The real story of Rosa Parks -- and why we need to confront myths about Black history | David Ikard
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Black history taught in US schools is often watered-down, riddled with inaccuracies and stripped of its context and rich, full-bodied historical figures. Equipped with the real story of Rosa Parks, professor David Ikard highlights how making the realities of race more benign and digestible harms us all -- and emphasizes the power and importance of historical accuracy.
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Claudete Colvin who was a 15 year old girl was the first to refuse giving up her seat for a white woman. Rosa Parks story was a result of Claudete. She's still alive living in the Bronx NY.
There were more than those two women.
I was born in the Bronx. They never taught us that in school smh
She wasn’t the first
All of em were planned propaganda from the NAACP
Frances Harper refused to give up her seat 100 years before Rosa Parks.
I tried explaining this to soemone and they told me to shut up and sit down. I was accused being insensitive and annoying. I explained that I was only trying to let a bit of truth into the myth but I was practically ignored. I probably shouldn't talk to bus drivers while they're driving anyway.
That's funny
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Man finding this out in college was a real slap in the face; I'm glad this man and others like him are willing to force us to see the truth.
Kialessa Sunstrider Fr. Ngl I kinda lost the badass nature after learning what really happened but hey that’s history for ya. 🤷♂️😭
If you all have not seen a documentary called.. it's worse than you think.... By revelations of Jesus Christ ministries... I suggest you do.. all praise and glory to the most high Jesus Christ
Start reading for yourself aswell, if you don't like books as much, there are docs and videos etc
I imagine how much of histrory we learned is inaccurate
A whole lot
It’s all part of the system in order to misguide us & support the NWO
Bingo!!
Hey you guys if you get a chance here on RUclips there's movie called new world order the full movie, that movie is scary
I bet it's a lot and it's a shame! The importance of staying informed and researching is clear
I only learned about Claudette Colvin this month because of quarantine. Claudette Colvin was the original person who said no. She wasn't represented by the NAACP because she was 15 pregnant and a dark skin. You dont learn about her in school. But shes 80 years old now
You also don't learn from school that Claudette Colvin had a pregnancy from an out-of-wedlock relationship with a White church pastor.
I could swear I was taught Rosa Parks was an old woman too. I also am confused. I’m shocked. Thank you for this talk☺️
MLK was murdered before he turned 40.
@@fbaallied Did you mean MLK? He died at 39. Milk died at 48.
I know that's what I was taught. I'm pissed. I'll be sharing this talk with my friends!
When you are a kid about 7 years old, a 42 year old woman is considered old. Often older than the students teacher or mother.
When you are an adult, an old person is considered to be 90 or 100
honestly, props to the teacher for taking time to reteach the lesson as soon as she realized she messed up. Others wouldn’t even bother
I am Italian (born, raised and living in Italy) and at school they taught me a version of Rosa Parks' story that is very similar to her autobiography cited in this talk. It's sad that across half the world they teach children a more accurate version of a story than in the place that story happened... And it makes me wonder what people around the world know about Italian history better than us Italians.
Elena Sole Vismara you are totally right in Scotland our history is fascinating but I noticed we haven’t been taught anything about our part in the slave trades or our history of burning people we thought were witches or the severe sectarianism in our country I asked my history teacher about it and apparently it’s not even apart of the curriculum. Isn’t that shocking?
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Elena only I no is that my friend is Italy Clare
PROPAGANDA is the reason for historical revisionism.
Wouldn’t you be proud and happy that your son changed the way someone thought about something and that he educated his teacher? I think we all are misinformed or uneducated about a lot of things in history. The fact that the teacher admitted she was wrong and changed her ways is the best part about learning.
It’s true! This woman probably did a lot of good work on her own biases to accept being wrong w/o running/crying/turning to anger. It also is her job to teach her 9yos correct history. Often times, people of color are assumed the responsibility of educating us white people. I have definitely leaned on PoC to educate me instead of educating myself. So burdensome!! This teacher could have read the books and retaught the lecture.
Its not a 9yo job to correct a Teacher on history, children should be playing outside and not reading autobiographies to educate a dumb Teacher, she might as well be fired!
@@trimensional that's the problem, minorities already have a tough time combating racial injustices, they aren't obligated to educate the white ppl on racial issues, that's what school is for which it clearly isn't doing its job according to this man's story. Besides, you learn a lot more actively instead of passively, true knowledge is achieved through getting your hands dirty (active research) not by hearing it from someone's mouth, racial issues aren't all that difficult to understand in the first place!
@@sebastianfeuerstein9306 give me an example of systemic racism in America
@@Frozo-nt2ky minorities often face police brutality compared to white ppl
The irony of this professor stating how bad racism is...
Racism is bad but, for some unknown reason, here in the USA it can only be applied to whites. The human race come in many colors, with many prejudices and biases yet some people want to ignore that fact because they have found an easy way to amass money and power.
He's the type of person that says, you can't be racist against white people
Claudette Colvin was the first to refuse to give up her seat (first recorded instance anyway). But the activists at the time weren't happy that an underage, unmarried, pregnant girl would have potentially been seen as the poster girl for their cause, damaging its reputation. This is why they made multiple attempts to stage a more elaborate and meaningful protest, in the end it was the Rosa Parks incident that managed to catch the news and become notorious, much to the delight of the civil rights activists.
I am on old White guy (65yrs). When I was about 20 years old I was in College. I needed a history class to fill my lower division requirements. The only class available, not full, was Black History in the US. It was an eye opener. Everyone should be require to be educated in all history.
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Lol, ALL history would be great. Unfortunately, it may be painful for ALL people to realize ALL people had a rough go at some point.
@@snjspring Why is this dismissive response only spewed when it comes to BLACK history? Is there less white guilt when it comes to other races?
@@JRob1125 I'm not sure if you're dismissing others experience or emphasizing only blacks have had a difficult time? Both would be incorrect.
@@snjspring Neither. My point is it's okay to emphasize one race's history when that's the topic at hand. No need to "all lives matter" it, and I only notice this being done when the topic is BLACK history. It seems to me, and I could be wrong, that this is done because black history makes white Americans feel the most uncomfotable.
I never learned that Rosa was an old lady. Tbh, i assumed she was younger than 40s
Daniel ...Tbh, why isn’t Africa celebrating White History Month? Is that racist of me to think?
I had never heard the 'tiered feet' bit before but I'm from the UK, I don't think we even do this topic at all in much depth
He made it up
I never learned she was old, had tired feet, or any of that. Just remember learning that she refused to move to the back of the bus.
But he was very clever by putting in that tid bit about white people crying if if we call him out on his prejudice... hes very clever.... highly prejudice but very clever
His interpretation of his professor’s childhood maid is brilliant. I was wondering where he’d go with it, but it seems to be a more plausible version of events.
in a way, yes. on the other hand, who knows. either way, i like his story better and it's the one that is more needed.
A 2020 black male professor who wasn't even born yet recounting black peoples feelings in the sixties? I am sorry but you can't put that in my head, because even though you are a learned historian you have little idea of what you are talking about.
@@edpoell2876 🗣white fragility
@@Kyiverdam Deflective as always! 🙄
@Aviri Char
: All I said was a forty something professor in 2020 has no idea what that lady was thinking back in the late sixties. There was no evidence in the story of her feeling disrespected. For him to assume she was feeling slighted by being called by her first name by a juvenile at the home where she worked sounds more like his issue than hers or mine.
I understand your point about the student educating the teacher. Ask yourself this, if we at any age dont educate those who dont know our history, then who will?
Most historic figures, the general population is ignorant about. Most people don't dive deeply into every person or topic put in their face.
exactly.. he says a child shouldn't be education his teacher. First think i thought was: Why not?
if that's what is needed, it is needed. who are you to speak of shoulds and should nots
@@glamdrag Do you think the teacher will start teaching the truth if the teacher learns the truth? That's not the teachers job. The teachers job is to indoctrinate children using whatever curriculums the compulsory educations sytem gives them.
@@glamdrag like he said, the 9yo should be playing video games or thinking about the latest movie, its not a 9yo job to teach history, that's the teacher's job damnit! Kids shouldn't have to be teaching history to fully realised adults on what's true or false regarding said history, it should be the other way around, kids shouldn't have to carry that burden!
This is amazing!! There are a lot of misleading history facts that need to be shedded some truthful light unto ! Thank you for this
Just had a teacher do the same with my kid. We just watched the first 8 minutes to start a conversation about it! Went well!!!
I still think that it's crazy that all of this history happened less than a 100 years ago. When you read about it in a book you feel like it happened ages ago, and it doesn't have much of an effect on your life. When you realize that all these things didn't happen that long ago, it definitely gives you perspective on how far we have come and how far we have left to go.
The assassination of Martin Luther King was about a year before the Apollo-11 mission, just to give some perspective
I definitely agree with 'we have come a long way'!
I definitely do NOT agree with 'we still have a long way to go'!
Equality is already here.
Even positive discrimination - wich in fact is discrimination against others - so we are already too far on equality.
TIME is what makes a level playingfield.
Not rules and regulations at this time in humanity.
@Thomas Miller you're right. It was a complete hoax perpetuated by the democrats and the communist party. Parks was a phony.
In my opinion, not much has changed regarding racism and racial issues in America, ever since the pandemic hit we've witnessed a significant rise in hate crimes against Asians and there's also that business of unarmed minorities getting shot by the police
There are plenty of people still alive who remember these things.
It's a shame the teacher had it wrong. She was tought wrong and was passing it on. It must have been a real growth situation for his son. Learning to handle problims in a constructive way and learning about correct history at the same time.
Alot of other stories about people are watered down as well. Also, I would be proud if I had a 9 year old who, on his own, could correct mistakes in a cirriculum. And props to the teacher for being able to take said corrections and reteach.
Side note, I truly feel education in college amd later high school is relearning the bs taught in middle school. Or just things we arent taught (rise of Nazism in relation to history of Germany, etc)
I wish he gave a more concrete commitment. I found myself having to replay the closing remarks to see what he actually wanted. Still kind of uncertain.
The TL;DR of his closing remarks are, "Whitewashing history can corrupt the lessons history is trying to teach us, and it impacts everyone's future."
I would say that's because there isn't a simple, one-stroke solution to fixing this kind of problem. It takes a lot to deliberately make culture change, and it almost always happens slowly. It will take a lot of actions over time, and a lot of internal changes to ourselves. So there are a lot of actions we can work on. He didn't directly state them, but he implied a number of things we can do:
- Let go of "White fragility." Get used to being challenged, and don't be offended when you are.
- Be inquisitive, and be open to the possibility of your old theories and beliefs being proven wrong.
- Do your own research, and go to the direct sources when possible.
- Listen to to the perspectives of people who are "Other" to you. Seek out their side of the story, rather than assuming your own is the only side.
- Be prepared to educate others, and be prepared to call out misinformation when you hear it.
And of course,
- Fix the education system. Seriously.
That's what I think, at least. It could be a starting point.
@ I'd argue this is not an issue with the speakers, but with TED as a RUclips channel - all of their videos are titled in a clickbait-like fashion, often taking a very small idea from the lecture or phrasing it as a "how to overcome/learn ____" when in reality most of these people are just here to shed light on their backgrounds and specialties to either garner interest in their direction or to start a conversation.
Oh my God, i am Hispanic and i was told the Wrong information about Rosa Parks, thank you for your sons teacher who was willing to learn the Truth and teach truth. WOW i am just Amazed, learning truth feels so Good.
I never learned about Rosa Parks that way. My teachers were knowledgeable but then again they were black women. But even the white teachers never told me such a ridiculous story about Rosa Parks and I went to public school In the Midwest.
The Midwest is quite a different place from the South
Let me tell you something about that. I'm white. I was thoroughly enjoying your telling of the truth about Rosa and her family. Fantastic. You lost me about six minutes in with that racist white fragility crap. Call me fragile if you must, but hear me.
I went to college for a couple of years, and I paid for every minute of it. There were no scholarships for me. My parents made too much, and my skin color isn't the right type for free money based on that. I've had to work for everything I have, and some things i didn't get in the end. I have not enjoyed any privilege. My one run in with the police was a very negative experience and it cost me greatly. No priviledge then. None at all.
I'm standing here turning a wrench to feed my family and I hear this racist garbage about my "priviledge" and how fragile I can be about it. I'm disgusted. Rosa may not have known about Dr. King, but I do. I don't believe minorities need to be coddled and I don't believe anyone should be treated differently than anyone else based on superficial things like skin color. I believe the contents of a person's character is what truly matters. You sir have just displayed yours.
Good day.
His son's teacher wasn't unaware of the true story of Rosa Parks because she was white. She was teaching what she'd been taught. I'm white and I was taught the story that his son learned from my black teacher. The history of the different white ethnicities is barely taught at all. Other races are told that we are all basically British colonialists. We're not.
The kid read ONE book, and he’s 9 years old. That teacher is at least 22, she can do her research before teaching her class just like the nine year old did. That is her due diligence. If she can’t pick up a book, then she shouldn’t be a teacher.
I'm white and learned the real story... Considering she died just a few years ago, she couldn't have been old in the 50s... This teacher was clearly ignorant on the subject and shouldn't have been teaching without a refresher.
Clearly your teachers didn't instill a sense of wonder and interest and further education. If you believe what's told to children for your entire adult life, you have failed to be educated, relying on others to tell you want to think.
@@homewall744 I didn't say this was something I believed all of my life. I said that the woman who first taught me this story in a school was black. Go read a few history books and then blame the students who read them. Smh
@@brandon0981 why wouldn't we? His version of her story is well documented. Go Google some interviews of Rosa Parks for goodness sakes.
Wow, 5 months later, this TED talk is spot on with today's environment!
All news and history are pre-agreed talking points. Which in no way conveys the complexity and experience for the people who lived it.
I wonder if "Maybelle" was still alive when the author of the book was writing. Maybe he could talk to her about her experiences, maybe bridge that gap a little.
This brother reminds me of my father. One love!
I only have one small issue with your talk. You said that the young man called his maid by her first name may-bell where young children from here side of the tracks would have called her Mrs may-bell or some other form of respect. On that you are correct. What I must point out, being a white child of the south my self is as kids we had to give the same lvl of respect to all our elders regardless of race and I too would have been expected to call this lady Mrs May-bell. So the fault here is not because this child had some kind of privilege. This is of course assuming the adult male that wrote this story just didn't think about it as he was an adult at the time of writing it. but if he did dare call her only by her first name this is due to poor parenting not racial motives or norms. My mother would have sent me to the hickory tree without thought if I ever showed such disrespect to my elders regardless of class or race.
Thank you. Some people just use any excuse to spin their narrative of racial divisiveness. They masquerade as social justice warriors while actually being part of the problem.
I got the same story your son did, sir. I’m glad I know the truth. I always - in the back of my mind - NOTICED she looked “young” for her age!
Most historical icons are mistaught in our schools in America. Take Edison for example. It's not a matter of race.
@ i was shocked when I found he electrocuted an elephant in Coney Island
Non violence : I understand what the speaker meant (i.e. the story told versus who she really was), but it must be said that self-defense and having weapons because of the real threat of being killed is not active violence. We can presume almost all their actions were non-violent overall. As he explains properly, the weapons were for self-defense. Context is everything when trying to understand behavior.
@@TeTaongaKorora Absolutely agree with you. My comment may have come across wrong, but your explanation is spot on. Just one nuance though: their actions were not violent in general (I am sure there are exceptions). If self-defense occurs, I see your point that it is technically a violent altercation, but their weapons were not meant to be used offensively.
@lefu87 Williford I agree. They had weapons to defend themselves in case and with reason; this does not mean their actions were violent. I am non violent, but if I am under death threats, I will use various defensive techniques and I will go down with a fight if attacked.
I haven't read the autobiography but it would be interesting to see if she mentioned strong women figures in her life.
Yes. That would be interesting
Maybe she was not that sexist
Justin Namuco, please do tell me what you mean, dear.
We aren't African Americans. We are Aboriginal American Indians, the real Indians of America
Very interesting ted talk! Thank you
Teachers teach from state approved text books. That’s the problem not the teachers or the schools. It’s the teachers job to make what she’s teaching exciting and engaging.
Rosa, said she was thinking of Emmett Till, that day. It is in the book, "The Death of Innocence." She was also, a member of the NAACP, which was equivalent to being a member of BLM, today or the Black Panther Party, in the 60's. I am surprised the professor did not mention this.
I learned that too in elementary in the 90s
Same, in canada
His son read the entire autobiography, and during his reading, the son never once spoke to his dad about it? Ok lol
Thank you for this talk! I was reminded to take a closer look at commonly accepted history.
I'm a Latino man and this guys talks about "White fragility" but at 14:14 I detect some "Black fragility". The guy got triggered by his professor's story.
Great talk. Needed to hear this.
So, you are just going to assert that because the teacher was white, she was lying to your child to protect her frail psyche? You didn't maybe consider as a possibility that she could just have been wrong?
The notion that Rosa Parks was old doesn't stem from "white fragility" it stems from the fact that we teach this to children. What do you think children think of people who are in their 40's, especially children young enough that one of their parents might not even be in their 40's, they think that's pretty old. Well, what happens when those kids grow up? They don't remember the whole story in every minute detail, they remember the parts they considered important at the time. She didn't give up her seat, she got arrested, she was someone they percieved as being very old at the time they were taught the story. Even if these kids became teachers themselves, they would still probably be teachers well before the time they hit their own 40's. It also doesn't help that a lot of the imagery depicting Rosa parks that they sould have seen in the time that lapsed between learning about her and going on to teach about her would have been pictures of her in her later years, long after the fact, but would they have known those were more recent pictures? Probably not, and it would have reinforced the notion that she was old.
Your kid's teacher was mistaken, not frail, and your assertions otherwise are based on yourself becoming the bigot Rosa Parks stood up to.
He didn't say she lied. It's a CLEAR failure of history, of education. That's the point of this Ted talk. The autobiography exists to correct misconceptions and it clearly was not interpreted into history. Once more, a failure of history, and of the education system. The fact remains that a 9yo child shouldn't know more than his teacher. The teacher did well in response, and no one is faulting her for that. Further, it's not because she's white, it's because she was miseducated. Which she would've done to an entire group of students, including a black boy. CLEALRY not due to race. The only point of contention with race is the confrontation that occurs between races as it pertains to misconceptions and prejudice, which might not be realized or known by white individuals, and persons of colour alike. The fact remains that a white individual is less likely to be mindful of these things and how they might affects others in the day to day and thus might react poorly, as he explained. JFC did you even listen to the point of the talk?
@@chokorange0256 Yes he did, or if not her, then someone who taught her did. He asserted that white people made up that version of the story on purpose to detract from the significance of it, which never happened, and yes, he Implied that the perpetuated it either knowingly or unknowingly because of her skin color, not because she was simply wrong.
I wish more teachers would teach the truth that it was a black slave owner, Anthony Johnson, that legalized slavery. I learned this from Larry Elder, and when I researched it, I started receiving on my RUclips other people telling about this.
I think when i was younger at i had that idea about rosa parks but you learned more about it every year and def got a more complete picture when u starting learning about the civil rights at an age where teachers can tell you about the terrors committed
telling children that parks was an old woman whose feet hurt from a long day at work as a maid, and who spontaneously refused to give up her seat, was never a necessary edit of that history. why would telling the truth about who she was and ehat she did that day be something young children could not hear?
@@nonyabizness.original idk whats better just telling you the expirience I had recently going through the system
Just amazing, I am using this as a source for my essay on why black history should be a compulsory course in schools (AND TAUGHT RIGHT)
Notice how this professor is never satisfied or happy. It’s like he wants blacks to never be grateful or happy with any outcome.
Thank you.
A great case for school choice.
News flash. Most of history books are twisting the truth like that. Shocking I know.
I believe Rosa Parks worked for the NAACP.
That’s why she got on that bus in the first place.
Thanks for the talk. We learned a some great new knowledge about Rosa.
Excellent!
Thank you. Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free....
this speaker merely creating more division - hello!!! We have all been subject to misinformation from teachers, etc. on what happened throughout history. speculation is interesting. perspective is interesting.
Thank you for saying this!
@lefu87 Williford Where did I make any counter claims about rosa parks?
@lefu87 Williford It's not a feeling, it is an observation, as an historian and social science major.
What book was it I wanna learn more about her story
Phenomenal Ted talk
I am not familiar with the racism situation in history classes in the US, not sure if the lecturer’s claim is entirely true. His interpretation of the little story “mate Belly” is indeed impressive.
Fern Boudreaux thank you for correcting my mistake
It's really effing hard most of the time to recognize our privilege. Thanks.
Great topic,
ThankYou so much , Ted Talks. !
The perception of today’s events are skewed by various agendas that hurt and help folks. When in future the stories yesterday have been changed and manipulated to further the agenda and cause effect.
People like this guy are part of the problem
You do understand that out of all low paid teachers, your son ended up having one who actually cares about what she teaches and wants to correct herself when her teaching hasn’t been accurate. Think how many don’t care at all.
Calling people by there first name is the highest form of respect and honor. 💖😎
Depends on the culture. I grew up in the seventies and eighties, and the culture I grew up in was that children didn't address adults by their first name. Parents were Mom and Dad. Grandparents were Grandma/Grandpa Lastname. Teachers and Friend's parents were Mr./Mrs. Lastname. Even aunts and uncles were Aunt/Uncle Firstname. Only friends and peers were on a first name basis. For a child to address an adult by their first name was a form of disrespect since it implied that the child was above the established relationship. My high school band teacher was chided for letting some of the students address him by his first name, because "it wasn't professional".
And, this wasn't something that was a "only people of a certain race did." I suspect that "Fred" in the story was under the same rules about the adults in his life. Except that their maid or house servant was black, so she became exempt from the rule because of it. And Fred wasn't aware of this because no one spelled it out to him until then.
Rosa Parks wasn't the very first one not give up her seat, The very first person that didn't give up her seat was a 14 year old girl who was pregnant they written her out of history because she was pregnant so they replace her with Rosa Park
he said parks was the third woman known to do what parks did that day.
The young lady you refer to was not pregnant at the time of her arrest.
@@ammaleslie509 yes she was that's why she wasn't written into history
If you're going to tell the truth about Rosa Parks, then tell the whole truth! Rosa Parks did not start the movement against segregation on the Montgomery, Alabama buses. On March 2, 1955, Claudette Colvin (15 years old) was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white lady. She was kicked, grabbed by her arms, yanked out of the bus seat and dragged off the bus by white police...nine months before Rosa Parks! Claudette's "moral courage was repackaged" into NAACP secretary Rosa Parks because the civil rights team believed that Rosa Parks had a better image and background to rally the people and media coverage. Segregation on the Montgomery, Alabama buses was abolished because of Claudette's and three other ladies testimonies in court. Rosa Parks was not part of the group. Rosa Parks symbolic image as the mother of resistance is a lie that too many Black people continue to repeat. Thank you Claudette Colvin and all the people that resisted injustice before you...Ase!
God chose Rosa Parks to run this race because she was a seasoned soldier with character.
Claudette Colvin showed courage, and by the way she was not the first to refuse. But the baton got passed on because a young pregnant teen was not ready for the world stage. It was not in her best interest nor the interest of the Civil Rights movement.
Rosa Parks had the character necessary to stand in the gap of history and make the world a better place for not only blacks but for everyone.
You have some blacks who want to rewrite history to their own liking because they would prefer to have a "black face" represent them and get the credit.
Ingratitude. This is why mixed people today don't concern themselves with black struggles anymore. They are ungrateful. Fight your own battles from now on.
@@darnabedwell2115 Claudette Colvin's "Black Face" did represent resistance against injustice on the Montgomery, Alabama public transit bus when she said "It's my constitutional right". Claudette Colvin's "Black Face" testimony in the court room did helped to abolish segregation on the Montgomery, Alabama public transit buses (now that's world stage business).That's not rewriting history my friend. A large number of Black people living in the U.S.A are "Mixed" (light & brown skin). Collectively, we should always stand-up against injustice and give acknowledgement to the shoulders we stand on...are we clear!
i know the feeling, exactly. two decades ago, our own 9-year-old came home from school one february day aggitated. the teacher (in a northern, 'liberal' state) had kicked off black history month presenting mlk as 'the good guy', versus malcolm x as the bad guy, in the civil rights movement. she was not being innacurate on purpose- she was teaching what she had been taught to be true.
our daughter described how she was confused for a quick sec, then grew indignant, and then raised her hand to correct this depiction. the teacher at first balked, but capiltulated when our daughter said "my parents already taught me about this".
we listened to her description of this interaction with pride in our child. she had been able to raise her hand because we had by then taught her basic black history, and she trusted us to have told her truth.
p.s.: she has turned out to be one beautiful and amazing woman.
another edit: fyi, some of the people in my story are not the 'races' you might have assumed.
Well, MLK actually made a difference and wasn't seeking to categorically condemn an entire race because he knew what it was like to be made out to be "the other".
The constant talk of race as divisive has in turn made race more divisive. As this professor said, he doesn't know if race relations will get better. It's because he is wrapped up in ideological possession. That people must atone for things they had no part in. I've been told that because I'm white I have original sin that cannot be cleansed even when I didn't have a white friend until 7th grade.
The generalization and bigotry being perpetrated by people of darker skin tone and rich white liberals isn't making race relations better it's making them worse.
@@MrAnonymous1515 you've been told by whom? why do you choose to dwell on being told that utter nonsense? why do you remain bitter because someone told you something stupid?
I was just thinking about the vilification of Malcom X when I read your comment. Its up to us to take an active role in learning about these figures. We dive deep into the biographies of the "founding fathers" but only ever touch a biased surface when it comes to civil rights leaders.
@@sarahs1368 I've watched more documentaries and read more on Malcom X then I have looked into the founding fathers. Malcom was a radical. He found violence a better solution then he did trying to find a peaceful future. He was a radical Islamist who broke away from the religious leadership and tried to usurp. He made a lot of enemies in his own community, along with the racial tensions.
Maybe having these two figures with diametrically opposite opinions was of ultimate benefit. But the same mosque and its community are still fueling racial divisions and hatred for the "other".
@@MrAnonymous1515, the divisiveness comes from good people showing the fragility that was talked about earlier. You can't have an honest conversation about race bc people either get mad, cry, or run. That's divisive.
Side point: black people were brought to the land of freedom as slaves. Then when granted their freedom, were systematically treated as second class citizens. 100 years later they actually tried to get the rights they should've already had and were met with German shepards, fire hoses full blast, and police batons. Is it inconceivable that some people thought they may have to fight for their rights after 100 years of passivity and non violence gained them nothing? If there were white people advocating for them there weren't many and they weren't vocal. If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem.
Loved that!
The first was Viola Desmond in 1946 in Canada.
This is great. The only question I have is : did your son really have all these question or is this is a good story?
"My children, my children's children, your children, your children's children" - covenant by EL.
I honored EL and he refused me, refused my people, refused my covenant. After using me repeatedly. No honor. No justice. No covenant.
Just another Amb.
This refers to ALL history, bad and good.
This was point blank the most brilliant & honest history that I was humbled to have heard #Thankyou
I have long heard that Rosa Parks was actually seated in the "Colored Only" back of the bus, and as all white seats were filled a white man tried to take her designated seat. She refused to surrender. Can anyone accurately confirm or debunk this for me?
Read her autobiography
Wikipedia
When the white section was full, folks in the front row of the black section were asked to give up their seats. Basically, black folks were not allowed to sit if any white folks were standing.
I haven't read her autobiography, so i don't know if that's what happened to her on that day, but that was common practice.
It's severely important to have accurate history. A lot of this presentation I agree with, what I don't is how divisive he presents some parts. Black history instead of human history, raising a black family instead of a family. It's passive but it's still racist and divisive to a degree
I guess you missed his part about white fragility.
@@naut_nigel I didn't actually. White fragility has nothing to do with the words he chose to use. Youre also assuming I'm white.
@@naut_nigel Ah, so that's how it is then. When white people critique a poc you just call it white fragility. You'll have to do better than that
@Thomas Miller You're the only non-peasant?
@ essentially self aggrandizement
Apparently, some people think is was planned outrage. She was working with mlk.
I’m proud to have been raised amongst a predominantly black community where I was taught the truth of the civil rights movement and about how the unjust suffering of blacks in the USA. There were too many times where I had to correct my white history teacher about the BS that whites propagate until these day! It’s sad and it pisses me off! The black community deserve reparations!
I'm not a native speaker. I have learned English.
But I have a question. Does anybody know why the speaker doesn't use an articles? I mean 'a' and 'the'
Hi Andrey. I will help you with this. I listened and did not hear anything unusual, so it might be that you're expecting an article where one would not normally appear. Give me some examples of places where you expected to hear an article.
English does not use articles in the same way as many other languages.
Great video...until 5:45 when he gets off track and starts talking nonsense.
Yep
What I don’t understand… and it really gets to me…. Is why black people never acknowledge that there were black owned, run, operated bus lines in that same city.
In the same way that I hear black people segregate themselves in modern day America as if it’s a power move, it was like that back then, black people owned businesses, owned land, had families, the whole 9 yards.
I love that he talks about at TED. For years, (i am a white woman from Germany) I think about the bad history of slavery and what is done to our brothers and sisters for profit. and when I listen about gun shootings, I always think, may they been brother and even don't know about it, because of that damn slavery. Peace and Shalom
A very deep truth in your statement..
The story was about Tim Tyson and the book Blood Done Signed My Name lol
Yes
Very good talk ! :-)
talkin bout false history. what is dude talking about about white privileged
Came to learn about American black history, got insulted. Would've rather learned from a more down to earth person.
Take the win, maybe his teacher will have learned something herself...to do more research.
Remember that boondocks episode where freeman hates Rosa parks.
I was happy to hear the facts and now respect her more. Too bad it always has to be coated in a layer of division instead of offering it up for everyone to learn from equally... together.
Well, in all fairness to the teacher, his version probably isn’t the one you teach a 9 year old.
I love this kid!!
Great TED Talk!
I think it’s pretty bad that here I am, also 42, just now finding this out!
Why am I not surprised that the story is not true. We are fed so many lies about everything.
We all need to confront the myths about black history.
So instead of being a woman tired of being oppressed, she was an agent acting as a smaller part to a bigger whole. Why is this such a big deal? An old woman being sick of oppression is literally the better message and story
The old woman story makes it seem like it was discourteous for the white guy to tell her to get up, not simply evil and racist. Also, that she didn’t get because it would hurt her physically. When you learn the truth, that she was young, strong and not physically tired and still chose to stay seated, in an act of civil disobedience, it makes her actions conscious and politically oriented: she knew what she was doing and got the reaction she was expecting. It is a much more powerful act and empowers black people as protagonists of their movement for civil rights. Rosa Parks was a very strong and admirable woman and she deserves to have her story told with integrity and veracity.
We were asking for the seat when we should’ve been asking (taking) the damn bus!
White privilege. Says the black professor. Give me a break. 🙄
Rosa Parks moves to Michigan to Detroit until her death. However Mertz Tate was an African American trailblazer that needs more deserved national recognition