This Is What Happens When You Adultify Black Children

Adrienne Lawrence, Jayar Jackson, and Sharon Reed discuss how Black children are adultified by racists on TYT's Juneteenth special.
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[@jesehadwen4567]

Being the mother of a son is hard no matter the color but the extra dangers black boys have to deal with is awful.

[@therealsoigne]

My boyfriend has told me that hates the fact that I don't feel safe in certain situations. I told him, that's the reality of being Black in America. We don't feel safe because America has never been a safe place for us. It's highly likely that in our lives we will face injustices and traumas that last a lifetime just because of the color of our skin.

[@ramonacain-jackson3153]

Amen to what they said. Truth!

[@timetravler100]

The truth can be hard to accept. You teach your children that police are an unjust part of a racist system. They believe you. They're scared. They get pulled over by police after committing some crime that their group commits at higher statistical rates than any other demographic, and get belligerent and combative with police. They don't just show their license and cooperate. They're in a panic because what you told them about police. They resist arrest, assault a cop and run or try to pull a weapon and end up being shot by police. Then you say it's proof of the racism you taught your kids about. It's not the system, it's not the police, it's behavior.

[@darkcity2004]

There is no way you confused this boy for an adult. NO way

[@Anne--Marie]

There is also a nullification of physical pain felt by black people. Wanda Sykes was told to take Tylenol for pain after a double mastectomy. Amber Ruffin has talked about how mortified her European husband was when the police came upon them and accused her of being a prostitute. A black doctor cannot carry his medical bag down the street. This starts in childhood and continues for the lifetime of black people. It's shameful.

[@msbarb1]

And this is why I left America

[@Anne--Marie]

@@msbarb1 Congratulates! Where do you now live?

[@josusa1647]

That poor little boy is so scared. This is so sad that black children have to feel this way. These things ne3d to be made right

[@thebleweone5996]

The fact that an 11 year old would talk like that is terrifying. Can't we all just get along and not be shot people to others, especially children?

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

A little boy saying he is imaging himself in a coffin after being shot by the adults he called for help? I do not understand America anymore. Little boys, little girls, those with mental disabilities, these people need to be cared for with love, understanding and protection. I always see that one young man playing his violin for the rescue animals. I have to stop I am going to cry.

[@nicholausbuthmann1421]

That little 11 Year Old Boy, Dear God I feel so sorry for him ! Special horrible place in Pergortory for the Cop who attempted to murder him !

[@pjpeerson5229]

The people in the pictures you showed are babies... little children. The teenage boy is the same age as my oldest nephew and the second the same age as my youngest nephew.... I have no words.

[@dorashelton1615]

This SOCIETY is TRAUMATIZING OUR CHILDREN EVERYDAY. 😢😢😮😢😢😮 😮 AS A BLACK GRANDMOTHER I DONT KNOW HOW TO PROTECT MY GRAND CHILDREN 💔 😮😢😮 "KEEP THEM UNDER PRAYER" AND YES I KNOW WE STILL GET ABUSED! 😢😮😢

[@lindatshappat4973]

I 'm a caucasian grandma with bi-racial grandkids and their safety keeps me up at night too. At what age do we stop telling them cops help people and instead tell them cops hurt people? The youngest is same age as the little boy shown. I don't say anything to him right now regarding bigotry & racial issues except I told him he's not really BI racial but multi-racial. Dad had African, French & American Indian heritage. Mom has German, English & American Indian.

[@raulrambome]

CHICAGO = HAITI 🇭🇹 2.0

[@Eddiemurry]

Yeah democrats are teaching our kids that men can have kids and there is 21 different genders

[@josusa1647]

Social equity is achieved when all children feel safe

[@THE-X-Force]

The amount of abject racism in the comments here is disgusting. Nothing can change these "people". They are inhuman. How does someone's heart not break when hearing an 11 year-old boy haunted with visions of being dead in a coffin? When they have no heart to break.

[@cjcarver6290]

They have no soul

[@turkwendell6904]

What abject racism here specifically? You're the one saying people care or don't when a young person dies based on their skin color or political beliefs. That's actually racist and bigoted, unless I misunderstood.

[@lionno10]

I made a similar comment and people are like, "what racist comments?" It's sickening.

[@BloodDracolich]

​@@turkwendell6904 , no, you just got every ass backwards.

[@turkwendell6904]

Awesome I don't care, nice insults. I'm right.

[@anthonydelfino6171]

I don't have any experience with the black side of this equation, but I do think the disparity is pulling in both directions with white people being treated like they're still children just learning what's right and wrong well into their 20s (like you can see this in the cases of white college age men being in court for rapes they were accused to have committed) Also it absolutely broke my heart to hear that young boy talking about how he pictures himself in a coffin. No child should have to have that trauma and thought pattern.

[@bluemoonodom3258]

Yeah, that only happens with white people, uh huh

[@dianesmith-vaughn1495]

This is so true and tragic. Thanks for your commentary.

[@billyvsbilly1]

Such cowards. I can't imagine being so afraid i would kill a child, or anyone.

[@robynandrews4384]

That's pretty much it. Fearful people with guns is a recipe for disaster.

[@theybelikesmoot]

HOW ARE CHILDREN CONSIDERED MEN IN THIS SOCIETY?? 👀

[@TheCoolJavelin7]

And they call pregnant girls women

[@davidbarnes1113]

My heart breaks for that 11 year old boy shot in the chest . He will never get over this trauma. I pray he’s getting therapy.

[@drivewayturtle65]

I just want to wrap my arms around those babies. WTF people? You're scared of a child? This is disgusting.

[@samsmom1491]

Because of the ingrained bias in police departments, I doubt those officers took enough time to realize it was a kid. All they saw was black skin color and reacted by shooting a child.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

If they're adults, then let them vote.

[@martirookala8062]

Thank you for helping to educate.❤

[@judyluvrevolution6314]

that poor young boy already is suffering from trauma and PTSD is just so unfair and sad he did not deserve this we have to treat young black children as children period

[@oraldinepoellnitz3905]

That was sooo sad hearing him saying that he picture himself dead 😢

[@Human_Herbivore]

Common in the UK too that the police treat black kids as if they were adults and arrest the accordingly. They are supposed to ask their age first but rarely do.

[@nicolethompson1515]

Not bout to keep taking it. They have always sold and had inappropriate relationships with Blk children young as 10 years old. Thomas Jefferson.

[@taylorhanson1814]

I'm seeing comments here that are either missing the point or purposefully muddying the water. These are children, they want to play with their friends, and they want to be just normal kids. They are not being given the chance to be awkward teenagers trying to make their way through life like a lot of us had the chance to do. The point is, even if they are on the level, they don't have the same chance as others. These are factors outside of how they conduct themselves. There isn't a blank slate to start with, and that is part of the issue here. No one is justifying children causing problems, the conversation is about not looking at a 10-year-old as a threat, or that a darker complexion equals a greater threat. There is no benefit to anyone, preventing others from being able to live, grow, and become their best selves.

[@Above-Reproach]

ZZZZzzzzz

[@Above-Ground]

@@Above-Reproach ”You know who's one of the great beauties of the world, according to everybody? Ivanka. My daughter, Ivanka. She's 6 feet tall, she's got the best body.” *The Creepy Unstable Genius* fantasizing about his daughter.

[@ModelsExInferis]

Hearing that little lad saying he sees himself in a coffin sometimes is heartbreaking. Eleven years old and he's thinking that? Just... I don't have the words. I know we're not exactly saintly here in Europe, more specifically here in the UK where we do have problems to this day, but we're not going backwards like seems to be the case over there (do correct me if I'm wrong). I can't imagine how awful it must be to see these kids going through this amount of trauma day in, day out. I hope one day soon we don't have to.

[@razorburn7745]

Yep. This country is rotting from the inside out.

[@TheHomeman]

They have been treating black Americans like this when I was in 2nd grade. The school called the police on me when the assistant principal punched me in the back of my head

[@neeldani7450]

I need both sides of the story. Not just your side.

[@Crazycatlady71]

@@neeldani7450 seriously? He was a 7 yr old child, for pete sakes!

[@Leally704]

@@neeldani7450 you are crazy.

[@neeldani7450]

@@Crazycatlady71 That is just too bad. His case will remain in limbo until I hear the other side.

[@treywhitiker]

We should have picked our own crops. I don’t think America is capable of ever getting past this. It will be the same in 200 years.

[@warrenlewis3977]

It wasn't just picking crops. Although cotton was king.

[@msbarb1]

That's to me is that's limited thinking...more than picking your on crops...how about going to Africa and making native humans being slaves, and then Generations later treating them like they're less than human beings in a country that they helped to build

[@jerrywoods4066]

@@msbarb1 they bought them cause they were already slaves in Africa. They didn't go to Africa and invade it. The slaves were bought on the slave market.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

I was hypersexualised as a very young girl (12, tall, slim, large breasts, and an profuse blonde ringlets) and I always felt adult men leering at me, talking to one another about what they'd like to do to me, in any given situation. It was terrifying, being a shy, naive, nerdy type. Constant anxiety is crippling for a child and goes on well into adulthood. It's no wonder that little boy is traumatized by being treated in a way that he isn't developed enough to cope with. The adults are at fault, and that is a tragedy. Adults are supposed to be trustworthy and part of protecting our young ones. I'm a fierce Mama bear now and will not put up with this nonsense.

[@kataratify]

I am so, so sorry this happened to you. I appreciate your bravery in sharing your story.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

@kataratify That's lovely, thank you. I'm just fed up with adults treating children as though they're guilty of something or responsible for something that is far out of their depth. I hope this young one has the best support moving forward. Have a wonderful day, wherever it takes you. 😊

[@michaelbrooke6326]

While going through the check out lane at Walmart, I initiated a conversation with a black lady and her kids. The kids seemed elated that I was respectful and friendly. It shouldn't have to be that way. It should be a normal occurrence. It breaks my heart

[@turkwendell6904]

It is a normal occurrence only make believe people say otherwise.

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

@@turkwendell6904 But you're a make-believe person, Mr. Troll. Why should anyone in their right mind listen to you?

[@michaelbrooke6326]

@@turkwendell6904 really? You really believe that?

[@TimCasanova]

@@turkwendell6904 FOR REAL . I couldnt even imagine thinking otherwise. every white person I've ever met wished they were black n wanted to be black. Im 35 n my entire life its been " cool to be black " so to speak with pop culture n all. 50 cent and the rock were my childhood hero's. these racist old boomers who have never been around black people try claiming everybody thinks like them.. Im thee most far left liberal atheist you will ever meet... n I know for a fact all white people are not racist n dont even look down on black people when they see them. look up to them..

[@bluemoonodom3258]

Wow, you had a conversation with a black person in a store? Tell us more, ya know, cuz this is 1950 Mississippi

[@joann5051]

How sad and frightening for the children and their parents.😕

[@Above-Reproach]

Biden glowingly eulogized Sen. Robert Byrd, saying "he was one of my mentors".

[@jonnickolas4577]

Typical biden🤭😂

[@richardgrier8968]

Bet he was your hero, too.

[@bellisimac.9548]

Did you forget Byrd renounced his klan affiliation? Of course you did 🙄

[@bellisimac.9548]

​@@jonnickolas4577 Did you forget Byrd renounced his klan affiliation? Of course you did 🙄

[@johnsmith7140]

😂😂

[@1963creole]

There is enough going on affecting Black Americans, that three of you need to be a regular weekly feature on TYT, along with the good Doctor. Now that that is out of the way, thank you for doing this! We as Black people are fatigued and inured from the fact that some of our fellow Americans and police kill us (Our Sisters, our Children, our Brothers) without the same penalty warranted for killing a deer out of season. But the statements by judge sentencing the white supremacist to life, for shooting the people in Buffalo, was worthy of a celebration on Juneteenth and would love to hear you three discuss that.😉👍🏽

[@hannamakela6989]

Solidarity with the African-American community, and strength to the victims of racist violence and their loved ones! Happy Juneteenth from Finland in retrospect!

[@haddow777]

I still remember the scenes in the old Michael Moore documentary where a little grade one black boy brought a gun to school to show his friends and accidentally shot one of his friends. People sent in letters saying this child should be hung and there were public calls for his execution. Yet, upon investigation, they found he had access to a gun because the kids single mother was too poor to live on her own and was forced to move in with her brother, who, unbeknownst to her, had a gun. She couldn't be home to find the gun, because she was on welfare and at that time, she was in a work for welfare program. She had to leave the house for her jobs before her kids left for school in the morning and got home after them in the afternoon. I still remember the scene where the cop related about how the kid, while drawing a picture at the cop shop, asked when he could go see his friend. The kid didn't even understand that death meant he would never see her again. Yet, people were outraged that a tiny child wasn't going to be executed by the court system. That was decades ago and America is so much worse now than then.

[@Above-Ground]

Indeed. The sociopathic racists still pollute our society. All one has to do, is read the threads here.

[@imagem812]

Sweet boys. Such tragedy. They need to be kids.

[@hfc3249]

The Jim Crow Archaic Legacy 😢 Is still Alive and well...Sad😢 isn't it?!

[@josebrown5961]

In Wisconsin there is a 10 year old kid who killed his mom who is being tried as an ADULT?? The kid is not even a teen! His relatives are even behind this. I get that “he is bad” but he doesn’t deserve to be treated like an adult, he is only 10! Now that is the worst case of “adulting” of black kids.

[@charlottekylin4169]

I'm a 74 year old white lesbian who did as much as I could to help end racism, sexism, warmongering and anti gay/lesbian hatred. In my small, white community I was vilified for hanging out with Nicaraguan and Ethiopian exchange students, at home and at school. Through the late 60s and 70s we fought for freedom and change, and laws were changed. The new laws around LGBTQ issues took a little longer. We thought we'd done great things, lives were improving. But laws never change the hearts of people who hate. It only takes one person like Trump to be a tipping point that gives haters the excuse to come back out into the open. Of course he's not behind the state of policing. That's been a steady growth of over-militarization and training, and no time spent hiring people who care about the welfare of people and communities. We can look at the last 45 years when the right wing got scared of how the sane people were opening up the culture to acceptance of people 'not like us'. That's when they started figuring out ways to bring the country back to their view - that the 'other' or non-white cis-het folks are to be feared. Unfortunately the view among some that the 'other' - however it's defined - is predominant around the world. It's not right by any means. I'm only saying it's been that way for a long long time. Scientists have discovered that haters and carers are different neurologically, as if the two brain types evolved side by side. It's a difference that mat never be reconciled. Sometimes people's minds change when someone close to them crosses the border between the hater and the hated. Not always, but sometimes. White people, women and LGBTQ folks need to fight more effectively. Marches are fine, but I realized a long time ago that they tend to harden the ideas of the oppressors more than open them. I think sit-ins and work stoppages are more effective. Isn't that what the Republicans in the House are doing now?

[@samij6071]

It's "mobilization" (useless) vs . Organization (which actually works).

[@msbarb1]

Yes, yes...someone who knows and is totally aware of the truth...thank you my "sister in the fight for equally, and justice ".

[@lionno10]

I'm surprised by the racist remarks made in these comments... Oh wait, the right never surprises me.

[@turkwendell6904]

What racist remarks?

[@lionno10]

@@turkwendell6904 you don't have to read very far.

[@turkwendell6904]

​@@lionno10 so nothing?

[@lionno10]

Some have been voted down, but I saw, "oh they're all scholars going around with guns robbing people" one referring to trans people for no reason because that's adultifying children, it's there.

[@turkwendell6904]

So nothing? That was all kinda vague plus how is the trans thing racist?

[@MaryKuczko-di9nf]

Heart breaking

[@werekat1367]

Kids shouldn't have to deal with adult 🐂💩, if we've got issues, we need to keep it amongst ourselves

[@msbarb1]

Better than keeping amongst ourselves, we should work it out and stop hurting our children

[@magicvibesstudio]

Adrienne Lawrence = Intellect, excellent reporting & gorgeousness with a heart filled with compassion & love. You should have 1000x the following that that hateful candace owens has... always more than love seeing you on TYT or anywhere! Love you guys too Jayar & Sharon🌻🍀🌻

[@Above-Reproach]

ZZZZzzzz

[@trashmystic7964]

This is remarkably positive considering the miasma of trolls and bots in this comment section.

[@magicvibesstudio]

@@Above-Reproach 👈...this ones' name says it all...

[@derekmeza2882]

Authorities are so cruel.

[@Satagsod]

It's not veiled! Staight up leave the kids alone FAFO!

[@patricequinn-ee1iy]

Thank you

[@rbname7318]

Sad but my mother had that discussion with me when I was about 13. Basic she told me to be aware how some people perceive you. I didn’t completely understand at first.

[@ronbailey8370]

You got that right Adrienne.

[@ginaworksre]

How very, very sad. Actually listen to what this CHILD is saying. Memory is stored in your genes.

[@racheldolan6209]

This is giving me chills. 😢. If only there was a way that individuals from other races could actually experience what black individuals experience. That would be the answer. To actually be seen and treated as if they were black. As a white person I have no idea what it feels like to be black. I feel tremendous empathy and wish there was a way to finally turn this all around.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

You've never experienced misogyny in a roomful of leering men? It's like landing in a pit of vipers. It made me sick with fear as a child. I couldn't go anywhere without feeling that I'd be safer hiding.

[@Crazycatlady71]

This is the reason the GQP are in panic over the white replacement theory. They're afraid they're going to be treated the same as they've treated and abused the black community and every other minority in this country. The GQP does not, in no way speak or represent everyone.

[@racheldolan6209]

No…I have not but I may not have the same experience as other women. I see women as the stronger gender. Yes… I realize men make more money,etc. but I am a very strong yet feminine woman and I am not intimidated by men.

[@neeldani7450]

Black people are people too. Black people have the same rights as anybody else. They have the same experiences as anybody else. Just treat everybody equally. No one needs your imagined empathy, white guilt, condescension and patronizing. Stop overthinking and get on with your life.

[@TimCasanova]

IDK where your from. but Im 35 and from near chicago.. every white person I ever knew wished they were black n wanted to be black.. so IDK where your coming from. cant relate

[@TheOfficialTarynTots]

When I heard that 11 yrs old boy talking I can't help but think of Emmett. Our society is screwed up.

[@nonunekonsequence7641]

These are kids. Period

[@michellebrock9936]

Thank you for this video. I really appreciate what you a talked about here.

[@Indyawillis85]

Right-wing trolls are out in full force in the comments.

[@dickmonddickelheimer9452]

Nobody's trolling, yall have earned the scorn

[@arnoldseals2660]

What can we DO !, take control of Our Own Destiny . Start by useing, and Building Up or Own Banks . Take control of what's being taught in Schooling within or Communities . They took away Vocational Training/Economics from Schools within Black Community . Many African Americans don't have the means to attend College . These are the Basic Skills, that many young Black Americans receive first hand in Junior High an High School . Come Together People, we're failing Our Youth, by leaving it all up to the System .

[@kallen868]

That sweet kid will carry this all his life and the cop who shot him got a paid vacation!!! Let that sink in.

[@francesmartinez1424]

How sad.

[@thomas45081]

As a black kid from a working class family in America, you have 2 strikes automatically against you, so you have to work harder than a white kid from a working class family to try to escape it, and because of class/money status, it even makes it more difficult. And many kids like this are forced into being an adult, because of pressures they face. I'm white, but my entire life (67yo), I have seen racism coast to coast in this country. The talk that folks are not racist no more is a fantasy, this entire country and its institutions breed classism and racism since the start. In fact, you can't have this type of capitalism society of dog eat dog exploitative capitalism without racism and classism. I always hear the argument, to look at some famous wealthy black person, and what they have accomplished, as a show that racism has faded away, which is a lame explanation/conclusion. In fact, today, it appears, because of this new neoliberal classism, and a far right wing culture (which America is, this talk that America is the pinnacle of social and racial liberation, is more nonsense), the racism and killings of black people by law enforcement, is even getting worse than it was in the 1960s, when I was a kid. BTW, Happy Juneteenth, keep the history strong and true, because this country's institutions are trying to whitewash and eliminate that too 🟪

[@Above-Reproach]

ZZZZzzzz

[@trashmystic7964]

I agree with you, but maybe don't start your post with "as a black kid...". Starting your post like that, coupled with your profile pic clearly being an old white guy, gives the first impression that you're a right-wing troll. Or maybe you should now that I think of it; presenting as a troll would help reach those right-wingers who invariably post early comments on these videos, thereby bursting their bubbles.

[@trashmystic7964]

@@Above-Reproach so, I saw the other comment you made on this vid and there was something that didn't make sense to me: in that comment you seemed to express that establishment Democrats were part of the problem with racism and classism in America, but here you seem to be apathetic to racism. What is your opinion on racism and classism? Curious 🤔.

[@UdochiOkeke]

I was doing door to door sales in my early 20's when I had trouble finding a job and definitely had an older white man in Virginia come out of his house with his hand behind his back barking at me as though he had a gun. I did not wait to find out if that thing behind his back was a gun.

[@hockeytown8995]

Funny, I had the same experience with a younger black man. Guess being a gun-wielding ahole isn't restricted to people of ONE particular skin color, is it?

[@AuntieMamies]

Tried to break into his home while knocking on the door? That's just racism so thinly veiled the veil isn't even there. How many home invasions began with a polite knock on the door? That poor kid. I just hope the best for him. I just hope he can grow up and be ok

[@ModelsExInferis]

I believe he died. It was so shocking it was on the news here in the UK. Poor boy didn't deserve that, no kid does.

[@lohnibeverly9437]

"How many home invasions began with a polite knock on the door?" There's actually a lot of videos on youtube of home invasions of people politely knocking on the door. Heck, I think TYT covered one at one point

[@okaro6595]

Actually many do, but that still does not justify the shooting until there is an actual attempt to break in, or at least refusal to leave when ordered.

[@theresadunni9450]

It's a form of Genocide 🙏

[@kennyljs]

Police : We feared for our lives.

[@lac2275]

The life of always being seen as a threat; always being systemically regarded with apprehension by others.

[@warrenlewis3977]

I have to admit I sometimes like it. I like that my mere presence has so much power.

[@delphinanicols]

YOUR people need to stop adultifying children in the effort of stopping others. Its an adult when its a girl but a baby when it's a boy of the same age.

[@thepragmaticexistentialist]

Unfortunate but true!

[@Hardcastle83]

Calling the classmates "colleagues" frankly sounds like adultification.

[@3Rachelharper]

She corrected herself immediately

[@QueenRenne]

My son is 6… so in 4-6 years… many in society will view my son as AN ADULT. Then that’s when I’ll have to have THE TALK of sexuality and stereotypes with him. I dread both subjects but it’s part of life. 🤦🏾‍♀️ 🤷🏽‍♀️ ✌🏾👀💯

[@He.Who.Shall.Remain.Genderless]

No they won’t. Please watch other channels and ground yourself back to reality. You should be criticizing the endless barrage of African American Rappers that are exploiting your kids and calling them into hyper sexualized/hyper aggressive culture. And the above criticism applies to all races and stripes. Social Media is out of control, music and movies are completely indecent. And we complain because innocence seems a thing of the worst..?

[@QueenRenne]

@@He.Who.Shall.Remain.Genderless you wrote all that for NOTHING. I criticize ALL issues… it’s called MULTI TASKING. You should try it. No more excuses for degenerate behaviors. 💯👀💅🏾

[@angelinimartini]

Poor little boy. His mom needs to really take him to therapy. I don’t think sticking him in a news segment to relive the trauma is good.

[@taintedgooch]

For every one of these instances there's 50 other black on black crimes that don't even make the news sorry for your feelings

[@Alex-qh5wn]

@@taintedgooch and for every one of these instances there are X# of white on white crimes that don't even make the news.

[@90ritesh90]

​@@Alex-qh5wnthen try to make it a news. Coz black on white crimes aren't shown too.

[@griffincontracting]

Call out bigots and racists by name. Enough of this generalized, nebulous rebuking.

[@seth6691]

“Adultification” is a bullshit misdirection for something they can’t solve and they want to sound smarter. That first person was unjustly killed .. for racist reasons.. but “adultification” it’s so pointless… he was black. Racist people think black teenagers and kids are dangerous too… it doesn’t have to do with age…

[@humachine5226]

"Scary" labels coming from a compliant fruit fly..😑

[@Borisensei]

Sometimes these issues need to be reported. Sometimes these issues need to just be discussed. Black people don’t usually get spaces to openly discuss the obvious shared experience. Living with an obvious consistent undertone is frustrating enough. Feeling like you can’t discuss it without ridicule or a racist hateful response is even harder. Black reporters or celebrities usually act like they’re immune or exempt from the “shared experience”. Sad but nice you guys allowed yourself to be personal and real about how you’re affected by the stories you cover. No way any child any color deserves dark thoughts like that or to experience such horrible trauma so early in life. Humans can be so terrible sometimes. A lot of examples in these comments. My heart broke for the little guy. Every one deserves a chance at a healthy mindset.

[@decemberunidque]

2:05 That poor baby. Omg😳

[@vmacart]

wow! adrienne, jayar, and sharon! we can see what a great job yawl be doin!!! there are a lot of russians and klan members here. word up! thank you! i see why. three smart thoughtful black people. two women. beautiful women. one man. having an intelligent conversation. it's got to be making their heads explode!

[@neeldani7450]

In April this year, a white woman, 20 year old Kaylin Gillis, was shot in her car for pulling into the wrong driveway in NY state. The homeowner thought that the young white woman sitting in the passenger seat was a threat. The driver was her boyfriend who is a white boy wearing glasses, very skinny and looking like a total nerd, not threatening in any manner. The woman or anyone for that matter exited the car. Kaylin Gillis died in her car seat.

[@Leally704]

That's sad.

[@Eri-Wi-]

This is a damm shame. These people and cops should all be ashamed of themselves This is not right. This little boy has been hit on a physiological level. Unfortunately

[@THE-X-Force]

They are incapable of shame .. that's a human emotion. These "people" are monsters.

[@Skipperthekitty]

This racism is why I drive a black coworker home. He's been harassed multiple times by cops while he's walking home.

[@leonfrancis3418]

Integration was the second worst thing to happen to us in this country. When we had our own we thrived.

[@RoamingUndertheStars]

Young "scholars" just trying to go to college 😂😂😂

[@m.meadows6652]

You are desperate to make a nonpoint. Please try harder to improve your racist rhetoric. You're just noticeably lazy and thoughtless. Seriously your game is weak.

[@Tmithy_White]

Bless those sweet little angels. Meanwhile my neighbors big, grown kids & their friends who are at least 20 took a baseball bat and hit the brick pillar s on their home, causing damage & hit the fire hydrant also. No one bats an eye.

[@hermanmunster714]

Police met with Reed and her attorney the next day, and her attorney again on Saturday. On Monday, Reed verbally admitted to police that "she was responsible for the harassment and the threats over the internet," the report says. Police notified the station's news director, no charges were filed and the case was closed. But it wasn't over. Taylor's attorney, Carl Singley, sent Christopher Blackman, vice president of news at Channel 10, a letter soon after Reed's admission asking the station to "take appropriate actions to protect Ms. Taylor from any further harassing and threatening conduct by Ms. Reed." Eventually, staffers learned Reed no longer worked there.....

[@3Rachelharper]

This breaks my heart. Besides talking about this issue to people in my personal life what can I, and other white people do to help fix it? I'm sincerely asking.

[@Keifacat92]

I think she’s referring to white people in power not all, if you aren’t racists and you treat everyone like they are human regardless of race, gender or sexuality your pretty much doing all you can do honestly…. Not voting for bigots helps also, but showing solidarity and support is about all we can do. Honestly i feel like what i said is how many black people would respond to your question, im white so i cant speak for them but what i said is really all we can do since i assume your like me and don’t have a job in congress

[@jerrymitchell77]

I know that this might sound silly but the Golden Rule is worth a try.

[@timtho305]

Mmh that boy said I can see myself laying in the coffin? Broke my heart smh

[@tompriceusmc]

Did the report mention that the cop who shot the kid was black?

[@ACAB.forcutie]

Relevance?

[@tompriceusmc]

@@ACAB.forcutie Answer?

[@ACAB.forcutie]

@@tompriceusmc yes, that's what I'm expecting from you, an answer. Is your reading comprehension really that bad..? OK, I'm spell it out for you: I'm asking why you felt the need to mention this, an irrelevant detail.

[@tompriceusmc]

@@ACAB.forcutie I asked a question. Did the report mention that the cop who shot the kid was black? You didn't have the courage to answer that question. You still don't. Henceforth, you're dismissed. Enjoy the rest of your day.

[@jonpopa1908]

Amanda’s cognitive dissonance is kicking in. Take cover. 😆😝☠️

[@delvaldog2869]

Keep children safe in the “safest”era in human history

[@thatgirl798]

Can yt pple just go the way of the dinosaur 🦕 and be gone forever already 🙄.

[@MrBlackfalconuk]

You can't change society while they monitize hate the others, inocence will always be sacrificed on the aultar of profit. And this little boy, living in the fear he has now is genuiely heart breaking.

[@foxfire1894]

I think we have just except black people not being put in a healthy placement even in our modern day life. Look closely at the movie's.. not understanding that we always dance to express ourselves. Death,birth, joining commitments , crops etc. A none explicit events until money to improve their situation come into play. Minorities is the most none violent people in the world even to their own demise.😒💔

[@seanphurley]

Just dont try children as adults

[@shellymcmanus675]

That sweet baby...

[@valerielhw]

Anyone heard about the horrific case of _Emmett Till_ in 1955?

[@okaro6595]

Yes, it s horrible but the left does not tell the whole story on how he sexually harnessed or even assaulted Carolyn Bryant. Strangely believe women does not apply when the harasser is black. Yes, the murder was wrong. Murder is wrong in general. Btw there were also blacks involved in it.

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

​@@okaro6595Stop lying. We know Bryant LIED about that. Till was innocent.

[@dianecrowder4971]

I bet you this is not being done in most African countries!🙄😡😤🤬🤷🏾‍♀️😎

[@iamjro]

Awww Aderrien Murray broke my heart 😢

[@BADSEED13]

He cute a very cute little boy. Not a MAN A CHILD!!!!

[@lzrd8460]

JUST SICKENING. 😢😢😢😢😢

[@baddapplesauce]

Tamir Rice.

[@okaro6595]

He was 195 lbs and 5-7.

[@okaro6595]

@@totalwater9431 Weapon, it was a taser that was unusable when the cop shot him in the back. Anyone who calls it a weapon is a dishonest person.

[@dorotheamohibi7342]

Real Talk.

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

Not sure how you can adultify the boy in the thumbnail. He is clearly elementary school age.

[@innocentnemesis3519]

What? That’s not what adultification is

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

@@innocentnemesis3519 Treating him as if he was an adult, even though he is a child. I think I get the general gist, thank you very much!

[@roxie_the_rockmonster4892]

​@berniethekiwidragon4382 Obviously, you didn't get it. An elementary age Child is being told to act and think like an adult.

[@One-ct3xe]

Old enough to learn about assless chaps, whips, and double penetration by fourth grade now, so I'm not sure if I'm supposed to support this or be against it. Unless maybe it's like one of those things, you know, a double good standard ?

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

@@roxie_the_rockmonster4892 And then punished as if an adult if they fail to comply.

[@RikodiusRex]

So much this.

[@gameswithevan8214]

hyper sexualization isn't done from the outside group, it's done from their school flag teams doing nothing but twerking. I watched it happen in my school. once twerking became popular, everything turned to popping ass.

[@gameswithevan8214]

perfect point, ice spice being so popular lmao

[@Odinarcade00]

Yeah idk man I think it’s deeper than twerking….

[@m.michelef12]

I love you 3, i wish everyone at tyt had this level of commitment and sincerity. Sadly other people at tyt do call young black boys men, and constantly undermine the credibility and message of everyone working under the tyt name.

[@darlalathan6143]

Well, that may be because Civil Rights and Black Power have made "boy" an unacceptable name for Black males of any age. Perhaps call immature Black people "children," "minors," "kids," "Youth," etc., instead.

[@ZroMTHZroHRS90SecondsEYES9]

✊🏾

[@Fee.1]

Wtf is a cysthead

[@trashmystic7964]

on the off chance this is in good faith: Cis-Het means Cisgender Heterosexual, more or less meaning 'straight' but without the connotation that other people are 'crooked'.

[@johnmartin4641]

@@trashmystic7964 Hillary is crooked af. Brandon too.

[@Fee.1]

@@trashmystic7964 wild. where does the term straight come from? I’ve never heard anyone use it & suggest LGB are crooked or anything of the sort personally

[@johnsmith7140]

​@@trashmystic7964😂😂