How Percy Julian Became One of the World’s Greatest Scientists (feat. Jordan Peele) - Drunk History

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • Percy Julian grew up to be a pioneer in the field of chemistry despite the many racial barriers he encountered along the way.
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Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @emerson685
    @emerson685 4 года назад +216

    As a former chemist, I can attest that "take this molecule and this molecule and go boom," is spot-on lab talk.

    • @bspoiled
      @bspoiled 10 месяцев назад +1

      That’s molecules for ya 😂

  • @mrsoshadabaadman
    @mrsoshadabaadman 5 лет назад +754

    He lived in Chicago. Neighbours tried to burn his house down and run him out of town. But changed the course of science and industry. We salute you sir.

    • @vanessadotson8067
      @vanessadotson8067 4 года назад +6

      I've lived here in Chicago all my life an I never knew that thanks... HAPPY 2020

    • @amw7007
      @amw7007 4 года назад +2

      Mr Sosha Da baad Man he was a sexual freak

    • @palanch89
      @palanch89 4 года назад +4

      moodi a he got pussy🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @Bailemos888
      @Bailemos888 4 года назад +11

      I hate racism.

    • @mrsoshadabaadman
      @mrsoshadabaadman 4 года назад +4

      @@amw7007 Go ahead and provide your video on that. We talking about what he experienced along with his wife and children from racist neighbors and law enforcement it seems.

  • @livetheempoweredlife
    @livetheempoweredlife 8 лет назад +7275

    I am a scientist who was and is inspired by Percy Julian. This video is awesome!

    • @Holy_hand-grenade
      @Holy_hand-grenade 6 лет назад +24

      livetheempoweredlife scientist in which field?

    • @mieeshaessonaa5905
      @mieeshaessonaa5905 6 лет назад +17

      AWESOME

    • @popeye697
      @popeye697 6 лет назад +30

      livetheempoweredlife did you move to Vienna too?

    • @oof-rr5nf
      @oof-rr5nf 6 лет назад +19

      livetheempoweredlife You're awesome, scientists are awesome. Keep at it!

    • @codysupak4384
      @codysupak4384 6 лет назад +11

      highly doubt it

  • @ditto7380
    @ditto7380 5 лет назад +221

    I did a report Dr. Julian when I was in elementary school in Alabama. He played a pivotal role in the development of artificial adrenaline or epinephrine. Anyone whose life depends on an epipen needs to know about this awesome man.

    • @PositiveZ7
      @PositiveZ7 5 лет назад +20

      I had never Heard of him until Drunk History. Surprising that he broke so many barriers and advanced our world with out much props.

    • @malumachado4561
      @malumachado4561 3 года назад +8

      If it wasnt for Dr. Julian's perseverance I wouldnt be alive today.

  • @SiyabongaAfrica
    @SiyabongaAfrica 9 лет назад +2258

    The narration plus Peele's acting killed it. Still LMAO!!

    • @yercabbages
      @yercabbages 5 лет назад +11

      NEGUS MBARKA
      U ok bro lol

    • @puritybenson5369
      @puritybenson5369 4 года назад +6

      @NEGUS MBARKA you sound stupid says a Nigerian,I bet your ancestors will be ashamed at the amount of hate you're carrying within you

    • @michaelsmalley9755
      @michaelsmalley9755 4 года назад

      @NEGUS MBARKA you sound like Uncle Ruckus from the boondocks.

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 года назад

      Lies again? Mandingo Styles

  • @mr.piccolojr.1961
    @mr.piccolojr.1961 9 лет назад +6206

    Jim Crow Segregation Land sounds like the worst theme park ever!

    • @dandylione1
      @dandylione1 9 лет назад +26

      +Mr. Piccolo Jr. Hahahhahaa! AntiDisneyland or....MetaDisneyland. Still ...sucks.

    • @victorrain
      @victorrain 7 лет назад +78

      Mr. Piccolo Jr. No opportunititties there

    • @themaggattack
      @themaggattack 6 лет назад +7

      victorrain "fugUguyzIguess" 😤

    • @k.b.8763
      @k.b.8763 6 лет назад +1

      Mr. Piccolo Jr. 😂😂

    • @codysupak4384
      @codysupak4384 6 лет назад +2

      more like the best

  • @cameronray4107
    @cameronray4107 9 лет назад +2689

    this molecule goes with this molecule and then boom...

    • @Fresharies
      @Fresharies 9 лет назад +58

      Me in science class

    • @mason8241
      @mason8241 8 лет назад +81

      +Cameron Ray we're having a good time

    • @m1k3y48
      @m1k3y48 8 лет назад +23

      The story of how the Nobel Prize came to be right there

    • @baloog8
      @baloog8 7 лет назад +34

      As an ex chem e student, i can confirm thats exactly how it rolls in labs.

    • @talondearborne7631
      @talondearborne7631 5 лет назад +5

      Science!

  • @babydingo95
    @babydingo95 9 лет назад +2246

    "carbons,hydrodrons,oxygrons, carbotrons thats molecules for ya..."

  • @nino3436
    @nino3436 10 лет назад +4976

    I don't want to get into too much detail here. I've penetrated many women.
    All the best,
    Percy.

  • @TheChestnutBowl
    @TheChestnutBowl 9 лет назад +2538

    This was hilarious AND educational. I'm glad to have learned about Percy Julian.
    As Jordan Peele was great. His physical comedy really sells it well.

    • @tijan8948
      @tijan8948 5 лет назад +26

      JP is a brilliant physical actor

    • @daivdninjabiomech7888
      @daivdninjabiomech7888 5 лет назад +5

      @@tijan8948 yeah he's amazing. you one of my favorite roles of his was that stupid criminal from .mad tv

    • @Danube1030
      @Danube1030 5 лет назад +1

      Q Q is the most

    • @SteaksOnSpear
      @SteaksOnSpear 4 года назад

      it's not really educational, as it's pretty inaccurate.

    • @macmacgkc1st
      @macmacgkc1st 4 года назад +1

      SteakOnSpear sandy true I guess drunk and history aren’t really the best combo

  • @maggieandgeorge
    @maggieandgeorge 8 лет назад +2352

    when the narrator eats the item from the list he is so adorable!!!

    • @plantmom4909
      @plantmom4909 7 лет назад +15

      I know right!

    • @seedfamily1404
      @seedfamily1404 5 лет назад +26

      Lol that's my absolute favorite part in this video. And I think drunk history just might be the most hilarious and entertaining program around. Would that I could make a guest appearance some day!

    • @daivdninjabiomech7888
      @daivdninjabiomech7888 5 лет назад +4

      drunkenness does that to people

    • @overclockmotors2785
      @overclockmotors2785 5 лет назад +10

      Bitch, your adorable!

    • @saus3ravioli74
      @saus3ravioli74 5 лет назад +7

      I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that he is adorable! Kind ❤️ type of guy! Luv him!

  • @cqtaylor
    @cqtaylor 10 лет назад +1411

    This show is amazing! Without Drunk History, most people wouldn't have even heard of Percy Julian's scientific contributions.

    • @jeanettewittstein7656
      @jeanettewittstein7656 8 лет назад +92

      +cqtaylor
      I've learned more about African-American history and contributions from Drunk History than I EVER learned in K-12.

    • @cqtaylor
      @cqtaylor 8 лет назад +6

      Jeanette Wittstein Likewise!

    • @DeathstormX
      @DeathstormX 8 лет назад +4

      +cqtaylor Actually i JUST learned about him from Martin Shkreli

    • @LittleFishy219
      @LittleFishy219 7 лет назад +10

      I learned about him once in 5th grade and then in high school. Public school is normally shit, but I'm so thankful for mine

    • @slydtsman
      @slydtsman 5 лет назад +8

      I went to a school named after him in the AZ. Never knew who he was. I LOVE Drunk History. "Takin' Notes..., Takin' Notes!"

  • @Hoe_Rogan
    @Hoe_Rogan 5 лет назад +3095

    Drunk history teaching more than sober history

  • @rabidfish02
    @rabidfish02 8 лет назад +872

    Dude just ate Procedure for the preparation of Progesterone. Thug life.

    • @Supersurfer12
      @Supersurfer12 6 лет назад +28

      rabidfish02 There is nothing more gangster than that

  • @dorkmax7073
    @dorkmax7073 5 лет назад +71

    The guys in editing are legends. Not only did they comply with his request for a crawl, they had him eat one of the lines.

  • @teamnitrogen210
    @teamnitrogen210 9 лет назад +572

    The moment Peele walked in I flipped shit

    • @TheEasybeat
      @TheEasybeat 8 лет назад +3

      +Bismo Funyuns Me too

    • @brandygee9954
      @brandygee9954 6 лет назад +1

      I had to pause it for my laugh break.😆

    • @poormansvlog770
      @poormansvlog770 4 года назад +1

      Don't you have a game today, Funyuns?

  • @busyrand
    @busyrand 5 лет назад +132

    This man is my favorite scientist! He is singlehandedly responsible for ushering in the modern era of pharmaceutical synthesis that we benefit from currently. Before his work, pain medication was expensive, used extremely addictive agents, and was only accessible to the wealthy. My dad was a Chemist, and I'm classically trained as an Organic Chemist as well. I wish more people knew about all the cool stuff he did.

    • @BM-jo2mn
      @BM-jo2mn 5 лет назад +1

      Past it on put up his picture and when people see it and ask "Who is that?" You can say "Oh that's Mr. percy Julian...

    • @abandonedmuse
      @abandonedmuse 5 лет назад +5

      Who taught you about him? I studied pretty far in science and I never had heard of him. He was amazing!

    • @kristinmccloy
      @kristinmccloy 4 года назад

      um...as opposed to now? When pain medication is not expensive or using extremely addictive agents? BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 4 года назад +4

      @@kristinmccloy That's because of dumb laws. Before then it was legitimately expensive to make. Insulin used to come from cow pancreas but can be produced by genetically engineered yeast, drastically reducing cost, but US law causes the price to stockrocket while it's cheap in other countries.

    • @kristinmccloy
      @kristinmccloy 4 года назад +2

      @@richardarriaga6271 look at that! Drunk History just keeps on teachin me! Thanks, RA

  • @switchingtime
    @switchingtime 7 лет назад +454

    I love how Peele is basically just wearing his getup from his Martin Luther King Jr. Epic Rap Battle in the beginning.

  • @princessthompson68
    @princessthompson68 6 лет назад +2159

    "Opportun titties" 💀😂😂😂

    • @bigtaz504
      @bigtaz504 5 лет назад +6

      We don't care. Fratboys are dicks

    • @j5892000
      @j5892000 5 лет назад +9

      Laughs.. fuck you guys .lol

    • @gegasmeef7850
      @gegasmeef7850 5 лет назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️ I fucken died at tht part!!

    • @DeadInside-ct6dl
      @DeadInside-ct6dl 5 лет назад +10

      "Fuck you guys I guess" quote of the year

    • @mouadkrikbou4596
      @mouadkrikbou4596 4 года назад +1

      that line killed me !!

  • @TsunamiHead62
    @TsunamiHead62 5 лет назад +88

    "He escaped into the plants... it sounds so dumb when I say it" 😂😂😂

  • @dvegasallstar
    @dvegasallstar 10 лет назад +222

    3:55, "this molecule goes to this molecule and goes boom, then this molecule is goin to this molecule and boom, we're havin a good time ;)"

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 6 лет назад +5

      😂😂😂😂
      and all molecular biologist, physic scientist have legitimate reason for drunk at work...

  • @stacyvinciquerra
    @stacyvinciquerra 5 лет назад +81

    No, he's an inspiration to more than just blacks. He's an inspiration to the medical field period, no matter if they state it or not. He can't be denied!

  • @ArtemisScribe
    @ArtemisScribe 5 лет назад +433

    I'm literally putting hydro-cortisone cream on right now as I watch this video. Thanks for making eczema bearable Percy!

    • @tibbygaycat
      @tibbygaycat 5 лет назад +19

      Mr percy is official science waifu

    • @jasminepearls1047
      @jasminepearls1047 5 лет назад +3

      That stuff causes withdrawls when you stop using them

    • @susanaduran3058
      @susanaduran3058 5 лет назад

      @@jasminepearls1047 what does that mean?

    • @eval4495
      @eval4495 5 лет назад +10

      I've been using it for insect bites. It makes the itch bearable, thank goodness.

    • @quidamlambda5126
      @quidamlambda5126 5 лет назад

      It has a price.
      Cortisone has nasty side effects.

  • @bookdream
    @bookdream 10 лет назад +603

    Carbons, and... Hydrogons... Oxydrons, and... Carbotrons and that molecules for ya

    • @Keithmclane273
      @Keithmclane273 4 года назад +9

      An entire semester of organic chemistry in 4 molecules. 🙏

  • @Nioclas64
    @Nioclas64 10 лет назад +894

    This guy should be on more often.

    • @celosias
      @celosias 10 лет назад +23

      Agreed

    • @bethanyleonard4316
      @bethanyleonard4316 9 лет назад +47

      Nioclas Harbison I wish he would read these comments. He's always so self-depreciating!

    • @charlottehankins9563
      @charlottehankins9563 6 лет назад +4

      Neo Harbison I don’t think he has a liver anymore 😂

    • @bicooo1
      @bicooo1 5 лет назад +3

      @@bethanyleonard4316 Yeah he's such an insecure drunk

    • @theartist6764
      @theartist6764 5 лет назад +2

      Say it louder

  • @Anarquistador
    @Anarquistador 10 лет назад +130

    I'm impressed that he could pronounce "progesterone" while drunk.

    • @lemurpie9381
      @lemurpie9381 3 года назад +4

      better than he can pronounce opportunities

    • @marquis911
      @marquis911 3 года назад +1

      Opportunititties?

  • @rebeccajanvrin1228
    @rebeccajanvrin1228 7 лет назад +135

    As a DePauw Alum, I was like, "yay! Go DePa- oh. Oh. Oh, shit. Our bad. Yikes."

    • @ajmeyers5661
      @ajmeyers5661 6 лет назад +20

      Well at least we named the science building after him...like 80 years after the fact

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 4 года назад +6

      At least they're talking about good people. Some of the worst Republicans in history came from my alma mater.

    • @TheWard1ne
      @TheWard1ne 4 года назад

      Lol

    • @carbine090909
      @carbine090909 3 года назад

      @@ajmeyers5661 ooooh, I'd love to know the back story that burn!

    • @carbine090909
      @carbine090909 3 года назад

      @@ajmeyers5661 ooooh, I'd love to know the back story that burn!

  • @katlynwhittenburg2951
    @katlynwhittenburg2951 5 лет назад +17

    When I'm feeling down because maybe I said something dumb or had a dumb idea, I like to imagine Derek encouraging me saying, "No! Sounds great!" just like he did in this video. 0:44

  • @audreymuzingo933
    @audreymuzingo933 5 лет назад +47

    When I taught high school chemistry I had this arrogant black student, senior, star quarterback. He did nothing but smart off and bitch about assignments, failed every test, and wound up with like a 48% at the end of the year. His mom flipped out to the principal and he basically gave me the choice between the pink slip or giving the kid some kind of assignment worth the 12% overall grade, so he could graduate. So I told him to research Percy Julian and give me a 5-page biography on him. He not only did a decent paper, he thanked me for introducing him to the chemist's story.

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 4 года назад

      M J :-)

    • @christschool
      @christschool 4 года назад +5

      I'll never understand these parents. I have a son with autism. I'm in his face everyday about doing his work in class and getting him to complete his homework. My son is profoundly disabled. If my son has an "autistic flare up" at school, I'm told about it right away and brought into the principles office. In your story, the parent had a star quarterback son that failed and at the end of the school year she shows up to bitch to the principal? Really! I have 0 sympathy for parents of typically developing children that can't do the minimum when I work my ass off 24/7 just so my child can be around these losers.

    • @Morgan24_7
      @Morgan24_7 4 года назад +2

      His mom did that assignment.

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 4 года назад +2

      @@christschool Well that was my first year teaching, and parents like that (and principals like that) were major factors in why I only lasted 4 years. I saw an amazingly poignant comic strip (of all things) during that time. In the first cell, titled "Then", a teacher and two parents are facing a kid, saying "Explain these grades!" and the second cell, "Now," had the parents and kid facing the teacher saying, "Explain these grades!" Meanwhile you've got administrators constantly pressuring you to implement "academic rigor" to get kids to test well, but when you try to hold them to account for their performance (never mind their behavior), they don't back you up. I can't even call the job "hard"; it's literally undoable. And that's why almost no teachers stay more than 5 years now.

    • @audreymuzingo933
      @audreymuzingo933 4 года назад +1

      @@Morgan24_7 I wish I could just dismiss what you're saying as cynical but you're probably right.

  • @thearchie358
    @thearchie358 5 лет назад +24

    One of THE BEST DRUNK HISTORY SEGMENTS!!!!!!!!!!! Hands down!
    The story teller makes it funnier- with his smart drunk talk!

  • @DiscountPotato
    @DiscountPotato 5 лет назад +44

    He was so brilliant. Sad that his contributions is not celebrated as much.

  • @lloydrobert6182
    @lloydrobert6182 5 лет назад +17

    A genius playing a genius? What else can one ask when learning about something great. This was edutainment at its best!

  • @bicooo1
    @bicooo1 5 лет назад +28

    Jordan is the best, he's such a good actor and lip-syncer, I love him!
    Also that ending lol

  • @The43412131
    @The43412131 5 лет назад +3

    'sounds so dumb when I say it' is amazing, 00:43 and then the immediate support from the interview is almost even better

  • @taliasweo7752
    @taliasweo7752 8 лет назад +43

    "carbonds, hydrodrons, oxydrons, carbitrons. L'Carpetron Dookmarriot - University of Vienna at Vienna"

    • @benglaser1345
      @benglaser1345 6 лет назад

      Talia Sweo *carbawns, hydrobrawns, oxydrawns, carbitrawns

  • @SecretAgentMan00
    @SecretAgentMan00 9 лет назад +267

    I literally thought DePauw was a drunken ass spelling of DePaul University but no it isn't!
    DePauw University actually exists and is located in Indiana lol.....

    • @adamsinger123
      @adamsinger123 5 лет назад +5

      Same thought!

    • @serena2608
      @serena2608 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah....................people who have basic knowledge know that

    • @vanessadotson8067
      @vanessadotson8067 4 года назад +1

      I'm 5yrs late but do you know my friend he's also an agent he goes by the name 007, if so pls say hi for me thx(-:

    • @vasilevasile6277
      @vasilevasile6277 4 года назад +1

      @@vanessadotson8067 hi

    • @vanessadotson8067
      @vanessadotson8067 4 года назад +1

      @@vasilevasile6277
      007 is that you, it's me agent 069....we had some good times together...LoL don't act like you don't remember...

  • @stlrickyjones
    @stlrickyjones 5 лет назад +38

    A five year old video that actually tells true history, in a hilarious fashion. Shouts out to Percy Lavon Julian.

  • @sglant
    @sglant 4 года назад +24

    Why have I NEVER heard of this man? I'm in IT, but my wife who has a masters in science may know of him. He was amazing!

  • @Firstworldprobs
    @Firstworldprobs 10 лет назад +52

    YES. Best drunk historian they've ever had

  • @coryleed
    @coryleed 9 лет назад +29

    This is...by far...the funniest episode I've ever watched. Comedy GOLD!

  • @dianasharon5647
    @dianasharon5647 8 лет назад +38

    Opportunititties. Thanks for getting this word stuck in my head now, K&P.

    • @bilimbilin
      @bilimbilin 5 лет назад +2

      This is not Key and Peele dood.

  • @7supergirl
    @7supergirl 7 лет назад +331

    I don't know who the guy is who is telling the story but he is adorable. Also this is fascinating! Why didn't we learn this in school?!

    • @paigewashington6018
      @paigewashington6018 6 лет назад +6

      misssophisicated I'm So yes you know why. Watch bass

    • @Wanderer25
      @Wanderer25 6 лет назад +43

      Katie McGowan Because Jim Crow Segregation Land

    • @tanesharichardson8437
      @tanesharichardson8437 6 лет назад +36

      U know why honey.

    • @elLocodelsubte
      @elLocodelsubte 5 лет назад +11

      There is one about the first time trans and gay ppl stands against the system that is pretty good too, and there is also one about a how a museum lady manager saves a ton of art from the nazis , those are a Must watch

    • @robbynew100
      @robbynew100 5 лет назад +8

      The guy telling the story is Allan McLeod

  • @SourSauerKraut
    @SourSauerKraut 9 лет назад +120

    he ate one of them at the end, oh god that was hilarious.

    • @mundaneamazing
      @mundaneamazing 8 лет назад +5

      I love the editors for that! I certainly laughed aloud :D

  • @SaveriusTianhui
    @SaveriusTianhui 5 лет назад +26

    This Legend overcame all odds, racism we can't even imagine (see Goggins) and STILL built a company and did great science to Help Everyone.

    • @KOOLBadger
      @KOOLBadger 9 месяцев назад

      Eventually we loved him and he was totally excepted in my villiage.

  • @distractedpoptart
    @distractedpoptart 5 лет назад +9

    5:17 "Safety first: Wear your goggles"
    Meanwhile nobody in that shot is wearing goggles.

  • @nino3436
    @nino3436 10 лет назад +50

    Carbons and..Hyrdrodrons..oxydronzen..Carbotrons..and that's molecules for ya!

  • @Lyw1234567890
    @Lyw1234567890 8 лет назад +266

    When he grabbed the text and ate it I broke down oh my god

  • @LimLamOfficial
    @LimLamOfficial 5 лет назад +5

    I fucking love Jordan Peele's lip sync to this, it's so on point

  • @LesMiserables999
    @LesMiserables999 7 лет назад +160

    I always hate when people get racially raishist

  • @guineafridge5154
    @guineafridge5154 6 лет назад +23

    I have never in my life heard of this great man.

    • @blvxkgxldimperialinc
      @blvxkgxldimperialinc 5 лет назад +6

      Because he's black scientist name another great one u cant without googling them.. that's why u don't know u weren't taught about the real black greats only the ones small America made great

  • @216kingDavid1
    @216kingDavid1 3 года назад +3

    5:55 He ate the “procedure for the preparation of Progesterone” incase any of you were wondering

  • @running730
    @running730 5 лет назад +6

    0:40 -0:49 this is the cutest moment to me! Idk why 😂
    His face is just so precious lol!

  • @nonipscage2340
    @nonipscage2340 10 лет назад +123

    Make more with this guy

  • @JENDALL714
    @JENDALL714 9 лет назад +35

    Without this show I would have never known there was a land called "Jim Crow Segregation Land"!

    • @commonsense3921
      @commonsense3921 4 года назад

      It’s still around it’s called Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

  • @TheLakers24788
    @TheLakers24788 10 лет назад +47

    "Jim crow segregation land" lmfao

  • @elialexandra730
    @elialexandra730 5 лет назад +68

    It's sad that I learn alot more about african american history here than at school

  • @09Chelsh
    @09Chelsh 8 лет назад +106

    he was able to escape into the...plants. hahahs

  • @nibirue
    @nibirue 5 лет назад +26

    Hey he created what is 50% of my birth control!

    • @katerkarlo159
      @katerkarlo159 5 лет назад +1

      Would love to help you celebrate that....😉

    • @JazzFlop212
      @JazzFlop212 5 лет назад +14

      @@katerkarlo159 dude what the fuck.

  • @seanthomasmusic
    @seanthomasmusic 9 лет назад +37

    they should have "stoned history"

  • @taunnychicago7684
    @taunnychicago7684 5 лет назад +2

    Not only did I learn about Percy Julian but I found the narration oddly calming.

  • @gregoryaparker
    @gregoryaparker 5 лет назад +75

    Imagine what we could achieve as a nation if you didn't try to hold back people based solely on race. Things that make you go hmmmm...

    • @martinum4
      @martinum4 4 года назад +6

      A world just based on facts, efficiency and progress...

    • @FranP25
      @FranP25 4 года назад +3

      I wouldn't want to live back in the day

    • @Theozzie11
      @Theozzie11 4 года назад

      Where is this happening? Are their laws that prevent people opportunity? Names these and lets fight them!

    • @yellowonesdontstop
      @yellowonesdontstop 4 года назад +9

      @@Theozzie11 It's more complicated now. Civil Rights legislation has abolished laws that explicitly mention race; however, the legacy of racist practices like redlining, which kept People of Color who lived in those neighborhoods from building wealth (and in many cases caused them to lose wealth as their property values declined), and current practices that have disproportionate racial impact like policing, our criminal justice system, credit scoring, funding methods for public schools, "old boys" networks for hiring and access to investor capital, etc. create extra barriers for Black people and other People of Color to fully realize their potential. No one would have blamed Percy Julian if he had gotten fed up at DePauw and decided to live out his life in a steady union job on a Ford factory line. No one knows how many Black businesses never got off the ground because someone couldn't get start-up funds or a venture capital firm wasn't willing to finance years of losses (like for Uber, Facebook, Amazon, etc).

    • @Theozzie11
      @Theozzie11 4 года назад

      @@yellowonesdontstop dude if you dont have something/ someone specific we can fight against then who are we fighting? All white people? Is their racism in NBA, NFL? If not there then why would there be racism in every other aspect of capitalist culture?

  • @marcsaturnino1041
    @marcsaturnino1041 5 лет назад +1

    Percy Julian rocked as does Drunk History. It’s like Multiplication Rock for adults. LMAO 😂

  • @happymasksalesman9116
    @happymasksalesman9116 5 лет назад +10

    I love how he messed up a word and Jordan just looks at the screen.

  • @uncle1886
    @uncle1886 5 лет назад +1

    This guys one of if not my most favorite drunk story tellers. There was a kid in college with me, a six year guy, and when he got drunk he’d tell us historical stories. He was so ahead of his time lol. I loved his Benedict Arnold story the most. Such passion and slurred words.

  • @corgeousgeorge
    @corgeousgeorge 5 лет назад +3

    OMG the dude narrating seems so mellow and chill. Usually drunks are all hyper and angry, this guy is a cool customer. I'd hang with him any day!

  • @Zoe-ql3po
    @Zoe-ql3po 4 года назад +3

    No idea why, but when Allan went all sad and said "Ugh. That sounds so dumb when I say it", I just felt the urge to give him the tightest hug.
    Also, how am I only just finding out about Percy Julian? This man was exceptional.

  • @claredelune
    @claredelune 10 лет назад +96

    Dare I say I learned something?!

  • @ffunit
    @ffunit 8 лет назад +73

    I wish I knew about him as a kid.

  • @jcheartspj
    @jcheartspj 5 лет назад +3

    Love how they edited the words when he pretended to eat it and didn't leave him hanging. Love that.

  • @cosmosblue772
    @cosmosblue772 5 лет назад +2

    Funnily enough, Jordan Peele probably could make a movie about Percy Julian now ✨

  • @hotbluflame2933
    @hotbluflame2933 5 лет назад +6

    This version of Percy Julian’s story is way funnier than the PBS version.

  • @EnoVarma
    @EnoVarma 7 лет назад +19

    This was a great edition. Jordan Peele (I think it was him) was spot on as Percy.

  • @bolaolagunju4735
    @bolaolagunju4735 8 лет назад +199

    black people went through some shit!!!!

    • @HUinstinct
      @HUinstinct 8 лет назад +43

      Bola Olagunju I don't even know what to say to that, except for, I agree.

    • @NegaRenGenX2gay2lift
      @NegaRenGenX2gay2lift 7 лет назад +4

      it's like a fever dream.

    • @pariah2767
      @pariah2767 7 лет назад +3

      Bola Olagunju if you ever go and do your research of things throughout history, literally every race pretty much everywhere went through some shit. we just hear more about black people...js

    • @pariah2767
      @pariah2767 7 лет назад +2

      Bola Olagunju I mean, look at the native Americans, Spanish people came over and was like, "aye is this India?" and the natives were like, "no wtf is that?" and the Spanish were like, "so you're not indians?" and the natives were like, "no bro but welcome." then the Spanish were like, "mehhh you're indians. but uhh we'll be back with some white people" then the white people showed up and were like, "yep, we like it here so we're just gonna kill all you guys and isolate you into tiny areas and just take shit over" which they did and now the natives have to sit there on thier tiny little pieces of land and watch EVERYONE enjoy what belonged to them in the first place.

    • @gemixxxx6253
      @gemixxxx6253 7 лет назад +4

      +Dorothy Graham that also happened to black people in Africa you idiot, how do you think black people were taken as slaves.🙄🙄🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽

  • @LahTahShuh
    @LahTahShuh 5 лет назад +9

    I attended Percy L. Julian HS in Chicago, but sadly before attending, I had no idea who he was!

  • @WTFisTingispingis
    @WTFisTingispingis 8 лет назад +39

    DRUNK SCIENCE IS BEST SCIENCE

  • @lujujj4157
    @lujujj4157 8 лет назад +39

    thanks for teaching me about this guy

  • @valbuquerque17
    @valbuquerque17 4 года назад +4

    This is an actual masterpiece...

  • @FirstNameLastName-el5vr
    @FirstNameLastName-el5vr 5 лет назад +2

    the whole narrating idea is weirdly amazing

  • @TillisWard
    @TillisWard 5 лет назад +4

    *grabs item off list
    *eats it
    😂😂😂💀
    Love this show

  • @kristina_mko
    @kristina_mko 5 лет назад +2

    I love the acting in this video, Jordan Peele copies the lines very well hahaha

  • @sjeasley9594
    @sjeasley9594 5 лет назад +7

    Comedy is a great way to teach history.

  • @kR-lh6ot
    @kR-lh6ot 4 года назад +1

    I’m not black and I’m inspired, this is so inspirational. I never heard of you before but god or science bless you Percy Julian, you’re an icon and a hero we dint hear enough about

  • @The.End.Begins24
    @The.End.Begins24 5 лет назад +10

    If this is how history was taught in school I would be an historian. Hell, you've inspired me, I will become the world's most renowned historian, Mark this day.

  • @ramolarroc1816
    @ramolarroc1816 5 лет назад +1

    Im not African -American and Percy still a role model to me. I didnt even know who he was before this. Thank you

  • @via.og9
    @via.og9 5 лет назад +10

    I'm doing a history project about Percy Julian. This video was helpful😂👍🏾

  • @teresahankgomez9657
    @teresahankgomez9657 3 года назад +1

    It's the cutest thing that the editors of the vid took the time to make that "grab a sentence and eat it" thingy

  • @roderickconstantino5354
    @roderickconstantino5354 6 лет назад +6

    Awesome job on that syncing! Imaging these famous actors had to read a drunkers script to the T

  • @MixedRogueKhorri
    @MixedRogueKhorri 6 лет назад +1

    I love how when the guests are drunk and ask them to edit in something special, they actually do it...I love that. its sweet

  • @brielli6393
    @brielli6393 8 лет назад +325

    And after going through puberty, he became mixed

    • @brielli6393
      @brielli6393 8 лет назад +35

      I didn't mean to imply that black people can't be light-skinned without recent white ancestors, more that the two actors were really far apart in color. I suppose saying he became light-skinned would be more accurate

    • @garrusn7702
      @garrusn7702 8 лет назад +27

      Bri Elli He really doesn't look like a west African without any recent white ancestry. Black Americans have a somewhat skewed perception of what a fully African person looks like. Sure, there are some Berber people, maybe some Sudanese or Ethiopian people too, who look a little more light skinned, kind of like Keye and Peele. But most of the "light skinned" people in the USA, are just part white. If you go to the ancestral homeland of black Americans (Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali. . .) you'll see that they look very different from African Americans.

    • @garrusn7702
      @garrusn7702 8 лет назад +22

      +Noelle to be fair. . ."black" is a really ambiguous term.

    • @chadtep7571
      @chadtep7571 7 лет назад +13

      David A. I knew the white washing would come. If he were a criminal, you would see only a black person.

    • @goodgirlkay
      @goodgirlkay 7 лет назад +4

      Bri Elli So fucking true!! LMBAO!

  • @streetjustices1706
    @streetjustices1706 5 лет назад +1

    This is one of the best drunk stories.

  • @scottierasberry4449
    @scottierasberry4449 5 лет назад +7

    Wow, this science dude... was pretty baller.

  • @RPG_Angie
    @RPG_Angie 7 лет назад +3

    Peele's lipsync is ON FUCKING POINT.

  • @iloveyourunclebob
    @iloveyourunclebob 5 лет назад +11

    "What do you want to cheers to?"
    "Alabama"
    This didn't age well lol

    • @ummmidunno8308
      @ummmidunno8308 5 лет назад +4

      Ikr! I thought this was new, and I was like.... NO! But then I saw when it was aired, and then I was like.... NO! STILL NOPE!

    • @JK-gu3tl
      @JK-gu3tl 4 года назад

      ROLL TIDE

  • @dave9401
    @dave9401 3 года назад +1

    I'm so happy drunk history covered this!

  • @GiGiGiWest
    @GiGiGiWest 5 лет назад +4

    3:29 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Peele, you're an astounding comedian

  • @Nouta1
    @Nouta1 5 лет назад +1

    I have to stop for a moment my chest hurts from laughing at "Yeah sure I'll make a pizza I'm only trying to be a scientist over here; just trying to get my Damn degree"

  • @ladymaiden2308
    @ladymaiden2308 5 лет назад +4

    If Derek asked me what I wanted to Cheers to......
    " having you in my kitchen having a drink with me." 🥂
    Seriously though, I love this guy's narrative. How adorable is he?!

  • @audreymuzingo933
    @audreymuzingo933 4 года назад +1

    Within weeks of starting a job teaching high school chemistry, the principal forced me to give this smartass black football star senior an extra credit assignment so he could graduate despite never turning in work. So I made him research Julian and give me an essay on his life.Cheers from Mobile, Alabama btw!!!

  • @ginijbond
    @ginijbond 5 лет назад +8

    This is how everything should be taught.

  • @lealf
    @lealf 4 года назад +1

    This guy saved my mama´s life ..... Watching drunk history drunk is the best