Where Are the Missing Black Towns? | Every How Did We Get Here (Part 3) | The Amber Ruffin Show

[@thirdeye3152]

This is the classroom we all need. We can only heal if we know the truth.

[@MsColetha]

Correct

[@gggnumber1]

Well, although it was 53 years ago, I just divided my SAT score by 2.

[@thirdeye3152]

@@gggnumber1 there isn’t much intellectual difference between a 500 and 250. You’ll be ok little buddy.

[@gggnumber1]

@@thirdeye3152 - Aaaaah ... well .... ummm? Thank you. No really. 'Cause I couldn't do the math, myself. (Actually, I was hoping for a bunch of 'likes', not a gut punch, but thanks for the response, anyway.)

[@q.t.gamingfamily]

No, knowing isn't enough

[@dbillie985]

It's sickening listening to the numerous ways they destroyed everything we try to build.

[@EarthScholar]

And then tell us to 'pull ourselves up by our bootstraps'. The gotdamn nerve.

[@alienkomplex7727]

TRY to build?? They destroyed actual towns

[@SunShine-lq7yt]

Yea then call us lazy and thugs.

[@lovelylinda8891]

@@SunShine-lq7yt I hate them and their wicked ways!

[@lewislane9727]

@@lovelylinda8891 you need to turn your hate towards the rich people those are the people to blame

[@sheba9538]

You can add my family's town, Modoc, S.C. My family was displaced for "flooding," and they all moved to Ohio with nothing. In Modoc they had land, titles, etc. Thanks for this piece.

[@mitzithompson6585]

I'm live in South Carolina..

[@JenniferDaniels909]

I just went to Modoc’s Wikipedia page and it doesn’t mention this history but says it’s population is 100% white. Maybe you or a family member can edit it or add an external link about the flooding and displacement. ✌️

[@ducemeans27]

Wow I'm from Greenville and did not know this. Thank you for the jem and man thats messed up

[@krishanks9025]

I hope things are going better for You!🌹

[@queenofsheba357]

If y’all live in SC, I hope y’all vote for Marcel Dixon! It’s time for Jim Crow Clyburn to go!!!

[@GothicVioletVixen]

This is disturbing and disgusting. No wonder history class makes these people uncomfortable. Thanks, I didnt know anything about this.

[@vpaczkowski]

They don't teach this in highschool. The right is freaking out that they might teach it in schools.

[@GothicVioletVixen]

@@vpaczkowski we'll have to teach them ourselves, I suppose.

[@Aubrey_Graham1]

@@GothicVioletVixen you should learn how an Equivalent of $72,000,000 Million was stolen from Former Slaves before 1900 began

[@jsamc]

Word !!

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

Well we tried to tell you people that for years!!!

[@MeowEwowE]

Amber Ruffin is one of the best "teachers" in America. I love her so much. Such a treasure.

[@hsand8178]

,Teaching. Our. Children. About. Their. History. And. Culture. Begins. In. The. Home. Or. Taking. Our. Children. To. Talk. To. The. Matriarch. In. The. Family. Better. Still. Try. Taking. Your. Children. To. The. Legacy. Center. In. Birmingham. Ala. It's. Free. For. Children. 5. Year. Old. During. The. Summer. This. Is. How. We. Begin. All. Praises👏

[@elizabethbetts3834]

Watched all 3 parts of this series and just wanted to say thank you for putting it all together like this to demonstrate the scope of how far and deep this problem actually goes into the roots of our country’s history.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

There is a 4th part... there's another one with the title "People Should Cheat on Their Taxes".

[@BarbieLoveCoach]

💯❕️

[@marie2511]

Share with others so THEY know

[@shirell68]

@@octavianpopescu4776 im just guessing you have nothing better to do OH did you pay your taxes just asking

[@octavianpopescu4776]

@@JenSell1626 It's "Police Brutality is not New" Try searching "Amber Ruffin How did we get here" in KZbin. You should be able to find an entire playlist. Since then, more parts to the segment have come out.

[@rkms5606]

Reparations.... Pay the people/their descendants and give ownership stakes... Tax free

[@darnellpeek2543]

Yes

[@kiak.matthews76]

YES... to the tax free AND a full calculation for inflation and interest with principle!!

[@anthonyjohnson9403]

I love the "tax free" part of your comment. No taxes for descendants would be a huge chunk and descent start of reparations. Wouldn't cover everything, but a descent start

[@anthonyjohnson9403]

@The Richest Man In Babylon Never say never.

[@americanbronze2780]

@The Richest Man In Babylon it’s more so about how have you helped be the solution to the one of the longest issues in America…it’s not considered payment..you would be contributing to a cause ✅💯 meant to fix society

[@kennyroberts2703]

It's sad that you learn more about America's "REAL" history in a 30 minute video than you do in 12 years of school.

[@MyKingHisQueen]

Why would they want Us to know these things JUST BE HAPPY WITH YOUR GHETTOS AND LOW PAYING JOBS IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT YOU HAVE NO AMBITION TO DO BETTER...RIGHT🤔🤔🤔🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@joshstevens1401]

Agreed

[@Acokeek]

@@MyKingHisQueen No

[@acajudi100]

Always learn on your own please.

[@kennyroberts2703]

@@acajudi100, I do but no one is capable of learning everything there is to know on their own. If they could, books wouldn't exist.

[@dinox4250]

There was a small plaque in Central Park that "details" the community of Seneca Village. In it, the plaque explains that the "blighted area" was a shanty town. Since discovering this to be a lie, the plaque was removed. Seneca Village was the first integrated community in New York in the 1900s, where former slaves, Italian and Irish immigrants coexisted. It was mowed down to make way for more of what is now Central Park.

[@rkms5606]

If only they'd pay the descendants of the removed residents and giving them ownership stakes: tax free

[@lovesyah4618]

@@rkms5606 Ha! They won't. Yeshuah's return will be REPARATIONS!!

[@maureenlaneski2802]

Wow. SMH.

[@lisagulick4144]

@@maureenlaneski2802 (SMH)^(googolplex). In fact, I can never stop SMH.

[@docteryates8077]

...several States...

[@maureenlaneski2802]

I grew up in Michigan, so I never imagined private schools received funding from taxes. That's what people hated about Charter schools!

[@kriss10ten09]

It seems so wrong that we pay taxes to something we don’t have access too and our public schools need the funding, while private should be from the parents and fundraising not handouts. Smh

[@19Pyrus70]

Private for-profit businesses also get money from the government for "research & development": They make money from their activities & then the government gives them lots of money to continue doing things that make them money.

[@jctannery2768]

Ironic - it sounds like Taxation without Representation

[@Acharmedlife]

Thank you for the education we don’t get in any school.

[@essentialseastar7853]

Rockefeller and his friends made sure of that… but they had us fooled that Columbus discovered something that was already in existence

[@hazmatman3120]

Not just lakes... you can include sports stadiums, too.

[@randycarrier3401]

And highways.

[@101TexanNative]

Wow. Just wow.

[@ttthecat]

Excellent point!!!

[@curvyQT1]

And parks

[@essentialseastar7853]

ATL Mercedes Benz stadium prime example

[@jimhood1202]

Breathtaking. Four shows in one sitting is truly nauseating. I don't know how Amber manages to do this with humour. And there are still people who deny systemic racism?

[@catwitdabigdog1642]

Those people are willfully ignorant.

[@danieldenton5721]

Give me an example of systemic racism that exists today.

[@danieldenton5721]

@@catwitdabigdog1642 give me an example of systemic racism that exist today

[@BlazeHT]

@@danieldenton5721 There's literally three videos just over half an hour long with examples. Purposely not paying attention means you're willfully ignorant.

[@maureenlaneski2802]

I can only handle this information with comedy sometimes. She's doing a public service.

[@hemlockVape]

People who learn from history shouldn't be subjected to the choices of politicians who won't.

[@djdale.5806]

Well said!!!

[@LeTrashPanda]

This should be emblazoned on a plaque! 🏆

[@1978spears]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@22coconut]

WE CAN READ NOW! So we don't have to settle for what we are being told. Don't just Google stuff either, go to a local library and look it up!

[@missKushite]

@@22coconut we always could read...our own language and writing systems before invaders conquered. So the truth is is that the colonizers never wanted us to learn their language until it served them a purpose.

[@greatboniwanker]

Amber, you are a national treasure!

[@emiRUAfr8]

Yes she is. I completely agree. I hope she is blessed with continued success.

[@xzonia1]

Agreed! Love her!

[@MrIAMTHESIR]

I'm a Retired Librarian and Educator and TRULY ENJOY YOUR RESEARCH. Something that I've done for a local Library System... Thanks so much..

[@thebaccathatchews]

Michael Harriot is one of her writers. Everything he writes is informative and heartbreaking.

[@docteryates8077]

Keep it coming Michael Harriot, the WHOLE TRUTH has never been told.

[@sweeta5242]

Michael Harriot always keeps it actual and factual.

[@lennie1703]

Bullies and haters make me sick. We can never stop talking about this.

[@sonyat5775]

Thank you Amber for not being afraid to tell the TRUTH !!!!!

[@tkam54]

Can we all take a moment to acknowledge and appreciate the MULTITUDE of natural and beautiful hairstyles Amber effortlesslly pulls off!

[@eldrsong]

And another moment to appreciate the endless diversity of and verve with which Seth wears those form-fitting shirts. And don’t get me started on his winsome smile.

[@1234cheerful]

Yes! I love her jackets and ties. Her delivery is just perfect. We all needed her.

[@Whoeverheardof]

I was too busy paying attention to what she was actually saying.

[@1234cheerful]

@@Whoeverheardof That's why tkam54 only wanted a minute. I think she has an ace hairstylist on her team.

[@kieshame888]

Love her tresses. 😍 She definitely gets the downloads and executes flawlessly❣💯🤎

[@sha8808]

This is so sad and sick. Thank you for the education.

[@patrickgibbons9318]

Thank you for being one of the best teachers I have ever had.

[@DONTCALLMETHAT]

And she said Bill Maher with a strait face..... Twice🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@amusicment4829]

Heartbreaking, thank you, Amber for educating!

[@stevenklnes7148]

Amber is the voice we need

[@dianeboyd9078]

Desperately!!! 🎯💯✊🏿✊🏼✊✊🏻

[@jeannettemyles3723]

Build Back Better!!! Biden !!!! Wake up Amber

[@michaelbray109]

This is what Seth Meyers wants to be, what John Oliver occasionally is, and Trevor Noah gets right much of the time, but Amber Ruffin makes this her own and outlines and underlines the issues of race and racism in America. A needed voice to be added to the other voices speaking up on these issues….

[@Victoria-tc5cm]

Absolutely ❤️

[@mpendulombhele5036]

Trevor Noah sees every bs fr fr

[@Larita334]

With over 600 deaths. Lake Lanier is known for it's many drownings! The Most High hasn't forgotten His Children!

[@sonyat5775]

amen

[@essentialseastar7853]

Yes my longtime friend was a drowning victim there just a couple years ago… no trace of him ever found to this day

[@PrimordialChaos07]

But you have to demand that he gives you retribution ‼️

[@cynthiapettiford]

Yes sir

[@Larita334]

@@cynthiapettiford Sir???

[@nicolecopland461]

I have learned a LOT from this fabulous, whimsical woman.

[@youtube_user]

That is a very sad story. And shocking. Thank you for explaining this to us!

[@mrstoggleswitch5427]

I grew up swimming in Lake Lanier. They never told us the truth. They told us it was a man-made lake and that it was a marvel of engineering.

[@tonymalone9389]

there thought of marvel......is displacing the "uppity" citizens that lived there....you gotta read between the lines sometimes

[@sks7438]

Now you know.

[@nevamontford4914]

Many friends and family of mine knew never to even touch that water. So many accidents, it's the ancestors.

[@dolladollabillyall2305]

Well they told you part of the truth

[@DOUBLEUPENTERTAINMENT9]

Wow 😰

[@markhardiman1179]

I was always told the SAT's were to see how well the teachers were doing their job at teaching. Hmmmm.I'm 53 & still learning.

[@elaineburnett5230]

I am 78 and I know exactly what you mean 😁 and we folks are very lucky people 🤭

[@HesderOleh]

I think you got state testing confused with SAT tests. SAT tests were always just for college admissions and waaaay predate the attempt at statistical teacher evaluation.

[@rolandaLovesYAH]

Keep rerunning this.... Let US learn to NEVER forget too.....

[@harryeure4967]

Ms. Amber Ruffin and her very factual and salient research is absolutely--“Brilliant” !

[@marquis08]

Keep applying pressure. Make them uncomfortable like they made our ancestors

[@cherylp9963]

And stole our land...

[@RadicalforGod]

@@cherylp9963 reconstruction era

[@PrimordialChaos07]

It’s still happening. Imho people have to get away from that was back then. It’s still happening . Pray for divine retribution. People are too comfortable in the beast system.

[@rubberdog8763]

I just finished your book, ‘You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey’. I read it and listened to the audio book. !!! What a hoot! Excellent. Great, informative, educational and done with amazing humor. And most definitely needed.👏🏼

[@nevamontford4914]

Sad our history has to be taught with humor for it to be heard.

[@fearlesssfcappuccino]

I am SO grateful for this show!!! Amber is a fantastic host, and few could deliver this mix of humor and horror so well. We have so much we have to work on/fix.

[@boochi7087]

They can ban the books, but they can't ban people talking about history.

[@boydbay6274]

Yes, unfortunately they can, if they're not protected.

[@RadicalforGod]

@@boydbay6274 your voice is all you got!

[@s.j.alexander4599]

Love your history lessons mixed with comedy. You're awesome!

[@hadayimosi]

Comedy?

[@joannanorma]

Not comedy. Nothing funny here at all.

[@ashleyvaughn5213]

Thank you, we all need to know history. The real history, hopefully without being wounded by it but understanding why things are like it is today. LITERALLY "HOW DID WE GET HERE" 🤣

[@carlathelibra4228]

Unbelievably horrific… I had no idea about the destruction of those towns. No wonder right wingers don’t want people educated! Thank you so much Amber for such an amazing segment!! You’re awesome 🤩!!

[@mannytaylor6923]

2022 VISION...BIG FACTS...STAY ON POINT BEWARE 👀 🤔

[@pyramidpilots6491]

Neither party wanted anyone to know

[@sweeta5242]

@@mannytaylor6923 REAL Facts!

[@marie2511]

Share with others so THEY know

[@carlathelibra4228]

@@marie2511 I will!!

[@heg203]

This is disgusting but not surprising.

[@marie2511]

Now, share with others

[@lynnwoodcarter3486]

Share please

[@Fincayra15]

Wow. I had only heard about flooding done to indigenous americans, like Lake Powell

[@unpunishedguilt8052]

There's nothing more beautiful than an educated woman and you prove that every time you do a show.

[@francerichardson32]

🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@mariuz5991]

Blah blah blah

[@getfreemazes]

simpleton

[@2REAL4MOST]

Reparations Now!B1

[@dianeboyd9078]

Precisely... Even the playing field!!! ❤️🎯💯

[@haselsal]

this is my favorite segment on the show, and i love this format combining a bunch together!

[@daradelle3665]

Paid streaming services of any kind are beyond my budget so far. Grateful for this compilation on KZbin beyond words! Would have missed it otherwise, and grok what she's saying. I'm also glad these segments made it to air in the first place!

[@wazoowi]

I hope this show goes on forever

[@handyvan3422]

my grandmother emma was from oscarville, she recieved some money from a settlement for some of that land - wasnt much though - she taught me how to fish where she grew up near a bridge on lake lanier

[@lovesyah4618]

This is why they're trying to shut down Critical Race Theory. I teach my kids at home about true history not ( his story)

[@hadayimosi]

You should be arrested for torturing children.

[@theconsciousone9017]

Exactly koledga is a indian name

[@The_fashioner777]

If you're teaching them that they're crayons, you've already messed up.

[@missfreda7374]

Right on!!!

[@reneemyatt5446]

CRT only applys too Students of 2nd Yr College.

[@kmartin1550]

All these tactics are still happening to date!

[@MayJailer333]

This is so important.

[@Betweenthelinesss-]

Thankyou for giving these stories the attention they deserve

[@riaa8689]

Thomas Sowell and Candunce Owens needs to learn this piece of precious history.

[@leonbanks4862]

This is the first segment I've ever watched, but it won't be my last. You now have a new subscriber Amber. Awesome job.

[@Chicagodaman]

Me2.. I love learning the truth and facts about history.

[@Ldastwpayh]

Notice how they either turned our towns into a lake and or parks

[@boydbay6274]

Or highways, or university campuses, or protected wildlife areas...

[@samuelchepkwony4895]

Still watching in 2024? Miss the show 😢

[@arondajackson1880]

Thank you Amber, for informing us about this. I thought I knew about the troubles but apparently even at my age there are still things to learn.

[@napoleonwilson6499]

I just wanna say for the record,if your reading of history makes you happy...you read it wrong. History isn't supposed to make us happy,it's to help us make a better future. Wake up,people. It's well past time...

[@101TexanNative]

History is ‘supposed to be’ about the PAST. These are ongoing issues and actions.

[@elaineburnett5230]

So Far, history isn't making anyone happy, and not doing a thing to make the future better!

[@julie3911]

I love watching your show. You should go into politics. We need more people like you to help change legislature

[@mediabiassucks1803]

All she can do is make cracks about "white girl butts" and dredge up past injustice. How is she going to achieve compromises with her political opponents?

[@connyscippio5623]

That's why the school now can get federal funds to get government money for private school's take in few and get federal grants

[@nathanielanderson4898]

Thank you for this information Amber. I would never have known about it unless you had told me.

[@bjbrownbob]

Reparations would be too SCARY for Whyte people because we might just do better than them kinda like when they let us play sports!!!😁😁

[@lemostjoyousrenegade]

🎯 ❗️

[@judahlion3330]

Even playing field

[@BennieTarrMusic]

Have you seen how many homeless men are white? The Americans hate their own people.

[@americanbronze2780]

The Question is why would people doing better be Considered Scary 🤔🤔

[@americanbronze2780]

I agree but that’s weird that would make them feel scared if we do better society overall could do better even them 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@danbridges4755]

If I was a teacher, I'd show Amber Ruffin on movie day

[@mediabiassucks1803]

Maybe a couple clips, but a lot of her act is straight up racism and jokes about "white girl butts" etc.

[@earthn1447]

Thanks for painful, sad and deep truths. You are powerful Amber.

[@fords_nothere_100]

Great anthology of these segments! Amber's How Did We Get Here's are perfect teaching tools (high school-undergrads). They open up real questions of representation, of who speaks for whom and why, and of hidden motivations. Her segments on housing and related topics are especially strong. BTW surprised Amber is not like a sitcom or movie star by this time. She seems like she'd be hilarious in a feature film or clever sit com.

[@ragnorrock9899]

Thanks! Now I gotta do my part and educate others 💪🏾

[@x1625]

Future me: "Everything is fine now, How Did We Get Here President Ruffin?"

[@dwightstephenrolfe6934]

Everything is not fine now!! Where you been

[@jazdux6651]

Keep going Amber! Grateful for this show!

[@traybae1353]

I love Amber...tell the truth America...✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@doriswilson6453]

I'm glad you have a show where you can actually learn from it. Thank you so much 💓

[@kendra.achildress5210]

This is definitely my favorite show now! Also is it keeps the attention of my pre-teens. These are facts we need planted in the minds of our youth. We were robbed of the truth for so long.

[@WorldinRooView]

Well, the ending of Oh Brother Where Art Thou suddenly makes a lot more sense...

[@Gfteam23]

Their descendents need to be compensated

[@quentinwilliams6354]

My dear Sister thank you for your ability to look through the many atrocities that dark malagnated people have suffered. It would be very insightful if you would put this in book format. This is true historical data.

[@mediabiassucks1803]

It's her writers.

[@uthmanbaksh3530]

This segment answered a bunch of questions I had for years!

[@Leonmiller407]

Mind blown! That’s got me thinking about Lake Lure, NC. I’ve visited there for years.I always wondered who agreed to flood their town?

[@blackpanter9572]

This is what needs to be taught in the classrooms!!!!!

[@Cre80s]

Thank you Amber!

[@paulpease8254]

Someone needs to play this on a loudspeaker at every right-wing gathering 😂

[@oliviatiwaladeadedokun2929]

They support it. It wouldn't shame them

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

Facts

[@valenciamarks3334]

They were Democrats!

[@rcollins4958]

@@valenciamarks3334 they were WHITE, doesn't matter the party

[@mannytaylor6923]

2022 VISION 👍👍👍👍

[@michellehenderson42]

Wow this is sad…heard about it in bits and pieces but its fair worse then I’ve heard. I can’t believe this has been hidden for so long. Thanks so much for posting TRUE HISTORY!!

[@YTEdy]

Wow. That was intense and really well put together and she has this amazing delivery, making it entertaining at the same time too. This subject shouldn't be entertaining, but sometimes comedy is the perfect delivery. I'd never seen her before, but I think she's brilliant.

[@Levantis1]

So tell me, when was America great?

[@elaineburnett5230]

Before most of us got here🤗🤭🤭🤫

[@noname-we1rf]

NEVER

[@miriamhaskins3519]

That is the question!!

[@Peacekindness23]

Never!

[@truthiscensored]

They been great at wickedness and Satanic things for hundreds of years. Yea America has and still is great...just great at bad things

[@angelleigh9468]

Thank You Amber. I've hoped that someone would compile this truth so tha we could know the real extent of this devistation. Please, write a book and publish it. I'm sure it will have a great impact on our society and culture.

[@zakkeewaheed9864]

I enjoyed and learned so much. Thanks Amber

[@jacquettaladson1792]

Thank you Amber...WOOOOOW ! This is the BEST HISTORY LESSON...EVER !!!

[@bgknowable]

Beautiful writing! That is of course flanked by the facts. Thank you.

[@bluedoggg1]

They have never been able to leave us alone.

[@HTownCharlieBrown]

It's called Reparations.

[@robinburns1639]

Keep speaking the truth and bringing out the truth!! Thank you Amber!!😉😊🙏

[@monicajohnson639]

Your presentations are awesome - we have been waiting for you a long time. - Thanks

[@naynay747]

Thank you Amber. Nuff said.

[@ernestinejohnson6379]

Cut that Reparations, Restorations check NYS and compensate us for all the wrongdoings that was and continue to be done too the ADOS,..

[@kimberlytanner2371]

I am learning more from you in 3 hrs,than I ever did in 4yrs of history classes.just saying.thank you so much.and hella funny too.

[@skillz1855]

America needs Amber She's brilliant beyond brilliant

[@kaythegardener]

Vanport in Oregon was wiped out by a flash flood & the integrated workers at Henry Kaiser's war production factories lived there. I took care of an older woman who lived there & her family escaped by the skin of their teeth.

[@odd7646]

I just loveee the Amber Show it's the history we need!!! The very CRT that republicans don't want students to learn.... this is very necessary

[@kmk403]

Development Induced displacement, hu? That must be awful - Native Americans Love Amber so much

[@bryanrose1793]

I wish I watching this series in the far future and I could say "Wow, I can't believe people actually lived that way." But, I really believe history will continue to repeat itself and this will be the US culture forever.😮‍💨

[@ronaldmiller4997]

This is the sad truth.I am a first time listener, you are funny intelligent and have a whimsical way of expressing yourself!

[@johnwhitney1439]

I really have to research this ; there is so much history in these stories, thanks Amber !!

[@joshuaschaffner5254]

This lady is very intelligent love her...