"Zora Neale Hurston's Books Are Trash!"

[@lazeybonez]

Using her own words against her?? Hopefully she remembers this lesson

[@gloadev]

😂

[@Aroy_711]

🎯🎯🎯

[@oldshoes5199]

“There’s no getting through to someone who has the information to know better, but lacks the inclination to do better.” Amazingly put.

[@Aroy_711]

🗣️🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@Morgan24_7]

Well...she spoke on herself.

[@JlLevy]

Ha‼️ She sure did…

[@dawanawilliams5266]

Lol! She told off on herself.

[@Mandy-ve2sh]

Sunnm's dad was right, you don't gotta say anything to show a fool is a fool, just gotta let 'em talk.

[@celestialdavenport6483]

Zora Neale Hurston was an anthropologist. She ensured that the lives and experiences she conveyed, in much of her writings, were as authentic to those who shared them with her, or as she observed them, as they could possibly be. Sis, needs to stand down. She is “a slave ship in shoes” personified.

[@yolandaward141]

ABSOLUTELY ZORA WAS ONLY SPEAKING OR WRITING IN THERE MOTHER TONGUE I DON'T FEEL AS IF ZORA MEET THEM ANY HARM WOW .

[@gailaturner5123]

Well said ✌🏾

[@dorcasmalahlela2805]

What does slave ship in shoes mean?

[@prislaem3838]

@@dorcasmalahlela2805 think about it. What did slave ships do? They transported African people from a place of freedom to places where they were in bondage and servitude to others at their own detriment. What is she doing? With her backward thinking she is promoting mental bondage. Transporting those to whom she speaks to a place of mental captivity. Those who take her word to heart will be left enslaved to the thought, the notion, the very idea that speaking "standard English" makes you superior to those who don't.

[@Perk10blvd]

She is a clout chaser

[@DLewis-kt9ok]

“Go with Grace, sis…” *Grace slaps her*

[@heiresstomichonne5350]

Grace slaps her twice.

[@naturalelation1631]

Lol

[@byoutifulmusic]

And then backhands after the two slaps 😂

[@dispekfulchikensammichwith431]

Ngl, I laughed into my coffee.

[@sweetazzpyi4785]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 slaps her in the back of her head

[@JlLevy]

The colonized traitors are same as the colonizers! She didn’t have to do this- 🙄

[@capricorn8752]

​@Oson Houston you should reread the comment, I think you missed the mark. When I hear colonized traitors, I think of those from diaspora specifically those of Carribbean or African lineage, who come here and disrespect American Blacks. This woman appears to be from a immigrant family.

[@JlLevy]

@@osonhouston colonized TRAITORS with the emphasis on COLONIZED. Ppl already know when they betray someone’s trust-being a traitor. But., the WORST TRAITORS on shores of AFRICA AND AMERICA concerning the BLACK COMMUNITY in this country are THE COLONIZED TRAITORS. These are carriers of white supremacists hateful lies. This is exactly who this woman is in this video. She talks outta both sides of her COLONIZED mouth. She provides a perfect example of the COLONIZED BLACK PERSON in America-a traitor of her own community, ANCESTORS, heritage and legacy🙄

[@TheAyisyenne]

​@@capricorn8752 how do you know she's from an immigrant family?

[@AdrienneBing]

Exactly, completely unnecessary and the fact that she knows better makes it so much worse!😮😮😮

[@capricorn8752]

@TheAyisyenne Did you not look at her? You can see she doesn't have an American Lineage, no disrespect. Also, for those of us whose lineage is here, we would never say anything like "slave speak." Whenever you hear someone,"black" uses words like "slave food" or "slave speak" start side eyeing them.

[@renebijlmakers9756]

"Go with grace sis." Cold AF

[@TheGidget82]

The most articulated read ever...yes, that was a read...to filth 🤣🤣🤣👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Khairah47]

The library is now open. It is time to read!🔥🔥🔥

[@BosTVProductions]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@techbop]

First thought comes to mind about our sister is “Doctor, heal thyself.” 😞

[@huneyduluvit]

Thanks! Shout out to the Zora Neale Hurston Festival and Museum. This girl's sentiment is common in Fl and Central Fl, but we should remember Eatonville, FL. At one point, we didn't want dem folks to know what we were saying. I still don't, but I get and appreciate Sunn m'Cheaux 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@ajisstoned]

From someone that isn't even slightly coloured in the skin, but has lived around Gullah/geechee folk my whole life, they aren't any less educated than anyone else, it's just the way they speak. Think of it as an accent from a foreign place, you might not understand it, but their people do, and that's called culture

[@ttthecat]

🫶🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@nobodyanon]

Exhibit A: Sunn himself

[@queenli3047]

The word “coloured” doesn’t sit right with my soul. Could you try saying “less melanated” or something equivalent? 😊

[@ajisstoned]

@@queenli3047 out of respect, and especially because you showed me some yourself, I'd be happy to correct that in my vocabulary. Thank you for helping me speak more considerately

[@queenli3047]

@@ajisstoned Thank you, respect goes a long way.

[@bigboy3454]

Holy moly, that was an awesome move, using her video to educate her.

[@anthonyhall3692]

The real issue is Shame. Once she got her (yt) education, she looked around at her yt peers and thought that they might think this of Her! Enter “ I’m a “good “ black, not like Those blacks” that’s all folks 😢

[@swankyangelo]

maybe she was born with it maybe she was infected with the ckoonerie, (maybe it’s it’s maybeline)

[@charliemclean6382]

I never had trouble understanding Zora Neale Hurston's words when I read them because the vernacular was very similar to my very southern grandpa. My family is white, but the dialects are very similar. It's interesting to think about how language developed through the years and what influences there are on dialects.

[@bryantalanis]

Exactly. One of the smartest women I ever knew was so under-educated I couldn't read her grocery lists when I shopped for her; she had several serious health issues, but she could out-think her doctors and had the best lawn and garden on the block.

[@franknstein5376]

Yes. My grandmother didn't have the chance to continue education and only attended school up to third grade (she was the oldest sibling of 5 and growing up as a woman in a poor family she was expected to take care of her siblings), yet she had one of the sharpest minds I have ever seen

[@inesspanni]

Obviously, she knows NOTHING about linguistics! And/or she is just willfully ignorant. The gall to call Gullah Geechee inarticulate & gibberish!!! The height of foolishness!!

[@owenjohnson3985]

Gently dismantling one with out the need to hurl insults bro you keep me humble

[@gd3741]

Every language is valuable, and every day we lose another one is a depressing day.

[@TheBlackBrickStudios]

God, this video is beautiful. Anybody, ANYBODY, who puts down language, or any way to communicate, is being willfully ignorant. It's sad.

[@araweelospirit4180]

Love this response. She tried to act up and was told …politely, nah sis sit yourself down

[@Goldun-nah]

How is a language that spoken amongst a demographic which is understood by that demographic considered gibberish?! It’s literally a language. Imagine saying the way Jamaicans talk is ignorant and gibberish. Wth is this lady?? She needs to remain unknown.

[@bhmlpn4364]

Someone give this man a crown!!! His level of petty rules the masses🤣🤣🤣👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@TheWolfInNerdKlothing]

Didn't try to teach her...yet TAUGHT her, with her own words no less. Bravo! 👏🏾 👏🏾

[@politereminder6284]

A colonized mind indeed. I feel sorry for her, because she was probably programmed into this foolishness, and she's unaware of which program is running at the moment.

[@MissKizzy1207]

Don't think colonized scenario is worth debating. She's just a self opinionated fool, who has her head right up her own arse....just imagine how she'd totally lose the plot if she was just dropped into another country and started talking down to them because they don't speak the same as she does...shame on her....maybe one day she'll have to step into the real world where she'll pay the price for her disrespectful attitude. Let Karma prevail 🙏🏾❤️

[@catmama65]

My father speaks Gulla & he's one of the smartest people I know but people like her are always correcting his speech when it needs no correction!😡

[@n.anderson5938]

“Wait for somebody with a degree…” I loved this entire lecture. Thanks for all you do and share. 🙏

[@theresajones6149]

I love Zora Neale and I homeschool and will make sure my children know her work.

[@blktauna]

Vernacular usage does not imply lack of intelligence. Its a specific choice for a particular audience in writing. As an aside, your hair looks awesome.

[@robinbrooks8808]

My gramma always pointed out the educated fools so I wouldn’t be one.

[@DavidaVeddar]

I was so moved , and gutted, and felt I had a spiritual experience reading Zora Neal Hurston, and how she expressed herself was berated my many “ Harlem renaissance writers “ broke my heart. I see slowly and surely things being righted. Much support love to this channel

[@numerologicatarot3333]

Ppl are duplicitous often. The problem is when you lack the introspection enough to ground your “ideologies” and assess contradictions within yourself. This behavior is typical and normalized. It’s disappointing.

[@MissKizzy1207]

That was unforgivable what that woman said.....does she not know that in every country their are different dialects with different gramma and totally different words? That's the beauty and the rich tapestry of regions and peoples. Where I come from, dialects and different words can be totally different in areas just 5 miles away! It's good to be able to speak in a way that most people can understand, but NO ONE should ever feel ashamed/belittled for knowing and speaking the dialect of where they are from/what they grew up with in the home. I'll be damned if I'll ever cease speaking my dialect with others that I know understand. It feels safe, homely and gives a sense of identity and roots. Shame on her

[@BushteaWoman]

What a loving, compassionate response.

[@flossyraven]

A colonized mind is a tragic and scary sunken place. It can either make a person broken or a dangerous beast.

[@dontmissthemoon9568]

You Hit like a Sledgehammer, while sipping tea, riding bikes, skateboarding, and making some of the dopest gear available. Don't even have to swing✊🏾

[@somemoresomewhere1262]

I said it before, I saw it again. You know, forget to apply what you know/ understand and/or realize it completely. Go with Grace, and Show Grace. Light grows Brighter. Consciousness grows, and foolishness dims. Thank you for this opportunity.

[@bringeroftruth9451]

Whew!!! That's an old fashioned two snaps and circle!!!💯🤣🤣🤣 I wonder how that mirror feels in her hand💯😏

[@Nutzac]

You don't have to be black to know the pain in this one...

[@bravebirdcindy8018]

Touché. Masterful Brother Sun Just masterful. TEACH!!!!

[@lisadiy3975]

She wonderfully contradicted herself! I love it!

[@sabrinamyers5054]

She's lost....you got this my brother...keep teaching...

[@msquitad746]

Imagine being intentionally obtuse about intentional use of a particular vernacular and how difficult it is to maintain that consistently throughout a novel

[@deldarel]

But I don't think it's intentional, I think she just never made that link and is gonna feel real bad when that link is made. It's the colonial mindset of "there's a way the language aught to be." This invites supremacist thinking. If you're raised with this, you just don't realise it, even if you see this in different structures. I was raised being taught by my parents that the dialect we moved into was broken Dutch. Guess who didn't have many friends as a kid? I only learned around age 22 how messed up that was. Even the old term for standard Dutch, which translates to 'common civilised Dutch' should be a massive red flag, yet it never raised any alarm bells because I was raised with it. Maybe I'm being naïve, but I don't see a reason to assign malice where ignorance fits, especially if I see someone in a space I used to be.

[@Nerobyrne]

I'm hoping she's just not noticed this instance of doublethink. I've had this happen myself a few times, where I actually did know better but just hadn't realized. I'm always thankful when people call me out, so I can learn.

[@breez706]

Absolutely 💯

[@breez706]

​@@deldarel she is being very unaware

[@maeshaw1]

Very well put.

[@helensernett9477]

A colonized mind. That just landed on some different level today. Thanks for doing the labor of finding her own words to call her out. And thanks again for all the work you have done and continue to do. You didn’t need to jump through all the hoops of becoming a Harvard professor. But you did, and that made it so that you could open up some colonized minds to the idea of their own colonialism and upon seeing and knowing it, make choices towards decolonization. You are strong AF. ❤

[@shorty63136]

I swear, when folks talk out the side of their neck, it’s always hard for them to remember their own foolishness.

[@leadoucet1432]

That's a phrase I've never heard before and I like it. May I appropriate it for my own use?

[@marieshamartin2710]

I had to ask my cousin once if his neck hurts. He was like, what. I said from all that bs that's coming outta it. I mean

[@spiderboo464]

Wow. You handled that with such grace. That's why I respect you Sunn. ✌️

[@a.b.7826]

Sir, you are the King of reflection and perspective. All hail to thee, we are not worthy!

[@saralove9805]

Honestly I'd say you have both intellect and intelligence, which is why you're so good at what you do. You dont just teach, but you actually educate.

[@prettyprincess8187]

Yeah, she definitely read herself. I couldn't imagine going on Obama's internet and saying with my whole chest that Zora Neale Hurston is a trash author. She just completely ignored context, location, history and culture and leaped into Uncle Tom/Aunt Sara territory.

[@AHKAHKI]

She’s Tripping, Zora Would Never Say That About Her, Why We Be So Quick To Fye Up Our Own Ancestors

[@kimmiekatkat]

How my heart dropped that you provided her with her own video…. To show her her hypocrisy and backwards stance- you just never fail to surprise me Sunn

[@joberry877]

Zora Neale Hurston is one of my favorite writers! How dare she!!!🤬

[@SakuraMoonflower]

Zora Neale Hurston graced America with culture when she wrote her books. The lady who talked down on Zora's works won't even be remembered after she passes away, and we will not commemorate her. But Zora will live on.

[@Blakberi73]

Amen n Asé!

[@getchristielove]

*me erasing "bless her heart" and writing "go with grace" in my next email about work problems*

[@CallMeCharlie09]

I have so much love and respect for you. sir! You are a very special person on this earth!

[@afrosnmimosas8681]

This is the classiest read in the history of reads. Happy black history month indeed ❤

[@kharynj6629]

This is perfect. She told herself 😮

[@endria123]

Thank you, 😊 my mother hears this all the time, but this is where she is from and she is not ashamed of her language.

[@TheSugaLove]

🖤💯 "Go with grace" & how you decide to meet people where they are.. 💯🖤

[@tonydorsey9086]

A hit dawg will always holler.... In my country backwoods dialect!!

[@AboriginalAmericanNutrition]

Oooo she DISRESPECTFUL!!! I'm so DISGUSTED with her IGNORANCE. 🤮🤮🤮😷😷😷 Why would you put down a RICH CULTURE. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@CometianGoddess]

I saw someone talking about this very tiktok..I promise, I thought about Sunn's videos about language. .and shook my damn head until it almost rolled off my neck.

[@alexholguin2227]

I love zora neale hurston's writing of dialects. their eyes were watching god and barracoon have been some of the best books I have ever read. I love how specifically she places the person by using phonetic writing of their speech. it imbues them with so much more character and personality. I'm Chicano so I've heard a lot of different dialects throughout my life but hurston's writing of gullah makes the dialogue feel so alive. I love hearing gullah, it's such a fluid and, frankly completely awesome way of talking. I wish it was more present in literature.

[@cypress2212]

Zora neale Hurston might visit her tonight.

[@yolandaward141]

I HOPE SO 🌟🙃🌟👻🌟

[@ReinventingEnergyAndLove]

This is, Reinventing Energy And Love ✊🏿 🙏🏿 ❤️

[@IAmTheoracle007]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Beautifully done and as always, classy.

[@tekenja3]

I love Zora Neale's work. Their Eyes Were Watching God book and movie are one of my favorites

[@ruvonnehills2304]

I do love when educated people contradict themselves without knowing it 🙄.

[@lindaharris9133]

Get Down King!😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@ayannachavis7949]

Whew...🎤 she got ✔️ed she played herself 😂🤣

[@Pamelamusic371]

Thank you for this message, unrelated events in my life , you can’t help someone who knows better but chooses to be stupid 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@celieboo]

Off topic, but you give me goals for my locs. My God your locs are beautiful.

[@narkmaximus2671]

This brother is a stone cold educator! Much love, Brother.

[@Eternally888]

I whis you could have heard my holla, “AH-HEA”😅😅😅. I don’t know why they try you….lol

[@lilmaxAlarcxn]

I don't hate on it bc our own parents put alot that self hate on us, I don't come down on either side bc it's a human error I've transcended. Meaning I forgive myself and others for errors I can recognize as a trauma.. someone near us will correct us lovingly.

[@AdrienneBing]

Sunn you are a genius! Using and finding her own words, letting her speak on herself! I don’t know why ppl feel the need to do things like this! I love the content and am learning a lot!❤❤❤

[@saundracohen4032]

Ahhhh....his hair....😩💗😩

[@cjohnson7187]

I hear you but I was distracted by your braid. Love it!

[@bwell6941]

“educating fools…”😂😂

[@dandrearivera2073]

The way you flipped that script.... smooth like ghee butter my brother 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@Psteinhibel]

Love the braided locs my guys. Love the messages you share

[@CB-pb7wv]

Plus her coming for Zora make me wonder what planet she on

[@tarajoyce3598]

I needed to hear this video as I was having an acute urge to argue with educated fools who know better. Thank you.

[@tierralloyd5594]

Omg that braid!!!!!

[@alcrusoe0131]

Thank you for how you handled her. Dismiss her foolishness as politely as the rest of those with jagged edges.

[@corlenajames1381]

This man here...✨ 💯👏🏿💯👏🏿💯👏🏿💯👏🏿

[@Khairah47]

The library is now open. It is time to read!🔥🔥🔥

[@person.probably]

If your language or dialect is perceived to be an indicator of stupidity, then the solution is to change the perception, not keep insulting the language.

[@boldbabez3985]

🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🙌🏾😂😂😂😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾well done Sir very well done...

[@Trinitytruth7]

I LOVE IT!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍🏾 That was good for thought you dished out and she should have a trough-sized portion!!!

[@teddymonadnock9724]

The way you just so humbly put people in their places is so refreshing.

[@facelessdrone]

Omg Zora Neale Hurston?? I'm such a nerd over her work!!! My senior year of highschool my ela teacher introduced her to me and I fell in love with the way she does imagery, its so gorgeous, ive never read imagery before that evoked an emotion in me that unlocked childhood memories!! "Their eyes were watching god" is classified in my mini library as a classic despite not technically falling under the specifications, it remains one for me. And I absolutely recommend it for anyone who wants to get started with her!!! Edit: lol, this lady has got every literature/history nerd in the comments PISSED, love to see so many people appreciating Zora though.

[@QB42477]

YES!!!!! GET HER TOGETHER

[@Ombudsman-jg6mn]

I admit that I once thought as she did. But, I didn't know of this until I watched your videos and did research. Thank you for educating me.

[@MM-fc2gi]

Educated FOOLS ! YAWZERS. That HIT! Get her Bro!!! And folks try to say you don't educate & call out ALL people. White folks! See how he checks black folks too? Each 1 teach 1, he didn't let that slide. 🖤❤

[@guyfam2]

I love your channel. You make me think and reevaluate everything I’ve ever known to be true. Thank you!!

[@mecyme]

Wow! At first, I was like is that the same person? and it is... she called herself ignorant?

[@TvNetJunkie]

The precision 😂

[@WapajeaWalksOnWater]

Because Zora Neal Hurston was born and raised in an all Brown incorporated town, she knew exactly who she was, and Never made any effort to fix herself for others. Especially those with less rich culture than hers.

[@tmoore0131]

Go with grace Sis! Officially my new saying.

[@shifusage7299]

Professor m'Cheaux crushing it!!!!

[@AutisticAthena]

You are such a kind soul. You don't just teach cognitive lessons, but spiritual and emotional lessons. When your voice gets this gentle, the lesson is what's really hard.