I will never forget Devonte Hart and the other murdered children and the countless other vulnerables who suffered in "care". Including those in authority who allow - and continue to - in all countries . thank you for this content
The whole story for Devonte Hart and his siblings is heartbreaking as all hell. One of his brothers who wasn't adopted by those white bitches is still alive too. Just the amount of abuse and neglect is infuriating. Those innocent kids died, the system let them down, and their biological family is left haunted. It's honestly one of the most depressing stories people probably should talk about more.
Recently an Alaskan Politician was caught saying that he rather that abused kids are killed to save money from having to be used to help protect them. These situations are deliberate.
the transracial episode reminded me of the black girl who went on dr phil claiming to be white. im black and when i watched it i thought the episode was more about the "coon" stereotype because the things the character did like things like calling the police on other black people for no reason and trying to distance himself from black people by being racist isnt that uncommon to see. its a sad part of our community and i think its a good example of how crazy dealing with racism can make you.
@ dvjoyx x But that girl on Dr Phil (Treasure Richards) turned out to be a fraud. Her own sister called her out because Treasure told lies about their father. Apparently Treasure came up with scheme to allow her Mother, her Brother, and Herself to have an all paid hotel stay courtesy of the Dr. Phil show. She was also hoping to cash in on possibly going viral like the “catch me outside” girl.
It's pretty understandable. As Chris Rock once said there is being black and then there is being a fool. I grew up all my life a black man living among fools. So I understand wanting to separate yourself from that environment.
It bothers me so much how little we actually know about the Hart family and what those children went through with those women. I’ve been deeply fascinated with human behavior for as long as I can remember and I think that’s largely rooted in having a crappy childhood and wanting to find explanations and a better understanding of why people do awful things and how ‘monsters’ are created. Thus, I’ve been reading about (and in more recent years listening to) true crime forever. To some degree I am desensitized to a lot of it since I’ve heard so much of it and because I am very analytical in my ‘research’ or observations. Rarely does a case stick with me the way this one does and I will occasionally do a search hoping that more information has come out, but there’s been nothing new since the coroner’s inquest. Sadly, this really was swept under the rug in so many ways when it could have been an impetus for real change in the foster/adoption system to help save other children from falling prey to awful people. I’ll never forget those kids and what happened to them 💔
Man, just like LATAM, we have a growing belief that i like to call "predestined decadence" in others words the belief that all of our problems are inevitable and the onlt thing you can do is either accept it or embrace it.
Afro-Surrealism or Afrosurrealism is a literary and cultural aesthetic that is a response to mainstream surrealism in order to reflect the lived experience of people of color. First coined by Amiri Baraka in 1974, this movement focuses on the present day experience of African Americans.
Kinda obvious but I thought that the blanket the white woman gave to Laquavious that says "Larry" is clearly a slave name where slave were forced to give up there foreign names for white names.
the root of all our problems is we willing to give billionaires every opportunity to exploit us and they spare no opportunity to the point where people because health care is in the 10's of thousands for people who are paid minimum wage of 8 well below poverty lines
@@walotheman1 It is relevant because in order for someone to mean what they say they have to say what they mean. The writing by BlaphemyNBagles is bereft of punctuation, and seemingly full of non-sequiturs. So perhaps English is not the OP's native language.
@@answerman9933 I mean what he's saying is kind of clear. He's saying the billionaire class, because of greed, keeps people from having more comprehensive healthcare. Considering it's a public forum, anyone can post what they want so I don't know why you need to police people based on their sentence structure and grammar.
There's huge amounts of media on that story. Podcasts etcetera. If a Black mother did that it wouldn't get any extra media. There was one mother I remember whose daughter was found in the freezer. She did this haunting interview, but only clips are played. She laughs about it at the end. Confirmation of the biases about race and mental health. When really an overworked, unregulated and ignored mother who went too far. She played the monster everyone thought she was. That's the only way anyone acknowledged her at all.
Yeah. And I bet ya if a Black Mother actually were to ever get any widespread attention for an act like that, then you'd be getting a bunch of brainless woke crowds trashing on you for "being Anti-Black" and do everything in their power to dispatch the rightfully-deserved negative attention she gets all in the name of "protecting black people". Oh ho, nevermind the fact that she just committed a crime, she's black, and we gotta protecc her no matter what. God, this is why I've slowly grown to hate identity politics...
I honestly cannot see it as this new 'afro-surrealism' genre. It looks more like an africanized take on magic realism. It's slow-burning, almost drone-ish at timess, and it holds this surreal, magical quality to it; all of this is basically the same hold that magic realism played out with American literature: from the US all the way down to the classic Hispanic literature of the 70s. Atlanta's magic reminds me a bit of José Saramago's world-building and García Marquez's slow narrative pacing, filled with little details that paint a larger landscape.
I feel like that has the potential to be a subcategory of the genre, and you can apply that to all sorts of different backgrounds of the diaspora. But ultimately they’re the message and experience connects the surrealism
The background music choices in this video are fantastic. I think you did a really good job picking Gambino instrumentals that thematically compliment what you’re saying The content of the video is great also! But I wanted to shoutout the music
our problems are quite easy to fix because the government can easily pass a bill to make them stop they don't cause we don't force them to we let our money and labor be used to exploit us for more money we must use our voice and our taxes to out favor them
Atlanta is the textbook for modern racism (at least racism in the US) it shows how racism has evolved with technology and now is stained across our culture l.
I think some of this might be a bit of an oversimplification, because it's one sided. Ignoring the ways in which the show deconstructs black culture, and thus all of American culture interwoven; heavily favoring its more explicit and numerous critiques of white culture, and racism specifically. Which are far more obvious. For example black Justin Bieber, doesn't just act the way white Justin Bieber does, he acts the way white Justin Bieber acts as a reflection of black culture on white America. Bieber, in real life, as he gets older does not act like the straight-laced UA-cam would-be mormon that exploded onto the scene far too young. At best he wants to be LL Cool J, and at worst he absolutely thinks he's DMX. I can't imagine B Bieber's antics are there just to demonstrate the absurdity of what a white artist can get away with. Michael Jackson got away with not too dissimilar antics for quite a long time before Bieber was even born. Some may even defend against this point by arguing that Jackson "wasn't really black" by the time he reached peak weirdness, BUT that would defacto validate the concept of transracialism. Putting us back to square one. The idea of "becoming white" in that season is often about a real tendency for the successful to pull up the ladder behind them as they reach the top, leaving behind those that are seen as, well.... you know. Something many black celebrities, like Jackson, who famously artificially lightened his skin, could be accused of. Paper Boi has to express his embarrassment at B Bieber's behavior because whether or not a black artist could get away with his shenanigans the fact is they are in many ways what white capitalist infrastructure has codified "black" to be, as demonstrated by Bieber's cocked caps, baggy clothes, jersies, chains and general demeanor. Reimagined to be as black as Bieber wishes himself to be, he's an embarrassing avatar for black culture that Paper Boi can't possibly respect, embrace or abide. Even though Paper Boi does arguably participate in this sideshow in his artistic persona as a gangster rapper. You'll recall that Paper Boi's rise to stardom is dependant on his reputation for having shot someone, a reality he begrudgingly accepts, despite being a fairly normal dude who just likes to chill and make music.
“How come we never heard of this story?” Because many of you were too distracted by other to care because it was definitely all over the news when it happened. It just wasn’t important enough for you…
Ok so what's really funny about the actor playing the Black transracial teen is he and his friends made some pretty cool vines that weren't viral. When the Rachael what the fuck interview that show she was really white came out they parody it. But instead of running away he just disappeared. It was hilarious.
The kid hugging the cop in your thumbnail was killed (along with his siblings) after his adopted abusive white "mothers" drove the family off a cliff. So, maybe think about changing that image.
You’re not paying attention. Atlanta the SHOW portrays race like that. But the question asked after was what happens when someone tries to step out of that.
Race is a performance, yes. But the issue is black people have much of their identity forced upon them. Part of white privilege is being able to be seen as you with little to no stereotypes bogging you down. Black people don't have that luxury. So it's insensitive for a white person to identify as black because the experience of being black (having your identity thrust upon you) is not something they actually experience.
Interesting. I watched an interview with his brother who did a lot of writing for that season. He actually said it was 2 different story lines and that you could watch all of the episodes with the main actors together, and then watch all of the episodes without the main characters together. I was so confused about that season because I thought there wasn’t any continuity. I actually wish I knew that before I watched that season and would’ve done the same thing you did.
This would read a lot better if you didn't lowercase culture. If you can understand three different ways to spell and apply the word two.... it shouldn't be too much to expect your understanding. As you posture yourself an intellect; understand the subtle nuances of disrespect inferred in lowercasing culture. Which of these infers less than? a) Asian people b) black people c) Caucasian people d) Jewish people When you know better, you do better.
@@IfajHossain-is-better-than-you Sadder even, that it's the accepted norm as a cultural identity in lowercasing. No differently than 2 generations ago (they) could legally/professionally objectify my ancestors as slaves instead of truthfully identifying them as enslaved. Waiting for political correctness and reality to catch up with the true definition of humanity is frustrating. Especially when the easiest way of legitimizing and accepting ignorance, is by pointing to a people's ignorance of themselves.
It infers less than because it’s a colour, not an ethnicity. As an African I do not accept to be labelled a colour, I am African (generally) or xyz ethnicity (specifically). Maybe my fellow Africans from the Americas ought to do the same and shed the derogatory association with a colour.
I never wat he dthis show. But it looks brilliant. And the story about the 2 lesbian women who adopted black children and killed them in a murder suicide. I heard that ONLY in the I lnternet. I'm a white Boi and I'm confused why this story wasn't told. Actually nvm its not make gay people not look bad . I'm gay and this shit is still repulsive
I will never forget Devonte Hart and the other murdered children and the countless other vulnerables who suffered in "care". Including those in authority who allow - and continue to - in all countries . thank you for this content
The whole story for Devonte Hart and his siblings is heartbreaking as all hell. One of his brothers who wasn't adopted by those white bitches is still alive too. Just the amount of abuse and neglect is infuriating. Those innocent kids died, the system let them down, and their biological family is left haunted. It's honestly one of the most depressing stories people probably should talk about more.
Recently an Alaskan Politician was caught saying that he rather that abused kids are killed to save money from having to be used to help protect them. These situations are deliberate.
So this really happened??
@@rodneymoonga7993 Hell yeah!
@@KarlaHolland Please,Say there names or leave it on the playground my sweet baby-Monique
This helped me understand the Justin Bieber thing, omg 😂
Em hm
same
Justin Bieber was like the most hated celebrity in the world though so it doesn't really work
@@boyblue3270 A God ? What makes him a god being white ?
@@daedae1522 just look at how America still is lol.
I feel like I'm Gucci Mane in 2006
the transracial episode reminded me of the black girl who went on dr phil claiming to be white. im black and when i watched it i thought the episode was more about the "coon" stereotype because the things the character did like things like calling the police on other black people for no reason and trying to distance himself from black people by being racist isnt that uncommon to see. its a sad part of our community and i think its a good example of how crazy dealing with racism can make you.
@ dvjoyx x
But that girl on Dr Phil (Treasure Richards) turned out to be a fraud. Her own sister called her out because Treasure told lies about their father. Apparently Treasure came up with scheme to allow her Mother, her Brother, and Herself to have an all paid hotel stay courtesy of the Dr. Phil show. She was also hoping to cash in on possibly going viral like the “catch me outside” girl.
Racism will literally drive you insane
It's pretty understandable. As Chris Rock once said there is being black and then there is being a fool. I grew up all my life a black man living among fools. So I understand wanting to separate yourself from that environment.
@@RealLifeIronMan be careful. Whites see all blacks as “fools”
@@RealLifeIronManlike Huey Freeman
It bothers me so much how little we actually know about the Hart family and what those children went through with those women. I’ve been deeply fascinated with human behavior for as long as I can remember and I think that’s largely rooted in having a crappy childhood and wanting to find explanations and a better understanding of why people do awful things and how ‘monsters’ are created. Thus, I’ve been reading about (and in more recent years listening to) true crime forever. To some degree I am desensitized to a lot of it since I’ve heard so much of it and because I am very analytical in my ‘research’ or observations. Rarely does a case stick with me the way this one does and I will occasionally do a search hoping that more information has come out, but there’s been nothing new since the coroner’s inquest. Sadly, this really was swept under the rug in so many ways when it could have been an impetus for real change in the foster/adoption system to help save other children from falling prey to awful people. I’ll never forget those kids and what happened to them 💔
I have never seen an episode of this show, but you've convinced me to put it on my list.
It’s pretty good, especially the filler episodes. The main story isn’t bad but for once I liked the fillers more
Man, just like LATAM, we have a growing belief that i like to call "predestined decadence" in others words the belief that all of our problems are inevitable and the onlt thing you can do is either accept it or embrace it.
Afro-Surrealism or Afrosurrealism is a literary and cultural aesthetic that is a response to mainstream surrealism in order to reflect the lived experience of people of color. First coined by Amiri Baraka in 1974, this movement focuses on the present day experience of African Americans.
I actually seen the kid in the photo in Portland. I had no idea until months later… i still think about it. Also Portland sucks
This is a great video, deserves way more acknowledgement
Kinda obvious but I thought that the blanket the white woman gave to Laquavious that says "Larry" is clearly a slave name where slave were forced to give up there foreign names for white names.
the root of all our problems is we willing to give billionaires every opportunity to exploit us and they spare no opportunity to the point where people because health care is in the 10's of thousands for people who are paid minimum wage of 8 well below poverty lines
@BlasphemyNBagels Is English your native language?
80% of US billionaires are Jewish
@@answerman9933 bro even if it isn't how is relevant to the point being made?!
@@walotheman1 It is relevant because in order for someone to mean what they say they have to say what they mean. The writing by BlaphemyNBagles is bereft of punctuation, and seemingly full of non-sequiturs. So perhaps English is not the OP's native language.
@@answerman9933 I mean what he's saying is kind of clear. He's saying the billionaire class, because of greed, keeps people from having more comprehensive healthcare. Considering it's a public forum, anyone can post what they want so I don't know why you need to police people based on their sentence structure and grammar.
There's huge amounts of media on that story. Podcasts etcetera. If a Black mother did that it wouldn't get any extra media. There was one mother I remember whose daughter was found in the freezer. She did this haunting interview, but only clips are played. She laughs about it at the end. Confirmation of the biases about race and mental health. When really an overworked, unregulated and ignored mother who went too far. She played the monster everyone thought she was. That's the only way anyone acknowledged her at all.
Yeah. And I bet ya if a Black Mother actually were to ever get any widespread attention for an act like that, then you'd be getting a bunch of brainless woke crowds trashing on you for "being Anti-Black" and do everything in their power to dispatch the rightfully-deserved negative attention she gets all in the name of "protecting black people". Oh ho, nevermind the fact that she just committed a crime, she's black, and we gotta protecc her no matter what.
God, this is why I've slowly grown to hate identity politics...
I honestly cannot see it as this new 'afro-surrealism' genre. It looks more like an africanized take on magic realism. It's slow-burning, almost drone-ish at timess, and it holds this surreal, magical quality to it; all of this is basically the same hold that magic realism played out with American literature: from the US all the way down to the classic Hispanic literature of the 70s. Atlanta's magic reminds me a bit of José Saramago's world-building and García Marquez's slow narrative pacing, filled with little details that paint a larger landscape.
Bruh this was one of the creepiest episodes of this show.
I love the Salvatore Dali references and the series finale with the Biggie, "It was all a dream" reference
Such an interesting piece. Never watched Atlanta but was thoroughly engaged with this. Good job.
I remember this story when it first came out. Can't believe it's already been years.😔
I feel like it should be called Afro American Surrealism. To avoid confusion down the line.
I feel like that has the potential to be a subcategory of the genre, and you can apply that to all sorts of different backgrounds of the diaspora. But ultimately they’re the message and experience connects the surrealism
Negative.
@@cheolacarnitas2682 affirmative
I disagree as the Afro within the term encompasses the experience of being Black in the diaspora
@@WhyIsGhostInTheArena black Americans fit that description.
This helped me to understand a lot of things in Atlanta better, though I feel like there’s much more that still went over my head.
Keep up the great work, if you continue with media anlysis like this you will definently make it big soon.
The background music choices in this video are fantastic. I think you did a really good job picking Gambino instrumentals that thematically compliment what you’re saying
The content of the video is great also! But I wanted to shoutout the music
Excellent video, tough, could you put some sources in the description for further readings.
Middle age. 35yo...?????😂
EXCELLENT VIDEO BY THE WAY👏👏👏
No one would ever think of excusing the outlandish behavior of black celebrities. I can't think of a single time really
our problems are quite easy to fix because the government can easily pass a bill to make them stop they don't cause we don't force them to we let our money and labor be used to exploit us for more money we must use our voice and our taxes to out favor them
We have commas and periods in English. We also spell words correctly
@BlasphemyNBagels Punctuations are your friends.
I heard allll about this story!!!
It was all over the news, man
“It just slaps” well put
Using crawl as a background song is genius I don’t know many ppl that love this song
That boy in the picture hugging the cop was actually killed by his white foster parents, a white lesbian couple
What? I never heard of this story like... What!?
Great video! Subscribed!
great video man, just be sure of your background music choices :))))
Atlanta is the textbook for modern racism (at least racism in the US) it shows how racism has evolved with technology and now is stained across our culture l.
I think some of this might be a bit of an oversimplification, because it's one sided. Ignoring the ways in which the show deconstructs black culture, and thus all of American culture interwoven; heavily favoring its more explicit and numerous critiques of white culture, and racism specifically. Which are far more obvious.
For example black Justin Bieber, doesn't just act the way white Justin Bieber does, he acts the way white Justin Bieber acts as a reflection of black culture on white America. Bieber, in real life, as he gets older does not act like the straight-laced UA-cam would-be mormon that exploded onto the scene far too young. At best he wants to be LL Cool J, and at worst he absolutely thinks he's DMX.
I can't imagine B Bieber's antics are there just to demonstrate the absurdity of what a white artist can get away with. Michael Jackson got away with not too dissimilar antics for quite a long time before Bieber was even born. Some may even defend against this point by arguing that Jackson "wasn't really black" by the time he reached peak weirdness, BUT that would defacto validate the concept of transracialism. Putting us back to square one. The idea of "becoming white" in that season is often about a real tendency for the successful to pull up the ladder behind them as they reach the top, leaving behind those that are seen as, well.... you know. Something many black celebrities, like Jackson, who famously artificially lightened his skin, could be accused of.
Paper Boi has to express his embarrassment at B Bieber's behavior because whether or not a black artist could get away with his shenanigans the fact is they are in many ways what white capitalist infrastructure has codified "black" to be, as demonstrated by Bieber's cocked caps, baggy clothes, jersies, chains and general demeanor. Reimagined to be as black as Bieber wishes himself to be, he's an embarrassing avatar for black culture that Paper Boi can't possibly respect, embrace or abide. Even though Paper Boi does arguably participate in this sideshow in his artistic persona as a gangster rapper.
You'll recall that Paper Boi's rise to stardom is dependant on his reputation for having shot someone, a reality he begrudgingly accepts, despite being a fairly normal dude who just likes to chill and make music.
thank you so much for ur explanation, 🙏🏿
"Nothing about being *white* describes me." Except for having European ancestors, maybe she's right 😂😂😂
Great essay - thanks for making
Thanks for this video!
This is a really good video. Keep up the good work bud
Devonte Hart's story was not swept under the rug. It made the national news. It was a tragedy.
I actually never heard of it until just now. Definitely did not get the publicity it could have
i thought justin was the most hated individuals on the planet? who said otherwise? i remember everyone in my family hated him when he was on top
He was and still is one of the most successful artists ever tho
Incredible video
I never noticed how much Rachel Dolezal looks like Amber Rose.
great job
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“How come we never heard of this story?” Because many of you were too distracted by other to care because it was definitely all over the news when it happened. It just wasn’t important enough for you…
Ok so what's really funny about the actor playing the Black transracial teen is he and his friends made some pretty cool vines that weren't viral. When the Rachael what the fuck interview that show she was really white came out they parody it. But instead of running away he just disappeared. It was hilarious.
Very nice💆👍✔️
Great video!
And people got enraged by a black Cleopatra but not by a black Justin Bieber.
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awesome video dude will check your other content
What's the difference between surrealism and afro surrealism.
Can someone explain all of this too me?
really good video dude
Our wants to be us.. let's be honest
gambino song and he was on the show
2:13
35 is middle aged?
Yes
The kid hugging the cop in your thumbnail was killed (along with his siblings) after his adopted abusive white "mothers" drove the family off a cliff. So, maybe think about changing that image.
Why?
It highlights the problem so why should they change it?
No offense, but I read about the Hart family when it happened, and I'm in Alabama! Those evil women deserved so much worse than suicide
You said race is just a performance or behavior at the start of the video. Then stated people identifying as another race is wrong? Which is it?
You’re not paying attention. Atlanta the SHOW portrays race like that. But the question asked after was what happens when someone tries to step out of that.
Race is a performance, yes. But the issue is black people have much of their identity forced upon them. Part of white privilege is being able to be seen as you with little to no stereotypes bogging you down. Black people don't have that luxury.
So it's insensitive for a white person to identify as black because the experience of being black (having your identity thrust upon you) is not something they actually experience.
Who tf is our¿!¿ FOH
I kind of skipped every episode without the main characters lol
then you missed some deep shit man
Interesting. I watched an interview with his brother who did a lot of writing for that season. He actually said it was 2 different story lines and that you could watch all of the episodes with the main actors together, and then watch all of the episodes without the main characters together. I was so confused about that season because I thought there wasn’t any continuity.
I actually wish I knew that before I watched that season and would’ve done the same thing you did.
This would read a lot better if you didn't lowercase culture.
If you can understand three different ways to spell and apply
the word two.... it shouldn't be too much to expect your understanding.
As you posture yourself an intellect; understand the subtle nuances of disrespect inferred in lowercasing culture.
Which of these infers less than?
a) Asian people
b) black people
c) Caucasian people
d) Jewish people
When you know better, you do better.
Damn I didn't notice the spelling mistake but I can assure you this wasnt intentional and was purely human error. Thanks for pointing it out
@@IfajHossain-is-better-than-you Sadder even, that it's the accepted norm as
a cultural identity in lowercasing.
No differently than 2 generations ago (they) could legally/professionally
objectify my ancestors as slaves instead of truthfully identifying them as enslaved.
Waiting for political correctness and reality to
catch up with the true definition of humanity is frustrating.
Especially when the easiest way of legitimizing and
accepting ignorance, is by pointing to a people's ignorance of themselves.
It infers less than because it’s a colour, not an ethnicity. As an African I do not accept to be labelled a colour, I am African (generally) or xyz ethnicity (specifically). Maybe my fellow Africans from the Americas ought to do the same and shed the derogatory association with a colour.
No one plays the victim card as well as the black "comunity".
I never wat he dthis show. But it looks brilliant. And the story about the 2 lesbian women who adopted black children and killed them in a murder suicide. I heard that ONLY in the I lnternet. I'm a white Boi and I'm confused why this story wasn't told. Actually nvm its not make gay people not look bad . I'm gay and this shit is still repulsive