As a choctaw Native American I understand that’s how life worked back then. We took the land from others and others took the land from us I never felt like I was a victim. Back then i don’t know why black people dont realize they weren’t the only slaves they just seem to always complain about it. Im also Mexican, Italian and Portuguese some of my ancestors were slaves. But I wasn’t a slave and no one did wrong to me so I can’t just blame all my life problems on something I didn’t go through. I can’t stand this victim mentality we applaud in America. We are the greatest country ever so blessed and privileged
Why do you yanks think your country is the best in the world? Reality check, America is far from being the best country in the world, some of you yanks would be better off putting your energies into educating yourselves or maybe travel to other countries
Story time: Bare with me, it's a bit long! I'm a white male who was waiting in the checkout line in Walmart. In front of me was a black women and her small child (had to be around 4-5 yo). The child was sitting in the buggy seat, looked at me and waved, I smiled and waved back. The woman was turned away and didn't notice immediately, so our exchange continues with us just waving at each other. The woman happens to notice and immediately forces the childs hand down and scolds him by saying "what did I tell you about waving to white folks!", she then turns to me and.....if looks could kill....I'd be 💀. I wanted so bad to say something, but with everyone having a camera in their pockets, and with the child within earshot, I chose to keep my mouth shut. I felt bad for that child and how he's (more than likely) going to be raised!!
I have a story to share too. I was at a Medieval Times, I was bleeding and just ran out of feminine products. I was 2hrs away from home so I really was in a bind, since the show just started. I went to the bathroom and the machine was out. So at this point I was like “fuck I need to ask a stranger for help” this is controversial, I’ve seen. But I did it anyway because I had no other choice. I scurried back to the bathroom and was obviously distressed, there was a black woman and her child in there. I approached her with a sheepish “excuse me…” I like, pointed towards the machine I was trying to tell her it was out and I needed a pad or something.. I didn’t even get the chance to finish what I was saying because the look on her face 😒👀 was telling me to stop talking. So, I stopped. My brain was running rampant and I couldn’t figure out why I was being given that look right off the bat. She hurried away after giving me that look, and was holding her kid’s hand like I was danger… Man. I was like 19 at the time and I’m a small ass white girl. I don’t think I scared her. It looked like I offended her for even trying to talk to her. Anyway, a sweet Medieval Times employee took me to her locker and gave me a tampon. Then I went on with my day. 🥲
I interact with children in the grocery store quite often, and maybe I am fortunate but I’ve never gone across anything like this, regardless of the color of their skin. I know that shopping can be boring for kids, so if my interaction can give them something else to think about, or help out the parent, then I do that, always mindful if keeping a proper distance and never touching them.
I would of said .... Wow I teach my children to wave and love anyone regardless of skin color. If she killed with a look kill her with educated kindness
I'm a black woman who usually doesn't pass the black test. They hate me, too. There are only certain black people who think this way. Those of us who don't are alienated. Being a conservative means not being black. It's as if we don't share the same history because I think differently. I'm SO over the whining! It's humiliating to me. Please make it stop!!!
Black immigrants have long said that black Americans are wrapped up in their victimhood, which holds them back and keeps them in a spoilt childlike mentality
I'm so sorry this is happening to you, being conservative is already hard, but I've seen how particularly vicious they are towards people in the same demographics they claim to care about, it's gross.
@@brandi7986 Ikr, I’m black and I just wish people could see how they’re causing racism to continue with the victim mentality. I feel like choosing to participate in revenge racism makes us as black people look bad, because lots of white people will take issue with that, and then they’ll be called racists; its just such a bad mess…
Reparations need to be paid to blks but I support Conservatives. If Conservatives supported reparations, they would be spot on. That's how most blk think or would think if Conservatives admitted that much.
I feel second had embarrassment for people who behave like this, it's very sad, maybe I dont know what they felt as I am an African, maybe it's different for African Americans
@@unknownusrname they are just americans...they are born in the USA which makes them black americans not african american,they would not even know where africa is...thats how dumb americans have become,they think south africa is the whole continent of africa
@@unknownusrname victimization until they keep getting free things. all races get dealt with “racism” in this day & age. this is the only way blaqq people feel important.
80s and 90s were the best times because nobody cared about as much politics as it covers our entire culture nowadays. People had the freedom to create whatever they want without any of these woke people in our society today trying to separate our actual progress.
There once was a time in the 90 where race wasn't an issue, we were the human race. I absolute HATE that liberal politics has brought back segregation and race based politics. We must not accept this ideology and go back to treating everyone the exact same. You're not limited by the color of your skin todo anything or be anyone. Don't let the real racists using your skin color for their own virtue tell you otherwise.
@@stevethecross2727 it was awesome. White girls would goto Jamaica with their families for vacation and come back and the black girls would be so hyped about their braids they got and they would teach them how todo them so they can keep doing them here. When we had celebrations like valentines day, other cultures would bring in desserts from their region of the world and share with everyone. It was a true melting pot time in our life. Everyone was happy and shared their traditions and culture. Now people are attacked for doing these very things by the people who claim to be the most tolerant and virtuous ones.. when really they're the racist and bigoted ones. They can't stand seeing cultures mix and get along with one another. We are certainly regressing as a society by letting this become the norm.
Amen! 👏👏👏 I was a late teen in the 90s, graduated in 93. I would go back to that climate in a heartbeat. My friends were all races and ethnicities and we shared our culture. I'm Czech, but my BFF was Mexican. Her mom was my second mom and I can hold my own with any of them. I'm sure today I'd be appropriating their heritage.
When you started commenting about the girl thinking she's better than a starter home it made me think about something that I experienced recently. I was going through a drive through and handed my card over to the cashier and she looked at the platinum card, my brand new truck, and shook her head in disgust. It was immediately evident she was one of the young kids that was being taught to hate people who were better off than her. Taught that they should be entitled to the same life and luxuries that another person may have. I couldn't help but think, does she have any clue that when I was her age, I worked for YEARS in the same job she had now? That she was aged 20 at MOST, and I was nearly 50?! Girl, I have almost 3 decades of working, saving, and sacrificing, and experience on you. You are just starting your journey. You will get there. When I was your age, you think I had it this good?! I spent years living paycheck to paycheck, LITERALLY at one point turned my house upside down looking for loose change so I could buy something to eat that day. All they see is that you have something they don't, and won't even consider how that may have happened. I worked half my lifetime for it. I was working and saving before you were even born. All she knows is she wants what I have, and she wants it NOW. And she is being taught in today's society that she has a right to it more than I do.
I grew up in an area that's significantly black. My high school was 2/3 black. Yet the only racism I personally was a witness to was against whites and myself. In middle school we had a black bus driver. She would makes demands on where I should sit, forcing me to sit next to people who wouldn't move their stuff out of the way to make room while more than half the seats were empty. Asked a friend about this who got on 2 stops before me, he said she was forcing white people to sit in specific seats and allowing blacks to sit where ever. Told my parents who then called the bus company that day. Next afternoon the driver stopped the bus before the first stop called me up then berated me in front of everyone to the point that my 11 year old self was in tears. With where I grew up, if systemic racism against blacks was a thing I think I would've witnessed something in 11 years of living there and going to majority black schools.
I was adopted by a black family an I was left out when it came to birthday parties an treated very differently compared to their actual kids my church was full black an I only got looks if I tried to sing or anything they would tell me sit down an listen an they would constantly talk about how white people were the devil an they an the downfall to black lives ( when I got a bf he’s mixed my mom told him he can do so much better an he should go date a nice black lady an for some reason so did his bus driver who was close to his family which is mainly white btw she hated me an I never talked to her I’m just saying racism do exist I just didn’t know what it was called when I was little I thought it was normal to be treated different an to be left out an stared at
@@Hope-vg8igso sorry that happened to you, what an awful human your mother is. I hope you are not still in contact with her? I don't understand why they adopted you if they are racist against you?
My junior year of highschool we had a big project for black history month. We were given a list of influential black people in history and were supposed to choose a couple to write reports on. I was so upset about it because I had never heard of most of those people before in my life, even though I had taken plenty of history classes covering the same time periods and places that those people were doing their things. Honestly I think it's a lot more problematic and damaging to separate any kind of history to just one month. Why not just include it with the rest of history?? Setting something up on a pedestal is still segregating it from everything else and that doesn't fix anything
I used to work in a bakery in a grocery store and this one older black lady came up to pick up her kids cake. She had requested it in the kids teams colors and the decorator did the best she could to match it. The customer said that the purple color was not correct. It was too dark and looked too much like blue. Me and the decorator told her that this was the best that we could do and that was the color we had. The customer walked away and the decorator left since it was the end of her shift. The customer ended up coming back and demanding I redo the cake from scratch and to get it right. I told her that I am not the decorator and that she had already left. She called me a racist privileged white woman who doesn’t care about black people. All because I couldn’t redo the cake. She ended up getting the manager of the store and I got in trouble. The customer got half off the small cake she ordered (the cake was originally like $15. It wasn’t expensive) and whatever cake she wanted out of the cake case for FREE! She of course chose the biggest and most expensive cake (that was priced at over $40) and smiled. I’ve never been so upset.
I would've quit on the spot! How entitled. I can't stand such people and I worked in McDonald's in the airport area meaning g lots of tired, hangry and entitled people.
We had a black history month day yesterday at school. We were required to wear something black green or red and if you didn’t you were dress coded and sent to the office. One kid in my homeroom wore a very dark grey almost black hoodie and my homeroom teacher wrote him up and sent him to the office. It was ridiculous. And our english teacher gave us a “don’t be a bigot” talk the day before. My school is a majority white school. He said, “there are two things I can’t stand and that’s disrespect and bigotry.” And in my head I was like, sir i’m pretty sure 99.999% of people on this earth agree with you-including me. But for him to assume that us white kids were going to be inherently racist is prejudice against his own race and made us feel stupid. Like what the heck. I don’t need you telling me not to be racist. I know not to be racist. And there was a rumour how one girl wore a U.S flag shirt and was sent to the office for not following dress code. Like What the hell? The flag is the symbol of freedom and is more than appropriate for a Black History month dress down. Edit: I love my school and I have the privilege to be able to be able to go to a Catholic school. But it’s in the middle of the gayborhood. It’s in the most liberal part of our city. But the political ideology is split down the middle because a bunch of kids from everywhere go here. We have kids from the country and kids from liberal suburbs. So it’s half liberal and half conservative.
My god, that’s just terrible I’m sorry your classmates had to go through such stupidity. And the fact that black people (not all but a good handful) think that they “aren’t treated fairly” is ridiculous to me.
Stay strong in your beliefs my friend, it's not ok to let other people play the victim and paint others as oppressors, so they can continue to be the victim. Common sense just isn't so common anymore. It's a good place to be, to be able to see both sides it'll make it easier to empathize and communicate. ❤️🩹
So you needed to dress like a street gang. Four colors that are not recommended to wear in the hood because they are most common gang colors. Black , green, red and blue and your school picked three of them. Like I understand why black would be picked but how does green and red connect to black history month besides those being common gang colors.
@BKRR Becca Hopefully someone would have an extra sweatshirt but usually you can go to your counselor and they’ll advocate for you. Yeah they can have some stupid reasons to dress code someone but usually it’s a valid reason to dress code.
As a black genz, i agree mostly to everything in this video. I find it important to talk about my culture. I used to love black history month growing up because I didnt get to learn about black history throughout the school year unless it was February. However, as i got older and started going to a predominantly white high school, BHM started to feel forced. It felt like an agenda being pushed onto other racial groups and even onto myself. Those racist people in this video are the bad apples in my community and i feel deeply sorry for anyone who had to deal with any of them. I dont want to forget that racism was ever a thing bc then we would never learn from it. But i dont see the reason of dwelling in the past either. As humanity, we need to grow from our mistakes and move on.
Well unfortunately if you’re black and you’re not an anti black conservative who constantly bashes everything about black americans (our hair, culture, history, our dialect, our music, our food) then that makes us just a typical black thug or criminal or baby mama or “trained chimpanzee” as candace owens likes to call us. Neither political party is truly on our side, just remember that.
I was never taught that I was more "normal" as a white person. I remember learning about segregation and stuff for the first time when I was like 7 or 8 and being so confused about how anyone could think someone is less than because of the way they look or where they came from.
I remember being 10-12 years old hearing the news on TV have a whole segment on how to talk/approach/treat minorities. It was super confusing to me because aren't we all supposed to treat each other with respect? Not according to the lady on TV! That was the first waycist ideology I was ever exposed to (as far as actively trying to promote it to me), and it came from mainstream news go figure.
It’s always been baffling to me as well, I’m 28. I feel like growing up none of this was an issue. I look at my preschool photos and my best friend was black, I’m not black. Then once I got into high school I feel like someone flipped a switch in the culture and suddenly everyone’s racist again.
Exactly. Those they showcase mainly lived in the past where there WAS discrimination, yet did wonderful things. Since the 70s , we don't have those pioneers any more, just rappers and thots.
If your people had contributed practically nothing to society you'd probably try and find something to obsess over, something you could hold over all the other races so you can feel special for a change.
Brett, you reminded me of one of my favorite quotes “That's the whole challenge of life - to act with honor and hope and generosity, no matter what you've drawn. You can't help when or what you were born, you may not be able to help how you die; but you can - and you should - try to pass the days between as a good man.” Anton Myrer, Once an Eagle
"Stop calling me a black man. it feels like that's all you're focusing on and ignoring everything else about me." I can't remember if Freeman said exactly that, but I still feel the same way. our skin color is simple that. the color of our skin, and nothing else. we're all still people on the inside. we might as well have a month in celebration for people with blue eyes, and a celebration for people with green. it truly is all really stupid once you think about it.
I'm in high school, and I have noticed that the administration cares rather deeply about all these months, while 99% of the students could not care less, if not having a deriving attitude towards it.
I had a student go on a 30-minute rant about how I, by not inviting her to my wedding, was being racist since it is Black History Month. She claimed at the end that she was joking, but she really wasn't and it was making me and some of the students uncomfortable. When I reported it to my administration, she had the audacity to confront me about it and doubled down on the fact that it was a joke. ...all of this to say that Gen Z is still messed up lol.
As a Genz who graduated highschool almost 7 years ago, it made me happy to see those teens joking about black history month. I've always had the same veiwpoint as Morgan freeman when it came to things that pertain to race and these kids basically just called out all the adults for how childish theyve been acting over the past few years
I have never experienced hate the way I have from black people towards white people from any other race out there. I will never understand how people can be so racist and hateful while within the same breath complain about racism against them and trying to be a victim. I've never once in my life been around a white person talking about how bad they want to inflict violence on another race and yet it is rather common to hear from black people how badly they want to inflict harm on white people... but you know they'll say that's not racist.
I'm an African and for real it gets to a level of black focused content I see on social media that gets me annoyed, I'm a person before I'm black, I have my nationality before I'm black. Like some people are being too pressed about this. I grew up not knowing of a thing called racism, and as much as we should celebrate our culture there's no need for us to segregate ourselves all over again
@@melissamurray8307 I'd hope so. Dude, I dunno about anyone else, but I'm white, and I don't care who the person is; if I'm walking or doing something, and I perceive that I'm in someone's way, I'll usually be outta the way as fast as I can, lol. Like, 🎶 She's a runner; she's a track star 🎶😆
I can share that I understand where she was coming from. I am not white nor black but I am Mexican-American and tanned skinned. I started to notice that when walking, I would often be the first one to step aside as to not bump into people (of course it is courteous to step aside when trying not to bump into someone regardless of race) but the people not moving were often lighter skinned than me. Not all the time but 8 or 9 out of 10 the lighter or white people seemed to hold their ground more which prompted me to move out of the way first. So I started holding my ground more as in taking that space and confidence in myself (entitlement you called it), waiting for them to move. And people started to more, many paying no mind, others with a bit of a puzzled look to be honest. I try not to overthink it nowadays and certainly don’t try to shove people just to prove a point, but it was a very interesting observation I personally made from experience.
@@YVelazco2I just wanted to say I have personally noticed I have this problem mainly around men and arrogant women (the ones you can sense are prideful - white, black, purple, any color) but MAINLY men.. you aren't alone (am vampire white, 4'11, childface, female, adult lol) which then also led me to not move. I persomally think it is less color and more ego. People that have bigger egos and think they're above others do not move. This has been my theory while observing and experimenting this (also did it with people i know to see cause i know terribly egotistical people)
I mean honestly I wish every single police department in the country went "Ok guys we're going to completely pull out of your neighborhoods. If police is nothing but abusers trying to control you we'll leave" When their neighborhoods inevitably get so crime ridden they'll start begging the cops to come back.
@@Fraylovesskincare probably because your home town has no population, either. My home town barely has any cops because we don’t need them. Seems like you’re stretching.
I only know of one "closed minded grandma" who is racist and she's not even white. It's not just white people. My grandma is so open minded that she even suggested I dye my hair blue. I'm just like, "No, grandma. I like my hair natural." Also, I gotta say that not all Gen Z people are catching on. My sister, who is in middle school, is telling me that there are African American kids coming up to her going, "It's black history month, which means you have to respect me." First of all, no one should have to do that. Second, black history month is about just that: African Americans in history. Not you and whatever high horse you're on. However, seeing that there are those who are catching on is a relief to see.
The things my mom, aunts, and uncles would say about other races. Had to correct them sometimes when they kept calling my Japanese gf Chinese, when I was stationed in Japan.
yeah i got asked to game by a blasian, the first thing she said to me was "its black history month you cant say no". i said no. i dont submit to elitists
Kids saying "You have to respect me because it's Black History Month." don't have to say that. We They're being taught it's acceptable to say that. The right response is "I don't respect you because it's Black History Month. I respect you every month because you're human."
I'm an introvert with few friends so I spend more time listening to what's happening in my surroundings at school. The victimizing is definitely exhausting to listen to, even if it isn't black history month. "Your ancestors enslaved us." or "Is it because I'm black?" I also have a social anxiety disorder. On top of already feeling intimidated by everybody, hearing things like this, or being asked what I think about black lives matter or anything to do with it makes me feel so backed into a corner. I have no idea what to think or say because maybe my answer is right but it's different from theirs and they don't like it or I do end up saying something wrong without intending to. Then people also quickly notice the hesitancy and start to point it out to me. It thankfully doesn't happen to me often, but sometimes hearing it makes me feel surrounded and unsafe, and it seems I can't do anything about it.
I don't know how old you are. All I can say is I never care what people say or think about me.! so long as you are a good person its all that matters. Experience of living teaches you that Things rarely stay the same soon you will move on to different things or places. So try not to stress about stuff that in just a few years you won't even remember. But you are right it's getting boring listening to some people who clearly know nothing about the subject only are repeating what they been told by other ignorant people who should know better. Keep your mind open and question everything (even me...)
@@shaunbanner6774 Thank you, I appreciate it. I definitely have a really hard time forgetting, however, I am working on moving on from the past and focusing on what I have to offer for the future.
Keep thinking for yourself and don't get caught up in their drama, you are a kid and shouldn't even be worrying about this rubbish, just focus on things you enjoy, and try surround yourself with friends that you have things in common with.
I’m also an introvert with social anxiety disorder and I feel the exact same way! It’s not so much about race but a lot towards other things, everyone at my school just seems so political and I don’t really fit in anywhere. I’m kind of apolitical tbh… I mean I’d say I’m engaged and stuff but I’m young and I don’t need to be too focused or engrossed in this stuff, and honestly I don’t want to be! But I agree with everything you said
Tell me about it. I can't fucking stand pride month. I'm a transman and the last thing I need from the weirdos claiming to be trans at my university is more of an excuse to shove their flag and pronoun obsession down my neck.
i graduated high school last year black history month was universally hated because of how our school would force us to sit through a presentation about it every year so plagued in garbage ideology
The key words in the "there is no overstating how much violence and racism people used to face" is USED TO. This is overstated. Stop punishing non-racist people for the minority that are. Also racism can go both ways
The best thing about February, is that Valentine's Day has so much true love associated with it. Thanks for saying what I am too disgusted to say to the presumptuous people who think they can reduce all people to a colour and speak for or against them.
Your videos give me hope for the future, but also it is SO nice to come across someone who is sticking up for what they believe in and saying what the majority of us are actually thinking.
My ex-husband and I bought our “starter home” 30 years ago this year (he still lives there) for $128k. We were talking yesterday about the fact that the home is now worth $825k. We didn’t want to move to that area at first. The move increased his commute from 10 minutes to 45, but we wanted a house to raise our children in with a yard and out of the city. Starter homes are investment for your future. Stop being shortsighted and be future minded instead.
My husband and I would love to get a starter home. Even the starter homes are expensive. It has less to do with what Brett was saying and more to do with this insane housing market crisis.
@@jessielynn I completely understand. Our daughter and her husband and two kids just went through this nightmare. They had to move 36 miles away from us which sucked because their rental was 2.1 miles away. The housing market has started to cool a little bit in the PNW but not a lot. I have a lot of worries for my kids’ generation (they are 22-30) because of this exact scenario. I am praying for you all to succeed and figure out a hack to the system. You guys will be the ones to do it. All my best to you!
Two of my best friends growing up were black. Never did I see their " color" as anything material. Grew up watching the Cosby show and a Different World.. two of my favorite shows. Just seems a$$ backwards the way we are progressing in this society.
I've been saying this for a long time. If we don't focus so much on teaching racism and whatit is, kids won't even notice the differences pointed out and will grow up actually equally
If the third video about "bumping into people" wasn't about race I would actually agree with it. Sometimes I just wanna bump into people because they feel entitled for you to move, not because of the color of their skin. But Like Brett, I would mostly just move out of the way because it's quicker. Does that make me a bad person lol?
Gen X had the right attitude. I grew up in the south where everyone is accused of being racist, and I was taught to love everyone. I was taught MLKs quote, to judge someone by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. I never knew a racist person growing up. We had one black guy in our school and he was one of the most popular people in HS. Everyone I knew listened to R&B and rap, and loved black people. We were all gettin' along jus fine, not without our problems, admittedly, until the politicians decided to bring it back. I've traveled the whole US, minus a handful of states, and white supremacy is not running rampant in the US. Most people are just trying to work, and provide for their families. They are too tired from paying Uncle Sam, they aren't worried about u or ur skin color. They don't care if ur black, yellow, brown, gay, straight, bi, trans, or fat! They're not sitting around thinking bout u all!!! Get over urself.
As a Gen X, I've always had hope for Gen Z. The meme with Karen from Will and Grace giving the little kid a beer and Karen is labeled Gen X and the kid is Gen Z is the most relatable thing I've ever seen. I always feel like a proud mom watching Brett. She's everything I hope my 11 year old (the last of the Gen Zs) will aspire to be. Watching Gen Z make fun of the world around them is everything. It's so reminiscent of Gen Xs IDGAF attitude. I love that they see the humor in themselves and pray they turn around this mess of a country.
Oh, thank you! ❤ I’ve always looked up to generation x. I want to be like you someday. It is definitely possible to turn this country around, we can do it!
I just stared watching The Comment Section about a week ago and I’ve been binge watching all of your videos and just wanted to say keep up the great work!
I hesitate to tell this story. But Feb of 2020 I was at my dealer's apartment I was waiting for him to break down the heroin he just picked up and him and I were friendly with each other. Hell I've been sober since 2021but we still talk once a month. Anyway we had the news on and a story came on about some conflict in Africa. We were both taken aback by how bad certain parts of Africa can be. I realized it was early Feb and I said "Happy Black History month sorry for the whole slavery thing" he tossed me an extra Gram and said "No man thank you for slavery your people fought a bloody war to start this country My people had this struggle to be able to be apart of this country. Honestly more black people than you would think are grateful that our people were brought here away from the nightmare Africa was and still is. "
So you realize that Africa is a continent, not a county? Your buddy saying the night mare that is Africa is very ignorant on his part because I'm sure there are many Africans who do not want to come to America, the way this country is now.
I get your point and that must have been a wholesome moment to reminisce on and good on ya with the whole sobriety. but there are 2 points to consider here: 1)There are parts of Africa that are doing okay, they may not have the so called luxuries that the west have but they're happy and content with life (look at the depression rate in developed countries, wealth doesn't always equal happiness) 2) how do we know what Africa could have become without the negative impact of colonisation and their own money hungry governments. I completely agree with all that Brett said in this vid, I just think the problems some African countries face isn't so simple as just poverty and drought as many seem to think. It goes deeper. My family is originally from North Africa, and so I'm quite aware of what the past French government did to my ancestor's country, and its atrocious, but not to blame them entirely, the current government doesn't care about it's own people which is why they're in the state that they are.
@@Indigazure yes but African countries are being destroyed by crap leadership. Look at Nigeria, it had a reputation for having educated people. Many I knew on the UK were staying to be doctors, now it's dealing with high unemployment and bad economy, same with Uganda and South Africa. They could be rich nations if they got better leaders
Ok what the hell? As a Jewish person, who’s grandmother was in alshewitz, I learn about the Holocaust. Because it is important to learn and remember. Why should black people not remember their history? Who cares if they’re living happy now, these are their ansestors and they have the right to learn about them. They aren’t victimizing themselves. Gosh
Genuinely where are they getting their facts from? Being in my 20’s i have never seen anything these older people are talking about… they are instilling fear into the young minds to control them
It's nice that those kids were making fun of black history month in those videos, the only issue I had with it was that some younger kids watched it and took it seriously, they actually thought kids were being worshipped during black history month. At my kid's school, several black children very seriously told the white kids that because it was black history month, the white kids had to kneel and bow down to the black kids, they had to bring them gifts and open doors for them, etc. When my kids came home and asked me if it was true I very quickly said no, don't ever do that, those kids must live in extremely racist homes to possibly think that was ok. I wondered where those kids even got that idea and now I know! I told my kids, we don't make them bow down to us and serve us the other months, so why would we do it to them for 1 month. This was seriously never an issue when I was a kid! Why are people allowing racism to come back, but in a very different way! I wish they could see that it's only dividing us and making things so much worse for everyone around.
my bit of black history month was I learned some african american hair maintenance tips from a friend of mine. it was very informative and i enjoyed learning about it. i also learned about some food but i cant remember much about that
This is actually one of the important parts of black history and African American culture. I don't know why she is making it seem more than it actually is. Or acting like black ppl are celebrating it hate on white people when it is not like that at all
I totally disagree with that statement. Gen Z have a meltdown about the most insignificant stuff, that’s why platforms like Brett is so refreshing because people think it’s an oxymoron to be conservative and Gen Z
I was born in Massachusetts, yes the one with the witch burning. I am a descendent of the Salem Witch Trials and I suffer generational trauma. Until reparations are paid to heal the PTSD that I live with daily, I cannot live the American dream. I cannot possibly succeed in life until the horror visited upon someone I read about who may have some of the same genetic markers as me, is addressed. Every time I think about getting a job or going to school, I think about some white woman in a frock being burned alive and that reminds me of how oppressed I am. So I eat Doritos and cake as self care for my trauma, which only leads to more oppression. Now, because of the horror that woman faced I am now obese and it is all because of Witchphobia. When will the oppression end? When will I get reparations to make up for the suffering that poor stranger faced just 300 years ago?
Here in Scandinavia I hope we can move pride-month to February since we don't have black history month. And make March the "Family pride" month celebrating the strong bonds of the family.
They don’t have “Family Pride” they celebrate hustlers, single mothers, fatherless kids, gang bangers, and obesity. When they get sick and left behind from society they blame white supremacy.
Your point at the end made me so happy. That’s part of the reason I like laughing at social commentary that’s overdramatized these days in shows-I can laugh at the absurdity of either side’s argument, I can accept that the way I believe has flaws, I can see points that another side may have… and I don’t have to get mad just because someone else says I’m wrong or makes a joke about something I like. That ending there was so refreshing man
Gen Z is reminding me more and more of Gen X. We didn't deal with the race wars as Boomers and older have done. We were the first generation to go through desegregated schools and graduate together, walking across that platform by name, not skintone, and singing and hugging and laughing that we accomplished this together. We talked to each other and learned. We realized there was racism on all sides of skin color in the older generations that we couldn't understand. We were simply people to each other. My husband, our family, etc. all talk and we don't remember it being so racist. We all watched The Jeffersons and Leave it to Beaver reruns growing up. We all rocked out to Van Halen and loved the new sounds of hip hop that broke the radio airwaves. We mixed it up (Aerosmith/Run DMC, anyone?). We fought and learned from each other. We were friends and enemies based not on the color of skin, but on the content of character. Was is idyllic? No. There are always going to be some who just see the color of your skin. But it was much easier for most of us to see the person back then, not the skin tone. I sure hope that Gen Z can bring that back.
It is kinda rough as a highschooler where I literally can't even make jokes anymore, one time I had a friend who was acting sus like all high school boys do, and I told him to stop being gay, and I got chewed out by a teacher for it
I saw the same thing happen in my chemistry class. It was a joke and the teacher went off on a rant. She’s a good teacher but like come on it’s really not that deep.
If you really want to get in trouble, memorize Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy films, Delirious and Raw, and perform them at school.🤣 Seriously though, back in the '80s, Eddie Murphy did some of the greatest stand-up comedy you will ever hear.
Never gonna happen. Humans are tribal by nature and no amount of Jordan Peterson lectures or Martin Luther King quotes is ever gonna change that. What’s fucked it is that it’s primarily White people who’ve been duped into thinking this way, which is why everyone else sees us as an easy target.
Same. The woman was an entrepreneur and an inspiration. I saw a meme that showed all the company faces: uncle Ben, aunt Jemima, the quaker oats guy and the land of lakes Indian girl. Then it showed each one being eliminated until only the lily white quaker oats guy was left. At the top of the image was one word: Progress.
I choose to promote heart disease awareness month instead it affects everyone, regardless of race, age, or sex. Check with your HCP get checked your loved ones will thank you ❤
I love that they didn’t mention who rounded up the Africans and sold them (spoiler alert: it was other Africans). Or the fact the first 3 nations to abolish slavery was (and is) predominantly white (France, UK, and America). Or that they didn’t mention that slavery still goes on today in Africa, and that there are more slaves today than it was back then. Or that Irish slaves were treated far worse than African slaves (as a slave owner once said: “you can kill and Irish man and go get another one. But if you kill that African man, you just lost a valuable piece of property.”) Reading Thomas Sowell’s books opened my eyes and actually made me appreciate this country and realized how blessed I am to be born in a time period where I have all my freedoms and don’t have to deal with laws that discriminate against me. It’s about time black people get off the mental plantation 💯
I think the reason slavery is such a hot topic in the states is because its ramifications are still felt amongst the black population today (not trying to be condescending just offering perspective) :)
@@freddieblue8553 i see what you means, but I politely disagree. I don’t think ramifications are felt from something that happened 200 years ago, especially something like slavery. It’s not to downplay slavery either, it’s a horrible thing to do. But having trauma from something must mean you were a victim of it, and/or seen it being done to someone else. Not a single black person in America today has never been a slave, nor have they witnessed the separation of families, the selling of their families, the beatings etc from slavery. To me, I see it as an excuse to never move on from the past, to keep black people from growing (because you can’t change the past) and keeping us ignorant by not telling us the full truth. I hope this didn’t come off as rude, I just hate that modern day black America so badly want to be slaves again so they can have something to bitch about, when we are the most privileged black Americans in American history
Ya know Miss Cooper, I’ve watched many many of your shows! And I must say, this is best show ever!! Every word you said it the truth!! 😊 please continue your awesome way of speaking truth, after truth!
I love when your videos and a positive note, I find myself being so pessimistic about our culture and episodes like this encourage me to keep my head up ❤️
Wish all these people could walk one day in a real vets shoes so they could see what real trauma looks like. Appreciate what you have!!!! Love you Brett!!!!!
@@patrickriarchy6054 Empathy is something I value very highly, it’s important to remember just how bad things could be. Not repeating history starts with learning and respecting it. Anyone who wants to complain about nonsense should start there.
brett cooper you are literally the voice of wisdom i used to be one of those people blind to the actuallity of whats going on my eyes have literally been opened i used to get so defensive for things you talk about and now i literally see everything im not saying this because of this video im talking about all of your videos thank you
I grew up with a mixed group of friends and in a very mixed neighborhood. I honestly never thought anything of it..I just loved them like sisters and brothers. After everything happening with CRT, I feel as if I’m walking on egg shells sometimes, afraid to “trigger” somebody by the slightest thing. Really sad that CRT is expecting to “fix” something when it’s separating us again.
I think that's the reality for lots of people. However, you get the sense that some people lived in segregated environments and then decided that their issues had to apply to everyone else. You get the bizarre spectacle of people who have been working side by side with other races since the 70s (because of course they have) and then people who fancy themselves as having the right values engaging in over-compensatory displays of virtue. If your country club or place of work (universities, hollywood?) managed to keep segregation alive until the 90s or 00s, maybe that's a you thing.
Black History Month is supposed to be about celebrating & informing about the contributions that black Americans have contributed to society (Garrett Morgan, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley, etc.) & even the world at large. Yes, also about exploring the culture (which isn't really hard to do, just hang with one of us & even then, we're not a monolith). Exposure to the culture & contributions is how understanding is gained.
I agree with your comment! While I appreciate Brett's commentary, she is still generalizing black people as a monolith yet she doesn't want white people to be seen as a monolith in terms of racist behavior.
Exactly that, she’s acting like racism doesn’t/never existed at all rather than saying some people are taking advantage of being a “victim”. I usually like her but she seems overly aggressive and ignorant in this video.
The real irony of the woman who doesn't want to live in a starter home in a "mediocre neighborhood" is that she really means "a neighborhood with lots of minorities in it"
😂 what a leap. She never said the race of the woman that said it, only that she's in her early 20s and has wild expectations- because she was talking about how people have both victimization and elitism.
And this is the kind of thinking that causes people to think that racism is rampant in today's society. When something negative happens to them, they automatically put race into the equation and put racism in a spot where no racism exists. Just like the person above told a story about being at Walmart and a black couple thinking that the WM worker wanted to check their receipt just because they are black - when in fact, the worker checked everyone's receipt regardless of race.
Brett, your words and insight are so much more mature than your age would suggest, and your willingness to state the obvious takes guts! Kudos for stating so well what others only wish they could say in public.
As a choctaw Native American I understand that’s how life worked back then. We took the land from others and others took the land from us I never felt like I was a victim. Back then i don’t know why black people dont realize they weren’t the only slaves they just seem to always complain about it. Im also Mexican, Italian and Portuguese some of my ancestors were slaves. But I wasn’t a slave and no one did wrong to me so I can’t just blame all my life problems on something I didn’t go through. I can’t stand this victim mentality we applaud in America. We are the greatest country ever so blessed and privileged
Thanks for your reply! Respect to you and the great Choctaw Nation!
"I can't blame all my life problems on something I didn't go through." Well said. THAT truly is the heart of the matter right there.
True! I'm Italian and they were discriminated in the past, but we NEVER bring that up anymore.… And like Tanya said, you're so right about that line..
As an Australian the only thing I disagree with is when you said you’re the greatest country lol 😂😂😂
Why do you yanks think your country is the best in the world? Reality check, America is far from being the best country in the world, some of you yanks would be better off putting your energies into educating yourselves or maybe travel to other countries
Story time: Bare with me, it's a bit long! I'm a white male who was waiting in the checkout line in Walmart. In front of me was a black women and her small child (had to be around 4-5 yo). The child was sitting in the buggy seat, looked at me and waved, I smiled and waved back. The woman was turned away and didn't notice immediately, so our exchange continues with us just waving at each other. The woman happens to notice and immediately forces the childs hand down and scolds him by saying "what did I tell you about waving to white folks!", she then turns to me and.....if looks could kill....I'd be 💀. I wanted so bad to say something, but with everyone having a camera in their pockets, and with the child within earshot, I chose to keep my mouth shut. I felt bad for that child and how he's (more than likely) going to be raised!!
I have a story to share too. I was at a Medieval Times, I was bleeding and just ran out of feminine products. I was 2hrs away from home so I really was in a bind, since the show just started. I went to the bathroom and the machine was out. So at this point I was like “fuck I need to ask a stranger for help” this is controversial, I’ve seen. But I did it anyway because I had no other choice. I scurried back to the bathroom and was obviously distressed, there was a black woman and her child in there. I approached her with a sheepish “excuse me…” I like, pointed towards the machine I was trying to tell her it was out and I needed a pad or something.. I didn’t even get the chance to finish what I was saying because the look on her face 😒👀 was telling me to stop talking. So, I stopped. My brain was running rampant and I couldn’t figure out why I was being given that look right off the bat. She hurried away after giving me that look, and was holding her kid’s hand like I was danger… Man. I was like 19 at the time and I’m a small ass white girl. I don’t think I scared her. It looked like I offended her for even trying to talk to her. Anyway, a sweet Medieval Times employee took me to her locker and gave me a tampon. Then I went on with my day. 🥲
Racism is definitely a taught behavior. It’s a shame that its justified
Don’t let these interactions harden your hearts. Keep putting love out there, keep assuming the best of people, it’ll pay off one day.
I interact with children in the grocery store quite often, and maybe I am fortunate but I’ve never gone across anything like this, regardless of the color of their skin. I know that shopping can be boring for kids, so if my interaction can give them something else to think about, or help out the parent, then I do that, always mindful if keeping a proper distance and never touching them.
I would of said .... Wow I teach my children to wave and love anyone regardless of skin color. If she killed with a look kill her with educated kindness
I'm a black woman who usually doesn't pass the black test. They hate me, too. There are only certain black people who think this way. Those of us who don't are alienated. Being a conservative means not being black. It's as if we don't share the same history because I think differently. I'm SO over the whining! It's humiliating to me. Please make it stop!!!
Awesome first name
Black immigrants have long said that black Americans are wrapped up in their victimhood, which holds them back and keeps them in a spoilt childlike mentality
I'm so sorry this is happening to you, being conservative is already hard, but I've seen how particularly vicious they are towards people in the same demographics they claim to care about, it's gross.
@@brandi7986 Ikr, I’m black and I just wish people could see how they’re causing racism to continue with the victim mentality. I feel like choosing to participate in revenge racism makes us as black people look bad, because lots of white people will take issue with that, and then they’ll be called racists; its just such a bad mess…
Reparations need to be paid to blks but I support Conservatives. If Conservatives supported reparations, they would be spot on. That's how most blk think or would think if Conservatives admitted that much.
“How much victimization can you put in one trailer?” Well said!!
I feel second had embarrassment for people who behave like this, it's very sad, maybe I dont know what they felt as I am an African, maybe it's different for African Americans
wow you are so cool criticizing these teenagers!! but in fact you have the same nasty voice
@@unknownusrname they are just americans...they are born in the USA which makes them black americans not african american,they would not even know where africa is...thats how dumb americans have become,they think south africa is the whole continent of africa
@@unknownusrname victimization until they keep getting free things. all races get dealt with “racism” in this day & age. this is the only way blaqq people feel important.
80s and 90s were the best times because nobody cared about as much politics as it covers our entire culture nowadays. People had the freedom to create whatever they want without any of these woke people in our society today trying to separate our actual progress.
There once was a time in the 90 where race wasn't an issue, we were the human race. I absolute HATE that liberal politics has brought back segregation and race based politics. We must not accept this ideology and go back to treating everyone the exact same. You're not limited by the color of your skin todo anything or be anyone. Don't let the real racists using your skin color for their own virtue tell you otherwise.
I remember everyone was way cooler in the 90s.
@@stevethecross2727 and happier!!
Actually the 80's were so much better than where we are now.
@@stevethecross2727 it was awesome. White girls would goto Jamaica with their families for vacation and come back and the black girls would be so hyped about their braids they got and they would teach them how todo them so they can keep doing them here. When we had celebrations like valentines day, other cultures would bring in desserts from their region of the world and share with everyone. It was a true melting pot time in our life. Everyone was happy and shared their traditions and culture. Now people are attacked for doing these very things by the people who claim to be the most tolerant and virtuous ones.. when really they're the racist and bigoted ones. They can't stand seeing cultures mix and get along with one another. We are certainly regressing as a society by letting this become the norm.
Amen! 👏👏👏 I was a late teen in the 90s, graduated in 93. I would go back to that climate in a heartbeat. My friends were all races and ethnicities and we shared our culture. I'm Czech, but my BFF was Mexican. Her mom was my second mom and I can hold my own with any of them. I'm sure today I'd be appropriating their heritage.
When you started commenting about the girl thinking she's better than a starter home it made me think about something that I experienced recently. I was going through a drive through and handed my card over to the cashier and she looked at the platinum card, my brand new truck, and shook her head in disgust. It was immediately evident she was one of the young kids that was being taught to hate people who were better off than her. Taught that they should be entitled to the same life and luxuries that another person may have. I couldn't help but think, does she have any clue that when I was her age, I worked for YEARS in the same job she had now? That she was aged 20 at MOST, and I was nearly 50?! Girl, I have almost 3 decades of working, saving, and sacrificing, and experience on you. You are just starting your journey. You will get there. When I was your age, you think I had it this good?! I spent years living paycheck to paycheck, LITERALLY at one point turned my house upside down looking for loose change so I could buy something to eat that day. All they see is that you have something they don't, and won't even consider how that may have happened. I worked half my lifetime for it. I was working and saving before you were even born. All she knows is she wants what I have, and she wants it NOW. And she is being taught in today's society that she has a right to it more than I do.
I grew up in an area that's significantly black. My high school was 2/3 black. Yet the only racism I personally was a witness to was against whites and myself. In middle school we had a black bus driver. She would makes demands on where I should sit, forcing me to sit next to people who wouldn't move their stuff out of the way to make room while more than half the seats were empty. Asked a friend about this who got on 2 stops before me, he said she was forcing white people to sit in specific seats and allowing blacks to sit where ever. Told my parents who then called the bus company that day. Next afternoon the driver stopped the bus before the first stop called me up then berated me in front of everyone to the point that my 11 year old self was in tears. With where I grew up, if systemic racism against blacks was a thing I think I would've witnessed something in 11 years of living there and going to majority black schools.
I think it's strange your parents put you back into the power of an obviously racist person.
I was adopted by a black family an I was left out when it came to birthday parties an treated very differently compared to their actual kids my church was full black an I only got looks if I tried to sing or anything they would tell me sit down an listen an they would constantly talk about how white people were the devil an they an the downfall to black lives ( when I got a bf he’s mixed my mom told him he can do so much better an he should go date a nice black lady an for some reason so did his bus driver who was close to his family which is mainly white btw she hated me an I never talked to her I’m just saying racism do exist I just didn’t know what it was called when I was little I thought it was normal to be treated different an to be left out an stared at
@@Hope-vg8igso sorry that happened to you, what an awful human your mother is. I hope you are not still in contact with her? I don't understand why they adopted you if they are racist against you?
@@Hope-vg8ig Oh my goodness, I read that it was your bf's mom that said that, but the fact it was your own mom? Wtf is wrong with people
My junior year of highschool we had a big project for black history month. We were given a list of influential black people in history and were supposed to choose a couple to write reports on. I was so upset about it because I had never heard of most of those people before in my life, even though I had taken plenty of history classes covering the same time periods and places that those people were doing their things.
Honestly I think it's a lot more problematic and damaging to separate any kind of history to just one month. Why not just include it with the rest of history?? Setting something up on a pedestal is still segregating it from everything else and that doesn't fix anything
yes. my thoughts exactly
People don’t have to wait for February to teach black history. They choose too.
@@raheemjenkins6110 exactly. If they really wanted to teach it they would teach it just as much as everything else
Me realizing at 36 that my schooling was top notch. They always included everything
I think black history moth should stay but I do not like those assignments there just annoying doing it everyday one day is good
I used to work in a bakery in a grocery store and this one older black lady came up to pick up her kids cake. She had requested it in the kids teams colors and the decorator did the best she could to match it. The customer said that the purple color was not correct. It was too dark and looked too much like blue. Me and the decorator told her that this was the best that we could do and that was the color we had. The customer walked away and the decorator left since it was the end of her shift. The customer ended up coming back and demanding I redo the cake from scratch and to get it right. I told her that I am not the decorator and that she had already left. She called me a racist privileged white woman who doesn’t care about black people. All because I couldn’t redo the cake. She ended up getting the manager of the store and I got in trouble. The customer got half off the small cake she ordered (the cake was originally like $15. It wasn’t expensive) and whatever cake she wanted out of the cake case for FREE! She of course chose the biggest and most expensive cake (that was priced at over $40) and smiled. I’ve never been so upset.
What the hell, I so wish security cameras had picked that up, that’s god awful crazy!
Heeeeey, Flareon
I would've quit on the spot! How entitled. I can't stand such people and I worked in McDonald's in the airport area meaning g lots of tired, hangry and entitled people.
Sounds like the "there's a hair in my plate" trick to get free meals
I'm glad Gen Z is finally becoming aware of this; things are totally out of control right now 😓
Wish more people would be aware of your stolen/unoriginal comments
Hello again.
@@redisGabe he’s just spreading the word around. Theres nothing wrong with likeminded individuals sharing their similar ideals online
I see you on every video
@@redisGabeno one fucking cares. Copypastas will continue. It’s not a huge issue
We had a black history month day yesterday at school. We were required to wear something black green or red and if you didn’t you were dress coded and sent to the office. One kid in my homeroom wore a very dark grey almost black hoodie and my homeroom teacher wrote him up and sent him to the office. It was ridiculous.
And our english teacher gave us a “don’t be a bigot” talk the day before. My school is a majority white school. He said, “there are two things I can’t stand and that’s disrespect and bigotry.” And in my head I was like, sir i’m pretty sure 99.999% of people on this earth agree with you-including me. But for him to assume that us white kids were going to be inherently racist is prejudice against his own race and made us feel stupid. Like what the heck. I don’t need you telling me not to be racist. I know not to be racist.
And there was a rumour how one girl wore a U.S flag shirt and was sent to the office for not following dress code. Like What the hell? The flag is the symbol of freedom and is more than appropriate for a Black History month dress down.
Edit: I love my school and I have the privilege to be able to be able to go to a Catholic school. But it’s in the middle of the gayborhood. It’s in the most liberal part of our city. But the political ideology is split down the middle because a bunch of kids from everywhere go here. We have kids from the country and kids from liberal suburbs. So it’s half liberal and half conservative.
My god, that’s just terrible I’m sorry your classmates had to go through such stupidity. And the fact that black people (not all but a good handful) think that they “aren’t treated fairly” is ridiculous to me.
That’s ridiculous
Stay strong in your beliefs my friend, it's not ok to let other people play the victim and paint others as oppressors, so they can continue to be the victim. Common sense just isn't so common anymore. It's a good place to be, to be able to see both sides it'll make it easier to empathize and communicate. ❤️🩹
So you needed to dress like a street gang. Four colors that are not recommended to wear in the hood because they are most common gang colors. Black , green, red and blue and your school picked three of them. Like I understand why black would be picked but how does green and red connect to black history month besides those being common gang colors.
@BKRR Becca Hopefully someone would have an extra sweatshirt but usually you can go to your counselor and they’ll advocate for you.
Yeah they can have some stupid reasons to dress code someone but usually it’s a valid reason to dress code.
As a black genz, i agree mostly to everything in this video. I find it important to talk about my culture. I used to love black history month growing up because I didnt get to learn about black history throughout the school year unless it was February. However, as i got older and started going to a predominantly white high school, BHM started to feel forced. It felt like an agenda being pushed onto other racial groups and even onto myself. Those racist people in this video are the bad apples in my community and i feel deeply sorry for anyone who had to deal with any of them. I dont want to forget that racism was ever a thing bc then we would never learn from it. But i dont see the reason of dwelling in the past either. As humanity, we need to grow from our mistakes and move on.
Well unfortunately if you’re black and you’re not an anti black conservative who constantly bashes everything about black americans (our hair, culture, history, our dialect, our music, our food) then that makes us just a typical black thug or criminal or baby mama or “trained chimpanzee” as candace owens likes to call us. Neither political party is truly on our side, just remember that.
Don't be sorry you are your own individual.
OUR MISTAKES?? LOL I never did anything to anyone. I have been assaulted by black people for being white.
I was never taught that I was more "normal" as a white person. I remember learning about segregation and stuff for the first time when I was like 7 or 8 and being so confused about how anyone could think someone is less than because of the way they look or where they came from.
Same
I remember being 10-12 years old hearing the news on TV have a whole segment on how to talk/approach/treat minorities. It was super confusing to me because aren't we all supposed to treat each other with respect? Not according to the lady on TV! That was the first waycist ideology I was ever exposed to (as far as actively trying to promote it to me), and it came from mainstream news go figure.
Because of the work black people have put in we had to fight for this to happen
It’s always been baffling to me as well, I’m 28. I feel like growing up none of this was an issue. I look at my preschool photos and my best friend was black, I’m not black. Then once I got into high school I feel like someone flipped a switch in the culture and suddenly everyone’s racist again.
I'm so happy that was your first thought before anything. Don't lose that common sense
This is the definition of being stuck in the past, they don't even see what's in front of them.
this is the only way they feel important.
They’re all wearing Nikes and using iPhones. I’m sure those were made by well respected employees that are of legal and adult age.
Exactly. Those they showcase mainly lived in the past where there WAS discrimination, yet did wonderful things. Since the 70s , we don't have those pioneers any more, just rappers and thots.
If your people had contributed practically nothing to society you'd probably try and find something to obsess over, something you could hold over all the other races so you can feel special for a change.
@@Natasha___. very well said.
Brett, you reminded me of one of my favorite quotes “That's the whole challenge of life - to act with honor and hope and generosity, no matter what you've drawn. You can't help when or what you were born, you may not be able to help how you die; but you can - and you should - try to pass the days between as a good man.”
Anton Myrer, Once an Eagle
"You wanna condense my history to a single month?"
-Morgan Freeman.
"I don't want a Black History month. Black History is American History."
-- also Morgan Freeman
"Stop calling me a black man. it feels like that's all you're focusing on and ignoring everything else about me." I can't remember if Freeman said exactly that, but I still feel the same way. our skin color is simple that. the color of our skin, and nothing else. we're all still people on the inside. we might as well have a month in celebration for people with blue eyes, and a celebration for people with green. it truly is all really stupid once you think about it.
@@hyacinthlynch843 The man is a legend. Got where he is through hard work and talent.
@@andrewshaughnessy5828 and having sex with his granddaughter, he really is the embodiment of the right
I'm in high school, and I have noticed that the administration cares rather deeply about all these months, while 99% of the students could not care less, if not having a deriving attitude towards it.
Yeah, pretty much.
I was always reminded of the scene from How High where Redman walks out of his Black History class...
I can confirm this as a high schooler
I had a student go on a 30-minute rant about how I, by not inviting her to my wedding, was being racist since it is Black History Month. She claimed at the end that she was joking, but she really wasn't and it was making me and some of the students uncomfortable. When I reported it to my administration, she had the audacity to confront me about it and doubled down on the fact that it was a joke.
...all of this to say that Gen Z is still messed up lol.
As a Genz who graduated highschool almost 7 years ago, it made me happy to see those teens joking about black history month. I've always had the same veiwpoint as Morgan freeman when it came to things that pertain to race and these kids basically just called out all the adults for how childish theyve been acting over the past few years
Yes black history month shouldn't exist😡😡 we shouldn't celebrate the black heros who fought for equal rights 😡
I have never experienced hate the way I have from black people towards white people from any other race out there. I will never understand how people can be so racist and hateful while within the same breath complain about racism against them and trying to be a victim. I've never once in my life been around a white person talking about how bad they want to inflict violence on another race and yet it is rather common to hear from black people how badly they want to inflict harm on white people... but you know they'll say that's not racist.
aww let us cry for u after all the shit ur ancestors pulled and what u keep on pulling .u're the real victims here
Personally I don’t get the reparation part. Africa enslaved them, Europeans bought them. Wouldn’t reparations have to begin from Africa?
@@Catherine.Dorian. careful, you cant bring up that Africans enslaved other tribes. To bring up objective fact makes you racist.
@@Catherine.Dorian. They got their reparations tell them it was integration and the diversity they flaunt about that’s their reparations.
@@Catherine.Dorian. If Africa was the "Cradle of Civilization" wouldn't that make everyone in the world African Colonizers?🤔
I'm an African and for real it gets to a level of black focused content I see on social media that gets me annoyed, I'm a person before I'm black, I have my nationality before I'm black. Like some people are being too pressed about this. I grew up not knowing of a thing called racism, and as much as we should celebrate our culture there's no need for us to segregate ourselves all over again
Imagine feeling so entitled that you can't slightly step aside to not bump into someone
Shouldn’t that be considered common courtesy regardless of race?
@@melissamurray8307 I'd hope so. Dude, I dunno about anyone else, but I'm white, and I don't care who the person is; if I'm walking or doing something, and I perceive that I'm in someone's way, I'll usually be outta the way as fast as I can, lol. Like, 🎶 She's a runner; she's a track star 🎶😆
I can share that I understand where she was coming from. I am not white nor black but I am Mexican-American and tanned skinned. I started to notice that when walking, I would often be the first one to step aside as to not bump into people (of course it is courteous to step aside when trying not to bump into someone regardless of race) but the people not moving were often lighter skinned than me. Not all the time but 8 or 9 out of 10 the lighter or white people seemed to hold their ground more which prompted me to move out of the way first. So I started holding my ground more as in taking that space and confidence in myself (entitlement you called it), waiting for them to move. And people started to more, many paying no mind, others with a bit of a puzzled look to be honest. I try not to overthink it nowadays and certainly don’t try to shove people just to prove a point, but it was a very interesting observation I personally made from experience.
@@YVelazco2 uhhh, no as a white person when I bump into someone I’m not thinking about their race I’m asserting my dominance 😂
@@YVelazco2I just wanted to say I have personally noticed I have this problem mainly around men and arrogant women (the ones you can sense are prideful - white, black, purple, any color) but MAINLY men.. you aren't alone (am vampire white, 4'11, childface, female, adult lol) which then also led me to not move.
I persomally think it is less color and more ego. People that have bigger egos and think they're above others do not move. This has been my theory while observing and experimenting this (also did it with people i know to see cause i know terribly egotistical people)
As a black male, I’m sorry for my people. They don’t speak for all of us
It’s okay man. Happens to all of us. What matters is most of us are reasonable.
Yeah dont blame ur self bruv
I only didn't hit like on your comment because I don't think you should feel bad. You aren't the problem.❤
Not your fault buddy. We're all responsible for our own words and actions. What others do and say is totally on them.
I’m sorry for our weak ass, self loathing white people for pushing this stuff. These people are embarrassing.
The kids making that TikTok towards the end absolutely made my day. 10/10 restored my hope in humanity.
I mean honestly I wish every single police department in the country went "Ok guys we're going to completely pull out of your neighborhoods. If police is nothing but abusers trying to control you we'll leave" When their neighborhoods inevitably get so crime ridden they'll start begging the cops to come back.
My home town barely has any cops. Crime has gone down.
I would like to see what happens. Especially in cities and such.
@@Fraylovesskincare probably because your home town has no population, either. My home town barely has any cops because we don’t need them. Seems like you’re stretching.
Baltimore is doing that now and more dead each year.
@@twentysecondcenturywoman You just made my point in your comment.
I only know of one "closed minded grandma" who is racist and she's not even white. It's not just white people. My grandma is so open minded that she even suggested I dye my hair blue. I'm just like, "No, grandma. I like my hair natural."
Also, I gotta say that not all Gen Z people are catching on. My sister, who is in middle school, is telling me that there are African American kids coming up to her going, "It's black history month, which means you have to respect me." First of all, no one should have to do that. Second, black history month is about just that: African Americans in history. Not you and whatever high horse you're on. However, seeing that there are those who are catching on is a relief to see.
The things my mom, aunts, and uncles would say about other races. Had to correct them sometimes when they kept calling my Japanese gf Chinese, when I was stationed in Japan.
MS are turning into hot garbage now.
yeah i got asked to game by a blasian, the first thing she said to me was "its black history month you cant say no". i said no. i dont submit to elitists
Kids saying "You have to respect me because it's Black History Month." don't have to say that. We They're being taught it's acceptable to say that. The right response is "I don't respect you because it's Black History Month. I respect you every month because you're human."
Implying your sister doesn't have to respect them the other 11 months
I'm an introvert with few friends so I spend more time listening to what's happening in my surroundings at school. The victimizing is definitely exhausting to listen to, even if it isn't black history month. "Your ancestors enslaved us." or "Is it because I'm black?" I also have a social anxiety disorder. On top of already feeling intimidated by everybody, hearing things like this, or being asked what I think about black lives matter or anything to do with it makes me feel so backed into a corner. I have no idea what to think or say because maybe my answer is right but it's different from theirs and they don't like it or I do end up saying something wrong without intending to. Then people also quickly notice the hesitancy and start to point it out to me. It thankfully doesn't happen to me often, but sometimes hearing it makes me feel surrounded and unsafe, and it seems I can't do anything about it.
I don't know how old you are. All I can say is I never care what people say or think about me.! so long as you are a good person its all that matters. Experience of living teaches you that Things rarely stay the same soon you will move on to different things or places. So try not to stress about stuff that in just a few years you won't even remember. But you are right it's getting boring listening to some people who clearly know nothing about the subject only are repeating what they been told by other ignorant people who should know better. Keep your mind open and question everything (even me...)
@@shaunbanner6774 Thank you, I appreciate it. I definitely have a really hard time forgetting, however, I am working on moving on from the past and focusing on what I have to offer for the future.
Keep thinking for yourself and don't get caught up in their drama, you are a kid and shouldn't even be worrying about this rubbish, just focus on things you enjoy, and try surround yourself with friends that you have things in common with.
@@leeshybaby9541 Thank you, I am trying!
I’m also an introvert with social anxiety disorder and I feel the exact same way! It’s not so much about race but a lot towards other things, everyone at my school just seems so political and I don’t really fit in anywhere. I’m kind of apolitical tbh… I mean I’d say I’m engaged and stuff but I’m young and I don’t need to be too focused or engrossed in this stuff, and honestly I don’t want to be! But I agree with everything you said
Gen Zs mocking those millennials and middle age woke people. Lmao.. faith in humanity restored.
So grateful to God for smart people like you who actually use their intelligence correctly.
the heck does god have to do with anything?? 🤣
@Joe if it weren't for Him, she wouldn't be so intelligent nor would she have this platform and the ability to spread her positive and logical views..
@Joe Everything
@@Joe-bs6hd you weren’t listening heretic
@@Joe-bs6hdHe has everything to do with it whether you acknowledge Him or not
Brett you give me hope. At 21 to have such a good grip on what is going on is amazing. Keep it up
Honestly we should end all special months. It just feels stupid at this point
I think they're going to divide "pride month" into separate months for gay, transgender, and maybe others. It's inevitable.
You gonna regulate my history down to one month - Morgan Freeman.
@@michaelwatson9089 love him
Tell me about it. I can't fucking stand pride month. I'm a transman and the last thing I need from the weirdos claiming to be trans at my university is more of an excuse to shove their flag and pronoun obsession down my neck.
Agreed
i graduated high school last year black history month was universally hated because of how our school would force us to sit through a presentation about it every year so plagued in garbage ideology
The key words in the "there is no overstating how much violence and racism people used to face" is USED TO. This is overstated. Stop punishing non-racist people for the minority that are. Also racism can go both ways
They are literally why racism still exists 🤦🏾♂️
The best thing about February, is that Valentine's Day has so much true love associated with it. Thanks for saying what I am too disgusted to say to the presumptuous people who think they can reduce all people to a colour and speak for or against them.
My birthday is on Feb 14, kinda wish they focused more on the love part. I've seen more fights on that day then any other day.
Your videos give me hope for the future, but also it is SO nice to come across someone who is sticking up for what they believe in and saying what the majority of us are actually thinking.
The way you throw those promos mid video are seamless lol
My ex-husband and I bought our “starter home” 30 years ago this year (he still lives there) for $128k. We were talking yesterday about the fact that the home is now worth $825k.
We didn’t want to move to that area at first. The move increased his commute from 10 minutes to 45, but we wanted a house to raise our children in with a yard and out of the city.
Starter homes are investment for your future. Stop being shortsighted and be future minded instead.
My husband and I would love to get a starter home. Even the starter homes are expensive. It has less to do with what Brett was saying and more to do with this insane housing market crisis.
@@jessielynn I completely understand. Our daughter and her husband and two kids just went through this nightmare. They had to move 36 miles away from us which sucked because their rental was 2.1 miles away. The housing market has started to cool a little bit in the PNW but not a lot. I have a lot of worries for my kids’ generation (they are 22-30) because of this exact scenario. I am praying for you all to succeed and figure out a hack to the system. You guys will be the ones to do it. All my best to you!
Why should the people who experienced racism let racism go?
Racism is a serious thing. We can't pretend it doesn't exist.
Two of my best friends growing up were black. Never did I see their " color" as anything material. Grew up watching the Cosby show and a Different World.. two of my favorite shows. Just seems a$$ backwards the way we are progressing in this society.
The 90s are over and we lost...
You’re favorite show is the The Crosby Show? Haven’t seen that one. Lol
Time to drop everything I’m doing and watch this real quick.
lol same
Your ad read segues are utterly flawless
I've been saying this for a long time. If we don't focus so much on teaching racism and whatit is, kids won't even notice the differences pointed out and will grow up actually equally
If the third video about "bumping into people" wasn't about race I would actually agree with it. Sometimes I just wanna bump into people because they feel entitled for you to move, not because of the color of their skin. But Like Brett, I would mostly just move out of the way because it's quicker. Does that make me a bad person lol?
Gen X had the right attitude. I grew up in the south where everyone is accused of being racist, and I was taught to love everyone. I was taught MLKs quote, to judge someone by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. I never knew a racist person growing up. We had one black guy in our school and he was one of the most popular people in HS. Everyone I knew listened to R&B and rap, and loved black people. We were all gettin' along jus fine, not without our problems, admittedly, until the politicians decided to bring it back. I've traveled the whole US, minus a handful of states, and white supremacy is not running rampant in the US. Most people are just trying to work, and provide for their families. They are too tired from paying Uncle Sam, they aren't worried about u or ur skin color. They don't care if ur black, yellow, brown, gay, straight, bi, trans, or fat! They're not sitting around thinking bout u all!!! Get over urself.
Brett’s flawless transitions into her sponsorships will never fail to impress me
Yeah for a woman esp. She doesn’t come up with them.
Right
She is the QUEEN of seamless product placement. LOL.
Ben Shapiro needs to study those ad transitions at Bretts feet
@@TheCrimsonRevenger bro what
As a Gen X, I've always had hope for Gen Z. The meme with Karen from Will and Grace giving the little kid a beer and Karen is labeled Gen X and the kid is Gen Z is the most relatable thing I've ever seen. I always feel like a proud mom watching Brett. She's everything I hope my 11 year old (the last of the Gen Zs) will aspire to be. Watching Gen Z make fun of the world around them is everything. It's so reminiscent of Gen Xs IDGAF attitude. I love that they see the humor in themselves and pray they turn around this mess of a country.
Oh, thank you! ❤ I’ve always looked up to generation x. I want to be like you someday. It is definitely possible to turn this country around, we can do it!
Yay! Another one of my elders who doesn't think my generation is a lost cause. Thanks, Ms. Hanbasquet! God bless you and all of yours!
Gen X is so great❤
Gen X is the best.
Fellow GenX-er here. Agree 💯. ✋👊
I just stared watching The Comment Section about a week ago and I’ve been binge watching all of your videos and just wanted to say keep up the great work!
the world is literally hell fire rn and this channel keeps me sane. My generation needs to get its shit together and make things right again
Well your generation hates Trump so you people are a lost cause.
@@BigRodd91 i don’t hate trump but i’m also not here to talk politics
I’m glad they are all showing their faces now 👹 it clearly shows me who not to trust
I refuse to hate myself for my skin color, i refuse to hate others for theirs.
I hesitate to tell this story. But Feb of 2020 I was at my dealer's apartment I was waiting for him to break down the heroin he just picked up and him and I were friendly with each other. Hell I've been sober since 2021but we still talk once a month. Anyway we had the news on and a story came on about some conflict in Africa. We were both taken aback by how bad certain parts of Africa can be. I realized it was early Feb and I said "Happy Black History month sorry for the whole slavery thing" he tossed me an extra Gram and said "No man thank you for slavery your people fought a bloody war to start this country My people had this struggle to be able to be apart of this country. Honestly more black people than you would think are grateful that our people were brought here away from the nightmare Africa was and still is. "
I'm so happy you were able to get out of the grip of addiction. I know it can be a long difficult road. Stay healthy. Xo
So you realize that Africa is a continent, not a county? Your buddy saying the night mare that is Africa is very ignorant on his part because I'm sure there are many Africans who do not want to come to America, the way this country is now.
I get your point and that must have been a wholesome moment to reminisce on and good on ya with the whole sobriety. but there are 2 points to consider here:
1)There are parts of Africa that are doing okay, they may not have the so called luxuries that the west have but they're happy and content with life (look at the depression rate in developed countries, wealth doesn't always equal happiness)
2) how do we know what Africa could have become without the negative impact of colonisation and their own money hungry governments. I completely agree with all that Brett said in this vid, I just think the problems some African countries face isn't so simple as just poverty and drought as many seem to think. It goes deeper. My family is originally from North Africa, and so I'm quite aware of what the past French government did to my ancestor's country, and its atrocious, but not to blame them entirely, the current government doesn't care about it's own people which is why they're in the state that they are.
@@Indigazure yes but African countries are being destroyed by crap leadership. Look at Nigeria, it had a reputation for having educated people. Many I knew on the UK were staying to be doctors, now it's dealing with high unemployment and bad economy, same with Uganda and South Africa. They could be rich nations if they got better leaders
@@cashkitty3472 true, leadership is important to a nations success
Ok what the hell? As a Jewish person, who’s grandmother was in alshewitz, I learn about the Holocaust. Because it is important to learn and remember. Why should black people not remember their history? Who cares if they’re living happy now, these are their ansestors and they have the right to learn about them. They aren’t victimizing themselves. Gosh
I swear, the way she works in her sponsors is masterful. Makes me smile every time. From outa nowhere. I never see it coming. 😂
I just said the EXACT SAME THING BRO!
I want to see brett and Ben do a video trying to one up each other's transitions to adds.
Genuinely where are they getting their facts from? Being in my 20’s i have never seen anything these older people are talking about… they are instilling fear into the young minds to control them
It's nice that those kids were making fun of black history month in those videos, the only issue I had with it was that some younger kids watched it and took it seriously, they actually thought kids were being worshipped during black history month. At my kid's school, several black children very seriously told the white kids that because it was black history month, the white kids had to kneel and bow down to the black kids, they had to bring them gifts and open doors for them, etc. When my kids came home and asked me if it was true I very quickly said no, don't ever do that, those kids must live in extremely racist homes to possibly think that was ok. I wondered where those kids even got that idea and now I know! I told my kids, we don't make them bow down to us and serve us the other months, so why would we do it to them for 1 month. This was seriously never an issue when I was a kid! Why are people allowing racism to come back, but in a very different way! I wish they could see that it's only dividing us and making things so much worse for everyone around.
they got their ideas from ur ancestors .simple
Nothings wrong with the month itself though🤷🏾♀
my bit of black history month was I learned some african american hair maintenance tips from a friend of mine. it was very informative and i enjoyed learning about it. i also learned about some food but i cant remember much about that
This is actually one of the important parts of black history and African American culture. I don't know why she is making it seem more than it actually is. Or acting like black ppl are celebrating it hate on white people when it is not like that at all
I’m part of the high school late Gen Zers and I can testify that yes, a lot of us can take jokes lol
I totally disagree with that statement. Gen Z have a meltdown about the most insignificant stuff, that’s why platforms like Brett is so refreshing because people think it’s an oxymoron to be conservative and Gen Z
I was born in Massachusetts, yes the one with the witch burning. I am a descendent of the Salem Witch Trials and I suffer generational trauma.
Until reparations are paid to heal the PTSD that I live with daily, I cannot live the American dream. I cannot possibly succeed in life until the horror visited upon someone I read about who may have some of the same genetic markers as me, is addressed. Every time I think about getting a job or going to school, I think about some white woman in a frock being burned alive and that reminds me of how oppressed I am. So I eat Doritos and cake as self care for my trauma, which only leads to more oppression. Now, because of the horror that woman faced I am now obese and it is all because of Witchphobia. When will the oppression end? When will I get reparations to make up for the suffering that poor stranger faced just 300 years ago?
Thank God I read the whole thing, I thought you were serious.
How did your ansestors survive the Salem witch trails lmao
Here in Scandinavia I hope we can move pride-month to February since we don't have black history month. And make March the "Family pride" month celebrating the strong bonds of the family.
Why would the woke gooberment ever do that? Maybe it's different in Scandinavia. But the nuclear family is pretty much torn to shreds here.
They can do the pride stuff in Svalbard. They should do a Viking festival for a month that that gunk
They don’t have “Family Pride” they celebrate hustlers, single mothers, fatherless kids, gang bangers, and obesity. When they get sick and left behind from society they blame white supremacy.
@Mama G that didn't explain anything mama
Make it straight pride.
bretts so good with her sponsor transitions.. i never see them comming yet they make so much sense
Our poor VICTIM, POOR-ME society!
Easy times growing weak people and a weak society.
As Morgan freeman once said
“Black history is American history”
How does that work for black people who don't live in America
@@Debbie-st4nn I don’t know ask Morgan freeman, because he’s talking about black Americans 🤷♂️
Your point at the end made me so happy. That’s part of the reason I like laughing at social commentary that’s overdramatized these days in shows-I can laugh at the absurdity of either side’s argument, I can accept that the way I believe has flaws, I can see points that another side may have… and I don’t have to get mad just because someone else says I’m wrong or makes a joke about something I like.
That ending there was so refreshing man
brett cooper is the female version of Gigachad
Amen
Очень верно
there’s gotta be a name for that
@@Mxrizza Gigalass
if anyone knows what this is called, please @me
If i have a daughter, i hope she becomes like Brett Cooper instead of Meghan McCain.
Firstly, cuz Brett doesn't spell her name with a superfluous H in the name
Gen Z is reminding me more and more of Gen X. We didn't deal with the race wars as Boomers and older have done. We were the first generation to go through desegregated schools and graduate together, walking across that platform by name, not skintone, and singing and hugging and laughing that we accomplished this together. We talked to each other and learned. We realized there was racism on all sides of skin color in the older generations that we couldn't understand. We were simply people to each other. My husband, our family, etc. all talk and we don't remember it being so racist. We all watched The Jeffersons and Leave it to Beaver reruns growing up. We all rocked out to Van Halen and loved the new sounds of hip hop that broke the radio airwaves. We mixed it up (Aerosmith/Run DMC, anyone?). We fought and learned from each other. We were friends and enemies based not on the color of skin, but on the content of character. Was is idyllic? No. There are always going to be some who just see the color of your skin. But it was much easier for most of us to see the person back then, not the skin tone. I sure hope that Gen Z can bring that back.
6:37 Did she really just say "Or hit you with their car"??? And we're just going to skip over that?!
It is kinda rough as a highschooler where I literally can't even make jokes anymore, one time I had a friend who was acting sus like all high school boys do, and I told him to stop being gay, and I got chewed out by a teacher for it
Welcome to the Millennial World......
I saw the same thing happen in my chemistry class. It was a joke and the teacher went off on a rant. She’s a good teacher but like come on it’s really not that deep.
If you really want to get in trouble, memorize Eddie Murphy's stand-up comedy films, Delirious and Raw, and perform them at school.🤣
Seriously though, back in the '80s, Eddie Murphy did some of the greatest stand-up comedy you will ever hear.
Lol seeing those kids goofing off with eachother actually made my day. So nice to see that maybe their generation isn’t tainted.
I hope one day everyone can see that we’re all just humans no matter where you’re from.
Never gonna happen. Humans are tribal by nature and no amount of Jordan Peterson lectures or Martin Luther King quotes is ever gonna change that. What’s fucked it is that it’s primarily White people who’ve been duped into thinking this way, which is why everyone else sees us as an easy target.
I want Aunt Jemima back🙁
Aunt Jemima went to Reno for a quickie divorce after she caught Uncle Ben steppin' out with Mrs. Butterworth.
Same. The woman was an entrepreneur and an inspiration.
I saw a meme that showed all the company faces: uncle Ben, aunt Jemima, the quaker oats guy and the land of lakes Indian girl. Then it showed each one being eliminated until only the lily white quaker oats guy was left. At the top of the image was one word: Progress.
@@braxtonagee412 literally got rid of the Indian but kept the land for that butter in the name of equality😂 sometimes the jokes write themselves
@@camdenhardesty2338 you would whine if they took that away too
Why would you want such thing back?
Dang! Such a smooth transition to the sponsor. Impressively done. Oh, and here is some algorithm food as well.
Those videos of the kids in high school has honestly just made my day. This is what I needed to see from my generation.
I choose to promote heart disease awareness month instead it affects everyone, regardless of race, age, or sex. Check with your HCP get checked your loved ones will thank you ❤
Absolutely.
When you said you’re an aggressive walker and you step around people to get past them I felt that lmao
I love that they didn’t mention who rounded up the Africans and sold them (spoiler alert: it was other Africans). Or the fact the first 3 nations to abolish slavery was (and is) predominantly white (France, UK, and America). Or that they didn’t mention that slavery still goes on today in Africa, and that there are more slaves today than it was back then. Or that Irish slaves were treated far worse than African slaves (as a slave owner once said: “you can kill and Irish man and go get another one. But if you kill that African man, you just lost a valuable piece of property.”)
Reading Thomas Sowell’s books opened my eyes and actually made me appreciate this country and realized how blessed I am to be born in a time period where I have all my freedoms and don’t have to deal with laws that discriminate against me. It’s about time black people get off the mental plantation 💯
I think the reason slavery is such a hot topic in the states is because its ramifications are still felt amongst the black population today (not trying to be condescending just offering perspective) :)
@@iguessitizwhatitiz1364 slavery is practiced all over the world til this day even in America, google it
@@freddieblue8553 i see what you means, but I politely disagree. I don’t think ramifications are felt from something that happened 200 years ago, especially something like slavery. It’s not to downplay slavery either, it’s a horrible thing to do. But having trauma from something must mean you were a victim of it, and/or seen it being done to someone else. Not a single black person in America today has never been a slave, nor have they witnessed the separation of families, the selling of their families, the beatings etc from slavery. To me, I see it as an excuse to never move on from the past, to keep black people from growing (because you can’t change the past) and keeping us ignorant by not telling us the full truth.
I hope this didn’t come off as rude, I just hate that modern day black America so badly want to be slaves again so they can have something to bitch about, when we are the most privileged black Americans in American history
I literally cancelled my Hulu account that has Disney+ with it because of the proud family and the 1619 project. I wish more people would.
Ya know Miss Cooper, I’ve watched many many of your shows! And I must say, this is best show ever!! Every word you said it the truth!! 😊 please continue your awesome way of speaking truth, after truth!
I love when your videos and a positive note, I find myself being so pessimistic about our culture and episodes like this encourage me to keep my head up ❤️
I give myself anxiety, waiting, on the edge of my seat, for Brett to transition into her sponsor, every video. It’s a jump scare
It's usually In the middle of the video I've noticed lol
Her transitions into ads are amazing, no joke. I'm totally invested and then BAM!! ad.
Wish all these people could walk one day in a real vets shoes so they could see what real trauma looks like. Appreciate what you have!!!!
Love you Brett!!!!!
You mean black vets? Or white vets? Black people can't have trauma because of what? You realize black people are vets too. Being a vet isn't a race.
No one can ever know unless they do walk in our shoes
You would want someone else to experience that trauma just so they can empathize?.
@@patrickriarchy6054 if that’s what it takes for these people to see they’re not oppressed? yeah.
@@patrickriarchy6054
Empathy is something I value very highly, it’s important to remember just how bad things could be. Not repeating history starts with learning and respecting it. Anyone who wants to complain about nonsense should start there.
12:05 actually they are the middle of our generation/Gen z 😅, the youngest is 13, with Alpha’s oldest being 12. The oldest Gen z is 26
brett cooper you are literally the voice of wisdom i used to be one of those people blind to the actuallity of whats going on my eyes have literally been opened i used to get so defensive for things you talk about and now i literally see everything im not saying this because of this video im talking about all of your videos thank you
I grew up with a mixed group of friends and in a very mixed neighborhood. I honestly never thought anything of it..I just loved them like sisters and brothers. After everything happening with CRT, I feel as if I’m walking on egg shells sometimes, afraid to “trigger” somebody by the slightest thing. Really sad that CRT is expecting to “fix” something when it’s separating us again.
I think that's the reality for lots of people. However, you get the sense that some people lived in segregated environments and then decided that their issues had to apply to everyone else. You get the bizarre spectacle of people who have been working side by side with other races since the 70s (because of course they have) and then people who fancy themselves as having the right values engaging in over-compensatory displays of virtue. If your country club or place of work (universities, hollywood?) managed to keep segregation alive until the 90s or 00s, maybe that's a you thing.
Black History Month is supposed to be about celebrating & informing about the contributions that black Americans have contributed to society (Garrett Morgan, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Phyllis Wheatley, etc.) & even the world at large. Yes, also about exploring the culture (which isn't really hard to do, just hang with one of us & even then, we're not a monolith). Exposure to the culture & contributions is how understanding is gained.
I agree with your comment! While I appreciate Brett's commentary, she is still generalizing black people as a monolith yet she doesn't want white people to be seen as a monolith in terms of racist behavior.
Exactly that, she’s acting like racism doesn’t/never existed at all rather than saying some people are taking advantage of being a “victim”. I usually like her but she seems overly aggressive and ignorant in this video.
what if i don’t want to hang around you guys. i don’t need to do anything for this month
@@ibox9s then don't? On behalf of most black people, we want to be spared the headache that is your existence. Your comment is nonsense.
@@Indigazure how did she generalize about black people?
America is a special place 😂. Love from East Africa.
The real irony of the woman who doesn't want to live in a starter home in a "mediocre neighborhood" is that she really means "a neighborhood with lots of minorities in it"
😂 what a leap. She never said the race of the woman that said it, only that she's in her early 20s and has wild expectations- because she was talking about how people have both victimization and elitism.
And this is the kind of thinking that causes people to think that racism is rampant in today's society. When something negative happens to them, they automatically put race into the equation and put racism in a spot where no racism exists. Just like the person above told a story about being at Walmart and a black couple thinking that the WM worker wanted to check their receipt just because they are black - when in fact, the worker checked everyone's receipt regardless of race.
You are right on the mark Brett. They polarize for gain and money imo and taking without following laws or values other than what they want
Slave comes from Slav, and Slavic people have brighter skin than the freaking sun.
Brett, your words and insight are so much more mature than your age would suggest, and your willingness to state the obvious takes guts! Kudos for stating so well what others only wish they could say in public.
I'm gonna go with Thomas Sowell on this one. Even if you think that, his response would be, so "now what"?
I am so over these “months”
Just let it go and be done with it!
Love the Norm clip 😂. Rip Norm ❤
So happy to see those kids happily mocking the obvious absurdity of the nonsense adults try to force on them. They know bs when they hear it.
I love how you talk about things like this
How is Brett almost at 2million already. Crazy
I think my generation is making a comeback. Let’s keep it up! 🎉
@@usernhdefjhruhu12 The lunacy has begun to fray. A comeback is possible -- it just needs work from each of us!