I truly appreciate your content. My family and I will be relocating to Anchorage and I wanted to get a feel for the area from others. Thanks for taking the time to share.
It’s funny you talk about smiling at everyone yet many are not receptive. My mother is from Alabama so I was taught to speak and smile at everyone. The northern State where I live now is exactly as you stated in the video. Many black people will look at you sideways for speaking. I find it sad and odd.
It's tru. I'm a Northener and live in the south. The nosey small talk is unwelcomed. We are often JUDGED and called rude. That's not fair. We're just like that
I hate that it's true, but thank you for representing our people in such a positive manner. I'm more referring to the very real possibility of your video being a viewer's first introduction to our culture with none of the stereotypes that seem to make it even more difficult to cease the opportunity of closing the "gap" between us... Your delivery was great! I feel confident saying that if a person was on the fence about visiting or moving to Alaska and somehow stumbled upon your video, you probably helped them breathe and look forward to going! Nice work! Beutiful inside and out 😏 "You go gurl"
How did you end up there in the first place (to both of you)? Hard to believe someone would just pick up from wherever they were and say, "I'm going to Alaska!" ...but maybe that's the case.
as a person of Color yes Alaska can be a difficult place to live even if you are from Alaska Butt on the Whole Alaska is more friendly than other states and i have been in every state
"Go back to Africa" lmao I know it can be VERY very scary on 1 hand but considering your probably about the 10th generation here and 98% of black people in America have generations of family that never even visited Africa !!
Exactly.... But even if I were first generation, why would someone approach a random stranger and say that? He was overtly rude and aggressive regardless.
growing up in a very small community i became friends with a black teen my age my parents ( parents old school born in 1925,27 ) and friends were so angry with me but we treated each other with respect and had fun, until his parents moved away.
Enjoy all your videos. Alaska seems like a reasonable safe place to live. Always know your surroundings. I acquired my LTC license. Not looking to ever have to use a weapon. But like the old saying goes, it's better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. God bless.
I live in a van and am on my way to alaska, hoping to just visit the place, camp and nmaybe get a small job while im there. Glad I ran across this video.
When I lived in Alaska,back in the 90 s,it was hard to get employment,up there,,in order to make money,I went out on fishing boats,plus I was in the Airforce guard up there,,it was hard,but I retired,,,
I love this! I’m thinking about teaching in Alaska but I need to be in a modern city with amenities, heat and water. I heard teachers make good salaries in Anchorage. Are you able to fly to other states frequently? Like for example, if I want to travel back to South Carolina, would I have issues booking flights during the holidays?
Nicely handled. I think most of us who came of age during and after MLK and the '60's have risen to his vision of judging people by the content of our character, not by the color of our skin.
I am an international traveler and lived in Europe and visited Alaska when my childhood friend was stationed in Anchorage with the Air Force. I am anticipating moving to Alaska and I am a retried Special Education Teacher. I enjoyed your video,
Great video, very informative. Girl, I can’t wait to use your response the next time a nonblack person tells me how well I speak. You’re right, it is not a compliment. Keep the videos coming.
Always wanted to visit Anchorage.. good to see its still good friendly people scattered across the world. This day in time it seems to be going out the window so to speak especially in the south. Another city black people might definitely sleep on is Albuquerque,NM. I enjoyed my time there.
Gosh hearing you talk about all this makes me want to move back home. I'm torn. Maybe I could just be a snowbird or whatever they call em. Thanks for the memories.
Hello. This is my first time watching your channel. I am glad to know that there is a strong black community in Anchorage. I am a Delta, if you decide to think about it joining, contact the graduate chapter. They may decide to do membership intake activities. Thanks for a great informative video. I will watch more of your channel.
Hey! Not sure if you will see this response or not but I’m currently in Anchorage now. How easy it to find someone who can do hairstyles such as braids?
I just so happened on this video. I'd like to thank you for sharing informative information. I am a single African American (female). I'm in the process of moving to Alaska. It has been a dream of mine forever. Thank you so very much.
IMO it depends on how you speak to someone and interact, my son's martial arts Master is Black and he has taught my son so much that he still lives by today
Hey, I just starting watching your videos and this is the first one I came across. Great video with very well made points. Given what you've mentioned about Anchorage, have you met fellow Black Alaskans who come from other African immigrant and also Afro-diasporic ethnicities or nationalities such as Jamaicans, Black Canadians (especially Black Nova Scotians, Louisiana Creoles, Nigerians, Afro-Guyanese, etc ) on addition to African Americans? Also, have you ever explored any of the Alaskan Native cultures such as Tlingit, Athabaskan, etc. ?
There is a small percentage of black immigrants in Anchorage and I knew a few personally. I have two cousins who have an Alaska Native mother but I haven’t explored any cultures in depth. It was be a great opportunity.
I'm thinking about moving to Anchorage, Alaska next year. I would like to learn so much more before I make my big move. Is it hard to get to know people there ?
It may be a bit challenging now due to people being hesitant about getting out to socialize however, people in AK are pretty approachable in my experience.
As a black man in the lower 48 you are beautiful and classy and intelligent and independent I love that I like a woman who has a little adventure but can also be a lady..❤️🌹🙏 God bless you...
My dear black sister Greetings in these difficult times. I am born german and my wife is Alaskan Native she is from the tribe of the Yupik It took her mother 3 years to trust, love, and physically embrace me...... The mother of my wife -when she was 5- had been literally kidnapped and incarcerated in faraway boarding schools like thousands of other native children..... and raped.......!! She was returned to her village at the age of 12!! It was she that taught me about Aleyaska as the Natives say....... She opened my eyes... She opened my eyes to Alaska and the world and what my people had been doing all over the planet......!! The Russians invaded Alaska and took whatever they liked from the Natives! This took place shortly after 1741, when a Russian expedition led by Danish navigator Vitus Bering sighted the Alaskan mainland. Amongst the information gained by this expedition was news of an unparallel fur!! The fur of the Alaskan sea otter.... even by Russian standards it was extraordinary in its properties and therefore extremely valuable!! Sponsored by the feuding, decadent, greedy European/Russian nobles, spurred by wealth through Alaskan sea otter fur military cosak units and fanatic Jesuits came across the Bering Strait exploited, rapped and killed! They were hated by the Natives!! To this day the word cosak is an insult!! Frequently killed and repelled actually in hardly known battles!! The cosak forced the Natives to hunt for the sea otter until they were exterminated..... at the time a winter fur of a sea otter was worth gold in Moskau and St Petersburg....... The cosak would shoot through belly-to-back lined-up natives if they refused to hunt or work for them..... unpaid of course!! The cosak and most Jesuits literally took off when the Otters were wiped out!! It's the old story..... the Europeans came and rapped the land and its people!! After that the Americans bought Alaska from the Russians in 1867 for a pittance without a word or dollar exchanged with Native Alaskans and ruled with an iron hand! Well into the 50 Natives were not to enter saloons, restaurants, washhouses, bathrooms..... all was whites-only!! JUST GOOGLE WHITES ONLY SIGN IN ALASKA Ironically the rape of Alaskan Native children in Alaska by priests/Jesuits returned........ through expelled priests from California Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oregon Grand Pass! Just google 2007 class-action suit Alaska raped native children catholic church When a large coal deposit was discovered in Sutton /Buffalo mine/ the Chickaloon people were driven off by the threat of artificial smallpox infection. It was planned to give them blankets saturated with the virus!! Luckily they were tipped off........... They packed up, disappeared like a shadow in the night, and walked over the mountains to the Kenai valley.... an alpinist feat unparalleled by people in similar mixed age groups. When the oil was discovered in Prudhoe bay the natives were tricked to sell the area cheap without knowing about the oil then the pipeline was built across Alaska, across native land without permission!! A crime reeking of white arrogance and disrespect!! Except for one man....Stewart Udall This congressman who had served in Arizona and worked closely with the Native Tribes there, imposed the Land Freeze Act in 1966 thereby stopping the local and federal government and oil magnates in their tracks!! This whole issue was prosecuted/negotiated and led to a complex settlement in Washington called the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. With all the billions if not trillions on the horizon the hill moved rather quickly.....lol All 12 Alaskan Native tribes received their territory and compensation for future oil revenue trillions, free medical care, and a corporate form with special financial privileges....soon to be exploited by war contractors that partnered purely on paper with the native corporations to receive preferential bidding/defense contracts for the wars in Irak, Afghanistan, Lybia, Syria and now Ukraine. The corporate form of the Alaskan tribes the Alaskan Native corporation became a money train for the us arms industry and contractors/generals and politicians and it also opened the door to basically turn native people into tenants on their own lands!! Sadly.... with the arrival of oil......or rather the oil industry and their kin...... somehow many Afro American businesses and black culture disappeared..... in the following decades Alaska became the state in the union with the highest rates of violence and rape......against women and children!! Native Alaskans are a minority in Alaska but almost a majority in jails!! Their socio-economic situation manipulated into poverty and bondage alcoholism drug abuse suicide crime murder violence is all one big mess destroying a culture and people that came across Beringia eons ago and then successfully populated North America, South America and Greenland The true first travelers of the northwest passage NOT BY CONQUEST BUT BY THE UNSTOPPABLE WILL TO EXPLORE AND LIVE FREE!! What is going on to this day is modern colonialism and racism at its worse....it is in plain sight but hidden!! As for amazing Afro Americans Ask who and how and under what duress the Alaskan HWY was built and who to this day got no credit for it!! Afro-American Soldiers from the south!!
wow, this is a very video!!!! my husband and i might be moving there......he's asian / filipino and im black and was concerned about the lifestyle there and if its a place for black and asians
Very nice to hear your personal story. I wish you didn't have to experience the hatred. The fact that people who didn't create you spend their time hating on you bcuz of your color. It's really an indication of low intelligence becuz they can't change a thing about you.
I hear you Michael. In the moment it felt terrible and even more so having my daughter with me and experiencing that. I really do hope and pray that one day those types of incidents cease to happen. Until then we just have to keep pushing forward.
Seattle is definitely like that with the black relations. Its a cliquish community for sure. But it just depends on where you feel called to be. I think it just works out sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. In my case it doesn't work out.
So I am older and looking to move there to be closer to my son but I think you know have me torn. Will I get a job or will I fit in? Thanks for the video ❤
It is very expensive in Alaska, especially in Anchorage. There are plenty of jobs in Alaska. But know one thing, it is not easy living in Alaska. It kind be very hard especially during the winter. I always suggest to people to visit for a couple times before moving there.
Just respect the wild life. Don’t try to pet them lol they are NOT friendly. If you ever go hiking in the woods always take protection with you. Some people like bear spray but I personally never go into the woods without a firearm. I have hunted and hiked all over Alaska and have never had any negative run ins with the wild life. But you will definitely come across them.
This was a very inspiring and informative video. I loved Alaska and cant wait to visit again. I probably may have stayed a bit longer if I knee more black people there😂 Also Im a Zeta, there are graduate chapters you can join the organizations aren't just for undergrads. You wiuld just have to see if there are any local graduate chapters in Alaska.
I lived in Fairbanks for a while having moved from Hawaii. I was shiny and new so they were nosey at first but then the true we’re better than you attitude came out fierce. I hated it. I actually quit my job just to get rehired in another state because they would not let me transfer out. It was like the natives hated them so they took it out on us.
@@2ndamendment466 stay out of other people's countries. Alaska and ALL of North and South America belongs to the dark indigenous tribes. So you and your mail order Asian gf should go back to your original land you know the Caucasus mountains.
Do you know anything about Wasilla? We’re a little concerned about how they are in regards to race and politics. We’ve only ever lived in blue states and feel it may be a bit of a culture shock if we decide to move there. Thanks for the video!
Hmmm.... I don’t any real firsthand knowledge because I haven’t spent much time in Wasilla however, it’s a lot less city than Anchorage. Pretty spread out, a lot more land and people out that way love their guns. Not as diverse as Anchorage. It’s not my scene but if country living is your thing you may enjoy it.
@@RoyaltyAC Wasilla is a beautiful place. Most people in Wasilla are Conservative and value conservative ideologies. Yea, there are lots of people with guns, but crime is pretty low. There are black people in Wasilla and are a very productive and respectful as well as hard working as most people in the valley are. I will say one thing, that people in the valley aka Wasilla/Palmer/Big Lake etc. do not take kindly on the ghetto trash attitude and laziness. There are gangs in Alaska but that culture and mind set is absolutely NOT accepted in Wasilla. If you are a black person and is respectful and hard working then you will get along just fine with all the other hard working and respectful people. But if you have strong leftist ideology then please don’t bother going because the mindset is very much frowned upon. That type of behavior is more accepted in Anchorage.
@@JohnDoe-zg6fn Right… And don’t be surprised by all the selfmade junkyards some of those respectable people in Wasilla find acceptable. It’s shocking how some of the people out there live and they’re not black.
@Happy Girl Alaska Well, most of those junkyards are just that, junkyards. They sell scraps and metal and wood, and other odd items that are difficult to get in Alaska. They are mostly businesses. There are junkyards that are in every state and everywhere in the world. Now, this isn't to say that they all are. There are some white trash druggies that live in horrible conditions, most of which are dry cabins that have no electricity or running water. People know who the junkyards are, and the white trash druggies are, please do not equate them as all the same. The druggies and the filth that live in Wasilla also live in every major city in this country and they are not accepted in Alaska and tend to stay in remote areas and away from the major population and are NOT accepted in that community. Seeing as you have never spent any real time in Wasilla or the Valley, you wouldn't know these things, and that's ok. I lived in Wasilla, Palmer, Big Lake, and Anchorage for over a decade and was very active in the community, so I could speak on these things a little more accurately than you can. Love the videos and keep up the good work! 😊
🥶Alaska?! Too cold and I wouldn’t be able to adapt to the sunset and sunrise time. 😀Btw. When the sunrises late, does the stores and schools open late or regular/normal time?
But one of the last places of natural beauty. The older you get, you’ll understand. With the water shortages coming to the west and spithwest, Alaskan water may be the next pipeline gold.
Have you seen a UFO? I just watched two Discovery Channel UFO shows about Alaskan UFO encounters. Like Alaska is the Alien Walmart, but not one blacks person has ever said they’ve seen something strange.
They are scared to speak to you because the old racist rule of talking to another black person means you don’t fit in with them. Or, they think you are competing for HNIC.
Thanks for this video. I’m white and my husband is not. We want to move out of California because we are sick of it here, and I want a diverse place so we can both feel comfortable. Definitely considering Anchorage; I’m just worried about the cost of living. The housing can’t possibly be worse than California 😆
I would say yes it is. I see more interracial couples in Alaska than I have anywhere else. I have never heard of any negative incidents resulting from dating a non black person.
There are racist everywhere no matter where you go, but you can not let that hinder you from enjoying your life. I lived in Alaska for many many years and I am Mexican. There have been some parts in Alaska that people looked at me different or treated me differently then they would my white wife, but those were few and far between. Most people in Alaska are very accepting of race. One thing that is not accepting is the gang banging lazy attitude that some people have. Alaska for the most part is a very conservative state. Anchorage is a little more left leaning. But most of state is very conservative.
I grew up in Alaska but I want to move to a more progressive state. Alaska is a conservative shithole. I was born and raised up hand my grandparents moved up from Massachusetts.
Not going to say race wasn’t a factor, but most of the time when I’ve heard people say others are “so well spoken,” it’s because they are much younger than them and talked like an adult instead of talking like the popular lingo of younger generations. My wife is white and 7 years younger than me and I told her the same thing when I met her, it wasn’t a diss , I was just surprised by her age and the way she looked to seem so mature.
@NolanDavis, I see your point but the same standard doesn't apply. Saying that to a white person is fine. When a person of color hears, "You're so well spoken" or anything to that effect, it often comes with the unsaid meaning, "You speak well compared to other people of your race/ethnicity." Even if that isn't what's meant, too often it has been---so it's not a compliment.
@@orlaspring363 Exactly! Even his personal example says he was “surprised “ by his wife’s fluency and maturity for her age. So in other words, people are surprised when they hear non-white people speak well. It’s not a compliment. But like I said, say it back to them and watch their response. Very telling….
We're Everywhere get out and travel more YOU'RE find out how much We're lie to also my niece was born like she said military in Germany and she still lived there she's born there her mom is African American BLACK her her Dad African American BLACK and they all live there and been living there for almost what 28 years or better
I would think people would be kind and friendly because people aren't used to seeing black people. Of course a woman's experience will be different than a man's.
"You're so well spoken." is such a back-handed microaggression, I can't stand when people use it.
I truly appreciate your content. My family and I will be relocating to Anchorage and I wanted to get a feel for the area from others. Thanks for taking the time to share.
You are very welcome Anna!
I was stationed in Delta Junction Alaska at Ft Greeley back in 1988. I almost stayed there and often think of maybe, possibly going back.
OMG.... SHE IS SOO' BEAUTIFUL ❤️🤎🤎❤️- She looks like, Thelma, from Good Times 🤎🤎🤎
It’s funny you talk about smiling at everyone yet many are not receptive. My mother is from Alabama so I was taught to speak and smile at everyone. The northern State where I live now is exactly as you stated in the video. Many black people will look at you sideways for speaking. I find it sad and odd.
Okay so it's not just happening here lol. Yes, very strange indeed...
I have visited and at times lived in the South. It's not like that every where. In some places the people are rude as f.
It's tru. I'm a Northener and live in the south. The nosey small talk is unwelcomed. We are often JUDGED and called rude. That's not fair. We're just like that
I like your response to people who tell you that you speak well.
Good to know that there are so many black owned businesses there.
Hi Chipotle! Thank you :)
I hate that it's true, but thank you for representing our people in such a positive manner. I'm more referring to the very real possibility of your video being a viewer's first introduction to our culture with none of the stereotypes that seem to make it even more difficult to cease the opportunity of closing the "gap" between us... Your delivery was great! I feel confident saying that if a person was on the fence about visiting or moving to Alaska and somehow stumbled upon your video, you probably helped them breathe and look forward to going! Nice work! Beutiful inside and out 😏
"You go gurl"
Thanks Malcolm😊
its to cold there no thanks not me
I’m black , born and raised here , But I do want to move and leave !! Love how you explained your perspective, I agree with you !
have you found any places or have any in mind?
How did you end up there in the first place (to both of you)? Hard to believe someone would just pick up from wherever they were and say, "I'm going to Alaska!" ...but maybe that's the case.
as a person of Color yes Alaska can be a difficult place to live even if you are from Alaska Butt on the Whole Alaska is more friendly than other states and i have been in every state
I can honestly say that I really enjoy living here overall. The good far exceeds the not so great experiences :)
Our kind is hated in Boston. I have travelled a lot and am from Boston and it takes the cake in judging our people harshly.
Today I randomly wondered if our people were in Alaska and found this gem. Thank you !
Thank you for sharing your memories and how Alaska is now. I always enjoy your videos.
Thanks for watching!
"Go back to Africa" lmao I know it can be VERY very scary on 1 hand but considering your probably about the 10th generation here and 98% of black people in America have generations of family that never even visited Africa !!
Exactly.... But even if I were first generation, why would someone approach a random stranger and say that? He was overtly rude and aggressive regardless.
@@2ndamendment466 what are you talking about? F*ck off….
growing up in a very small community i became friends with a black teen my age my parents ( parents old school born in 1925,27 ) and friends were so angry with me but we treated each other with respect and had fun, until his parents moved away.
It's interesting how kids rarely consider another child's outer appearance when it comes to friendship. We all could stand to learn a lot from them.
Enjoy all your videos. Alaska seems like a reasonable safe place to live. Always know your surroundings. I acquired my LTC license. Not looking to ever have to use a weapon. But like the old saying goes, it's better to be judged by twelve than carried by six. God bless.
Hi Lawrence :) I hear what you are saying and completely agree with you!
I live in a van and am on my way to alaska, hoping to just visit the place, camp and nmaybe get a small job while im there. Glad I ran across this video.
Yes, you can pledge. Contact a Delta there and ask how to join the graduate chapter there if you are still interested.
Nice video. what music is in the background sounds great. i love that -o you are so articulate as well-nicely done
I was waiting for this video.
Thanks for tuning in :)
When I lived in Alaska,back in the 90 s,it was hard to get employment,up there,,in order to make money,I went out on fishing boats,plus I was in the Airforce guard up there,,it was hard,but I retired,,,
Thank you for posting !!!!
I applied for a job in Alaska and I’m a black woman so this was informative;)
Alaska sounds so interesting. I feel it's calling me...Thanks for the video. Very informative. Watts, CA.
I love this! I’m thinking about teaching in Alaska but I need to be in a modern city with amenities, heat and water. I heard teachers make good salaries in Anchorage. Are you able to fly to other states frequently? Like for example, if I want to travel back to South Carolina, would I have issues booking flights during the holidays?
Hello Monique! No, you shouldn’t have any trouble booking a flight out.
Nicely handled. I think most of us who came of age during and after MLK and the '60's have risen to his vision of judging people by the content of our character, not by the color of our skin.
Well said Paul!
Thanks for this! Very informative! Applying to an Alaskan based job soon, so I was very curious about this topic. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I am an international traveler and lived in Europe and visited Alaska when my childhood friend was stationed in Anchorage with the Air Force. I am anticipating moving to Alaska and I am a retried Special Education Teacher. I enjoyed your video,
That’s awesome! Thank you so much 😊
Oh I so appreciate this wonderful video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm born and raised in Anchorage Alaska I'm in Florida now nothing's like home though I'll be visiting Alaska February
Great video, very informative. Girl, I can’t wait to use your response the next time a nonblack person tells me how well I speak. You’re right, it is not a compliment. Keep the videos coming.
Absolutely!! Using that response causes people to pause and really think about what they are saying. Let me know how it goes :))
Always wanted to visit Anchorage.. good to see its still good friendly people scattered across the world. This day in time it seems to be going out the window so to speak especially in the south. Another city black people might definitely sleep on is Albuquerque,NM. I enjoyed my time there.
Gosh hearing you talk about all this makes me want to move back home. I'm torn. Maybe I could just be a snowbird or whatever they call em. Thanks for the memories.
That sounds like a great idea😃
This was so well done and helpful! Thank you so much.
I’m so excited! Thinking about moving back to Alaska.
Right on! Just do it!!
My brother married an Alaskan native and they have 4 kids.
Still watching your videos in 2024
I work in Healthcare and im coming October for a month might extend if I like it thanks for sharing
Hello. This is my first time watching your channel. I am glad to know that there is a strong black community in Anchorage. I am a Delta, if you decide to think about it joining, contact the graduate chapter. They may decide to do membership intake activities. Thanks for a great informative video. I will watch more of your channel.
Hey! Not sure if you will see this response or not but I’m currently in Anchorage now. How easy it to find someone who can do hairstyles such as braids?
My brother lives in Anchorage Alaska by way of Louisiana
I just so happened on this video. I'd like to thank you for sharing informative information. I am a single African American (female). I'm in the process of moving to Alaska. It has been a dream of mine forever. Thank you so very much.
You are so welcome. Thanks for tuning in 🥰
Much Gratitude.
Ps I lived in Anchorage back in 1997.
IMO it depends on how you speak to someone and interact, my son's martial arts Master is Black and he has taught my son so much that he still lives by today
That is so awesome :)
Hey, I just starting watching your videos and this is the first one I came across. Great video with very well made points. Given what you've mentioned about Anchorage, have you met fellow Black Alaskans who come from other African immigrant and also Afro-diasporic ethnicities or nationalities such as Jamaicans, Black Canadians (especially Black Nova Scotians, Louisiana Creoles, Nigerians, Afro-Guyanese, etc ) on addition to African Americans? Also, have you ever explored any of the Alaskan Native cultures such as Tlingit, Athabaskan, etc. ?
There is a small percentage of black immigrants in Anchorage and I knew a few personally. I have two cousins who have an Alaska Native mother but I haven’t explored any cultures in depth. It was be a great opportunity.
I'm thinking about moving to Anchorage, Alaska next year. I would like to learn so much more before I make my big move. Is it hard to get to know people there ?
It may be a bit challenging now due to people being hesitant about getting out to socialize however, people in AK are pretty approachable in my experience.
Great video! Thanks for the information. I agree Black people have to expand our horizons. BTW I think all sororities have grad chapters.
Thanks T and T! I'm looking into grad chapters but I think they are by invite only?
I grew up in NEBRASKA!! Same thing!!!
Wow, that interesting LaGina. Anything in particular stand out?
You always keep it real stay beautiful ❤️❤️
Thank you, I will :)
Hello QUEEN I'm New to YOUR platform Thank YOU for the information ❤
Just the video I needed to find before my love there ❤️
Hi! Do you know if there are any Sisterlock Consultants in the area?
Not that I know of. Contact Ebony and Ivory for recommendations.😊
Moving to Alaska in January but I’m shy and don’t make friends easy because of this issue do you have any suggestions for someone like me
I suggest using meetup to connect with people who share your interests.
we are literally everywhere. we are still the most populated group of people here in the US. it’s just doesn’t seem as if because of the status quo.
we’ve always been here on these lands and it’s sad that we’re either forgetting that or don’t even know smh. we are the real indigenous ones.
Thank you so much. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
Is there a brothers and sisters of Alaska group on fb?
I didn't know there were black women this beautiful and classy in Alaska.
Thank you :)
As a black man in the lower 48 you are beautiful and classy and intelligent and independent I love that I like a woman who has a little adventure but can also be a lady..❤️🌹🙏 God bless you...
This is a great share that I believe many people will find helpful!
Thank you! I certainly hope so :)
My dear black sister
Greetings in these difficult times.
I am born german and my wife is Alaskan Native she is from the tribe of the Yupik
It took her mother 3 years to trust, love, and physically embrace me......
The mother of my wife -when she was 5- had been literally kidnapped and incarcerated in faraway boarding schools like thousands of other native children..... and raped.......!!
She was returned to her village at the age of 12!!
It was she that taught me about Aleyaska as the Natives say.......
She opened my eyes...
She opened my eyes to Alaska and the world and what my people had been doing all over the planet......!!
The Russians invaded Alaska and took whatever they liked from the Natives!
This took place shortly after 1741, when a Russian expedition led by Danish navigator Vitus Bering sighted the Alaskan mainland.
Amongst the information gained by this expedition was news of an unparallel fur!! The fur of the Alaskan sea otter.... even by Russian standards it was extraordinary in its properties and therefore extremely valuable!!
Sponsored by the feuding, decadent, greedy European/Russian nobles, spurred by wealth through Alaskan sea otter fur military cosak units and fanatic Jesuits came across the Bering Strait exploited, rapped and killed! They were hated by the Natives!!
To this day the word cosak is an insult!!
Frequently killed and repelled actually in hardly known battles!!
The cosak forced the Natives to hunt for the sea otter until they were exterminated..... at the time a winter fur of a sea otter was worth gold in Moskau and St Petersburg....... The cosak would shoot through belly-to-back lined-up natives if they refused to hunt or work for them..... unpaid of course!!
The cosak and most Jesuits literally took off when the Otters were wiped out!!
It's the old story..... the Europeans came and rapped the land and its people!!
After that the Americans bought Alaska from the Russians in 1867 for a pittance without a word or dollar exchanged with Native Alaskans and ruled with an iron hand!
Well into the 50 Natives were not to enter saloons, restaurants, washhouses, bathrooms..... all was whites-only!!
JUST GOOGLE
WHITES ONLY SIGN IN ALASKA
Ironically the rape of Alaskan Native children in Alaska by priests/Jesuits returned........ through expelled priests from California Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oregon Grand Pass!
Just google
2007 class-action suit Alaska raped native children catholic church
When a large coal deposit was discovered in Sutton /Buffalo mine/ the Chickaloon people were driven off by the threat of artificial smallpox infection. It was planned to give them blankets saturated with the virus!! Luckily they were tipped off........... They packed up, disappeared like a shadow in the night, and walked over the mountains to the Kenai valley.... an alpinist feat unparalleled by people in similar mixed age groups.
When the oil was discovered in Prudhoe bay the natives were tricked to sell the area cheap without knowing about the oil then the pipeline was built across Alaska, across native land without permission!!
A crime reeking of white arrogance and disrespect!!
Except for one man....Stewart Udall
This congressman who had served in Arizona and worked closely with the Native Tribes there, imposed the Land Freeze Act in 1966 thereby stopping the local and federal government and oil magnates in their tracks!!
This whole issue was prosecuted/negotiated and led to a complex settlement in Washington called the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
With all the billions if not trillions on the horizon the hill moved rather quickly.....lol
All 12 Alaskan Native tribes received their territory and compensation for future oil revenue trillions, free medical care, and a corporate form with special financial privileges....soon to be exploited by war contractors that partnered purely on paper with the native corporations to receive preferential bidding/defense contracts for the wars in Irak, Afghanistan, Lybia, Syria and now Ukraine.
The corporate form of the Alaskan tribes the Alaskan Native corporation became a money train for the us arms industry and contractors/generals and politicians and it also opened the door to basically turn native people into tenants on their own lands!!
Sadly.... with the arrival of oil......or rather the oil industry and their kin...... somehow many Afro American businesses and black culture disappeared..... in the following decades Alaska became the state in the union with the highest rates of violence and rape......against women and children!!
Native Alaskans are a minority in Alaska but almost a majority in jails!!
Their socio-economic situation manipulated into poverty and bondage alcoholism drug abuse suicide crime murder violence is all one big mess destroying a culture and people that came across Beringia eons ago and then successfully populated North America, South America and Greenland
The true first travelers of the northwest passage NOT BY CONQUEST BUT BY THE UNSTOPPABLE WILL TO EXPLORE AND LIVE FREE!!
What is going on to this day is modern colonialism and racism at its worse....it is in plain sight but hidden!!
As for amazing Afro Americans
Ask who and how and under what duress the Alaskan HWY was built and who to this day got no credit for it!!
Afro-American Soldiers from the south!!
Excellent video.
Thank you very much!
Depending on your GPA when you finished college you can still join a D9 sorority as a graduate member
Thanks so much for the info. I knew there had to be some type of consideration.
wow, this is a very video!!!! my husband and i might be moving there......he's asian / filipino and im black and was concerned about the lifestyle there and if its a place for black and asians
Very nice to hear your personal story. I wish you didn't have to experience the hatred. The fact that people who didn't create you spend their time hating on you bcuz of your color. It's really an indication of low intelligence becuz they can't change a thing about you.
I hear you Michael. In the moment it felt terrible and even more so having my daughter with me and experiencing that. I really do hope and pray that one day those types of incidents cease to happen. Until then we just have to keep pushing forward.
@@LifeAfter50withTerree exactly 💯ya'll stay safe.
I’ve been wondering what it’s like outside of the military community. Thank you for sharing your perspective.
You're welcome. Thanks for tuning in :)
Do you have any insight into the black and native communities?
Hi Jordon. No, I sure don't. Did you have specific questions?
Good Video, no issues thus far. AK f/the win!
Right on!
Seattle is definitely like that with the black relations. Its a cliquish community for sure. But it just depends on where you feel called to be. I think it just works out sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. In my case it doesn't work out.
Yeah it's interesting. I have heard the same thing from friends of mine who live in Seattle.
@@LifeAfter50withTerree Long time no see. I'm in Anchorage till Saturday visiting my mom.
Black people make just 3 % of population here. 😐 It's tough out here for us.
So I am older and looking to move there to be closer to my son but I think you know have me torn. Will I get a job or will I fit in? Thanks for the video ❤
I miss the vibe of the 80's and 90's, just sayin.. Anyhoo thank you for sharing your insight and experience on this topic!
You are so welcome!
Are most of the black people in Alaska African American/Black American or are they mostly African immigrants and Caribbean immigrants?
I would say majority are African American.
I really enjoyed this video…
Glad you enjoyed it
Not trying to be stalkerish.I Would love to meet and hang out with you one day. Your aura is very beautiful.
That would be cool!
How much is rent and are there alot of jobs or is it necessary to come with the mentality of creating one
It is very expensive in Alaska, especially in Anchorage. There are plenty of jobs in Alaska. But know one thing, it is not easy living in Alaska. It kind be very hard especially during the winter. I always suggest to people to visit for a couple times before moving there.
Iam thinking about taking my first travel assignment there and I was worried about this being attacked by a moose lol
Oh no!! Don't let that stop you :)
Just respect the wild life. Don’t try to pet them lol they are NOT friendly. If you ever go hiking in the woods always take protection with you. Some people like bear spray but I personally never go into the woods without a firearm. I have hunted and hiked all over Alaska and have never had any negative run ins with the wild life. But you will definitely come across them.
This was a very inspiring and informative video. I loved Alaska and cant wait to visit again. I probably may have stayed a bit longer if I knee more black people there😂
Also Im a Zeta, there are graduate chapters you can join the organizations aren't just for undergrads. You wiuld just have to see if there are any local graduate chapters in Alaska.
Thanks for the info Marquetta! I will definitely check around to see what chapters are available.
How is health care for African Americans in Alaska?
I lived in Fairbanks for a while having moved from Hawaii. I was shiny and new so they were nosey at first but then the true we’re better than you attitude came out fierce. I hated it. I actually quit my job just to get rehired in another state because they would not let me transfer out. It was like the natives hated them so they took it out on us.
@@2ndamendment466 you should take your own advice
@@2ndamendment466 There are plenty. They choose their location wisely and they mind their business because they know you racist assholes exist
@@2ndamendment466 ok colonizer
@@2ndamendment466 just say the word colonizer
@@2ndamendment466 stay out of other people's countries. Alaska and ALL of North and South America belongs to the dark indigenous tribes. So you and your mail order Asian gf should go back to your original land you know the Caucasus mountains.
Do you know anything about Wasilla? We’re a little concerned about how they are in regards to race and politics. We’ve only ever lived in blue states and feel it may be a bit of a culture shock if we decide to move there. Thanks for the video!
Hmmm.... I don’t any real firsthand knowledge because I haven’t spent much time in Wasilla however, it’s a lot less city than Anchorage. Pretty spread out, a lot more land and people out that way love their guns. Not as diverse as Anchorage. It’s not my scene but if country living is your thing you may enjoy it.
@@LifeAfter50withTerree thanks for responding. Sounds like it might not be right for us!
@@RoyaltyAC Wasilla is a beautiful place. Most people in Wasilla are Conservative and value conservative ideologies. Yea, there are lots of people with guns, but crime is pretty low. There are black people in Wasilla and are a very productive and respectful as well as hard working as most people in the valley are. I will say one thing, that people in the valley aka Wasilla/Palmer/Big Lake etc. do not take kindly on the ghetto trash attitude and laziness. There are gangs in Alaska but that culture and mind set is absolutely NOT accepted in Wasilla. If you are a black person and is respectful and hard working then you will get along just fine with all the other hard working and respectful people. But if you have strong leftist ideology then please don’t bother going because the mindset is very much frowned upon. That type of behavior is more accepted in Anchorage.
@@JohnDoe-zg6fn Right… And don’t be surprised by all the selfmade junkyards some of those respectable people in Wasilla find acceptable. It’s shocking how some of the people out there live and they’re not black.
@Happy Girl Alaska Well, most of those junkyards are just that, junkyards. They sell scraps and metal and wood, and other odd items that are difficult to get in Alaska. They are mostly businesses. There are junkyards that are in every state and everywhere in the world. Now, this isn't to say that they all are. There are some white trash druggies that live in horrible conditions, most of which are dry cabins that have no electricity or running water. People know who the junkyards are, and the white trash druggies are, please do not equate them as all the same. The druggies and the filth that live in Wasilla also live in every major city in this country and they are not accepted in Alaska and tend to stay in remote areas and away from the major population and are NOT accepted in that community. Seeing as you have never spent any real time in Wasilla or the Valley, you wouldn't know these things, and that's ok. I lived in Wasilla, Palmer, Big Lake, and Anchorage for over a decade and was very active in the community, so I could speak on these things a little more accurately than you can. Love the videos and keep up the good work! 😊
You can still pledge in a grad chapter
🥶Alaska?! Too cold and I wouldn’t be able to adapt to the sunset and sunrise time. 😀Btw. When the sunrises late, does the stores and schools open late or regular/normal time?
Hi Jersey! Everything still operates under normal business hours for the most part no matter what time of the year it is.
@@LifeAfter50withTerree - thanks for responding! Great video!
But one of the last places of natural beauty. The older you get, you’ll understand. With the water shortages coming to the west and spithwest, Alaskan water may be the next pipeline gold.
Have you seen a UFO? I just watched two Discovery Channel UFO shows about Alaskan UFO encounters. Like Alaska is the Alien Walmart, but not one blacks person has ever said they’ve seen something strange.
They are scared to speak to you because the old racist rule of talking to another black person means you don’t fit in with them. Or, they think you are competing for HNIC.
good show
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
For some reason I used to want to go to university Alaska junea or apu
I hear APU is a great school😊
I thought you could pledge after college??? Ask your local chapter to be sure :)
being lightskinned black im so ready to check out anchorage and enjoy a weeks vacation.
Thanks for this video. I’m white and my husband is not. We want to move out of California because we are sick of it here, and I want a diverse place so we can both feel comfortable. Definitely considering Anchorage; I’m just worried about the cost of living. The housing can’t possibly be worse than California 😆
I have a video covering cost of living in Anchorage.
Where in Cali? I'm from the bay
Anchorage is overrated. Seattle is the best city in the USA.
@@arturohull14161 That’s true if you are a liberal. We are not. No judgement.
@@yudellezion9615 Sorry - responding a year later lol. We are outside Sac.
You still in alaska
Loved your video. I did not like the background music. Music seemed unnecessary while you were speaking.
Show me how it’s done🤭
thinking about moving there after college, away from too many human beings
How do you like it there
is it safe to date a non black person ?
I would say yes it is. I see more interracial couples in Alaska than I have anywhere else. I have never heard of any negative incidents resulting from dating a non black person.
There are racist everywhere no matter where you go, but you can not let that hinder you from enjoying your life. I lived in Alaska for many many years and I am Mexican. There have been some parts in Alaska that people looked at me different or treated me differently then they would my white wife, but those were few and far between. Most people in Alaska are very accepting of race. One thing that is not accepting is the gang banging lazy attitude that some people have. Alaska for the most part is a very conservative state. Anchorage is a little more left leaning. But most of state is very conservative.
I grew up in Alaska but I want to move to a more progressive state. Alaska is a conservative shithole. I was born and raised up hand my grandparents moved up from Massachusetts.
Why are y'all over there
You're quite Beautiful. ❤️
Thank you! 😊
Not going to say race wasn’t a factor, but most of the time when I’ve heard people say others are “so well spoken,” it’s because they are much younger than them and talked like an adult instead of talking like the popular lingo of younger generations. My wife is white and 7 years younger than me and I told her the same thing when I met her, it wasn’t a diss , I was just surprised by her age and the way she looked to seem so mature.
I'm sure people's intentions are meant for a statement like that to be taken as a compliment, but it doesn't come across that way.
@NolanDavis, I see your point but the same standard doesn't apply. Saying that to a white person is fine. When a person of color hears, "You're so well spoken" or anything to that effect, it often comes with the unsaid meaning, "You speak well compared to other people of your race/ethnicity." Even if that isn't what's meant, too often it has been---so it's not a compliment.
@@orlaspring363 Exactly! Even his personal example says he was “surprised “ by his wife’s fluency and maturity for her age. So in other words, people are surprised when they hear non-white people speak well. It’s not a compliment. But like I said, say it back to them and watch their response. Very telling….
@@LifeAfter50withTerree I shared your response to people in that situation and my daughter was like, "I'm gonna use that!" : )
We're Everywhere get out and travel more YOU'RE find out how much We're lie to also my niece was born like she said military in Germany and she still lived there she's born there her mom is African American BLACK her her Dad African American BLACK and they all live there and been living there for almost what 28 years or better
I would think people would be kind and friendly because people aren't used to seeing black people. Of course a woman's experience will be different than a man's.
eRFQuake was here ?
Yes he was! A friend of mine opened for him and it was a really great show.
so dame beautiful .
Thank you for the compliment :)