How a black cowboy built a better life beyond the ghetto : The Antonio James Interview
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- Опубліковано 31 сер 2022
- Jillian talks with Antonio James, a modern-day, genuine cowboy who began his journey in the ghettos of East Detroit, and through a series of unexpected and providential pivots, later settled into his life as the owner of a working horse ranch in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Jillian and Antonio discuss Hollywood cowboy stereotypes, the definition of a cowboy, how Lil Nas X is not a cowboy, and the importance of positive role models.
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100% not what I was expecting but I enjoyed his talk. You should have him back.
What a legend. I’m an Aussie born in the city (Sydney ) moved to regional NSW ( rural mid coast ) then back to the city, then back and around the world
No comparison yet the country calls’ funny hey! . `
Antonio James is a great role model.
No BS.
Great podcast, but I have done some research and found that the original cowboys were black. You know grown black men were called boys for a long time. The white "cowboys" who came later, were called cowhands. This changed when Hollywood glamorized cowboys, but casted them all as white. These black cowboys are just returning to their heritage. Much love in all, and again, a great video. Great interviewer also.
Mexicans created rap and blacks got it from them so did the white get rap music from mexicans?
@@rosemontano8705 Well what she said is partly true. Some slaves that came from West Africa dealt with cattle because it was a part of their culture. The first appearance of this was in the Carolinas. Later many free people of color moved out west and got jobs as ranch hands and moved cattle. Most "Cowboys" were Mexicans but a lot were Indigenous but about 25% of "Cowboys" were of African descent. Generally one of 4 cowboys were of African ancestry from 1860-1890 mainly.
@@rosemontano8705Mexicans did NOT create rap; rapping, breakdancing and beatboxing all trace roots to Southern Black American culture and graffiti was a Black NY’er culture. You can see reels from the 1920’s that showcase our ancestors doing all of them in ragtime shows, rock and roll, even jazz. James Brown was the one who got it poppin on the world stage because radios and television were commercialized in his time, but the credit went to artists like The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy, and others.
@@DJDav16 just as mexicans didnt create rap as blacks didnt create being a cowboy? The way you say that mexicans didnt create rap as the way i try to tell blacks that they didnt create being cowboys first? Vaqueros = cowboys were in america in 1500s riding horses and white and blacks came in 1600s research what i say
@@rosemontano8705 no one says that the Black American created being a cowboy. We say that the first cowboys were black because the European refused to address us as man. ‘Boy’ is a derogatory term thrown at grown black men in refusal to acknowledge our manhood. White guys called each other cattlemen, stable man, cowhand, or cattle master based on the job; but a black man with the same job was called cowboy no matter what as a derogatory term. It wasn’t until Hollywood made the cowboy an icon that white guys appropriated cowboy, and white Americans saw cowboys as a positive thing through a filter of propaganda. But the families of black cowboys still exist, so they remember and share the history with the newer generations.
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for another fun episode. Completely unexpected Subject, really enjoyed it...my wife says me to 😁
Yes, Antonio James I did enjoy your podcast w Ms. Jillian R. You have broadened the minds of those in the enter cities boys & Grils / to become better young males & women . Drugs and those other things is not it. Understand the Lord knows you, He made you and knows all about you. You see He was waiting on you to make your Transition. Your Grand M and Great Uncle Willy was all alone waiting on you to help you. Who gives us 'passion', it's the Lord you made the right Choice to open the door for someone else who is struggling in the ghetto. Give Him Thanks and Praise, He wants to here from you give Him the glory. Your alsome I'm the Black Cowboy Business..........
Minister T.L.W.😊
Cowboys wear many hats.. fascinating
I agree with @InvertedRealityTV. I had two Uncles that were Real Cowboys in New Mexico in the 50s...
First answering the title question. He learned to care for cows! Herding, grazing, watering, culling, etc.!
What a story. The importance for boys to have an Uncle Willie. I loved the no excuses push to be the best, podcast approved version ;-). I loved his hat low hard work. An awesome human, awesome cowboy. The first half was all about the content of his character and then the second half shifted to the color of his skin. Seems like society is forcing him to be known by his skin color, why this podcast?
I prefered the first half.
Absolutely correct. Cowboy was originally a racist term, because it used the word, "boy", but what people need to understand today is that the cowboys, those bad ass people, were a lot to mostly Black. More importantly, Southern culture at its core, and everything today we think as honorable about Southern culture really comes from people with an African ancestral origin. The slaveowners were a minority, the modern day 1% of people. Most white people were not slaveowners, and chattel slavery was economically equivalent to modern day multinational corporations exploiting everyone. The racist South doesn't understand that it's culture was created by only a few ethnic groups. Africans, first, the Scots Irish and the Irish next
"If you look for the why, I think that would fix alot of the world's problems"
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The real cowboy's are black back in the day's the marshal and the sheriff was black 🖤
Black people do things for the first time and then think they created it. Mexicans created lowriding but blacks think they did in los angeles? Mexicans created being a cowboy in the 1500s way before whites and blacks came into america, i seen blacks rollerskating in atlanta and saying they created roller skating? But white people were roller skating when blacks were slaves?
The real cowboys were mexicans from the early 1500s till now, blacks didnt learn until 1868 after the civil war?
Did anyone say wtf at the title?
All I hear is "I moved and got a job." Living in Detroit is a choice you decided against. 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah but hes black and a cowboy, so it means something, I guess.
I live in Michigan. He didn't have to become a cowboy for the jobs. Plenty here
No demos permitir la mentira
Me voy
Im proud of the mexican culture being used today?
Vagueros as they were called. Back in the day many free people of color moved out west and became hands that moved cattle. In the Carolinas, some slaves from West Africa had experience with herding cattle because it was a part of their culture before they were kidnapped and sold. It was been said but you can easily look it but 1 out of 4 Cowboys towards the West were of African ancestry.
@@osiruskat When black slaves came to america maybe there were some who knew how to handle a horse from africa but that all disappeared when they became slaves. First slaves were brought into america in the year 1619 and white slave owners didnt let black slaves handle horses because they would escape. Slaves were used for picking cotton, that was their main task. From 1619 to 1868 black slaves had no experience with horses till after the civil war. Black slaves were not called vaqueros that is a spanish word for cowboy.mexicans and indians were the first to handle horses in america from 1500 to now. White men learned how to ride horses in 1830s after the mexican and american war
Cowboys don't like rappers and a black cowboy very rare!!
Black cowboys are not rare where I’m from…U.S….they’re rarely seen on television but that’s about it.
@@jamesphillips5868 I know, about the BILL PICKETT rodeos as well🤠
You should really do some research on that topic before making this statement.
*SYSBM/MGTOW*
He said white ,and only white atletas
Its always to see a black person want to be a cowboy.theres horsemen that are better than cowboy 's it's just they choose to just horses.cow hand's are more to the name cowboy.I'm 74 yrs old and I've been on the race track 'sense 10 yrs old.And I'm still riding.I don't wear cowboy clothes to make people think I'm a black cowboy,but I can ride horses take they can't ride..It's all good.
I hear "cowboys" the term started with Black men, hence the Cow -boy. In old times, it was Cattlemen or Cowhand. Is this true?
@@blacktowken1232it is true, the white men were called ‘cattlemen’, the mestizo men were called ‘vaqueros’ and the black men were labeled ‘cowboys’ due to the refusal to acknowledge them as men. Same reason white men would called black men ‘boy’ in the South AND in the North, it was meant to be degrading and an insult. Cowboy was originally derogatory and an insult until Hollywood glamorized it by putting white faces to the label and romanticizing it.
He is so lucky got out of Detroit. Anybody who stays there loses. It's all about the ghetto. Where are the slave traders live.
Dime ahora El racismo , yo Le llamo traicion
This guy does not look like a black American,he looks Haitian or Cuban
It is so reassuring to see a young black man take his life seriously and turn away from all the damage his community is causing our country. I hope that I see many more black men like this instead of joining gangs and robbing and murdering people and living out the music that they listen to but this man turned away from all of that and I can see that he's a man of Great character just by watching him talk. It literally fills my heart with joy. It makes me have hope that maybe this country will have a shot of having a decent future. I hope this guy has many sons and his son's grow up to be good examples to other young black men and maybe his kind can turn things around
WTF??? How the hell are you going to blame black people as an whole for this country’s problems????? Smh!!
weird comment
@@yadelterefe5045 absolutely a weird comment. I’m glad I’m not the only person that thought that. I definitely get a racist vibe.
It's all about looks. If you have good looks, everything is easier for you. Sad and pathetic really.
Wacky stuff
Cultural appropriation 😂
How’s that culture appropriation when the Indians started it and it was black cowboys in the past also
@@deanstory1459 Indians got horses and cattle from Europeans. Africans also had horses and cattle in their countries.
No such thing …… we don’t want him
Wtf
Happy and successful Black people make you uneasy? Pretty rasict of you.