What Was It Like to Travel While Black During Jim Crow? | 360 Video | Op-Docs

The Green Book was a critical guide for African-Americans struggling to travel safely in the Jim Crow era. This 360 degree video explores its complicated legacy.
This film offers a revealing view of the Green Book era as told through Ben’s Chili Bowl, a black-owned restaurant in Washington, and reminds us that the humiliations heaped upon African-Americans during that time period.
Sandra Butler-Truesdale, born in the capital in the 1930s, references an often-forgotten trauma - and one of the conceptual underpinnings of the Jim Crow era - when she recalls that Negroes who shopped in major stores were not allowed to try on clothing before they bought it. Store owners at the time offered a variety of racist rationales, including that Negroes were insufficiently clean. At bottom, the practice reflected the irrational belief that anything coming in contact with African-American skin - including clothing, silverware or bed linens - was contaminated by blackness, rendering it unfit for use by whites.
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[@tarokhan5842]

It's so surreal that when travelling anywhere in the world as a black person, you've got to check the internet for how they treat black people in certain areas/countries or whatever.

[@markrobinson4659]

I have no idea how any decent human being could dislikes this video. Long ways to go, still.

[@atari2600b]

To be fair, I downloaded this on my VR helmet expecting it to be an in-the-passenger-seat roots like experience. In retrospect I feel kind of bait & switched. This whole experience was just a small handful of old folk telling vague stories of oppression. I have honestly learned more about the struggle by watching the animated satirical cartoon series The Boondocks than I did watching this. Also, its association with Sundance is an automatic guilt by association these days.

[@Zlervo]

The dislikes are from those with a guilty conscience.

[@Zlervo]

Or no conscience.🤦🏾‍♀️

[@jeroldmcarthur3926]

Indeed😭😭😭

[@borntoraisehell5353]

YESSSSSS SIRRRRRR! and Whites are trying to push back the hand of time ⏲️ 😒⚡️🌬⚡️ 🙄 but it will not happen! Because "BABYLON IS FALLING" 🇺🇲🗽🇺🇸

[@garym.6371]

I am an elderly white man who was dating a nice black woman who was intelligent, a good conversationalist, and I enjoyed doing things with her. Onenight we were going to the movies . As we were going into the theater, a white woman with her husband tuerned to her husband, and said, "Do you see THAT!!!"------eg, a white man with a black woman. NONE of their business. I was enraged. She didn;t see it, and i kept quiet so as not to ruin her night. 2 weeks later I told her about it. I said that was 1 night. 1 time, and I still feel the rage. I said HOW do you live with this violation every day? I can't imagine how this affects a persons soul. I still feel that rage. She said I just do. When you hear someone talk about black rage, or that racism is still entrenched, BELIEVE IT. I've experienced what my black brothers have--- for 1 Dsy, and I still feel the rage. Can you grasp how that affects a person every day? I can't. I would slaughter every cop in sight. Why they don't escapes me.

[@MrRed-tf7bv]

Hmmm....🤔 Did white wmen reject you?

[@belm3243]

Gary..I am a black woman ..now a British citizen ..originally from South Africa...so I know rage for myself ..for every one in my family..for everyone who looks like me..men ,women and children....uou learn and realise that living WITH or rather living IN rage negatively hijacks your mind .. takes your power...it does not let any light in nor does it let you feel any joy albeit a little...but you fight on in love ...Like John Lewis (RIP) talked about Love...

[@garym.6371]

@@belm3243 ---->Dear Ma'am, I am not surprised, and I have no words, knowing what I know now, of how that assault "hi-jacks" your mind , ---but for some Not their soul. I listen and watch the profound wise evolution personally of some people. You are clearly in this group. I have come to the conclusion that the often godly response (in love) to these evil behaviors will likely present a situation where former darker skinned people from this 'element', will be Christ's prominent 'people' in position in His presence for eternity. Anyone who does not act in love, He will say, "I NEVER knew You", while they say how much they've done for Him. They will not be with us. "Us" will not have to deal with such stupidity that references skin color as valuable in any context. *It is interesting that the people of lower India, Ethiopia, etc, are considered Caucasian anthropologically, yet are some of the darkest skinned anywhere. Our family had a very bright young 16 year from Ethiopia live with us under the Student Exchange student program. He is considered Caucasian, with dark skin. Isn't that interesting. And what stupidity by people who know nothing educationally, and Love. I would be happy to stay in prayer for you, Dear. GaryM

[@msb12]

@@belm3243 is racism bad in South Africa

[@lawtraf8008]

@@msb12 Seriously ? South Africa racism history is as bad as the US if not worse. Segregation has been abolished way after the US, not longtime ago in 1994. Racism is a real issue.

[@amandaderp9263]

This makes me so sad and it reminds you how far we have come and how far we haven’t come. It saddens me that so many people in life don’t have compassion or love for other human beings. No one should ever have to feel this way and for all those out there who still have to go through this or who have to hear these words that cut you down I’m so sorry. I hope one day Mr. Kings words will ring true and and that all will be equal it took so much bravery just to live Day to day. These stories are so important for young people to hear and know the hate that existed in America as a day to day normal it just breaks my heart.

[@doktor.darkeditz]

You need to stop worrying about their race. We all need to focus more on ethnic purity, rather than diversity. They can simply go back to Africa, and you can go with them if you'd like.

[@goldleaf9324]

How far have you cone. Do i have to remind you Trump times. 100s and 100s bote mr trump.

[@blackempressxempressdevine5658]

amanda Derp racism will never stop has a black woman in 2020 l face racism every day . I can’t travel without being stopped or shop without being followed or watched in shops .

[@EuSeiT]

Just as I thought: the racism phantom still lingers in the Black community. What a great pity. The best place to be Black in the world is the US, where Blacks have the exact same rights as Whites.

[@ItsNotRealLife]

@N M And how would you know this? How big is yours?

[@chelseabonilla946]

Thank you IMMENSELY for uploading this in VR for STUDENTS to be able to see. This is amazing!

[@squareinsquare2078]

I can never understand why the NYT's doesn't have more views. Their content is exceptional. I hope more people discover the important work they do on so many stories. This piece is very moving.

[@Koooles]

because it's not "fun" for most to listen to real experiences and history, instead they prefer to watch reactionaries laugh at fat people or mock students.

[@ericmanget4280]

Because it ends the video with a lie, that many black people are still being killed at random by white police. There were like 20-30 unarmed black deaths by police in 2020 with a population of ~46 million black people. Unarmed white people were killed in higher numbers. We could discuss relative proportions and argue about additional policing in black neighbourhoods but the suggestion that this is a widespread problem and black dudes can't travel in the U.S. is absolute nonsense. The number one cause of death for black men, according to the CDC, from birth to age 44 is other black men. For every other race it's something like heart disease. Was this caused by policies like Jim Crow or redlining? Probably, doesn't mean it's not true. This video provides valuable historical insight but perpetuates factually incorrect sentiments that are widely held.

[@noonespecial4171]

Because the horror that is humanity will cramp the 'fun' in life. After all, the ideal is selfish fun where you just keep taking and taking and someone else can pay for it.

[@FloorEncer]

While listening to Samaria Rice talk about the police ending her son's life, Tamir, I was in the rare state where it is me and the computer screen. I'm locked in about her cremating her son. Having his cremains in an urn. Having 2 urns to take with her and not leave, Tamir, her son in "the cold, cold ground." Not in the ground of Cleveland, Ohio. She can have the remains of her son and mother with her wherever she calls home.

[@deeproff1294]

Thank you for your reporting.

[@holylambmedia]

Make sure you have personal library I been collecting books centered around black folks in America which are 98% non fiction books I have a couple videos which is part of a on going series on The Importance of having a Personal library

[@throughthewindowpane]

I saw this today with VR glasses on and was so impressed. You sit on the same table as the people who tell their heartbreaking stories. I was speechless for a couple of minutes. This is what VR was invented for.

[@aaronmiller1748]

First time seeing this.. Love it .. Cool Effects

[@JohnSmith-td7hd]

I never believed this until I saw it for myself. I saw a dark black friend of mine and her black daughter stopped by an Asian policewoman for "matching a description exactly", just walking on the sidewalk down to a local shop, not even one block from her home. And I was stopped once for "suspicious behavior", which I've never been accused of before, with that same dark black friend in the car. I don't get pulled over unless I've got a tail light out, and she's gotten "pulled over" just walking down the street. I suggest everybody tint their car's windows so cops can't see what color of people are in the car, but of course we shouldn't have to.

[@dexterjames9074]

John Smith, file criminal charge for 'false claim' under common law. Common law allows you to file criminal charge & sue without a judge dismissing your criminal claim.

[@Sexynes]

Sucks that many people wont believe it until they see it. Even worse is if they do see it, but still refuse to believe it. Even worse is if they know its true, but agree with it.

[@watsonunlimitedmusic]

I've seen the sh** black folks have to deal with right in front of me, with my own eyes my entire adult life here in Canada. I know we have a problem with systemic racism against black folks in Canada cause the incarceration rate amongst black folks is about 335/100,000, which is double the national incarceration rate. In the U.S. the incarceration rate for black folks is 2,300/100,000.. Somewhere beyond heartbreaking to think about..

[@everythingviral972]

@@watsonunlimitedmusic There is NOT any systemic racism in Canada towards blacks. None of my black friends feel that way. People want there to be struggle for some reason. People seem to look for anything to have conflict over, it's very strange. Canada has a bad history with Inuit, the Natives, but not with blacks. C'mon now.

[@watsonunlimitedmusic]

@@everythingviral972 I've spent my entire life around the black community in Canada. There's lots of different perspectives. I'd be the first to tell you that nothing like the kind of segregation and poverty I saw in Baltimore exists anywhere in Canada. But that doesn't mean racism doesn't exist here.. and has historically. Viola Desmond is on our $10 bill for a reason. Don't take my word for it - talk to black Canadians outside your social circle, look up the statistics for yourself. I think we're all capable of having a nuanced and balanced perspective on this..

[@miriameclipse7953]

I love this video

[@SeraThornton]

@The New York Times - I've watched this wonderful video in other places/formats, but there seems to be something wrong with the metadata on this one. KZbin natively supports 360 video, but this does not load as a 360 video should. Would it be possible to reload this onto KZbin? I'd love to be able to watch/share this in a Cardboard viewer, as I should be able to do through the KZbin app if this is correctly processed.

[@aijtkumar2953]

Really surprising.i am from Asia.so much pain people had to endure just to lead a normal life in land of dreams..usa

[@darkale658]

i'm surprised that you're surprised given how indians treat dalits.

[@gettingitin6341]

Wow this is deep.

[@FloorEncer]

I know more about Ben's Chili Bowl now as a locus of activity than on the occasions President Obama has been there to eat. I might add it to my bucket list.

[@dustydamsel6314]

I really wish you would make Op-Docs a separate channel. I just unsubscribed from the channel because I'm tired of seeing the news, but I'm going to miss these mini docs.

[@missnperfection9830]

How anyone can say that racism and discrimination doesn't exist anymore is beyond me! I wish I could some how make it better for people! 😞

[@1AdamHenry6683]

Share and Tell a Friend, All day, Everyday... It's How We've All Suffered... All day, Every day... into the Night, and Morning Light. Only to begin again, and again... All day... Every Day !

[@Prince-gu8or]

@@doktor.darkeditz excacly well said

[@gaysy1st]

Oh please. The last girl on here who made a comment like yours, got insulted by loads of black people, for being patronising. Don't be a sop.

[@Manospondylus]

No one says that. It's a strawman.

[@kurtpimentel3529]

I'm 62 and this was the most important hisory lesson i've ever learned, thank god we don't live under those kind of injustices anymore!!!

[@isee54]

It's good to hear that you're educating yourself (i am not trying to attack you at all, merely trying to help!) but I think you missed the point of the video. The whole problem is that we do still live under these kind of injustices. It is still not safe for black people, black men in particular, to travel in America. Tamir Rice got shot in 2014, this is way too recent to be classified as a historical incident, and there are way too many recent examples too.

[@khrizperez9488]

@@isee54 so you’re saying that Jim Crow laws are still in affect. We have the same rights, same opportunities. How is that unfair for you?

[@Fiveandime]

Am I supposed to have VR glasses on? Very distracting...

[@vth6628]

As of current, you cannot enjoy the true 360 degrees experience without using Google Cardboard or other VR headsets, as the video takes quite a while to be completely processed. However, once KZbin has finished processing the video, you will be able to move the camera angle by dragging your cursor on the YT play window on your PC/laptop, and by moving your smartphone around with the video in full screen mode. To see how the function would normally work, look up "Lions 360°" on KZbin, and try it for yourself.

[@BvousBrainSystems]

The thing is, you don't have the *option* to use VR glasses, you *have* to, because the video is unsatisfying and weird to watch otherwise. And if you assume that 99% of viewers have just a poor old ancient dated flat screen, then this video becomes unsatisfying and weird for 99% of viewers.

[@yoshiki7757]

@@BvousBrainSystems are you guys alright? I think we might be witnessing the first multiple person stroke or something. If you're really having trouble watching this I'd highly recommend going to see your eye doctor.

[@BvousBrainSystems]

@@vth6628 Yeah, I've seen a few of these, and a lot of the time they're framed on a weird part of the screen that doesn't show anything. Videos in 360 are really made for the corresponding hardware, watching them on normal screens is going to be lesser than.

[@Fiveandime]

I swear this sentence wasn't up there last night - "This 360 degree video explores its complicated legacy." Maybe it was, but OK this is a 360 VIDEO - NYT it'd be good to put it in the title maybe? I thought I was trippin. I listened to the audio, so there's that. Good stuff appreciate it

[@bensta6133]

I wonder if the places mentioned in the green book are still in operation today?

[@FabioHofnik]

I guess they forgot to upload with the 360 metadata

[@CarlosMartinez-pc7je]

The oppressor is 1,000x more damaged than the oppressed Basic psychology

[@joelle4226]

I wish this was just a regular video

[@FuckEverything_]

If only we could bring this back

[@buckeyewill2166]

As a native Clevelander, I felt like I was not in Cleveland,Ohio but Cleveland, Mississippi.

[@furqanfareed6042]

Am I the only one in the theatre?!!!

[@tiddablacksaav8634]

"I'm not African, I'm a 31 yr old copper colored American! INDIGENOUS to these lands! my ancestors have known no other soil"-Dearth Sherfield

[@hisheemking5280]

That's right

[@juswavvy9634]

Your not native american your people came from africa

[@darkale658]

@@talos2373 this is hilarious, "american man of portuguese heritage" lmfaooooo white people are so scared to refer to themselves as white it's so funny

[@aviyahchaverim9388]

@@juswavvy9634 If you are white, your people came from Europe

[@juswavvy9634]

@@aviyahchaverim9388 white people did come from Europe they know and accept it

[@barbarabellehumeur]

I watched this PBS Special. Although the need for this Green Book is restrictive and discriminatory; I can see the creativity and entrepreneurship and resiliency that was created from this issue. Today s no different. Try to navigate our many college campus locations. My Black students ask me where is a safe area to go to off-campus. Truthfully; they must be careful in all the surrounding towns where bias and racial tension still live. We just experienced Zoom Bombing of a Black Student Organization; It was threatening, racially motivated, and hateful, it was illegal. Perhaps we need a campus handbook like the Green Book in the colors of each university; in order to provide safe environments for all of our students.

[@David53D]

Total BS. Keeping race hatred alive is the left's agenda for power.

[@TNTN1977]

These days it's not open

[@mohamedsiddig2850]

“I couldn’t do anything because I knew that it would be blamed on me”.

[@Wingo537]

The right be like "racism never existed!!!"

[@lllool8404]

I'm fairly left wing, but right wingers who say that are almost non-existent.

[@badboat3146]

Parker Westman I know a lot who wouldn’t have a problem with that statement

[@everythingviral972]

Literally no one says that. Not even full-blown racists.

[@Koooles]

"civil war was about state rights!" "which rights?" "... to keep slaves".

[@Koooles]

@@everythingviral972 they don't say it out right, but there is a lot of revisionist history that tries to dimish crimes that were comitted against black community and bend the narrative of what civil right figures were saying as well as civil war. Look just a tiny bit beyond surface level.

[@bestsaarah]

Long live the Ali family, and all of our descendants ❤

[@jflanagan9696]

Posted a year ago, recommended now. I WoNdEr WhY?!?

[@3ball260]

@Barrett Haynes If you know any u.s. history you can tell the parties switched, 1960's republicans are today's democrats and 1960 democrats are todays republicans.

[@johnhampton9566]

@@3ball260 Sir you post in very ironic, since you lack true knowledge of U.S history the parties never switched platforms there policies are relatively the same, however, they did switch voter populations which did have some what of an impact, but not as much of as you would think. I truly suggest you do some research yourself.

[@3ball260]

@@johnhampton9566 Really? I see republicans cry wolf everytime a confederate monument is removed/round down. Still denying facts also, if they (parties) never switched why do most neo-nazis, kkk and neoconservatives align with the republican party.

[@johnhampton9566]

3Ball because the voter based switched lol I said that bro just take a few seconds to research it and a good majority of conservatives are racist and barley anyone leans to the alt right, however, I do see the mainstream left becoming more radical

[@BJ-bi9xv]

This panoramic fish-bowl lens effect does not work! Very annoying!

[@Koooles]

it's meant for VR, but you can move your mouse around to reposition on where you wanna look at.

[@chegeuvera]

Hey NY times. Reupload the video! You've done it wrong!

[@chelseabonilla946]

They just FIXED IT! Yes!

[@wlee55]

This was an important story to tell, but the strange way the interviews were filmed and printed matter was presented made it difficult to watch intently, gain a visual perspective, and even to read the printed narrative as it was so small. I stuck around to the end, but the presentation undermined the viewing and effectiveness of the film. The editing made the stories difficult to follow.\ Like I said in starting out this comment, this is a narrative every American needs to fundamentally appreciate.

[@sunshineravens]

I can't behind to comprehend the kind of fear that Black people experienced during Jim Crow, just trying to do the most simple of tasks. And that those laws only ended comparatively recently.

[@mellyflynn9128]

Y’all it’s real I’m Mexican and I was adopted by white parents and we live in a middle class area , a lot of white people barley any Mexicans or blacks around the neighborhood had always treated me good, I recently graduated recently an they all dropped off cards and money which was extremely nice but don’t get me wrong a lot of other neighbors are rude an disrespectful asf and they can’t believe a Mexican lives in a middle class area, a lady recently told me it simply won’t do that I live here and then she asked to speak to my parents by the way I’m almost 21 so ? I was like umm and then she asked me if I lived here and I said yes an she goes well that just simply won’t do , and then I said whatever I’m going back into my house bye , and then she stayed outside for 10 mins in front of my house and was getting to call the cops and I’m just standing their like lady 😐

[@toruko-ishibravo2zulu679]

Horses by law could number no more than 20 in a boxcar. With sufficient water and hay for the journey. If no horses were present and without renewing soiled hay and water any number of white sailors or soldiers could be pushed in. They were traveling 4th Class. Persons of color traveled using boxcars as 5th Class. Atop boxcars in all weather and subject to red-hot coal sparks and choking coal smoke from a locomotive engine. Train brakemen traveling over boxcars to apply or release manual braking could not be delayed or obstructed. The penalty that the 5th Class risked was being beaten with a wood tool handle while kicked or thrown off a moving boxcar. On longer rides both 4th and 5th Class were allowed to die from thirst, injury, etc. There were 6th Class passengers but they only traveled locked in chain and under armed guard. Per court orders. Most USA citizens were 3rd Class. In boxcars with their boxed freight, livestock, with a hole in the floor for waste disposal. 3rd Class carried aboard all refreshment. 2nt Class were the lower upper class. In coach wood seats, sold food and water, heated by a coal stove and the iron red glow was their sole lighting after sunset. Usually attended by the conductor. A toilet compartment was hole in the floor and a basket of dry corn cobs. 2nt class could purchase candy, pies, publications, tobacco, spirits and more from vendors. Who were also 2nt Class but had purchased a business permit to sell their wares.

[@perezpepito104]

What were the positives of Jim Crow?

[@depthsothenso813]

The one's who benefited from it.

[@buckeyewill2166]

Zero

[@philipwilliams1754]

Sandra Bland.

[@troop8829]

I absolutely hate listening to these types of videos where there is no solution at the end basically just listen to sad story and continue to live life in a sad story

[@ezrazentor7725]

Give a solution then dingus

[@georgiannmilan261]

This 360 ish is fu....up!...wheres the speaker?...why is it all at nite?

[@justsaying3729]

I'd say it's just about the same as it is NOW>>>>Driving while Black.

[@yairmoya3880]

So I looked up “JIM CROWWW ARE BLACK PEOPLE REALYY PEOPLE” and this is what I got😂😂😂

[@johnathonwkelsey8984]

The little girl spit on her and called her a ______er

[@elizabethdove5852]

Being a tourists is thought of as rude to a lot of cultures. That is why I haven't traveled much in my life. But I've found the same bad travelers luck from home with my keys, shopping on the internet with my debit card, and visiting local coffee shops.

[@everythingviral972]

What cultures? Pretty much everyone travels. It's been like that forever.

[@JLCarbajal]

Now I remember why I don’t like any arrogant race that chose to act a fool “when does it end”

[@larryrobinson6914]

Restricted

[@kevin_heslip]

Did this vid really have to be 360?

[@ronniehembree7855]

how about a story on traveling to major cities in the south and around the Great Lakes while white, now?

[@yamomma6479]

waa waaaa waaaa🥱🥱🥱more all lives matter rhetoric

[@joelle4226]

That’s how we know you’re ignorant about that because while it’s still pretty segregated many white people live in the same poor areas as black people. White people also travel through here all the time and they’re just fine.

[@perspicaciouscritic]

Thumbs up for the subject matter. Thumbs down for uploading this documentary without the VR technology in place.

[@Pavia1525]

Jim Crow (D)

[@buckeyewill2166]

Who were Right Wing Conservatives

[@curtiswhiteheadjr1322]

😡 Mr. Green. There year is 2020. That day has not come.

[@j_5244]

..Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. -John 14:6 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. -Acts 16:31 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -John 3:16 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -Matthew 3:2 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. -Revelation 22:14-16

[@l2g_lemonke299]

What's popping over here what's good looking here Jim crow say said that when he was in a play when he pretend to be black wow

[@JK-gu3tl]

Some folks claim desegregation hurt black businesses.

[@joelle4226]

It probably did. But anytime a black neighborhood started fixing themselves up racist would come in and destroy it anyway.

[@wettelsolide5556]

Gegenstand deutsches Recht hinter einer gemeinsamen Fahne

[@delanomclaurin4125]

Desegregation hurt black America we needed equal resources not integration

[@bltvd]

Hopefully it was more exciting than this video! Vox did it better 10 months ago.

[@369Rising]

What was it like to travel during Jim Crow? The same as it is today.

[@nicknack6042]

Until you tried to find a restaurant, motel, service station etc. that will serve you.

[@macw.7686]

There are still problems left over from that era, but let's not deny all of the progress that's been made from the civil rights movement. Now whenever there's some violent injustice, we hear about it, write about it, make videos and documentaries. That's because people care now, but it has the side-effect of making it seem like black people are dying left and right from police, and that's not true. Racist violence is actually "news" now, rather than just something that happens all the time.

[@everythingviral972]

@Pascual Lopez Grammar. Look that up.

[@kjun03]

Face it y’all! You are addressing a nation of many whites who stood by you and your plight!!! I don’t expect a Thanks but I have nothing to do with racist activities! Good luck Thanks

[@curio222]

Thank you kjun03 :-)

[@s.m.g.2166]

WAAAAA WAAAAA WAAAAA MUH FEEEEWINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAAAA WAAAAA DEY BE BULYIN ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@718junius]

comparing the actual "systematic" racism of the segregation to an extreme minority of negative encounters between the blacks and police is idiotic and ignorant.

[@crazylifeofcvm6595]

It really isn’t

[@DragonKingYara]

Wait till you realize there's more than just this, also it's "black people" not "the blacks" as you so racistly declared.

[@718junius]

@@DragonKingYara i am black, so no.

[@DragonKingYara]

@@718junius wait till you hear that you’re not the only black person on earth

[@user-jo3st1xs1q]

@@718junius liar 🤥🤣

[@somebody2619]

The word black in the title? Talking about historical racism? I'm sure the "I not racist but" crowd will have no problem with this...

[@TOMinPDX]

Yeah terrible isn't it? Has it occured to you that it's February, Black History Month.

[@aped]

The videography is awful and unnecessary.

[@visteobman4202]

Crappy video effects and story line. Tamir has nothing to do with the green book era and should be used as a lesson the children should not be pulling out guns that look any part real and pointing them at other people or police. SMH. It is horrible that the Ms Rice lost her son, but she bears some of the responsibility.

[@louisbourbon8973]

Tamir Rice was twelve years old you racist trash! What man hasn't played with toy guns when he was a child?!

[@gaysy1st]

@@louisbourbon8973 You clearly can't be told to take any responsibility, without calling it racism. Calm your aggressive self down, that might help!

[@dencyleadbetter2494]

Yes, she is a bad mother and parent.

[@iammotley9212]

@@gaysy1st Look who's talking! A dookie shoot🤣 You're nasty🤣

[@pornneliushubbard1967]

I love Jim Crow

[@everythingviral972]

Of course they interviewed the mother of someone shot by the police. They'd never interview the mother of someone who was killed in the typical black-on-black violence we see everyday in America.

[@user-jo3st1xs1q]

Boohoo 🤣

[@DoomTubePorn]

Oh god let's dig up some more ancient news. How did the Romans treat people?

[@D13GOR]

Kevin Schmidt Yikes, weird reaction but okay.

[@simonw1313]

Plenty of people alive who lived during Jim Crow... Don't think you can say that about the Roman Empire. Besides what's wrong with history?

[@speech7515]

Ancient? Wtf. You’re ignorant.

[@blackempressxempressdevine5658]

This is not ancient history it’s the life of black ppl everywhere. Black on black happens because of the frustration we are stuck in we still segregated there are still places white ppl don’t want us to visit

[@channonj5780]

Typical insecure racist response sprinkled with fear. This response proves that racism, ignorance, and fear will always be in America. Yet blks are suppose be delusional and act like it does not terrorize them everyday.