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The Only Black Kid in Class | Akilah Obviously
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2016
- When you ~are~ the diversity, Black History Month can be tough. But take it from someone who had to be the voice of her people every February for 10 years--it gets better.
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I went to a school where the black population was 2.5% so I felt this on a spiritual level
Boohoo
Return to Africa and you will no longer need to put up with white people. Only in Africa can you truly be yourself.
Return to Africa and you will no longer need to put up with white people. Only in Africa can you truly be yourself.
JUST IN TIME! This year at my majority white high school (the entire district is 88% white) Me and a couple of my friends created a black empowerment club (even with tons of backlash from staff and students of all races we are still going strong!) and every year we are supposedly supposed to have a black history month assembly and it always happens to be canceled and last year they even tried to reschedule it for April last year smh (but of-course it never happened) and my freshman year was the only time we had one which was more of a Michael Jackson tribute they brought out a terrible look alike who could barely dance it was too disrespectful and they had all the white students wear black t-shirts for the assembly it was terrible! But this year we have asked to take it over so hat we can make sure it actually happens and is done right without repeating MLK and Rosa Parks a million times, don't get me wrong I respect them but this is not "civil rights rememberance month" it's BLACK History month so we are trying to do many cool things such as a "soul train themed evolution of black dance" and even starting out the assembly with a Morgan freeman cup that says black history month shouldn't exist like how many people who are attending feel and we rebuttal that with a response and the entire assembly and we are planning to do a Black lives matter tribute despite people warning us that we shouldn't do it. Sorry for this long comment are assembly is on Friday and I hope it turns out amazing.
power to you! that's a great idea and great devotion! wishing you the best of luck!
+Obey MyMindlessness I really hope it goes well! It sounds like you're extremely devoted!
+Obey MyMindlessness i want an assembly update
this is amazing! please respond to this post and tell us how it goes!! good luck :)
+Obey MyMindlessness definitely wanna hear how it turns out. Good luck!
"Your people's history spans more than 200 years and a few jars of peanut butter."
This. All of this.
+SuperSamStuff BEST LINE
lol sorry guys, black people didnt invent peanut buttter, and theres a much deeper stain on africa for enslaving and selling tens of thousands more of its own people than were sold to even the colonists, mostly to the middle east where the slaves lineage would stop because unlike white colonist, slave owners in the middle east castrated their slaves instead of freeing them and letting their descends become part of the country with the highest standard of living in the world
Man, anytime someone SAID the word black heads would turn to me. Excellent video Akilah!
+Stewdippin : Fun Nerdy Videos Every Week My sister would remind me it was Black History Month in the hallway between classes and I'd be like, oh, that's why every white person suddenly is looking back if I look up...
Hahaha! Every time I would get looks I was I'm like, "Y'all expecting a speech?"
YESSS!!!
I LIKE the way you did this also I would like to share this with the world
Thank you for showing me this Dodie!
+doddleoddle thanks for sharing dodie :D
+doddleoddle you're a dream. thanks for sharing!
+doddleoddle Agreed!
Literally just found out you have a UA-cam channel. I've been following you on twitter for like a year. This was very funny.
+Tessa Violet my dear my dear. Welcome to another level of my strangeness.
+Smoothiefreak Glad to be here!
+Tessa Violet woot woot random comment
No one was speaking figuratively.
also her hair is awesome.
Even though I'm not black (I'm Indian) I still find this very comforting. BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
I am glad I Found this channel!
wassup i didn't expect to find you here lol. it's ur host with the roast..BERLEEZYYYYY
berleezy Berlin? Omg he's woke
OMG BREEZLY FUCKING LOVE YOU
Bruh BREELEEZY
berleezy bro I love ur channel
Same thing happens in English when you read books about slavery/racial prejudice against blacks.
this year, my class (consisting of 29 white oeiple and exactly one black person, me) read both to kill a mockingbird and black like me, and topped it off with a civil rights unit. whoop-de fucking do.
@Chigozirim Ifebi --- Instead of complaining, how about YOU create a curriculum for Black History month?
There. Was that so very difficult? Step up instead of complaining.
I don't know what's worse: the scenario described in this video, or the fact that after 4th grade, my (predominantly white) school does NOTHING for Black History month.
yeah thinking back my schools from grade 1 to 5 never did anything for Black History Month. I didn't learn about anything relevant until the 8th grade when I moved to a predominantly black/hispanic city
this was my LIFE in hs my favorite was when teachers asked me about slavery... cuz ya know I was there lol
I went to an all black elementary school. None of us knew many white people at all, so when I learned about slavery, my initial reaction was, "Hey! Why don't we enslave the white people?!" and I feel like there was a general consensus. Like we all agreed it was a pretty good idea. Lmao.
Tiye Stephens I was 50% of the white population in my school. For those who can't do math that means I was 1 of 2. I had no problem with anyone until race came up by the teachers or the racism of the kids parents. The more we address the things of the past the more we are doomed to repeat it. We need to stop victimization of skin color and start moving forward together. Remember that the slaves in Africa were sold to the Europeans by the African people. It doesn't make it right, but then you have to tell it how it was if you open that can of worms. I don't see anything about that nowadays.
This is way too accurate.
As far as I'm aware, we don't have a Black History Month in the UK, but the minute we started being taught slavery in History, it was all eyes on me
Black History Month is in October in the UK.
Imagine the power move of yelling "I WASN'T THERE YOU GUYS!" But that's also a quick way to become a social pariah🤔😔😬
My high school was predominantly Hispanic and Black and then I got to college which is like 60% white so its actually really weird to be surrounded by so many other white people now. I don't think any of my friends had to get up and talk about slavery in front of the class because they were black (since there was a lot of black kids there) but I know they had to deal with bullshit about the US needing a White history month and similar issues you mentioned.
Aye! this is entirely true and I love how you call everyone out on their crap. I wish I was as confident and assertive as you😩👏
"I wish I was as confident and assertive as you" It's easy on UA-cam!
"I won't delete my SnapChat, but I will do everything else"
Laughed OUT LOUD at a meeting over this. Oopsie!
why black history month is also the shortest? just saying
It wasn't intentional. Most people think it was. The founder started it in recognition of Frederick Douglass and Abe Lincoln, who were both born in Feb. Read up on it.
I think it's dumb it exists at all....I literally do nothing different....I learn nothing new....it's just a month where people wear African clothes.
Ganthore....I have never heard someone demand worship during Black History Month....I question whether or not you actually heard this, and speculate that you are just exaggerating the mere thought of having to consider that other races of people exist and they also have history that can be learned about.....
@ganthore If there was no black history month, would the accomplishments of black people be taught? Would black history be taught? A white teacher taught about Native American history for about 2 weeks and complained that she was tired of native American history. It's hard to see things from a nonwhite perspective, but actually white history is all year long every single year, not just one month. Even in British colonies European history was the mandated subject.
@@drethethinker6418 your opinion is irrelevant
u r so beautiful and smart. thank you.
+Dannerzz
I was that kid all through highschool. lol.. Funny Akilah!!!!
Yep, every holiday (but especially MLK Jr and all of February) I'm just going through blocking relatives who, quote
"totally aren't racist, it's just that most [enter ethnicity] are [enter something suuuuper racist]."
I've watched this video several times and still I can't decide what's better: the script, the visual design, the music or THAT smile. 2:35
My school is actually 50% black, 45% white, and 5% korean, hispanic, and native american, so we never really have problems like this. Although there are still a few of those ignorant kids in the back of the class who ask why there's no white history month, but we all ignore those remarks.
Amazing, I went to a high-school like that and never even knew what I had! Enjoy it!!
I went to a predominantly White HS. I was asked by the cafeteria cook if I could serve the "imitation soul food" meal during Black History month! Great. Absolutely not!
Maybe you should tell them how much their food sucks and what real soul food is all about? Can you imagine what the world would be like if people didn't get all upset over what they heard other idiots saying to them, and just ignored them instead? Maybe we wouldn't be totally inundated with all these persona-based corporations that thrive on counteracting every little 'offensive' thing they can find in daily life?
You will be so happy when you return to Africa. Only there can you escape the racism.
You will be so happy when you return to Africa. Only there can you escape the racism.
Very glad that you touched on the depression that comes with hearing the constant unnecessary back lash. I went to an all "black" school most of my life so never dealt with much of that until college and post college. Behind the fight to not be targeted is often times sadness. It can be overwhelming. But as you stated, acceptance is key. Not always easy but necessary to move through this insanity.
1. This is a funny and creative way to approach this subject and this video is just really great
2. ok but, like. when they showed #5 Acceptance, the graffiti on the wall said moist. why did it say moist.
man, I can't imagine this experience. also, my high never even brought up black history month ever. like, straight up didn't even acknowledge it once in the slightest. most people going through didn't even know it was a thing
Wow that is.... Wow
+Devon Regular hahaha, I bet your classmates have really open minded views of people of other races.
+Smoothiefreak yeah... they never had open minds about much. like, the horror stories I could tell about that place. it's been six years so hopefully it's better? (probably not)
omgosh meeting a couple months ago. You were the most genuine and down to earth youtuber. Keep up the awesome work!
+SimplyYue
"I won't delete my snapchat, but I will do everything else." Great video, this was so real.
Never before have I seen something that so accurately portrays my life in February. Every. Year. Thank you for making this video. I feel a lot better. I'm transitioning into stage 5 now.
+Kayla Danielle
This is such a good video - I love how it is really beautiful and has an amazing style and editing and music, whilst also having a great script and being really funny and smart. Your videos are the best!!
Your videos just have so much intelligence behind the humor. You have quickly become one of my favorite UA-camrs. Great video!
First encounters with lawyers always end in heartbreak.
Oh God, too relatable. Except for me it wasn't a specific month, just anytime Latin American stuff was brought up and I was the only brown kid in class. That Aztec history lesson in middle school when they brought up human sacrifice was sure fun! /s
I hate it when people bring up black-on-black crime when discussions of #BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, and institutionalized racism are being had. I don't understand why you would mention that now, like, what does that contribute to the conversation at all? Awesome video as usual, Akilah! :D --The Scrivener
+The Princess and the Scrivener When you see someone on tape being wrongfully killed, and that killer gets to go free despite visual proof of the crime being committed from beginning to end. I would see why there's a movement for that. Especially if it involves kids. Have a kid you see everyday get shot on camera. They have the shooter in police custody and they just let him go....?
3 years late but I hope someone sees this and helps a girl out. :(
I'm the ONLY BLACK MUSLIM GIRL in my medical class of 280 students and at first I didn't think the stares and the dumb questions would continue for so long and start to bother me.
I decided to grow thick skin but that was a whole facade. Everyone in my family back home in Kenya is rooting for me so I decided to brush off the petty behavior off but it slowly started to eat away at me and to this point it still does.
I ask myself twice why I'd no one would sit with me in the canteen, bus, lecture halls but only ask me stereotypical black questions.
(It was raining and I didn't want the ends of my trousers to get wet so I rolled them up and one guy asked me "Is it true you don't feel cold because Africans absorb the sun heat ?")
I wish I watched this video when it first came out, I don't want little comments and gestures to ruin the momentum that I have built for myself.
But am only human.
I love this. I've been waiting to warch this all day.
today i heard an add on the radio that called february "presidents month"...
I really like the use of murals and wall art stills. So good!
Oh my God I love you so much you are totally touching on a few things I myself have had to deal with every time a class brings up the Holocaust. I don't think I've ever been in a class in my entire life where I wasn't the only non Christian. I don't know you but you're my new best friend
That last statement is so true. Especially since leaving college, I have to delete people being awful on the reg.
Yup. My favourite is, "Why do refer to yourself that why? I don't see you like that." Thank you, I guess? But it's not a handicap and I am proud to be, and that's why I might mention it more times that is comfortable for you. Geez, I ralised I diidn't even mention it now, for fear of awkwardness.
_only like two or three black kids in my school of almost 2k kids. feel a bit bad for the pressure they're probably feeling this month. glad we have a black history month, though :)_
10/10 video akilah, i love hearing these type of vids
Girl, I love you AND your shirt too :)
Awesome video! I hated being the only black kid in class when black history rolled aroundor when the subject of slavery or the civil rights era came up. I even think there was one year when my teacher said something and was like, "I'm sure Jasmin has heard all about this before," and I was just like 0_0
It was funny when there was one other black kid in class because that look would be exchanged between us like, "oh Lord, here we go." Also question: What was being said at 0:51?
+Jasmin Bryant benevolent slavery wasn't a thing ha
Nice shirt, I kinda want one...
Also I was one of 3 black kids in my middle school class and when February came I was constantly asked to give insight on stuff like Emmit till behalf of my race and no one in the class even gaf
Lol it was almost as fun as reading Huckleberry Finn and having everyone in the class turn their heads toward you every time they had to read aloud and say the N word. Which was often
Most of the time, I'm the only Latina in a group. It's so annoying when people assume I don't speak English. I relate to this a lot, except that many people still don't know about Hispanic History Month.
The sad thing is, it won't be much different if you go to a PWI. I can't speak for all PWI's but a lot of them (including mine) pride themselves on diversity, when in reality there is not that much minorities. In all my classes, I'm the only minority and African American. I'm constantly the spokes person for my raise and I constantly feel the eyes of my professors and peers when someone brings up a racial issue. People will still be ignorant with their ideas and beliefs. It sucks but that's the reality for a lot of institutions.
This reminded me of what I dealt with going to a predominantly white school. I dreaded english and history class during black history month. People would stare and say the most awkward things. One day during history class, my teacher started discussing slavery. The girl sitting in front of me turned around said, "OMG if we lived back then I'd never put you to work in the fields. You could've been one of my house slaves."😲 She said that with a huge smile on her face like that was supposed to comfort me. I was so shocked I didn't know how to respond.
What? Omg. Ya, that's pretty shocking!
Came over to your channel because Swoozie told me to- immediately got hooked.
Are you selling the kiss me I'm black shirts this year? I would love to have one before st Patrick's day
My public university acknowledges black history month with a theme meal where they serve "comfort food": fried chicken, watermelon, grape Kool-Aid, and barbecue. They play lots of hip hop and R&B in the dining halls during the month of February and put up posters of Rosa Parks and MLK. Most of the black students avoid the dining halls during back history month.
+Danielle Riley Yeah, god that sucks. Agh.
+Danielle Riley I'm cringing on the other side of the Atlantic. That sounds awful.
It's so funny how black history month is in the shortest month of the year
This is so fucking relatable. Thank you for this.
I think I was always stuck between the anger and bargaining stage.
i hear you!
I'm not even asian but I got called on every time to read about the chinese railroad etc. because I was the closest to asian looking in my class. It's a weird feeling.
Yes! This was my childhood in a nutshell!
the official youtube twitter tweeted about you!
She is the best example of "its not your race, its you"!
Her being black has nothing to do with her treatment. Its the fact that shes a know it all marry sue that makes people uncomfortable! People don't like it when others make them feel bad.....
So she maintains her victim ego and calls everyone racist for not validating her as some genius.
I can't relate cause I go to a mixed school here in Queens,Ny (but the majority is black kids) but my half-sis goes to a school full of white kids in Long Island and I asked her to describe it for me she said "bootleg hood" and "cringe worthy" LMAOOO
Yeah in 5th grade we were in class and some girl did a black history month project and.....the class kept on staring at me it was uncomfortable
I watched this video awhile ago and i didnt know it was you! NEW SUBBIE.
5 stages of being white during BHM:
1) Embarassment (and Rage!)
2) Not being able to get past 1
3) Buying food colouring (or optional, shoepolish)
4) Turning to religion because God doesn't care about colour
5) Though finding some peace in 4, now and again regressing back to 1
There is Irish History Month and an Italian History month. These history months are mainly created for groups that were historically oppressed and are currently marginalized in today's society and excluded from USA History education. White history is not exactly excluded in USA society.
akilah, i love you.
totally agree with this! even though im so white i glow in the dark we had 1 half black girl in school, heck 1 black family in the whole town and everything would get all weird in feb, more so then it was normally. my family is the only one who would look around and be like why?!? learn something appreciate what you are learning and cont constantly look over at the girl making her feel uncomfortable. I did have some pretty awesome teachers that taught us sooooo much more then just the stupid text books. actually what I learned from black history month never came from text books the teacher got their own information and stuff a lot more graphic and detailed then the school books. still remember my first black history month i hated what my skin represented, the hate and damage it caused the fear oppression and damage that never went away.
* claps *
I love ❤️ You, you have all the reason ‼️
yeah it's black history month!
oppression pageant....that was frggin hilarious!!!!
Thank you, this is amazing
Omgf my favorite youtubers all commenting in this video Macdoesit, BERLEEZYYY
Funny to hear how you can feel about it in the US. In France mainland, well how can I say... There's no such thing as black history month and I learned by myself what slavery was 'cause at school it takes 1h to "say it all".
Like your shirt too
I'm in AP U.S. History so I don't have to deal with that. BLESS UP
love this
I don't even think we have a black history month in the Netherlands, at least, I've never heard of it
I’m guessing this video is gonna be about, “shit happened that isn’t actually racist, but here is why they are in my mind, and this is why your freedome needs to be infringed upon so that I don’t have to be bothered by the bullshit I just made up” let’s see if I’m right.
Hey I was wrong, it was a “shit that never happened, and here is why this made up shit bothers me”
You are really funny and you make society better for all of us.
So awesome.
My son is 1 of 3 black kids at his Jr high and there's no Black History Month anything going on. Makes me so mad. Now I have to teach my son about black history myself, knowing damn well I only half remember what I was taught during BHM when I was in school. Public schools have failed me on so many levels.
make sure you teach CONTRIBUTIONS of black Americans.
This is so relatable!
Literally my school is so white that I, a pasty-ass mixed kid, relate to this.
Loved this!
Currently at anger but I'll probably be at depression next week
I was the only black girl in my class in 5th grade and I was pretty depressed all year, i didnt make any friends until the 3rd quarter. (This was a new school) The white people would ask if I washed my hair and if I knew who my father was. They asked if I could teach them how to twerk and laughed and left. During February my teacher asked me to read a paragraph from our scholastic, and two white girls had their hands raised as well. A white boy in my class yelled out and said to those girls "She wasn't picked because she's smart it's because she's black." And some people laughed and others nodded.
I cried.
I hated school.
And I was just another angry black girl to them.
Omg, that sucks. Just remember it's their problem not yours. They wanna live in a demented distorted fantasy world it will come back to haunt them some day.
This was the first video i saw of yours ever! Its almost been a year
The 4 dislikes this video had at the time of my viewing are giant garbage fire people. Any additional dislikes are just more giant garbage fires. Don't be a garbage fire you.
When did you shoot this?? This is NOT the same NYC I'm looking at out outside my window. Lol 👀
I WANT THAT T SHIRT!! Where did u get it?
+divakenietha society6.com/akilahobviously
Amazing. Amazing amazing amazing.
I got called coloured in first and second grade.
Beautifully shot!
Truth!!!
"the voice of her people" What people is that? There's about 120 or so different peoples just in Africa ranging from nearly paper white to midnight black. Color is not culture; it is an accident of birth.
Which one do you presume to speak for? All of them? Not much variety or independent thinking?
But there's the problem of the Hutus and the Tutsis. They are enemy to each other; you cannot very well speak for both of them at the same time. Zulu; Masai; Kara, Dinka, Nubian, Ethiopian. All alike? I don't think so.
omg I love your hair..
you know i asked "are we celebrating black history month" and this asian kid was like " they don't asian month, or white month why should we have a black history month here?" and im like -_- there's not alot of black kids at my school which makes me feel weird.
The story of my childhood!