The Untold History of The Free Blacks in America

[@debbieking3575]

Thank you Thomas Sowell! Your education needs to be taught in schools

[@HB-yq8gy]

Dr.Thomas Sowell's teaching about slavery should be mandatory in all schools.

[@oreally8605]

Impossible. Too much truth.

[@kevinm3751]

It used to be taught light this in school, at least back when I was in school it was. Unfortunately those in power today want to ensure we stay divided and fighting among one another. There is a lot of money to be had doing that and it makes it possible for losers to stay in power and keep those ignorant enough to not see their fraud to remain the real slaves!

[@hyperbolic-time-chamber-strand]

Whites would never allow it.

[@hyperbolic-time-chamber-strand]

White would never allow it.

[@Heartwing37]

Are you kidding? He doesn’t abide with the leftist agenda for blacks. They put him at the back of the bus decades ago.

[@loto7197]

This isn't unique to black people. The upper class always looks down upon the lower class, no matter what country you are in

[@1kennylo]

Because most are naive and have no home training what so ever

[@soonerdave01]

Strawman argument.

[@Nylon_riot]

​@soonerdave01 Your public education is showing. Have you met India? Turkey? Or know the history of America where Anglos looked down on Irish, slavs, and Italians? Who do you think worked in the coal mines, mills, and make up the poor south. "Irish need not apply." The largest deletion by rope happened in Louisiana wasn't even African, it was Italian. California took away citizenship from Chinese Americans. Italian s do this same exact thing,northern Italians look down on Scicilians.

[@oreally8605]

Black people high class or low class did way better before Civil rights.

[@AlexJames-jv3em]

@@Nylon_riot Right, and.... I think what you're trying to say is that lighter-skinned people within a race have always been the upper class and looked down upon the darker folks within that same race.

[@rooseveltware8651]

And this is why more and more Americans in general should be told the actual truth about what happened in American culture ✌🏾💯🇺🇲

[@BallinNQnz]

History is whitewashed. They don't tell you how brutal chattle slavery was in America and it's unique traits that were unprecedented in human history.

[@AlexandraofUnusualIdeas]

Would you mind describing a bit more what you mean by saying that? There's a lot that all kinds of people could surmise that may or may not be what you meant

[@BallinNQnz]

History is whitewashed. If anything, white Americans don't want people knowing the truth about their history.

[@drlove994]

But you might make the silent majority feel bad about themselves.

[@AlexandraofUnusualIdeas]

@@drlove994 would you talk more about that please?

[@TheAyeAye1]

My ex was a black woman whose mother was a light skinned Catholic who was disowned for several years for marrying a dark-skinned Protestant. People are pointlessly cruel to each other for no good reason.

[@NOLUCKMVCK]

we have the europeans to thank for that

[@AkeruZikora]

Damn. Was she disowned for marrying a black person, or for marrying a protestant? Or both?

[@AkeruZikora]

​@@NOLUCKMVCK This is a universal issue. Stop acting like blacks are saints & white people aren't. Human beings have always been cruel to each other. White people didn't invent it. Many of the black slaves were sold to white people, Arabs, Brazilians, etc by their fellow Africans. Europeans have been enslaved by Arabs & Africans as well (the Moors especially), even after the US had become independent of Britain. America literally had to fight its 1st international war as an independent nation in order to stop the enslavement of its citizens by the Moors.

[@eveningglow9023]

​@@NOLUCKMVCK yea the European blacks. The Moors

[@mojoe3012]

I disagree. People often choose the path of least resistance 😊

[@taWay21]

It ain't race. It's culture.

[@joriankell1983]

Guess what culture is downstream of...

[@MCB86]

Tomorrow is his birthday (6/30); I suggest we reply to as manager of his videos and wish him a happy birthday for his contributions to history, economics, and human knowledge. I’ll start: Happy Birthday Dr. Sowell!

[@cjhan9816]

94 yrs old wow!

[@thehealer913]

Happy Birthday to a great American! Thank You Thomas Sowell!

[@tedvillalon4139]

Happy birthday!

[@daveb3910]

Happy birthday and thank you very much for your teachings and writings

[@Thor-Orion]

He shares a birthday with Mike Tyson. Two great fighters.

[@donm5354]

Sadly, its information like this that is ignored in the American education system when it comes to Black history within American history classes. Even in the 80s I was never taught things like this - even when I took and Advanced Placement History Class.

[@brodriguez11000]

It's not just our educational system. A lot of blacks (that includes the older ones) don't even talk about these aspects.

[@oreally8605]

"How can anybody be enlightened? Truth is after all so poorly lit."

[@maskcollector6949]

Lmao AP anything is the same stuff just with extra homework for college credits, nothin special there.

[@VaderLS1]

The American Board of Education does not exist to teach students facts, or make them intelligent. We learned for example that “The Emancipation Proclamation,” freed black slaves. That is a boldface lie. It ONLY applied to slaves in areas, neither occupied, nor controlled by Union forces, and therefore could be enforced. Also, any territories occupied and controlled by Union forces, USED slave labor themselves, which was still perfectly legal at the time. I believe I learned this from one of Mr. Thomas Sowell’s books.

[@FrankLutz2]

This kind of information doesn’t serve Marxist narratives. If these facts were widely known we’d have much less division and angst between Americans.

[@trishthompson8763]

The rich have always had distain for those who are “lesser”, doesn’t matter what race or Country. It is a world wide phenomenon.

[@AkeruZikora]

The poor do as well. They often scorn or envy the rich. Other times they dismiss their problems simply because they have money (just look at how dismissive some folks are to kids of rich parents who complain about being unloved/neglected by their parents). I've seen cases where a rich person's family members kill or harm them in order to get their wealth or trigger the "next of kin" inheritance. I've seen cases of poor folks who deprive the kids of their late rich relative from their inheritance through some immoral/illegal means out of envy & hatred for that dead relative. Human hatred & discrimination has multiple facets & people from all walks of life have been guilty of it.

[@DontFightTheUpgrade]

Every group practices anti-black racism😊

[@AkeruZikora]

@@DontFightTheUpgrade Just as some black people are racist towards others. It's a general human flaw.

[@jimflipz4774]

To the point where they treat black people all the way "til today til this day til this day til this day" 'Deontay Wilder'

[@novelladolphin]

@@DontFightTheUpgradeBlack people can’t be racist because they have no institutional power. They can be prejudiced, however.

[@kmtxzbd3234]

This is no secret to the Black Community. Race and Class is a worldwide phenomenon. It still shouldn’t absolve anyone of wrongdoing. The problem still exists today.

[@ad6417]

You can respect a person and still look down upon them.

[@regoaimjournal]

This is definitely a secret to the black community and most Americans. I hardly know anyone who was taught that there were any free Africans in the 1600s before emancipation let alone that there was a sizable population that was literate and successful in the country

[@AvalonDreamz]

There are always going to be people who hate and judge. You will never change that. The system has to be blind to all that though for it to work properly. And right now, democrats are seeing that it is sent back in time. It has been wild to see them segregate and fool people into thinking it is a good thing! smh those who are really racist are LOVING the new democrat party because it is going back to old ways. Just a bit more sly and they own the media now so people are big fooled today. Beyond ignorant on history.

[@thomas25082]

You should start with africans that exploited the opportunity

[@Breezeyogi]

Not nearly as much. In fact, it now today largely the opposite.

[@tanacious808]

This is so consistent with every culture in the world. This is not a racial issue. This is a moral issue of social goodness, pride and humility. None of us is perfect. We all demonstrate some levels of such behavior. Race is just the surface means that does not imply any particular set narrrative.

[@tfh5575]

you left out the money part

[@secretbassrigs]

​@@tfh5575 no. It's about money for Communist elites! The hypocrisy. Microsoft Cyber Security Report exposed communist China unforgivable acts of social and cultural sabotage against the American people.

[@randylahey8207]

It's called class...

[@secretbassrigs]

@@randylahey8207 aka integrity

[@secretbassrigs]

@@tfh5575 thr money part isnt the purpose. its a part of the process already.

[@dmarcornwall3681]

Same thing happened all over the Caribbean as well.

[@digitalian99]

it happens all over t he world... even in nature stronger, faster, smarter always beat weaker, slower, dumber

[@JosephKelly-uj1zo]

Caribbean worked slaves to death within six months and part of the reason the British didn't mind losing the US was because the West Indies were so much more lucrative because they worked everyone to death as quickly as possible.

[@abrahamisaacmuciusiii9192]

There were Caribbean people who migrated to North America during the colonial era. Especially in the Thirteen Colonies. Take for example, British West Indians based in Barbados emigrated to South Carolina and helped founded the colony on behalf of Great Britain.

[@HB-yq8gy]

@@digitalian99 Race doesn't matter.

[@phungphan2245]

​@@digitalian99how is it that possible if most that do better in sports or in the Olympics are blacks?

[@ManzaMvsa]

People in America 🇺🇸 need to inform themselves a lot better about Black history in America.

[@CarlosIowa]

Isnt it against the law in several states?

[@kateruterbories2692]

​@@CarlosIowaWhat?? No it's not. I take it you went to public school.

[@genighmartin4999]

@@CarlosIowa what?

[@dldigital5843]

Advanced African American history is getting banned in several states. From my understanding, they were trying to attach a LGBTQ agenda to the curriculum in those states.

[@efg5000]

@@CarlosIowa curious are you talking about FLORIDA & Ron Desantis's Teach the Only about the GOOD TIMES of SLAVERY ⁉

[@RipleysSanatorium]

In short, families matter!

[@Desert_Rogue_Tanker]

Yeah

[@blumiu2426]

I think you missed a good chunk of what was said...

[@R._L.]

_"In short, families matter!"_ Close... 5:53... 6:03... _"The point here is that _*_cultural_*_ differences lead to striking socioeconomic differences among Blacks, as they did among Whites."_ The key to differences in outcomes has never been physical differences between ethnic groups. It was, and has always been, *culture.*

[@Desert_Rogue_Tanker]

@@R._L. modern black culture is antithetical to success and a strong family hence why it's in it's current state

[@Real-Name..Maqavoy]

Not over here... It. Never. Have.

[@KtotheG]

"They not like us" goes way, way back.

[@firekrueger3987]

Always remember it was our own skin folk that sold us into slavery they hunted us and sold us to the whites

[@map8146]

💯

[@tonyamartin1425]

who wants to be like us????pure failure and stupidity looks like you need to watch more of his video you are like them! makes more sense.

[@comentariopolitico1014]

But they are not.

[@Ethereal-Flower]

That was the point!

[@chardtomp]

My father was in the navy during the Korean War when the navy was first racially integrated. He said the biggest problem they had was that the blacks from the north, who were typically high school graduates and had technical trade skills, electricians, welders, carpenters, etc. would lord it over the blacks from the south who were coming off sharecropper farms and who were often illiterate.

[@TheCountofToulouse]

The black mans worst enemy, like every race, are those IN their own race. Black African kings, spurred on by the influence of Islam, were given license to enslave and SELL entire regions or people from other tribes. Not seeing them as fellow Africans, we see this in every race, Asians, Anglo and in the American continents LONG before European settlers came. The America's were particularly brutal. So many tribes were at war with other tribes and these wars were SO brutal that in North America in particular, the onslaught had produced famines on epic scales, causing a plague that took well over 2/3 of the entire population. In South America, the Inca, Maya and Aztec religions had sacrificed so many people to their demon gods, there are STILL pits of bones that go so deep, no one knows where the bottom of them are. Most of the bones are of children. Look how many wars were fought in Europe alone that are well documented. In truth, most of why these things happen is because of IDEOLOGY, not race.

[@roboi2241]

It's because of the innate nature of the beast, not some imaginary mysterious Beast as in the bible apocrypha, just animal nature itself. Only difference with human beings is it spills over into the psychological world with devastating consequences. Ideology has little to do with it, it's just used to give a respectable intellectual structure to behaviors rooted in innate bestial nature and self-interest

[@BuddieHelmsmith]

Yup it's human nature. So people crying about human nature are usually the most low iq and uneducated Yt vs yt in europe Blk vs blk in Africa Asian vs Asian in Asia This is how real life is. Humans fight each other all the time. And that's good because that's why things get done on this world. That's literally progress

[@BluegillGreg]

I'm a White guy living in a small New England city with a long history of a free Black middle class. We have the best economy in our state and the highest Black academic achievement test scores. Coincidence? I think not.

[@mrredd8439]

Thank you.

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

Academic achievement test scores? Never heard of that.

[@orfun61]

And what city are you in and affirmative action ever present?

[@GriffonRed]

And what city and state is this?

[@simplytammyful]

What city would that be

[@George-ph6qo]

Dr Sowell's classes must have been absolutely amazing. His knowledge and understanding of his subject matter is on a par with the best university professors I was privileged to hear

[@BiblicallyAccurateToaster]

I truly hope you have established a method to continue passing on Mr. Sowell's knowledge on this channel, even after that unfortunate day when he passes from this world. His hard work & honest perspective can quench a deep thirst for many.

[@BallinNQnz]

He spews a lot of distortions and is never quoted on issues involving stock market crashes.

[@Dhruv_Dogra]

​@@BallinNQnzYour sense is a distortion

[@BallinNQnz]

@Dhruv_Dogra this guy is not considered a real economist by the mainstream, not even conservative mainstream media. He is never quoted for issues involving the stock market crash. He never talks about corporate bail outs. He is simply used to talk about white supremacist talking points. He makes a lot of inaccurate and outdated talking points. His rhetoric is misleading and in many ways is lies thru ommission.

[@BallinNQnz]

@@Dhruv_Dogra tell me whe he has talked about corporate bail outs.

[@nnotny]

@@BallinNQnz Is that something he has to talk about? Does the fact that he hasn't have any bearing on the validity of his observations about those topics he chooses to discuss? Can't he choose the topics he wishes to cover?

[@missbee9140]

The slave doesn’t dream of freedom, he dreams of owning his own slave.

[@nicholasreese7856]

The world desperately needs more Thomas Sowells in it

[@heart4yah881]

What the world need is for the Messiah to return to set the record straight!

[@TommyTomTompkins]

You beat me to it the world need Jesus..

[@natalyd9674]

@@heart4yah881 Amen. He is coming soon, and He will right all wrongs.

[@patriciaprice9714]

Until then his disciples must n step up as commissioned to go out and teach the Word in season & out...to change the hearts of people to image of Jesus.

[@philw9787]

Jesus says Hell enlarged itself

[@lajuanjohnsonbtc9634]

This needs to be an in depth series

[@lobbopredator]

This man is a national treasure

[@tshidi129]

Translation: I agree with him and because what he says absolves me of any kind of accountability

[@lobbopredator]

@@tshidi129 I'm not accountable for anything other than my own actions....I don't expect the Spanish to pay up all the gold they stole from our land and how they destroyed our civilization...I live my life according to my means

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

One of my 4X great-grandfathers was a Confederate Captain during the Civil War and his mother was a multiracial free woman of color whose family had been freed generations prior.

[@HB-yq8gy]

Wow, that is fascinating my mother's side of the family her father in VA were all mulattos and seems to favor southern racist Democrat Confederate views. Based on their vivid views about darker skin blacks. This mindset is weird since my GGfather was a slave until 12 y/o.

[@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762]

Want a cookie

[@urbanlark]

And he was fighting to keep the institution of slavery in place. Congratulations.

[@fishinfool3795]

@@tarikviaer-mcclymont5762 Bless your heart....................................

[@Queen13953]

Same. My family doesn’t recall any “slavery” on our end. Even thinking of it, it just sounds like ppl that are surving not living due to circumstances, same as today.

[@dongaetano3687]

Thanks guys. I'm sending to friends, some of the vids short enough to keep their attention.

[@samuelschick8813]

The left has the attention span of a goldfish, if that long.

[@EthnosSynergyEnergy]

If you think this behavior is unique to Blacks, you are wrong. This socioeconomic status bigotry is also present amongst Jews, Whites, Yellows, and Browns.

[@Renone87]

I can only speak for my own experience but I absolutely agree it’s exactly the same in England and in the Mexico the two countries my family comes from the so called elites in them countries have absolutely distain for the lower classes.

[@kojo5946]

Yes. This is a human tendency to segregate along some lines always.

[@geecheefarmer]

But we are talking about blacks right now. Not everybody else. Everybody elses knows their real history. Not us.

[@natalyd9674]

The caste system.

[@EthnosSynergyEnergy]

@@geecheefarmer You are wrong sir. This has absolutely nothing to do with knowing your history.

[@plumaDshinigami]

In Mexico there's an inverted version of this classism where lower classes and poor people think their suffering and lack of riches make them modest, humble, and thus much better than those of the middle class. No, I wish I was kidding, but I am not. Long story short, this mentality leads to criticizing those who don't endure hardships like the awful infrastructure of all forms of public transportation, thinking it gives everyone character rather than trying to improve them. And I am talking of standing for hours in a crowded van for hours to reach your job on time in a 2-3 hour trip where mugging is guaranteed.

[@answerman9933]

Victimhood has replaced religion as the new opiate of the masses.

[@ChefSpinney]

Take a read of Friedrich Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality. It explains everything. Once you understand the roots of the kind of mentality you're describing you'll never see the world the same way again.

[@agplay2290]

That was taught over many years of Catholic forced teaching.

[@shaq9361]

I recently became a free man. Half a decade ago, I tried to free my family and I realized tens of thousands of dollars later when they’re in the same boat that you can’t free anyone who dosent want to be freed. They also tried to put me back into slavery claiming that working for others is more morality because they work hard and I work smart so they’re better than me. Had to cut them off so they can be slaves without me. I tried to free them and they tried to break my mind back into slavery after all I did to free myself. They hated me because I showed them how to really love and they realized it’s hard to be a free man and easy to be a slave.

[@agplay2290]

@@shaq9361 well said Sir. It took many generations to get your family to that point. Through fear, hangings, burnings, killing by wolfhound, and much blood spilled. Beware the new master of the country that has taken over. The Zionist female presidenta. They took out Chapo and the others to get the Zionist gangs into power.

[@chrischreative2245]

Banneker had a photographic memory and was assisting the designer of D.C. When some of his plans weren’t approved he took his plans and left. They used Banneker to copy his plans so they could continue and take what they wanted and ignore the rest. I read this here in DC on a history plaque

[@robertrobert7924]

My local US Post Office had a depression era mural painted on the walls until 2020 that included the image of Banneker and his achievements. Unfortunately during the Summer of Love a customer who probably did not even know who Banneker was complained about the mural being racist so it was destroyed and removed from the walls. Such a shame that ignorance destroyed this historic tribute to Mr. Banneker.

[@kathleenking47]

Banneker also built a clock

[@tedvillalon4139]

6-28-1930. Happy 94th birthday, Dr. Sowell.

[@wmpetroff2307]

I recall meeting Dr Sowell many times at WDC. He was dignified yet approachable and friendly to me.

[@marc8h726]

He’s lived long enough.

[@R._L.]

5:53... 6:03... _"The point here is that _*_cultural_*_ differences lead to striking socioeconomic differences among Blacks, as they did among Whites."_ The key to differences in outcomes has never been physical differences between ethnic groups. It was, and has always been, *culture.*

[@terrywinningham5405]

IQ

[@R._L.]

@@terrywinningham5405 In the last 150 years, Asian IQ score tests scores went from subpar to top percentile. Why? During the same time span, their education got highly westernised, especially in the US. For anyone paying close attention to history, it has become quite obvious that, to the chagrin of some "experts", what may be tagged as *"IQ" simply doesn't exist outside* a certain context called *"culture."*

[@R._L.]

​@@terrywinningham5405 In the last 150 years, Asian IQ score tests scores went from subpar to top percentile. Why? During the same time span, their education got highly westernised, especially in the US. For anyone paying close attention to history, it has become quite obvious that, to the chagrin of some "experts", what may be tagged as *"IQ" simply doesn't exist outside* a certain context called *"culture."*

[@R._L.]

​@@terrywinningham5405 In the last 150 years, Asian Intellectual.Quotient tests scores went from subpar to top percentile. Why? Answer: *Cultural* changes.

[@tfh5575]

free blacks were children of wealthy white slave owners who were afforded a good life and married each other. the wealth and privilege created the “culture”

[@rogersheddy6414]

I never understood why W. E. B. Dubois was such a close associate with Margaret Sanger until hearing this.

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

He was a communist that’s why.

[@c.tucker2247]

So are you saying the Dubois supported eugenics?

[@rogersheddy6414]

@@c.tucker2247 Yes, he appears to have. Check into it. WHY would he lend his support to that heinous woman?

[@c.tucker2247]

@rogersheddy6414 thank you for your response and I will research it. It's sad and disheartening how he is uplifted in the black community and black history.

[@janetleesteinman9165]

Everyone back then believed in the dreadful idea of eugenics, including Theodore Roosevelt and Helen Keller. Margaret Sanger did wonders for women no matter what some of her personal beliefs.

[@petion2013]

Same thing in Haiti but with the cultural and economic differences being even more pronounced

[@thetroytroycan]

Dr. Sowell is a revelation. I believe when you are really intelligent, being able to explain concepts in the simplest and most interesting way is a mark. Captivating. I definitely admire him. He's something special. 3rd graders and graduate students will both benefit from 5 minutes of anything he says.

[@thetroytroycan]

And Einstein said solutions are always simple.

[@nisoshahabibzadeh]

He is so eloquent I have to listen to him a couple of times! 🫣 Granted, English is not my first language....

[@thetroytroycan]

@@nisoshahabibzadeh he speaks erudite and classy English. Not aristocratic but more impressive. Kind, smart, intelligent and very American. Anyone could fall in love with him lol

[@mauricewells7838]

Nobody seeking truth should listen to this man. He caters to a certain demographic to make them feel good about things like slavery.

[@bettyhaines2570]

Thank you for this video 😊❤🙏💝

[@miltonoliver3705]

This man is great, he should be speaking at major universities across the nation

[@phildynerphotography5049]

I love Thomas Sowell’s voice, I need to listen to his audio books perhaps even before bed time.

[@natehendricksen3338]

Thank you Dr. Sowell.

[@cebukid70]

You're a national treasure, Dr. Sowell

[@jesusdelacruz7161]

I’ve been saying it, we don’t a racism problem, we have a classism problem

[@marty7442]

This also happened amongst the Irish, and earlier the Scotts. People will be people.

[@AllyApril]

Indentured servants and chattel slavery are not the same

[@ShawnBen]

This post describes the dark skinned black community's experience not the everyone else's experience.

[@mybestnugget7514]

Actually, no it did not. American blacks were the only group legally treated as property. The cognitive dissonance and ignorance on pages like this is almost unbearable.

[@desjonyisrael6715]

They were indentured servants for 5-7 years and received land after they fulfilled their contractual obligations. The Irish later infiltrated the police departments in Boston and New York.

[@APG2112]

Slavery is misunderstood. It’s not about white & black, it’s about how commerce of the world involved free and not free people. Would African American slaves considered themselves free if they remained slaves by their own people in Africa.

[@rustynails68]

Slavery should be taught in economics class. Not as a sin, but as an economic device.

[@edheinig1753]

There’s slavery in Africa today

[@APG2112]

@@edheinig1753 indeed there is.

[@dewilliamsco]

Agreed. Slavery is completely misunderstood. Look up the writings of a 19th century southern writer named George Fitzhugh (Sociology for the South), who wrote that slavery should’ve have been extended to all labor (black and white) across the U.S. Also look up “White Slavery, Maternal Descent, And The Politics Of Slavery In The Antebellum United States” by Lawrence Tenzer.

[@APG2112]

@@dewilliamsco thank you for the recommendations. I’ll be reading them very soon.

[@jeffreychavey4161]

Dr Sowell brings reasoned thought. The only reason he’s not more widely discussed is because envy and hatred sells so easily

[@jnh2174]

It seems more like the rich get richer, and they tend to stick together, no matter what their heritage.

[@ad6417]

That's because class is more important than race.

[@samuelschick8813]

​​@ad6417 , A professional virtue signaler. So how many black refugees have you taken into your home?

[@samuelschick8813]

Could be more than money as you claim. It could be differences in intellect, morals, religious beliefs, experiences, behaviors to name a few.

[@samuelschick8813]

​@ad6417 , So how many non white refugees ( aka illegals) have to opened you house to?

[@user-yp9od3lx6l]

They hang with people who can help them out if needs be. Not poor uneducated who could not be of any help or use.

[@UnexpectedWonder]

I don't usually agree with Thomas Sowell, but this Segment explains many Observations I've seen currently, recently, and historically. 👌👌

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

You're clearly not ready to receive his thorough and intellectual understanding. There's noting to disagree with.

[@marianaya5824]

This is the history of my mother and father's families precisely, though the mixing of classes took place in my father's family in only one generation and changed the conditions of that specific line to this day. Whereas, my mother's family has continued this behavior to this day.

[@mr.c3928]

I love this Marines presence in our lives today.🇺🇲🔥

[@quirkasaurussaurus2896]

Please notice the end of the video - where he championed "behavior" as the defining characteristic for access to the "upper class". what may be lost here - is that "behavior" is a precursor for affluence. Academics and Marxists love to promote the yarn that capitalists are greedy and corrupt - but the fact is, that honesty, reliability, trustworthiness are all predicates to success. No demographic group, elite capitalists or industry leaders included, is 100% free from corruption; however, good behavior will certainly help pave the way for success, as it will lead one to avoid destructive pitfalls, such as crime, divorce, and alcoholism.

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

Now this is what black America needs to understand. The culture of toxic behaviour will only lead to a predictable outcome.

[@urbanlark]

​@@QuadriviumNumbers white America needs to understand that education of Black history is not the enemy of white children.

[@lisabrightly]

Good behavior gets you nowhere when there are *policies* in place to obstruct your advancement. I'm all for personal accountability and I've never had a shortage of either pride or class but even I know that it's complicated.

[@quirkasaurussaurus2896]

@@lisabrightly fortunately, there are other benefits to good behavior other than mere socio-economic class climbing. Affability, for example.

[@TheDucky101]

Good behavior? Lol honestly, what does that even mean?

[@soulangel835a]

thank you for this video, I had the book the Black Bougerise in the 80s, I immediately thought of it as I came across your video, you have a new fan. I appreciate your lessons

[@MarthaMiller-gx1yk]

While viewing this video , two books came to mind, E Franklin Frazier, The Black Bourgeois and Otis Grahams , Our Kind of People. Also, Gerry H. MAJORS was the society editor of Jet Magazine. She also wrote a very historically informative book on the subject.

[@wargamingchina9174]

I have been told by black people from USA, Nigeria and Ethiopia " we are only friends with people with more money than us" very sad indeed

[@bioluminescentrobot3840]

Everyone needs to start hit the thumbs up on these videos. So the algorithm will spreed his videos

[@christopherjones8149]

Great video and a belated happy 94th birthday 👍👍👍👍

[@matthewwhite3444]

The 1661 case Dr. Sowell referenced in the video that established permanent slavery as a legal condition actually involved one black man owning another. Kind of blows the whole 1619 Project narrative right out of the water.

[@peni1641]

it really does

[@kathleenking47]

Theyre whites related to 1619 blacks

[@JstBrahd]

Do you have a source where I can read up on this? thanks

[@Christians-yb4uh]

@@JstBrahdAnthony Johnson first legal slave owner in the colonies. Put that in your search engine and see what pops up, because 10 years ago there were 100s of historical facts on Mr. Johnson, (now who knows).

[@peni1641]

@@JstBrahd the sources are in the OP's comment.

[@celticmulato2609]

IN Jamaica, the "Browning class" is the term used to refer to people of mixed African and European ancestry, essentially the same as a "mulatto class" in other contexts, but with the "browning" term signifying a more specific social and cultural identity within the Jamaican context; it often implies a higher social status than simply being "mixed race.". Key points about the "browning class": Meaning: Refers to individuals of mixed African and European ancestry, often with lighter skin tones compared to the majority Black population in Jamaica. Social implications: Historically, the "browning class" has been associated with greater privilege and access to opportunities compared to those considered purely Black. Terminology preference: While "mulatto" is technically accurate, "browning" is preferred in Jamaica as it reflects the unique social dynamics and cultural nuances of the island.

[@gladysross1163]

I'M GLAD TO HEAR THIS INFORMATION THAT I DIDN'T LEARN IN SCHOOL.

[@catherinemoore3240]

I am glad that I had the teachers who let me know this information.

[@cherylwin9364]

THE ENGLISH AND THE IRISH ALSO HAD THE ISSUE OF CLASS IN THEIR SOCIETIES THANK GOODNESS OUR ALMIGHTY CREATOR SEES US ALL THE SAME AS HIS BELOVED CREATION AND EXPECTS US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS HE HAS LOVED US 😇❤️🙏🏽

[@TwinTalon01]

Thanks!

[@andreastsinos5324]

Belated birthday wishes Dr Sowell. May you always have peace, tranquility, health and all that you wish for.Thank you for your wisdom, thank you for your teachings, thank you for reminding us how important it is to exercise logic and common sense. Greetings from South Africa. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead.

[@50calBeowulf]

During America's colonial era many colonies tried to abolish slavery by law. The Declaration of Independence referred to the king intervening to prevent it in the first grievance: "He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

[@mikewatts1533]

I guess this explains why my mother was always derided for being high yellow. It's weird when you look back in the history and have it explained why it makes much more sense coming forward.

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

I'm sure she benefited from it and exploited it throughout her life!

[@queenofnyc5584]

@@QuadriviumNumbersyour insecurities and jealousy showing

[@mybestnugget7514]

Because white people created a social hierarchy among blacks where lighter blacks were treated better. Shockingly, this wasn’t mentioned in Sowell’s video, despite this being the sole cause and origin of colorism.

[@Lulu-Godsbeloved]

Happy Birthday Dr Sowell 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@majesticxpressions]

So this is a breakdown of how colorism in the black community came to be and the root of it. This is what I take from this. Interesting and informative. I wish this how it was taught in school.

[@mattmullins7369]

Only on the Collegiate level. Colorism is a holdover from Slavery.

[@mybestnugget7514]

I’m grateful this type of nonsense isn’t taught in schools

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

7/13/2024: Doesn’t matter how we feel toward each other. Most ppl of other races put us all in the same boat and that is what makes me 😡 mad. We (black ppl) are NOT ALL THE SAME.

[@redred2772]

Im sure we will see this on MSNBS, they are obsessed with black history.

[@PopsRacer61]

..no you won't. That's why I bought several of his books!

[@SouLoveReal]

MSNBS/C would NOT DARE touch this. It does not fit the narrative of victimhood.

[@oreally8605]

Suuuuuuure you will lol

[@marynewsham9896]

not a chance

[@tedvillalon4139]

I am holding my breath.

[@romecottrell6444]

Thomas Sowell has taught us to do better in education of our own U.S.A History than any other public school 🏫 systems.

[@nathanngumi8467]

Very educative, thanks!

[@Alvarez486]

My family were free people of color but I don’t think they treated other blacks unfairly in fact they helped them gain freedom

[@lisabrightly]

With all due respect you don't even look black. I'm pretty sure your family was anything but fair to "lesser" dark skinned African Americans.

[@jacklewis8041]

Tell me you're not black while trying to act like you are in one sentence.

[@1randomlol]

No they didn't 🙄

[@lisabrightly]

@@1randomlol I said the same thing but KZbin blocked my comment 🥴

[@ad6417]

Cope

[@MCB86]

Tomorrow is his birthday (6/30): I suggest we wish him a happy birthday for his contributions to economics and history. I’ll start: Happy Birthday Dr. Sowell!

[@wmpetroff2307]

Thank you very much Dr Sowell for standing your ground whilst learning politics and the cultures of all peoples. Your insight always seemed reasonable and intellectual. I still look up to you and Wm F. Buckley Jr.

[@judah2427]

Revelation 13:10 [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.

[@fredcraven1699]

I can't imagine picking cotton in 1770s in South Carolina summer heat

[@mybestnugget7514]

Neither could your ancestors, that’s why they forced my people to do it

[@kathleenking47]

There were whites, picking cotton in CA.. and sharecroppers

[@MsNooneinparticular]

I have a couple Free POC in my (otherwise white) family tree, one of whom was a Melungeon in Tennessee. (The Melungeons are descended from a free African male and a European female in a consensual relationship around the time slavery took off). VERY interesting vid, thank you.

[@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317]

More people need to hear this.

[@TiaraStarbrighter]

Truly fascinating and a reminder of how truly rich and varied history can be. This is a great reminder of the successes that black America had despite oppression but also that this oppression was not uniform and omni-present. In pushing the victimhood of black America to instill guilt and justify anti-white racism today, we never learn about the heights that some in that community reached nor times and places where there was interracial harmony and community.

[@MrHorse-by3mp]

It's interesting that this occurred even in cities as improbable as Pittsburgh, where the earlier African American residents tended toward this more affluent class (including a number of Creoles.) Their neighborhood was called Sugar Top but is now commonly referred to simply as the Upper Hill. It's now a pretty blighted area though there are sill some discernible fingerprints of its more prosperous past. Even Lena Horne is reputed to have lived there for a time though there's no real consensus about which was her actual home.

[@msace6710]

Amazing information NEW SUBSCRIBER!😃

[@lindaforcina8789]

A friend of mine was biracial. He was a true mutt. He could trace his ancestory back to a Dutch sea captain in the mid 1600's. He had researched his family and could not find any ancestors who were slaves. Initially, he was very surprised. He was told there was Native American in him as well but again no evidence. He has to conclude with the research he had done that no one in his family had been slaves but free men. Nevertheless, his history was very interesting. It included murder, family members passing as whites, and more. I hope he gets to write that book he planned to do one day.

[@HB-yq8gy]

I am 59 y/o your friend's ancestry is similar to mine. My GGfather's was a slave until 12 y/o in Southside VA. However, his son my Gfather's name was General Jackson & his son's name was General Lee! You can't get any more confederacy mindset than black rednecks.

[@tiffanyharris2241]

Sounds like my ancestry results. I tested mine to find out black people didn't come into my ancestry until after slavery ended. Somewhere between the late 1890s to early 1900s is when my bloodline mixed with black. We need more true history told in American schools. This was something I never knew until I watched this video. Very interesting.

[@urbanlark]

Why are you calling a human a "true mutt"? That reeks of white supremacist language.

[@marc8h726]

I had a coworker refer to herself as a “mutt” after telling her I’m biracial. Then she proceeded to rattle off 3-4 ,non-exotic flavors of Caucasian. Like it’s some kind of kind distinction or a club, and I recoiled. I explained that I don’t identify with a dog, and if that’s how she chooses to refer to herself - feel free. And another one that my distinction as a “mulatto”sounded really colonial, you could hear a pin drop. You should choose better words. That’s how you end up in HR.

[@ehrgeiz0]

Actually, Banneker didn't design the layout of Washington, D.C. It was the French Freemason, engineer and artist Pierre " Peter " Charles L'Enfant who did. He and George Washington had a falling out and Pierre took his blueprints with him. Banneker, however, had a photographic memory and had briefly glimpsed them and memorized them and was able to draw them from memory. Not to detract from his other numerous talents, but this is the only reason that the few historical records that mention him mistakenly credit him with the designing of Washington, D.C.

[@nglaw5706]

I was taught what you were taught. Not that he designed DC but that he was able to recreate the plans.

[@magichandsdownes]

Learn about your family’s history by asking questions

[@Dr.Sharron]

Whte people love Thomas because he speaks their language and leaves out many,many, many facts.

[@kmariamv]

Which facts are you referring to? Please list your sources and reference materials.

[@publicius7024]

The guy is intellectually dishonest.

[@queenofnyc5584]

@@kmariamvthey have no source. The difference between them and Thomas is hes speaking with facts he can back up, they’re speaking with feelings that’s been told to them by whoever. It’s just ingrained in their mind. These people aren’t actually picking up a book and studying like he did.

[@alonzosmithpowergog4946]

What does he leave out

[@barbarabonnette2705]

I don’t love or hate Him, and yet I listen to him because we all should be open to learn new things. Never limiting myself to only one source. I don’t particularly care that you group ALL WHITE folks into your tiny little opinion…….as we are not in a position to speak for a whole race of people, and neither are you.

[@tnjp1911]

Sounds like intro of Boulè

[@Theposhfablife]

It is

[@davepadmore2982]

Some of the information in this video is incorrect - the picture shown at 1:16 in the video is of Thomas Equiano, a former slave and author in England, whose book helped stimulate the Emancipation movement in the British Empire.

[@paullentz1972]

A lot of Racist MAGA White people love them some Uncle Thomas Sowell....just like they love them some Uncle Clarence Thomas.

[@gilbertbrown4828]

Dr. Sowell should be regarded as a national treasure

[@mauricewells7838]

No one seeking truth should listen to this man. He makes a certain group feel good about past transgressions and that’s why they love him.

[@joshuacooperseo]

So the truth is whatever you agree with emotionally and not historical evidence?

[@mauricewells7838]

@@joshuacooperseo There is plenty of historical evidence that Mr. Sowell ignores to placate a certain demographic

[@JordanT3025]

I guess it’s feeling over facts

[@mauricewells7838]

@@Mimi-ht6xr what you’ve said may very well be factual, however I’ve yet to hear you, Mr. Sowell or any of his believers address Co-!ntelpro, the purposeful elimination of black leaders like Malcolm X, Mlk, and Fred Hampton (or do you think that was coincidental?). Why were the Black Panthers viewed as a threat? I’m also guessing you’ve never heard of John Erlichman, you should quickly google him and see what he said about blacks (he was an aide to Nixon). What about the ‘War on Drugs’, where drugs were allowed to be flown and floated into black neighborhoods. Only then to have the president publicly condemn what was allowed privately. As smart as Mr. Powell is, for him to just ignore these factors in state of Black America shows a clear and intentional bias.

[@joshuacooperseo]

@@mauricewells7838 Does he ignore other known truths or is he delivering additional truths to give you the full picture? Now I don’t know Thomas Sowell’s complete intent but if he is giving historical data, then that’s what needs to be dealt with. If it can be validated as truth then we need to be honest with ourselves, not biased.

[@pluck2058]

Imagine, a man so great that you have people saying his work should be mandatory teaching for school. Just imagine if he had an elite education😮

[@obeomahbey7534]

We are not from Africa. We been here since ever.

[@TheLifeofKam99]

I think a better explanation is that the origin of blacks in the US just like other races isn’t one singular forced and/or voluntary migration. But instead various migrations during different time periods. There were indeed people of African descent in the Americas over a millennia prior to the arrival of Columbus. This is why many blacks claim to have Native American ancestry. People of African descent were sold into slavery by other groups of Africans to Europeans and brought to the US. People with Black Moorish ancestry that converted to Protestantism also immigrated from Europe to the US. WEB Dubois’ origin is actually that of a Huguenot with some Black Moorish ancestry. Gypsys of East Indian origin also immigrated to the US from Europe and were often classified as black. They just like other European immigrants with non white accepted black status since it’s better to be at the top of black society than to be at the bottom of white society. Blacks from the Caribbean going back to the 17th century that were typically mixed race would immigrate to the U.S. upon gaining their freedom. Look into the story of Prince Hall who was a mixed raced man from the Bahamas.

[@yvonnej5574]

I'm tired of being called African American. Africans sold us to white people for monetary gain. The Africans of today when they come to the USA behave as if they are superior to us.

[@nonokodog622]

I learned this in the 90's when I read The Blacker the Berry and other Harlem writers.

[@nolongeramused8135]

Colorism; it's mind-blowing when you first observe it.

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

Colorism is a simplification and you clearly need to listen again!

[@nolongeramused8135]

@@QuadriviumNumbers If you can't boil it down to the essentials then you didn't understand it.

[@kathleenking47]

Blacks aren't the only ones who practiced colorism All non whites do Especially Asians

[@allikirman2183]

@@nolongeramused8135 I probably wouldn’t agree necessarily that that was the essential part. Different life conditions, difficult upbringing, different history, different cultural context.

[@nolongeramused8135]

@@allikirman2183 Those all go into the mix, but when you get to the snap judgements and discrimination, skin shade will play an outsized component as it will be taken as a proxy for everything else.

[@hiplivingandwellness7054]

I'm a black man and native of Richmond Va where there were free blank people . The conditions for free blank people were complicated in that in the more Urban areas the enslaved and free had more privileges than rural and blacks in the deeper areas of the South . Then there's those that could pass as white . Some times they either were house slaves or were sent off at a certain age to the north by their enslaver white father. The local and state post Reconstruction south undermined the progress of those free blacks because they dared to participate in the government bodies . The compromise of 1877 was the beginning of the end for what could've been the start of actual socio and economic empowerment for generations to come .

[@chasekeel08]

Teaching it would not follow the narrative and keeps us at each others throats. Easier to control separate groups rather than a united one. Conflict creates money.

[@malik9346]

This is still very common today in a lot of industries 😢

[@snowwhite7677]

"We finally beat Medicare" -Biden 2024

[@MD-on9fi]

Take a nap joe

[@gettinmine6604]

"We beat Obama" -Trump 2023/2024

[@JarvisGandy]

Did you Really Just Wright that lying Garbage woW! .

[@CursedCommentaries]

"We must immediatly surge the border"-Joe Burden

[@jraymondjames5809]

I would say that Mr. Sowell fits this description as well!

[@celticmulato2609]

Person of Colour originally was meant only for Mixed-race racially ambiguous peoples; ex Quadroons ( Mul@toes and White) some Mul@toes and Mestizos ( Native American and European).

[@tonyedwards3938]

Thomas Sowell one of the greatest minds of our times. Helped me to make sense of economics and demonstrated how we are being "run" by self interested politicians. Who have no intention of changing the status quo.

[@l.k.1111]

They were trying to separate themselves from those who did not want to be or do better. They didn't want to be associated. That's their choice. But no one has to hate another because they are doing better, and you don't owe anyone else anything else. Help who you want.

[@melk6347]

😂

[@l.k.1111]

@melk6347 I'm laughing at you, for not speaking proper emoji. 🤣 You're what they would call, a "hater"

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

He forgot to mention that those upper class black people we educated in a white school system that did not teach them about the history of Africa nor about the achievements of black peoples in America. So of course there wil be disdainful toward those they assumed less themselves.

[@QuadriviumNumbers]

They didn't assume!

[@tias.6675]

No they weren't.

[@myklmusic]

Many People have now and have ever had opportunities to learn all these things acknowledged by Thomas Sowell. He chose to do what was necessary to educate HimSelf as He has done. I am aware of many Individuals Who have grown and Self educated similarly. I expect more Individuals may take on that and other challenges of personal responsibility and accountability to achieve sufficient ability to experiences leading to the lives They may only imagine. In other words, Thomas Sowell and Others have great achievements... So can We.

[@forever_me_casa]

Reflections of these lessons can be found in organizations like the Jack and Jill of America. It was started by members of the black elite in the late 1930s who were mulattos. A great book that explores the history of the black elite and this organization is Member of the Club by Lawrence Otis Graham.

[@latracepullen9442]

Mr. Sowell was born in the same year as my grandmother. 1930s, myself and my children would ask her ahout slavery she would always say she didn't experience it. We would ask what did your father say or grandfather say about it? And how did they become land owners? She said neither of them mention experiencing it. And that they purchase their land. Me and my children outlook on what they taught about slavery in school seemed to have some holes in it

[@VernonWillis-n8o]

No, I think you just weren't paying attention in history class. I don't know what you could have been taught that would make you think that a black person born in the United States in the 1930s had experienced slavery or that black people could not purchase and own land. If you really are interested in learning more about slavery from the people who experienced it, I can point you to the ultimate resource - "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States." Between 1936 and 1938 the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration located and interviewed as many of America's rapidly dwindling population of former slaves as they could find and published their stories. I read parts of it and it's a fascinating read. The former slaves feelings about their experiences varied. Some of them professed to still have kind feelings toward their former masters and some still hated them bitterly. The latter seems to especially true of black women who either had their children sold or who were forced to neglect them in order to care for the slave master's offspring.