The Impressive Progress Black America Has Made That We Don't Hear About | Coleman Hughes

[@TheEpikak]

Coleman...don't ever stop what you are doing.

[@ninjacouch9351]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 nothing like calling someone who looks at the positives and points out statistical manipulation and political bias as racist. Only half black and speaks Spanish. Must be a racist. Only I'm allowed to obsess about race. Lmao Absentee father? You mean just like 70% of all black americans? I'm sure those guys are all black hating Spanish speaking racists too right?

[@RubberDucky999]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 Since you're so sure it's wrong, then tell us all what is right.

[@joekay148]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 So you didn't watch this clip then?

[@joekay148]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 OK, Thanks.

[@hairlossdetective-1]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 You are a very sad person. This mam is quoting facts and numbers which i am quite sure you didn't verify before bashing him. Anytime A Black doesn't subscribe to victimhoood you Doom and Gloom candidates are so quick to discredit them . That is pathetic.

[@MrMatt-qs2ck]

He's telling a very different and hopeful narrative. It's one worth sharing.

[@mikemcmullin149]

I just did. I've not heard these stats from anyone else. Consequently I've had a perspective change.

[@lawabidingcitizen73]

He is just saying what your ears want to hear. Because in your heart you dont want to believe this narrative about this nation. Albeit he has melanin he is not one of us and is simply interested in being another immigrant to be issued a place by you on the totem pole of the American dream with our place secured at the bottom undergirding the system as we have for 400 so years. So he uses his fathers phenotype and his conservative views to make room for himself with conservative whites in America who dont understand the nuance between our people and accepts every melanated person as a black person. For example albeit he is loved by many of us, Barak Obama is not one of us.

[@mikemcmullin149]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 JLP is black, as the ace of spades as he's fond of calling himself. So having the wrong tought process but the right parentage makes him and other's non-black?

[@emilebeetha779]

I am going to listen to this young man now but I know he is lying. I'm too deep into the American black affairs to know that. He is just narrating a script from work like Candace Owens. That is what loyalty to an employer looks like. I don't mind his blackness, he is black but his views are of his employers. It's voting time by the way if anyone has forgotten.

[@lawabidingcitizen73]

@@mikemcmullin149 Again you dont understand the nuance. He is not black. He is Latino. He, like Kamala, Obama and many others cloak themselves in blackness for political expediency. The sever the exact same function to this body that a virus does. Their appearance confuses the cell wall but once inside rewrite the code to accomplish its ends. Let me be clear, being black is synonymous with being an ADOS in this discussion. So no he is not black.

[@drphdmd7064]

KZbin needs to recommend this video to everyone who searches for information about these protests and riots.

[@Neworldisordered]

Surprised KZbin hasn't deleted it!

[@thepaddywag6079]

I'm from germany and watched a lot of videos on the protest to understand what's going on. After a week of watching interviews on very different points of view about the topic this vids startet popping up in my recommendations and I'm glad I found them.

[@swordierre9341]

@@thepaddywag6079 thats awesome, gives me hope!

[@stefanlangenhoven78]

How does what he say disprove police brutality and a corrupt police system?

[@drphdmd7064]

@@stefanlangenhoven78 You just used a textbook example of a loaded question. Nothing in my comment would suggest that was the point of what I said.

[@DaveReddy]

"Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today."

[@opheliaculzac3964]

So true!!

[@victorsolis4838]

Yup people this days dont see there mistake but they see others and judge them

[@dennisdose5697]

Pretty sure that is a standard Jordan Peterson line.

[@DaveReddy]

@@dennisdose5697 Yep, and a pretty good one at that.

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

Thank you Mr, Hughes. America absolutely needs your measured voice of sanity. Please keep at it.

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 Reparations? 🙄

[@JohnDoes620]

Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 it’s spelled “liar”

[@florianruhstaller1730]

Nat Turner's Revolt ADOS you entirely missed coleman’s point man. Stop looking at gaps between races and start looking at progress of your own race compared earlier periods of time before you call the entire system racist that needs to be burned to the ground

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

Nat Turner's Revolt ADOS Seek out a board qualified shrink. Pull up a couch and start focusing on your own insanity because you’re a train-wreck. Whether Hughe’s ancestors came directly to the US from Africa or via a more circuitous route is absolutely pointless. Your ideology that believes racism is so “systemic” and pushes the BS of “White Privilege” certainly doesn’t make room for analyzing someone’s family tree. This shallow ideology is ALL about skin color. Hughes physicality looks black so he should be experiencing all the same debilitating, life-stunting ill effects of “systemic racism” in America as you, so why isn’t he?

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

Nat Turner's Revolt ADOS Once again. You need less Critical Race Theory and much, much more psychiatric help. “Reparations” if they were paid were paid to living, breathing people who actually personally experienced oppression, torture, theft of property, etc. How long did you personally actually live as a slave on a plantation?

[@afreedman4361]

Coleman is like a man from an earlier era. So proud to see someone telling the culture what they know deeply inside.

[@mexicaninjafredfred]

Oh yeah he definitely has opinions of an "earlier era" 😂🤣🤣 moronic wonder why he says these things white people like to hear 🤔 hmmm it's almost like he's funded by a right wing billionaire or something hmmm that's weird 🤔

[@robinbeers6689]

As soon as he turns 35, we need to elect this guy to be president.

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

Robin Beers He has said he doesn’t want anything to fo with politics - and hopefully he stays that way.

[@robinbeers6689]

@@skepto-o-punk8286 That's a shame. He would make a great statesman. Well, I'm sure he will find some valuable way to contribute to society.

[@robinbeers6689]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 Wow. That's a lot of hate going on there.

[@skepto-o-punk8286]

Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 I’d tell you to seek professional help but no shrink on the planet can “cure” a willfully blind ideologue.

[@robinbeers6689]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 Why the anti Puerto Rican prejudice? A lot of African American people are of mixed heritage as are almost all Americans. Does one have to be a "pure blood" ADOS in order to have an opinion?

[@tylertime3624]

"If we don't know the triumphs or our recent history we are doomed not to repeat them" That is genius!!!!

[@anthonygumingo9840]

@fynes leigh directly immediately personally? Geez dude just pick one adjective, can't even understand your point

[@snorgonofborkkad]

This man is what someone from the future will sound like.

[@seanm.collins9888]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 I guess you do not like to work hard? Marques Brownlee is fake also? NERD is also fake? Derrick May is fake?

[@juliocorrea2552]

Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 you haven’t disputed any facts he’s layed out backed up by statistics. Instead u try to discredit him and deny his blackness because you say his father was absentee n his mother is Puerto Rican. You even hold the fact that he speaks Spanish against him as if being bilingual is a negative. Sounds like a sound argument

[@hairlossdetective-1]

@James Franko you are right. That Kofi dude is totally pissed off that this truth is getting out there. I wonder who paid him to put his graffiti all over this video?

[@a.b9041]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 pero tu estas bien de la cabeza? Queremos dados. Si no lo tienes, cállate!

[@a.b9041]

@Kofi Prempeh #ADOS 2020 soy africano, Ghanés que vive en España.

[@NathanMaingard]

"there's virtually no political incentive to note progress when it happens". This!

[@swcordovaf]

Amen. The fuel of politics is discontent, envy, and controversy. Unfortunately progress the fuel of progress is data, innovation and sacrifice.

[@AnnoyingLordFoolofLands]

This absolutely not true. 'under president Trump the unemplyoement of black Africans dropped significantly' is a statement you will see plenty of more right leaning people make. That is using 'progress' as a political ploy.

[@volpe_sol]

Stop it! Positivity and confidence doesn't sell. Needs more hysteria and fear. lol

[@williamlukach4133]

lol. Sadly.

[@sab4895]

So sad yet so true

[@QuianaMonique]

Exactly lol

[@lawabidingcitizen73]

It just did.

[@dapeace316]

Lolol riighht

[@notundermywatch3163]

That guy is only 23 and speaks with so much poise and intellectual knowledge.

[@nancy6487]

Gifted!!! God is merciful to us- to send us such an intelligent articulate and on top of that very ha done!!

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@fynes leigh Knowledge of the lyrics of every song by a pop band?

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@fynes leigh "One day you might be able to do is whole sentence". Shut the fuck up, man. Even Hemingway used sentence fragments, and he didn't have piss-poor grammar like you.

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@fynes leigh Only silly old women care about grammar? But you care about sentence fragments, and that is grammar, you stupid goat. It's impolite to me (and old women) to call me a silly old woman. That's not behaviour befitting someone with manners is it? I haven't lost my temper; I am just reproaching you for your blatant hypocrisy and fatuity.

[@tommurphy9748]

U fancy him?do ya?

[@raymott6933]

Thank you Coleman for having the courage to be different in a way that really makes a difference. America needs more voices like yours, especially Black America.

[@CROX1153]

He not black American he's a phucking immigrant tether.

[@apothe6]

That argument about statistics gaps and comparing populations is mind-blowing

[@tatsumakisempyukaku]

Not so much if you’ve ever taken science courses with labs and statistics. Put it this way, way back, going to 2010 or so, I was watching videos on the common core validation committee. At that time the only Ph.D mathematician was fighting to have high school grads be able to do at least algebra 1. At that time the goal was college readiness but that was community college ready. Now, i don’t know if those standards were elevated or not, but it damn sure appears as though no one is talking or capable of speaking statistically and or scientifically about these matters. If people have a problem with western science, then they can throw away the lap tops and smart phones they are using right now, and stop using cars, planes, and televisions. I’m not trying to be a smart ass, but I have heard that argument, “it’s white man’s science”, as if there are other kinds.

[@psychedelicronin882]

@@tatsumakisempyukaku what is his source. Show us the data. Question everything.

[@tatsumakisempyukaku]

Psychodelic Ronin I think it was Thomas Sowell who said to ask 3 basic questions. 1: compared to what 2: at what cost, 3: what’s the evidence.

[@psychedelicronin882]

@@tatsumakisempyukaku That being said. What is he talking about.

[@tatsumakisempyukaku]

Psychodelic Ronin Generally, he’s talking about the difference between seeing or experiencing a situation through the lens of stats and comparative relations, vs looking at the same phenomenon devoid of mathematical ability; ie emotions. Emotions are instrumental but can be deadly devoid of critical thinking. But likewise, being solely analytical is also bad. Consider someone visiting when you’re sick but only because you know that they know is merely the rational and logical duty of one person to another. Meaning, they visit you out of obligation, but obligation divorced of love. He’s a philosophy major, cole Hughes. So, he’s more naturally going to defer to follow well put syllogisms, statistics, rigorous science. He’s not inclined to jump to conclusions in other words. While other people who don’t have his disposition, educated or not, will more likely defer to relying on emotions. Come to think of it, Plato, in the republic, spoke of a Homeric justice, which is to help friends-harm enemies, which Plato decisively destroys. But we are living that because justice itself has withdrawn from us. Imagine gravity leaving us. Now imagine a state of perfect justice, and gradually consider societies that have lesser and lesser infusions of justice, until you do get solely a survival of the fittest, where there’s no honor among thieves.

[@jmbarr7424]

Thank you for speaking out Coleman! God bless you always...

[@MyishaJB]

My dear baby brotha and Manna God...You betta say that!! Thank you so much. All my love and respect for you've lit a fire under me to seek more perspectives, especially those I'd used to shun.

[@jer3887]

Thank you for encouraging the world! Let’s keep doing better!

[@lynnenevill3449]

Awesome, thank you! Wonderful to hear some good news that's also realistic & rational.

[@Neilazbiker]

I can't believe Coleman is only 24. He's a wise and brave young man. I wish him the best.

[@psychedelicronin882]

Why would you say that. He is broad stroaking history. What is his source for what he is saying?

[@Neilazbiker]

​@fynes leigh Nephew Tom. How racist.

[@vhawk1951kl]

@@Neilazbiker I do not give a damn whether it is racist or not, why the hell might I? - I do not subscribe to the religion modernism and am perfectly certain that there is no such phenomenon as race and therefore the term racist falls with the word race which is meaningless. If your best and only shot is infantile name-calling then no wonder you are a mouse (nothing and nobody) You are a mouse are you not?

[@Neilazbiker]

@Peter Codner Your name calling my friend. By the way, I was baiting fynes with his own racism weapon.

[@moglimogify]

If this guy wrote a shopping list, I would read it

[@chriscann2774]

What a great quote; "Our habit of looking at gaps systematically obscures progress" - Run for President young man.

[@robbtaylor8]

@fynes leigh put down the crack pipe homie

[@mimao.5150]

Coleman you are a gift! I'm so relieved and happy that you exist. The other day I was telling my American friends that I'm truly disappointed that a good percentage of them lack critical thinking skills and are bereft of any sort of conversation or debate skills. Proof of this is their obsession with constantly touting people like Candace Owens, Shapiro and the other pitiful pseudo intellectuals on both sides as the 'political thinkers' I was afraid that the 'dumbing down' of America is at hand but alas! All hope is not lost yet it seems. Some of us are not really cut out for paid political provocateurs; their excessive show and use of emotion, lack of logical thinking skills, half-truths, lack of interpretation skills for data and a penchant for throwing in pieces of information for shock value to see what sticks amidst other awful debate tactics. You will be very important some day soon and I'll be cheering you on, you are very much needed in the political space.

[@ccmusic2249]

It just reminds me of my statistics class: You can find a statistic for whatever you want to say. The hard part is finding someone who asks the right questions and wants to understand the whole picture.

[@mdhen4]

Data needs to be interpreted, but as he points out, it has to be acknowledged first.

[@Hifcrea]

Ya although this is great I need sources so that I can arm myself against hysterical idiots. If all these stats are mostly accurate this is fantastic

[@psychedelicronin882]

Where does he get this info? It's very easy to sit in a cozy surrounding and spew out data. Knowing that people who suffers from confirmation bias will use that as a tool/weapon in the dialogue of equality.

[@BiancaAguglia]

​@@psychedelicronin882 Someone on KZbin helped me find an article in which Coleman links to all the resources he used for his data www.city-journal.org/reflections-on-race-riots-and-police If you follow the links in that article you'll find sources like the Bureau for Justice Statistics, the Washington Post police shootings database, research from Harvard economist Roland Fryer and from Chicago Booth School of Business economist Sendhil Mullainathan, etc. The list is long. The article is a beautiful example of carefully researched and thought out writing. He made it easy to trust his writing, but also to find the sources he used, double check them and decide if we agreed with his interpretations.

[@ziiiim]

Your perspective is so fresh comparing to the cliches that permeate the narratives from both democratic and republican parties.

[@celestelodico1473]

Thank you for bringing intelligence, & common sense to the discussion. You’re sincerity to share this information is greatly appreciated.

[@kevinkurtz9889]

This young man is a breath of fresh air.

[@stevenspence2893]

Keep doing what your doing. This is the information and narrative that helps to uplift instead of tear down.

[@BenWeeks]

"If we don't know the triumphs of our recent history, we're doomed not to repeat them."

[@samuelarthur887]

Maybe, he is an heir to Dr. Thomas Sowell.

[@pabis6817]

McWhorter and Sowell! Hopefully this is the future of black America.

[@tichintors8908]

There will never be another Sowell!

[@bensmith8240]

I doubt it. He is becoming a symbol/tool for talking points. Sowell was always his own man, who independently conducted his own studies, year after year, book after book.

[@brendanthompson2082]

@@bensmith8240 In what way has he become a tool? He seems to genuinely believe what he says, unlike Candace Owens. Genuinely curious why you say this.

[@Antonioplus]

Nah, he's better than that

[@patmebg3794]

It isn't just that Coleman speaks of being mindful of the context in which information is presented, it is that he puts across this new insight while also being mindful of the way he was presenting it. Kudos

[@serenit.y3608]

Yes! Proper statistical reading comprehension is so important! This video just shows how easy a person can manipulate honest data. Thank you Coleman!

[@timhanson3368]

You are awesome! Keep preaching the message of TRUTH.

[@kt9495]

I just discovered this amazing man last week. I hope to see the view count rise substantially on this. We are so backwards in our collective focus. Thank you. ✌🏼

[@keiths5460]

This is eye opening and very different than what the ‘news’ portrays.

[@honestpat7789]

So much respect for how this man frames his arguments with nothing short of pure class.

[@01sevensix]

He’s a legend. Bringing data to an emotional debate. Coleman is my hero. Commenting for the algo.

[@lancedean345]

Great to hear some good news for a change. Thank you Mr. Hughes.

[@HybridIntuition]

This is excellent. This needs to be shared widely!!!

[@ulfgustavsson4919]

Thank you very much! Interesting and important information.

[@karlalan3806]

Please man when you talk about number, show where you got them from so that people could see for themselves

[@karlalan3806]

@Jay Turan I bet you yourself didn't look anywhere. It is the duty when you talk about numbers to show where you got them from. Even in school they teach that.

[@jmarsvolta]

That would take to much time if every public speaker does that.

[@ElPinitch]

I agree, Karl. We will just have to look for the data.

[@libraalibaba]

I like his perspective he doesn't seem to be on either political side.

[@williamcastro7383]

@Karl Alan, solid point. I appreciate what he has to say, but it would defiantly get more street cred with either links to references or if he verbally stated, at the very least, which institution he is getting the data from.

[@wadecarefully]

Honestly, I'm just impressed he can remember all these stats.

[@aristac9257]

Some sources would be so great! Thank you Coleman

[@SabiazothPsyche]

Coleman, you're a man that's seeking equilibrium for all men (equilibrium in the sense of just and fairness.)

[@steinbeck1805]

There can't be many people who had Professor written all over them before they probably even finished high school. Struck by his wisdom, even more than by his intellect - it's much rarer too.

[@maureenufkes2491]

I appreciate your thoughtfulness and balance.

[@darrenpalmer4847]

I agree with Hughes. This is a worthwhile conversations for all of us who want better outcomes from our interactions with white people. The patronizing from so called allies, must end.

[@aaronsnyder4967]

Grateful to learn good news.

[@freddybarneburg6056]

He is extremely smart. We need more like him telling it like it actually is. Glad he's a journalist. I wish everyone were as logical as he is. Congratulations!

[@williamcastro7383]

Great video. I’ve always felt videos like this would gain more credibility if links were provided, either in the video description or as pop up cards, to the sources where he is getting the information. All in all though, great message.

[@rossjason4662]

Why have I never heard this before???? Mind absolutely shattered.

[@roundboxfitness3588]

Damn. That last line just summed it all up. Love this guy

[@philkim2328]

Thank you for sharing good news.

[@codegate615]

One counter-point: The numbers of incarceration are still crap though because they were GARAGANTUAN in the first place (ESPECIALLY IN THE 90s AND 2000s). 50% of 2,000,000 is still 1,000,000. It's an improvement, but the horrendous, hungry, devouring nature of the US prison-industrial complex is still the same.

[@brauliosalcedo5418]

I'd argue the optimism is still warranted. If 1,000,000 is a massive amount then 50% (1,000,000) drop constitutes a massive improvement. Of course there is still room for improvement but if the trend of improvement stays then there is good reason to think these issues can and will be resolved.

[@richardmonson8657]

Two comments. First, at 23 he is a remarkable young man. Second, most successful people will tell you they spent most of their time focusing on what is going right or good and making it better and much less time at the other side of the spectrum.

[@jmarsvolta]

Thank you. It is so frustrating watching the media and politicians pushing a false narrative.

[@eephilosophy]

I am impressed with this presentation and his demonstration. This will be part of my conversation from this moment in my life. However, I am quite surprised with the comments. This is not an absolute situation. You will still need both tactics to make progress. If we believe that if Blacks did not protest and create unrest, that progress would naturally evolve, that would be overly, presumptuous. I do not expect Blacks to necessarily start closing the wealth gap in my lifetime, but I do expect to see the wealth gap normalizing and trending in the same direction. Only then will I start believing that racial inequality is not systemic. People should not have to work twice as had to get the same outcome.

[@guerino8945]

At the time I am viewing this video there are only 6,901 views. Unfortunately too little. This is the sort of info that needs to go viral. This information is priceless. People have got to start thinking with their heads and not solely be led by the the sort of emotions that can skew good judgement.

[@vicadegboye684]

It's now 36k views at this time. I guess more people are seeing another perspective to the issue. Whether they agree or not is a different story.

[@JUDALATION]

You are stupid... he is just placing terrible stats in a good light... but they are still aweful stats.

[@MatthewBester]

Does anyone know what sources he is using? Links would be appreciated.

[@_luca_peric_]

Yeah - see this comment: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYuyq5WEh5atn5Y&lc=UgymcpF9dhnnxX8nLHh4AaABAg

[@dubbz1]

This young man is brilliant. I wish we could mashup the energy of BLM with the logic and intellect of Coleman

[@oldschoolsaint]

Some of our most brilliant black minds, folks like Thomas Sowell and Shelby Steele, are in the latter stages of life. So nice to see young black men like Coleman continuing the legacy of such great men. They give me hope for our country.

[@CROX1153]

He's not a American black ,he's phucking Cuban he's cast playing as a American black speaking our struggle he' knows nothing about.

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

I differ with Coleman politically, but I like how he criticizes both sides which I agree with.

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

@fynes leigh and any fool can criticize others for the purpose to hide the real truth due to laziness. And you can't really fabricate evidence to make the case for both sides either.

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

@fynes leigh so point to me what he said that were lies, is citing research not enough, do they have to video tape people doing the research, what else is needed? Have you listened to Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams? I feel like in today's era, evidence that is portrayed by the media and facebook memes/poetic greeting card messages is all the evidence needed to justify there is a problem. That i cannot get behind.

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

@fynes leigh btw, I agree that there is racism in today's society, but to say it's a problem that it keeps minorities oppressed is untrue. Are there bad cops (like there are bad people in each group whether it's a profession, race, culture, etc), YES. But lets not fail to see that there are truths behind these that many people feel comfortable admitting and talking about.

[@mr_knowitall]

@fynes leigh An intelligent man has no need to pretend as if all arguments are made equal. He falls on whichever side the closest approximation of truth falls on.

[@mr_knowitall]

@@heinzyketchupy4175 One lie that he said, and pundits on all sides of the political spectrum do this, is he claimed that systemic racism requires, by it's very existence, that the entire system must be "burnt to the ground". It's a strawman argument and a false equivalency, wherein, if he can convince us that the system DOESN'T need to be burnt to the ground, then systemic racism, by extension, DOESN'T exist. But nowhere is it written that systemic racism depends upon an irredeemable system in order to exist. Many people believe systemic racism can be eliminated by the system not being burnt to the ground, but 'tweaked'.

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

Interesting POV. This statistics bear out that since 2010 the disturbing trend of mass incarceration hit it's peak and has been steadily in the decline in general with the black population seeing 4he biggest declines proportionally. Since the trend also shows that in that time they had a disproportionately high incarceration rate it shows at least some racial progress in the justice system. However, like all social trends the population didn't start seeing this trend until it peaked. So considering the massive increase of use of social media from 2010 to now, the relatively new notion of mass incarceration increased rapidly the issue at that point in time. It's not that we are arguing against dwindling trend (since there is more progress yet to be made), but we should be aware of that our ire and social media activism is belatedly misplaced. In order to carry this ba over the goal line, we need to accurately understand where we are and why before claiming the system is utterly broken.

[@modernmystic1778]

Citing sources for the numbers would make the argument stronger. But he seems very reasonable and well spoken.

[@JMarshallYTTV]

One up side to all this is I have found many interesting people to follow - Coleman is one of them.

[@davidhoyt4006]

Coleman, I was trying to verify your figures but it's not easy. Any search on the topic comes up with all of the stats we hear from the media. Could you tell me what source I can use to independently verify your numbers? Not that I don;t trust you... I just verify everything before I talk about it with anyone (I wish more people did that) Thanks for your excellent work.

[@blakeavila4409]

Silence this heresy! We must uphold the Narrative!

[@GowithFlorence]

Thank you coleman for bringing positivity in an otherwise very negative world. I will stand with black people against any and all racism that still exists, every day of the week! I will not however, be led to belive that racism is a bigger problem than it actually is. Thank you!

[@JUDALATION]

then you actually are full of shit

[@cliffdariff74]

I’ve always thought that if our schools did not teach how bad America is for black Americans to black Americans, the majority would concentrate on how to get ahead, how to improve their communities and education. Not they don’t do that now, but currently there is an vast emphasis from many political opportunists sending the opposite message, in exchange for government intervention, money or votes. And of course the media participates, which in short blames the country, whites, corporations in an endless barrage. Solutions are not going to come only from outside the community...it’s a two way street, and I’ll leave it at that.

[@Webhead123]

Thank you for this! We need more people to actually look at the data and understand the root causes of the real trends. Not focusing on the "gaps", as you say, but at the real trends and understand them. Our politicians and the media aren't helping. They're only interested in sensationalizing perceived "wrongs" in out soceity to peddle their personal agendas.

[@WAKirsten]

Great, fundamental points.

[@vijaynair2403]

There are a lot of black people on the comment section who are saying Coleman doesn’t represent them and he’s not “black enough” since he has Puerto Rican roots. You all seem to be missing the point. This young man lays out good points. We need good minds to lead us in the future regardless of what color they are! THAT is the point! You can take your “he’s not black enough” and shove it up your...!

[@potatochip77]

Incredible video Coleman! Keep it up man!

[@mosabari7681]

Truth and logic are always good regardless of the source

[@sanmigueltv]

Great production!

[@caughtaghost1]

this is the first piece where I've been legitimately impressed by Coleman Hughes

[@julliusblackwell6239]

The wind is behind the black mans back and he can't even feel it. I'm black 49 yrs and I can absolutely say things have gotten better. Sometimes I feel like they are trying to hand over this country to us.

[@julliusblackwell6239]

@dublin Ireland I didn't know it was going on outside of America, interesting.

[@donnyg.]

Great Piece. I think your assertion that there is no political motivation to report on black progress begs the question why it's not covered by our supposed "unbiased" media. It follows that those institutions are inherently political and there is no unbiased media. I agree with everything you said. We have made a lot of progress AND there is more to be made.

[@Mario6925]

It is to push the narrative that the world is terrible and nothing is changing, in order for these media networks to exaggerate and profit off of fear and can continue their quest to divide the nation even further.

[@donnyg.]

@@Mario6925 that is definitely a possibility. It may all be profit driven. Something to keep in mind for sure.

[@EricJohnsonresign]

I just found out about this young man and he has become one of my favorite media pundits.

[@ElPinitch]

I love this human.

[@joncshelley]

Thanks for this. Excellent conversations.

[@dariomaxlax]

Coleman. this is great content. thank you.

[@acyeti]

Where does he get his numbers from? It's great news to hear. The incarceration rates he reports contrast starkly with the film 13TH on Netflix.

[@_ELIAS]

I want to see that too

[@ADUBisADUB]

Anyway we can get the sources of the stats you pointed to on progress? Keep up the good work Coleman!

[@llk3763]

Whenever I get emotionally exhausted with the world I watch his videos, and those of Shelby Steele, Thomas Sowell, Jordan Peterson and the Rubin Report. God gives us emotions for meaning in life, and logic for balance - thank God!! Otherwise we would always be at war.

[@shok24199]

If Coleman ever wants to become a professor for real, he certainly has the dress code down pat.

[@visioinspiron9380]

I’ll like it if there is a journal or document to back up this information. Just for reference purposes

[@johnf.hurtado1869]

It's unfair to sit and comment about progress when it has come as I incremental change scratched and pulled by activists and orgs on the ground, to assume or to create the narrative that you can sit in a chair, and that America's self reinforcing system of slavery has been undone to work magnificently forward on it's own- is just no so. Progress is an indication that people in positions of power within colonialized institutions have been met with newly politically, economically, and culturally empowered groups of people. This is much more than political incentives, this is about strategic change, implemented, and refined, with these statistical being the the bar and metrics of those efforts, and grueling uphill battles. change comes very incrementally, with many unified fronts, it does not happen on it's own from Coleman's time on earth from kindergarten to to the time hes able to drink. These crumbs of progress are worth noting, though not as vital as knowing that america makes up only 5 percent of the world's population, 25 of the globes prison population, with blacks being 40 percent of that, while only 12 percent of Americans total population. The pie was never for us, and now still it is split unevenly - so when we say progress, we must refer to malcolm x analogy: if you stick a knife in my back and pull it out 5 inches, it's still a knife in my back. Doubling down on what goes right is right, though what exact strategy helped anchor us forward? Did I miss that, was that mentioned?

[@ruebadly_muzak970]

Kinda @ 9:45, though I'm sure there's a video elsewhere he might go into more detail. I dont think he is saying to ignore the constant push for change by hand waving it. I think he's only advocating that what has changed should get brought up more into a proper contextualization. But dont quote me. I dont follow the dude. One of the problems though that doesnt get translated well in your point is you're talking systemic change moving slowly, but the human race is at a weird Apex where things are changing faster than we can make sense of them. We've progressed in certain senses so quick that life a hundred years ago doesnt even work remotely like it does today. I'd say the majority of people in the world that rush to use statistics in their arguments and narrative making have never been taught to process statistics like you are when you specialise in statistics. Most stats are spoon fed by organizations to the masses that don't have time to untangle the vines. I love the Malcolm X analogy. Just to crack subversive though, because stats arent analogies, we live in a world where it is trendy to have a knife in your back. We've damn near made it into a commodified product, and people are being treated or told to act as if they have a knife in their back, and so many white people are trying to join that bandwagon. And you know how much Malcolm X loved trend-chasing, bandwagoners.

[@tomhansen6115]

God bless this young man.

[@adamsahib]

Thank you for sharing. I do think it's extremely important and relevant that people become more aware of the success within the black community since a negative image is often portrayed, although their have indeed been some great strides forward in my lifetime alone. I also do think both the left and right use the stereotype to their advantage. With that said, I find the prison example to be very problematic for a very important reason. I am no professional statistician, but I do have two math degrees and I am a math teacher, so I do have some experience with data. Mr. Hughes focused on the progress made in the past decade or two in the prison system. This is fine and true, but it misses a significantly bigger picture. Unfortunately, I can't share a picture in this comment, but please look at the first graph provided here: www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/00-05_rep_punishingdecade_ac.pdf or the graph found here: www.vera.org/reimagining-prison-web-report/american-history-race-and-prison How can we possibly only focus on the last two decades when in reality, we need to ask why has the prison population sky rocketed after the 1980s*? In other words, it's like someone steals someone's car, wallet and backpack (1980s* to early 2000s) and then they are given back a couple items from their backpack (early 2000s to now) and we focus on that progress alone. There is a much bigger picture with regards to mass incarceration. Yes, progress has been made in the past decade or two, but the damage is done, especially since that massive rise also impacts their future employability not to mention their own mental health and personal relationships, as I am sure you know. Lastly, the "progress" made is a natural fall that must take place once something rises so steeply since it was unsustainable and unjust to begin with. It had to come back down at some point. That said, when looking at the whole picture/graph, it barely has come down. *Note: Originally I wrote 1960s but updated this to 1980s after reading Michael Harrell's comment below. The graphs I shared do indicate a rise from the 80s.

[@jimjack5089]

You make a good point for imprisonment. Perhaps there is systemic racism involved in that aspect. What about the other leaps made by blacks, such as in education? Is there any evidence of strong systemic racism?

[@adamsahib]

@@jimjack5089 Accessibility and opportunity to a good education is integral, as I'm sure you would agree. Anywhere that has underfunded schools will suffer as a result. Unfortunately, there are a lot of poor neighbourhoods and schools where segments of the black population are located, which undoubtedly has its roots in the mid 1900s and earlier. It should be mentioned as well though that poor whites have suffered in this regard as well. That said, the deck has been most stacked against segments of the black community once you include education, health care, policing, housing, inherited wealth, etc. It's all of these things combined that form a system, to which it has impacted certain groups of people more often than others.

[@willh7352]

@@adamsahib "That said, the deck has been most stacked against segments of the black community once you include education, health care, policing, housing, inherited wealth, etc. It's all of these things combined that form a system, to which it has impacted certain groups of people more often than others." And people for some reason fail to acknowledge THIS as a fact.

[@harktheheral]

Look again. The skyrocket takes place in the 80s and 90s, not the 60s - concurrent with the War on Drugs, which also saw in spike in all rates of incarceration across ethnicities. The War on Drugs is a net negative, but consider Coleman Hughes' point that the prevalence of single-parent households in the US is a cultural factor here argued: The black single-parent home rate in 1960 was ~22% abagond.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/single-parent.png - by 1980, that had ballooned 46%. So a generation after the collapse of the black family, which is precipitated by the birth of the American welfare state, the black incarceration rate leaps, especially among black males - creating a loop of American blacks without fathers in the homes, compounding the issue generationally.

[@kropotkindersurprise4074]

@@harktheheral You have to take into account the ways that the New Deal was designed in a way that racially discriminated - the welfare state exacerbated racial division by primarily focussing on supporting predominantly white industries and not those predominantly staffed by black folk, as well as other systemically racially unequal benefits. Painting it as a failure of the welfare state, rather than further racism tainting the welfare state, is a little off the mark.

[@meeknotweak3]

I said this exact thing to my friend. Where is the good news about Black Americans?

[@clam3974]

Holy shit... That is eye opening

[@michaelmarsden8549]

Yes, just plain yes!

[@nut913]

Wonder where he got his statistics from

[@MrAttilaabri]

Do you care enough to research? You should.

[@nut913]

Attila Abri I did I was trying to find the 70% decrease in incarcerations for people of a certain age. I only found 30% of all black men decrease in incarceration.

[@princesskimberly3131]

I really needed the good new

[@hmayer2486]

Our perspective of the world can change and has changed the world.

[@mr_knowitall]

Another often overlooked statistic is that births to unwed black mothers has fallen dramatically. In 1970 the birth rate for unmarried black women was 95.5 per 1,000. In 2018 it was 56.4. That's a decrease of 41%. To compare it to the same timeline that Hughes is referencing, it has declined from 70.5 per 1,000 since 2000 (a 20% decrease). And yet, that same statistic could be stated, "in 1970, 38% of black births were out of wedlock. In 2018 that percentage grew to 70%." It's not very well known that it's actually Hispanic mothers who have the highest out-of-wedlock birth rate (59.5 per 1,000 compared to 56.4 per 1,000 for black mothers). But again, when using percentage figures, 52% of Hispanic children are born out-of-wedlock compared to 70% of black children. The unmarried black birth rate has been declining for 50 years. You wouldn't know it based on how some pundits represent the data. OOW births are a declining marriage rate, and declining intra-marriage birth rate, problem in the black community (society as a whole really), not due to a rampant uptick in single mother births.

[@jeffsedam9827]

Mr. Coleman it would be nice if we didn't have to be so focused on race in and of itself.

[@_STNML]

It would be ideal, but it's not reality.

[@PapaMagnum]

Lmaooooooooo watching this again in June of 2020

[@11informer11]

Not enough to just watch anymore. We need to share the knowledge.

[@billybob-tl2tb]

Where are you getting these numbers Sir....................

[@jamesyoungatsatxrrco]

Love it and he hit the nail on the head, we don't have to burn the place down, just tweak it. "You don't fire the team because you're 0 and 7 in the first quarter, you figure what is working and not working and keep what is working and replace what isn't. And for God's sake, let's educate the media and stop this mental abuse against the black population. They are amazing and wonderful!!!