What I Wasn't Taught In School

[@decimasam3098]

okay dude, this is epic. beyond anything, i'm slowly coming to terms with so much information that has been withheld from me as a child. born into an incredibly loving family i was blessed with the best my parents could afford. all girls private school education. i rebelled, always. i gave cheek and made smart ass comments to teachers who told me that i would never amount to anything. i'm an aussie, 21 and trying to figure out my place in the world. loads of youth... people my age, with so much talent to offer the world are killing themselves. 4 in fact, i've been to 4 death parties... they're under so much pressure to be perfect, have the perfect life, do all this shit that doesnt really mean shit, have a career already at 21 and start establishing yourself ... this made me want to tackle another day in this cold hearted city i live in. cheers man. respect and i think we should be friends

[@WordOnTheCurb]

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[@tieler151]

+Word On The Curb can I use some of this in our black history play ,please?

[@distinctiveelegance5947]

autobotlou Actually it's truth what he said I agree with him. I can provide references to back up his claims. proof reference webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/inventor_list.html

[@tamiechristian5719]

Great video. If more black teachers cared enough to teach the truth and black parents giving their children the proper rites of passage, lil wayne and flavor flav wouldn't be role models.

[@itslifeitsme]

Tupac tho?

[@barche21]

Nothing but respect for this brother.

[@banujifernando9767]

Same

[@elijahmcdaniels922]

Sean M same

[@carltaylor4942]

Fantastic - powerful, hard-hitting and so very true.

[@jagwiresouljah3839]

Yeah. Watching this makes me feel inspired to learn history. Anyone feel inspired from watching this.

[@khayalamimahlalela7904]

i feel so inspired but its not my thing. history aint mine

[@chynacabinet101]

I used to always get in trouble in middle school for telling the teacher she and our history books were wrong about somethings smh. I never understood why people thought our history started with slavery when we're much more than that.

[@seshinthestars]

ikr

[@Animemaniacish]

Where did our history start?

[@chynacabinet101]

+Animemaniacish I'm sure no one knows the exact moment but I'm saying it didn't start with our people being slaves. In school they don't even tell you that we were kings and queens before that or even that some of the most popular inventions were stolen from black people. And honestly we won't know our full history because it was written by white people, I'm not trying to start anything on here I'm just saying what I know and that we as black people need to know our history isn't just slavery and surely didn't start off that way.

[@Animemaniacish]

+Chyna Doll . I guess it depends on where you're from. I'm from the Caribbean so our history starts with slavery since we were brought from Africa and continues with the history of our region. If you want to know about history of other places like Africa wouldn't it be up to you to research it? Also isn't the inventions thing supposed to be included in world history that you Americans learn?

[@chynacabinet101]

+Animemaniacish all I'm saying is a lot of what I was taught in school was wrong and I knew that so I spoke up. Yea slavery is a part of our history but they should teach more than that because every year that was all we ever heard. Like I said, we were kings and queens at one point but that's never discussed in school, at least where I'm from. And by the off chance it is the topic of the day, they lie saying the Egyptians were cruel to the workers and we started slavery when in fact the workers we treated fairly. But I feel no one REALLY knows the truth because a lot of our history is false and we're forced to believe we were never anything great.

[@iloveshoes6127]

When students know more than teachers lol

[@alexn.2901]

Me in secondary school; History class.

[@beta_nugget1122]

@Gray Fox I really hope this is a joke...

[@2Fangirl]

Halfway through high school and college I realized that I was learning the same subjects over again, with a few different ones sprinkled in there somewhere. I always wondered why they would teach me American History every year, when I had just learned it the year before. Or why they teach subjects that I don't have any interest in learning. I always asked why do I have to learn the history of ancient civilizations, or what the hypotenuse of a triangle was when I'd never use either one. I don't plan on being a rocket scientist. So teach me something relevant. Or better yet, teach me how to live in this world, instead of a bunch of useless facts. Teach me how to manage a house, or balance a checkbook. Teach me to speak more than one language fluently, or how to properly protect myself during sex. Teach me about health, and about the current state of affairs in our country. Stop rehashing old news/history, stop teaching useless math equations to everyone. Not everyone will use them. So don't force those who won't be using them to learn how to do them.

[@0fficialdregs]

exactly

[@The_r3d_0ne]

Clara Hines amen

[@INSANEcuber]

Weird. My middle school had a mandatory sex-ed, and we have mandatory 2 years of a language (and you can take up to 5, or even more if you can). We have an accounting class. We have a current events class. Are you sure your school has none of those options / requirements?

[@aleahathomas8468]

preach

[@Drummerdudegirl]

not American..this is the U.k

[@hash8944]

black history is about BLACK people not African-americans only

[@yayatweakalot3328]

This,

[@ericneuville6836]

I guess you don't know much abt black history or nothing abt black history.Bcs he had mentioned names of pple both from Africa and those of African descendants or African Amerian..He mentioned names like king Mansa Musa of Mali the richest man to have ever lived;Kouame Nkruma,Nelson Mandela ,Lucky Dube,Bob Marley,King Haile Salasie,Fela Kuti and many more ..Sorry for having some names wrong spell

[@ExceptionalFilmers]

Damn if i said this i woulda got whooped and sent to the principals

[@pertfalconer3282]

+DestroyingDreams man lol

[@jdlogan48]

ikr

[@thetenugos4689]

DestroyingDreams thats the fear u have in u that sets u back....u got to fight it

[@keatonduplooy3963]

lmao

[@itons3046]

love the prople

[@myheartiswriting]

Even as a white american, I have to say I agree with the incredible points and statements of what he's said. I think this is an issue with every country, race and culture. We only know what has been handed to us, and what others want you to know. Blind leading the blind, exactly, as he stated. Beautiful words of wisdom.

[@WordOnTheCurb]

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[@tinaa3459]

so proud to be black. our culture is too rich

[@cfnretro6448]

Every culture has a rich heritage

[@karap410]

GuapKING She wasn't putting down any other culture. She's seriously just not ashamed of who she is and you don't need to try to take that away from her.

[@cfnretro6448]

Kara Palermo I'm really proud to be black in someways, but in others...well not so much

[@user-im1jq3lw2l]

GuapKING YOU'RE WHITE ARENT YOU

[@cfnretro6448]

VanBanter No, I am a black who lives in Harlem, nothing more nothing less that's all

[@chinacocoa1806]

"it's designed to teach us what to think, not how to think"👏👏👏

[@lexisweeney10]

He wants to learn more, but to me it looks like he knows everything already!

[@PeteS_1994]

You can never know everything

[@skillz-dm7xr]

Pete S. he's saying it in the idiom way. Understand

[@jagwiresouljah3839]

I think he's trying to get the teacher to teach everyone else what he said. About history.

[@darrenlobban7033]

Thirst for knowledge.

[@africanislamicbeauty]

he just touched the tip of the iceberg

[@thatboywhodraws7542]

the teacher was like shit, i cant make a good comeback

[@seshinthestars]

lol ikr

[@jamessnow3264]

Reply most teachers use. "My name is on that door."

[@popefrancais6149]

"i know you are but what am i"

[@siratlas9005]

thats true but its not her fault as the guy said " how can the ones who are to lead us are blind ?" or something like that. its a system of blind people leading each other over the cliff.

[@seshinthestars]

kimani mani he meant by saying that, teach us different things, then the same ove again.

[@Salnax]

Maybe it's different in the UK, but in the US, the teacher would have had a simple answer. "I have to teach you a pretty specific list of topics chosen by the state and federal government. If we decide to teach you something more relevant and useful, our school will lose a good portion of its funding from the federal government. And if we don't spend enough time focusing on standardized tests, the states will revoke our funding. So sure, maybe you'd be inspired, but your younger siblings will use all the same textbooks as you, and they'll need to work with 50 students per teacher. Now let's get back to discussing optimal strategies on multiple choice questions." Point is, education's problems are due to strict criteria and circumstances, not something ideological. At least on this side of the Atlantic.

[@zorid8463]

Truth.

[@jiriurbanek4856]

rly, i know that in America could be thinks different i dont know, am European, we have too criteria what should teacher teach us, but that dont change anything, if you are interested in something you must pursue it on your own, the shool only teaches you basics, if you want more you must take it and learn it on your own, as everywhere else on the world

[@Manifestwithme777]

+Jiří Urbánek I don't think you understood exactly what he was saying because in the us it is like that.

[@jiriurbanek4856]

Zori D so you must have bad teachers who dont understand how to teach and support critical thinking in peple

[@Manifestwithme777]

Jiří Urbánek Can't tell if you're being sarcastic but that's actually an accurate description.

[@Ok-mz2ny]

We watched this in school today

[@jaydeenforde8791]

same

[@prayforharambe6200]

jaydeen forde why

[@jagwiresouljah3839]

We did too. My class is going to watch it everyday for Black History Month.

[@milo1728]

Same

[@haikyuqueen3804]

Yeh we watched this in school today

[@WordOnTheCurb]

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[@frozensapphire4425]

Word On The Curb This is amazing! I'm gonna ask my principal to say a few things on the morning AND afternoon announcements about this. I only knew about the traffic light invention. This has to change starting right now. Thank u so much! High school should get better for a 10th grader like me now during this month.😍

[@First2bmob24]

go read a book you ignorant borna tona bruce jenner wanna be haha

[@bornatona3954]

ABDIAZIZ FARAH We have a book ..you read our books ..what language speak those negros in that vid ..

[@kireinababy3400]

he reminded me so much of the wonderful Prince Ea

[@majdafighter_]

me too !!!

[@waleedabdullah6940]

I was just watching Prince Ea

[@Ian-sm3su]

love that guy :D

[@amynaomi1627]

My thoughts😂😍

[@superiorqueenempress2784]

+waleed abdullah me too

[@Geerant37]

"He makes a good point" LOL BRUH HE SERVED THAT TEACHER!!!

[@blackgirlbeauty3586]

I love this. As a future teacher I will be more open minded and teach my students the truth

[@dmkraft3403]

A lot of times teachers don’t have the choice of what they teach. A lot of times teachers are giving a curriculum and that is that

[@Inurwalls02]

@@dmkraft3403 true

[@samrahm8818]

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[@cat-y5o]

@@samrahm8818 (sorry if I come out as rude) but why the x? why?????

[@cat-y5o]

@@samrahm8818 it's just cringe

[@camdevtube]

I'm a black guy and during my senior year of high school, which was 2010-2011, I was assigned to a black history class where we were taught the regurgitated shit about "slavery this" and "Civil War that". I was tired of not learning anything new, so I went to my counselor and he attempted to scold me for not wanting to be in that class anymore. He's like "I can't believe so many black students at this school don't want to take the African American Studies class", and I attempted to explain to him that what we were being taught was of no use to us because WE ALREADY KNEW IT. He would not listen to me and just dismissed me as "a young, naive kid who doesn't care about his history" but after I insisted on getting my class switched, he said he would go ahead and change my class since I never got suspended before and wasn't a troublemaker. Sometimes I still think back on that day about how teachers, counselors, and principals underestimate their students and think we can't possibly know what we're talking about. But my standpoint has not changed because I know I was right. Our education system needs reformation - not just African American classes but the curriculum in its entirety - but that won't happen when the people in charge are too stubborn to listen to common sense. A student should not have to point out to the adults that they aren't teaching us as well as they could be.

[@adriannawalton9425]

camdevtube also parents but there is truth in what you are saying

[@ogthevampire1785]

+Adrianna Walton The thing is, when youre going to school, your teachers are more a part of your life than your parents... a teacher is a big job and should be treated as such

[@K24TWS]

That would be because the teachers were thought like the teachers before them and the teachers before them and so on, all the way back to the first scholar - and so they have been pretty much turned into a robot that cannot contemplate the fact that we, the students, want to learn useful things for our future, not our past, because our past doesn't and will never teach us anything we can use on a daily basis to live a normal life or to fully advance forward as a civilization. Fine, teach us about the wars and such to raise awareness, but that will not do much considering the attitudes of our current world leaders which clearly shows that if they learned in the same schools as students do today, then the world will never be at peace.

[@lasooo7389]

camdevtube the thing is, not all students give the same effort I could care less tbh, my end goal is to make money. That's most people's, also the fact that not everyone is "intelligent" if that it's about effort.

[@camdevtube]

Edgar Rios The more you learn, the more you earn. This is something that is repeated by people among the top 1% all the time. They ALL agree on the fact that knowledge is power and that people who read books earn more than those who watch television all day. So basically, the young people who want to become millionaires one day should be even more passionate about making sure schools do their job in education people than I am.

[@jobeporter1288]

I guarantee that this information flew over the heads of about 99% of the people who watched this

[@kingsarka234]

I just wanna know the important things. this is important. but...... cmon. how to pay taxes. what taxes do. stuff we will actually use.

[@jobeporter1288]

secreteeyo stitcheeeyo You're definitely part of the 99%

[@kingsarka234]

Jobe Porter most of the time. Yeah 😂

[@makeupbyife]

Jobe Porter the ignorance is real.

[@kemarrobinson1912]

Yep, just like when am at skl😁

[@sonja0707]

I am 49 and learnt this by reading and searching from 31 years upwards. Not long ago did i knew some of the things i just head. I was born in london. My parents where not. But they dont know this either. We are all brain washed all over may not in the US but quite a lot even in Africa. They dont kniw what their brothers and sisters of slavery did and experienced. I am so proud to see young youths learning the truth of who we are and where we are coming from and the roles so many roles we played in this universe. Brilliant!!!

[@lc9377]

Learning should never stop. I agree with you in the fact that you don't really learn until you self teach and thanks to the internet the some of human knowledge is at our fingertips.

[@sonja0707]

Exactly.

[@shanegepilano7071]

Most of the teachers depend on the curriculum but that doesn't mean they can't teach new things to students. This video is so beautiful and a lot of people should watch it tbh

[@Mystery13x]

+Shane Gepilano a LOT of teachers get in trouble if they stray from the curriculum path.

[@shanegepilano7071]

+Mystery13x that's a teacher's choice (it depends if he/she is willing to teach new things to students without getting in trouble)

[@MamaTreNiner]

Agreed!!! 🏆✅️💯

[@brendaschouten-beckett6448]

This needs to be seen by everyone and I need to find a way to slow it down so I can TAKE NOTES. I didn't know most of those heroes the young man mentioned.

[@theweeb3418]

video editing

[@theweeb3418]

look it up if you don't know what it is

[@theweeb3418]

😊

[@morgenwilliams8447]

nothing short of amazing. how is he so talented

[@fritzlandaandre4581]

its not talent, its knowledge

[@dayebs6445]

As a young black female thinking about a career of teaching, this video has made me even more passionate to teach; for that I say thank you

[@therandomvlogger1]

When the kid began talking about learning the same things every year, I know how it feels. I was born in 2000 and i was only 1 years old when 9/11 happened. Every year I go into an assembly and learn about what happened on that day. I've heard it so many times. I feel sad, but I don't really "feel" anything about 9/11. It's like not being invited to your friend's birthday party. The other people who went actually know what happened. You can know what happened and feel and know what it's like to be at a party. It's the same with me and the rest of 2000's kids. We know how to feel because it's taught to us.

[@livvyluu9978]

yes! I feel horrible about it too! but I had never had a teacher tell me about how all Muslim people are not like Osama bin laden until I was in NINTH GRADE! last year was when I learned so much about things from one teacher! He got me interested in learning again! all be cause he finally taught me who Mohammed Gandhi was! that's sad man!

[@GregCalleja]

same

[@subninja8069]

+The Random Vlogger I was in seventh Grade when it Happen ISTEP week, 4 period before lunch. I think the frisrt plane hit was in Heath class. I didn't know what to think also because, I knew Muslims and they were just as Horrored as the rest of us were.

[@19carraway82]

I was barely 20. I had an infant .... I remember where I was when the first plane hit. and the the second the towers came down. I remember the fear that froze me. the horror on the screen seeing bodies falling out of buildings. I remember the pride of being an American and knowing we would prevail because we were after all... the greatest nation.. I remember the anger while standing in the opry land hotel.. in nashville watching the towers fall... and 2 Muslim gentlemen laughing. I thought... "really?! do you know care that so many innocent people weren't going home that day". I remember where I was when the world stopped turning. I remember going thru a broad range of emotions and lighting candles for those lost. our children's lives changed that day. in that moment... we were reintroduced to war. and that's all your generation has known. I cried with those on TV... I held my son so much tighter.... never knowing that people could be so hateful to us because of how we believed and lived. I prayed. alot. and I have played the videos for my children. and have had open discussions about what 9/11 meant. and what it still means.

[@19carraway82]

+Angie Carraway **not

[@musicalbeaches2485]

I hate when teachers teach us something so complicated and teach it so poorly and then get mad at people for not understanding it. I hate it when teachers teach us things like he Pythagorean theorem and we ask," when will we need this in the real world?" My teacher says one thing every time," if you want to become an accountant and it can help you in many different things in life.." So if I go to a restaurant and I order a burger and they say okay if you find the length of the hypotenuse then divide it by three, multiply it by 1,239 you can have this burger. Also you can't use a calculator. Months of practicing for an exam, when the teacher teaches us with a calculator ... I don't get to use the calculator on the test.. And they think it is our fault for failing or getting a bad grade. Or their ridiculous teaching strategies... Write a bunch of messy, confusing notes down, have a short explanation of how to do something and do 30 completely different question without help.

[@MrCAHRLIE22]

teachers dont have a choice, they do what they are taught and are just trying to keep their jobs

[@redkessy]

+Timothy Keyser Aude You make a good point. But do we REALLY need to know that. You really reason you're going to need to now that is if you're an architect or a scientist, and some other things. But what if you grow up to be a famous artist? You spent all that time learning something that wasn't useful to you. And I know that not a lot of students end up being artists, but you can't deny it happening at all. I'm not trying to be rude. I'm only questioning you.

[@adrianmar6840]

+Red Kessy the pytagorean theme isnt a good example, because it is somth everyone should now because it ilustrates how maths explain the physical world, and it is very simple. It is basic culture, even thought the diferents subjects are not directly usefull in life, they are usefull for the developmen of the brain and the person itself. individual education would be imposible because there is no such a number of teachers

[@estevanchavezvlogs7383]

you see all we been taught is hatred such as racism. gender , religion, sexual preference, & nationality??? & wars? then we fight over those differences?? you see whoever is out there. through these things at us So we can fight over eachother like dogs. we need unite & rise up!!!

[@redkessy]

Adrian Mar True.

[@throbule]

I revisited this today (after 1 year), and this is still one of the best collection of lyrics.... More power to you!

[@gamingmexican2577]

h

[@WoodyDaAlien]

bro tht was da realist shit i ever heard! like it's almost everything summarized into just 6 minutes.

[@zekehirst6510]

*that *most realistic

[@zekehirst6510]

*I've

[@vxloso1051]

Zeke Hirst Stfu you inbred, waste of space.

[@WoodyDaAlien]

Thanks bro!@ShaneRichman

[@AskRosieAffiliateMarketHelp]

For not only my children, my friends, etc......THANK YOU....THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THE UNSPOKEN.....NOT SO LOUDLY AS TO INCUR REPERCUSSIONS WITHOUT HEARING.....BUT LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD AND MAKE OTHERS 'THINK'....RESEARCH MY DEAR PEOPLE....IF THEY DO NOT TEACH, WE STILL MUST LEARN.

[@KatrinaSherokee]

I agree with what he was saying in this video. Growing up all i learned was black people was slaves, and blah blah blah. All the negative shit. I didnt really start learning about my culture until college, i joined an african american program. Had i not joined i would still be ignorant to black history. Although theres still so much i dont know, i am learning more now and im willing to do the reasearch myself. But yeah learning all the negatives about your history all the time can make u feel like there is nothing to be proud of. When really there is so much info not being taught P.s i know how negative and rude people can be on here, this is just my opinion.

[@pmjones8238]

Pleeease tell me you have a transcript/ written version of that spoken word poem. Where can I get it?

[@WordOnTheCurb]

+PM Jones Hi PM Jones, please email [e-mail] and we will send to you. Thanks

[@bursarsmita2074]

+Word On The Curb please send me a written version of that email

[@WordOnTheCurb]

Send an email to [e-mail]

[@claudineuwizeyimana5914]

can i have it 2 [e-mail]

[@shotimemari]

PM Jones lol

[@sabrinablack2155]

This was wonderful. I love spoken word poetry. When the guy passed a note saying,"He makes a good point", I thought it was so sweet. I like when adults care and take the time out to educate their people. It's common for them to do that but it's way more flattering when a teenager cares and stands for something. I'm 19 1/2. Me and him could be friends, we both are interested in the same things and plus he has my kind of thinking. He is so right though. My history didn't start with slavery! The code of conduct has been breeched, Dang, straight to the point and with fire, You go boy:)

[@awsomeboy324]

Damn I wonder how the rest of the class went.

[@ValoriumStudios]

they just all sat there...rumors has it that the teacher ended it all

[@DTSemaphore]

i think she means what happened after the speech

[@awsomeboy324]

Xavier Your Saver its hypothetically speaking lmao.

[@Xackory]

Kai's Bae Woozi's Life Miss Exo-L SevenTeen i hope so

[@abdirahimmussa2708]

Kai's Bae Woozi's Life Miss Exo-L SevenTeen especially the teacher

[@montychristo3745]

Wow, this same thing happened to me in US college. Sorry Professors, but in this information age, we have loads of information, so don't assume we are ignorant as soon as we walk through the door. After learning your TRUE history, all the mandated curriculum sounds like senseless dribble, and you quickly realize that they focus on two things and two things only when it comes to your people. One is essentially your people dying or being oppressed in one form or another, the other is the opinion and stereotypes that White people may/may not have about you. US Black history can be summed up into, Slavery, Civil Rights, Jim Crow, Segregation, and oh yeah, White people thought you were unintelligent for the most part... All right class is over, see you next February for the same ol' same ol'. Psychological warfare it is, studies prove how hearing negative things about yourself from a credible source (Teacher) inhibit the synapses in your brain, therefore limiting your full potential, research the "Blue eyes, Brown eyes" studies in the 70's for you curious lot. That's why they constantly attempt to fill your head with, "George Washington thought this...Or Thomas Paine thought that about Africans..." Who fucking cares!!? Those clowns are super D-E-A-D, and they aren't coming back, so let their shitty opinions about people, die with them. But no, US wants to keep that shitty mindset alive...

[@amjadhussain5024]

good point...

[@karlmarx809]

Monty Christo Those things do sum up black history in the US though, I'm sorry if that upsets you. Do you really need a teacher to tell you that black people invented a couple of random things in order to feel human or capable of anything?

[@ashleysapp1333]

False @Troy , Black people have made "MAJOR" contributions. Not "random", not "minor", not "futile" to learn about.

[@ashleysapp1333]

This is my F.C.O.A.T (favorite comment of all time) ^^^

[@SpacelyHendrix]

Loveeeee we waking up!!!!! I love my ppl sooo much

[@WordOnTheCurb]

Hi Danielle, Thanks for getting in touch, if you email [e-mail] with more info we can get this over to you

[@DrBrainTickler]

+Word On The Curb This was really good; thx for making it and speaking up! School curriculum is designed to suppress us! The people in power want complacent robotic programmable employees and aggressive soldiers. That's what school creates. They don't want us asking questions and thinking critically. Rigid thought models as well as cause and effect analysis is what we really need in order to free our minds from the usurping of groups that manipulate us all. The rich covet information and suppress good education. The more ignorant we all are, the easier it is to manipulate us. The rich steal the accumulated knowledge of the minds of Earth through acquisition/copyrights then they extort us for access to it. Only the privileged gain access to the most important types of education and even then that education is skewed for some biased reason. Thank you for stepping on the path and helping others to do the same; thank you for joining the thought revolution! Subscribed!

[@seandonsparta3180]

yeah

[@yasshiro6846]

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[@smiledotuk]

Amazing!! Especially coming from a young person, we are such talented people. As a science teacher, I drop in our story here and there to pass on positive achievements of our people to our young people as many of them have not been taught this. Films about slavery and oppression are the ones that are greatly publicised, ask people about our his-story and many will make reference to slavery...but as Samuel has highlighted there is more to our story than oppression and depression. Well done. You have made my morning, and I will be sure to play this to my classes. Thank you from myself and on the behalf of the many young people you have and will be inspiring.

[@WordOnTheCurb]

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[@matthewgustke5191]

I did'nt even realize that the dude was rhyming until 2:40

[@PrivilegedPilots]

this is a video i wish i can show my teachers during black history month.

[@throbule]

Brilliant poetry!

[@K1NGCED]

The teachers paychecks should go to this kid instead..

[@gbengaodugbemi]

Yo!, that Fela Kuti part got me hyped man, as a Fela fan. That man was slept on. He had a vision to save Blacks in diaspora through music. Sadly we lost him too early and his name is fading or almost absent in Black Histories.

[@rodthompson554]

How powerful. I found myself here in 2020, only wishing I could reenact his "speech" during my school days. Amazing. Never yield on what you truly believe.

[@MultiSmartass1]

"It's designed to teach us what to think not how to think" Very true when comes to the history of people of African Ancestry here.

[@SOTSoulja]

black history month should be removed! why is our history contained only in one month? black history is everyday not just 31 days a year but big respect to the brother who made this i always felt this way in school and i still do black power!

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[@KiWest777]

black history month is not 31 days.. it's 28

[@TheDream214]

In the US and Canada it is celebrated in February but in UK it is celebrated in October

[@Scarletbull]

Kiara West LMAO!!! SMH!

[@erkaoutar5823]

ئ ممتئ

[@stylee129]

This is one of the best things I have heard in ages. I will be sharing this with my pupils in school. Bravo

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[@ABESW0RLD]

ngl when he started the speech i thought he was spitting bars

[@naiameyers4725]

I thought this would be a funny video about how school didn't teach us to pay taxes or about sex or something, but this brought me to a whole new level. Me as a black person am proud to have people to say the things that need to be said because no one else wants to. This video needs to be spread!!

[@WPalex13]

All I can say is "Wow". My man that was so heavy, real truth and beautifully said.

[@masonsamuels347]

I performed this in class and got sent out during the middle of the speech, teachers are so ignorant.

[@WordOnTheCurb]

Mason Samuels Wow Mason you should have recorded it and sent it to us!

[@masonsamuels347]

At my school, electronics arent allowed so it couldnt be recorded :(

[@asweenter1142]

Tried to list all the names he used with some side info or easier way to search them up: Ralph Bunch King Musa (Mansa Musa) Ellen Baker Lewis H. Latimer Garret Morgan Patricia E Bath Mary Seacole Mary Prince (Bermuda) Bernie alexander Grant Sir Trevor McDonald Jamal Edwards Fuse OdG (Azonto) Lenny Henry (live at the Apollo) Marcus Garvey (Pan -african movement) Emperor Haile Selassie Bob Marley Ignesious sancho? not sure about this one Tupac Fela Kuti (Nigerian artiest/activist) Muhammad Ali (no need for introduction :D ) Maya Angelou (rip) Kwame Nkrumah (nkroemah) I could add some other names to that but I think when you start looking up some of those names you will come across other but The Story of Timbuktu is a very good way to understand the formation of africa before slavery. The Ashanti rule in now Ghana. Thomas Sankara in Burkina Fasso. and the new president of Tanzania: Mangufuli is doing some great job. In South Africa you had Steve Biko Nelson Mandela (RIP) and Desmond tutu but also the life of Winnie Mandela is very interesting. Frantz Fanon.... Peace!

[@marshnly]

+Mohamed Junior Barrie Thanks for listing the names.

[@Bl00dl00zt]

+Mohamed Junior Barrie thanks for listing the names :D

[@minimoman432]

You missed Septimus Severus brother; Ancient Rome's, black, emperor of war, in the 400th BC I believe, I may be wrong with the year

[@asweenter1142]

Thanks Mo Deria!

[@paulhaye]

Mohamed Junior Barrie thanks for doing this. I’m gonna get to work.

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

I checked his references, and they are ALL true.

[@bobomolombo]

Respect to you Derek Williams, you also might enjoy a documentary named 'Hidden Colors' It can be called somewhat controversial but the information is very important. PS

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

bobomolombo Thanks, I'll check it out!

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[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

Word On The Curb Done!

[@82kilex]

No there not all true. A black didn't invent the traffic light and the other guy he mentioned was a helper of Edison's that created nothing.

[@celtichound9889]

Mary Seacole was such a dedicated nurse that the soldiers she cared for called her Mother.

[@spicesmiles]

"Consistent enemy of progress." indeed We have come far...yes there have been and there still is oppression but we must avoid getting soo caught up in the negative that we fail to look upward and realize our steady accomplishments, embrace our greatness and realize this greatness is of us all and not only of the same few of years past whom they speak of over and over. (blessings to all that moved us forward) This greatness lives on. Any system organized around keeping a people focused on negativity and pulsing with hate is an ideal way to cloud our minds. When the mind is clouded/preoccupied with frustrations it is not capable of functioning at its full potential. Clear your minds, look at your now and uplift not only your race but the world. Samuel King you said soo well what I have stumbled over for quite some time....thank you

[@atikah47]

Why isn't this viral?

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[@JazzNO-bf2hf]

@@samrahm8818 are you African?

[@samrahm8818]

@@JazzNO-bf2hf nope haha

[@stevealexander2358]

Samuel, I applaud you for your poem, a brilliant piece of literature. I will make one comment/one observation - which is - 'Teachers provide us with the opportunity to learn, they DON'T know every thing and should not been seen as the ONLY source of knowledge' which you have proven with your excellent poem, as I doubt - which is the point you are saying - you were taught this in school or by one person? However it did started somewhere and you took it forward.................. Take ANY issue you want and apply the point. Lawyers make comment on fellow lawyers, with reference - MY LEARNED Friend - a very true statement, as they study law, to find an answer via their own research, NO TEACHER, just reading and research.............. Same rule for doctors and the strides we have made with medicine, history shows us that some of the medicines we take today, the pioneers of these drugs were deemed as mad man, by the same scientific field, however they researched, learnt and proved they were right, image if they had waited for THEIR Teachers??? The sport of high jump was changed forever by ONE man, you dared to research and learn - fosbury flop - however at the time his teachers/coaches told him he was a MAD man, as the scissors technique was the only technique............. I could carry on, but that is not what I am here to say, not knowing your age - which is irrespective - I think your poem is excellent, I have shared it with my friends and family. Keep doing what you are doing, opening the eyes of everyone - SELF knowledge about the TRUTH is out there, if you want to know it, seek it...................Teachers are there to led us to that knowledge, if we dream to learn............

[@IAmSamuelKing]

Steve Alexander Thank you Sir. Your kind words and observation, they are very much appreciated and have been taken on board.

[@dbc06]

more videos like this plz word on the curb

[@SkyeRangerNick]

Education is changing and what we know is going down countless new paths. At age 63, time and again I marvel when I see this. It is easy for me to keep at the ready the comment "How did you come to learn that?" I am aware that my own education was lacking on much. I learn it now just as a kid learns it now. I am a big supporter of educators, even if they fall short. If an educator fights against the way forward, that is problematic. Making room on the boat forward for educators and students alike is the idea ~ we are in the same boat whether we know how to see that or not. I am sure I only know a small portion of the names given in the video and the accomplishments of those individuals.

[@mutijimacedric1541]

one day when the glory comes it will be ours together,one man cant change world

[@TheExaltedPharaoh]

Don't forget about Black Wall Street in the twenties and the ancient Moorish Empire

[@ciara318]

Shujaa the black Hebrew Israelites

[@animerenzoV]

I really want to know how I can help any to do more than just share videos. someone help!! please inform! !

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[@ashleyashleym2969]

He said Mary Prince, how does he know about Mary Prince? I learned about Mary Prince in history class but I'm from Bermuda and she was Bermudian and shared her story of being enslaved in Bermuda. What about Sally Basset? She was a Bermudian that stood up for her rights, she did die for them as well, but she stand up. She died a horrible death, she was tied to a stake and a fire was set under her, she died a slow and painful death. What about the enslaved couple (in Bermuda)? The story goes that that an enslaved man fell in love with an enslaved woman. Between them was a huge pond. So the man at night would escape from his chains and swim a far distance to get to her. When it got near to the morning he would head back to his slave owner and leave the love of his life, he would re chain himself back up. He got caught one day and he was beaten and forbidden to ever see her again. There are so many more I could tell you about about just slaves in Bermuda like the first pilot who was a slave or the enslaved girl who learned to read without her masters knowledge, and so many that were never recorded and we will never hear.

[@craig69338]

Beautiful man indeed beautiful...he's totally right. May God bless all that seek the truth in all things!

[@jimmyleewillielp8202]

Truth and Justice will prevail.

[@hatespeople8402]

I thought this was about stuff like how school doesn't teach us how to do stuff like change cars, or taught stuff like financial things

[@servantrose]

me too, although I agree with most of what's said.

[@randomness376]

The more a lie is repeated the more the people will believe it.

[@obscure3202]

Anthony Collazo what are you trying to say?🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@limesage6335]

Anthony Collazo true, The majority of "white history" is widely studied and universally accepted as vituperative, barbaric , and disgraceful. Many of their historical "achievements" are often embellished bullshit achieved by pillaging other countries, raping everything in sight, and stealing anything shiny.

[@limesage6335]

Anthony Collazo true, Nearly all white culture was stolen from other cultures, fermented then congealed into the doughy substance of whitey or it's just shit they made up and repeated long enough to be accepted by their own historians.

[@jackstod]

@@limesage6335 I'm sorry you are incable of defending yourselves and now you are able to scream and cry in temper during a age where weak rule... Stfu.

[@Echo5427_]

My man just quoted Adolf Hitler

[@BeautiNMi]

Wow!!! That was powerful & inspiring! Thank you for taking the time to make such a great piece to share with us! God bless!

[@liamcerutti5639]

This is so awesome, this young man is adroitly composed. He is so smart.... I am proud to be a black person.

[@dennysrodriguez6503]

Love how you guys are changing the world because that's for sure there's an impact for those who watch, and understand, I'm Latin but I have black in my blood, and I feel your pain for those how come a cross by racism and stereotype people, I respect and love you all, less make this world better and pass it on

[@cameronwebster6271]

wow was this powerful. reminds me of English class. the same ancient curriculum designed to make us think like them. books on old society but not on the new, learning of old morals but not how to word quarrels. sharing on fb next time i get on a pc.

[@AprilMartinChartrandMS]

Wow, I shared this with my practicum instructor for our psychology class. Utterly Brilliant. Thank you.

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[@dbc06]

Wow. This is powerful. I would say schools need to do more to teach young children about Black History. the kid in the video is right

[@MindlessManiac143]

Why doesn't this have more views? Why isn't this being searched? This is amazing.

[@Varietyvibe_comedy]

I respect you man. you told them what school didn't and that's what heroes should do teach others what they don't know

[@mikestoneadfjgs]

If I was the teacher, I would have simply said that the education system has worked for him. The best teacher is one who teaches the youth to learn on their own, which this young man obviously has. I would ask why he knows so much while his classmates apparently know so little.

[@Gary1234S]

Geronimo Cornplanter you are so right you can see that he is the smartest one in class and the whole class know that too even the teacher her self know that is her brightest student, when the video about to start she try to get him involved in it, I can tell he got a lots of respect in that class he is a leader, I use to go to school with brother like that omg was way a head of the class especially mathematics he use to correct some of the new teacher who just left college lol lol

[@PositiveNature]

I suggest you do a sequel called "What I wasn't Taught At Home". I believe that if you are honest with yourself, you will realise that your parents have played a huge part in you being ignorant about African/ Black history.

[@WordOnTheCurb]

***** ...On The Curb ;)... glad you liked the piece!

[@YusefACrowndEmperor]

Agreed

[@treviniaturner3881]

dang he totally embarrassed that professor lol she didnt know what to say

[@jerryj920]

February is Black History Month and Black History is American / World History. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Reflections. Thanks for the upload, Word On The Curb. Blessings all.

[@kingessey7982]

educate, inovate, then create young brothers and sisters it is time for us to be heard. In a world were our words threaten the ones with wisdom and scare the weak so from a brother to another its our time to rise and break out of this mental cage. god bless and thank you for reading

[@kingsarka234]

ya know what I wanna know?! HOW TO BUY A HOUSE HOE TO PAY TAXES HOW TO OAY BILLS HOW TO RENEW A CREDIT CARD WHERE TO GET A CREDIT CARD HOW MUCH HOUSE WOULD COST HOW TO APPLY FOR A JOB HOW TO BUY A CAR HOW TO GET A LICENSE FOR SOMETHING BASUCALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED.

[@chadrickbasedman987]

then take a finance class tf

[@kingsarka234]

Kevin Ramirez Eeeeehhhh imma drop out and become a stripper. Mooch off of some poor sod 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@steez5241]

Sarka -jellyfishking- You don't know what you're talking about stop

[@jbrooks2099]

the answer to all of your questions of why teachers and schools don't tell use things that are really important and help us learn about our past is because it won't be on the test. i have not made this up. in on of my classes at school i asked the teacher why she changed the subject and didn't go deeper. she said it was because she had to teach the things that would be on ur quiz and ACPs and other tests. don't you think a science or any other teacher at that tell and teach us more than what's gonna be on a test?

[@First2bmob24]

but a great teacher will go the extra mile to teach the kids everything the student can learn...sometimes it depends on the students. alot of students are not focus to learn...atleast in middle school to high school.. when you get to college is when they start taking education serious...but in china real education starts in 1st grade. thats why the chinese and asians are smarter than majority of the world. they become doctors, engineers, etc by 21.

[@michellejarboe5345]

Word.

[@isidragrant1202]

And that’s part of the problem. When society acts like Black History isn’t apart of American History. Who decides what’s important to know and what’s not? Sad excuse

[@blacklyfe5543]

JLove what is a acp

[@ShevelleRoberts]

POWERFUL!! I loved every second of this

[@ilovebangtan1249]

We can all relate to this guy when it comes to complaining in life only that he was able to said it better and had pointed out the point 👏👏👏🙌

[@lihlezondi98]

And in 7 minutes, I've learnt things 12 years of school never taught me. Thank you.

[@isaacmcgregor4085]

Man didn’t stutter 👑❤️😔

[@YabiAddison]

This was amazing and so powerful!!

[@samrahm8818]

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[@cruizegriffen769]

I feel sorry for the teacher😂😂😂

[@RinaArlingMedia]

Great video... its not only black history thou. Best things I learned from school; A) How to read. B) How to study by myself. ...later in life bacome realisation... information is all available in books and net... keep reading. Not for school and papers, but for own knowledge.

[@jeanetteharvey8834]

learning it all now...when you gttin followed constantly by ppl from school....who just either stand there and glare or who are just awkward in every sense.......

[@Kam-eh2ec]

"There seems to be a lot you haven't told us, and you shut down and hold back on the bold ones who stand against the way you're trying to mould us" - Samuel King

[@babyj5566]

I remember my 8th grade year in history class. I always asked questions and I remember asking my Caucasian teacher if Thomas Jefferson had black children. Of course, she swayed the question and hated me from there on.

[@zero1188]

no they were biracial not only black

[@tylerhayes63]

+Kardarius RandRandle bet they was treated black lol

[@prayforharambe6200]

Of course she would be cause she would lose her job you moron. It's racial topic, look it up your self.

[@ch3rrywav35]

I watched this in school and my teacher said she used to teach him and she said he got into a really good university

[@burntcharcoal3]

Dani G Tola u realise this isn't real, right? it is a scene, played by actors

[@ch3rrywav35]

+Oracle Iso yh I know

[@ch3rrywav35]

+Oracle Iso but the main actor was my teachers old student

[@akaashisth0t127]

DaniG 5 is she lying or telling the truth

[@ch3rrywav35]

+RayrayCookieMonster101 I think she was telling the truth

[@davidporcenat5799]

truth needs to be told. feeling conviction..powerful..

[@704poshavenue4]

Love! Love! Love! Subscribed, I have to heard more!

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[@704poshavenue4]

Please continue to spread knowledge thru your spoken word

[@leeismybff]

i disagree that there is a "black history month", it should be more than a month. But if you think about it calling it a "black" history month shouldn't be because it makes it sound that "blacks" and "whites" are different but we aren't, we are all human and that's it, we should celebrate our history as humans everyday not just for a month, a week or a day

[@sergelyneg445]

Totally gave me different perspective with this one.

[@leeismybff]

+Sergelyne Georges good to know some people could see my view and not just hate

[@leeismybff]

+Vanta Music THANK YOU!!!!!

[@vintageprincess9945]

True my mom gets mad at me when I tell her this she says youre ashamed of being black or whatever. But I wouldnt even care if I was blue lol.

[@leeismybff]

+Tiffany Barnes yeah I wouldnt mind being black too to be honest

[@twinnie6]

This was an excellent piece. Just some issues with his views are as a black history teacher, our hands are tied. The curriculum are set out for us and although we want to teach some of the things said in this video, we have to teach to the curriculum as we are being monitored by the likes of HOD etc... Thus, I do direct them to search up on these influential black figures but the onus to study and learn about true black history is placed on the student!

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[@esthervh6819]

twinnie6 Is the curriculum not set out for an entire year? Many teachers feel like they can't step out of their box, while there's ways to get around this. If a teacher really wants his students to know about something, he will make sure they'll learn about it.

[@cuddlesbear9020]

As a native Afrikan,born and bred,I know we are all going to regain our thrones.I can already see it coming to pass.

[@inkphreak79]

so powerful and amazing. the education system doesn't try to educate, but become part of a system. i'm so glad to see vidoes like this.

[@mentilly_all]

Samuel King, you have earned my respect sir... Not only did you speak your mind, you spoke mine too (and i'm white btw, as if it even matters)... Anyways, thank you, and don't stop believing... ever.

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