Why Brazil Is Better Than The U.S. On Teaching Slavery

Teaching the truth about slavery and genocidal displacement has turned into a partisan battle in the United States. And that’s fueled a national political debate over how to understand U.S. history and racism.
But while the U.S. continues to deny its dark past, why are Brazil, Germany and South Africa teaching their racist history? And what can the U.S. learn from them?
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[@nwabudikecelestina8614]

Thanks for the video

[@guillaumefrancois3942]

@Here We Go Again, Haiti has been undermining by both France and the US. The African continent has been under France influence for centuries. Do you get the picture?

[@Wendyzee1612]

Exceptional coverage of the subject. Speaking as a South African Israeli. Very well done on this vid AJ+

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

More anti-White propaganda, great job. 👍

[@colonelkernel2959]

South Africa is a terrible example, they are on the verge of genocide against Indians and Whites in the country

[@Suave121]

I was born in USA but I went to school in Brazil for a bit and I was shocked to see how rich the history textbooks were. It was like I was reading a story. So many figures, events, and eras that just was so honest and true

[@Thelaretus]

Sadly most Brazilian children don't pay attention to their books; I loved them, though, and still have some of them.

[@AngelicoCiudad]

@@Thelaretus Why would they care for slavery? Heck as a Latino in USA why would I need to learn about slavery? I want to learn about useful subjects.

[@sleepystation4087]

@@AngelicoCiudad because it affects Afro Latinos and our history so yes it’s important to US maybe not you 🙄

[@shinobiblade2558]

@@AngelicoCiudad I don't want to learn about Mexico or latinos either.

[@Inglescomgus]

I did the opposite, i lived in America when i was a kid and i was shocked to see just how little the schools there teach history, world history and geography.I even felt smarter than the teachers. It seriously doesn't even come close to what is tought in Brazil.

[@hbbstn]

As a Brazilian, I was shocked to realize that in the United States black people have a different accent. In Brazil, black people speak like everyone else. You cannot tell over the phone if people are black.

[@pcam21]

OMG, I answered your other comment saying exactly what you said here! 😅 I had the same shock

[@rexscipio3344]

Who cares? STFU..

[@ivanfloresvazquez7490]

@@rexscipio3344 Lol, chill a bit, baby boy

[@ehzAxemuzik]

hbbstn ..depends on the region - just like in Brasil, people in North, South, Central and interior have different sotaques irmao!

[@adhyjc8]

That has to do with how culturally separated black people were from everyone else. That seems to be changing bit now.

[@wakakabravo7998]

US and Japan are few of country that fail to teach their children about their dark past.

[@AabluedragonAH]

Makes sense that the two are such close allies

[@heigohausenberg4949]

Turkey? Uk? Arab countries? There are many of them

[@wakakabravo7998]

@@heigohausenberg4949 which is why I said " few of country " instead of saying " only US and Japan "

[@heigohausenberg4949]

@@wakakabravo7998 sorry, my bad.

[@shadowraptor9163]

Finally someone who recognizes Japans dark past and doesn’t say only white people do bad things

[@listenup2882]

Brazil was the last country in the Western hemisphere and one of the last on the planet to end slavery. There is still lots of racism in Brazil but it's good that they're teaching about racism and slavery.

[@kokaomf]

Which is a hypocrisy if you considers the total of pardo/mixed population of the country... Like, almost everyone here is a descendant of black or native populations. We call the racists here of "Tupiniviking" in sarcasm.

[@user-wc9ez9fk1k]

Exactly, their police brutality rates are high, race isn’t always a factor in this but I don’t think people realize how much it plays into it.

[@lxxxviii575]

@@kokaomf racism is different everywhere. Brazil is the future of racism, we called it Colorism! Your blood doesn’t matter as long you look white. People in Brazil are mixed but they are far away to be as “pardo” as a Mexican. The whiting policy during the XX century made states like the south and São Paulo looking white. The USA today is walking towards the same path. Whitness will change and nobody will care if you have 5% of native blood as long it doesn’t show on your face. Understanding this is very important so we can educate our future generations and teach them better

[@johndoe-hp9qz]

@@lxxxviii575 Genetics matter, keep trying to brainwash children into believing in your degenerate fantasies though. It's not working. 😂

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

@@lxxxviii575 What are you even talking about? No one believes that Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, etc. are not White. These are White countries, in Europe. Multiculturalism doesn't work and it never will. Just look at South Africa and how they seized any property owned by Whites and "redistributed" it to Blacks without compensation to know what the future of your country looks like. Good luck. 👌

[@Moribus_Artibus]

As a Brazilian, thats certainly true, but then again not everything here is all wonderful and cute. Theres a lot of problems

[@mrcarioca8046]

problems exist everywhere

[@mrcarioca8046]

@Arthur De Souza It is true that in Brazil there is corruption but Brazil is not even among the 30 most corrupt countries, stop complaining about your country when in the world there are much worse places

[@shturm9391]

No shit

[@mrcarioca8046]

@Los 7 yes but just focusing on the negative is not good

[@gordoperdido]

Cheguei eae qual a treta 😂

[@hbbstn]

As a Brazilian, I was shocked to learn that slavery is controversial in the US. I was also shocked that some Americans refused to accept global warming.

[@pcam21]

I remember my first shock. Someone was testifying about something and told that "the man sounded black". I was whaaat?! So in USA you can describe physically someone by how they sound?? 😱 Nowadays I understand their culture and why this happens, but it is still odd for me.

[@ehzAxemuzik]

@@pcam21 there were (2) two Americas before the civil rights movement and racist whites as well as those whites that benefited were happy with these (2) systems..

[@pcam21]

@@ehzAxemuzik almost the same in Brazil. Many countries in the American continent share this history.

[@apeman9238]

@@pcam21 eyy, it is the USA.

[@pcam21]

@@apeman9238?

[@yeyosilver7067]

The Brazilian student grid is one of the most complex in the world, that's why there are so many failures, we learn things in elementary and high school that in other countries they only learn in colleges

[@Bl4z3MC]

Yeah, I'm in high school and Idek how bank accounts work...

[@SK-ch7ik]

Eu acho q é mais pq as escolas sao uma droga e tem estrutura ruim

[@yeyosilver7067]

@@SK-ch7ik leia dnv oq eu escrevi

[@Bl4z3MC]

@@yeyosilver7067 ?

[@narcisista8953]

Ela tá falado bem ou mal do Brasil? Não piko inglase

[@pikmin4743]

someone remembered the Romani!

[@shutdownexecute3936]

And as usual, no one remembered the Slavs. Oh, I’m sorry, “Eastern Europeans”

[@lucaa.9709]

@@shutdownexecute3936 Was waiting to hear her not say "Poles" and of course she didn't and just lumped them with the Jewish figure

[@Moatios]

Easy Answer: Brazil, German and South Africa aren't worried about national imagery. Meaning they're not worried about how their country's are looked upon by the others in the world.

[@Zefernandocs]

Why would u think that?

[@Moatios]

@@Zefernandocs Well to explain myself; let me begin by stating, I live in the United States, I've seen many attempt of people try to either rewrite, erase or hide history to maintain this image of the a benevolent United States, to make it look like nothing bad happened here. To keep the fabricated image of historical US figures like President George Washington and President Thomas Jefferson from being exposed for the people the truly were. To give a diluted image to children of what the United States is not in order to ensure blind patriotism and loyalty. The United States has this obsession with imagery, as if the country can do no wrong and it and her people can do what ever, it's sickening and distributing

[@henriquejambu]

finally a video that says something good that brazil did

[@AngelHernandez-fc3kd]

Bruh

[@SJ-ry9er]

What bad have they done?

[@jhonassantos8501]

Bro, there are a lot of good things that brazil has done, you don't want to see it, but it's probably because the communication media are full of headlines about the horrible things that our president did, which is not bad because we also don't agree with what he did Is doing.

[@jhonassantos8501]

Mas provavelmente você é brasileiro (se tu não é me desculpe) mas por que tão facil falar mal do proprio país, sem tão pouco apresentar argumento algum, mostra uma falta de patriotismo claro e sem uma razão específica esplicada, que faz só uma imagem ruim do nosso país de graça sem critica construtiva, sem protesto, sem razão, só fico confuso, pois, se for falar de brasil, e só, estará falando de todos os brasileiros inclusive a si mesmo, então, como eu posso confiar em um comentário de uma pessoa, que, se diz não fazer "coisa boa".

[@rpass397]

Tem um monte cara, você só deve filtrar coisa ruim

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

America's mythology hinges on the idea that this is the greatest country in human history and that even our mistakes were made with good intentions. Admitting that our country did things, not because they were beneficial, but because our country was built on violent racism, goes directly against the mythology. So none of this will ever happen in the US lol.

[@marknjoroge7260]

That's exactly it! 👏🏿

[@powasjington4262]

I think every empire is based on violent racism and domination. Whites are on top in America but that can change. In general humanity is sketch is my point.

[@AlexanderMoises]

Your indoctrination is befitting. America has seen it's best days. The class of American at present level will sink this country.

[@LoftusBlake]

@@powasjington4262 America isn't a empire though

[@TIENxSHINHAN]

@@shockcat5988 I'm not a Christian.

[@PKM1010]

A country that refuses to acknowledge that it made mistakes, is like a person doing the same. They can never improve until they do so.

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

Can you acknowledge that Brown people have never created a first world country or invented anything of value?

[@PKM1010]

@@user-xk9um6fj3m I'm not going to argue with this because I don't believe you truly believe that. Instead I think you are just using the anonymity to say something outrageous and vent whatever prejudice you have in a safe space, removed from judgement of friends and family.

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

​@@PKM1010 It is the truth though, it's not a debate it's a fact. They can't even survive in their own countries. We aren't the ones that are scared, you guys are, which is why you are conformists and support whatever gay, anti-White narrative your television tells is you "politically correct". Spineless and brainwashed. Sad.

[@anonymousperson3023]

@@PKM1010 is he wrong? Truly think about it. Is he wrong?

[@shooter5503]

@@user-xk9um6fj3m It’s disingenuous to say brown people could never achieve 1st world status since this concept has only started existing from the Cold War. What about algebra or the number zero I’m sure people still use these things today, or maybe canals and writing.

[@Blackmage4001]

Brazil also didn't put it's Japanese descendant population into internment camps unlike in America and Canada.

[@giu941]

idk if you're being ironic or not, but the vargas government did it back in the 40s and at his government there was concentration camps disguised as mental hospitals in brazil

[@quidam_surprise]

Brazil is in America, dummy, and so are Canada and the US.

[@bluegamer07]

@@quidam_surprise they're all in the Americas. Not 'america'.

[@quidam_surprise]

It's the same thing, bozo. 😐

[@a.rnnnnn]

@@bluegamer07 America is two continents North america and south america not the usa just call it that

[@PalWebTV]

South Africa has also taught Israel a lot about racism ... not in a good way though ...

[@ramzy4458]

@@jonlenihan4798 There are plenty of Palestinian Christians dumbass

[@divinesistar9985]

Israel does not need help, they are good and racists for a long time now.

[@Spirit123]

@@jonlenihan4798 don't talk behalf all Palestinians, and btw not all Palestinians are muslim

[@tiagomd3811]

@@jonlenihan4798 lmao Israel can't stand anyone who isn't a white jew. Black jews suffer from racism in Israel and palestinians are being genocided since the 50s.

[@tiagomd3811]

@@jonlenihan4798 In your dreams, that is

[@dl0g09]

The Brazilian army in world war 2 accepted every black and white, some black Americans even said that felt more better with Brazilians than with their own peoples

[@Baraodojaguary]

True becase we Brazilians are a welcoming people in most part even if they look too funny and are trolling everyone around

[@curlyyhair777]

@@Baraodojaguary I never had the opportunity to leaveamerica and go to Brazil, but the Americans who went to Brazil say that in Brazil the people are very welcoming, I wanted to feel that. Im from Detroit and I moved to Dallas Texas and when you move from one city to another, it's hard for you to get close to people.I only get close to the Brazilians who live here.Of course I don't blame the Texans for being like that. in Detroit the people are much friendlier 🤦

[@Baraodojaguary]

@@curlyyhair777 i also moved from cities here in Brazil and altough people are more welcoming where im living for being a country town and not the biggest city where i lived before. But i know what you mean took a while for me to make friends of my on and not my mom s childhood friends who live here

[@user-yg6ki7ou2y]

@@curlyyhair777 you ever come here, come with a group of friends. Trust me, is much safer

[@curlyyhair777]

@@Baraodojaguary yep true , i'll wait longer and try to at least make some friends ... Thank bro 💯😘

[@baatile]

Also Germany acknowledges the Holocaust but doesn’t do the same regarding it’s Namibian genocide. I guess the skin colour of the victims is what matters more than the crime.

[@abdulgafarmuhiadinmohamed9177]

sis they did acknowledged and said they will pay billions of dollars as compensation

[@abdulgafarmuhiadinmohamed9177]

@Pan-European Novorossiyan Confederate Republican get you facts straight.....the main question is why where Europeans troops in Africa at the first place

[@mikeaskme3530]

@Baatile actually Germany does recognize the Namibian genocide now, you may not be aware of it but they did almost 2 or 1 year ago.

[@mikeaskme3530]

@Pan-European Novorossiyan Confederate Republican no its not fact,. stop peddling BS.

[@abdulgafarmuhiadinmohamed9177]

@Pan-European Novorossiyan Confederate Republican what where German civilians doing in africa

[@karlosdias7802]

forgive the English, but currently Brazil has failed a lot with blacks and indigenous people. more and more Brazilian history is being devalued and forgotten. In the year 2020 approximately 5,000 black children were killed in police operations and the population has been silent and there are no major protests. Black and indigenous people can be as helpless as the USA, if what happens here happens in the USA, the American population would certainly revolt, but Brazilians are very silent. Things are not looking good these days. Racism and neo-Nazism have grown.

[@creeperproductionsbr573]

Yes, very sad, I have seen classmates here simply not pay attention in history classes because they talk about slavery or black and indigenous culture/history. Racism is deeply rooted in Brazil and we need to find out a way to fight it quick.

[@Isa-ku8vp]

Yass, Brazil is better than USA in speaking of teaching history and geography, but it is still catastrophic. School doesn't teach us which country or ethnicity these African people came from. For me, as a black Brazilian girl, it is hard to find information about my own culture. And not to mention that while we learn the history and the impact of Catholicism and white culture in general, we don't learn formally about African religions, music or the impact they had and still have in Brazilian society

[@creeperproductionsbr573]

@@Isa-ku8vp Yeah we learn about slavery and native genocide but we completely disregard black and indigenous culture when there are thousands of resources and people that could help us learn about the topic and now with this president we have it's getting much worse like histroy class won't even be obligatory anymore in high school

[@HebrewHakaishin]

It's still not as bad as the USA, I'm black and I wish I was in Brazil

[@creeperproductionsbr573]

@@HebrewHakaishin Nah my man police here are 5x more violent than the USA's

[@misterx1342]

I’m South African and I did history the whole of my high school career. History is only a compulsory subject til grade 9. Every term one part of history is dedicated to Apartheid. However we also learn about racist policies around the world such as Jim Crow and the American civil rights movement in grade 12 as well as the white Australian policy and the stolen generation in grade 11.

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

That's a lot of propaganda. Are you full of White guilt now?

[@blood_trail_lover731]

Love the fact you have an anime profile pic, my friend 🙂😄

[@Emma-lc7cx]

@@user-xk9um6fj3m just because you might not like the history doesn't make it propaganda , if you are mad its being thought why not travel back and sto it from happening

[@ordemeprogresso727]

Black genocide existed in Australia, when British colonized the countery, they not only killed them, they also had this crazy mindset, that Hitler did in WW 2.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

I’m sorry, but why only that late?

[@yasmingomes4860]

In brazil (at list in my experience) I really was teached very critically about slavery, racism now days, indegenous genocide but only in high school and middle school. Primary was reeally bad in the 2000's if you know of how is it now please, I'm in college now and a lot has changed. BUT It is still VERY eurocentric, white washed and xenophobic, we talk about almost none of our indegenous people, but half of our curricullum is europe and later the USA + Europe. I've only had latin american history (only the pre-colombian period) for like 2 classes, the haitian revolution for only 10 minutes, african history then? Only egypt and a brief mention to the benin empire. We start our history when the europeans invaded. Now is stating to change, but our books need to change too, bc even tho our techears do encourage us to think critically our own history in middle school and high school, our basis, our topics and our books should be much better, not focusing in europe and whiteness. Talking about our neighbors, talking about our native people before the europeans invasion. I hope we continue evolving bc our governnament is trying to go back for awful times. They don't want the population knowing it's history bc it makes us powerful all that said, I'm hopefull, those are NEW policies and are going through test right now bc of politcs, but we are fighting, I agree with djamila

[@DSan-kl2yc]

I wonder if there's a limit to how much history can be taught in a school though. I was watching a video about how the brits teach the U.S revolution and it's small. U.K has had many revolutions. How far back in Time on both the native side, african side, and euro side can history go in a basic school curriculum. I think it being short starts to make sense. Especially when you start bringing in the history of other countries like Haiti or other latin american countries.

[@yasmingomes4860]

@@DSan-kl2yc I get what you're saying and I kind of agree but not so much. Bc I do think they should teach about the 3 parts, not necessarily as detailed. But specially afro-brazilian revolutions should be thought, and Indegenous history before the invasion. In Brazilian history and world history (I don't know if you're Brazilian or not, but we have history separated in national history and world history in most schools) so in world history seeing how societies that are relevant in the Brazilian context should be thought, even if it's just mentioned. But the African-Brazilian Heritage and Indegenous should DEFINITELY be thought, and make a cut with the European history and some part of the American history bc I don't think it should be as detailed as it is when there's general knowledge that should also be thought

[@jackyex]

I'm sorry but how are we going to talk about the indigenous people before the colonization if we don't have any records? Actually we do talk about it, but it's quite superficial cause our only records about native people are from the Portuguese. And why are we going to talk about the rest of Latin America? Their history didn't really affect us, Brazil has always been an Island in this continent, the Only neighbour that affected us in any way was Argentina. But I do agree with you that we should talk more about the African kibgdoms, specially the Congo, has it had a very deep connection with Brazil and its history is very well documented.

[@t.k3650]

@@jackyex O rei do Congo não foi o "irmão de fé" do rei português? Que foi o principal negociador para a venda de escravos? Isso seria interessante se fosse ensinado

[@FallenLight0]

@@jackyex About our neighbours, I think the biggest part of the history we have with them is the Paraguay War, Uruguay/Cisplatina conflict, acquisition of Acre, something about the Guianas and I don't remember something more relevant than this, execept the modern relations with them on Mercosul, football rivalry and the venezuelan immigration. And I learned all of this on school. Although I would like that our country was more close to our neighbours, specially in relation to the language, all brazilians should learn spanish, we would get a lot of benefits from it.

[@josecarloscosta5220]

Brazil has improved a lot in this field in the last 10 years, but Brazil is far from being an example in the way racial issues are discussed. Government involvement was fundamental in Brazil but, somehow the US discusses racial issues better than Brazil where the myth/narrative of a racial democracy persists. The book "Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil" is old, but it helps to gain perspective on how racial issues are (or not) discussed in Brazil.

[@leticiadantas1355]

I had always heard about the myth of a racial democracy until I got into high school some years ago. I think that schools address it differently nowadays.

[@FallenLight0]

And in my opinion Brazil is not the only one that should recognize its fault on this subject, but Portugal too, because they created this sistematic racism in the brazilian society (Portugal controled Brazil from 1500 to 1822, and during 3 centuries they cultivated the slavery culture which caused all the problems black people faces today in Brazil). Of course we brazilians had enough time to fix this problem, but think about it, it's not easy to fix 300+ years of slavery in a society that learned to oppress black people.

[@coe3408]

To read Brazil through a North American lense is stupid. We should discuss racism without having to adopt Anglo-Saxon standards.

[@joaoguilherme9671]

Responderei em português. Não creio que a discussão racial nos Estados Unidos seja melhor, já que tende muito a um conceito de guerra de classes e não de integração socio-racial. Infelizmente vejo movimentos negros no Brasil copiando o estilo americano de tocar no assunto e lutar pelos direitos, mas cria conflitos que acarretam no distanciamento entre negros e brancos.

[@cupuacu4life13]

tu ta fumando dms meu parça, a gente aqui unido, na paz, se ajeitando devagar, e tu dizendo q ta pior q la?

[@AuthenticJunior]

In Brazil we not only learn about racism and slavery but also learn about the "modern slavery", it's exactly in my opinion what happens to this day, whether in Brazil or in the US, maybe that's why they don't talk about it In the USA

[@dragonfruitreal]

education about modern slavery and racism and current events is definitely something the USA school system lacks

[@guillaumefrancois3942]

How do you expect the US to teach children about their horrible past if the same things of the past are still happening in US today's society?

[@creeperproductionsbr573]

Oh slavery and genocide still happen here in Brazil as well, my friend. The police is 5x more violent than the USA's and a lot of children get killed by the police. Racism like that is an unfortunate reality in most, if not all ex-colonies I'm afraid.

[@anonymousperson3023]

Such as what? Segregation? Nope. Civil Rights in the 60's changed that.

[@creeperproductionsbr573]

@@anonymousperson3023 Like police brutallity, slavery of black people, racist political figures, the KKK, etc. Racism is a horrible reality in many parts of the world, specially in the US, your system is racist, sure much better than the 1960s and 1800s, but still really bad.

[@user-uo1sl6pt1z]

B lm protest not enough huh? Lol.

[@dragonfruitreal]

@@anonymousperson3023 the prison system still upholds slavery the police force is corrupt and racist the old system of segregation is only one part of racism in america

[@jamesmurphy9105]

California Genocide is very important and should be in the text books

[@E4439Qv5]

I weep for Ishi, but there's no coming back from that one.

[@rodrigosantosvaleriano1859]

What is that?

[@jamesmurphy9105]

@@rodrigosantosvaleriano1859 this should explain everything not bad kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnvXYZuDjbBpedk

[@jamesmurphy9105]

@@rodrigosantosvaleriano1859 more on California great flood of 1862 inland sea kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIO0fnidjbuSg8k

[@wagnergauer9133]

Yes here in Brazil we are taught all the terrible things that happened in the past, but they don't teach us that we must feel like other people own us things or that we must be ashamed by things that we have not done.

[@patriciasousadasilva9077]

Isso mesmo, racistas continuam racistas

[@alecrimdourado9882]

Mas agora o povo querendo meter uma de "dívida historica" é foda. Ensinar a escravidão é importantíssimo para que não se repita, mas humilhar e culpar pessoas por algo que aconteceu séculos antes de elas nascerem é completamente sem sentido.

[@Eu16]

@@patriciasousadasilva9077 Ele está falando dos estudantes e não dos colonizadores

[@pedrob3953]

4:00 The main issue in Brazil for implementing such law is: who is Black in a country where racial mixing is the norm? Moreover, race in Brazil is completely self-declaring.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

In Brazil it is mandatory to teach about slavery, but nevertheless there are plenty of people that would rather that it wasn't, unfortunately.

[@lrike2250]

About Brazil, our first law criminalizing racism was passed in 1951, the “Afonso Arinos act”, because of an incident involving a black woman named Katherine Durham who had her stay in a hotel refused because of race. Also, it’s worth to remind that most universities adopt this kind of approach towards race in their admission tests, there so if you ran a school that wants to say “oh look how good I am, my students went to the country’s bests universities” they have to teach about race and racism.

[@yuri2498]

Acho que não é tão extensivo assim hoje em dia! (dependendo é claro da região algumas regiões no Brasil são mais propensas a isso).

[@lrike2250]

@@yuri2498 eu digo isso pq, pelo menos até 2018, não era tão incomum assim ver questões sobre racismo e história negra brasileira no enem, e se o enem tá pedindo é certo que praticamente todas as escolas do Brasil vão começar a ensinar.

[@mrcarioca8046]

@@lrike2250 espero que não pq é um assunto que já tá muito forçado

[@gordoperdido]

@@lrike2250 ??????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@blackfriday2023]

@@gordoperdido movimentos e ONGs que nada produzem e lucram com o tema, processando empresas!

[@andersonandrighi4539]

Brazil also has affirmative actions such as quotas for Afro-Brazilians in public universities and public officies. Some disagree (strongly) others accept. US should have a national curriculum eons ago. I mean a national state is a collection of simbols and shared history. It is no wonder that the provincial feeling in so strong in America.

[@communism_is_based]

This is for me a central policy in regards to what was put into place to give black people access to the middle class. In Brazil, we didn't just "acknowledged our past" because that may be a start, but doesn't do much really. First, when such policies were implemented many right-wing pundits such as Reinaldo Azevedo were strongly against it, but it sparked a debate in society and now acceptance is much higher as well. Even the Bolsonaro government has not managed to revoke these policies (yet).

[@ananina9554]

racial quotas is an abomination and the end of meritocracy

[@f1i273]

@@ananina9554 If there really was meritocracy racial quotas wouldn’t exist. Even if a black person is more qualified they’re considerably less likely to get a job over a white person, racial quotas are about removing those unfair barriers. You can switch your cv to a whiter name or say you’re white & you’ll get more callbacks than if you aren’t White mediocrity is real, that’s the real issue not 2 black ppl getting a job via racial quotas.

[@andersonandrighi4539]

@@ananina9554 good meritocracy never existed

[@jackyex]

The biggest problem of Racial quotas in Brazil is thay they simply don't work, The quotas for those of lesser economic standing work, because you can measure someone's wealth, while you can't measure someone's "blackness" many people are cheating the system, because you cut just tell someone they aren't black enough, some people go to the sun to tan their skin and do hair perms to look blacker, and many people also found racial quotas unfair because it's quite common to have biological siblings that are from different races, so its a quite divisive issue.

[@LeslieAnneCookSustaita]

Just a few years ago, a black girl one the globalists contest but after the ads went on tv, the Brazilian people rejected her and she was let go without any reason why because she was too dark.

[@pcam21]

What are you talking about? Do you have sources?

[@limonesycafe8898]

​@@pcam21 Wasn't Nayara Justino the Globeleza Carnival Queen that was too dark?

[@limonesycafe8898]

@William Santos Not according to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWGyda1vlq6Elc0

[@limonesycafe8898]

@William Santos Your statement doesn’t change the fact that she was dropped from Globeleza for being too dark. Can you tell me if there has been a dark brown woman as queen of Globeleza since? You pointing out that you have 20% African admixture doesn’t change that either. I know you wouldn’t be labeled in the same designation as her. To put it in perspective, she may possibly have 20% European admixture and it wouldn’t have helped her. What gains exactly? No need to compare any other groups that were allowed to be free when slavery based on the construct of race was maintained, or do not have to deal with the stigma of slavery. Leave them out of it.

[@limonesycafe8898]

@William Santos Black and White don’t exist in human skin tone. Who are the queens that are as dark brown as her? Name them so I can research.

[@aadrath1236]

Looking at all this makes me so proud of the Indian constitution that was adopted in 1950 that immediately mandated discrimination based on gender,race,caste etc etc a crime under IPC . Just 3 years after our Independence.

[@capslock1535]

The question is, is it working as intended?

[@Joleyn-Joy]

But isn't the caste system still in place, culturally speaking? Also it existed for a very long time before the British got into India.

[@senhox970]

Brazilian constitution also do that, and racism is a heinous crime and is unbailable. But it's more recent, from 1988, and our 7th

[@radrod403]

@@Joleyn-Joy Caste does exist but caste discrimination is dipping down.

[@samueldeoliveira7113]

India is the most racist country in the world LOL, you laws don't mean shit

[@grasgefluster1424]

Hey, I am from Germany. Last semester I took a seminar on colonialism and school at my university. The sad thing is that although the Holocaust is taught in German schools, the impact that colonialism had on the Third Reich is largely ignored. The fact that POC persons were also victims of the Holocaust is not taught in our schools. That even though Germany lost its colonies after the First World War, there was and is a large community of Germans in Germany and in Namibia that romanticize(d) the colonial past and wanted to reclaim power (want to stay in power as landowners in Namibia) is not taught in or schools. That the influence of these colonial revivalists in Germany's parliament was very instrumental for Hitlers raise to power is not taught in our schools. Germany officially recognizes the genocide in Namibia, but a memorial of the general that gave the order for the genocide (Lothar von Trotha) is still present at the dormitory of the military university of my hometown. I guess what I am trying to tell you is that although my country tells their kids about the atrocities grandparents committed, they are presented as relics of the past that have nothing to do with each other. I personally was very disappointed about my seminar. My lecturer taught us the historical facts without context. I am pretty sure that my fellow students that don't educate themselves are going to be just like the teachers that I had in school. Telling the children the facts without teaching them about how they connect to one another and how they inform our present.

[@moonshyn3_]

very much this. happens a lot in brazil too.

[@pedrogallovieira7474]

7 x 1 was a holocaust either. And you are not regret. #shame

[@user-mz2tw8yk8o]

South Africa is in literal chaos right now. South Africa is not in any position to lecture anyone

[@quadroblox4872]

Which south Africa the one im in seem pretty calm and wishes to change its corruption problems

[@user-mz2tw8yk8o]

@@quadroblox4872 where in SA u live in? You probably live in the white majority region of SA.

[@quadroblox4872]

@@user-mz2tw8yk8o in the eastern cape i would never say my community is mostly white at all . And also this province never had any looting or rioting .

[@user-mz2tw8yk8o]

@@quadroblox4872 cool, you live in an okay part of a country going to hell in a hand basket.

[@agrid2608]

White majority region?? There is no white majority region in South Africa. The fact that not one constituent component of the Union of South Africa ever had a white majority was the whole point of the Apartheid system as control of the land couldn't be had by democratic means.

[@diegode415]

Virgin Americans: don't want to teach about slavery and genocide against natives Chad Germany: teaches anything

[@pathowogenempire9968]

based

[@nicardopinnock6389]

In Jamaica they don’t teach about slavery too

[@TheEmoSyndicate]

That is Litterally in History class. Although we did get to choose between History and Art.

[@guillaumefrancois3942]

I really don't know where Jamaica stands when it comes to the advancement of the black cause. I heard they're bleaching themselves to appear light and they not are fond of Haitians and Africans.

[@sduraes8353]

Brazil is no bed of roses, but at least I never heard about separate places like schools, restaurants, bars, buses, public bathrooms, districts, as there were in the US and S. Africa. Racism exists here, but here is shame and there is proud. That’s the difference.

[@domingos6736]

As a Brazilian, I can say that education in Brazil is much more concerned with promoting progressivism than teaching basic subjects. That's why Brazil always occupies the worst places in international exams and still continues to be prejudiced and vote for corrupt politicians, just because they claim to defend the progressive agenda.

[@yurielastillero506]

As a Filipino, I feel like it's time for the United States to tell the world and, even to us, Filipinos, the truth about its dark racist and colonial past that happened during the time when my country was suffered under 48 years of American rule.

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

Believe me, normal White people that haven't been brainwashed and conditioned to hate themselves are very sorry that we created first world countries for third world brown people to come to by the millions. Very sorry.

[@italo8995]

@@user-xk9um6fj3m A first world country created by slavery, imperialism and war industry. The West suck and sustain itself on the "third" world's exploration.

[@user-xk9um6fj3m]

@@italo8995 LOL!

[@anonymousperson3023]

@@italo8995 tell me developed countries that didnt become developed through some form of violence. Ill wait

[@italo8995]

@@anonymousperson3023 South Korea, Norway, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Ireland and soon there will be Vietnam (the same the US lost the war lol), Indonesia, Malasia and other Asian countries. So, I just would like to know why would a so "developed" people need to explore other to develop itself. A kind of development that's actually destroying the world so it's up for nothing at all. So, explain me how to develop a country that has been explored by others... I'll wait.

[@zeroeu5510]

Bro, that is a really low bar, I can’t think of an worse place than the US regarding that. Brasilian 🇧🇷 here.

[@ajs3337]

Hi friends from brazil

[@VivaCristoRei9]

Brazil still suffers from abhorrent institutional racism. Still, hello from São Paulo. Praise the Lord Christ ✝️🇧🇷

[@X2LR8]

I never knew that out of 10.7 million, a mere 388,000 were sent to the US. I never knew it was such a tiny percentage.

[@tmtm3493]

Brazil was the biggest importer of encaptured Africans

[@soliloquylove2115]

Which is why the act of breeding was so important to the US enslavers.

[@bobjones3623]

Bottom line you have to teach your kids the truth so when they grow up they have better understanding of individuals that are not of there nationality which will lead to littles less racisum.in life

[@whathell6t]

@@jonlenihan4798 Simple. It’s Teachers, Museum Curators, Community Coordinators, and Librarians who teaches the African diaspora about the white ethnicities and other ethnics; and it’s fact up to this date.

[@whathell6t]

@@jonlenihan4798 I don’t get it. Is that a Dukes of Hazard reference?

[@whathell6t]

@@jonlenihan4798 You still haven’t answer my question. You’re straying-off.

[@whathell6t]

@@jonlenihan4798 Dude, it’s just a “yes or no” question. I’m only asking due to the “You are now leaving Hog Anus, Mississippi” tidbit.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

@@jonlenihan4798 That's weirder than it being an old sitcom reference. What kind of reference even is that. Most black people I've met have never even been to mississippi

[@lanasantos7254]

Here in brazil, we mix well with each other, blacks, whites, browns, yellows... While in the US, there also all kinds of races but they don`t mix. Each race is kinda separate from other races because of strong racism. I worked in the US for two years and i observed this racial discrimination. And also, the americans want to hide the history of genocide of native people about ninety percent of native indians are wiped out, while here in brazil the native people are thriving.

[@alecrimdourado9882]

Yeah, I too got so confused in the USA because of the segregation, like, there were friend groups with only Black people, only white people and with only asian people, and I was like???? I, mixed with white, Black, indigenous and I don't even know what else didn't know where to stay. And I was also surprised because I almost didn't see interracial couples, it seemed like USA people only date people of their own race

[@pcam21]

🇧🇷Brazilian here. We can't say that we don't have racism in Brazil. We do have. But it's different from USA. It begins with our identity: we consider ourselves just brazilians. We're not black/afro/white/native-brazilians. Ask Pelé or Gisele Bundchen what are they and they will answer with just "I'm Brazilian". Ask a brazilian about their background, and they will talk about their professions. We were born in Brazil, so we're all brazilians. Our accents and culture could vary by the States we came from, but not by skin color. We don't have the expression "interracial" something, like interracial marriage or interracial relationship. This sounds weird to a brazilian. 😬 And talking about History, we study World and Brazilian History from grade 1-12. So we have time to study not only slavery, but so much more. My country is far from being perfect, really far. I'm not saying that we're better than anyone. But I'm proud that I simply don't care about my friends's skin color and they don't care about mine.

[@VivaCristoRei9]

God bless you and Brazil from São Paulo ✝️🇧🇷🙏

[@cariocabassa]

Papo Retão!!!👍🏼👍🏼🇧🇷❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷❤️🇧🇷👍🏼

[@mackfielder]

Slavery in the US was a cake walk compared to slavery in Brazil.

[@naitthegr8131]

is that why racism history is worse in the US?

[@ibvghgfvbnbc]

Uhm, no?

[@briodiz4772]

Really?? Is Brazil better??

[@danielt.9101]

Yes. Better. Not perfect. Not even really good. Just better than the US. Remember, "better" is a comparative term.

[@briodiz4772]

@@danielt.9101 I would still doubt that the anglo saxons and Portuguese used different formulas to achieve the same aim in terms of racism, but maybe Brazil is better in some ways.

[@jackyex]

@@briodiz4772 It's miles better, here it's quite common for mixed race relationships, there aren't any type of racial segregation, black people don't have they own culture because of segregation like in the US, with white black and mixed people having the same culture. There also isn't any sort of surprise in having black people in a position of power like a manager.

[@briodiz4772]

@@jackyex I have read stories of Brazilians getting shocked when they encounter black doctors and lawyers or engineers, apparently these carers are not meant for black Brazilians. I have also read that some Brazilians struggle with the idea of a black business ceo.

[@jackyex]

@@briodiz4772 I've heard stories that in the USA that people refuse to go to an doctor or the police because they aren't white. They also destroyed business because the owner was black Anyway all those things that you said are wrong, there isn't any sort of surprise to have a black person beign a doctor, there's even a black person in my family that is a doctor.

[@saraandkoda]

.......if Brazil actually did a good job teaching about slavery Bolsonary wouldnt have been elected.

[@santi2683]

Bolsonaro was elected because all parties are corrupt and shit and people get angry, angry people vote emotionally and not rationally, that's how you end up with a dumbass like bolsonaro as president

[@saraandkoda]

@@santi2683 ?of course they voted emotionally, that doesnt discard what I said.

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Bolsonaro won both the Black and White vote, He won because the other party was so shitty that most people felt like they did not have an other option

[@eumendes1627]

@@saraandkoda and now Bolsonaro was caught in corruption scandals too. Even bought mansions for his family with public money. Brazil is facing hunger, inflation and high porverty under Bolsonaro's government. Please, help us!!!

[@mago12654]

Bolsonaro and his supporters are nothing more than supporters of the 1964 military coup, including, supported by the United States, they are the result of US propaganda and afraid of the ghost communist, who has no respect for education professionals (especially those in history) including you, with this unfortunate comment

[@cobinasaur]

NOOOO YOU CAN'T LET PEOPLE KNOW BAD THINGS HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE THAT WILL MAKE OUR PERFECT COUNTRY LOOK BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nukey_nuke]

In America (Michigan) we only learn about slavery and African Americans in February, one month! And that’s not even enough.

[@SilVia-hs2kb]

I actually think Brazil is way worse at teaching their own history including slavery. The effects of colonialism and the lack of war for their freedom has most Brazilians confused about their past.

[@harry5326]

We South Africans have moved on. There are some, however, that blame Apartheid for their bad things - despite apartheid not being a thing for at least 27 years as of 2021

[@mrcoolchip2727]

Yes but wouldn’t you agree that the horrible conditions of apartheid would have a strong impact on people only 1 to 2 generations later?

[@harry5326]

@@mrcoolchip2727 I see what you are getting. I live in South Africa. The ANC has failed to lift many people out of poverty. It has been nearly 30 years. Why still blame it on Apartheid? The ANC was originally a liberation organisation, not a political party. Cyril, who is a businessman, is trying to keep his power.

[@chulumancoditala6018]

@@harry5326 fellow south african here and i can definitely tell you that the legacies of apartheid are still very much evident and play a role in the socioeconomic prospects of millions of south africans. sure corruption too but the systemic legacy of apartheid exists.

[@jahifaraji]

The crimes of the powerful continue to fall on the shoulders of the weak... Until Our motherland Africa is united and strong her children will continue suffer colonial oppression..

[@DSan-kl2yc]

all the best for africa but we're not talking about africans. Africa doing well wouldn't change anything in the Americas

[@FallenLight0]

nd in my opinion Brazil is not the only one that should recognize its fault on this subject, but Portugal too, because they created this sistematic racism in the brazilian society (Portugal controled Brazil from 1500 to 1822, and during 3 centuries they cultivated the slavery culture which caused all the problems black people faces today in Brazil). Of course we brazilians had enough time to fix this problem, but think about it, it's not easy to fix 300+ years of slavery in a society that learned to oppress black people.

[@endyra2799]

Japan needs to learn something from Germany it seems...

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

Proud to be South African🇿🇦 Viva Mzansi!

[@devynclaybrooks5338]

There’s no chance at all that America will be able to reconcile with its past. The United States as a whole would cease to exist. Whether or not it’s necessary for us to continue as a nation, I’m just saying there’s a certain specific group of Americans who would rather fight to the death than acknowledge reality.

[@MotivationalMovements]

Yea white people

[@devynclaybrooks5338]

@@MotivationalMovements hey you said it, not me lol

[@guillaumefrancois3942]

When it comes to race, America is a lost cause. They've been hiding who they truly are for a long time. But thanks to social media, the world has come to see them for who they really are.

[@thomashsiai6250]

But you all misconcept America, the white population isn’t even the largest demographic in USA. Plus, what does groveling and reconciling with the past ever gonna help? I rather for America to teach about slavery racism and such and continue to the future, than America to sit in the past and all they teach about is depression

[@little_laughs_family]

No, because unfortunately there is no national unity on issues. There are lots of political divisions and those are getting wider.

[@bravestraven4650]

I have always been learning from American schools. But I like looking beyond what they teach us. Witch lead me to finding out things that American schools refuse to teach us.

[@laughtersweptoverthetable1259]

Can Europe acknowledge its colonial past ? I don’t think so , even now In French schools colonialism is taught in a positive manner . As Aime Cesaire put it “for white man who cannot forgive Hitler not because of that crime he committed but because he applied all the tactics on white men in Europe which were previously used on coolies of India , blacks of Africa and Arabs of Algeria . Holocaust is a pure horror , it shouldn’t be denied but holocaust wasn’t the only catastrophe modernity inflicted on people , throughout the colonialism and the history of European modernity systemic killing has been the integral part of it. Jews received reparation after holocaust, can Europeans give back what they took away from their former colonies ? There hasn’t even been an apology . French still do not want to apologize for the beheadings of Algerians which lasted till 60s . Present day mess in post colonial countries is the legacy of colonialism and the remnant of colonial modernity . White supremacy is continuing to be the source of misery even in the so called modern world , it has varies from from capitalism to international relation each carry the white hypocrisy.

[@X2LR8]

As an American, from our Earliest settlements and Westward expansion all the way up through the Industrial Revolution and modern Digital Age it's pretty amazing to think about all that we've accomplished in our short history. We raise our glasses to all those who settled, explored and forged this great country into what it is today! The lion's share of technological innovation and forward societal progress has been driven by Europe. The world is forever indebted as it relates to their current standards of living and enjoyment of the fruits of that labor.

[@thetruth6585]

There are racial wars against people of all colors committed by people of every color. White people are no more likely to be racists than any black or Hispanic. If you dont think thats true than you are a racist and you must have never been anywhere where you are the minority.

[@Sambo-eh9vl]

@@thetruth6585 f*ck yt people u yeast infection colonizers

[@thetruth6585]

@@Sambo-eh9vl your proof that white people aren't the racist people in the world.

[@guillaumefrancois3942]

@@X2LR8 , Haiti is the only country that has been forced to pay France 23 billon dollars for having gained their independence through sweat and blood. You cannot talk about atrocity, apologies, and the effect of colonialism and slavery without making mention of Haiti that still being struck by both France and the US to this day.

[@tylerhackner9731]

We are a racist country

[@DruggiePlays]

My family tree is made of indigenous, portuguese, african and jews slavic from ww2 Brazil is amazing

[@mof5490]

People gonna pretend like they remember what they learned in history classes when they can’t even remember what they learned in college.

[@biscoito1r]

I think the problem with the Brazilian affirmative action policies is that instead of improving the primary schools of black neighborhoods, they just make it easier for a black person to get into college. So a lot of times you'll see people who can barely read attending universities in Brazil. It seems like a bandaid fix.

[@shaohtsai]

Ainda assim há notas de corte, então somente os que estiverem nas primeiras colocações conseguem pleitear uma vaga. Falar que uma pessoa mal consegue ler só por conta de não ser concorrência-geral é mau-caratismo.

[@tiagomd3811]

That's not true at all. You probably never went to a federal university

[@vitorporto3603]

Deixa eu adivinhar... Tu não conseguiu uma vaga na Federal, né?

[@sitdownstandup91]

@@vitorporto3603 "Tu não conseguiu", rico português esse...

[@vitorporto3603]

@@sitdownstandup91 Tu não conseguiste entender o comentário?

[@partoftheway4235]

Just because a person is of a certain skin color does not meant that they are consciously or unconsciously racist against a person or people of another skin color!

[@narcisista8953]

Alguém por favor traduz?

[@JK-gu3tl]

There's nothing to learn from South Africa for an America, which has seen the full spectrum of racism save for tribalism. If anything, South Africa should learn from Zimbabwe with the direction it's going.

[@FabioTheGreat]

shut up.

[@VivaCristoRei9]

not praising mugabe but Zimbabwe has made a major comeback and the living standards under Mugabe for black people were certainly not worse than they were under Ian Smith and apartheid. Zimbabwe today is actually one of the better places to live in subsaharan Africa.

[@icetrip2417]

@@VivaCristoRei9 true l can agree , and we can now own our land ,start business and we now have a rising middle class

[@mnqwenomankayi1745]

What are you talking about Zimbabwe’s economy is sanctioned and there currency is the second lowest don’t talk nonsense

[@mnqwenomankayi1745]

@@icetrip2417 There also one of the lowest exporters in the world South Africa may not be in a good position but it is doing far better than Zimbabwe stop talking nonsense and do your research your negativity is not needed here

[@hbbstn]

I lived in both Brazil and the US and I think Brazil is better when it comes to black people. I would always say that a rich black person in the US will always be black. A rich black person in Brazil becomes white.

[@icetrip2417]

I agree

[@maxheadrom3088]

I went to school in the 1980s and we all learned about slavery. We also learned about the criminal actions during the Paraguay war. One thing I would like to have learned more is about the indigenous peoples history and culture. Though I did not have classes on the enslaved Africans culture, it is such a strong component of Brazilian culture that we learn it anyway. There's also a strong difference between Brazil and the US: Slavery in the US was the basis for the countries economic growth while in Brazil that did not happen. In Brazil, most of the population is poor regardless of skin color. As the late Professor Milton Santos said (paraphrased): "I know how it is to be black in Brazil - I'm black. Brazil has a larger problem, though: citizenship has been denied for almost the entire population by an elite that happens to white." Prof. Santos was very critical of the Black Movement (in Brazil) import of concepts from the American Black Movement. However, after Lula's election in 2002, a series of racial quota laws were enacted that many consider to do more harm than good: they created a division in a country where often black people have green eyes and blondes have Afro hair. When Lula started talking about the legislation, two letters - one for and another against the quotas - were signed by artists, scholars and public intelectuals. People like Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil signed the letter against the legislation. A link to both letter bellow: www1.folha.uol.com.br/paywall/login.shtml?www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/educacao/ult305u18773.shtml (though it's behind a paywall, it's possible to get free access to the article by creating an account.)

[@niltomega2978]

Lets remember. So we can move on and forget. BY remembering. So we can move on and forget. So lets remember. To put it behind us and forget. By remembering.

[@mariatereza9721]

Weird, im a black brazilian and I prefer WAY MORE the way USA handles racism and segregation, we "sugar coat" the issue, here in Brazil people don't like discussing slavery or racial inequality, everybody just accepts it happened and thats it. Also, black people are a minority in Brazil way more than in the USA, mixed people are the majority, and mixed people don't face racism the same way blacks do. Trust me guys, Brazil is not an example on how to deal with racism

[@lyampetit144]

In the Us most people don't want to talk about slavery either

[@lucas5893]

In the U.S they literally banned talking about racism or slavery in some schools. I don't think that happens in Brazil at all.

[@virginiabify]

We are very much a mixed nation.

[@leticiasilvacampos7684]

When it comes to the "sugar coat", I guess it depends on which region or city you live, where I'm from when it comes to slavery and it's consequences, we debate and talk about it (and completely ditch the princess). Sincerely, in school, black awareness day is almost a seminar event.

[@coasterexpert7501]

@@lucas5893 America is a partisan divided place. Liberal areas will handle the issue really well while conservative areas will handle the issue poorly.

[@daveharrison84]

Yes your country (no exceptions) did bad shit. That's not an attack on you. That's not saying you're bad. Since we all want bad shit to not continue to happen, therefore you need to study history to understand what causes countries to do bad things. While studying history you will find out things you won't like about your country, things you celebrate that don't deserve to be celebrated, just accept it. Again, that's not an attack on you. Germany took responsibility for what they did. They made it their national mission to make sure nothing like the holocaust can happen anywhere in the world ever again. Because of that, Germany is just about the only country with the credibility to preach others about human rights. It became their strength.

[@E4439Qv5]

5:05. What a massive word. I will never regret not having been born in Germany.

[@Daniel-oc8sx]

US is right, teaching about backwards people with no culture is a waste of time. Brazil should learn from the US for puttin certain people in their places of irrelevance.

[@nbud7718]

While this one was okay, I thought it was a bit inaccurate to say that the U.S. does not acknowledge the past. Colleges and universities do all the time in history, anthropology sociology, Black studies etc. The Federal and state governments will not make apologies and refuse to intervene in curricula. Also the partisan divide prevents the right from acknowledging of accepting anything less than patriotic history.

[@umi2751]

The thing is that it should be taught since elementary and not only in college since few people enroll in it

[@Tlahuiltezcatl]

Your dumb, not everyone makes it to college u settler

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@umi2751You are aware that some, if not most, states do teach this sort of history in grade school, no?

[@ameenahameed8874]

@@aycc-nbh7289I didn’t learn it growing up. It should be a national curriculum, since African American history is part of US/American history. Black history often conveniently get left out.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@ameenahameed8874If it were a national curriculum, then the party in power could have low standards for what counts or force states to teach less about it.

[@yoyoyoyoyo6714]

they speak like its going well in germany brazil and south africa

[@Shammy5]

As if it’s going well in the USA where blacks are killed in broad daylight because of people’s biases.

[@yoyoyoyoyo6714]

@@Shammy5 go watch farmland the documentary on yt

[@JohnDelVentomusic]

Yeah lmaoo

[@Shammy5]

@@yoyoyoyoyo6714 go look at actual crime stats, not race baiting documentaries on social media.

[@yoyoyoyoyo6714]

@@Shammy5 stats ignore completely those crimes. Like most mainstream media ignore completely whats happening in sa

[@chefpizza4677]

Not only South Africa but other countries as well

[@jean-lucturquin6557]

The last country to abolish slavery is Mauritania...in Africa.

[@weego2585]

And it's mostly non Sub Saharan black by the way

[@rockyluan]

It's been a process of constant and progressive changes, while educating ourselves about our past. There's still a lot of revisionism in my home country, but like many other authoritarian figures, Bolsonaro will fall, democracy will prevail and Brazilians will continue fight systemic racism

[@blackfriday2023]

sendo usados como massa de manobra por políticos, kkk

[@lipglosslover83]

This is great ! I wish the US would stop acting like it never happened. Tell the truth. Once we work through our issues we can move on . That’s why parents have to teach your children . The school system has failed us miserably.

[@aaronmontgomery2055]

Slavery is taught... You should pay attention in school.

[@thomashsiai6250]

Lol, pay attention in school dummy.

[@lipglosslover83]

@@thomashsiai6250 I see you’re referring to you’re misguided ancestors …

[@lipglosslover83]

@@aaronmontgomery2055 indeed the white washed version … what you should do is not act as if I don’t have a right to voice my opinion..

[@Forever-ze3gw]

We’re not acting like it didn’t happened, it’s just that it’s in the past now and we’ve moved on, but you guys just want to sit there and keep on crying about it

[@emanuelmartins3726]

We should teach our past racist and genocide to avoid in the future what happened in the past.

[@TheZeyyyyy]

You changed the title haha

[@clementgavi7290]

What President Lula said in Brazil, President Bush has said similar thing when he said 'We live in a better America today because of John Lewis' And John Lewis suggest beyond John Lewis, the whole Civil Rights Movement. You also have the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington The American people have elected twice an African American family at the White House Other countries on the planet has similar past, but in every certainty it is only in the US you can see African Americans such as Oprah, Michael Jordan, J-Zay, Beyonce, Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, etc, etc. There is a teaching contents in all these. Remember in a curriculum what is visible in books are ink, letters, etc, but the most important thing is invisible and thing is the meaning the books convey. Therefore sometimes what matter isn't the form, but what the form convey as signification. And we don't have to forget that today there modern slavers operating in Africa at Togo in West Africa a country transformed into modern slavery by those modern slavers which are the 60 years old bloody and dynastic tyranny and its supporters and promoters.

[@clementgavi7290]

@naitethagr8 Why can you expect EVERYTHING to be perfect. Life isn't a linear line. Therefore it is necessary to relativize and here you can consider at least the society produces Black celebrities in other words the structure is such Blacks in deploying their God's given talent, they can become celebrities. That doesn't mean EVERYTHING completely perfect, it is not what I meant. Look I lived years in London, years in Paris, months in New York, Luxembourg, Brussels, Hamburg, weeks in Roma, Dublin. In every certainty the social, economical. political level Blacks in the US have achieved you can't find the same thing anywhere. In 2007 in New York I read a magazine called EBONY in which African Americans who have certain position are listed by African Americans themselves, it was simply astonishing. You don't have its equivalent anywhere. By saying so, it doesn't means EVERYTHING is perfect. It means you have to acknowledge what is right as well as what is wrong.

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

“Facts aren’t fact alone if there is agenda behind it”

[@ghandi215]

Illegal to be racist in Brazil? That's awesome, hope it gets enforced better than using your headlights in the rain in the us

[@k.dstudiosBR]

Afro culture delayed the development of Brazil, notice that the states with more black people like Bahia, are less developed states, and the states further south like São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul where the population is mostly white and these are the regions richest and most developed in Brazil, it's not racism it's statistics.

[@bispo5671]

Que lindo vc ser um SULISTA RACISTA!!!!! Mas nada disso me surpreende passando do Paraná pra baixo só tem N4Z1$74. Vc fala isso sem nenhum contexto histórico. Como se a mudança da capital para o RJ não tivesse deixado Salvador/BAHIA sem investimento e consequentemente todos os outros estados do nordeste. Como se não tivessem trazidos vcs da Europa depois das duas grandes guerras por causa de ideologia da eugenia para branquear a população e por isso vcs receberem terra no Sul. Existia até cota para os imigrantes europeus pqp.... Me mostra aí quando os negros do Nordeste receberam terra???? Ou reparação??

[@Healingson]

South Africa isn’t a good example of anything if we being honest

[@quadroblox4872]

How so ??

[@tumyboidedlol]

dude are you dense

[@naelpontes8444]

I'm glad they brought Djamila Ribeiro to speak in here, she is one of our best scholars on the topic of structural racism.

[@bobstoops4864]

We realize South Africa has effectively collapsed right? I don’t think it’s a country any other country should look to for anything 🤦‍♂️

[@lilodd8747]

2:18 not true black Brazilians own a lot of farm land where I am from including my grandfather who is a black Brazilian they own this land even while being poor and I’m not just saying this because I’m from Bahia

[@jeanalex7698]

If Brazil is an example of fighting racism. Now I'm scared of what US might look like. Brazil for tourists is a paradise, but for us that live here is like living a hell, specially Rio, the worst city in Brazil where cops kill black children and nobody cares. Unfortunately black people is a minority in Brazil because decades ago, our government imported Europeans to whiten the population. The result was a major white and mixed population. So the blacks were been more and more segregated.

[@braziliantsar]

Posso ter certeza que tu não mora no Rio KKKKKKKKKKKK a polícia raramente mata crianças negras inocentes. Maioria das vezes são mortos adolescentes envolvidos com o crime que por acaso são negros. O Rio não é um paraíso, mas o que você falou está longe de ser realidade.

[@braziliantsar]

E não, negros não são segregados aqui no Brasil, e grande parte da população branca fora do Sul é mestiça e parda. Eu por exemplo, sou branco, mas minha avó de parte de mãe é negra bem escura mesmo. Quase todos os brasileiros são afrodescendentes.

[@marianaluisa3394]

Actually no, Rio isn't even ranked as 100 most dangerous cities in brazil.ost dangerous cities are from the northeast of Brazil, and the northeast is where the majority of black people live

[@VivaCristoRei9]

I love Brazil but there is a divide between the whites, pardos, and blacks like myself. God should unite all Brazilians. God bless all Brazilians ✝️🇧🇷🙏

[@kamrenwalker]

i love in this video that you guys didn’t just focus on European nations to get your point across. it irritates me when we praise the nations that are responsible for most of the issues we face in the modern world. so thank you for that

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

Real Talk

[@ManpreetSingh-kg9os]

3 days no news about afaghanistan? Wtf

[@almightyantichrist]

"With our boxes of matches, and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country" - Winnie Mandela

[@Shammy5]

The country was indeed liberated and Winnie owned up to her actions. Your point?

[@Shammy5]

Necklacing wasn’t done to whites, it was a punishment for black informants working with the apartheid regime. Just FYI. Maybe you should read up about how the apartheid regime routinely killed and tortured activists and sometimes even their families, for the crime of voicing an alternative political opinion.

[@dpeasehead]

@@Shammy5 The west loves to gloss over the free passes granted to almost every western society, organization, institution, or individual which committed mass crimes and atrocities against black people in Africa, the Americas, and in the Caribbean over centuries while lecturing China, Russia, and everyone else about human rights and justice.

[@livefromplanetearth]

history

[@13tuyuti]

How can there be an uneven percentage of states if there are 50 states?

[@alecrimdourado9882]

I dont know, maybe they are considering Puerto Rico?

[@ontariofirs7347]

The history of slavery and racial discrimination is not wrong to teach. But CRT which segregates and ultimately reduces people to their skin colour, and classes people as "oppressed" and "oppressor" in our modern day is WRONG and IRRATIONAL.

[@goldenrule4064]

Will US atone? Not likely.

[@Forever-ze3gw]

Could you stop trying to act like you’re God

[@m.a.8356]

I’m from Germany and we definitely don’t perform well when it comes to talk about our colonial history. In fact „find pros and cons for colonialism“ is a task in Highschool many Germans will encounter when reaching for their A-Levels in history class.

[@nymike06]

Must be a lot cons because many people refuse to return to their homeland while migrants are risking their lives to get to Europe. It's a truth no one likes too talk about because these people ironically benefitted from colonialism. I remember Barack Obama's half brother in Africa said the same thing. He colonialism did way more good than bad for Africa.

[@tammyconnelly3324]

We teach about racism and slavery in the USA. How silly.

[@pinkbobie7274]

To a large extent the internet isn't trust worthy however it is a window. A few days ago on Facebook I saw a video of a black American lady defending a white Jamaican girl because, I believe, Americans were coming at her for calling herself Jamaican. What she said opened my eyes ... She said that people needed to stop harassing that girl because unlike people from other countries Americans id themselves by race, they take pride in their race. She said if you go to other countries and ask random people 'what are you?' they won't say black, white, Hispanic, etc. They will reply by the country they were born in ... 'I am Jamaican'. Thus implying before being of a certain race I belong to this group of people from this country. That for me blends so well with this content because one is the result of the other, 'of course me not being black feels better because for some reason y'all have everything stacked against you. Not only that you are openly disliked and publicly killed, i am safer being light and not black.' No one, except the victim, seems to try and find out why and how. But like I said🤷 the internet is merely a window, we can only see what is shown to us as we are not living there.

[@icetrip2417]

True