The Racist Origins of U.S. Law

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Laws are intended to maintain order and promote justice, but what happens when those laws promote and spread discrimination and bigotry? Today Danielle analyzes the discriminatory history US law, tracing its origins in colonialism and chattel slavery up through the Jim Crow era and today's mass incarceration.
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Works Cited:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander
Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States by Andrea Ritchie, Joey L. Mogul, and Kay Whitlock
Race, Gender and Punishment: From Colonialism to the War on Terror ed. Mary Bosworth and Jeanne Flavin
Chapter 1: “Situating Colonialism, Race, and Punishment.” Geeta Chowdhry and Mark Beeman
Chapter 11: “Latina Imprisonment and the War on Drugs” Juanita Diaz-Cotto
Class, race, gender and crime: The social realities of justice in America Gregg Barak
www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/op...
Thinking about Crime: Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Culture Michael Tonry
Gender and Jim Crow: Women and the Politics of White Supremacy in North Carolina 1896-1920 Glenda Gilmore
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Richard Rothstein
Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control Vesla Weaver and Amy E. Lerman
Culture and Imperialism Edward Said
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS Documentary)
www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow...
Mary Ellen Curtis Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900
Angela Davis Are Prisons Obsolete?
www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/op....
www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-...
www.census.gov/quickfacts/fac...
America’s Enduring Caste System nyti.ms/2CZ8PHF
www.sentencingproject.org/pub...

[@demh7823]

A system cannot fail a group of people that it was never meant to protect.

[@driftingdruid]

it can be reformed to protect more people than it was "meant to"

[@lwgoinghome]

@queenbeethatme100 Yeah, it was pretty much hypocritical bullshit from the getgo...

[@zamiel3]

@queenbeethatme100 Prove it. Because this woman sure failed to do so.

[@sandramarshall8127]

zam iel “Those born into privilege always debate whether those who were not deserves equality and to those accustomed to privilege equality always feels like oppression!” Benjamin Franklin said “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are!”

[@zamiel3]

@@sandramarshall8127 So you can't prove it either. Imagine that.

[@MoonLightOnWater1]

Let’s not forget the Jim Crow Law of “walking while Black and unemployed”....one was arrested if one could not produce proof of a job.....🤬. The beginning of the prison industrial complex.

[@uriellevelupriley684]

✨💯✨🎯✨ great post

[@oliverphippen1957]

Isn't CRT another form of Jim Crow ?????? Check it out ????? its segregation at its best ?????

[@MoonLightOnWater1]

@@oliverphippen1957 erm….not at all kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGW3coR8a9SWgrc

[@rebel8440]

Insane smh

[@bradyseward279]

You mean the thing Biden supports(:

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

There's a great book related to this subject called "Native America: Discovered and Conquered" by Elizabeth Furse and Robert Miller. It dives deep into how racial discrimination was "cooked into" the government from the very beginning, and how those laws are still on the books and still animate government's actions today.

[@jonathanthompson4077]

While being treated poorly by the white majority is not a contest, a strong case can be made that Native and Blacks suffering was up there. Followed closely by East Asians and I suppose recently by Middle Easterners.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

🙄 More Leftist drivel, I'm sure...

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 How do you manage to keep breathing with so few functioning brain cells?

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 ☺ Yeah, I thought it was leftist nonsense.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 So you don't know how you keep breathing with so few brain cells. Well, ignorance and stupidity do go together.

[@yuvalne]

It's terrifyingly fascinating how the US, across its almost 250 years of existence, never stopped using slaves.

[@LuridContent]

Eh, slavery is still in effect in parts of Africa and the Middle East. I guess the Barbary Slave Trade had results.

[@genieglasslamp5028]

@@LuridContent America has the largest legal slave population in the world. Our slaves are just in prisons.

[@LuridContent]

@@genieglasslamp5028 Sure, except they aren't slaves. They're prisoners serving sentences. I agree, the US needs serious prison reform. Let's not pretend it's anywhere close to slavery- except in both cases their is choice involved.

[@genieglasslamp5028]

@@LuridContent No they are slaves. Read our constitution.

[@LuridContent]

@@genieglasslamp5028 Well, if you feel that way, why remain in a country with slavery?

[@IkomaTanomori]

Yessssss. Spill that historical, factually verified tea.

[@ckevorkianxo]

😂😂😂 I love this comment on so many different levels... But agreed!! 👏👏

[@jonatanaquino8279]

@R S what type of misinformation?

[@bryantstubbs5286]

R S what do you mean by people like this? I’m confused. Also, what agenda is being put out? I’m really confused about what you mean.

[@peteradaniel]

R S in your opinion.

[@peteradaniel]

bryant stubbs I know it’s difficult for you to realise but you’re opinion is even less valid than the information on this channel. Even if it is propaganda you’re salty because this is genuinely an opinion of the status quo and there’s nothing you Can about it.

[@RBP263]

Seeing someone that I can relate too with nothing but facts is extremely gratifying. I have been educating myself on all the injustice within our community throughout humanity is just mind-blowing. Thanks for correcting all the lies that we've been taught in school

[@warrengeti5493]

You're right sister it's time for us to fight back. They have been brainwashing us with there virgin of history and education. It time we form and strategize. Will you support my organization RST - Record Spotless Teenagers. It's about Awareness, Shaping and Prompting. Where leaders in our community get to inspire.

[@RBP263]

@@warrengeti5493 absolutely!! When available feel free to check out "watchman reports" here on KZbin. They have a documentary called "whited out" it's very educational, among other informative material on our true history.

[@Infoseek777]

I highly recommend watching The 13th on Netflix..........a good documentary that talks exactly about this subject...

[@goodtreasureentertainment7023]

Look into race covenants. That’s a term heard for the first time a few days ago. I’ve been researching it and it’s an eye opener. Another angle of systematic oppression that few seem to be familiar with.

[@willardcoleman5796]

@@goodtreasureentertainment7023 i9o

[@msoda8516]

This is the kind of stuff that should be taught in schools. Also I wonder how much better we would be today if after slavery ended had we continued down the path of reconstruction. Had Jim Crow never happened I believe our country would be in a better place without those policies I think the wealth gaps between black and white would be less. Black GIs would have been about to buy homes and past the wealth on to their children.

[@anneshirley4942]

and who ended reconstruction...? The Democrats.

[@Iamcynthianicole]

@@anneshirley4942 but the KKK started the democratic party 🤔

[@jameswilson3370]

There’s definitely a wealth gap between white and black people. I guarantee you it’s a fact that Oprah and the Obamas have way more money than me.

[@msoda8516]

James Wilson we should be grateful there are a handful of rich people of color. I’m more concerned about the middle class can lack of access. I’m grateful that as a person of color I’m doing well but I want all people to do well. I don’t want special treatment for anyone of color just all around equal treatment.

[@jameswilson3370]

M Soda I’m happy for anyone who has put in the work and earned themselves a fortune, regardless of color. I grew up in rural Appalachia, and while I was very fortunate to not have to worry about my next meal, I went to school with a lot of kids who did. I witnessed a lot of families living in extreme poverty, and they were all white. I’m not trying to take away from any of the discrimination or trials that black people have and still do experience, but I am saying that I witnessed firsthand that being white does not guarantee you anything.

[@sonorasgirl]

I know this is not like...a profound comment lol, but I love your channel and presentation! You’re so knowledgeable, funny, take serious topics seriously and still joke. Thanks for putting in the hard work to educate us! P.s., not that the topic of the video was funny at all...very serious and horrifying and very well handled.

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*QUESTION:* according to the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures who is -jesus christ- ? *ANSWER:* -jesus christ- -christianity- -christians- -judaism- -jewish- etc is created by the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians = the descendants of Esau [] the real messiah is a *Hebrew Yisraelite Yahawadahite* man aka so-called african american man [] the real messiah is not a descendant of Esau, the real messiah is not a leprosy covered, colorless so-called -white- man & the real messiah name is not -jesus christ-

[@cpi23]

even in a pandemic you're unstoppable and essential

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

It seems that our rate of incarceration here in Russia is so high for the same reason as yours - the state is trying to harvest as much unpaid labour as it can through mass incarceration, a relic of the times when we had 80% of the country in servitude. The system must be broken, once and for all.

[@quincyquincy4764]

Is it true that people are being sent to prison workcamps in Siberia?

[@Sandra.Molchanova]

@@quincyquincy4764 not Stalin-style, if that's what you mean. There are many people in prison camps, some of those camps are in Siberia, but it doesn't mean that the ones in the European part of the country are any better. Some of the ones with a horrible reputation are in Mordovia, which is only a day's ride from Moscow. It seems that it depends more on who's the warden in a particular camp, and that's random

[@logicone5667]

Prisoners get paid in the USA for their work.. They have since we abolished slavery almost 200 years ago.. It's not the same..

[@anneshirley4942]

If people commit crimes, they go to prison. They then get paid for working, how is this slavery? If people followed the laws of the land then they would not be in prison...

[@Weissenschenkel]

People get underpaid while working imprisoned and they cost the same amount of money for the State, either working during the probation period or not. Prisons in USA and Russia are big bu$ine$$. As with global warming and other stuff like the current pandemic, it doesn't matter how much science facts we have, if we're biased we won't change our minds.

[@TheEarthRealm]

7:55 - You neglected to mention that the percentage of imprisoned Black people skyrocketed from 2% to 74% immediately when the new system of 'convict leasing' was signed into law. Also many of the prisoners died while imprisoned, so much so that it exceeded the rate of deaths during legalized human slavery. Others were permanently disfigured by the shackles and chains that were intentionally tied to them in a way so they could not walk normally. They were kept bound by them day in and day out, and the metal cut into their skin and flesh, causing infections and permanent disfigurement.

[@rebel8440]

What year did this law go into affect? INTERESTING INFO WOW!!

[@rebel8440]

I just looked into it "black codes" smh

[@curtisthomas2670]

The land of the free has more people behind bars than does all of the "shi+hole countries" of Africa COMBINED

[@AlexWillisson]

Thank you for making this video. I will be trying to get more people I know to watch it too

[@AlexWillisson]

@Tatt Bass I’m not entirely sure what you taking a cheap shot at them is attempting to argue for or against, or how it helps anyone in any way. I hope your day improves from here, I’m not particularly open to getting into an argument with a stranger on the Internet first thing in my morning who appears to have led with telling me that there’s no point in me trying to convince anyone I know how deeply rooted structural racism is in the US, because they won’t listen. I debate with and attempt to convince who I can, and I tend to not remain friends with people who adamantly refuse to believe it is a thing because I’m not comfortable maintaining friendships with people who have such fundamentally different moral frameworks and ethics as I do

[@AlexWillisson]

@Tatt Bass dude I don’t have all my conversations with my friends in public so you can evaluate them to your standards to see if I’m doing enough. I’m not a public official, running for offices, and I don’t have much influence besides the people around me, as much as I try. You don’t know me, I don’t know you, and let’s keep it that way

[@imyourfriend1680]

White people also was slave in barbary slave trade and arabs enslaved White and blacks in arab slave trade and castrated and killed their slaves and called abeed their black slaves but ok arabs are politically correct

[@mirandaal4541]

Sadly, a lot of White people - even here in Germany - ignorantly point out the higher incarceration rates of Black people in America as evidence that Black people commit more crimes, supposedly due to an inherent characteristic.

[@ihavenoenergyforyall4619]

How do you declare a war on drugs when the drug problem occurs after? Was there even a drug problem when the war was declared?

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*QUESTION:* according to the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures who is -jesus christ- ? *ANSWER:* -jesus christ- -christianity- -christians- -judaism- -jewish- etc is created by the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians = the descendants of Esau [] the real messiah is a *Hebrew Yisraelite Yahawadahite* man aka so-called african american man [] the real messiah is not a descendant of Esau, the real messiah is not a leprosy covered, colorless so-called -white- man & the real messiah name is not -jesus christ-

[@MikeBNumba6]

@queenbeethatme100 yea the difference between the things you listed and the war on drugs is that when it came to the war on drugs the USA started putting tons of people (blacks and brown) in prison. The USA always had a drug problem, it's just that one day they decided to punish people harshly for it during the ummmm Civil Rights movement.

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*QUESTION:* Who created *jesus christ, christianity, christians, jewish, judaism, democracy = DEMONocracy, diseases, poisonous air + food + water, the 666 mark of the beast, Mystery Babylon USA* etc? *ANSWER: The descendants of Esau = Edom aka the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians.*

[@klaudiaalvarez1373]

Right in hindsight you see that they were creating the problem so later on they would act like they really came up with a solution. That has been a tactic of the once we have been forced to except to govern the U.S.

[@anthonyclifton1205]

true my brother.

[@robelsac]

Thank You Danielle and the whole team. I learn so much from your videos and even with heavy topics like this one I don´t feel bitter but empowered. I´m going over to patreon to support this awesome work!

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*QUESTION:* according to the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures who is -jesus christ- ? *ANSWER:* -jesus christ- -christianity- -christians- -judaism- -jewish- etc is created by the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians = the descendants of Esau [] the real messiah is a *Hebrew Yisraelite Yahawadahite* man aka so-called african american man [] the real messiah is not a descendant of Esau, the real messiah is not a leprosy covered, colorless so-called -white- man & the real messiah name is not -jesus christ-

[@TheAfircanSenator]

Your knowledge on everything is overwhelming😘

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Underrated comment.

[@nathalieandparis]

Right she is just incredible

[@KtotheG]

She's a front man. The band does the research. She's Alex Trebeck.

[@kingfrank01]

She does have a PhD, so she definitely knows how to do such research without a team.

[@TheAfircanSenator]

@@kingfrank01 You might be right but I believe such amount of work is too much for one person

[@LadyPantera57]

A great education day as usual! I love how you're able to deliver really tough facts in a way that nearly anyone could listen and accept.

[@mirandaal4541]

I ask myself why anyone should be so fundamentally opposed to facts that to him facts are no longer facts but tough facts

[@JaySmith-wo3di]

This was absolutely amazing. Great job!

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Thanks for making such an informative video.

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This is one of the best channels on KZbin! Thanks for all you do!

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This is a great channel, so much great information. Thank you, keep up the great work.

[@bloodandempire]

Thank you so much for sharing knowledge in the time of “alternative facts”. People are listening and especially, our gen z kids benefit so much from this type of content.😍😍😍

[@toyamorrison3775]

Thank you for the break down. This was much needed

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Wow! Amazing work. I'm so happy to have found your channel. Keep up the good work 😉👍🏿

[@samsicles_jr]

Such an insightful series so well delivered

[@disispeter]

This was really good and informative, thank you

[@jr1521]

Been enjoying your videos for a couple of years. This is a good one. Thank you, Dr. Bainbridge, for putting all this information together so that we can know more about our shared American history. I've spent years educating myself on the two original sins that made this country possible: theft of "uninhabited" land from the people who were living here and centuries of free labor from enslaved Africans. Of couse, foundational social structures built in the 1600s did not disappear; they grew into our social structures today. You said so much in less than 15 minutes. Your tone was perfect. I want to hear more of your intelligent voice.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Is Casteism still an issue even in the USA?

[@richardgreyinspiteofitall]

awesome info! ...please keep up the great research and share! ..much appreciated!

[@RaceBannonChannel]

I stumbled on this channel and I'm so glad I did. Thank you for these amazing videos.

[@g.gg.g4539]

I love how insightful your videos are. Would you consider an episode on the origin of African philosophy. It's hard to find reliable sources on these topics.

[@findlay]

This was an amazing and concise presentation of a topic with the depth and breadth of the Atlantic Ocean. Bravo 👏🏾

[@isabelrowbotham359]

This is very informative and eye opening. I never understood the prison system until now but I have still a lot to learn

[@mshill2406]

Chile you packed a lot into this video. I had to rewind to catch it all. Good job!

[@3tangents]

Hearing your voice breaking talking about this I wanted to give you such a big hug. Thankyou for being so informative, honest, vulnerable and professional all at once. I am awed by your skill.

[@mirandaal4541]

This is easily the most wholesome comment I’ve read on here - empathetic, honest and not needing to feel guilty.

[@shaunl9777]

It was the photo at 4:22 that really hit me.. To visually see 5 generations of slaves in one picture is one of the most raw in your face realities of racism and slavery in america..

[@SoundScientist1]

@Origin of Everything. Thank You SOO much for the literature list in the description. Posted 9/17/2020.

[@lusianacastiglione3064]

Thanks for educating us!

[@Farzee49]

I love Danielle and this channel. Period.

[@eternalyfeful]

I love that you love it! 😍😍

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*QUESTION:* according to the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures who is -jesus christ- ? *ANSWER:* -jesus christ- -christianity- -christians- -judaism- -jewish- etc is created by the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians = the descendants of Esau [] the real messiah is a *Hebrew Yisraelite Yahawadahite* man aka so-called african american man [] the real messiah is not a descendant of Esau, the real messiah is not a leprosy covered, colorless so-called -white- man & the real messiah name is not -jesus christ-

[@XLiliLeilaX]

@@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite Jesus wasn't black nor he was white 😂

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

@@XLiliLeilaX -jesus christ- NEVER existed.

[@albertgary7281]

"The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America" written by Richard Rothstein. A great read which, as the title states, details the laws and institutions put in place over the years by the government with purpose to discriminate against the black population resulting in social inequities which remain to this day. The systemic racism thread of the American social fabric.

[@donjuanbanks4552]

One of the best books I have ever read

[@KillerChickn]

Ah yes a small round hat tribe man writes about division between whites and blacks...

[@TheOne-xu5oy]

Yes then. But help me to understand how that is relevant today when there are black immigrants that come here and excel passed African Americans in almost every category.

[@Just_One_Tree]

Thank you for making this video!

[@Allishaalr]

I shared the video. Thank you so much for your knowledge

[@annmariecassani8388]

Thank you. It's important to stay educated, and I learn something new every day. It's the only way we can move forward and make it possible for all people to live and prosper equally.

[@RavenMeer]

I've been exposed to these ideas before but ad hoc. It was great to see it as a continuum. Made the pieces fit together. So thanks for this video. As a non-sequitur, I really like the style you are rocking today. Hair, dress, belt, overdress, I am inspired.

[@imyourfriend1680]

White people also was slave in barbary slave trade and arabs enslaved White and blacks in arab slave trade and castrated and killed their slaves and called abeed their black slaves but ok arabs are politically correct

[@aprilruthhoffmann6014]

I love your videos so much! Thank you Danielle Bainbridge!

[@justmyopinion9883]

Thank you for sharing this video. You are a gifted teacher.

[@joesphclark6984]

Would have been nice to hear about Marijuana laws in this. Always was racist in its inception and now is racially enforced.

[@joshcarroll987]

It would be outside the scope of this video. She would have to talk about Mexican history too

[@cursedman_13]

recently found this channel and absolutely love the content. thank you for educating us.

[@imyourfriend1680]

White people also was slave in barbary slave trade and arabs enslaved White and blacks in arab slave trade and castrated and killed their slaves and called abeed their black slaves but ok arabs are politically correct

[@elaine5446]

Thanks for your presentation, information and sources. Let them who have ears to hear, hear.

[@keavenmurphy1565]

I love how researched and factual this channel is! The true really can set you free!

[@thetrainmon]

1:00: NO WAY she's going to cover four time periods in the remaining 12 minutes of this video! I'm going to come away from this unfulfilled. 12:53: Damn, she's good! Clear and concise.

[@sunofuniversedaud3561]

A penal colony or exile colony is a settlement used to exile prisoners and separate them from the general population by placing them in a remote location, often an island or distant colonial territory. Although the term can be used to refer to a correctional facility located in a remote location it is more commonly used to refer to communities of prisoners overseen by wardens or governors having absolute authority.

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Awesome work. I'm subbed

[@Malagrass]

You are amazing. Thanks for posting these videos.

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

White Imperialist 1600: Let’s create laws to discriminate those who we never want to share power. White imperialists 2020: Thank you!

[@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite]

*QUESTION:* according to the Hebrew Yisraelite scriptures who is -jesus christ- ? *ANSWER:* -jesus christ- -christianity- -christians- -judaism- -jewish- etc is created by the Caucasus mountains so-called Caucasians = the descendants of Esau [] the real messiah is a *Hebrew Yisraelite Yahawadahite* man aka so-called african american man [] the real messiah is not a descendant of Esau, the real messiah is not a leprosy covered, colorless so-called -white- man & the real messiah name is not -jesus christ-

[@bigtreesfall]

@@hebrewyisraeliteyahawadahite none of that shit is relevant in today's struggle. Why get hung up on theoretical arguements when the conversation should be advancement. It is understood that we need to know our past, I get that, but it just should not be there forefront of any black man's arguement.

[@williamhendrix2053]

Kkk is led by Democrat party

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

@@williamhendrix2053you should probably watch less FOX and read more. KKK was founded by ex-confederate officers. Many were Southern Democrats. But the parties today are not the same as they were 160 years ago. After the 1948 election when Truman was elected the Dems started to embrace civil rights and re-integrate the armed forces and government. They were segregated by Wilson in 1914 who was also a Southern Democrat. But those politicians left for the GOP in the 50s because they were wealthy and the party catered to businesses. The GOP has grown more conservative ever since. The Democrats then embraced the working class and minorities. The parties then were nothing like they were today and neither could be considered considered entirely conservative or liberal. And liberal originally was an economic term from Britain used to describe liberal laws for businesses which centrist Dems (neo-liberals) still adhere to. Thinking Democrats today are the same slave owning secessionists today is like thinking Antifa stormed the Capitol.

[@williamhendrix2053]

@@matthewbittenbender9191 nope you believe the switch lie lol I'm from the south and kkk is still Democrat controlled!!! Sadly... you must be illiterate to actual history but you know what they've told you... Biden is old enough to where he voted against blacks and whites going to school together and that was way after the time you're talking and I remember in the 70s and 80s kkk walking down downtown in white grabs with Democrat signs saying sponsored by the Democrat party ... you need to wake up only they bring up race and it's to attack not defend that's why I left the party to independent like most eventually do

[@TheTreyTvChannel]

this was a great doc sister!

[@selispeks]

Really well made video. No inflammatory words, just facts! I wish I could deliver information this clearly! Gonna subscribe and learn more!

[@mellowrage4892]

Very good presentation. I thoroughly enjoyed listening. Thank you for your work, and dedication. Also, thank you for the video that told how the Carribean got its name. Just point of interest. I have learned so much since then. Converso Moors like Juan Gurrido, and Pedeo Alonso Nino. The letter I acquired from Martin Pizon to Queen Isabella stating the truth on how Columbus got to America, is also so.ething I wish you would cover. Thank you again for the facts presented in your videos. Keep up the good work. Peace.

[@AlissaSanders]

Excellent. Thank you for this. Already shared!

[@flaviapiai8108]

Amei o canal. Além de ajudar meu inglês, é uma fonte INCRÍVEL de conhecimento! kisses from Brazil, congratulations.

[@lxportugal9343]

Você deve estar a brincar. Isto não passa de propaganda racista anti-brancos e anti-europeu Até dá vómitos Neste vídeo até desactivaram os comentários kzbin.info/www/bejne/paG4dXmXprOajsU Repare no minuto 6:26 desse video. Ela dá a entender que os escravos levados para a America foram todos raptados. MENTIU descaradamente. Omitiu que os escravos eram quase todos COMPRADOS a outras nações negras. No video do Cristóvão Colombo, volta a mentir descaradamente, insinua que o Colombo mentiu dizendo que os índios lhe tinham dito que outras tribos eram canibais mas que provavelmente seria uma mentira dele. Ora o que não faltam são relatos de canibalismo no continente Americano nessa altura. Porque é que haveria o Colombo de mentir? E voltou a mentir noutras coisas sobre o Colombo. Há um outro video aí em que ela fala sobre se Jesus era branco ou não, já nem tive pachorra de ver esse video, começou-me a dar vómitos. A obsessão que têm pela cor da pele é uma coisa doentia (começam-me a lembrar dos outros racistas do outro outro lado) Por causa destes videos há gente chanfrada a partir estátuas nos estados unidos. É tão fácil manipular pessoas com ódio, caiem que nem uns patinhos nas mentiras que lhes dizem O que é impressionante é que aparentemente "isto" é publico "Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)" eu nem sei se eles recebem dinheiro do Estado Americano

[@flaviapiai8108]

@@lxportugal9343 que??? Meu bem KKKKKKKK você está louco? Racismo inverso não existe. Pelo amor de Deus, não é possível que esse comentário ridículo seja sério. Pqp kkkkkk

[@lxportugal9343]

@@flaviapiai8108 Vai a um dicionário ver o que é racismo. Se um negro me odeia sem me conhecer de lado nenhum só por eu ser branco............ É RACISTA

[@flaviapiai8108]

@@lxportugal9343 kkkkkk ok

[@tonysmith4702]

@@lxportugal9343 you just keep repeating what white America propaganda has told you. Who cares where the slaves came from the problem is what happened when they got to America. Don't blame the power shop for the new power owner beating the new pet, get it? So even if native Americans were "savage" it didn't excuse what the white people who harmed then did. Name where this video told a lie, I dare you...

[@AlexBrownPhD]

Truth, like this, is what we need right now... so very badly. Thank you for this and for always making great videos, too!

[@carlospaige4589]

Perfect.......you hit this out of the park. So very well done.

[@sharonroberts3501]

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[@NikkiVelazquez]

I could feel the pain in her voice.

[@rosesatchell3996]

I enjoy hearing this speaker. She is so articulate and her voice holds my interest.

[@mymathmind]

Wow! Really proud of you guys for this video.

[@timothybrown6565]

I love you and especially your program. Informative.🌷

[@emmazig]

I'd love to see a video of discrimination in U.S. immigration law, especially starting during WW2.

[@Megan-ds8cc]

This channel is incredibly underrated. Such well researched videos, with an accessible speaking style, captions, and topics other similar channels wouldn't cover. It deserves far more views.

[@ShawnsImagination]

Great video thank you 🙏

[@jamila9416]

New subbie and I love your mind sis... keep going 👑✊🏿❤️

[@leiladaly8438]

I love this channel.

[@trottastic.]

Leila Daly I was about to type the same thing 😁

[@onecooldude954]

This is an awesome channel.

[@williesanders184]

Thank you young lady for being Involved with a change in this system! Stay on it!

[@terriyoung8333]

I've always said that there is nothing NEW under the sun. I appreciate the channel so much!!! The presentation is awesome. MY CLASS will love this.😍😍😍

[@TranelHawkins]

Thank you! Learn tremendously from you!

[@userAl9893]

Thank you so much for this video, and other relating race history/issues. I'm from middle-eastern Europe and here we never learned ANYTHING about racism or that slavery was even a thing. Most people here don't care about the n-word meaning and just say it because it's in their fav rap songs.. Although, with the internet and videos like these, it's so easy to educate ourselves, there is no longer an excuse. Well, maybe there's a language barrier, but nowadays everyone is being taught English in school! But I wish all of your videos would be captioned, not only because of people with hearing impairment, but also to people who aren't as fluid in the language and can't keep up with speaking speed/accents. :)

[@neishabarrett2209]

Thank you! I hope this video grows in popularity so people understand what systemic means.

[@angies8377]

You're back! I missed you

[@Scam_Likely.]

Thank you for making these videos

[@TheTwick]

Thanks, doc. We have a lot to learn and a lot to do.

[@klaudiaalvarez1373]

We all know better but we are forced to keep this way for whos benefits? And remember the saying ignorance is bliss. Or is it blind with outstanding hearing?

[@joebrewer4529]

Yes it will be extraordinary when people learn the difference between a gigabyte and a gigabit.

[@MarkettaWalker]

You did an amazing job explaining how African Americans have been and continues to be enslaved and disenfranchised. So "when was America Ever Great for people of color?

[@joshcarroll987]

It seems to be okay for the author of "The New Jim Crow Era". She's doing pretty well. I hope you are too

[@melodysafo5437]

Never

[@KillerChickn]

Yall enslaved yourselves and each other.

[@melodysafo5437]

@@KillerChickn we did not! You enslaved us, but are not admitted it

[@KillerChickn]

@@melodysafo5437 Nope, Africa has always and still to this day has slave markets. Only white countries outlawed slavery. It's still alive and well in Africa, Middle East, Asian and Latin American countries.

[@That_BIack_Cat]

I just found this channel because of the Politiscope app. SUBSCRIBED!

[@martinwilcox6011]

Great work..thanks 😁

[@yahwallharden4290]

Revelation 13:10 “He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints

[@wildogxx]

Love to see a debate....or a conversation of facts with Candace Owens.....

[@wildogxx]

@Greenday Today go a lil further with your comment....??? What statement doesn't belong?

[@quintonchapman1776]

Frank Wilson Candace would just tune everything she said out🙄🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@wildogxx]

@@quintonchapman1776 agreed!....her tactic is.....over talk you, refuse too see logic or facts, then "try" to confuse you with times and dates......we as black people see right through dat shit!!

[@doestack7]

I want to see candace go back to her school and talk that talk

[@vermithrax7796]

@@wildogxx it's a debating tactic called "gish gallop."

[@saadiaarslanturk2850]

Thanks for this information!!

[@JakobVirgil]

Your channel is great and you are wonderful.

[@georgesmith9415]

*I've learned so much from PBS since a likkle yute*

[@jordanevwynne3963]

Thank you for doing this, especially since I can tell it was hard for you. I hear the pain in your voice, and recognize it as personal. I hope that you know how much good you are doing.

[@cjblackhawk6722]

Great information

[@kingdawg5830]

Can't wait for the second one

[@greentree202]

Great video. Thank you for sharing. If you want to learn about even more racist U.S. laws and practices, I recommend "The Color of Law." A good book about how housing policies reinforced racism and segregation, even after civil rights laws were passed.

[@MH-zx5px]

Excellent! The should be taught in school.

[@thatblerdoverthereb9654]

Keep up the good work!

[@realbeautyness25]

This is excellent thanks ✌️

[@Chandasouk]

Good stuff. The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee shed some light on this as well but for Asian people as noted by the title.

[@shaygibs5114]

Thanks I'm going to check it out. Be blessed and stay safe 🙏🏽

[@Chandasouk]

@@shaygibs5114 It's a thick ass book but the chapters are by various ethnicities (if I remember correctly) so you can jump to the people you're interested in too.

[@shaygibs5114]

@@Chandasouk that's fine. I love to learn about other cultures and ways of thought. I appreciate the recommendation

[@logicone5667]

Asian people have the highest quality of life and make more money than any other race in a country they are a minority in. Doesn't that kind of go against the idea that America is a rigged system based upon race?

[@Chandasouk]

@@logicone5667 that's the "model minority" myth that started the 60s I think. There's been some cool stuff written about it. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/behind-model-minority-myth-why-studious-asian-stereotype-hurts-n792926

[@FractalRaver]

Mass incarceration alone is a huge, huge issue, even without plugging in race as a factor

[@chrisclermont456]

Great video!!

[@cadillacdeville5828]

New subscriber and thank you

[@LindaKing-lf8nk]

You are extraordinarily good at explaining a view. Lovely voice and easy to listen to. Thank you for your information

[@mrmaxxx94]

Hardcore truth a must watch multi times, respect

[@CraftyShawn]

This is very insightful