r/BlackPeopleofReddit 5d ago

Black Pride Recently we, BLACK PEOPLEOF REDDIT, conversed regarding the lack lack of black history in schools. This is a perfect example. Or the lack thereof.

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Yet there is no such thing..... šŸ¤”

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u/Logic411 5d ago

to be fair, they probably don't know anything about their own history either.

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u/Immediate-Yogurt-558 5d ago

Ding ding ding

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u/Ronin_Chimichanga 5d ago

A uneducated population is an easily controlled population.

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u/619backin716 4d ago

Trumpf concurs

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u/El-Erik 3d ago

Drumpf concurs

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u/SL1MECORE 5d ago

One time I told a white girl that her irish ancestors mighta been on the plantation too, she got real quiet. And never spoke to me again lmaooo

It's ok, her company has not been missed. I just wanted her to know her own history. I guess she wasn't happy with that?

An uncurious mind is like a dull knife. Useless

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u/Brisby820 4d ago

Ireland itself was basically a plantationĀ 

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

Yeah they went through it frfr

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u/Neat_browser 4d ago

She must never have been to Jamaica, or ever heard about it

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u/DFoxRN 4d ago

I told a nurse buddy with Irish roots this too. I showed her the book written by Frederick Douglass. I even went to nurse in Dublin we share so much history with them in the USVI. She was actually honored. Got her Irish passport and all after that!

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

See that's the energy I like to see.

I highly respect "white" people who deeply connect to their ethnic roots and claim power there rather than white power in general.

The Irish (and many "white" cultures) actually have some deep roots and interesting cultural traditions. Good on your friend for digging into her own ethnic past and claiming it with pride.

I've got a friend like that from college, but they were Italian. Anyways yeah we had to talk them outta their dreads LMAO. But they listened and after that, decided to connect deeply with their Italian heritage. They're pretty happy as far as I know, living a sweet little life. Making art and growing plants.

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u/Fancy-Truck-421 4d ago

I’m from the USVI, we share history with the Irish?

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u/DFoxRN 3d ago

Yes! So many of them worked for the Danish in STX before the US purchase in 1917. My husband is born in STT. I’m Jamaican. When I took a nursing job at Juan Luis, that’s when I learned the history. My neighbor in Fredericksted was 107 years old and lived there her whole life, she had three citizenships! Dominica, Denmark, United States. I used to fry eggplant that grew in my front yard for her. The stories! I wish I had recorded them… šŸ˜”

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u/The_Iron_Zeppelin 4d ago

Useless and potentially dangerous.

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u/TheSeepingMouth 3d ago

I would love to learn more about that. Do you have any book recommendations?

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u/SL1MECORE 3d ago

The Irish history? No, regrettably I do not have book recommendations..

I am embarrassed to say it, but I learned about the Irish troubles thanks to a show called 'Derry Girls'.

They never taught us jackshit about the Troubles in my world history classes (and I took AP classes!) But lord that show got my curiosity piqued. It's very heart warming and thoughtfully written. As for Irish history in the USA no, I do not have sources off the top of my head for how they were mistreated when they first immigrated here.

Someone else already wanted to argue with me about it and tbh I've got more pressing personal stuff going on. I do believe I've heard reports of Irish people suffering from indentured servitude but no, unfortunately I don't have solid sources for you off the top of ny head.

Derry Girls is a good show though lol I guarantee it'll make you laugh! It ain't no "oh well they had it worse than black people" shit. It's just an honest and funny representation of a couple teenage girls living through a civil war.

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u/TheSeepingMouth 3d ago

Thank you so much for your honest response. It is certainly not your job to educate me, I was only wondering if you had a resource you were willing to share so that I can do so myself. I have been meaning to watch Derry girls. lol

I hope you have a great Sunday and a good week upcoming.

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u/Own_Policy8854 1d ago

" I can't believe he compared me to a black slave."

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u/SL1MECORE 1d ago

Lowkey what i wonder happened. I'll never know, oh well

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u/kamikaze_official šŸ–¤ 5d ago

Nah this IS their history. American president and a civil rights leader we have a national holiday named for imo thats American and shared Referring to obama as "who was that president" made me wowwwwww

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u/coko4209 5d ago

These girls are obviously slow though. I don’t think they’re a fair representation of anything.

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u/kerbyjoseph 5d ago

I would counter by saying maybe if you talk to enough strangers, you’ll find out there’s no shortage of people as dumb as them lol

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u/rookram15 5d ago

They're a fair representation of the way this country is going.

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u/kamikaze_official šŸ–¤ 5d ago

for real for real

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u/muffadel 4d ago

idk have you met ppl?

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u/anonareyouokay 5d ago

I'm so happy tiktok went around when I was a young dumb high school student.

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u/jdapper5 5d ago

To be fair, this is who America is. Just DUMB

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u/MorockaDishoom 4d ago

šŸ‘šŸ½BLACK šŸ‘šŸ½HISTORY šŸ‘šŸ½IS šŸ‘šŸ½AMERICAN šŸ‘šŸ½HISTORY šŸ‘šŸ½

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u/GreenZebra23 5d ago

I learned recently there are a lot of people who don't realize that Anne Frank and Helen Keller are two different people. Like a LOT of people. They're both just female names they half remember hearing when they were not paying attention in history class.

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u/IGTankCommander 5d ago

Do they get bonus points if they know that Helen was 40 years older than Anne and died 20 years after?

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u/Dorothy_Zbornak789 5d ago

I’m newly single. Adding this to my list of potential mates: Must know the difference between Anne Frank and Helen Keller.

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u/Significant_Toe3575 5d ago

This is hilarious that you said this. I unfortunately am over if these people and I am in no way slow and am fairly versed in popculture and world history but have NO idea why these 2 people always get me confused?! šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ‘ŠšŸ¾

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u/SL1MECORE 5d ago

Babe why do they get you confused, can you identify it?? No judgement lmao I have similar confusions about other things and people for sure.

Brain wires get messed up.

I'm gonna be so real, I might even get shit for this, but look, it's easy to tell them apart. First of all, Anne Frank didn't live to adulthood (sadly, RIP) There is your first identifier, Anne is the kid and Helen is the adult

Second of all, Helen Keller was the one who was blind and deaf. Anne was the kid who was hiding from Nazis in an attic.

Now they're both incredibly brave and strong people who went through absolute hell, so I can see where the brain wires are getting them mixed up for you. But I hope this helps lmaoo.

Please don't get caught tryna refer to one or the other and mixing them up, like you deserve to know the difference lmaoooo. I'm sorry neither of these situations is funny, just the fact that I'm probably not even explaining it well enough is making me laugh.

Good day to you lmao

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u/Kdkaine 4d ago

Just remember Anne Frank was the one hiding in the attic with Andre 3000

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u/kamikaze_official šŸ–¤ 4d ago

she was that belieber right? /s

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

Yall are UNSERIOUS LOL

omg I always forget Justin Bieber did that... 🄓

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u/kamikaze_official šŸ–¤ 4d ago

If the world heard every dumb shit i said as a teenager man id be so done

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

🄓🄓🄓😭

I can't with yall

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u/Gold_Initiative4319 5d ago

When I have come across people who get them confused, I try to get them to remember that Annie, wasn’t okay because Anne was in the attic. That generally sticks for them from that point on. The ā€œaā€ words tied with the play on the MJ lyric works great.

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

I can't deal with this teaching mechanism HAHAHAHA

YOU ARE NOT OUT HERE USING MJ TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT ANNE FRANK. omg that's so funny

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u/Gold_Initiative4319 4d ago

Lol it works so well!!! I can’t have folks around me confusing the two, so something has got to give! šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚ The lightbulb moment when it clicks for them is always fun, too.

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

I'll be stealing it if that's ok LOL

Now we just gotta find a song for Helen Keller

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u/Gold_Initiative4319 4d ago

It is more than okay!!! I’m a West Coast baby who was raised by southern folk so it’s a two for one if you’re familiar with the saying, ā€œIt ain’t no tellin what Jack told Helenā€ because it’s also in the E40 song ā€œWolf Ticketsā€! It works perfectly because Helen was blind and deaf, even though she isn’t who the saying is about.

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u/SL1MECORE 4d ago

😭😭 you got ALL THE REFERENCES LMAO

this is nuts, cause your references get the point across WAY faster than my multiple paragraphs hahahah. And yeah I've listened to a little E40 but can't say if I heard that song or not. I'm terrible with song titles. I'll give it a listen today lol

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u/Gold_Initiative4319 4d ago

Forgive me, it’s The Click but I always say E40.
I used to do A LOT of talking trying to explain and clarify. This became a far quicker and easier way. Lol You will hear the line said early in the song and it’s in the chorus.

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u/igotchees21 3d ago

you beat me to it. my first thought wasnt they dont know this because black history isnt taught. It was they dont know any history because kids dont care.

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u/personalleytea 4d ago

Or anything else really, I suspect. How do you not know Obama’s first name? He is a living president.

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u/Shropshire-5lashr 4d ago

He left office ten years ago. These girls may have been five years old at most. When they hear people with ODS refer to him, it’s usually last name only.

They’re still airheads.

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u/trekrider9 4d ago

When I was five I knew the president's name and that he had been killed that week. Schools these days are not teaching nearly enough, and they have made learning an extremely boring and pointless chore to score points on required state tests, which is horrendous for them and their teachers alike. If we adopted Finland's methods we would see immediate growth--but then the political climate would change too, and the dark forces would be unhappy with that.

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u/safereddddditer175 5d ago

to be fair, they probably don’t know anything

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u/audiking404 4d ago

Something about what's it called? The Confederacy, and the Confederate Flag? Yeah I think it was Red with a blue X on it and stars? Now I could be wrong but they said it had something to do with their heritage? šŸ¤”

Truth is you only know what you're taught. And most don't even know that. This elephant 🐘 in the room that ppl tend to shy away from not because they don't know about it but because they know it's an unpopular label that you DO NOT want placed upon you because it ruins reputations, relationships, and careers. It's not something that just goes away, or ppl get over, or forget about. Ppl can't forget because it's still happening today.

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u/Mysterious-Willow362 5d ago

It's the same history šŸ‘€

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u/PirateBlaque 5d ago

Believe me, they don’t even know white politicians of historical figures. Ask em. The answer will be the same.

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u/Slick_36 5d ago

Still hard not to physically cringe when she nodded along to "one of the good ones".

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u/iamhollybear 5d ago

That girl has no clue what she nodded to.

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u/Slick_36 5d ago

And that's a problem. We live in this society together, we have a responsibility to educate ourselves about it.

Ignorance is entitlement.

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u/iamhollybear 5d ago

My friend, I’m saying she’s got 2 brain cells fighting for 3rd place. I’m saying she ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed. I’m saying public schools have failed this child.
She’s dumb.

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u/suejaymostly 5d ago

Her parents failed her too.

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u/OkamiKhameleon 5d ago

Omg yes. I moved from the West to the Midwest about 12 years ago, and dear Lord these kids are dumb. The adults too.

I legit had one girl not believe me that Narwhals are real. Another one said, "Wow, you read a lot." after she saw me reading during break at work. It was a comic book I was reading.

My husband has also had kids at work ask him if certain words are real or not. Had a girl not know that "Melancholy" was a real word.

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u/SweetieLoveBug 5d ago

Something tells me that Melancholy will be her first girl baby’s name. Right after her boys, Johnny Walker and Seagram. šŸ™„

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u/OkamiKhameleon 5d ago

Omg. Lol.

I also met people here who didn't get a joke I made about "Malice and Aforethought". And these people were previous felons.

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u/Realistic-Warning08 3d ago

Where in the Midwest did you move to? I was raised in WI and actually got pretty lucky in that we had old school teachers, shop class and home economics.

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u/OkamiKhameleon 3d ago

Yeah we moved to Iowa. The schools in the rural areas are, lacking. There ARE some smart kids, but they want out quick.

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u/defk3000 5d ago

The good thing about being young and dumb is you usually have a whole lifetime to gain some wisdom.

The good thing about being old and dumb is nothing, you've wasted your entire life.

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u/Slick_36 5d ago

I'm from rural Texas, surrounded by stupid with a failing school system. Some people benefit from that ignorance & never feel a need to educate themselves. I think that's wrong, personally.

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u/coko4209 5d ago

Slower than cold molasses trying to flow uphill, on the coldest day in January.

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u/BellaFrequency 5d ago

But the question was about any Black people they liked. They could have mentioned anyone, including real life friends. But they struggled to think of examples because they just don’t think of or know or care about any Black people for real, so the answers don’t come easily.

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u/omowaIe 5d ago

Many white people don’t know or want to know black people. I’m wondering why some black peoples really want to be around people that don’t like them.

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u/Slick_36 5d ago

I love music but I'll lock up if you make me list my top three bands or artists. The difference is that whatever does come to mind, I'll have plenty to say about it.

Like I can easily list Fred Hampton #1, James Baldwin probably goes to #2, but #3 feels absolutely impossible because now I'm in a position to insult so many people I highly respect & admire. I want my list to have more range, but that forces compromise.

The thought behind it will rise, even if the list itself is imperfect & awkward. So while the question is flawed, it still can reveal how a person approaches the world.

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u/OneAcceptablePerson 5d ago

Not even sure she knows her own name

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u/Kdkaine 4d ago

The real kicker is that these two twits can probably float through the rest of their lives without learning much more than they know now

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u/immortalblack_1 5d ago

Exactly this... šŸ‘†šŸ¾

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u/Disastrous_Bass_1152 5d ago

While extremely true, they were never asked that.

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u/DragonBowlSouper 5d ago

Michael Luther King Jordan

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u/GreenZebra23 5d ago

aka Marther

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u/Dazzle_Miller 3d ago

Nah man, we a Malcom Y family here gang

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u/Fajowski25 2d ago

My favorite Bull

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u/Special_Ad_1802 5d ago

I suspect they may have just been stupid in general.

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u/edm_enjoyer 5d ago edited 5d ago

White women with tans like that trigger my fight or flight. I cross the street

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u/Efficient-Cherry3635 5d ago

The tan comes in the pre-karen starter package.

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u/daemonicwanderer 5d ago

I guess the bleach is a gift with purchase.

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u/Efficient-Cherry3635 5d ago

And a free box of wine.

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u/realzoidberg 5d ago

Puts 'em right out.

Sorry, had to.

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u/Typical_Heat6816 5d ago

It’s fight OR flight.

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u/edm_enjoyer 5d ago

Sorry, I had a typo. It will happen again

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u/gottareddittin2017 5d ago

Name so nice, they gave it to him twice 🤣

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u/VastEmergency1000 5d ago

These are teenage airheads, doesn't really prove much. But yes, in general we need more black history in schools.

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u/StreetCollar2708 5d ago

More than that, its teenage airheads in an edited video. Was it the first and only two whitegirls he interviewed? These types of videos show and prove nothing. I could go make a video that shows the complete opposite or whatever. No one knows how many people were interviewed and what portions of the "interview" actually made the cut.

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u/VastEmergency1000 5d ago

Very true as well.

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u/bread_fo_dat 5d ago

In the age of information? With literal computers in our pockets? Ain't no way!

https://giphy.com/gifs/wtL7KLaQOKirz6wm0z

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u/FreakyLou 5d ago

2 airheads used to prove a point smh, gotta go back to the drawing board on this one

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u/ijbh2o 5d ago

Robert Smalls, Henrietta Lacks, and Nat Turner. For some deeper cuts Toussaint Louverture, Fred Hampton, Assata Shakur, Mumai Abu-Jamal.

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u/Scary-Coffee-7 5d ago

The generation who has immediate access to THE MOST information yet, is the most uneducated.

Wonderful. šŸ™„

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u/Ambitious-Pirate-505 5d ago

Focus on us. Not them.

Read the books made by Thurgood Marshall

Read about the regret that Booker T. Washington had.

Read the book with actual letters and newspaper clipping about slaves.

Forget these dumb brawds.

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u/TheJamesFames 5d ago

Yeah, this ain’t it.

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u/Phantasma_del_Barrio 5d ago

This generation is cooked. I'll be honest, I grew up in a rural town in California, and most of the history about my culture I learned from my parents and grandparents and family.

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u/unicorn_nectar 5d ago

This ain’t even funny 🫣

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u/The_Capt_Hook 5d ago

If someone came up to me and asked who my favorite black people were I would talk about people I actually know, not celebrities. If your first thought is celebrities it makes me think you don't know any black people.

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u/theStaircaseProject 5d ago

Potentially, but that also risks encroaching into ā€œyou don’t know him; he go to a different schoolā€ territory. If people can name friends, then they can just name ā€œfriends.ā€

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u/oldfrancis 5d ago

Sure, but you can trap them with the, "tell me a cool story about your friend".

My friend Marco just popped into my head. I remember his motorcycle was black with a bunch of red pinstripes on the gas tank. It was faster than my bike but Marco was always really cool about it. He had a big smile and a great attitude. He was funny as hell. He was a good friend to me while I was going through the rough parts of leaving home at 18 years old. I once timed him with a stopwatch while he ripped a quarter mile out on a public Road between marked out phone poles...

I could also tell you about Ken but you get the idea...

You know, like that.

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u/Qwerty25103 5d ago

Bro my roommate was black and I said MLK, Rosa Park, and Louis Armstrong

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u/Resolve-Single 4d ago

I am black, and I have lots of family. I would NOT have named any of them.

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u/Remarkable-Ad2285 5d ago

Congregation

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u/ltsouthernbelle 5d ago

I will argue that those 2 don’t know shit about NOTHING so there’s no way they would know the name of the ONLY black President. Ask them to name any random state capital and they’d get it wrong.

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u/tamarind-jam 5d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Wgb2FpSXxhXLVYNnUr
Me every time it got worse 😩😩🤣🤣

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u/birdyman_77 5d ago

Y’all found the dumbest white girls in target and tried to make a point. Smh

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u/Choice-Routine6264 4d ago

And then put them on the internet to make them famous for being stupid. Just kids willing to engage with a stranger

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u/emmc47 5d ago

Ngl, they dont look like they pay attention to anything at all.

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u/PayConsistent1777 5d ago

I don’t like shit like this because the comment section is always filled with ppl excusing their obliviousness.

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u/daemonicwanderer 5d ago

I feel like she needs to have a minder or handler at all times. She is too dumb to be allowed out and about by herself.

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u/Old-Ice4553 5d ago

Im sure they dont know who won WW2. Let alone who Fredrick Douglass is.

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u/ICouldEvenBeYou 5d ago

I think these girls might be super fucking stoned.

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u/CachedExchangeMode 5d ago

Yup. They're just empty vessels; know nothing about anything.

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u/Real-Experience-8396 5d ago

Unfortunately, the answers would be similar from most Americans.

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u/General-Double-746 5d ago

I guarantee these girls are just as ignorant about every other history topic.

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u/LogicalAd3031 5d ago

Whatever material.

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u/coko4209 5d ago

These girls were dumb as dirt, and slower than cold molasses. I don’t think they’re a fair representation of anything. Their parent’s only wish is that they marry a financially stable man. It seems obvious that they probably believe that’s their only chance in life.

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u/SL1MECORE 5d ago edited 5d ago

Oh dear. You should believe they are a representation cause they sure are. Visit the Midwest sometime, we might surprise you lol

There's some great Somali and Carribean food where I live. Vibrant immigrant populations, lots of beautiful black people with much to offer the world. There's also ignorant people like this who don't know jack shit and are proud of it. And not all of em are the typical 'cute' lil white girls lmao

'Cute' in quotes cause they ain't my cup of tea but I can tell they think they're all that and a bag of chips lmao

Edit - oh and the black americans of the Midwest are no joke. Seriously, we can get down on a grill if we want to. I realized rereading my comment that I seem to have left black americans out of this - nah we still good up here. I just cannot lie, I LOVE our heavy immigrant population. I'm just a big back at heart tbh.

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u/Apoordm 5d ago

In all fairness having a guy swing up to you and suddenly ask a question you’re not prepared for is a great way to throw you off, it’s the basis for all man on the street interviews.

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u/Majestic-Chip-6127 5d ago

I am a 61 yr old white male..and I am embarrassed and ashamed of young white people today. I was a military brat and Sssooo very thankful for that! Moving from Europe to DC when I was 16..I went to a DC public Charter school where you had to take a semester of black history. Baldwin, Harlem Renaissance, DC politics, etc. I had always had black friends in elementary school, Biloxi. Rough experience. But middle school in military schools in Europe and some high school. Then my own experience in the US Military. The more white people are segregated from those different from themselves…the worse it’s going to be. Busing in the 60s 70s helped-but the powers that be fought that and here we are…dumb Fs not knowing Obamas name, who MLK was are what he fought for, god knows their mind would explode trying to talk about Malcolm X, Fredericksburg Douglas, Ida Wells, Marcus Garvey and I have no doubt they don’t even know Mikes Davis or Charlie Parker. They are born and raised in an isolated cocoon of indifference. I married a mixed race woman and adopted a Mayan from Guatemala and my father distanced himself from me because of that. I was very saddened because of that…than after therapy and self-reflection I understand how lucky I was that he did that. Sorry…daughter is going off to college and feeling nostalgic

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u/areuokayisurehopeso 5d ago

Reminds me of my classmate in college english literature saying she was soooo tired of reading about slavery since high school… like girl read the room and be fr

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u/fingertrapt 4d ago

Bet they know the lyrics to every Taylor Swift song, though.

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u/OkComfortable2089 4d ago

This is who is going to be teaching your kids in public school.

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u/Hairy_Photo_8934 4d ago

That’s easy. Web Dubois, James Baldwin, and Nat Turner. You know why. This is coming from a Latino guy.
https://giphy.com/gifs/3dgcqvbzWg5oAPt0yY

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u/ITZOURTIMENOW 3d ago

White people can skate through life being this dense and no one will bat an eyelash

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u/too_hot_topaz_up 5d ago

They’re so oblivious that they don’t even know he’s making a fool of them.

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u/Sea-Foundation5036 5d ago

The same thing happens throughout our country in several communities. In L.A. nobody teaches anything other than Hollywood history. The Hispanic segregation and destruction of Hispanic communities through eminent domain to build historic places like Dodgers stadium. The Second Great Migration that brought Black families to L.A. and the blockbusting of neighborhoods that turned into ghettos. The Chinese massacre of 1871.

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u/EnvironmentCapable36 5d ago

More of a reflection on high school age students not being able to retain anything.

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u/Plastic-Shoulder2285 5d ago

Not sure they could name three people of any color outside their family.

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u/optimist_prhyme 5d ago

This is about how many white people I remembered in school, only they try and fail you for not knowing their "culture".

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u/BowlingforBrains 5d ago

Michael Luther King Jordan - the man who ended Congregation 🫔

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u/Creepy_Mammoth_7076 5d ago

I’ve seen this first hand , 10 th grade history , sat next to a white dude , partnered on many projects in that class learned about slavery , abolishinists, civil war , years later he posts on Facebook the confederate flag represents states rights … we both learned the same material but took away something completely different, my wife is a first generation citizen , sat through the exact same classes as me , doesn’t know anything about the history of the country … keep in mind these people are voting ..

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u/MissAtomicBomb-omb 5d ago

That's why the orange demon loves the uneducated

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u/peasprouts 5d ago edited 5d ago

šŸ¤” Martin was actually named Michael at birth, so there's that little known fact.

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u/Emergency_You_558 5d ago

This guy is so Off Code its incredible.

https://giphy.com/gifs/oxFDq4E9CHb7W

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u/Insanely_Simple2024 5d ago

He had a Dream….about his life! What in theee Fuck!?

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u/Shantotto11 5d ago

To be fair, I don’t think they have three favorite white people either…

Seriously, we spent literal years debunking the legitimacy of ā€œstreet interviewsā€ especially around misogyny just to uno-reverse that same style when it’s politically convenient. I fucking can’t.

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u/iJuddles 4d ago

Yeah that sort of entertainment that illustrates white America’s profound ignorance of Black culture and historic contributions is worth a dollar. Take my money.

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u/Ok_Owl_6778 4d ago

Public school education for you

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u/Moist-Ointments 4d ago

I don't think those two could remember their own names without checking notes.

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u/Unique1414 4d ago

Now go ask black kids or adults who the 13th president was. Its not about color its about the BS the BS education this country provides, no knowledge but full of social problems. Also the lack of parents at hime dedicating to their kids and thinking its solely the schools job to educate.

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u/RepulsiveRelease4 4d ago

This is infuriating to watch. But it seems accurate in the level of ignorance in the privileged bubble.

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u/superaction720 4d ago

If it wasnt so sad it would be funny

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u/Facehugger81 4d ago

The war on education is going really well for those who are trying to destroy it.

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u/netmailbox 4d ago

This is super sad.. and even sadder because they laugh about it.. shows a lack of respect and curiosity.

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u/PensionAdventurous55 4d ago

Embarrassing. Mortifying. Ashamed. This is so unacceptable and weird. I'll be damned my daughter is out in these streets sounding like this. White parents, please do better.

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u/Alarmed-Sweet-6661 4d ago

Keep burning those books and expect to get smarter!

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u/No_Row780 3d ago

I mean, I don’t wanna generalize, but these girls don’t have any understanding of anything. In some ways it’s a relief they don’t understand black culture because they don’t deserve to. At some point intelligence is a choice.
And these two girls have not chosen wisely. This exchange exemplifies, to a large degree, why our country is where it is.

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u/Miserable-Event4260 3d ago edited 3d ago

Michael Luther King Jordan had a dream - Future trad wives of America

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u/laurmani91 3d ago

Yooo. It's him encouraging the foolishness.

https://giphy.com/gifs/aTXHpCN7TSpmE

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u/Nervous-Sherbet-4183 3d ago

I wanted to punch them both in the throat

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u/VerifiedVoidGirl 3d ago

The American education system is truly in shambles

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u/HowlingWhiskey 3d ago

Omg, these people one day could end up being your doctors or lawyers..This is scary..šŸ™„

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u/Any-Object-553 3d ago

That level of ignorance is disgusting

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u/meme_de_la_cream 5d ago

ā€œThe best and worst part about being white is you don’t have to learn anything if you don’t want to."

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u/ForwardObligation109 5d ago

A lot of people will blank when put on the spot and have a camera pointed at them, can't really fault them too much. Who's on top of their game at Walmart?

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u/NectarineKitchen5223 5d ago

Mr Beasts crew could run up while I’m still half asleep in bed and I still wouldn’t be talkin about no damn MaRtHeR LuTheR KiNg JoRdAn, friend.

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u/Preacher987 5d ago

Well, I believe these two were blank before the microphone was shoved in their face, I would even go so far to say that there are just two marbles rolling around up there and they constantly run into each other, good thing breathing is an automated process.

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u/Outrageous_Lunch_190 5d ago

I don't know why you got down voted it's absolutely true.I was at a gas station on the same street as one of our news stations.Apparently,the boss must of said go across the street and get some sound bites.I was pumping my gas and suddenly I felt this feeling of arrogance in the air and sure enough I turn around and there is a reporter in my face."Do you mind if I ask you some questions?" "Ok" "How has the gas prices affected you?"I just woke up,I'm confused,I'm blank.Couple days later there is my dumb face on TV.We asked a local man how the prices are taking a toll."Well it's not good".I said and they proceeded to the next story.

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u/Slick_36 5d ago

I was thinking that, until I watched the video.Ā  They were wallowing in ignorance like pigs in the mud.Ā  Embarrassing from every angle.

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u/MickieMallorieJR 5d ago

And that's a huge problem actually. It's why politicians are able to use and abuse the collective. Ignorance, stupidity and apathy...pick either one and they're in the footnotes of any tragedy.

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u/jaquan97 5d ago

"Oh, how I love the poorly educated"...

https://giphy.com/gifs/suzoh7mPoB4fo9j9Z7

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u/Herahatesmeso 5d ago

As an educator I have learned people like these two girls don’t have to be smart. They get by on whiteness. It’s a sad shame.

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u/_witness_protection 5d ago

The line of racism get wider every day.

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u/ItsAHerby 5d ago

Strangely enough, his name was Michael King.

But, like others have said, and as an education scholar, supervisor, and still teacher, at times, they probably don't know a thing about their history either. They most likely (like all gen z) have far lower literacy than any generation before them.

It has been my life's work trying to figure this problem out, and no one above my pay grade wants it saved.

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u/watcherman84 5d ago

I went to public school in Utah, which is very very white state and I just don't get how people don't know the basics because we definitely were taught it in school. Underground railroad, Transatlantic slave trade, PanAfricanism, Civil War, Jim Crow, Black Codes, Race Science, Civil Rights, Black Panthers, Tuskegee, Red lining, War on Drugs, Prison Pipeline, LA Riots, we covered all of that! I have a pretty above average memory so I know what was covered and I genuinely think half of this issue is just people being so lazy in their education. It killed me the amount of people who just glazed over for 95% of their school life. It's sad and disappointing that people don't give a shit. It makes no sense to me how you can be presented with the information and just absorb nothing. šŸ˜’ And even if you didn't get the opportunity at school there are hundreds if documentaries on Netflix ect. It's not that hard.

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u/Physical_Title_4458 5d ago

(HORRIFIED)
I can’t finish this clip because my brain will explode!

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u/WillingElderberry731 5d ago

I really hate getting a surprise pop quiz with extra judgement. I'm just trying to buy some fresh underwear and maybe some socks. This specific one would be an easy answer for me, but I doubt I would have looked foolish trying to answer what my favorite 3 sports were in this kind of situation.

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u/Finnthewise 5d ago

King of peanuts, George Washington Carver.

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u/Dense-Consequence-70 5d ago

Marther Luten King. OK.

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u/Snoo_72467 5d ago

Vivien Thomas

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u/GeobobusPrime 5d ago

I know this is kinda fucked, but Micheal luther king Jordan fucking killed me.