This young man is so smart. He just doesn't ramble. He has statically facts and data and history to back up everything he says. Bravo young man. I just subscribed.
He is on top because, for decades, the Black Community supported his career. His rise was not on "Saturday Night Live" like Eddie Murphy at 19, where Murphy was in White Households EVERY WEEKEND for years. It was the Black "chitterling circuit" that got Steve's loud mouth to Hollywood. How soon they forget. SMH.
You taught more actual American History in 45 minutes than most textbooks. Thank you for your time in researching, adding charts & articles. You are appreciated Thor lol hammer in the car
I'm convinced that if Steve was not a comedian or talk show host he would have been a prosperity preacher. In all honesty, there is only a slight difference between him and them. Both are under the same umbrella of falsehood, ignorance and greed.
Right. Our morals as a country need to be questioned. These persons should make more money according to Steve's definition. And according to most people. But they don't
🤔What is it with some of our people using these bible verses only when they want to justify their points? Did he honor that same bible 2 marriages ago? Oh ok then...🤷🏾♂️
Exactly. At the same time, I don't want to bring him down, as he's alive, meaning there's hope, as he's not dead. Show why his POV is questionable, then counter it with education and, as important, action, to slay White Supremacy, which is the root of our discontent.
i haven't listened to a word of Steve Harvey in like 10 yrs ago so I'm not gonna go there lol but I'm actually glad you touched on the whole descendants of American chattel slavery vs immigrants component of all this. It hurts my heart to hear immigrants (esp those of color and ESP the Black ones) to sort of nana boo boo Black Americans about our socioeconomic standing with that same tired bootstrap rhetoric without looking into our history let alone with nuance. Great video
@N M if we didn't watch his shows, listened to his tired ass radio station, bought tix to the Hoodie Awards (smh), and supported his boring comedy during the Kings of Comedy tour and MORE!...urgh there are some people i wish would just shrivel up and hide under a turtle shell (im going to keep it nice...lol)
Anyone who makes a little bit of money in our community is always getting on a soapbox to shame the rest of the community who hasn't had the same opportunities they had. It makes me sick; skinfolk ain't kinfolk.
I wish these black ppl who have made it would stop talking at and down to other black ppl. They're acting as if they were born into the status they've acquired.
It's mostly the nouveau riche black folks who act like this. My family is 3 generations removed from poverty. We always used our status as an opportunity to pull people forward. It doesn't always work out but we try.
I'm taking a social work course on poverty right now and a lot of what your saying we've discussed in class. Thank you for the riveting lecture Prof. Calvin!
Lol.. my mom always said work smarter not harder.. and when I see how the owner at my job navigates, when everyone is running just to be part of things. He walks and gets their before they do.. learned a lot from him..
Truth, so much knowledge. Public housing is not cheap now, they take 30% of all income in home, even part-time work. Also, educated ppl who have fallen on hard times are living there. Thank you for telling the truth with knowledge.
Facts!!! I have a new boss at work, and he wanted to have a meeting one day. He started the meeting by having 🙏. His first week on the job, somebody made a complaint that quick!!! And he's a brotha and highly religious.
Steve Harvey went from telling a joke to being a joke. I've worked 2 jobs (70 hours a week) for years, after obtaining a degree from The University of Texas at Austin. I know others with degrees who are older than me and who graduated before I did who also work crazy hours just to survive. I hope all Steve's shows get cancelled (tv and radio). There wouldn't be a stock market to wake up to if it weren't for my ancestors. Why shouldn't I be able to sleep normally and live a decent life as an American citizen and a descendant of the people and the institution that built this country?
I will soon be working 6o hours a week because I havs things to do so I gotta be on that grind and will be able to save. That's life your journey is your own and Steve has done his but judging others.
Japh Allen Two of his shows have been cancelled as of today. Hopefully he’ll use some of that free time to self-reflect. He has been a real disappointment.
Steve Harvey said one morning on his show that “everybody can’t be rich. There have to be regular people who work for the rich people”. He also said Rich people push regular people to try to do better. He said the reason he has Instagram is to show people what they could get if they worked hard”😧😑...needless to say I don’t listen to him on my way to work anymore.
Steve is always speaking like he knows everything. Reality, he doesn't know anything but a few historical facts. He says what the others want him to say. This is why he was given these shows to tell these lies. They need a class of people to keep them rich. He works so hard cuz he owes so much. Trying to live that Cuban cigar lifestyle and all but one of his real children lived in poverty. But making sure he keeps that high-priced woman and her children well feed. All that shucking and jiving really gets on my nerves. Always worried about what other people are saying about him. News flash most people don't care. They are out here working half sleeping just to keep what they got. Live your life Steve. Stop criticizing your own people. Teach them 👊👊👊. Tell them Mr. Calvin the real economics.
T Thomas Steve Harvey is a Trump bootlicker. I haven’t paid attention to him in years but I remember his punk a** in Trump Tower after Russia helped that bloated orange crook steal the election
Let’s see how many people show up ready to argue because I challenged a celebrity ignoring the fact that this video centers on the history and long term effects of the wealth gap.
This is my THIRD time watching this video; the amount of knowledge and history he just dropped under the guise of "responding" to Steve Harvey's statement at the time... Mind-blowing!
Omg I can’t believe he said that! 😐 Edit: The video was truly inspiring to me especially as a social work major at UTA, I’m learning the importance of networking!!
The diagram displayed at 8:43 clearly showcases the fact that the economic setbacks that affect black Americans as a collective are clearly a structural issue. 40 million people don’t purposely choose to struggle financially. Arguments about “laziness”, “unruly kids”, “wanting to buy Jordan’s”, “watching too much tv”, and “sleeping too much” are all entities that would align with arguments centered on individual choices. However these individual choices have little impact on a structural system when there is no power and backing to tangibly support those actions. It’s like spitting on a house fire. The argument being made in the video is not an endorsement of reductive ideologies but more so a reminder that before you rush to ridicule an entire collective about their predicament take into consideration the long history and institutionalized practices that have played a role into slowing down the initial progress. And while that progress for black Americans was all but stopped others were able to accumulate generational wealth and residual income.
I had the good fortune to discover your channel recently. I've seen several of your videos. Your commentaries are articulate, well thought out, & intelligent. I'm a VERY senior citizen, lol. I'm happy to see our young people speak truth to power, & share knowledge. Your observations are based on diligent research & on point. Please keep it going!
Thank you for the historical and social lesson. Sleep is beneficial to keeping the mind sharp, and a lack of it will literally cause a range of problems (not just months from now, but days) so get your sleep people. Be sharp. Be mindful. Be ready for the Universe to work her magic.
@@mermaidtingzzz: To play Devil's Advocate, him suggesting poor people get less hours of sleep to be more productive could be the way he lives his life. He has several hosting gigs and I think, don't quote me, but he gets less than the recommended amount. But eventually the lack of sleep will catch up to him. But you and everyone else continue getting your beauty rest.
Exp,ain't to one more person.... The poor person is still poor, mostly, cause in TODAY'S world, it really is different than just 10yrs ago. And even past 10yrs ago, a poor black man/woman had to lose sleep to get ahead. Work your shitty job, and you're tired. But how do you get out of that? Go to college and get a degree. Can't do that? Why? Online programs. Theres that. Ok..can't do that. Fine. Myself dont enjoy it either. Anyhow...free apps to learn languages. 100% free. So when that bank job appears and says they need bilingual workers, you have the opportunity. Now that's a job that works maybe 9hrs at the most. But what time you had to study? Take away a few hours of sleep. We know you're tired, but you want better, dont you? Take some of that money from the shitty job and put it towards a business. Stay up a few hours to plan it out. What did you just do? Get less sleep. But you're on the path for more success. Putting money towards a business, while doing online school, while ALSO working that shitty job. Eventually you're getting something. And it took some sleepless nights. Every business owner that started low will tell you of their sleepless nights. Every TRUE drug worker that made real money, will tell you of sleepless nights. Every single mother who NOW has a stable life, but also has kids, had a shitty job but now is a teacher or nurse will tell you of sleepless nights. And they're on the way to do better, cause they have the discipline to do more. I get you all can hate on Steve, but you acting like THIS one thing that he said was completely wrong. This man in the video is saying the EXACT thing Steve is always saying. How you think you can invest into something and own it? You gotta look. You gotta educate yourself. You have to set it up. You ,may have to build that system from the bottom...you're going to lose some fuckimg sleep. C'mon. Yall are replacing thinking with hating
Well Steve...the bible aslo says this: Matthew 19:24 "I’ll say it again-it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Capitalism has been a destructive force to the black community and humanity. Steve Harvey not only lost his Talk Show; he may not come back to host the Miss Universe pageant.
That’s because they just learned that their grandparents was taking government handouts back in the day lol. They foolishly believed that their great grandparents & grandparents did it on own(pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps) WITH NO HELP. Oh well, that’s why it’s important to read & study history. Reading is FUNDAMENTAL lol....or should I say White privilege is FUNDAMENTAL.
@@omgimover4075 Facts!!! They love using that "pull yourselves up by the boot straps" bullshit. And are the main ones who will shit on a black person when we enter their place of business.
The way you put the information across is educational and entertaining. A book that I read that researched how this concept called "capitalism" was implemented and rolled out in Europe specifically, happened kinda like you said in America. The economists at the time like Adam Smith and John Steuart conspired with the mercantilists, industrialists, landowners and the political class (or manipulators as I like to call them) to get the self provisioning farmers to stop self provisioning and get them to accept earning wages for the their labour. In a nutshell these manipulators were convinced, as they still are, that the time and labour of others actually belonged to them to do with as they saw fit. The book is called The Invention of Capitalism by Michael Perelman. It is specific to Europe and a bit of the US and just covers the non enslaved. Like you said the enslaved would not have even been a thought being as it were taken as a given they would be subjugated and their labour extracted for free. The book is interesting as it shows that the market has never been free and was always based on coercion and stinking skullduggery by the money rich that needed cheap or free labour. Absolutely well done for this. I learnt something from your videos. What did you think about the film Rosewood by John Singleton by the way. Also in the 1980s the police bombed a street in Philadelphia didn't they, killing 11 people 5 or 6 of who were children so you are absolutely correct. You pull yourself up by your bootstraps you get bombed, you don't, you get bombed. You organise and activise (not sure if this is a word), you get bombed ie: The Black Panthers. Look what happened in my mother's country Grenada, that stinking invasion and all the disgusting propaganda justifying it. Look what happened in Jamaica, Jamaican's can't afford guns but somehow they were brought into the country so that division along political lines could be established which then led to violence turned in on the people. Local economies have been destroyed by these global trade agreements that are racist and imperialist as hell. I used to like the Steve Harvey Show the one where he was the headmaster with Cedric The Entertainer but I liked Cedric more. Lastly like you said there isn't one way to get to somewhere we are all on our paths. Gonna be purchasing your album soon. I love your content.
It was very sanctimonious. And advice from a wealthy perspective. From a perspective that he has gained and didn't always have. Like the berating mentality some Black celebs have is all so strange to me. They have worked extremely hard to get to where they are now against insurmountable odds but forgetting your upbringing is a disservice to yourself. Vs white people with wealth that have had it inherited to them. Wealthy people ...their feet don't even have to hit the floor in the morning and they are already making money. Yes we need to admonish those in Our communities to aspire for better. With solutions!! Have you provided resources to them? The wealth inequality is a gap that will take over two whole centuries to meet. White wealth vs Black wealth are not the same thing. If you don't speak on American chattel Slavery (a topic Harvey said he doesn't want to talk abt) then don't talk about economics. Mal-distribution of wealth and non paid labor is what has made this gap between Black Americans and white and everyone else here in this country. Every immigrant here in this country has provisions. Even dating back to immigration laws back then. And policies like the Homestead Act etc. These non nuanced sermons Black celebs give is tiring.
Fantastic video bro! I really appreciate how you concisely refute Steve Harvey's claims about wealth through historical analysis of race and class. Again, great video and keep up the great work.
I just got your music on Amazon I don't have much I'm 60 and disabled but your wisdom has been helpful in my household. I feel anything I can do to help I will. Thank you, Michael.
He can't sleep because he's too worried about his wife leaving him. She is a thief and taking all his money. Steve forgot that he started out with a comedic talent. Most people aren't comedians whether you sleep 8 hours or sleep 4 hours.
Man....this was inspiring. While alot of this I already knew, some of it I didn't. Kudos brotha. I'll be indeed checking you out. From one artist to another, keep pushing.
Ugh Steve Harvey. THAT man consistently makes these problematic statements. I don't think he realizes that he's an exception "success story" and not the rule, and it's not because of anything he did nor his self-perceived skills. I love the story of you piecing together all of the aspects to your album. I LIVE in the world of be prepared for when you have that random meeting. Also be prepared to set up your own meetings. And be willing to hear but work around NO's.
Mika it’s sad but true. 🙃 Did I plan on things to turn out this way? No, of course not. Who does? The stress just added to my demise. And I definitely don’t plan on living off the government for the rest of my life.
Hell... It's some nights I only get 4 hours of sleep because my body literally wakes me up and won't let me go back to sleep! Does he really think that us broke and working people sleep 8 hours every night with no problems?! #issalie
Stephany Lewis That’s me. I can’t sleep beyond four hours because of the crazy shifts I’ve had to do. If I skip a night of sleep then I can sleep eight hours. “Issa lie” 😂😂😂😂😂
My mom had 3 jobs at one time. She never slept 8 hours. I used to work two jobs. Worked the morning shift 4am-12pm, then worked 2-11pm. I was always exhausted and stressed. Broke folks stay not getting sleep. I don't know any working people who get that much sleep.
That's his point, but if there's something you could do to make yourself better, so that you won't have to (in the future) then do it. You have to make the time.
@@sophiasoosweet2 You're not making any sense. How can I be my best self without self care and rest?! You can be your best self fully awake and rejuvenated. You don't have to sacrifice your health and peace of mind for things that you can't take with you when you die. Get some rest and take care of yourself.
Just find this and it’s awesome! Thanks for all the topics you touched I’m retired and a bit older but I enjoy learning some things from listening to your videos. Thanks so much.. You’re really best at what you do👍🏽
I'm literally disgusted by the mindset of the majority of the black race. We tear each other down and are the most judgemental of all races....and that hurt me to say it. Nobody knows what he did for certain and to open ones mouth like that when we weren't there is right out ugly, mean spirited and evil. Our hearts are as filthy as we claim him to be. We need to zip our lips if we don't have anything good to say.
@@mermaidtingzzz yes her ex who Obama pardon was in jail for 20 plus years he was giving life in jail she was all in the web of that case but he took the fall. He is coming out with a memoir book.
Steve has become so full of himself. He’s forgetting that they just treated him like a black persons, since his show is being canceled and be replaced by a white woman show. Steve is filling himself to much. Thank you for talking about this
Mima M. Thank you! The networks have plenty of white poor rating programs that they hold on to! You think some of those dumba$$ shows on ABC has high ratings? It is about race! They don’t like seeing blacks make too much money and cut them off!
Unfortunately you left out the part that 85% of the so called rich people inherited their money and knows nothing about work or stress. They happily sleep their ass off.
@@alexandernixon873 Yup! Old slavery money and all. Trust fund babies! Hand me downs\heirlooms! For generations! We're all slaves to the system! Rich vs. Poor. Evil and greed over good!
@@kierah6087 I don't think that he disliked Black people per se. The problem with Cosby is that when he reached a point in his career when he attained voice and influence , he began to generalize and down talk his own people, particularly the younger generation.
That fool is working 15 million jobs to keep that gold digging former mistress of a wife in the extremely lavish lifestyle that she has grown accustomed to. #Whizzzipped
I'm a brown person and have always wanted to understand Black culture and black history but couldn't get my short attention span to pay attention to history videos or videos on current social issues faced by the Community, on RUclips 😅 but every one of your videos is so full of spark and explained so well that I never even skip any of them or fast forward and I'm so excited that I'm learning so much! So, thank you for all this amazing content! 😊🥰🤗
“...rather than attacking the trigger, he’s attacking the people that are hit by the bullet.” ~ Calvin Michaels 2019 🙌🏾
So true...
You sure hit that nail on the head
This young man is so smart. He just doesn't ramble. He has statically facts and data and history to back up everything he says. Bravo young man. I just subscribed.
Couldn't agree more.😊
Yep!
Those books are not for SHOW. Better believe that...
💯 Agree. Not only is he intelligent n super smart. He is crazy funny without even trying. I love it😊😘
He is on top because, for decades, the Black Community supported his career. His rise was not on "Saturday Night Live" like Eddie Murphy at 19, where Murphy was in White Households EVERY WEEKEND for years. It was the Black "chitterling circuit" that got Steve's loud mouth to Hollywood. How soon they forget. SMH.
Well said!!! They always bite the hand that fed them...
Angb Rwill damn preach!
Yup, I remember him from BET Comic view, him and Sheryl Underwood. I was in high school at the time.
@@hazell1593 Yep! Once they get on, they turn their backs and shit on us.
FACTS
If working hard was the true criteria-slaves would have been billionaires 😉
DB Shaw you summed it all up my sister.
Wow you’re anointed with your sense of vision🙌🏾
Facts!!
EXACTLY!
Case Closed.
You taught more actual American History in 45 minutes than most textbooks. Thank you for your time in researching, adding charts & articles. You are appreciated Thor lol hammer in the car
I'm convinced that if Steve was not a comedian or talk show host he would have been a prosperity preacher. In all honesty, there is only a slight difference between him and them. Both are under the same umbrella of falsehood, ignorance and greed.
Yeap under the same cloth.
WOW!!! This comment!!!
We have teachers, social workers, cops and military personnel on food stamps.
Honey, say it again for the people in the back! This is a sad reality!!
MAN, EVEN AIR PLANE PILOTS! BROKE! Millions of ppl's lives in their hands a day and they hardly pay these people!
THANK YOU!! 🗣
Right. Our morals as a country need to be questioned. These persons should make more money according to Steve's definition. And according to most people. But they don't
@@DrLoren668 THAT is the ROOT of the problem - a LACK. OF. MORALS.
You freakin did that!!! American history in the 1900s condensed in
He’s awesome! I really enjoyed this and became more educated at the same time☝🏾
His wife sure looks well rested. I'm sure she gets all her sleep
Rene 1111 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She got people working for her, Steve.
Steve has over stepped his bounds, especially misusing the Bible. I don't take no advice from Steve Harvey about anything.
Exactly people listen to his advice about relationships when he himself is a serial cheater.Just insanity I believe he's a snake and a con man.
🤔What is it with some of our people using these bible verses only when they want to justify their points? Did he honor that same bible 2 marriages ago? Oh ok then...🤷🏾♂️
Noir King woowee....you cut deep with that comment..lol
Exactly. At the same time, I don't want to bring him down, as he's alive, meaning there's hope, as he's not dead. Show why his POV is questionable, then counter it with education and, as important, action, to slay White Supremacy, which is the root of our discontent.
Noir king.....EXACTLY!!!!
@@sjlewis271 😂
😂😂😂😂😂
I agree with everything stated!
You've earned a new follower.
I appreciate your insight!
i haven't listened to a word of Steve Harvey in like 10 yrs ago so I'm not gonna go there lol but I'm actually glad you touched on the whole descendants of American chattel slavery vs immigrants component of all this. It hurts my heart to hear immigrants (esp those of color and ESP the Black ones) to sort of nana boo boo Black Americans about our socioeconomic standing with that same tired bootstrap rhetoric without looking into our history let alone with nuance. Great video
#,ADOS for LIFE!!!
@N M African here! Exactly how i feel about all of this.
@N M if we didn't watch his shows, listened to his tired ass radio station, bought tix to the Hoodie Awards (smh), and supported his boring comedy during the Kings of Comedy tour and MORE!...urgh there are some people i wish would just shrivel up and hide under a turtle shell (im going to keep it nice...lol)
@@NakinaMarie LAUGH EMoji lol omg..i couldn't even watch that
Just came across your channel by chance. I live for intellectual conversation.
Anyone who makes a little bit of money in our community is always getting on a soapbox to shame the rest of the community who hasn't had the same opportunities they had. It makes me sick; skinfolk ain't kinfolk.
Exactly!
Honey peach it!!!
Art Hoe Your pic and name tho 😂 I’m cracking up lol! Your right they do!!!
Not all follow in Steve's footsteps. Keep it real.
Right
Young bro., you have well spoken and covered sooooooooooo much, Yes!! Good job and thanks for hitting so many nails on the head!! peace
Steve aint been on my mind since he tried to backstab King Bernie ✌#ripberniemac
Facts!!! 💯
I wish these black ppl who have made it would stop talking at and down to other black ppl. They're acting as if they were born into the status they've acquired.
It's mostly the nouveau riche black folks who act like this. My family is 3 generations removed from poverty. We always used our status as an opportunity to pull people forward. It doesn't always work out but we try.
That's because they never really made it. They are just a select few who got picked by white capital and controlled like everyone else.
Exactly, but have they truly "made it" ? All have a few coins but no power.
@Phillip my Black father never left me. Speak on your father and your parenting. Stop putting BM down.
@@alexandernixon873 Exactly, money is not power!
I'm taking a social work course on poverty right now and a lot of what your saying we've discussed in class. Thank you for the riveting lecture Prof. Calvin!
"Work smarter not harder" best quote for this afternoon.
Lol.. my mom always said work smarter not harder.. and when I see how the owner at my job navigates, when everyone is running just to be part of things. He walks and gets their before they do.. learned a lot from him..
Agreed lol
Thanks Nathaniel I’ll take your advice today
HE BOUT TO GET A WHOLE LOT MORE SLEEP LOST THAT SHOW!
lmao
Are you a Professor? If not, you should be paid to share this information. You have a special gift Mr. Michaels
Truth, so much knowledge. Public housing is not cheap now, they take 30% of all income in home, even part-time work. Also, educated ppl who have fallen on hard times are living there. Thank you for telling the truth with knowledge.
Im in Ohio and I have a hiising voucher and they take 40% of my income. Even my weekly unemployment income because i just lost my job.
Preach !
You nailed what a Strawberry Letter sounds like. lol
d h those letters are fake, scripted!
Great lesson young man. You're brilliant and will do great things in the future.
You Are Truly Intelligent, Amazing, And Entertaining I appreciate your channel please don’t stop educating us ✌🏾❤️
Derrylynn Hanson agreed!
I agree! I love the content of his videos. He breaks things DOWN and has sooooo much knowledge!
skewell55 yes, I always learn something new when I come to his videos
I agree! That's why I subscribed. I truly like listening to his rhetoric and these videos are very well thought out and informative. love it
I love my RUclips family on this channel we respect each other and support one another ✌🏾❤️
Well daaaannnng, Calvin.... I like how you think. I stumbled upon this video and I... I think I'm in love, lol!😍
Black ppl still aren’t being approved for business loans
No quicker way to lose credibility than spouting out bible verses out of context.
Next!
Facts!!!
I have a new boss at work, and he wanted to have a meeting one day. He started the meeting by having 🙏.
His first week on the job, somebody made a complaint that quick!!! And he's a brotha and highly religious.
😂
Steve Harvey went from telling a joke to being a joke. I've worked 2 jobs (70 hours a week) for years, after obtaining a degree from The University of Texas at Austin. I know others with degrees who are older than me and who graduated before I did who also work crazy hours just to survive. I hope all Steve's shows get cancelled (tv and radio). There wouldn't be a stock market to wake up to if it weren't for my ancestors. Why shouldn't I be able to sleep normally and live a decent life as an American citizen and a descendant of the people and the institution that built this country?
I will soon be working 6o hours a week because I havs things to do so I gotta be on that grind and will be able to save. That's life your journey is your own and Steve has done his but judging others.
Japh, great comment!
Well spoken! 👍💖💖
YESSSSSSSS.. OUR PEOPLE BUILT THIS COUNTRY AND TRADED US. WE R THE MOST VALUABLE ON STOCK MARKET. IT STARTED BECAUSE OF US.. WE KEEP IT GOIN
Japh Allen Two of his shows have been cancelled as of today. Hopefully he’ll use some of that free time to self-reflect. He has been a real disappointment.
Steve Harvey said one morning on his show that “everybody can’t be rich. There have to be regular people who work for the rich people”. He also said Rich people push regular people to try to do better. He said the reason he has Instagram is to show people what they could get if they worked hard”😧😑...needless to say I don’t listen to him on my way to work anymore.
He's a snake who's wealthy because he's in the wicked entertainment industry.
I’m so apprehensive on RUclips videos 45mins but u grab my attention in every Video.... You speak so vividly that I can’t move on. Great Job!!!!
Now that you mention it, he did this video without using a script, then stayed on subject and made clear points. Nice presentation. A+
CALVIN OUT HERE TEACHING AND PREACHING.
KEEP it UP YOUNG MAN.
💖👏💖👏💖👏💖👏💖
"Paid in increments of struggle" That's how we still getting paid! Great video!
Chile that line right there!!
Loved that line. I'm making a tshirt with that...being that my second job is my own business!
14 seconds in and I’m already liking and subscribing “Steve Harvey what are you doing ??!!??” 😂😂😂😂
New subbie‼️‼️
My dad always says, “Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet!”
I like this statement. I know a lot of prepared people like myself I just need the opportunity.
I don't know how I came across your channel but I throughly enjoyed it! Intelligent overview of U.S. economy but also so humorous!😂 I subscribed.✨
Steve is always speaking like he knows everything. Reality, he doesn't know anything but a few historical facts. He says what the others want him to say. This is why he was given these shows to tell these lies. They need a class of people to keep them rich.
He works so hard cuz he owes so much. Trying to live that Cuban cigar lifestyle and all but one of his real children lived in poverty. But making sure he keeps that high-priced woman and her children well feed. All that shucking and jiving really gets on my nerves. Always worried about what other people are saying about him. News flash most people don't care. They are out here working half sleeping just to keep what they got. Live your life Steve. Stop criticizing your own people. Teach them 👊👊👊. Tell them Mr. Calvin the real economics.
T Thomas Steve Harvey is a Trump bootlicker. I haven’t paid attention to him in years but I remember his punk a** in Trump Tower after Russia helped that bloated orange crook steal the election
Thanx for this great piece of OUR history. We got the BOOT, that's why we couldn't pull up our bootstraps.
Hey Calvin! I be so hype when I get your notification lol
Me too.
literally hype
I felt like I was in class. Thank you for the lesson.😊
(i came for the title but stayed for the lesson. subscribed)
Born and raised in Detroit....the land of the motor vehicle and the first freeway (I-75). You hit EVERY MARK brother!!! Thank you for this 💕
This was really informative and useful for people that think the way Steve Harvey thinks. Thank you for highlighting the truth!
Steve Harvey is amazingly undereducated for his tax bracket 🙄
If you think that Google sleeping patterns of rich people.../ it's 6hr or less....he wasn't lying we just hate the truth...
Money earned by entertainers never ever equated to education. It is intended to be that way.
HE KNOWS THIS AND HAS ADMITTED SO!!!@
@@juspolitick BUT ALSO LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID THEY HAVE UNDERLINGS
@@juspolitick
Naw he was lying. Can't believe everything on Google, hell
is Google in their bedrooms???
I am on a quest to educate myself I subscribed today after 2:14 into the video.
Let’s see how many people show up ready to argue because I challenged a celebrity ignoring the fact that this video centers on the history and long term effects of the wealth gap.
Good job calvin
You educated me as a non American. I enjoyed it listened while i was cooking.
Calvin Michaels new subscriber!!!
Calvin Michaels you can’t argue facts my guy💯✊🏾
Excellent commentary! This has been in my recommendations for days. Glad eye finally decided to watch.💕💕💕New subbie!
This is my THIRD time watching this video; the amount of knowledge and history he just dropped under the guise of "responding" to Steve Harvey's statement at the time... Mind-blowing!
Omg I can’t believe he said that! 😐
Edit: The video was truly inspiring to me especially as a social work major at UTA, I’m learning the importance of networking!!
I can believe he said that.
The diagram displayed at 8:43 clearly showcases the fact that the economic setbacks that affect black Americans as a collective are clearly a structural issue. 40 million people don’t purposely choose to struggle financially. Arguments about “laziness”, “unruly kids”, “wanting to buy Jordan’s”, “watching too much tv”, and “sleeping too much” are all entities that would align with arguments centered on individual choices. However these individual choices have little impact on a structural system when there is no power and backing to tangibly support those actions. It’s like spitting on a house fire. The argument being made in the video is not an endorsement of reductive ideologies but more so a reminder that before you rush to ridicule an entire collective about their predicament take into consideration the long history and institutionalized practices that have played a role into slowing down the initial progress. And while that progress for black Americans was all but stopped others were able to accumulate generational wealth and residual income.
Very very informative....so glad I found your channel. Keep it up!
I had the good fortune to discover your channel recently. I've seen several of your videos. Your commentaries are articulate, well thought out, & intelligent. I'm a VERY senior citizen, lol. I'm happy to see our young people speak truth to power, & share knowledge. Your observations are based on diligent research & on point. Please keep it going!
Talk about The Black Wall Street of 1921.
Michael I love you in sight. I hope when you get married👰🏾 and have children 🍼you pass down that knowledge to your children. 🤓📚
Thank you for the historical and social lesson. Sleep is beneficial to keeping the mind sharp, and a lack of it will literally cause a range of problems (not just months from now, but days) so get your sleep people. Be sharp. Be mindful. Be ready for the Universe to work her magic.
hotcocoacinamonbrown Word❤
@@KitoKamiliMusic: thanks.
I'm so much more productive after a good night sleep. Steve is trying to sabotage us frfr! lolol
@@mermaidtingzzz: To play Devil's Advocate, him suggesting poor people get less hours of sleep to be more productive could be the way he lives his life. He has several hosting gigs and I think, don't quote me, but he gets less than the recommended amount. But eventually the lack of sleep will catch up to him. But you and everyone else continue getting your beauty rest.
Exp,ain't to one more person....
The poor person is still poor, mostly, cause in TODAY'S world, it really is different than just 10yrs ago.
And even past 10yrs ago, a poor black man/woman had to lose sleep to get ahead.
Work your shitty job, and you're tired. But how do you get out of that?
Go to college and get a degree.
Can't do that? Why?
Online programs. Theres that.
Ok..can't do that. Fine. Myself dont enjoy it either.
Anyhow...free apps to learn languages. 100% free. So when that bank job appears and says they need bilingual workers, you have the opportunity.
Now that's a job that works maybe 9hrs at the most.
But what time you had to study? Take away a few hours of sleep. We know you're tired, but you want better, dont you?
Take some of that money from the shitty job and put it towards a business. Stay up a few hours to plan it out. What did you just do? Get less sleep. But you're on the path for more success.
Putting money towards a business, while doing online school, while ALSO working that shitty job.
Eventually you're getting something. And it took some sleepless nights.
Every business owner that started low will tell you of their sleepless nights. Every TRUE drug worker that made real money, will tell you of sleepless nights. Every single mother who NOW has a stable life, but also has kids, had a shitty job but now is a teacher or nurse will tell you of sleepless nights. And they're on the way to do better, cause they have the discipline to do more.
I get you all can hate on Steve, but you acting like THIS one thing that he said was completely wrong.
This man in the video is saying the EXACT thing Steve is always saying.
How you think you can invest into something and own it? You gotta look. You gotta educate yourself. You have to set it up. You ,may have to build that system from the bottom...you're going to lose some fuckimg sleep.
C'mon. Yall are replacing thinking with hating
I love to sleep. I am in bed just woke up. It's raining outside.
Word!!!
Well Steve...the bible aslo says this: Matthew 19:24
"I’ll say it again-it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Capitalism has been a destructive force to the black community and humanity. Steve Harvey not only lost his Talk Show; he may not come back to host the Miss Universe pageant.
If I don't sleep I get suicidal and manic but okay.
@AY F it can also have negative affects on your brain cells
I don't see no white folks n the comments today. Truth hurts!😂
That’s because they just learned that their grandparents was taking government handouts back in the day lol. They foolishly believed that their great grandparents & grandparents did it on own(pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps) WITH NO HELP. Oh well, that’s why it’s important to read & study history. Reading is FUNDAMENTAL lol....or should I say White privilege is FUNDAMENTAL.
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Facts!!!
They love using that "pull yourselves up by the boot straps" bullshit. And are the main ones who will shit on a black person when we enter their place of business.
They're too busy making money to be watching this RUclips video
At a certain age you need rest not just sleep. Steve is looking awful lately. Looks worn the hell out. He needs to get some good old folks rest.
He can't. Them folks in Hollywood running him ragedy and Marjorie spending habits.
I like to come back to this & hear you PREACH again every once in a while 👏🏿👏🏿
The way you put the information across is educational and entertaining. A book that I read that researched how this concept called "capitalism" was implemented and rolled out in Europe specifically, happened kinda like you said in America. The economists at the time like Adam Smith and John Steuart conspired with the mercantilists, industrialists, landowners and the political class (or manipulators as I like to call them) to get the self provisioning farmers to stop self provisioning and get them to accept earning wages for the their labour. In a nutshell these manipulators were convinced, as they still are, that the time and labour of others actually belonged to them to do with as they saw fit. The book is called The Invention of Capitalism by Michael Perelman. It is specific to Europe and a bit of the US and just covers the non enslaved. Like you said the enslaved would not have even been a thought being as it were taken as a given they would be subjugated and their labour extracted for free. The book is interesting as it shows that the market has never been free and was always based on coercion and stinking skullduggery by the money rich that needed cheap or free labour.
Absolutely well done for this. I learnt something from your videos. What did you think about the film Rosewood by John Singleton by the way. Also in the 1980s the police bombed a street in Philadelphia didn't they, killing 11 people 5 or 6 of who were children so you are absolutely correct. You pull yourself up by your bootstraps you get bombed, you don't, you get bombed. You organise and activise (not sure if this is a word), you get bombed ie: The Black Panthers. Look what happened in my mother's country Grenada, that stinking invasion and all the disgusting propaganda justifying it. Look what happened in Jamaica, Jamaican's can't afford guns but somehow they were brought into the country so that division along political lines could be established which then led to violence turned in on the people. Local economies have been destroyed by these global trade agreements that are racist and imperialist as hell. I used to like the Steve Harvey Show the one where he was the headmaster with Cedric The Entertainer but I liked Cedric more. Lastly like you said there isn't one way to get to somewhere we are all on our paths. Gonna be purchasing your album soon. I love your content.
Powenomics👊💪👊
I love this young man! Break it down, Mr. Calvin Michaels - keep on breaking it DOWN!
It was very sanctimonious.
And advice from a wealthy perspective.
From a perspective that he has gained and didn't always have.
Like the berating mentality some Black celebs have is all so strange to me.
They have worked extremely hard to get to where they are now against insurmountable odds but forgetting your upbringing is a disservice to yourself.
Vs white people with wealth that have had it inherited to them.
Wealthy people ...their feet don't even have to hit the floor in the morning and they are already making money.
Yes we need to admonish those in Our communities to aspire for better. With solutions!! Have you provided resources to them?
The wealth inequality is a gap that will take over two whole centuries to meet.
White wealth vs Black wealth are not the same thing.
If you don't speak on American chattel Slavery (a topic Harvey said he doesn't want to talk abt) then don't talk about economics. Mal-distribution of wealth and non paid labor is what has made this gap between Black Americans and white and everyone else here in this country.
Every immigrant here in this country has provisions. Even dating back to immigration laws back then. And policies like the Homestead Act etc.
These non nuanced sermons Black celebs give is tiring.
I call it affluence amnesia. He got affluent and forgot where he came from. Slaves didn't sleep,were they rich?
Fantastic video bro! I really appreciate how you concisely refute Steve Harvey's claims about wealth through historical analysis of race and class. Again, great video and keep up the great work.
I thoroughly enjoyed your commentary. You are going to make an amazing father one day. God bless you!
Hey there lady
This is powerful brother! 💪🏾👑👊🏾
I just got your music on Amazon I don't have much I'm 60 and disabled but your wisdom has been helpful in my household. I feel anything I can do to help I will. Thank you, Michael.
Well Steve we did not sell our souls to Satan for riches and fame.
Yeap because they are too busy trying to finds more WAY TO STAY RICH.
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He can't sleep because he's too worried about his wife leaving him. She is a thief and taking all his money. Steve forgot that he started out with a comedic talent. Most people aren't comedians whether you sleep 8 hours or sleep 4 hours.
Well he deserves for her to. I don't feel sorry for him if it happens
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And I remember when he did his ex wife DIRTY... Smh
Ashley Castro how is wife a Thief?
Man....this was inspiring. While alot of this I already knew, some of it I didn't. Kudos brotha. I'll be indeed checking you out.
From one artist to another, keep pushing.
Ugh Steve Harvey. THAT man consistently makes these problematic statements. I don't think he realizes that he's an exception "success story" and not the rule, and it's not because of anything he did nor his self-perceived skills.
I love the story of you piecing together all of the aspects to your album. I LIVE in the world of be prepared for when you have that random meeting. Also be prepared to set up your own meetings. And be willing to hear but work around NO's.
NEW SUB!!! You clarified so many questions and issues I had. Thanks for the knowledge!
I mean let's be real here. Most rich people who don't sleep at night stay up with the help of cocaine.
😅😂🤣😭😭😭😁 so tru
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Real History lesson 💯 on time keep up spilling the TRUTH on the masses, it's hard to get the knowledge in this day and age! 🙏🏾 🙏🏾 🙏🏾
I am less stressed on disability and food stamps than I was working as a teacher. Smh, the horrible stories I have to tell I WISH were made up.
Mettle Heart wow that is sad!!!
@@Mika-lz3bn yea....it is sad.....the whole entire statement is just......sad.....
Mika it’s sad but true. 🙃 Did I plan on things to turn out this way? No, of course not. Who does? The stress just added to my demise. And I definitely don’t plan on living off the government for the rest of my life.
Mettle Heart i didn’t mean it in a negative way, I was saying how you’re not stress anymore bc of being a teacher! Good luck to you 💞
Mika I understand, and thank you.
Steve has done too much dirt to sleep. Now look at him, all that soft shoeing and it's all crumbling.
Hell... It's some nights I only get 4 hours of sleep because my body literally wakes me up and won't let me go back to sleep! Does he really think that us broke and working people sleep 8 hours every night with no problems?! #issalie
Stephany Lewis That’s me. I can’t sleep beyond four hours because of the crazy shifts I’ve had to do. If I skip a night of sleep then I can sleep eight hours. “Issa lie” 😂😂😂😂😂
My mom had 3 jobs at one time. She never slept 8 hours. I used to work two jobs. Worked the morning shift 4am-12pm, then worked 2-11pm. I was always exhausted and stressed. Broke folks stay not getting sleep. I don't know any working people who get that much sleep.
That's his point, but if there's something you could do to make yourself better, so that you won't have to (in the future) then do it. You have to make the time.
@@sophiasoosweet2 You're not making any sense. How can I be my best self without self care and rest?! You can be your best self fully awake and rejuvenated. You don't have to sacrifice your health and peace of mind for things that you can't take with you when you die. Get some rest and take care of yourself.
@@sjlewis271 Girl bye! If you really think he's speaking on sleep, then you good. 💅🏽👑 Sleep on. Women like you should get all the sleep in the world!
Just find this and it’s awesome! Thanks for all the topics you touched I’m retired and a bit older but I enjoy learning some things from listening to your videos. Thanks so much.. You’re really best at what you do👍🏽
Yes, he’s “rich and successful”, but don’t forget that there were back room deals and negotiations that took place...
Shiddddddd more than that!
SUCK OFF A JEW AND THEENNNNN HE GOT MONEY... HE THINK WE DONT KNOW
@Southern Hospitality THANK U!!!! GOAT LUCY RUNS HIS LIFE
I'm literally disgusted by the mindset of the majority of the black race. We tear each other down and are the most judgemental of all races....and that hurt me to say it. Nobody knows what he did for certain and to open ones mouth like that when we weren't there is right out ugly, mean spirited and evil. Our hearts are as filthy as we claim him to be. We need to zip our lips if we don't have anything good to say.
@@vanessamaat6472 steve is tearing down his own people publicly. Hes an uncle tom
So freaking informative... my new favorite channel!
Our people need sleep, sleepless nights will greatly feed our dysfunction
Calvin...I'm so glad I found your channel.
Steve cant rest he has to work around the clock to support the ex drug dealer wife of his. Who still watching Steve 🤣🤣
That's the same thing I commented on earlier. LOL
@@kristineilochi4615 the audacity is he telling Marjorie and Lorie that? I think not .
@@Sunshine19975 Of course not. They both are sleeping well and living well off of that fool's shmoney. LOL
What!? Lolol I ain't know about her dealing days.
@@mermaidtingzzz yes her ex who Obama pardon was in jail for 20 plus years he was giving life in jail she was all in the web of that case but he took the fall. He is coming out with a memoir book.
🤔 did I just learn more about history in this video than I did in school!?! I believe so!!
Tanisha Hatchet 😭🙌🏾💯 yes, we did!
Steve has become so full of himself. He’s forgetting that they just treated him like a black persons, since his show is being canceled and be replaced by a white woman show. Steve is filling himself to much. Thank you for talking about this
It's called low ratings, it has nothing to do with colour, smdh
Renee Moore hmmm... NBC has some lower rated shows that are still on. It’s about RACE
@@mimam.7243 go own your own damn networks then u can show whatever u want to. ye fool
Renee Moore someone is so triggered by the word race 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. You need black Jesus love. Peace be with you
Mima M. Thank you! The networks have plenty of white poor rating programs that they hold on to! You think some of those dumba$$ shows on ABC has high ratings? It is about race! They don’t like seeing blacks make too much money and cut them off!
Look who just got a new subscriber, and I'm hitting that bell
Maybe that's why he gives so much bad advice lol He's sleep deprived !!
That makes a lot of sense lol!
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You need your own show Diamond. That was Funny as hell.
@@heathertea2704 hallelujah 😂
"We're busy sharecropping at the moment" 😂😂😂 Tell the truth Bro Calvin. New sub.
Rich people sleep 8 hours a day because their money makes them money.
Unfortunately you left out the part that 85% of the so called rich people inherited their money and knows nothing about work or stress. They happily sleep their ass off.
Alexander Nixon Residual income comes in many ways. I didn’t forget anyone.
@@alexandernixon873 Yup! Old slavery money and all. Trust fund babies! Hand me downs\heirlooms! For generations! We're all slaves to the system! Rich vs. Poor. Evil and greed over good!
I prefer 10 hours.
Rich people get the most sleep he sleeping like a newborn ready to be reborn👋
Steve got that Bill Cosby spirit.
Oh Damn!
Cosby didn't like black people either?
And look what happened to him...smh
@@kierah6087 I don't think that he disliked Black people per se. The problem with Cosby is that when he reached a point in his career when he attained voice and influence , he began to generalize and down talk his own people, particularly the younger generation.
Definitely.
This is Real Economics 101, 202 & 303! You make good history references relative to economics as well.
Steve Harvey is taking his anger out on us because Marjorie is about to take him for everything he got lol Not out fault Bro. Great commentary ❤️
“Steve, who’s even summoned you for advice?” Buhahahahaha!!! 😭😭😭
That fool is working 15 million jobs to keep that gold digging former mistress of a wife in the extremely lavish lifestyle that she has grown accustomed to. #Whizzzipped
Steve’s ugly ass light bright chick couldn’t get before when he didn’t have money 💰
U aint lying
@JAY BLAZE He deserve whatever he gets
@JAY BLAZE Im not sorry at all for what is coming
I could listen to you for hours! And please monetize ur channel! Ur at 24k. Keep pushing!
The Davison Freeway and I75 went through the Black Bottom in Detroit.... Smh...
Eye just commented on how the freeway was built right through Paradise Valley. Greetings! fellow Detroiter.....💕💕💕
I'm usually up at 4AM because of the work schedule I'm on. He's entitled to his opinion but I don't have to buy into it...which I don't.
The human who gets to be paired with Calvin is a very lucky human indeed.
I'm a brown person and have always wanted to understand Black culture and black history but couldn't get my short attention span to pay attention to history videos or videos on current social issues faced by the Community, on RUclips 😅 but every one of your videos is so full of spark and explained so well that I never even skip any of them or fast forward and I'm so excited that I'm learning so much! So, thank you for all this amazing content! 😊🥰🤗