I am a black woman born and raised in the inner city of philadelphia... raised in the "ghetto", educated in both catholic and public schools... got a college degree at a predominately white school...got myself a corporate job, married to a wonderful black king, 2 kids, house with white picket fence (literally).. I fell into the black bourgeois mentality...you know that mentality that says if I can "Make it" then everyone should be able to "make it"... you know that mentality that make you turn you nose up to those "hood" black folks because they somehow didn't aspire to integrate into white society.... you know that individualist mentality of im gonna get mine, so you better get yours... instead of bringing my talents and education back to my community to pull everyone else up along with me... I got it all the way wrong and for that i am totally ashamed... . Im ashamed and embarrassed it took me until i was 38 years old to have my eye WIDE OPEN.. Awakened to the illusion of inclusion.... it took me this long to understand what it REALLY going on in this society... i am forever grateful to our great ancestors and true leaders who left us with the true knowledge......(Amos Wilson, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, John Henrik Clarke, Francis Cress Welsing, Chancellor Williams, Kahlid Muhammad, just to name a few) i have hope that we are all awakening to the truth and begin to come together, begin building our communities back up... we have to pool our resources... get back to our communal way of life (AFRICAN CENTERED) instead of this individualist paradigm (EUROCENTRIC) we our our brothers/sisters keeper. we need each other to survive literally. we are under attack more than ever... i have started to do my own part: educating myself and my family on our history, my money is in a black owned bank, i buy black whenever i can. i am looking into joining and or building a African centered home school. I am learning gardening and horticulture so i can grown my own fruits and vegetables. i limit my family's mainstream TV/Radio exposure. i am down with any tangible solution where we can build our own institutions. whatever i can do i will do. i am ready and willing to fight for the future of our African children
I'm in college right now and everything you said is true. *expensive, draining, revisionist history, stillaniggasyndrome, feelings of emptyness* My parents want this so............what is happiness?
Jaye Maelle I’m very sorry to hear that. But now I understand why my pops always told me you have to work twice as hard because your black. I’m in school for computer science and I fell where you are coming from. Hang in their 👍🏽.
I've always felt that the Black community put too much hope in the education system as if it will heal all. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against education, but I'm against limiting Black youth to college. No one should have to accumulate debt to validate themselves. We live in a time that being educated has a different meaning than in the past, yet we still say it in traditional terms. You don't have to have a degree to be educated with the internet and everything. People might say, well in the real world you do. That's when we create our own jobs and set the rules that benefits us. We have to go by white supremacist standards because we refuse to make our own. As long as we continue to do that we will always drag behind. We want to prove that we are better than them at their own game, but why when we can create our own game. Also, this may be off topic, but I hate when Black people call or assume that another Black person is uneducated. We are the only race that down each other when it comes to education. We will assume a Black person without a degree is stupid yet won't have that same opinion of a white person without one. We need to stop that. We need to support one of another like we used to in the past. Loving thy enemy won't get us out of this, but loving each other will.
Fancybeats R I know. That type of thinking reached me from family members, but it is just outdated. But a lot people are afraid to speak on it because of the expected backlash.
Fancybeats R I heard that. Unfortunately, that will keep us on the same projectory. Being different or by doing things differently so many Black people think that is admitting inferiority so we try to do what they do thinking we are the same and all have the same obstacles. That type of thinking is toxic for our progression.
I agree that black parents should also do homeschooling or at the very least be closely involved with our children's education to make sure they know themselves before going to these white institution and being told who they are by their oppressor. I still have faith in education (lol) but its WAAAYYYY too expensive for it to be viewed as a requirement.
I think it's important to remember that education, and especially higher education, does not necessarily translate into common sense, or enlightenment. I've met scores of people as an undergrad, both students and professors, who had serious biases and racist views. The only difference between them and the random person on the street is that the former had an actual degree. And as someone who is an academic, I agree that we need to work on structural change (which includes the way that we think and are programmed to aspire to what we think is better) if we're actually going to benefit the community. I'm a big fan of education, and there's nothing wrong with it. The question is using that education in a positive way (such as establishing the networks and businesses needed for growth) and ensuring that the education that we get is a well-rounded, realistic, and truthful one. Great video.
Sensei, I have been an avid follower of your videos and I must thank you for being a huge influence in this conscious journey. It was only recently I discovered the injustices that I was surrounded by every day and am trying to stay deeply rooted to my culture. I'm an academic, but am well aware that the system doesn't really cater to "us". Nevertheless with the knowledge that I have gained through school. I plan to use it to serve OUR community. It's all good getting a job that pays well but helping and giving back to your own is more fulfilling and something our community really needs. We must learn to be self-dependent. Thank you so much and I hope you continue to make videos. I'll always be rocking with you x
I'm all for raising awareness and planting seeds of consciousness, but at this point I am ready to create tangible, sustainable alternatives, solutions and institutions. We can keep pointing out the facts and spreading truth, but without real alternatives, we'll find ourselves in a hamster wheel. We need an immediate way to turn our brainstorming into tangible results. We have the online presence to do so. I'm waiting (which instead of doing so I should probably just get involved and do something) for all of the prominent conscious voices online and elsewhere to create something that can translate into action. We need some sort of online hub. We need an agreement. The biggest obstacle I see with this is the decline of a shared consciousness and/or linked fate in the black community. Solidarity isn't as strong as it maybe used to be. How do we address this while simultaneously building institutions and creating tangibles?
Qubilah Huddleston That's the million dollar question. As far as supporting Black businesses, there are some online hubs that I utilize a LOT: blktown.com minority-biz.com As far as educational institutions go, I love the work that the Mexica Movement is doing and I would love to start something similar for Black people. I'm thinking of starting a co-op.
I'll have to check that movement out. I also think it's important to note that we, as a collective, have to decide what our political, social and economic goals are. By no means do I think that we should operate monolithically because we aren't a monolith. However, it's important for us to have a clear cut agenda so that we can take steps toward those goals. Personally, I feel that people who want to participate must pick a lane and stick to it. We need clear political contributors, clear economic contributors, clear food and environmental justice contributors, etc. While all of these areas are interconnected, it's important that we have clear "go-to" people who are most knowledgeable and most productive in their specialty. Right now, it seems as if there are a few people trying to do everything. That's not sustainable.
This was everything queen. I am a sophomore in college applying for Ivy league colleges in Psychology. There is not one African-American Psychology program available in the States.
'In America's public high schools, 45% of black students and 43% of Hispanics (as compared to 22% of whites) drop out before their classes graduate. Dropout rates are especially high in urban areas with large minority populations, including such academic basket cases as the District of Columbia (57%), Trenton (59%), Camden (61.4%), Baltimore (65.4%), Cleveland (65.9%), and Detroit (75.1%). Of those black and Hispanic students who do manage to earn a diploma, a large percentage are functionally illiterate. Black high-school graduates perform, on average, at a level that is four academic years below that of their white counterparts. Of all graduates in the class of 2011, only 11% of blacks and 15% of Hispanics were proficient in math, as compared to 42% of whites. Similarly, just 13% of blacks and 4% of Hispanics were proficient in reading, versus 40% of whites. As political science professor Lydia Segal notes in her book, Battling Corruption in America’s Public Schools: “It is in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Philadelphia where the largest numbers of children cannot read, write, and compute at acceptable levels and where racial gaps between whites and blacks and Latinos are widest. It is in large cities that minority boys in particular, trapped in poor schools, have the greatest chance of flunking out and getting sucked into the downward spiral of crime and prison.”' Seriously if y'all don't read any of the other links, read this one: www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1692
***** That is definitely my end goal, to create some institutions in the Black community for empowerment (I have experience as a teacher and am specifically interested in forming some kind of a co-op). And it's both. There are not enough people trying to build our community AND many of the people with the most resources turn their backs on Black people instead of investing back.
I will say up front that I went to an art school in NYC. I loved the program and networking. With that being said, never in my life did I ever feel so strongly that college wasn't made for me. I grew up in a poor neighborhood, with a poor family, constantly being told to get the best grades because it's my only shot to go to school. That was all well and good, but once you're there, they do not give a f*ck about you and your poor ass. What's that? Can't afford this $25 paint and this $30 canvas? Or this $115 book for class? Or this $300 program for digital painting? Guess you gonna drop out then right? I am convinced that it's a trap made specifically by white people to lure us in so that when we finally think we've got somewhere they bury us down further with insurmountable debt. I left that school with a 200k piece of paper. This system is not for us. But it has only made it more clear to me that I will be in charge of my own career. I will be my own boss and build my own name. The US gov don't care about you.
Man do I feel this one. I am currently taking an intro to poetry course in college and I'm a black women with Marley twists surrounded by disengaged white students learning about "iconic writers" like Emily Dickenson and Robert Frost...its primarily bland white literature sprinkling in some watered down offensive references of black people and their distasteful story lines. We are not allowed to shine even in a subject as broad as creative writing. It is cringey sitting in a room pretending to be interested in historians who didn't give a flying fuck about brilliantly minded people that looked like me, not that we ever had the privilege of utilizing our own free thought and expression in that era...
Attending PWI's is one of my biggest regrets. I grew up in foster care and I didn't have many options on how far I could go, so I had to go to state school. I see the sisterhood so many of my friends from Spelman have and it honestly makes me sad. Try as you might, black students are ostracized and made examples of and used in PWI's. It's about appeasing rich kids parents, donors, etc. Making their school look good for people from the midwest. We have to make better options for our kids.
you are sooo preaching right now!! O MY GOD lol... i dropped out of school in 9th grade and went and got my GED and then i went to Cosmetology school but didnt really like it cuz 1. i taught myself how to do hair and makeup and nails and knew everything they were tryna teach me already.. and 2. everything they were teaching me was geared towards how to take care of white people's hair when im natural lol (i have dreads now) I was only going and wasting hours of my life just to get a piece of paper that says i wasnt lying about knowing how to do hair and nails. ever since i've just been debating myself about goin back to any school.. the system is fucked and i honestly feel like anything i wanna learn how to do i can look it up, do my research and teach myself lol smh
+LashawnnaBNatural Well said, lady! ..."only going and wasting hours of my life just to get a piece of paper that says I wasnt lying about knowing"... WHAT YOU KNOW! Many "learning" institutions are a J.O.K.E.! I hope you are doing something you love (or at lease, like) that's revenue enhancing! Bless you, pretty brown Angel.
I just want to say thank you for being so honest and real about certain things when it come to race, I live in area that is 99% New blacks and racists whites and it can be very discouraging trying to tell the truth and always being made to feel like your wrong because whites don't like what you have to say and new blacks are too busy kissing their asses to defend me. It is more validating and encouraging than I can express in a UA-cam comment but I just wanted to say thank you. I agree with everything you said in this video. Ignores the trolls and new blacks.
It has come to my attention that this madness needs to end. We should stop going to these "White Schools" (Private, Charter, Ivy League) This calls for the creation of schools that teach our history throughout the world from how we got to this stolen land to present. We should also take in account the subjects that are relevant in life. Learning a trade is a must and one of the requirements that allows a student to graduate. Also teach about how white supremacy and how it works so that it can be obliterated once and for all. We must unite and begin this process so we can make a difference not just for this generation but for the future generations. Forget the so-called "Black Elite" for they are only placed in their positions just to keep us where we are. Your videos are much needed. Keep up the great work:)
Don't apologize sis!! Longer vids = more knowledge and truth. One thing I learned is just how broke Black ppl really are. $11,000?? I thought it was like 24000. Damn
my advice to anyone is get a education, but get your own business, the world is changing, just do it for creating a legacy, black money and we can create our own jobs and opportunities. educate yourself on our history/buiness and network. My two cents. She keeping it 100.
'Let’s not forget about the larger system of inequity that we paid into to try to get our degrees. USC tuition has increased an astounding 92 percent since 2001, compensation for USC’s top eight executives has more than tripled since 2001, and Department of Education data shows that “administrative positions at colleges and universities grew by 60 percent between 1993 and 2009.” Adjunct faculty positions-the jobs that freshly minted MFAs usually get, if they’re lucky-are paid at a rate that often does not even reach the federal minimum wage, while these adjuncts are paying off tens of thousands of dollars of student-loan debt. USC follows this trend of supporting a bloated administration with whom students have minimal contact, to the diminishment of everyone else. Our experience has shown that, despite having ultimate power over the program structure and curriculum, the administration has minimal concern for students. Meanwhile, faculty voices are silenced and adjunct faculty expands, affecting their overall ability to advocate for students. In a classic bait and switch, we seven students lost time, money, and trust, and the larger community lost an exemplary funding model that attempted to rectify at least some of these economic disparities. What we experienced is the true “disruption” of this accelerating trend. We each made life-changing decisions to leave jobs and homes in other parts of the country and the world to work with inspiring faculty and, most of all, have the time and space to grow as artists. We trusted the institution to follow through on its promises. Instead, we became devalued pawns in the university’s administrative games. We feel betrayed, exhausted, disrespected, and cheated by USC of our time, focus, and investment. Whatever artistic work we created this spring semester was achieved in spite of, not because of, the institution. Because the university refused to honor its promises to us, we are returning to the workforce degree-less and debt-full. A group of seven students is only a tiny part of the larger issues of the corporatization of higher education, the scandal of the economic precarity of adjunct faculty positions, and the looming student-debt bubble. However, the MFA Program we entered in August 2014 did one great thing: it threw us all together, when we might not have crossed paths on our own. We will continue to hold crits ourselves and be involved in each other’s work. We will be staging a series of readings, talks, shows, and events at multiple sites throughout the next year, and will follow with seven weeks of “thesis” shows beginning in April of 2016. Our collective and interdependent force is energizing as we progress toward supportive and malleable spaces conducive to criticality and encouragement. These sites are more important than ever in the current state of economic precarity that reaches far beyond the fates of seven art students. We invite everyone to reach out to us with proposals, invitations, and strategies of their own, dreams not of creating a “better” institution, but devising new spaces for collective weirdness and joy.' www.artandeducation.net/school_watch/entire-usc-mfa-1st-year-class-is-dropping-out/
I went to a majority white, private, Catholic college in Philly and it sucked! The only Black kids there other than me and maybe like 5 others were athletes. From a classmate being irate in econ class after finding out us poor ppl didn't pay the full cost of tuition to a blonde freshman girl following me around asking me to braid her hair, it was a pain in the ass. Oh, and the white girl that didn't know what grits were in the dining hall, smh. BTW, I heart your videos. I just "discovered" you over Memorial Day wkend and I've watching everyday since.
I think in this particular video, Seren, that you're on really discussing an important topic that leads to a much larger picture not a lot of people are ready to look at, which is that the entire system is broken, even beyond the aspect of racism. In addition to institutionally racist structures set in place to hold a great number of us back, the entire system itself isn't working any longer. What I'm about to say probably verges on conspiracy theory but it needs to be said. All the racist, sexist, and classist shit going on right now around the world, but especially in the U.S., is set up that way. There are so many activist groups fighting for equality within these broad concepts but I really feel like the past few years has shown us that we can't keep living this way anymore. Education is practically a joke. I've learned more out of school about this country's true history than I have in school even though I went to college. There are scores of millenials who find themselves at an impasse. They're forced to choose between following the societal script of going to college, getting a decent job and starting a family and being happy. I don't think any of us wanna live how we are living but in some ways, capitalism is set up in such a way that forces us to always be in this oppositional competition with each other and to always have to sacrifice some part of ourselves just to survive instead of living how we want to. I'm kinda rambling on this but there's just so much I see failing right now. I'm kind of just waiting on the tide to turn in favor of the people who know just how unjust things are. Idk. Hope this makes sense.
I feel like NOT BEING AFRAID TO MOVE is a big key to success even over network.. alot of people get stuck in jobs because they are afraid to leave a company or afraid to work outside of the city..alot of people who moved up if you look at their resume they have worked in many different places sometimes different countries
that is why parenting is important. my parents always made sure to supplement this eurocentric system with knowledge for me to know that us black people are just as capable and worthy and that it's bullshit. i am in college now and i think that it's definitely possible for education to help us, but it does mean that we have to work twice as hard. which sucks.
lol, another thing is that being in a eurocentric classroom is so draining. yesterday i replied to a student who said that black people need white people in order to get towards equality. and i said "but white people always want to make things all about themselves". people were sure as hell offended. realized i can't talk the way i want to because making white people feel uncomfortable is somehow more of a crime than this bullshit education system that black people have to grow up in every day.
last time i'm ever taking a black studies course here again. i realize that i don't care what white people think about our culture and that me needing to have a filter on the very thing i can feel a part of isn't worth anything.
+Sensei Aishitemasu i'm over it too but i hate that none of the other black students stood up for me. instead i just looked like a jerk who was making an unnecessary attack. and now i feel emotionally screwed up and guilty when i shouldn't feel like i said anything wrong? i don't know, should i feel that way? :-/ I just wish that i could be in an environment with people who were just as unapologetic about this stuff as i am.
Wow you have a degree in journalism! You’re like my big sister on yt so now I’m definitely gonna stick with my journalism major also 😭 love it love everything
Great video well thought out . I totally agree my sister please never apologize speak as long as you like . its intellectuals such as your self who come up with solutions not excuses. Ps you should make some T Shirts representing your points of view one love peace .
Finally a sister who I enjoy listening to. Sister Souljah was the last sister that I really enjoyed listening too and loved her mind and intellect. I've been busy working but finally I'm going through your videos that I have missed. A breath of fresh air sister. Thank you for sharing your beautiful mind.
You can't keep a good down! Imagine if all of our young people had your sense of reality. Imagine if all black people of every all age had your sense of reality. What a mighty people we would be. You might me feel like I am sane. I have two Ivy League degrees and I am stunned by the lack of work worthy of these two degrees. However, since I have received these two degrees, they have demonstrated to me that racism in this country runs wide and deep. You are an amazing individual and keep up this very important and much-needed work.
A very balanced and informative video! I can't talk much about higher education but I can say that many of the large companies (banks, insurance companies etc) when recruiting graduates ask you to fill out an online application which includes (irrelevant) information about yourself e.g. your nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation etc. From what I understand, they do this to ensure that they are attracting people from minorities (basically not straight white males). But I get the impression that they then hire like one black person, one Asian person, one gay person etc so they can then say that they are diverse and not racist, homophobic blah blah blah. When the matter of the fact is that your manager and the people you work with will be those bigots. So the main reason they will give some minorities a job is to improve their public image not because they actually care about the person
Sensei, here on UA-cam there are many lectures by the late, great, Pan African psychologist Dr. Amos Wilson. If you search on UA-cam for the lecture titled "Dr. Amos Wilson Moving Beyond White Supremacy Civil Rights Toward Revolution," you will find that everything that you are saying about education is absolutely, the truth.
For the audio only: soundcloud.com/sensei-aishitemasu/on-black-people-and-higher-education Lots of links up there! Not enough space to post it in the description box.
Opportunity comes in one of three ways - Education, Resources, and Talent. As you have already mentioned, black people do not currently have the resources that white people enjoy whether it be basic white privilege, wealth or connections. And as far as talent is concerned everyone cannot be LeBron James or Beyonce, although we can all dream. Many young people hitch their star to becoming a rapper or a baller. So education is the most accessible source of opportunity in America and parents and older African American's direct our youth in that direction. I agree with you that education is not a magic pill. I just talked to my friendly CVS cashier the other day and he told me he has three Master's degrees in like Paleontology and some other too smart for your own good ish. Now there are probably very few positions in his area of expertise, but had he been white, I can assure you he would not be scanning people's gum. With that said arguing against higher education is fine for Jaden Smith and people who already have degrees; however, it is futile for the rest of us. If 30-50-70% were graduating with Masters then there might be a reason to spend time mulling this over. But as you mentioned, since so few of us are achieving a higher degree why would we discourage anyone from moving forward. I am all for attending HBCUs, and keeping our resources within the community which is key to ever having access to any resources beyond a paycheck, and I admire your efforts in buying black and making us all more aware and conscious in that area, but again please anyone under the view of these words: If you were ever considering a degree do not be dissuaded by student loans, racist professors, or the job market outlook. Those things are not going to change because you decided to "opt out." Education = Opportunity. No, it is magic but it is meaningful positive direction.
Stephanie R. Bridges I personally feel like there is a contradiction in your statement. "He has a bunch of Master's degrees and I guarantee if he had been white he would not be scanning gum" followed by "why discourage anyone from moving forward." Black people will never have the same opportunities as white people because of our skin color, so why do we continue to insist on attempting to follow the same paths as white people as a way to 'move forward?' It's ridiculous and nonsensical to me, especially considering the fact that modern day educational systems are essentially a failure at this point for EVERYONE, Black or white. Like I said in my last video, I am not anti-education, but I do encourage Black people to have a back-up plan (such as learning a trade or exploring alternative methods of education) because these higher academic institutions are doing us NO favors and never will. Like, seriously. Look at the numbers. The education system is not working and it is crazy to me how people will continuously parrot this rhetoric about 'getting an education.'
Sensei Aishitemasu not to mention that every time we follow that path we are giving them capital people forget that even the hbcu's pay massa at some point i wouldn't be surprised if they owned some or all either we are just like the movie matrix they are the machines feeding off of our energy lol gotta laugh to keep from shedding tears and fuckin somebody up sometimes
Sensei Aishitemasu There is no contradiction. Like you said no matter what black people do, we will not have the same opportunities as white people. That includes high school and trade school, even starting are own businesses. A lot of black companies only get so far and then white people start to feel uncomfortable and will start black balling them or unfairly targeting them to diminish their capabilities and wealth. That is fact we both agree on. My point is that despite that people should move forward and graduate from high school, trade school, become entrepreneurs and yes go to college. Only 6% of African Americans attend college and only about half graduate. That is my point! If we were attending and graduating from college en masse this discussion might make sense, but sense we are not it doesn't. Would you rather see 3% attend college and 1.5% graduate? And despite the gentleman's current standing as an employee at CVS, I could almost guarantee that he doesn't regret graduating from college, neither do I and neither do you.
Yes. Seriously. Every sector, work, education...the list goes on. Performance art use to be our avenue. Now even that is getting refined and commercialized. #wealltrapped #whatisnew #whatisEmotionallabour
Your telling the truth sister! And i love that you share it with the world. People need to understand that this capitalism system is bulllshitttt !unfortunately it still exists
Don't forget that there is CLASS ISSUES within every community. I agree with every statement you're saying. We are WARRIORS! We've got to fight adversaries and plant seeds like ninjas. xDD
This video shows up as a result of my "why is it important for black people to go to college", as I procrastinate, am bored, and feel exhausted as fuck by the thought of studying.
I got a question though. What if we move into a different, non-white country (like Japan), do you think we can still make it and then come back and give back to our communities?
I like to travel to different places. I don't expect people to treat me all the way different. It's more of a dream adventure. Japanese people tend to have more respect towards people. I would visit some Africa countries as well one day..
I know what you mean. I wouldn't stay in a different country anyways. Like I said, I would only travel over there and some other places for a set amount of time. Neither of us been there anyways.
Dionne McRay and where do you get that thought from?? They can't hate us if they are so far away as they are not a part of this western drama. A lot of those seemingly white stuff you see are marketing schemes just to make money..
Dionne McRay Dude everyone has different experiences. That doesn't mean that everybody "hates us." You're bringing another region to the mix lol. Go to these countries and find out for yourself and then make judgement.
Ok just asking I know it's random I've had my dreads for a yr now so I'm asking anybody with dread to help me on a few things thanks love your video by the way
I am a black woman born and raised in the inner city of philadelphia... raised in the "ghetto", educated in both catholic and public schools... got a college degree at a predominately white school...got myself a corporate job, married to a wonderful black king, 2 kids, house with white picket fence (literally).. I fell into the black bourgeois mentality...you know that mentality that says if I can "Make it" then everyone should be able to "make it"... you know that mentality that make you turn you nose up to those "hood" black folks because they somehow didn't aspire to integrate into white society.... you know that individualist mentality of im gonna get mine, so you better get yours... instead of bringing my talents and education back to my community to pull everyone else up along with me... I got it all the way wrong and for that i am totally ashamed... . Im ashamed and embarrassed it took me until i was 38 years old to have my eye WIDE OPEN.. Awakened to the illusion of inclusion.... it took me this long to understand what it REALLY going on in this society... i am forever grateful to our great ancestors and true leaders who left us with the true knowledge......(Amos Wilson, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, John Henrik Clarke, Francis Cress Welsing, Chancellor Williams, Kahlid Muhammad, just to name a few) i have hope that we are all awakening to the truth and begin to come together, begin building our communities back up... we have to pool our resources... get back to our communal way of life (AFRICAN CENTERED) instead of this individualist paradigm (EUROCENTRIC) we our our brothers/sisters keeper. we need each other to survive literally. we are under attack more than ever... i have started to do my own part: educating myself and my family on our history, my money is in a black owned bank, i buy black whenever i can. i am looking into joining and or building a African centered home school. I am learning gardening and horticulture so i can grown my own fruits and vegetables. i limit my family's mainstream TV/Radio exposure. i am down with any tangible solution where we can build our own institutions. whatever i can do i will do. i am ready and willing to fight for the future of our African children
What an incredible comment, thank you so much for leaving it. Please check out my Action playlist, I think you would enjoy it very much.
I'm in college right now and everything you said is true. *expensive, draining, revisionist history, stillaniggasyndrome, feelings of emptyness* My parents want this so............what is happiness?
Jaye Maelle I’m very sorry to hear that. But now I understand why my pops always told me you have to work twice as hard because your black. I’m in school for computer science and I fell where you are coming from. Hang in their 👍🏽.
I've always felt that the Black community put too much hope in the education system as if it will heal all. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against education, but I'm against limiting Black youth to college. No one should have to accumulate debt to validate themselves. We live in a time that being educated has a different meaning than in the past, yet we still say it in traditional terms. You don't have to have a degree to be educated with the internet and everything. People might say, well in the real world you do. That's when we create our own jobs and set the rules that benefits us. We have to go by white supremacist standards because we refuse to make our own. As long as we continue to do that we will always drag behind. We want to prove that we are better than them at their own game, but why when we can create our own game. Also, this may be off topic, but I hate when Black people call or assume that another Black person is uneducated. We are the only race that down each other when it comes to education. We will assume a Black person without a degree is stupid yet won't have that same opinion of a white person without one. We need to stop that. We need to support one of another like we used to in the past. Loving thy enemy won't get us out of this, but loving each other will.
Fancybeats R I know. That type of thinking reached me from family members, but it is just outdated. But a lot people are afraid to speak on it because of the expected backlash.
Fancybeats R I heard that. Unfortunately, that will keep us on the same projectory. Being different or by doing things differently so many Black people think that is admitting inferiority so we try to do what they do thinking we are the same and all have the same obstacles. That type of thinking is toxic for our progression.
Dontay Davis 👏👏👏
I agree that black parents should also do homeschooling or at the very least be closely involved with our children's education to make sure they know themselves before going to these white institution and being told who they are by their oppressor. I still have faith in education (lol) but its WAAAYYYY too expensive for it to be viewed as a requirement.
Janae Grissett !!!!
The problem is there are too many Black people who view education as an outlet or power source. Truth is education is a Plug not an Outlet.
You are absolutely right.
I think it's important to remember that education, and especially higher education, does not necessarily translate into common sense, or enlightenment. I've met scores of people as an undergrad, both students and professors, who had serious biases and racist views. The only difference between them and the random person on the street is that the former had an actual degree. And as someone who is an academic, I agree that we need to work on structural change (which includes the way that we think and are programmed to aspire to what we think is better) if we're actually going to benefit the community. I'm a big fan of education, and there's nothing wrong with it. The question is using that education in a positive way (such as establishing the networks and businesses needed for growth) and ensuring that the education that we get is a well-rounded, realistic, and truthful one. Great video.
TheSapphireEmpress96 Great comment!
Sensei Aishitemasu Thank you!
Sensei, I have been an avid follower of your videos and I must thank you for being a huge influence in this conscious journey. It was only recently I discovered the injustices that I was surrounded by every day and am trying to stay deeply rooted to my culture. I'm an academic, but am well aware that the system doesn't really cater to "us". Nevertheless with the knowledge that I have gained through school. I plan to use it to serve OUR community. It's all good getting a job that pays well but helping and giving back to your own is more fulfilling and something our community really needs. We must learn to be self-dependent. Thank you so much and I hope you continue to make videos. I'll always be rocking with you x
C WR Thank you for watching! This is a wonderful comment.
I'm all for raising awareness and planting seeds of consciousness, but at this point I am ready to create tangible, sustainable alternatives, solutions and institutions. We can keep pointing out the facts and spreading truth, but without real alternatives, we'll find ourselves in a hamster wheel. We need an immediate way to turn our brainstorming into tangible results. We have the online presence to do so. I'm waiting (which instead of doing so I should probably just get involved and do something) for all of the prominent conscious voices online and elsewhere to create something that can translate into action. We need some sort of online hub. We need an agreement. The biggest obstacle I see with this is the decline of a shared consciousness and/or linked fate in the black community. Solidarity isn't as strong as it maybe used to be. How do we address this while simultaneously building institutions and creating tangibles?
Qubilah Huddleston That's the million dollar question. As far as supporting Black businesses, there are some online hubs that I utilize a LOT:
blktown.com
minority-biz.com
As far as educational institutions go, I love the work that the Mexica Movement is doing and I would love to start something similar for Black people. I'm thinking of starting a co-op.
I'll have to check that movement out. I also think it's important to note that we, as a collective, have to decide what our political, social and economic goals are. By no means do I think that we should operate monolithically because we aren't a monolith. However, it's important for us to have a clear cut agenda so that we can take steps toward those goals. Personally, I feel that people who want to participate must pick a lane and stick to it. We need clear political contributors, clear economic contributors, clear food and environmental justice contributors, etc. While all of these areas are interconnected, it's important that we have clear "go-to" people who are most knowledgeable and most productive in their specialty. Right now, it seems as if there are a few people trying to do everything. That's not sustainable.
Somebody asked what song am I humming, it's the theme song to Beverly Hills Cop lol
This was everything queen. I am a sophomore in college applying for Ivy league colleges in Psychology. There is not one African-American Psychology program available in the States.
'In America's public high schools, 45% of black students and 43% of Hispanics (as compared to 22% of whites) drop out before their classes graduate. Dropout rates are especially high in urban areas with large minority populations, including such academic basket cases as the District of Columbia (57%), Trenton (59%), Camden (61.4%), Baltimore (65.4%), Cleveland (65.9%), and Detroit (75.1%).
Of those black and Hispanic students who do manage to earn a diploma, a large percentage are functionally illiterate. Black high-school graduates perform, on average, at a level that is four academic years below that of their white counterparts. Of all graduates in the class of 2011, only 11% of blacks and 15% of Hispanics were proficient in math, as compared to 42% of whites. Similarly, just 13% of blacks and 4% of Hispanics were proficient in reading, versus 40% of whites. As political science professor Lydia Segal notes in her book, Battling Corruption in America’s Public Schools: “It is in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Philadelphia where the largest numbers of children cannot read, write, and compute at acceptable levels and where racial gaps between whites and blacks and Latinos are widest. It is in large cities that minority boys in particular, trapped in poor schools, have the greatest chance of flunking out and getting sucked into the downward spiral of crime and prison.”'
Seriously if y'all don't read any of the other links, read this one:
www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1692
***** More people have to get involved in building our own sustainable, self-sufficient communities.
***** That is definitely my end goal, to create some institutions in the Black community for empowerment (I have experience as a teacher and am specifically interested in forming some kind of a co-op). And it's both. There are not enough people trying to build our community AND many of the people with the most resources turn their backs on Black people instead of investing back.
Sensei Aishitemasu You are a breath of fresh air you tell it like it is.
Jan Baker Thank you!
Sensei Aishitemasu you're very welcome!
I will say up front that I went to an art school in NYC. I loved the program and networking. With that being said, never in my life did I ever feel so strongly that college wasn't made for me. I grew up in a poor neighborhood, with a poor family, constantly being told to get the best grades because it's my only shot to go to school.
That was all well and good, but once you're there, they do not give a f*ck about you and your poor ass. What's that? Can't afford this $25 paint and this $30 canvas? Or this $115 book for class? Or this $300 program for digital painting? Guess you gonna drop out then right?
I am convinced that it's a trap made specifically by white people to lure us in so that when we finally think we've got somewhere they bury us down further with insurmountable debt. I left that school with a 200k piece of paper. This system is not for us.
But it has only made it more clear to me that I will be in charge of my own career. I will be my own boss and build my own name. The US gov don't care about you.
SexyVinnyT #ItsATrap
www.artandeducation.net/school_watch/entire-usc-mfa-1st-year-class-is-dropping-out/
Powerful statement
Man do I feel this one. I am currently taking an intro to poetry course in college and I'm a black women with Marley twists surrounded by disengaged white students learning about "iconic writers" like Emily Dickenson and Robert Frost...its primarily bland white literature sprinkling in some watered down offensive references of black people and their distasteful story lines. We are not allowed to shine even in a subject as broad as creative writing. It is cringey sitting in a room pretending to be interested in historians who didn't give a flying fuck about brilliantly minded people that looked like me, not that we ever had the privilege of utilizing our own free thought and expression in that era...
Attending PWI's is one of my biggest regrets. I grew up in foster care and I didn't have many options on how far I could go, so I had to go to state school. I see the sisterhood so many of my friends from Spelman have and it honestly makes me sad. Try as you might, black students are ostracized and made examples of and used in PWI's. It's about appeasing rich kids parents, donors, etc. Making their school look good for people from the midwest. We have to make better options for our kids.
you are sooo preaching right now!! O MY GOD lol... i dropped out of school in 9th grade and went and got my GED and then i went to Cosmetology school but didnt really like it cuz 1. i taught myself how to do hair and makeup and nails and knew everything they were tryna teach me already.. and 2. everything they were teaching me was geared towards how to take care of white people's hair when im natural lol (i have dreads now) I was only going and wasting hours of my life just to get a piece of paper that says i wasnt lying about knowing how to do hair and nails. ever since i've just been debating myself about goin back to any school.. the system is fucked and i honestly feel like anything i wanna learn how to do i can look it up, do my research and teach myself lol smh
+LashawnnaBNatural
Well said, lady!
..."only going and wasting hours of my life just to get a piece of paper that says I wasnt lying about knowing"...
WHAT YOU KNOW!
Many "learning" institutions are a J.O.K.E.!
I hope you are doing something you love (or at lease, like) that's revenue enhancing!
Bless you, pretty brown Angel.
i am :)
+LashawnnaBNatural
Glad to hear that.
Much Love and Many Blessings!
LashawnnaBNatural Exactly!!!
I went through the same thing!
I just want to say thank you for being so honest and real about certain things when it come to race, I live in area that is 99% New blacks and racists whites and it can be very discouraging trying to tell the truth and always being made to feel like your wrong because whites don't like what you have to say and new blacks are too busy kissing their asses to defend me. It is more validating and encouraging than I can express in a UA-cam comment but I just wanted to say thank you. I agree with everything you said in this video. Ignores the trolls and new blacks.
Avery Lenox Thank you! You ignore them. too.
Like I said if you are white, please get the fuck out my face!
It has come to my attention that this madness needs to end. We should stop going to these "White Schools" (Private, Charter, Ivy League) This calls for the creation of schools that teach our history throughout the world from how we got to this stolen land to present. We should also take in account the subjects that are relevant in life. Learning a trade is a must and one of the requirements that allows a student to graduate. Also teach about how white supremacy and how it works so that it can be obliterated once and for all. We must unite and begin this process so we can make a difference not just for this generation but for the future generations. Forget the so-called "Black Elite" for they are only placed in their positions just to keep us where we are. Your videos are much needed. Keep up the great work:)
This sounds like my kind of curriculum.
Sensei Aishitemasu Then I suggest we meet up and discuss this issue further.
"mass online schooling is the future", she called it
Don't apologize sis!! Longer vids = more knowledge and truth. One thing I learned is just how broke Black ppl really are. $11,000?? I thought it was like 24000. Damn
my advice to anyone is get a education, but get your own business, the world is changing, just do it for creating a legacy, black money and we can create our own jobs and opportunities. educate yourself on our history/buiness and network. My two cents. She keeping it 100.
'Let’s not forget about the larger system of inequity that we paid into to try to get our degrees. USC tuition has increased an astounding 92 percent since 2001, compensation for USC’s top eight executives has more than tripled since 2001, and Department of Education data shows that “administrative positions at colleges and universities grew by 60 percent between 1993 and 2009.” Adjunct faculty positions-the jobs that freshly minted MFAs usually get, if they’re lucky-are paid at a rate that often does not even reach the federal minimum wage, while these adjuncts are paying off tens of thousands of dollars of student-loan debt. USC follows this trend of supporting a bloated administration with whom students have minimal contact, to the diminishment of everyone else. Our experience has shown that, despite having ultimate power over the program structure and curriculum, the administration has minimal concern for students. Meanwhile, faculty voices are silenced and adjunct faculty expands, affecting their overall ability to advocate for students. In a classic bait and switch, we seven students lost time, money, and trust, and the larger community lost an exemplary funding model that attempted to rectify at least some of these economic disparities. What we experienced is the true “disruption” of this accelerating trend.
We each made life-changing decisions to leave jobs and homes in other parts of the country and the world to work with inspiring faculty and, most of all, have the time and space to grow as artists. We trusted the institution to follow through on its promises. Instead, we became devalued pawns in the university’s administrative games. We feel betrayed, exhausted, disrespected, and cheated by USC of our time, focus, and investment. Whatever artistic work we created this spring semester was achieved in spite of, not because of, the institution. Because the university refused to honor its promises to us, we are returning to the workforce degree-less and debt-full.
A group of seven students is only a tiny part of the larger issues of the corporatization of higher education, the scandal of the economic precarity of adjunct faculty positions, and the looming student-debt bubble. However, the MFA Program we entered in August 2014 did one great thing: it threw us all together, when we might not have crossed paths on our own. We will continue to hold crits ourselves and be involved in each other’s work. We will be staging a series of readings, talks, shows, and events at multiple sites throughout the next year, and will follow with seven weeks of “thesis” shows beginning in April of 2016. Our collective and interdependent force is energizing as we progress toward supportive and malleable spaces conducive to criticality and encouragement. These sites are more important than ever in the current state of economic precarity that reaches far beyond the fates of seven art students. We invite everyone to reach out to us with proposals, invitations, and strategies of their own, dreams not of creating a “better” institution, but devising new spaces for collective weirdness and joy.'
www.artandeducation.net/school_watch/entire-usc-mfa-1st-year-class-is-dropping-out/
I went to a majority white, private, Catholic college in Philly and it sucked! The only Black kids there other than me and maybe like 5 others were athletes. From a classmate being irate in econ class after finding out us poor ppl didn't pay the full cost of tuition to a blonde freshman girl following me around asking me to braid her hair, it was a pain in the ass. Oh, and the white girl that didn't know what grits were in the dining hall, smh. BTW, I heart your videos. I just "discovered" you over Memorial Day wkend and I've watching everyday since.
I think in this particular video, Seren, that you're on really discussing an important topic that leads to a much larger picture not a lot of people are ready to look at, which is that the entire system is broken, even beyond the aspect of racism. In addition to institutionally racist structures set in place to hold a great number of us back, the entire system itself isn't working any longer.
What I'm about to say probably verges on conspiracy theory but it needs to be said. All the racist, sexist, and classist shit going on right now around the world, but especially in the U.S., is set up that way. There are so many activist groups fighting for equality within these broad concepts but I really feel like the past few years has shown us that we can't keep living this way anymore.
Education is practically a joke. I've learned more out of school about this country's true history than I have in school even though I went to college. There are scores of millenials who find themselves at an impasse. They're forced to choose between following the societal script of going to college, getting a decent job and starting a family and being happy. I don't think any of us wanna live how we are living but in some ways, capitalism is set up in such a way that forces us to always be in this oppositional competition with each other and to always have to sacrifice some part of ourselves just to survive instead of living how we want to. I'm kinda rambling on this but there's just so much I see failing right now. I'm kind of just waiting on the tide to turn in favor of the people who know just how unjust things are. Idk. Hope this makes sense.
I feel like NOT BEING AFRAID TO MOVE is a big key to success even over network.. alot of people get stuck in jobs because they are afraid to leave a company or afraid to work outside of the city..alot of people who moved up if you look at their resume they have worked in many different places sometimes different countries
that is why parenting is important. my parents always made sure to supplement this eurocentric system with knowledge for me to know that us black people are just as capable and worthy and that it's bullshit. i am in college now and i think that it's definitely possible for education to help us, but it does mean that we have to work twice as hard. which sucks.
+nothingsintheflowerz Yeah. It does.
lol, another thing is that being in a eurocentric classroom is so draining. yesterday i replied to a student who said that black people need white people in order to get towards equality. and i said "but white people always want to make things all about themselves". people were sure as hell offended. realized i can't talk the way i want to because making white people feel uncomfortable is somehow more of a crime than this bullshit education system that black people have to grow up in every day.
last time i'm ever taking a black studies course here again. i realize that i don't care what white people think about our culture and that me needing to have a filter on the very thing i can feel a part of isn't worth anything.
nothingsintheflowerz I refuse to make them comfortable. I am so over that shit smh. I'm glad I'm out of school lol
+Sensei Aishitemasu i'm over it too but i hate that none of the other black students stood up for me. instead i just looked like a jerk who was making an unnecessary attack. and now i feel emotionally screwed up and guilty when i shouldn't feel like i said anything wrong? i don't know, should i feel that way? :-/ I just wish that i could be in an environment with people who were just as unapologetic about this stuff as i am.
Wow you have a degree in journalism! You’re like my big sister on yt so now I’m definitely gonna stick with my journalism major also 😭 love it love everything
Great video well thought out . I totally agree my sister please never apologize speak as long as you like . its intellectuals such as your self who come up with solutions not excuses. Ps you should make some T Shirts representing your points of view one love peace .
Finally a sister who I enjoy listening to. Sister Souljah was the last sister that I really enjoyed listening too and loved her mind and intellect. I've been busy working but finally I'm going through your videos that I have missed. A breath of fresh air sister. Thank you for sharing your beautiful mind.
You can't keep a good down! Imagine if all of our young people had your sense of reality. Imagine if all black people of every all age had your sense of reality. What a mighty people we would be. You might me feel like I am sane. I have two Ivy League degrees and I am stunned by the lack of work worthy of these two degrees. However, since I have received these two degrees, they have demonstrated to me that racism in this country runs wide and deep. You are an amazing individual and keep up this very important and much-needed work.
A very balanced and informative video! I can't talk much about higher education but I can say that many of the large companies (banks, insurance companies etc) when recruiting graduates ask you to fill out an online application which includes (irrelevant) information about yourself e.g. your nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation etc. From what I understand, they do this to ensure that they are attracting people from minorities (basically not straight white males). But I get the impression that they then hire like one black person, one Asian person, one gay person etc so they can then say that they are diverse and not racist, homophobic blah blah blah. When the matter of the fact is that your manager and the people you work with will be those bigots. So the main reason they will give some minorities a job is to improve their public image not because they actually care about the person
Sensei, here on UA-cam there are many lectures by the late, great, Pan African psychologist Dr. Amos Wilson. If you search on UA-cam for the lecture titled "Dr. Amos Wilson Moving Beyond White Supremacy Civil Rights Toward Revolution," you will find that everything that you are saying about education is absolutely, the truth.
For the audio only: soundcloud.com/sensei-aishitemasu/on-black-people-and-higher-education
Lots of links up there! Not enough space to post it in the description box.
Fancybeats R I want to
Sensei Aishitemasu I upvoted before I even watched it, strictly because of your links 🔥🔥🔥you should start a school of your own!
you should do podcasts as well!!!
Always on point.
you're my fave youtuber
Opportunity comes in one of three ways - Education, Resources, and Talent. As you have already mentioned, black people do not currently have the resources that white people enjoy whether it be basic white privilege, wealth or connections. And as far as talent is concerned everyone cannot be LeBron James or Beyonce, although we can all dream. Many young people hitch their star to becoming a rapper or a baller. So education is the most accessible source of opportunity in America and parents and older African American's direct our youth in that direction. I agree with you that education is not a magic pill. I just talked to my friendly CVS cashier the other day and he told me he has three Master's degrees in like Paleontology and some other too smart for your own good ish. Now there are probably very few positions in his area of expertise, but had he been white, I can assure you he would not be scanning people's gum. With that said arguing against higher education is fine for Jaden Smith and people who already have degrees; however, it is futile for the rest of us. If 30-50-70% were graduating with Masters then there might be a reason to spend time mulling this over. But as you mentioned, since so few of us are achieving a higher degree why would we discourage anyone from moving forward. I am all for attending HBCUs, and keeping our resources within the community which is key to ever having access to any resources beyond a paycheck, and I admire your efforts in buying black and making us all more aware and conscious in that area, but again please anyone under the view of these words: If you were ever considering a degree do not be dissuaded by student loans, racist professors, or the job market outlook. Those things are not going to change because you decided to "opt out." Education = Opportunity. No, it is magic but it is meaningful positive direction.
Stephanie R. Bridges I personally feel like there is a contradiction in your statement. "He has a bunch of Master's degrees and I guarantee if he had been white he would not be scanning gum" followed by "why discourage anyone from moving forward." Black people will never have the same opportunities as white people because of our skin color, so why do we continue to insist on attempting to follow the same paths as white people as a way to 'move forward?' It's ridiculous and nonsensical to me, especially considering the fact that modern day educational systems are essentially a failure at this point for EVERYONE, Black or white. Like I said in my last video, I am not anti-education, but I do encourage Black people to have a back-up plan (such as learning a trade or exploring alternative methods of education) because these higher academic institutions are doing us NO favors and never will. Like, seriously. Look at the numbers. The education system is not working and it is crazy to me how people will continuously parrot this rhetoric about 'getting an education.'
Sensei Aishitemasu not to mention that every time we follow that path we are giving them capital people forget that even the hbcu's pay massa at some point i wouldn't be surprised if they owned some or all either we are just like the movie matrix they are the machines feeding off of our energy lol gotta laugh to keep from shedding tears and fuckin somebody up sometimes
Sensei Aishitemasu There is no contradiction. Like you said no matter what black people do, we will not have the same opportunities as white people. That includes high school and trade school, even starting are own businesses. A lot of black companies only get so far and then white people start to feel uncomfortable and will start black balling them or unfairly targeting them to diminish their capabilities and wealth. That is fact we both agree on. My point is that despite that people should move forward and graduate from high school, trade school, become entrepreneurs and yes go to college. Only 6% of African Americans attend college and only about half graduate. That is my point! If we were attending and graduating from college en masse this discussion might make sense, but sense we are not it doesn't. Would you rather see 3% attend college and 1.5% graduate? And despite the gentleman's current standing as an employee at CVS, I could almost guarantee that he doesn't regret graduating from college, neither do I and neither do you.
Best description of higher education that I've heard from a person of color perspective. My exact experience throughout my entire time in college
You could talk for an hour and I would be riveted. Eagerly anticipating your vid on white supremacy
Sesan Watson Thank you
Entire USC First Year MFA Class Drops Out:
www.artandeducation.net/school_watch/entire-usc-mfa-1st-year-class-is-dropping-out/
Yes. Seriously. Every sector, work, education...the list goes on. Performance art use to be our avenue. Now even that is getting refined and commercialized. #wealltrapped #whatisnew #whatisEmotionallabour
I really really love this video. It's like you took my exact thoughts out of my brain. Thank you for this.
I'd love to take a class from her if she taught. I have to keep pausing this to process all the info.
...at the end of the day its really discouraging smh
i looove your videos everyday i literally watch you
You made me Proud with this one.
Really loved your vid! Would love to know your thoughts on Marc Lamont Hill?xx
Earned another subscriber ✊🏿
You are exactly right miss.
Great video.
Your telling the truth sister! And i love that you share it with the world. People need to understand that this capitalism system is bulllshitttt !unfortunately it still exists
Don't forget that there is CLASS ISSUES within every community. I agree with every statement you're saying. We are WARRIORS! We've got to fight adversaries and plant seeds like ninjas. xDD
SPEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seren looking kinda good with the dreds
This video shows up as a result of my "why is it important for black people to go to college", as I procrastinate, am bored, and feel exhausted as fuck by the thought of studying.
Hi, I hope you enjoyed it. A link you might like: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/student-debt-college-public-service-loan-forgiveness
www.plough.com/en/topics/justice/social-justice/economic-justice/a-debt-to-education
Insular and what was the other word you used ? 26:36
great video
So where can we find non-European curriculum to educate black children?
Shelly We have to create it ourselves, honestly.
So on point!!! I'm in love with you!! ;)
Put that shit on a t-shirt and I swear I will buy it !! Lol
Wait put what on a shirt? Lol
“John Washington” 🤣
Subbed
The nose ring is growing on me!
I see a lion..
I agree
Beverly Hills Cop, when I actually enjoyed Eddie Murphy's movies.
blacktee31 Yay somebody knew it! My husband LOVES that movie lol
Sensei Aishitemasu I thought everbody did lol.
blacktee31 It's kind of old now lol
Sensei Aishitemasu Classic old.
I love your comments! Where can I meet sistas like you?
TRUTH
Agreeeedddddd!!
I got a question though. What if we move into a different, non-white country (like Japan), do you think we can still make it and then come back and give back to our communities?
I like to travel to different places. I don't expect people to treat me all the way different. It's more of a dream adventure. Japanese people tend to have more respect towards people. I would visit some Africa countries as well one day..
They're more conscious of foreigners than what they look like. Plus, they are actually welcoming immigrants to boost their economy.
I know what you mean. I wouldn't stay in a different country anyways. Like I said, I would only travel over there and some other places for a set amount of time. Neither of us been there anyways.
Dionne McRay
and where do you get that thought from?? They can't hate us if they are so far away as they are not a part of this western drama. A lot of those seemingly white stuff you see are marketing schemes just to make money..
Dionne McRay
Dude everyone has different experiences. That doesn't mean that everybody "hates us." You're bringing another region to the mix lol. Go to these countries and find out for yourself and then make judgement.
Queen ❤❤❤❤
Girl yesss👏🏾👏🏾 tell them
What are you majoring in ?
Hey how long it took for your dread to lock up
Ne-ne Wade I freeform loc'ed and they dreaded up pretty quickly, maybe three months? I've had them about five years now.
Ok just asking I know it's random I've had my dreads for a yr now so I'm asking anybody with dread to help me on a few things thanks love your video by the way
Ne-ne Wade Lol no prob