongolian/Asian invasion.

[@Alexandria.Washington]

Black Americans, NOT Africans.

[@sadgoy.]

Very true. And it's sad that its become this way. But I cannot help but remark on my negative experiences with blacks as well. I know not all Blacks are the same. That's ridiculous. But I feel that this media that shows these images and media created cultures does affect the black community in some great way. Otherwise, I would not be confronted with that reality almost everytime I come across an interaction. I know that things are never what they seem, but...

[@acajudi100]

I prefer to help the poor help themselves, and would not want that clique. We all die, and the good, you do, with what you have is all, that matters.

[@sadgoy.]

Very true. Very very true. But it's so difficult not to expect the stereotype to always be true when there are so many supporters of such stereotypes. I try to keep an open mind. But it's difficult when real life portrayals hit me time and time again. i simply haven't met enough positive black people. Which is a true shame.

[@dontbelongherefromanother]

Isn't this wonderful?

[@Par5Birdie]

It's fucked up that there has to be a TV special to show people that there's upper class blacks in America. Why not just include them in a show with other "Upper Class" people of different races. The media helps create many negative images of blacks, but when they do a show like this once a year it makes the network feel special.

[@sadgoy.]

I didn't mean to make it seem like I was trying to single out rap music as the only genre that contains negative messages. There are plenty of other songs and genres that have negative messages like Ozzy Osbourne's "Suicide Solution". And yeah, you're right. When you're not growing up around positive influences and mainly grow up with negative ones, that's what happens to you. It's unfortunate, but it happens. Well, I have a better perspective of why things are the way they are. Thanks :)

[@sadgoy.]

Yet, when a child grows up, listening to those stories of oppression and injustice from their older peers and family members, they will grow up thinking that it is still that way. They will not see the changes that have occurred. And so the hate stays, almost genetically, into the minds of newer generations. I believe this may be another reason why I've met many blacks who act the way they do. It will take many generations for them to move on from those times.

[@sadgoy.]

This encouragement of negative stereotypes and their constant exposure to the major black audience more than likely encourages those stereotypes to come to life. So I blame all that media that portrays black people in the negative way they do. That portrayal influences a lot of the black audience to act they way they do. I mean, look at the violent war between Tupac and Biggie. And NWA with their strong lyrics. It is no wonder that I've had such bad experiences with blacks.

[@Applebaum]

I am aware of all the points you mentioned. My point was that It would have been positive to see some dark skinned black Americans (who have 50-150 mill) or western people of the African diaspora in this clip.