I am a black lady & retired from the Navy after 20 years. Thank you reelblack for sharing what black Americans have to go through to be inclusive. But the way to survive any job is to do it into the Lord, not man!
Our "job" isn't to survive. God gave us the will & determination to find our careers & entrepreurships...and become high achievers, in His name. #ThoseDaysAreNoMore
The commentator sounds proud as if this is noble - serving food, cleaning, and shining silverware and shoes. I literally want to just leave this damn planet.
It is. These are the people who feed the whole crew. Good meals on deployment will help keep your sanity. Be out there and find out how you run out of food and these people are the ones who make something out of nothing.
@@salmansadeq1167 You are correct and thank you for reminding me that it is noble work. The issue here is that this type of work was not done by the white seamen as shown in this video from 1954. There is so much more history behind what is shown here and I cannot deny that I wouldn't be in my career field today had it not been for men and women like this who did noble work and we must recognize and respect that today. Nothing was handed out to them. Thank you for the correction.
In those days it was blacks and Filipinos that could hold that rating. Alex Haley(Roots) started out as a steward in the US Coast Guard. If the crew didn't want blacks; than the job was given to Filipinos. Dory Miller died a steward , and he shot down 7 Japanese planes during Pearl Harbor attack. Miller won the Navy Cross as a Steward and died a Steward on the USS Douglass.
Miller did get awarded the Navy across for actions at Pearl however, he died aboard USS Liscome Bay, in 1943; from an attack by a Japanese Sub. Just to clarify. ;-)
So you mean to tell me that in 1954 when some of our brothers joined they were navy Stewart's? it looks like another way of making them slaves. One of the comments below said, " We served with dignity" I love that because that shows US still. A people of dignity, grace. I appreciate this channel, I have learned so much over the years watching. 💪🏾🙏🏾❤️
'navy did not have a afro am offercer until the 1960,s admiral graverly of richmond va he has a street in rich'va in his name tganks jim crow is gone bless dorie miller
Speechless, but not unexpected. The naval traditions across the world borrowed a lot from Colonial monarchies, where lords, noble families normally formed the officer class. Those groups of spoiled brats were known to exploit anyone outside their incestuous circles. There are retired folk who take pride and call it a "tradition"; a spat on the face of humanity is what it truly is.
Whats so interesting too, is to us serve in different spaces. For instance, the guy was serving coffee, then in the kitchen serving. When I was in the Navy 2009-2012, the jobs were all separate, like cooks were only in the kitchen etc. I wonder when it changed?
In '69, we had brothers below decks in the engineering ratings, you could go career or separate and get a hell of a nice paying job as stationary engineer for a school or wastewater management for a municipality- it may sound like a crap job, but the pay made it all worthwhile.
The real problem is that the stewards job was pretty much the only job or type of job available to black sailors. Regardless to education, training, intelligence, or ability too many of ur brothers were relegated to servant roles.
@@lisawallace921 receiving more than authorization from "The Giver" isn't "supply and demand! Humans are not cattle!!! Period! No matter how you try to justify it!
1954. We just migrated from down South where my great grandmother cleaned mansions all her life and got hand me down furniture her 7 children would get they butt whooped over. We were just able to serve off the plantation.
@@christafarism the fact that we were so thought about by another group of people to be saved from our minute way of life that they had to kidnap us and force us to be used as their human livestock is a back handed compliment in itself. Complimentary that out of all other groups of people we were the ones required and needed (in our history books when they say we were the only ones able to work the fields and survive through harsh conditions; how did they come up with this theory? Did they have a competition with all groups of people and it was declared that we were the best? ) But disrespectful as hell because if we were the only ones who could successfully work and build up America, then what was the point of them even being around? They could have just contracted our people to work the american land. But because they could not and would not, they defined us as less than and our work was only respected when we worked for others that couldn't do it themselves. That is just some pathetic, the rulers are the inferiors, and a refusal of truth that we are the people that hold the necessary tools and physical attributes to rule civilization.
That type of job still exist but now it's open to all races. Back then it was Blacks and Fillipinos that filled that billet. Eventually other jobs opened up to minorities such as electrician, gunners mate and so on. But I don't knock this job if the person doing it is ok with it. It's manual labor and nothing is wrong with manual labor. I was an electronics technician in the Navy. I never worked in a kitchen or dining facility. I also never worked the officers wardroom.
I wonder the ages of the commenters? The tone is very bitter. It would be better to ask those who served during that time. They were quite proud of their jobs. When did all of you finally arrive?
The tone is bitter possibly because the commenters were not from a time period where if you were a certain class or race, this was the "best" chance you had in assimilating into a "privileged" culture. Speaking as one who's father was a steward, people who were in those positions Navy or otherwise were "proud" of their positions and did their jobs with pride, because it was about survival, not about living. Think on that.
@reelblack hey I was looking for a specific film on your channel about aliens abducting a % of black people in exchange for fixing all the environmental problems we have but I can’t find it so I was wondering if it was privated/deleted?
Serving with dignity, no matter how, must be carried out by everyone. BUT why only afroamericans serving? This is a portrait of the past. The point is how much our present mirrors the past. And most important yet is to question WHY. Cheerz
You are so right! And thats always a question on the journey of truth in a world that tries to suppress it with lies and illusions. We are a people of dignity and grace. Much love and peace to you 🙏🏾
Essentially a butler for Officers. I was in the Navy and every boatswainmate seaman still does this position although you are specifically chosen like it's some type of honor....it's during your kitchen duty cycle.....shoe shining was not apart of the duties but making their bed, cleaning their bathrooms and serving them still was and this was in the 90's....so it was White, Hispanic and African-American by that point....it's amazing that this use to be a selling point for joining the Navy for Black Men....still keeping them in subservient roles.....disgusting......
Nothing had changed in the early seventies. I was in when the commissary and the steward rate was changed to messmanagement specialist. That he honorable discharge was recommended for reenlistment but because I was a former Steward I wasn't qualified for re-enlistment. Up until 1971 filipinos with office citizenship for serving three years and that rate
Bro. Your work is necessary. You perhaps provide the most powerful content in the current world for black folks to watch. Thank you, bro
Thank you, Chris
@@reelblack you're welcome, it's the truth. I pretty much start my mornings off with your content. I'm ever grateful.
reelblack, you are a treasure trove, like a sacred library. Thank you.
I am a black lady & retired from the Navy after 20 years. Thank you reelblack for sharing what black Americans have to go through to be inclusive. But the way to survive any job is to do it into the Lord, not man!
Our "job" isn't to survive. God gave us the will & determination to find our careers & entrepreurships...and become high achievers, in His name. #ThoseDaysAreNoMore
The commentator sounds proud as if this is noble - serving food, cleaning, and shining silverware and shoes. I literally want to just leave this damn planet.
It is good and noble work, something white seamen should get familiar with.
It is. These are the people who feed the whole crew. Good meals on deployment will help keep your sanity. Be out there and find out how you run out of food and these people are the ones who make something out of nothing.
@@salmansadeq1167 You are correct and thank you for reminding me that it is noble work. The issue here is that this type of work was not done by the white seamen as shown in this video from 1954. There is so much more history behind what is shown here and I cannot deny that I wouldn't be in my career field today had it not been for men and women like this who did noble work and we must recognize and respect that today. Nothing was handed out to them. Thank you for the correction.
In those days it was blacks and Filipinos that could hold that rating. Alex Haley(Roots) started out as a steward in the US Coast Guard. If the crew didn't want blacks; than the job was given to Filipinos. Dory Miller died a steward , and he shot down 7 Japanese planes during Pearl Harbor attack. Miller won the Navy Cross as a Steward and died a Steward on the USS Douglass.
Hope they no they ate some shit 😒
Miller did get awarded the Navy across for actions at Pearl however, he died aboard USS Liscome Bay, in 1943; from an attack by a Japanese Sub. Just to clarify. ;-)
So you mean to tell me that in 1954 when some of our brothers joined they were navy Stewart's? it looks like another way of making them slaves. One of the comments below said, " We served with dignity" I love that because that shows US still. A people of dignity, grace. I appreciate this channel, I have learned so much over the years watching. 💪🏾🙏🏾❤️
'navy did not have a afro am offercer until the 1960,s admiral graverly of richmond va he has a street in rich'va in his name tganks jim crow is gone bless dorie miller
NO Lie, I'M ALL IN MY FEELINGS...
POWERFUL POST!!!!
P E A C E...
Speechless, but not unexpected. The naval traditions across the world borrowed a lot from Colonial monarchies, where lords, noble families normally formed the officer class. Those groups of spoiled brats were known to exploit anyone outside their incestuous circles. There are retired folk who take pride and call it a "tradition"; a spat on the face of humanity is what it truly is.
😂😂Speechless 😂.
Never forget the past...
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!😊
Whats so interesting too, is to us serve in different spaces. For instance, the guy was serving coffee, then in the kitchen serving. When I was in the Navy 2009-2012, the jobs were all separate, like cooks were only in the kitchen etc. I wonder when it changed?
In '69, we had brothers below decks in the engineering ratings, you could go career or separate and get a hell of a nice paying job as stationary engineer for a school or wastewater management for a municipality- it may sound like a crap job, but the pay made it all worthwhile.
Coltrane was in the US NAVY.
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! :). The steward proves to be an integral part of the navy experience.
The real problem is that the stewards job was pretty much the only job or type of job available to black sailors. Regardless to education, training, intelligence, or ability too many of ur brothers were relegated to servant roles.
Make sense to me! A True servant is a GOD servant not slavery. A servant is a blessing.
@Jay Gg “goddamnit fool”. Takes one to know one, I guess
Being a servant is a blessing, but when that’s all you can be... Then it’s a problem.
PAID servant has nothing to do with forced enslavement! You sound stupid! I'd be blessed if you come do ALL my work and I keep the profits! 🖐🏾🤦🏿😤
@@alphawhitaker9305 amen. Life is a scale of Balance. Giving &received.
@@lisawallace921 receiving more than authorization from "The Giver" isn't "supply and demand! Humans are not cattle!!! Period! No matter how you try to justify it!
This is interesting, love these old videos of African Americans.Not feeling them only being servants.
I hope they no Jesus was a black man
Jesus was a black man
I guess we should be grateful they let some of us on the boat at all 🤦🏽♂️
I thought it was gonna show some black navy men at war. Not serving.
1954. We just migrated from down South where my great grandmother cleaned mansions all her life and got hand me down furniture her 7 children would get they butt whooped over. We were just able to serve off the plantation.
Yes an that came with benefits.
No we shouldn't. Wrong mentality. Maybe back then they were subject to that thought process...but no longer. We probably built the boat.
@@christafarism the fact that we were so thought about by another group of people to be saved from our minute way of life that they had to kidnap us and force us to be used as their human livestock is a back handed compliment in itself. Complimentary that out of all other groups of people we were the ones required and needed (in our history books when they say we were the only ones able to work the fields and survive through harsh conditions; how did they come up with this theory? Did they have a competition with all groups of people and it was declared that we were the best? ) But disrespectful as hell because if we were the only ones who could successfully work and build up America, then what was the point of them even being around? They could have just contracted our people to work the american land. But because they could not and would not, they defined us as less than and our work was only respected when we worked for others that couldn't do it themselves. That is just some pathetic, the rulers are the inferiors, and a refusal of truth that we are the people that hold the necessary tools and physical attributes to rule civilization.
That type of job still exist but now it's open to all races. Back then it was Blacks and Fillipinos that filled that billet. Eventually other jobs opened up to minorities such as electrician, gunners mate and so on.
But I don't knock this job if the person doing it is ok with it. It's manual labor and nothing is wrong with manual labor. I was an electronics technician in the Navy. I never worked in a kitchen or dining facility. I also never worked the officers wardroom.
I wonder the ages of the commenters? The tone is very bitter. It would be better to ask those who served during that time. They were quite proud of their jobs.
When did all of you finally arrive?
The tone is bitter possibly because the commenters were not from a time period where if you were a certain class or race, this was the "best" chance you had in assimilating into a "privileged" culture. Speaking as one who's father was a steward, people who were in those positions Navy or otherwise were "proud" of their positions and did their jobs with pride, because it was about survival, not about living. Think on that.
this is 6 years after the US military was supposed to integrate.
@reelblack hey I was looking for a specific film on your channel about aliens abducting a % of black people in exchange for fixing all the environmental problems we have but I can’t find it so I was wondering if it was privated/deleted?
Cosmic Slop
@@reelblack thank you!
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The Butler
Serving with dignity, no matter how, must be carried out by everyone. BUT why only afroamericans serving? This is a portrait of the past. The point is how much our present mirrors the past. And most important yet is to question WHY. Cheerz
You are so right! And thats always a question on the journey of truth in a world that tries to suppress it with lies and illusions. We are a people of dignity and grace. Much love and peace to you 🙏🏾
Essentially a butler for Officers. I was in the Navy and every boatswainmate seaman still does this position although you are specifically chosen like it's some type of honor....it's during your kitchen duty cycle.....shoe shining was not apart of the duties but making their bed, cleaning their bathrooms and serving them still was and this was in the 90's....so it was White, Hispanic and African-American by that point....it's amazing that this use to be a selling point for joining the Navy for Black Men....still keeping them in subservient roles.....disgusting......
Such a simpler time. Take me back.
Oh fuck I'm a half Slavic WOP.
Make sure to pile on the mayonnaise
"A credit to the Navy." Propoganda 101.
Hard to un see that.
Blimey
Same ole Same ole.
Make sure your’s knives are sharpened to the teeth
This is some gone with wind bull crap on the high seas.
Nothing had changed in the early seventies. I was in when the commissary and the steward rate was changed to messmanagement specialist. That he honorable discharge was recommended for reenlistment but because I was a former Steward I wasn't qualified for re-enlistment. Up until 1971 filipinos with office citizenship for serving three years and that rate
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