The "Race Problem" In The 1920s

Discrimination and prejudice against black people in America was nothing new in the 1920s, but things were beginning to look better as multiple movements emerged seeking equality and understanding.

[@SkyeFergus]

Thanks friend, for posting on these historic events. The only kind of African American history I was taught in school basically only covered slavery, Martin Luther King, Malcom X and the 1968 movement for civil rights. Things like the Red Summer, the Tuskeegee experiments, or the many other outbreaks of horrendous racially motivated violence, I had to learn about on my own. Usually from videos like much like yours. This is important history that I think every American should know

[@zero_bs_tolerance8646]

"Martian" lol

[@SkyeFergus]

I didn't even know I had put an 'a' in there lol. Sorry they didn't teach me how to spell either

[@joep.6575]

If you are truly seeking truth and knowledge read the book WRONG ON RACE. There you will find the truth about Race in America and how it totally deteriorated into the mess it is today. A factually interesting and easy read.

[@peggysullivan5396]

Oh bullshit it was taught . I’m a teacher now and it’s all over and back then -

[@Uploader69Anonymous]

@@peggysullivan5396 I’m from the south and they don’t teach much even still today I would even say less is taught today don’t know what bullshit you think but your world isn’t universal

[@kinghenrymiller2629]

I'm absolutely obsessed with the 1920's and your channel is incredible. Thank you.

[@The-Portland-Daily-Blink]

My father was born in 1920. It is such a great time in American and global history. Your channel is really excellent and your commentary, history and editorializing is also excellent.

[@jonsmith848]

100 years later...history Repeating. Especially picking up arms

[@rrsaga]

And we’re supposed to LEARN from history? We never will

[@mikeg4972]

Yes, the emerging bigotry against white people.

[@ACloutToken]

@@mikeg4972 wake me up when that “emerging bigotry” is in anyway similar to what minorities have faced in the last 100 years lol 😴

[@mikeg4972]

@@ACloutToken I'm not talking about 100 years ago. It seems bigotry in the US is OK, as long as it is against white people.

[@kathyjones274]

Why are white people so hateful when it comes to other colors, not just black OK. Buy whites acting the way they do it is just making things worse.

[@lianalonge1984]

I truly enjoy your channel. And thanks for always sharing the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s OUR history and maybe together we’ll continue to improve.

[@gigteevee6118]

Nicely put together, so much history, so little time....

[@irenefavela9775]

Great post, I’m an activist and appreciate these look into the past racism as well todays racism. As both an activist and a person of color I ask one favor: When people talk about slavery, please call it what it really was which is “Enslavement” and they were the enslaved, because no was born a slave, they were in fact enslaved by SLAVERS…. Let’s lay blame at the feet of whom were most guilty of it the evil greedy heartless slavers…. Great Post💜

[@kathyjones274]

Today I watch Trump trial and have gotten on my knees a couple of times. With the way a born American and her USA 🇺🇸 born daughter who was targeted by the president of the United States, it's horrific what ruby and her daughter has gone through. They had to leave their house for fear people trying to push their way in her door, like a modern day lynching on ruby and her family. Not much has changed really,has it. How dare Trump and his cronies do such a thing to ruby and our country to destroy our democracy. He should never be in office again never.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@@1VIDEOVISION His comment blamed slavers- not any so called "race". Not sure how Gaddafi being still alive would help any American slaves who died long ago.

[@shanequa555]

The people that "enslaved" them in the first place were the West Coast African blacks that captured them, thus creating the African Slave Trade, by selling millions of them to the white Europeans waiting in ships off the African Coast - and while the whole traumatic experience was indeed horrible for the enslaved, successive generations of theirs have observably benefitted in comparison to their separated African kinsmen by sheer dint of being in this more civilized, prosperous and spiritually enlightened country as opposed to having their progeny grow up among shamanistic and animist evil in tribal backwardness and savagery.

[@alankent]

I am a 61 yo male caucasian. I grew up in a conservative, republican home within a blonde haired, blue eyed community. With that said, my mother's religious beliefs were diametrically opposed to racism and violence. Call me naive, but I do not understand the reason anyone would have racist attitudes. I guess it is a kind of xenophobia. I have lived and worked in "mixed race" environments my entire adult life. I have never encountered an african american, latino, asian or indigenous person who has fit any of the stereo types. If I had a time machine, I would go back and smack D. W. Griffith upside the head before he made that repulsive movie. (This is coming from a man who has always practiced nonviolence.) Please learn to enjoy other peoples and cultures. It is a worthwhile endeavour.

[@brawldrizzy]

what the Ok

[@nathaliebatiste8842]

Don’t use today’s standards and attitudes to judge people in the past. “Birth of a Nation” simply shows how attitudes were in that period of time.

[@kindnessfirst9670]

@@nathaliebatiste8842 It was denounced at the time it first came out as white supremacist propaganda and led to the rebirth of the KKK. Just because ignorance and evil may be common does not mean people should add to and spread them.

[@incubus_the_man]

I also believe that racism is mostly due to politics and social dynamics. Hispanics are seen as a threat because of immigration and a fear of changing demographics, Asians were seen as a threat for the same reason decades ago but that all changed after WWII. Now they are seen as a threat because of xenophobia towards China. Blacks have always been the bottom caste of American society and because they are not immigrants, they can't be sent back to a home country. European immigrants can blend in, change their names and accents to fit within American society and be "white". Hatefulness and racism are also not necessarily the same thing either... Anyway, just stay as you are and just understand that not everyone has the same perspective that you have.

[@wolfthegreat87]

Do you intend to make a mini-doc like this on Felix the Cat during the 1920s? I know that would be a bit of a long-term commitment, I researched him once for a bit and there's a lot to cover. Lovely video, by the by.

[@The1920sChannel]

I would definitely like to at some point, or at least include him in a larger video about 1920s animation!

[@wolfthegreat87]

Thank you very much for the reply! I look forward to watching all your future content on this channel.

[@sendachimptospace]

Had to stop everything for one of my favorite channels... Out of the 100s im subscribed to.

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Yeah history repeats itself its crazy

This channel is amazing!! "Tales from the Jazz age" is actually a great name for something ahaha

[@jhanturandall2519]

F Scott Fitzgerald had a book with that title

[@EpicAdrian3D]

Wow I have never seen a video put together the Red Summer before. I never even learned about it until watching this. Thanks for sharing

[@hippiechick2112]

Your professionalism and respect for this decade is astonishing. Thank you for your videos!

[@thefutureisnowoldman7653]

Many Americans today where alive to throw rocks at Rosa parks. Racism is still strong in the US

[@AveSequoia]

She was a fake

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

He was a troll.

[@vegancheetah]

Rosa Parks is a psy op. She wasn't even the first one to sit in front, she stole the idea from another women and took all the credit.

[@jhanturandall2519]

@@vegancheetah the naacp backed off on Claudette Colvin who is still alive btw because she was 15 and pregnant which would’ve killed the optics. Yes Rosa Parks had an advantage being the secretary of the NAACP which gave her connections but it doesn’t make her story any less. Honestly it was the bus boycotts that pushed the needle

[@Regalieth9143]

Not as strong as it was back then. Now you actually have consequences.

[@vintageincolor]

Very important and interesting channel. Thank u for this well compiled research and incredible video

[@jovis6995]

I was translating a piece about W.E.B. Dubois into Russian, and I totally thought it was pronounced like French "Dew Bwah", oops

[@The1920sChannel]

Yeah, it's a bit confusing because that's normally how it would be pronounced in French, but DuBois said he always pronounced it in a very English way. I think most people still think it's "Dew Bwah."

[@therogerseses]

To all my FB friends, listen to this amazing young historian from Galveston, Texas

[@mariod1547]

I appreciate this. Good job!

[@zenobiafenrick9603]

There’s a lot of respectability politics that play into how Black people have had to fight for equality in this country. Respectability politics functioned as a way to get a toe in the door in past decades; whereas now, we realize that deciding who is “professional”/acceptable enough to help us voice our concerns/rights/goals is obsolete-since racism is still racism lol. Booker T. definitely was for white appeasement. Du Bois addressed that in his book Souls of Black Folks. Garvey, however, built the foundations of Pan-Africanism. And while that was inspirational, it still couldn’t dismiss the geographical and cultural disconnect that existed (and still exists) between Black people in different countries. :/ I feel like the roaring 20s have returned today in terms of how civil rights is being discussed. It’ll be interesting to see how it’s written in future textbooks.

[@markandresen1]

An excellent overview.

[@sherirobinson5112]

Same today as yesterday 😞

[@jchow5966]

Thank you for another excellent episode. ☮️

[@stewarthunt3563]

great work - thanks again ...

[@Zichronot]

I'm old, I was born in apartheid America. You can understand a bit of what the fear was, it was said whites would be forced to kneel and white women raped. I find it amazing that people are being shamed into bowing before blacks. I marched on Washington in 63. Heard the dream speech live. I was _spanked_ for drinking from the colored water fountain. (Jim Crow was law for both Whites and Blacks.). If you aren't careful, Reverend King will be turned to an Uncle , and his dream smashed . Things have gone just that ignorant. I never believed those voices. I am old now and those voices have been given _new_ life again . This is a time for heroes. A time for the reasonable voices to stand up. Those who stay silent are partisans none the less!!!! Those who remain silent, speak loudly! They will also need to be held accountable.

[@GodmadeTrends]

As soon as I heard this guys voice I knew he’d side with Dubois over Garvey

[@MozzieMutant]

Init

[@hectorroman7087]

Excellent video.

[@CTDisqoTeck78]

Good evening to you and an outstanding video post.

[@respecttheface7152]

Rosewood 🌹 is 1 of the saddest movies

[@cocoaorange1]

It would be nice to hear about what the other minority races enduredas well, namely Asians, Hispanic, Middle Easterners, Native American, etc. Even Italian and Greek Americans were treated crappy in the 20's as well.

[@shanequa555]

Makes you wonder why they all risked everything, including their lives to arrive and live here! - including those present-day, shoving their toddlers through razor wire into our country by the thousands at the southern border. If all they can expect is "crappy treatment" - Doesn't make sense, does it?

[@BigBellyTV7570]

King Garvey🖤

[@robbiewyatt3114]

A certain blk man existed but due delusions and greed we still suffer today!!!!!

[@saritawalker9207]

We've been teaching our own now and they hate it

[@robertc.johnson310]

T 1920's C, To The Narrator l prefer the term Race Riots. Going back to The End of The Civil War Lincoln & Frederick Douglas alongside Generals:Grant and Lee should have had a foundation format not only for The South but for the rest of the country after such a costly war regarding Slavery and Reconstruction. At The Appomattox Court House All Parties Involved should have had a role in future developments as a charter for the United States. Reconstruction was just a Quick Fix to a Major Project of Society and its Future Development as a whole. A failed opportunity missed and we lost Lincoln too. RCJ/LEO

[@dudeguy818]

This was a great summary and I'm glad you touched on the amount of white people who were killed in the riots of the 1910s and 20s and that it was not a wholly one-sided conflict

[@thetruthandnothingbutthetr6484]

And why not ? Should the black people just sit by and be killed ?

[@HueroVat]

Fact.

[@carydavidhoffson6014]

You have hate and blame in the world from keeping people away from each other that makes and keeps hate and not go away being a away from each other that you do not know each other well enough not to believe what you are told

[@user-cp1gl6ky4b]

usa africa n jamaica "triangle"

[@mattmarzula]

Time for a nap.

[@paulmaximov9442]

100 лет назад ещё оставались здоровые отношения в разумном обществе. Предкам стыдно за нас.

[@rrsaga]

Doobwah... is how you pronounce it. It’s French. Not dobouis..as it reads. Haitians usually have/share that name

[@The1920sChannel]

That's the native language pronunciation of his name, but DuBois himself didn't pronounce it with the French pronunciation, instead converting it into an English pronunciation

[@danielfrancis3660]

Your title 'The race Problem' is a misleading one. I would entitle it the Black Problem ie it was the treatment of blacks which was the problem.

[@user-cp1gl6ky4b]

black star ship

[@applejellypucci]

really not that long ago.. I would have been arrested or killed for marrying my current husband. Progress is slow.

[@AveSequoia]

Your baby will look nothing like your ancestors

[@The101damnations]

@@AveSequoia Her ancestors are mutts. So are yours. There is no human with a "pure" genetic line, it is an oxymoron. Go fuck yourself.

[@thefutureisnowoldman7653]

Depending on the part of the country people might still give you trouble

[@biggulpshinobi]

@@The101damnations garbage take

[@AveSequoia]

@@The101damnations cope I'm LITERALLY just irish and my dna says that too you're just anti european

[@sriddle3569]

How about native American relations in 1920's

[@salmineo4132]

Please do more on race

[@dayonmage3946]

What could be more obvious than a bright fresh drinkable water-stream, fair and light-reflecting to gaze upon, and then gradually muddy water is poured into it...first a little bit, not much. And the townsfolk say, “well, how would you feel if you were muddy water, and you had nowhere better to go? Try to think about it from the muddy water's point of view.” So then gradually more outside muddy water gets added to the once bright clear river-stream, then more, and more. Until eventually the obvious occurs, and that clear river-stream resembles a putrid festering cesspool. The rippling bright water doesn't appear bright and fair anymore. It doesn't echo the rippling watery grace anymore but rather it sounds like liquefied essence of unchecked industrialism. It begins to sound like obnoxious rap music, boastful crude hip-hop. As someone born and raised in Portland, Oregon my entire life, I must say, our state certainly fell into decline after the "civil rights" movement's overall effects began to permeate throughout our once civilized and respectable state in the union. I am thirty years old, and I wonder how those who betray a civilization whom our ancestors worked so hard to create can justify that there's anything noble about working against the longevity and continuation of their own people. Then of course, now we've got the very "progressive" Hollywood celebrities, and the music industry figures, and neo-conservatives and neo-liberals all circle jerking each to compete on who can trip over themselves proving who can betray their inheritance first to receive an "atta' boy" from the post-modern witch hunt sentencing-committee, and others, whom are also self-sabatoging and idealistic like themselves. I'm witnessing a circle of phonies congratulate each other. They're all born after WW2, so naturally their minds have been at the mercy of whatever narrative was promoted first and most frequently during course of data-absorption over lifespan. Ah, yes, these well-meaning bleeding heart pawns gazing at smartphones and wearing Dr. Martin's leather boots.

[@DJ-yj7op]

Thanks Democrats for keeping racism stronger than ever

[@bre9060]

always someone who has to make it political...

[@thefutureisnowoldman7653]

There's always that one dumb hick who failed elementary school.

[@timmmahhhh]

It is conservatives who've switched parties over time. Stop reading pseudo Reich wing history books from Jerome Corsi and Ken Ham.

[@n.b.2164]

Woodrow Wilson promoted the kkk and segregated the military. They harassed blacks. The democrats did not want blacks to be freed. It hasn't changed that much except that they use government dependence to keep people down now. It's awful. Blacks were doing relatively well before they started voting democrat. Liberals and leftist destroyed the black family and abort their babies and use blacks with ever empty promises.

[@timmmahhhh]

@@n.b.2164 You're a fucking idiot like the OP and you corroborate my last statement.

[@bitter_truth7314]

Fake as history

[@triple_check]

its real lol

[@allaboutbeebo4092]

“as”

[@nightmind919]

100 years later European culture has completely disintegrated in the US. But it never was quite European other than when 2/3 was the New Spain. England was never that European, hence the true melting pot that is the US.

[@dugebuwembo]

This statement is completely bogus, modern USA 🇺🇸 features millions of people who speak English as a 1st language and participate in a white Anglo saxon Protestant rendition of Christianity. America is a product of Europe this idea that the primarily European culture has degenerated and broken down is simply a lie...

[@Fghtforever]

Stop saying dozens more like hundreds of thousands

[@solserpentine325]

You’re such a lib