Exactly! It’s like “you can’t hold my kids responsible cause I don’t do that, so you don’t get to either!” Like, they’re saying the quiet part (that they’re awful parents) out loud. Like, if you see it happening, STOP THEM, unless they don’t see it as bad until someone catches them. Like, what? I’d expect that statement to be about a 4-5 year old, not a 10-12 year old.
it shows how much she doesn't care about racism that the kids she's supervising don't know how horrendous what they're doing is. she's dismissing this pain aside because truly Black people don't matter to her. she's racist, plain & simple, & she's trying to make more racists. that's what she wants. apathy is approval. she does not value Black people- if she did, this would never have happened. (as a preface, i am white, i will speak on this because white supremacy is something that white people should be at the forefront of erradicating instead of making poc deal with it when they're the ones suffering the most from it) white people don't want any social or personal consequences of their racism while also being aware it's socially unacceptable to be "openly" racist. i know so many racists who clutch their pearls at the idea of being called racist but won't stop their racist actions & beliefs. they know there are social consequences & it's unacceptable but they want to keep doing what they're doing. i don't know how to phrase it concisely, i have been able to in the past, but i am having a not-great brain day. anyways, this behavior is disgusting. i hope this was a wake up call for the girls.
That is the worst part of this story! Yes people are racist but the fact that this young girl and her teammates had to deal with that AND before their competition is horrible. I hope they are well supported
A quote comes to mind about these kids. "Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it." -Mike Tyson
Actually I remember hearing an interview about a local (Italian) singer on the matter. She had posted some surgery/health stuff she was going through/dealing with and said a few things about Internet comments. She suggested that social media platforms should give check marks to all verified people so people could put their face to their nasty comments. Basically prove their identity in a way. Almost as if there was idk a green check next to my Instagram handle that means they verified my identity and my profile pic and info matches or can be tracked back to me as a person. I do see some issues with it and privacy. Expecially on the side of overbearing bosses using it to micromanage worker outside of work etc. But at least they can trace back all you say back to you. There's no hiding. Also I guess the singer was referring to people with other people as their profile or no image at all. I barely use Instagram. I haven't opened it in a year or so. But all my info in there is my actual info as I'm not afraid to be honest and have my words tracked to me. Because I stand by what I say and I don't have some weird ideology. So I know most people would scroll past my comments and not even read them they're that boring. But I'm like that because I have nothing to hide. I don't have any fake account or anything. Edit: I didn't make it clear enough I think. But the singer's idea is so people would put their face where their mouth is. Put their identity on the nasty things they have to say. And not some blank image.
I'm from Guatemala and I'm so sad the world now knows about my country because of them. The worst is the fact these kids study at one of the most expensive schools in Guatemala. They go with the American school schedule, most of their classes are in English, overall their lives go around American culture, and are so different from the regular Guatemalan, it's like if they live in the USA. So saying they "didn't know black face is" or that "they didn't knew it was incorrect" it's a complete lie. I would believe that if it was a poor kid from the rural areas but them? Definitely KNOW what they did.
Thank you for adding this context, I did wonder how they could be surrounded my American students all day in school and not understand American culture!
thank you for posting honestly because my first thought was oh my god thats fucking awful and then i wondered if they weren't from the united states or something, though that's not any excuse, i do know that in some cultures it's genuinely something they don't know about. but the fact that we now know that even though they're foreigners they DO go to one of the most prestigious schools, which means they have PLENTY of access to information and probably have classmates of multiple races and nationalities. like i said even if they didn't know it's no excuse, especially when someone TELLS them that it's offensive, but they absolutely knew what they were doing. not to mention hearing the woman who recorded the video also talk about how they were making monkey noises is also very fucking gross and disturbing. she did nothing wrong by recording the incident because they may be underage but they're in a public place and she's free to record by law, there's no consent needed. it's unacceptable what these girls did and they need to face repercussions, maybe not publicly because they're children, but by their school for sure. they knowingly were doing blackface in public and were taking pictures like it was funny. it's insanity to me. i'm not even opposed to them being called out publicly honestly because their mom was going to take a picture to probably share with family members. it's very concerning that someone this young in the year 2024 is being so racist, and brazenly.
Your kids= your responsibility. Easy as that. It's parents' job to teach their kids what is right and wrong and I'm sorry but 13-14 is old enough to know what's racism.
I'd call out the parents. The guy next door all through Covid took his 2 kids out every day - to a pool, walks, etc. and he works 2 jobs. Absolutely great kids.
Animal noises and black face equals parents who support and have taught these girls that behavior. And if you're in public, doing stupid shit will get you exposed. Thanks for reposting this Robert!
FOR REAL its the mothers fault that her daughter is doing that. And if so the mother was not there, the daughter should know herself that its very racist to do stuff like this.
Reminds me of when I was a summer camp assistant counselor in 2008 and there was a white 2nd grader who joined the session a little later than the rest of the kids. Prior to this 2nd grader showing up, the kids were playing normal kid games during recess. Hide and seek, tag, etc. The first day this kid showed up, he suggested to the other kids that they play "throw rocks" during recess. Obviously, not a good choice no matter what, but what made this "game" infinitely worse was they were playing "throw rocks...at the only black kid in the group." I was livid and immediately made them stop playing "throw rocks." I informed this kids parents and they seemed to understand that was not a good choice for their kid to make and said they would talk to him about "making safe choices." The next day during recess I heard this kid yell out "let's play slave and master!" He pointed at the black kid and said "You'll be the slave and I'll be your master!" Before I could get to them and intervene, the black kid had got on all fours and the white kid was pantomiming puting a leash around the other kids neck! I managed to put a stop to that "game" as well, but was just so shocked that a 2nd grader could even conceive of these "games" and clearly be actively racist. Of course I brought it up to his parents and they laughed and said "no way that happened!" The lead counselor came over and backed me up and told them that it had in fact happened at it was not a laughing matter. They laughed it off again and said "we'll have another talk with him." The lead and I exchanged knowing looks as these parents left. The next day, this little boy made another suggestion to the black kid that they play "hangman" on the monkey bars. At this point, I had caught on and was standing right next to him when he said this. I shouted out "NOPE!" and I pulled this little boy aside and explained in a very quiet stern voice that what he was doing was wrong, that it was racist (had to explain what that was) and that I never want to see him treat others this way, even as a game, ever again. The rest of the summer the kids resumed playing normal little kid games and treating each other with respect. Racism is absolutely taught from one generation to the next and it is on us to do the work to stop it.
If they’re old enough to be embarrassed being recorded for their behavior, they’re certainly old enough to be educated about the effects of racism. Someone needs to teach these kids and their parents SHAME. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Yes, BUT look at what school they are attending....The parents must be rich/wealthy , privileged, arrogant and self-entitled kind of people... In a word: not nice, good people themselves! So...they wouldn't be able to teach respect and consideration for other human beings to their children!
@meirin5316 I don’t think that applies in public. Two party consent is needed in private when the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Like in a home or a private phone convo. Being in a public business, you don’t exactly have an expectation of privacy because you’re in public. It’s legal to record in public areas.
When I was a teacher, I heard so many disgusting things come out of 12 year old mouths. Often, They are parroting what they hear at home. Kids may not fully understand the gravity of what they're doing, but they're old enough to know it's disgusting, offensive and horrible.
@@user-oy3yo7qe6o No it's not. It starts at home, you can't blame school or teachers for your child's behaviour. It's the parents job to raise their own kid, not the school or teachers job!
I was a TA and completely agree. The racism, sexism and particularly the ableism towards the SEN children I worked with was so normalised it made my blood boil!
Yes, I get that. I completely disagree with him though, that anyone deserves to be put online without their permission. This woman was part of another problem.
In today's world it's not the parents it's teachers and the internet EDIT: LEARN TO READ YA'LL! I SIMPLY MADE A STATEMENT ON WHAT I'VE SEEN. PARENTS DON'T PARENT. TEACHERS DON'T TEACH AND THE KIDS ARE LEFT TO LEARN LIKE A " LORD OF THE FLIES ' SITUATION BUT WITH A VAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES children spend the majority of their awake hours with teachers and others. When they are at home they spend their time on the internet. Kids are going to mimic their surroundings. Society started breaking down when we as a society decided the internet was a necessity. Ya'll need to get off the internet and "PARENT".
I am so sick of the lack of accountability. You made an excellent point while speaking all the truth: What is Sephora doing to support employees who have to deal with this?
yea im so shocked. I worked at that exact location, the staff is very diverse. Plus, Sephora changed their policy in 2020 about racism and are pretty strict about making people leave who are belligerent.
I immediately felt for the Sephora employees at the Prudential Center. I used to live in Boston. My old roommate who is Black used to work at that Sephora, and there were several other Black employees at that Sephora. I can't imagine how they feel at the end of the day, having to deal with everything they do, while not making enough to deal with all of this
the call the police. its everyones right to call the police for their hateful b ehaviour but it is not ok to film others in a two party consent recording state. everyone here stooped way too low... ahh i hate humanity
@meirin5316 they're not from America🤷♀️ sounds like they aren't citizens of that state and when they're being racist, sorry you lose the right to privacy and respect just like they were harassing and being disrespectful. The hate crime does not equate to their privacy. Plus they were taking pictures anyways
the fact that kids tried to hide as soon as they saw camera says it all. they KNOW what they're doing. otherwise they wouldn't be trying to hide if they thought it was something innocent and funny. and so do their parents when demanding to delete the video. when i was a kid and we were covering ourselves head to toes in light grey clay to jump in the water so it all turns from clear to white - if we were filmed we would still do it. many kids did it with mud - and would still do it. because our intentions were indeed innocent and we indeed wouldn't have known that something is wrong. no one was making animal noises then either (who were in mud). they all just ran and yelled "CANNONBALL!!!" this is THE difference between not knowing and having no ill intentions and knowing yet still doing it!
My 14yo daughter and I were in Target recently and when we came close to the Ulta section near the checkout, she refused to even go near it because she didn't want to be even remotely associated with "Sephora kids" in general, let alone kids like this. While I was looking at some products, a very small girl came up and pointed at the first thing at her eye level and told her mom, "I want this little one." Her mom replied in an exasperated tone, "You don't need that, you're 8." It was The Ordinary Multi Peptide Eye Serum. Neither were rude or messy, but it shows the effect social media has on these very young kids. That was my first encounter with this phenomenon. I had hoped these stories were being overblown, so seeing it with my own eyes was surreal.
Most of the kids that are doing this come from a higher income background. People who are or come from working class have better manners bc we’re not raised with a silver spoon in our mouths. These parents don’t want to raise their kids and it’s disgusting.
I think the question is did the mum caved in or not? Because saying no and then saying yes is just teaching that with enough whine the kid will get what they want.
The mother not squashing that behavior immediately and telling the workers to talk to their OWN kids tells me all I needed to know. They're not raising their kids at all. They're letting the world and internet do it for them. There's plenty of questionable and racist creators who can influence your kids if you just let them run amok online too. Not to mention that mom definitely isn't squashing racism in her own household. She's actively promoting it with how she was perfectly fine with them doing it and wanting to take pictures of them doing it. At this point I'd have to say Sephora needs to lock it's stuff up away from kids at this point. It sucks for everyone else who wants to use a tester but it's just safer at this point and easier for us to ask for a tester to be unlocked than letting people make the place unsanitary for use.
It would be so nice if for the testers, the employees have to get it out of the container, to make sure the disposable stuff if being used to test them. I saw a lady putting a lip liner and lip gloss on, straight from the product. That needs to be prevented
Locking testers up like drug stores do for razors, or electronics stores do for their most expensive items would eliminate so many problems. Unfortunately, I'm thinking they don't do it because then they have to have enough staff to handle their customers and that costs money. (But surely this is also costing the company money too???)
I think testers should be done away with altogether. If you want to try something, you should have to ask the employee for a sample. I also feel like Sephora needs to implement an age policy: no one under the age of 16 without an adult present. Then, samples can only be given to the adult.
Robert, I agree with you 100%. Here's an idea for Sephora: Remove all of your tester products and samples. If someone wants to try a product, ask a salesperson for it. If Sephora does not want to "police" or "babysit" these rude children and their clueless parents, then don't make your products readily available for sample in the stores. This incident should have never been allowed to occur. Sad and disgusting.
While I agree that this incident shouldn’t have happened and Sephora handled it all wrong, removing the testers would undermine what Sephora is about. The whole concept of the store was initially about allowing people to shop luxury brands without feeling intimidated or discriminated against by snooty SAs who didn’t want to help *certain people* (ie old, perceived poor, non-white). If they want to keep that model or ethos, they should train and allow their SAs to throw kids or adults like this out of the store and ban them.
But what about us socially awkward people? I sometimes have to rehearse my line three times in my head before even approaching a sales assistant. The worst thing for me is when I'm just browsing and one jumps up on me asking if I need help.
As a Sephora employee, this isn't the first time this has happened. I want everyone to recognize that it was a brand rep who approached the girls and the mom. Sephora has demoted thousands of employees and cutting hours. A money saving tactic is to have brand reps take over most of the day to day sales. In case anyone had questions as to why no managers and employees were involed.
These tweens are incredibly lucky to live in an age where they can quickly access so much information at a click of a button, but the fact that they choose to remain ignorant and hurtful is disgusting. Their parents should also be ashamed of themselves for not doing their job as a parent. Why even have children when you're not going to teach them how to be better as a person? You're setting your kids up for utter failure. Children aren't born racist and it's clear where they picked up their abhorrent behaviours from.
"We didn't consent" = "Oh sh!t I just realized how bad this looks and I could face consequences" What trashy individuals. This girl was a class act despite the gross situation she faced
I'm a teacher of girls aged 12 to 18 and it's definitely a thing that the younger girls are absolutely FERAL. It's happened so quickly too, like my 15-18 year old students are mostly respectful and nice where the 12 year olds are entitled, rude and messy. Just today I had a class where 3 students were in a bad mood, so they had to make it everyone's problem, slamming their books and stationery around and loudly swearing and fighting against everything I tried to get them to do in class, leaving bits of paper behind for me to clean up after class. I always try to give the benefit of the doubt for personal circumstances, exhaustion, different abilities, etc., but the huge difference in emotional regulation and just general manners and human decency across the board are insane.
I heard someone say "they might have been trying to see how they looked if they got a spray tan!" 🙃 It's so obvious that's NOT what's happening here, I don't understand how people are trying to stand up for these awful people.
This is milder but this reminds me of the time I witnessed a little girl telling this server at a restaurant that the server would be prettier and a princess if she was blonde and white 😳
Mom of 10 & 15 yr old. This will never fly with me. It begins at home. The golden rule in our household is “Treat people the way YOU want to be treated.” Thanks Robert! Always appreciate your opinions! 💜
Same here, i have a 15yr old and 18yr old and they wouldn’t dream of doing something like this🤷♀️ even when they were little! We live in a multicultural area and wouldn’t dream of offending anyone. There’s no need for this stupidness in this day and age. As you said, i was always taught to treat others as you would like to be treated👍 but obviously some parents, aren’t parenting in respect and common decency 🤦♀️
That's how my mum raised me too. She taught me to use manners and to treat others how I wish to be treated, unless that person is rude, then they'll get treated rudely in reply. The parents of those girls clearly taught them to act that way and it's so embarrassing and appalling. You're a good mum!
Thank you for raising awareness about this. This was crazy. As a Pakistani, racism and colourism is really painful. Thank you for not making it seem like a small deal. It is not a small deal. I am not black but I feel that young woman.
Gen Alpha is scary af. I knew a gen alpha-er who argued to me that “Black people haver darker skin since they are bad” when I was discussing the racism trickle effects of the lower school (we went to a K-12 school). I was so scared
I don't think people realize the historical implications of blackface. It's not just messing around and putting vastly differently colored foundations on your face, it's mocking an aspect about a person's appearance (skin color) that they were born with. Blackface used to be used by white people to mock black people by dehumanizing them and boiling them down into a caricature to entertain a white audience. The parents could have used that moment, especially since their daughter was so young, to educate her. But instead, they gaslit the woman filming into thinking she is the one overreacting. This whole ordeal just makes me sick. I'm so glad people were supporting the woman who was filming. I could go on and on... I don't like people sometimes -____-
@@SarahPaceSingsI'd say no. At a certain age, I'd hope people would have enough critical thinking skills and empathy to realize that mocking someone's skintone or other features (and in this case comparing them to animals...) is wrong, even if they never heard about the historical nuances.
I don’t believe that. They may not know EVERYTHING but they know it’s wrong and they know it’s racist. They made monkey sounds, for god’s sake. They know. They don’t care.
This level of bold racism has to be explicitly *taught*. I have seen racists scold their children for being racist in public - to not even have the shame to do that is on a whole other level. Teaching your kids to be hateful is selfish and cruel to them as well as everyone around them. Your heart is so spiteful and cold that you would put your own hate above the chance for your kids to grow up kind loving people who are loved back?
I can’t agree with you here because we have raised our child to be all inclusive and caring I have heard and disciplined him over some unkind comments that he’s heard from his peers at school and gaming.
I use to go to Sephora at least once a week just to browse around and look at things. Occasionally I would make a purchase. I’m disabled so that’s my getting out of the house time when I feel well enough to do it. I haven’t been in one since all of this started a few months ago. Sephora better do something. They’re already losing a ton of their most popular brands to ulta (Pat McGrath, Natasha Denona, Charlotte tilbury, sol de JANEIRO etc). They’re going to be losing a lot more brands and customers if they don’t get this 💩 under control
So they were comfortable and ignorant enough to allow their kids to exhibit this behavior, and even dismiss anyone questioning it, but want the video deleted bc they didn't want to be called out??
They want the video deleted because a stranger took video on private property of their minor children without consent. It doesn’t matter what the girls did: you can’t do that in the US.
Sephora is a private company but a public retail space with no reasonable expectation of privacy. In the US there is no law against recording anyone who is in a public space.
@@sharis.5348oh my God! That's so disgusting. Irrespective of the situation, there should be laws for privacy of people in public spaces. It's not okay to just film someone and put them on social media unless they were doing something heinous and the recording could be used as evidence.
@@JaxJenks Depends on the country. In the UK they'd also have no expectation of privacy. In fact, the US has more strict privacy laws regarding filming then we do (depending on state). Germany though is MEGA strict.
The young woman who posted the video is beautiful inside and out! I love that she called those racist women out and the advice her parents gave, PRICELESS!! I wish I was strong enough to have called people out like that when I was 22.
Yeah she's also a clout chaser though. I know I'm playing the devil's advocate and what the girls and their mom did was absolutely disgusting but let's be honest, they did deserve their privacy. The fact that some random stranger is trying to track them sits wrong with me. Absolutely wrong. Tell me if it's okay to be put on blast on social media for something you did at 13? And to be essentially tracked, stalked and doxxed by a random man on tik tok who does this so he doesn't have to get a regular job. This is dystopian. These girls and their mom should be punished in a lawful way. But let's not give too much credit to someone for making a social media post.
@@taiyabazaheer9492 Finally someone who has the same opinion as me! Yea, I understand that they had done some VERY horrible stuff, but seriously, recording them and ruin their privacy and THEN BLAST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA?! That's WAYYY too far it could ruin their lives and reputationt too! People on social media aren't as nice as you think. Like people could even doxx them there, and have devious ahh plans. They deserve a punishment, yes, but recording them and post it on social media without consent is too far.
@@nikkiiminajthey were doing blackface in a PUBLIC PLACE, so her recording them is completely fair. They are old enough to know right from wrong and likely in the society we live in they’ll be fine. Racism is not something to sympathize with. That woman was probably just as hurt having to see them do that as they will be having to take accountability. They wanted to make the joke, now pay the consequences 🤷🏾♀️
@@taiyabazaheer9492if at 13 you’re doing blackface in a sephora, I think a black woman has the right to post about a crazy experience, people do it all the time. The mothers did nothing to teach the girl any better, and tried to get her to DELETE the video but didn’t apologize or acknowledge how wrong their actions were, they’re not sorry, and in the end there is no lawful consequences for this, so really posting it to spread awareness is her right and if she feels so she should be able to express how she feels. Why are you playing devils advocate for racism? So weird…
WTAF!? What is happening with people?? They know full well what they did was out of order. As for TikTok - any posts that are racist towards black people and complained about, are never removed. Posts like this one where these vile people are exposed, are removed. Black content creators, Danesh and anyone supporting anti-racist anything have their content supressed on that platform. It’s tiring. Thank you for being an ally Robert - a huge reason why I love you and your content.
It's ridiculous that content creators have to type out "yt" when adding captions to their videos cos TikTok apparently thinks people are being too mean to white folks 😢
i really hope the internet identifies the vendor that actually spoke up about what they were doing so she can get her credit where it's due instead of a corporation worth billions like sephora getting to take credit for the intervention and action of someone else, and then use that to further launder their public image.
"tHey'Re tOO LiTTle to know- " Bullsh*t, bullsh*t said while knowing all too well that it's bullsh*t. Also, those are your children. YOU raised them. I'd be MORTIFIED if my child did something like this, 'cause it would mean I have FAILED as a parent, raising a racist, disrespectful child. This behavior is learned and the fact that these grown women justify them, makes very clear from whom they learned it.
Also as an older student (at a K-12 school) I can promise they know! I’ve heard kids even younger than them spewing bigotry, they clearly picked up on social media or at home. There has never been an excuse for this behaviour but in this day and age? There were no innocent intentions.
Parents need to do better and break the cycle of racism. It is very much possible to break that kind of cycle because my own sister(Same mother different father so my sister is mixed with Colombian & Salvadoran from her father's side and she looks very much indigenous with her beautiful brown skin n' unique beautiful face features) anyhow my sister married into a family who has roots that trace back to the KKK her husband has told us that is his family's past history but that is not who he is and he always protected us. I am ligh skin Latina but even whites know could easily tell I am not one of them so what does this mean her husband protected us he would never let us leave his home at night time because at the time of their start of his relationship he lived in smaller city named Waxahachie Texas so he always told us its safer if we stayed indoors at night time so if we needed anything he go out of the house with us by his side so we took his word because with his past family's history he knows what safe and not but in this ideal world we only wish this fear and racism no longer exist but it sadly does so instead mfolks need to heal and do better then what they we're born into if that all makes sense..
Yes racism is bad just like that movie White Chicks doing white face is racist to make fun of other races is always bad any parents who let their children watch the movie White Chicks are racist pieces of crap
This girl is the most incredibly level headed, eloquent person I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. “Don’t let cheap people rent space in an expensive mind” ❤
Yeah she's also a clout chaser though. I know I'm playing the devil's advocate and what the girls and their mom did was absolutely disgusting but let's be honest, they did deserve their privacy. The fact that some random stranger is trying to track them sits wrong with me. Absolutely wrong. Tell me if it's okay to be put on blast on social media for something you did at 13? And to be essentially tracked, stalked and doxxed by a random man on tik tok who does this so he doesn't have to get a regular job. This is dystopian. These girls and their mom should be punished in a lawful way. But let's not give too much credit to someone for making a social media post.
@@taiyabazaheer9492 I disagree on some of this, but absolutely feel that they should be dealt with lawfully - but I don’t believe that will happen. The girls weren’t named - just the mother who was encouraging their behaviour. As a mum of 2 children, I would be ashamed, horrified and disgusted in my obvious failure as a parent. As a mother, it’s my job to raise my children to become the best versions of themselves. Before I saw this, I never for a moment considered that there would be people out there who would allow their children to do this and actively encourage it. These “children” are more than old enough to know better. My 8 year old recognises that this is wrong so a teenager absolutely does. If this mother doesn’t want to hold her children accountable for their actions, then society will. They deservedly lost their right to privacy when they brought their private hatred and vitriol into a public space. I hope they learn a lesson that their bad actions and bad deeds have consequences, and as a society - people won’t stand for this behaviour. Also, the girl who recorded this incident is a black woman witnessing blatant racism. She confronted the mother off camera, and the mother didn’t care and shifted the blame to her children who apparently aren’t old enough to be responsible for their own actions. Then the mother seemed out the 22 year old because she realised that she’d been recorded, which in a public space in perfectly legal.
@taiyabazaheer9492 please be serious. I never did black face in public (or in private for that matter) and made monkey noises as I was doing it. nor do i know anyone who did. just say you're racist and go
I am a millennial have a 6 year old son. I would NEVER allow him to disrespect stores and people that way. Since he could talk, I’ve been teaching him please and thank you, to not be rude and to be kind to others. It’s horrendous to see what people are allowing their kids to do and then even documenting it.
Can we take a moment to appreciate Robert and all the content he’s been putting out lately?? Between this, his main channel AND the twin channel we get daily Robert, I love it. Must be a lot of work for him but I’m here for it 🖤🖤🖤🖤
The original poster is incredibly stunning and intelligent. Her parents are clearly very intelligent and supportive, as well. It’s horrible that this even happened.
“They aren’t old enough they don’t know what they’re doing” uhhh but you as the mother do know so if you disapproved maybe say something???? But she didn’t and that says it all.
I've unfortunately come into contact with these sort of kids and their parents...as I work in retail...for a posh supermarket. The children have ZERO boundaries..running around screaming pushing into everybody!! What do the parents do? NOTHING!!! God help you if you are an employee or another customer who tries intervene..screaming fits...not unlike the children!! You don't have to look far to see where these attitudes come from!!! If one of my kids did what these girls did they would be so severely punished they'd be grounded til they where 25 years old!!! Not that it would even enter their heads!!! It just goes to show the mentality of these parents that their children would even think this is ok. The parents are shameful and disgusting!!! Side note: the girl in the video IS STUNNING!!! xxxx
Running and screaming in stores, in the neighborhood, at restaurants....and parents do nothing to stop them. When did it be okay for children to act feral because they "have a lot of energy"? I'm really concerned for when the Gen Alphas make it to the workforce or college if this behavior isn't curbed sooner than later.
Tired of people blaming the pandemic for lazy parenting. Even before the pandemic I can confirm just how many people let their kids just play games or just let them scream and misbehave without concequence. It truly is a lack of real discipline
I worked in an aftercare program in the North East US and only lasted 3 months because these kids are WILD! They didn’t even listen to my boss who’s been doing this job for 7 years. And the parents did nothing to correct their children’s behavior. I was called racist/sexist slurs, cleaning up constantly because they wouldn’t clean up after themselves, my life was threatened so many times. Idk what the solution is but something’s gotta change.
My mom works in a primary school 15+ years (I live in Hungary). She said that the kids become worse with every year. A very few portion of them was thought manners and because the others were raised as fucking animals the good behaved ones are getting bullied.
This!!! I’m in the US and the bullying is so bad. My son got mocked on the bus for saying thank you to the bus driver. The person who takes them to school every day and back home again, he said thank you and multiple students mocked him and bullied him for it. Like what? When did it become cool to be rude and nasty?
The Gen Alpha conversation is so interesting. I was a young mom, so I'm an elder millennial with an adult Gen Z son. I can definitely see how the way kids are coming up with technology is affecting how they interact with the world. Especially the advent of the quick turnover, viral age of media. Scary stuff.
This it is the PARENTS FAULT!!! T millennium parents need to put away their OWN devices and actually parent their kids. Kids don't Listen, they COPY t behaviour they see!!!! Put down the damn phone and spend time with your kids!!!!! Stop blaming technology when YOU ARE THE ONE PROVIDING IT!!!!!
@@abhimac27Kids fins kids with parents with the same mentality of their own and create their in-group culture from there, at least that’s been my observation. For the majority of teens they don’t have friends with opposite mentality and behaviour and they tend to form groups with the principles they gained at home and share.
I'm the same, an elder millennial with a 22 year old Gen Z son who was a senior in high school when the pandemic started and spent his first year of college basically stuck in his dorm doing remote classes. That isolation had a pretty profound effect on him, so I can only imagine how severe the effect has been on the younger kids. Obviously it's not an excuse for bad behavior, and the parents in this case are absolutely trash, but I do think it's something to keep in mind when trying to figure out how to deal with and help these Gen Alpha monster children🤷♀️
Yes!! I’m 34, my oldest is 16 and my youngest ones are is 6,8 & 10 they heavily depend on screens when my teen would rather take a nap, or watch a movie that came out in 2009 lol and I’m like wow. What a difference. It’s not even that I’ve given them tablets but they have them in school, REQUIRE them actually to be used at home. They used them for two years during covid, minus my 6 year old. No naturally they want them, play on them, create on them also.. But my oldest, didn’t have a tablet coming up, and didn’t have a phone without parental locks until 9th grade he drew to pass time and played video games. Now he’s such a good artist But can’t get a hang of digital drawing poor thing lol
Thank you for reporting on this! I’m tired of blackface being a joke thats easy to erase and apologize for. They specifically went in there to cause harm and be disrespectful. Where is the outrage? & sephora got the nerve to try to suppress it! 🤦🏽♀️
Robert…thank you for speaking on this topic! As an African American I totally expect this from certain members of older generations but to see this type of hatred being passed down to younger generations is very disheartening 😢… parenting is teaching your kids to be good decent people at the end of the day and sadly some people don’t get that!
As soon as I saw you were doing a video on this topic I knew it had to be the Prudential incident. A friend works there on the shop floor, he’s been with the company since the one black glove days, and loved working there until the past few months. You are absolutely correct that Sephora needs to fix this, the staff turnover is unbelievable and they can’t hire enough people because nobody wants to work for them anymore.
I'm not sure how things work in the UK, but in the US there's no law that prohibits you from filming people in public spaces. Consent isn't relevant here when speaking legally. Sephora can have policies against filming in the store, but you're also legally allowed to film from outside private businesses if blinds are open. Anything you can see from the street is fair game for filming, if the Sephora is in a mall though then that probably changes things. Also this is racist and disgusting.
Malls in the U.S. are considered private property. They're usually owned by one of the major mall property entities and you are supposed to get their permission before filming. And the Sephora in question is in the Prudential Center mall. I used to live in Boston but am not sure how strict they are regarding filming, since I've never filmed in one. My sister and I have gotten in trouble for filming during two separate instances at other malls. My sister had to film a social experiment on bias for her high school class. Her Muslim friend had a sign saying that if you're not scared of her, to give her a hug. Some Karen got offended and complained to security. Her friend got a citation for "solicitation" and they were criticized for filming without permission. They weren't even in a store. Just in the common area. I used to be a PBS reporter and had to film a story on a local mall closing in an area with a large elderly population (who don't do online shopping). I was in the parking lot just filming the outside of the mall. Two so-called security officials drive up in an unmarked car and told me I can't film. I went inside to talk to the management and they told me to get off the property
Malls in the US are almost always private property and individual stores certainly are. You cannot film someone on private property without their consent. Regardless of what the girls were doing, the mothers had every right to request the video be deleted and the person filming should have deleted it.
@karishmadesai1408 Yeah I figured malls were private property, that's why I mentioned it being in a mall likely changes things. But in situations where its public or municipal property, its not unlawful to film even if you're told to stop by staff/security.
@@alexp712that person is incorrect. It comes down to if there's a reasonable expectation of privacy. There is not one in an open store like Sephora. A store could have a policy of no filming and tell you to stop or remove you, but it's not illegal. They're grasping at straws to defend the racist parents
These children knew that what they were doing was wrong, but felt "okay" in doing it because the adult with them essentially condoned their behavior by not calling them out on it and correcting it. You can tell by the obvious look of shock and shame on the girl in the striped sweater that she realized she had been caught doing something she shouldn't have been doing. The fact that the mother's main issue was trying to figure out who was filming and how to get the video back is clearly an indicator of how she didn't see what her children were doing was wrong. Whether it was blackface or just misusing the product ("strangely" enough, the testers aren't put out there for you to do a full face of make up), this is just disgusting. It's not only the job of Sephora to do something about it, but also of the parents who let their children run amok in public. I get you may be a tired mom, lord knows I was as a single parent, but you get no sympathy for being too tired to parent.
Thank you to the young woman who posted the video. It's embarrassing that as a guest in our country she has to experience such intolerant behavior. These so-called kids knew exactly what they were doing. The adults should know better and should have disciplined the girls.
The internet needs to do their thing and find out the names of who these disgusting people are. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes PERIOD. They need to face the consequences of their own actions!
Robert I completely agree, we were brought up, not just better, but brought up with respect. As a 39 year old woman, my mam's 'calm voice' is the most chilling and authoritative tone ever, no bad language or hitting. If you don't/won't parent - never have kids.
Every generation says this shit thinking they are better than the younger generation: “we were brought up better. We knew respect” blah blah blah The fact is racists, bullies, bad parents have existed since the beginning of time and your generation is not better than the next.. As a 38 year old myself, I’d say the zoomers are more open minded and more likely to speak out against racism today compared to us when we were their age! You know it.
There's certainly racism in Boston, but the girls putting on the blackface were part of a dance team from Guatemala City (which is explained in Robert's video). [edited to correct typo from "explain" to "explained"]
Hi Robert! I’m at a loss for words. It’s an absolute shame that we are still dealing with idiots wearing black face. As a black woman, I am so proud of the young woman who kept her composure. The fact that it’s 2024 and we’re still dealing with this level of ignorance is beyond disheartening. 💓🖤
As a fellow Singaporean, that CEO of TikTok should be held accountable. I don't mind seeing him being grilled to no end on what TikToXICITY has been feeding to the young minds. He is a disgrace to the whole of Singapore seriously. Also, the extent of damage these Alphas have done thus far is already considered as vandalism. There should just be age limit to enter Sephora cos sooner or later they'd take the premise as their playground or lab room. 🙄 Disgusting generation.
It’s not TikToks fault, it’s the parents who don’t want to raise their child and monitor what they’re watching. My nieces are now allowed to have TikTok bc of all this disgusting behavior going around.
I lived in Singapore when I was little! It was beautiful. I couldn’t agree more about how disgusting the world has gotten, especially since the rise of Tik Tok where it’s suddenly so easy for the most hateful opinions and crap to go viral. Suddenly all these nasty people are spreading their hatred around so much easier, god I can’t stand it. I especially fear for my daughters, like I can’t imagine having to go to school and grow up with tik tok. The other platforms we had were bad enough!
I am a primary school teacher and believe me they have been raised by iPads. I live in Australia and some of these kids actually have American accents because they continue to watch SO much crap on screens. I also have 2 kindergarten kids whose family speak English at home but they can only mutter a few words. They simply have no adult speaking to them at home. That’s how kids acquire language, manners, self control in the first 5 years. The millennial parents are also quite lazy. They expect teachers and schools to do everything from give their children 3 meals a day, give them school uniforms and then expect to text teachers WHEN THEY’RE TRYING TO TEACH YOUR KID and rant about their kid not getting the breakfast they want. WTF. I know some demographics need assistance and that is fine and has always been taken care of as best we can at school level but it’s simplistic just to blame the pandemic for everything. It’s in the rear view mirror and now parents need to take responsibility for their children, just as we have done and make changes. It can be as simple as no one uses screens at home for 1 hour, then 2 and so on and so forth. Instead go for a walk together, put on some music and dance in the kitchen, make a bloody packet cake…anything to encourage talk, eye to eye contact, basic skills like measuring out stuff, counting the beat.whatever. It really doesn’t matter. The first 5 years of a child’s life will form them basically into what they will become as an adult. All their values and internal messaging are set by YOU parents and carers.
I agree! Parents seem to demand others, especially teachers, to do things for their children, but they seem unwilling to invest the time and attention into helping their kids have manners and judgment over what they see. If kids are allowed to have unfettered access to the internet, AND this isn't balanced by intentional conversations about the kinds of things they see on social media and in movies, the kids are not going to grow up knowing how to be critical thinkers and they will think that disrespectful behavior is acceptable. It's scary. I have a 10-year-old son and he is lovely. I do worry for this generation. People blame the pandemic for gen alphas behavior but that is a HUGE oversimplification.
@@susanjeffries5108I’m a gen z adult who was raised by the early internet, not an ipad - and I still feel the ramifications of how that went currently. Been told off for being rude, ostracized for not having my stuff together like other people are (I’m ADHD). I’m a work in progress and trying to be better day by day. The only way we salvage this gen alpha problem is if the parents make them aware that their behavior is a problem.
yeah i worked at a preschool for a few years and we get so many parents saying they want their kid to be able to read at the end of the year but aren't doing literally ANYTHING at home to work with their kids on that. like people this is PREschool not kindergarten, but then i hear about kids who went on into elementary school who are now underperforming cus again the parents aren't doing anything with them. it's a weird combo of over-pressuring them at young ages but also not putting in any home time with them? i don't think parents understand what levels kids should be at at what ages anymore nor do they understand that a lot of that development does come from their home environment. it's not all running flash card drills it's reinforcement of ideals and manners through play and everyday interactions, which admittedly they weren't getting with peers during the lockdowns but still...
@@thecryingcryptidIt is surprising to me that my new Kindergarteners come home with more homework than my teen ever had throughout all years of elementary school. That we have to teach them to read and write, which I never did in Kindergarten much less had any homework, but the middle schoolers come home with color pages and high schoolers still struggle reading and writing. Where is THAT ball being dropped if they are expected to learn in Kindergarten?? Impressive, but what has been happening between then and middle school to cause such a regression?
~14yos should know better, I wouldn’t even say they’re “Sephora kids,” generally I assume these kids are ~8-12 and haven’t worked out how to behave in public yet (not that that would excuse it at all), but not mid-teenagers
While I agree with you, they are still minors. Imagine you did something stupid as a 13 year old and someone recorded and it went viral. Do you understand how damaging that is for a kid’s mental health? It’s wild that not one comment I’ve read has expressed this. I blame the parents, 100%
@@Nicole__Natalia this isn’t doing something “stupid” this is racism by young people who have obviously been raised to believe someone with a skintone deeper than theirs is someone to be ridiculed . The fact that the parents /chaperones weren’t horrified by the behaviour really cements how disgusting these people are regardless of age. Continuing to be raised by adults with type of mindset and not being called out on this behaviour is going to be far more detrimental to their mental health long term .
I know I'm playing the devil's advocate and what the girls and their mom did was absolutely disgusting but let's be honest, they did deserve their privacy. The fact that some random stranger is trying to track them sits wrong with me. Absolutely wrong. Tell me if it's okay to be put on blast on social media for something you did at 13? And to be essentially tracked, stalked and doxxed by a random man on tik tok who does this so he doesn't have to get a regular job. This is dystopian. These girls and their mom should be punished in a lawful way. But let's not give too much credit to someone for making a social media post.
They said their daughters are too young to understand at 13-14 years old? Also @temiojora’s parents advice was masterful! “Don’t let cheap people rent space in expensive minds” needs to be a motivational quote!
The mother has definitely done black face at home for her to not care what her grown ass “child” is doing. They knew exactly what to do and to only put it on the face.
I'm of the mind that the Milennials who grew up with Shane Dawson in his blackface era and still like him and forgive him to this day are the people who excuse this behavior.
The irony being the Tik Toker is gorgeous and so well spoken any woman would want to be like her. Well, unless you embrace the trash aesthetic looking for attention.
Millennial parent here to four kids, and you better believe I am raising my children with manners and basic human decency. I would never let my child disrespect anyone or any space and if they did, there would be many consequences along with apologizing in person and writing a letter. First two things right there! 👏
They might as well write, "I am garbage" on their faces as well, since that's what they're telling the entire world. The parents are culpable, as well, and are also disgusting trash. Absolutely love you Robert for using your platform in this way! ❤
i remember walking around 10+ years ago and seeing sooooo many BABIES in strollers glued to their parents phones, while they paid no attention to their children. i just knew how damaging that was and it really scared me for the future. now here we are 🤷
I hate seeing babies on their parents' cell phones. It's upsetting how comfortable super young kids are with just grabbing and unlocking their mom's phones. They know how to pull up apps, order off of Amazon--everything.
Honestly even mundane things like grocery shopping. I still like grocery shopping (not the prices though!) But a lot of people think it's mundane. Kids though often think it's kind of fun. There's all these colors and smells and things to look at. I used to love going shopping with my mom when I was little. And now, kids are looking at a phone or a tablet as the world passes by around them. It's just really sad to me because even if they grow up to be normal adults they may lament that they don't have these nice little memories like I do of going shopping with Mom and laughing at the jokes on the boxes of cereal. Sorry for the long comment, I do love rambling.
I saw where Sephora stated that this behavior was not acceptable, but what I want to know is: What are they doing to help their employees mental health, when they have to deal with this? And B) I didn't hear a thing about trespassing those women- and their children- and barring them from Sephora premises in the future- and that certainly needs to be done.
that whole article part about gen alpha kids having no manners... it's so real. I work in childcare and so many children are lacking the MOST BASIC manners such as a simple "please" and "thankyou". i'm so disappointed in my generation for not teaching their children better.
God… I’ll bet to be a black woman around that would not only be incredibly hurtful but also genuinely scary! If I were black and encountered that I’d get my phone out and recording, too, in case anything happened! And… too little to know it’s wrong?! They’re WAY old enough to know! And if they don’t…. DO YOUR JOB AS A PARENT! They shouldn’t even be applying a whole face of the sample foundations like that in any case, let alone like THIS! The animal noises makes it a million times worse. “They’re the ones doing it, take it up with them” like… YOU’RE THE PARENT! DO YOUR JOB AS A PARENT!
@@muddy_puppy_mofoProbably because the people who decide what is stocked and offered have the same toxic mindset you show in your first comment. "There's no demand for those shades"/"That's not really OUR demographic" and so on.
I am a mom to a Gen Alpha daughter, and I know she knows better than to pull this kind of shit. There are plenty of Millennial parents who would never put up with this.
Thank you for speaking about this. I think it's exceptionally important for people in the makeup community to call this out. There is no confusion it was racist, as is every individual who intentionally uses foundation 3+ shades darker than their own skin tone.
Totally agree with everything Robert said here. Racism is taught and if you have parents who don't reprimand you or they are actively encouraging this behaviour then they are just as much at fault. Even if their parents fail them, these children are learning in school that this is not ok. There is no excuse or justification for it.
It's the parent's responsibility to teach their kids what is right and what is wrong...this right here is the root of the problem.... parents need to step up and hold their kids responsible for their own actions and not make excuses for their behavior...this is coming from someone whose family was unfortunately part of the Confederate side of the civil war and had slave owners....it is a shame that people seem to forget what minorities went through to get to where they are today...I agree with Robert 100%
There’s no security in Sephora, but there is in Ulta not that they do anything but follow people around or stand at the entrance. The Ulta closest to me for a couple of months literally had to remove all of their testers because folks were stealing etc. I had to stop going to that one because I wasn’t going to buy anything new that came out I couldn’t swatch. There’s no reason for 10 year olds to be in Sephora without a parent or buying a $40 skincare product they don’t even need yet.
That Mom infuriates me. "They're too young to know what they're doing. "... IT'S YOUR JOB TO TEACH THEM WHAT'S WRONG AND WHAT'S RIGHT!!!
Exactly! It’s like “you can’t hold my kids responsible cause I don’t do that, so you don’t get to either!” Like, they’re saying the quiet part (that they’re awful parents) out loud. Like, if you see it happening, STOP THEM, unless they don’t see it as bad until someone catches them. Like, what? I’d expect that statement to be about a 4-5 year old, not a 10-12 year old.
Absolutely!
@MsFreakyPaws ooooooook?
Heeellllloooooooooo yes.
it shows how much she doesn't care about racism that the kids she's supervising don't know how horrendous what they're doing is. she's dismissing this pain aside because truly Black people don't matter to her.
she's racist, plain & simple, & she's trying to make more racists. that's what she wants. apathy is approval. she does not value Black people- if she did, this would never have happened.
(as a preface, i am white, i will speak on this because white supremacy is something that white people should be at the forefront of erradicating instead of making poc deal with it when they're the ones suffering the most from it) white people don't want any social or personal consequences of their racism while also being aware it's socially unacceptable to be "openly" racist. i know so many racists who clutch their pearls at the idea of being called racist but won't stop their racist actions & beliefs. they know there are social consequences & it's unacceptable but they want to keep doing what they're doing.
i don't know how to phrase it concisely, i have been able to in the past, but i am having a not-great brain day.
anyways, this behavior is disgusting. i hope this was a wake up call for the girls.
“Don’t let cheap people rent space in an expensive mind” I love that. So sad she had to witness this but glad she was able to do her competition.
She has some smart and wise parents!
That is the worst part of this story! Yes people are racist but the fact that this young girl and her teammates had to deal with that AND before their competition is horrible. I hope they are well supported
RIGHT! That quote was such an amazing piece of advice
Facts. They couldn't afford the rent in SIR RObert! HEAD. DOESN'T ĤHAVE TIME 4 that.
MR.ROƁERT .SIR ROBERT. . KING ROBERT
@@whispersoftheafterlife1017 ... wtf
A quote comes to mind about these kids. "Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it." -Mike Tyson
That would be promoting violence & I guess Mike Tyson would be the one to speak on that 😂
But he’s right!!!
Actually I remember hearing an interview about a local (Italian) singer on the matter. She had posted some surgery/health stuff she was going through/dealing with and said a few things about Internet comments. She suggested that social media platforms should give check marks to all verified people so people could put their face to their nasty comments. Basically prove their identity in a way. Almost as if there was idk a green check next to my Instagram handle that means they verified my identity and my profile pic and info matches or can be tracked back to me as a person. I do see some issues with it and privacy. Expecially on the side of overbearing bosses using it to micromanage worker outside of work etc. But at least they can trace back all you say back to you. There's no hiding. Also I guess the singer was referring to people with other people as their profile or no image at all. I barely use Instagram. I haven't opened it in a year or so. But all my info in there is my actual info as I'm not afraid to be honest and have my words tracked to me. Because I stand by what I say and I don't have some weird ideology. So I know most people would scroll past my comments and not even read them they're that boring. But I'm like that because I have nothing to hide. I don't have any fake account or anything.
Edit: I didn't make it clear enough I think. But the singer's idea is so people would put their face where their mouth is. Put their identity on the nasty things they have to say. And not some blank image.
Yeah, not taking advice from a convicted r*pist and ear-biter. Hard pass.
He’s not wrong!
I'm from Guatemala and I'm so sad the world now knows about my country because of them.
The worst is the fact these kids study at one of the most expensive schools in Guatemala. They go with the American school schedule, most of their classes are in English, overall their lives go around American culture, and are so different from the regular Guatemalan, it's like if they live in the USA. So saying they "didn't know black face is" or that "they didn't knew it was incorrect" it's a complete lie.
I would believe that if it was a poor kid from the rural areas but them? Definitely KNOW what they did.
Thank you for adding this context, I did wonder how they could be surrounded my American students all day in school and not understand American culture!
nah Guatemalans are just as capable of being racist as Americans are. American culture isn't racism and you need to stop acting like it is.
thank you for posting honestly because my first thought was oh my god thats fucking awful and then i wondered if they weren't from the united states or something, though that's not any excuse, i do know that in some cultures it's genuinely something they don't know about. but the fact that we now know that even though they're foreigners they DO go to one of the most prestigious schools, which means they have PLENTY of access to information and probably have classmates of multiple races and nationalities. like i said even if they didn't know it's no excuse, especially when someone TELLS them that it's offensive, but they absolutely knew what they were doing. not to mention hearing the woman who recorded the video also talk about how they were making monkey noises is also very fucking gross and disturbing. she did nothing wrong by recording the incident because they may be underage but they're in a public place and she's free to record by law, there's no consent needed. it's unacceptable what these girls did and they need to face repercussions, maybe not publicly because they're children, but by their school for sure. they knowingly were doing blackface in public and were taking pictures like it was funny. it's insanity to me. i'm not even opposed to them being called out publicly honestly because their mom was going to take a picture to probably share with family members. it's very concerning that someone this young in the year 2024 is being so racist, and brazenly.
A poor kid from a rural area wouldn't even imagine to do such an act.
ON GOD
The parents not IMMEDIATELY putting those girls in check is absolutely wild.
Wild but not surprising.
100% wild but the parents are probably endorsing this
@@lex224 I can't understand why they would.
Not surprised it happened in Boston, in Massachusetts. Where everybody calls each other Massholes
The mom is a piece of work.
Your kids= your responsibility. Easy as that. It's parents' job to teach their kids what is right and wrong and I'm sorry but 13-14 is old enough to know what's racism.
Agree. I've heard 10 year old call out classmates for things they've said.
@@Alystusame! A lot of kids know better and hold eachother accountable.
I'd call out the parents. The guy next door all through Covid took his 2 kids out every day - to a pool, walks, etc. and he works 2 jobs. Absolutely great kids.
They knew for sure, no excuses for he kids either.
fr Also they should know bc of social media, tv shows, movies AND history class
Animal noises and black face equals parents who support and have taught these girls that behavior. And if you're in public, doing stupid shit will get you exposed. Thanks for reposting this Robert!
Just totally ignorant
"Old enough to fuck about, old enough to fucking find out" - I'm taking that one and using it as a parent.
DITTO!!!! LOL!!!
😂😂😂
Same here that's a good one
“ they don’t know any better” like bïțċh you’re the one who raised them 😂😂😬 YOU DO BETTER
FOR REAL its the mothers fault that her daughter is doing that. And if so the mother was not there, the daughter should know herself that its very racist to do stuff like this.
exactly 😵💫😵💫
Reminds me of when I was a summer camp assistant counselor in 2008 and there was a white 2nd grader who joined the session a little later than the rest of the kids.
Prior to this 2nd grader showing up, the kids were playing normal kid games during recess. Hide and seek, tag, etc.
The first day this kid showed up, he suggested to the other kids that they play "throw rocks" during recess. Obviously, not a good choice no matter what, but what made this "game" infinitely worse was they were playing "throw rocks...at the only black kid in the group."
I was livid and immediately made them stop playing "throw rocks."
I informed this kids parents and they seemed to understand that was not a good choice for their kid to make and said they would talk to him about "making safe choices."
The next day during recess I heard this kid yell out "let's play slave and master!" He pointed at the black kid and said "You'll be the slave and I'll be your master!"
Before I could get to them and intervene, the black kid had got on all fours and the white kid was pantomiming puting a leash around the other kids neck!
I managed to put a stop to that "game" as well, but was just so shocked that a 2nd grader could even conceive of these "games" and clearly be actively racist.
Of course I brought it up to his parents and they laughed and said "no way that happened!" The lead counselor came over and backed me up and told them that it had in fact happened at it was not a laughing matter. They laughed it off again and said "we'll have another talk with him." The lead and I exchanged knowing looks as these parents left.
The next day, this little boy made another suggestion to the black kid that they play "hangman" on the monkey bars. At this point, I had caught on and was standing right next to him when he said this. I shouted out "NOPE!" and I pulled this little boy aside and explained in a very quiet stern voice that what he was doing was wrong, that it was racist (had to explain what that was) and that I never want to see him treat others this way, even as a game, ever again.
The rest of the summer the kids resumed playing normal little kid games and treating each other with respect.
Racism is absolutely taught from one generation to the next and it is on us to do the work to stop it.
If they’re old enough to be embarrassed being recorded for their behavior, they’re certainly old enough to be educated about the effects of racism. Someone needs to teach these kids and their parents SHAME. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Yes, BUT look at what school they are attending....The parents must be rich/wealthy , privileged, arrogant and self-entitled kind of people... In a word: not nice, good people themselves! So...they wouldn't be able to teach respect and consideration for other human beings to their children!
It doesn't matter the kids and parents should be blamed. @paolaucci5302
the girls did fucked up shit but this area si a two party consent state. as adults you cant stoop down on their level and break the law either...
@meirin5316 I don’t think that applies in public. Two party consent is needed in private when the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. Like in a home or a private phone convo. Being in a public business, you don’t exactly have an expectation of privacy because you’re in public. It’s legal to record in public areas.
@@paolaucci5302dont matter to me
When I was a teacher, I heard so many disgusting things come out of 12 year old mouths. Often, They are parroting what they hear at home. Kids may not fully understand the gravity of what they're doing, but they're old enough to know it's disgusting, offensive and horrible.
@@user-oy3yo7qe6o No it's not. It starts at home, you can't blame school or teachers for your child's behaviour. It's the parents job to raise their own kid, not the school or teachers job!
I was a TA and completely agree. The racism, sexism and particularly the ableism towards the SEN children I worked with was so normalised it made my blood boil!
Yes, I get that. I completely disagree with him though, that anyone deserves to be put online without their permission. This woman was part of another problem.
In today's world it's not the parents it's teachers and the internet
EDIT: LEARN TO READ YA'LL! I SIMPLY MADE A STATEMENT ON WHAT I'VE SEEN. PARENTS DON'T PARENT. TEACHERS DON'T TEACH AND THE KIDS ARE LEFT TO LEARN LIKE A " LORD OF THE FLIES ' SITUATION BUT WITH A VAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES
children spend the majority of their awake hours with teachers and others. When they are at home they spend their time on the internet. Kids are going to mimic their surroundings. Society started breaking down when we as a society decided the internet was a necessity.
Ya'll need to get off the internet and "PARENT".
Teenage girls can be horrible in groups. Even kids that are good at home, can be giggling assholes when they are in a pack.
I am so sick of the lack of accountability. You made an excellent point while speaking all the truth: What is Sephora doing to support employees who have to deal with this?
Agreed. The people who work there get paid a pittance - why would they risk their own safety for minimum wage? I sure as hell wouldn't.😐
yea im so shocked. I worked at that exact location, the staff is very diverse. Plus, Sephora changed their policy in 2020 about racism and are pretty strict about making people leave who are belligerent.
I immediately felt for the Sephora employees at the Prudential Center. I used to live in Boston. My old roommate who is Black used to work at that Sephora, and there were several other Black employees at that Sephora. I can't imagine how they feel at the end of the day, having to deal with everything they do, while not making enough to deal with all of this
the call the police. its everyones right to call the police for their hateful b ehaviour but it is not ok to film others in a two party consent recording state. everyone here stooped way too low... ahh i hate humanity
@meirin5316 they're not from America🤷♀️ sounds like they aren't citizens of that state and when they're being racist, sorry you lose the right to privacy and respect just like they were harassing and being disrespectful. The hate crime does not equate to their privacy. Plus they were taking pictures anyways
the fact that kids tried to hide as soon as they saw camera says it all. they KNOW what they're doing. otherwise they wouldn't be trying to hide if they thought it was something innocent and funny. and so do their parents when demanding to delete the video. when i was a kid and we were covering ourselves head to toes in light grey clay to jump in the water so it all turns from clear to white - if we were filmed we would still do it. many kids did it with mud - and would still do it. because our intentions were indeed innocent and we indeed wouldn't have known that something is wrong. no one was making animal noises then either (who were in mud). they all just ran and yelled "CANNONBALL!!!" this is THE difference between not knowing and having no ill intentions and knowing yet still doing it!
A makeup mistake is a garish shade of blush applied from chin to eyebrow, not blackface.
My 14yo daughter and I were in Target recently and when we came close to the Ulta section near the checkout, she refused to even go near it because she didn't want to be even remotely associated with "Sephora kids" in general, let alone kids like this. While I was looking at some products, a very small girl came up and pointed at the first thing at her eye level and told her mom, "I want this little one." Her mom replied in an exasperated tone, "You don't need that, you're 8." It was The Ordinary Multi Peptide Eye Serum. Neither were rude or messy, but it shows the effect social media has on these very young kids. That was my first encounter with this phenomenon. I had hoped these stories were being overblown, so seeing it with my own eyes was surreal.
Most of the kids that are doing this come from a higher income background. People who are or come from working class have better manners bc we’re not raised with a silver spoon in our mouths. These parents don’t want to raise their kids and it’s disgusting.
Good for that mum honestly
I think the question is did the mum caved in or not? Because saying no and then saying yes is just teaching that with enough whine the kid will get what they want.
And these kids are posting videos!
@elif6908 Thankfully no, she continued walking right past the display and the girl went with her.
The mother not squashing that behavior immediately and telling the workers to talk to their OWN kids tells me all I needed to know. They're not raising their kids at all. They're letting the world and internet do it for them. There's plenty of questionable and racist creators who can influence your kids if you just let them run amok online too.
Not to mention that mom definitely isn't squashing racism in her own household. She's actively promoting it with how she was perfectly fine with them doing it and wanting to take pictures of them doing it.
At this point I'd have to say Sephora needs to lock it's stuff up away from kids at this point. It sucks for everyone else who wants to use a tester but it's just safer at this point and easier for us to ask for a tester to be unlocked than letting people make the place unsanitary for use.
Hopefully they get something from the germy testers 🤢 doubt they’d do it again 😅
I'm so okay with seahorse going away with testers 😭 its so gross anyway lol
It would be so nice if for the testers, the employees have to get it out of the container, to make sure the disposable stuff if being used to test them.
I saw a lady putting a lip liner and lip gloss on, straight from the product. That needs to be prevented
Locking testers up like drug stores do for razors, or electronics stores do for their most expensive items would eliminate so many problems. Unfortunately, I'm thinking they don't do it because then they have to have enough staff to handle their customers and that costs money. (But surely this is also costing the company money too???)
I think testers should be done away with altogether. If you want to try something, you should have to ask the employee for a sample. I also feel like Sephora needs to implement an age policy: no one under the age of 16 without an adult present. Then, samples can only be given to the adult.
Why did the woman want the video deleted if her children weren't doing anything wrong? They knew exactly what they were doing.
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Robert, I agree with you 100%. Here's an idea for Sephora: Remove all of your tester products and samples. If someone wants to try a product, ask a salesperson for it. If Sephora does not want to "police" or "babysit" these rude children and their clueless parents, then don't make your products readily available for sample in the stores. This incident should have never been allowed to occur. Sad and disgusting.
Or just ban unaccompanied children instead of punishing all of us...
While I agree that this incident shouldn’t have happened and Sephora handled it all wrong, removing the testers would undermine what Sephora is about. The whole concept of the store was initially about allowing people to shop luxury brands without feeling intimidated or discriminated against by snooty SAs who didn’t want to help *certain people* (ie old, perceived poor, non-white). If they want to keep that model or ethos, they should train and allow their SAs to throw kids or adults like this out of the store and ban them.
But what about us socially awkward people? I sometimes have to rehearse my line three times in my head before even approaching a sales assistant. The worst thing for me is when I'm just browsing and one jumps up on me asking if I need help.
As a sephora employee I think this is an amazing idea.
As a Sephora employee, this isn't the first time this has happened. I want everyone to recognize that it was a brand rep who approached the girls and the mom. Sephora has demoted thousands of employees and cutting hours. A money saving tactic is to have brand reps take over most of the day to day sales. In case anyone had questions as to why no managers and employees were involed.
These tweens are incredibly lucky to live in an age where they can quickly access so much information at a click of a button, but the fact that they choose to remain ignorant and hurtful is disgusting. Their parents should also be ashamed of themselves for not doing their job as a parent. Why even have children when you're not going to teach them how to be better as a person? You're setting your kids up for utter failure. Children aren't born racist and it's clear where they picked up their abhorrent behaviours from.
They’re not ignorant. They’re vile, bigoted and racists.
That “girl” doesn’t even look that young so this is plain gross
Yeah, she looked like a teenager
"We didn't consent" = "Oh sh!t I just realized how bad this looks and I could face consequences"
What trashy individuals. This girl was a class act despite the gross situation she faced
Totally agree. Trash
I'm a teacher of girls aged 12 to 18 and it's definitely a thing that the younger girls are absolutely FERAL. It's happened so quickly too, like my 15-18 year old students are mostly respectful and nice where the 12 year olds are entitled, rude and messy. Just today I had a class where 3 students were in a bad mood, so they had to make it everyone's problem, slamming their books and stationery around and loudly swearing and fighting against everything I tried to get them to do in class, leaving bits of paper behind for me to clean up after class.
I always try to give the benefit of the doubt for personal circumstances, exhaustion, different abilities, etc., but the huge difference in emotional regulation and just general manners and human decency across the board are insane.
Consider making them pick up the paper themselves. If they don't, they can think about it in detention. Consequences help.
I heard someone say "they might have been trying to see how they looked if they got a spray tan!" 🙃 It's so obvious that's NOT what's happening here, I don't understand how people are trying to stand up for these awful people.
They are the ones with the "cheap minds".
Shameful. Absolutely shameful. Those kids, terrible. The mother, horrendously terrible! Teach your kids and do better!
Sadly that behavior was learned. Probably taught by the parents
Shame is good sometimes. Its crazy to me that you wouldn't feel any of it as a parent, but instead double down.
This is milder but this reminds me of the time I witnessed a little girl telling this server at a restaurant that the server would be prettier and a princess if she was blonde and white 😳
@@HaintblueReeYikes. That is horrible. Just awful.
@@HaintblueRee😲😟
O they’re just playing around? Sephora is not a PLAYGROUND, nor is it a DAYCARE center! Come on, MOM get your little kids under control!
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You buying that, ma'am?
Mom of 10 & 15 yr old. This will never fly with me. It begins at home. The golden rule in our household is “Treat people the way YOU want to be treated.” Thanks Robert! Always appreciate your opinions! 💜
Same here, i have a 15yr old and 18yr old and they wouldn’t dream of doing something like this🤷♀️ even when they were little! We live in a multicultural area and wouldn’t dream of offending anyone. There’s no need for this stupidness in this day and age. As you said, i was always taught to treat others as you would like to be treated👍 but obviously some parents, aren’t parenting in respect and common decency 🤦♀️
That's how I was raised and never judge a book by its cover. Keep it up! You're doing a phenomenal job as a mother❤😊
I'm 18 and my family would've smacked me if they ever saw me do this.
That's how my mum raised me too. She taught me to use manners and to treat others how I wish to be treated, unless that person is rude, then they'll get treated rudely in reply. The parents of those girls clearly taught them to act that way and it's so embarrassing and appalling.
You're a good mum!
Learn that elementary school
Thank you for raising awareness about this. This was crazy. As a Pakistani, racism and colourism is really painful. Thank you for not making it seem like a small deal. It is not a small deal. I am not black but I feel that young woman.
Gen Alpha is scary af. I knew a gen alpha-er who argued to me that “Black people haver darker skin since they are bad” when I was discussing the racism trickle effects of the lower school (we went to a K-12 school). I was so scared
The girl who recorded it and then posted that video after kept her composure so much better than I would have!!
I don't think people realize the historical implications of blackface. It's not just messing around and putting vastly differently colored foundations on your face, it's mocking an aspect about a person's appearance (skin color) that they were born with. Blackface used to be used by white people to mock black people by dehumanizing them and boiling them down into a caricature to entertain a white audience. The parents could have used that moment, especially since their daughter was so young, to educate her. But instead, they gaslit the woman filming into thinking she is the one overreacting. This whole ordeal just makes me sick. I'm so glad people were supporting the woman who was filming. I could go on and on... I don't like people sometimes -____-
They know, they're dehumanizing people on purpose.
I mean, the only way to know thats its wrong (which they did by running away), would be to know the history. No?
@@SarahPaceSingswhoever doesn't understand it has to be living under the rock.
@@SarahPaceSingsI'd say no. At a certain age, I'd hope people would have enough critical thinking skills and empathy to realize that mocking someone's skintone or other features (and in this case comparing them to animals...) is wrong, even if they never heard about the historical nuances.
I don’t believe that. They may not know EVERYTHING but they know it’s wrong and they know it’s racist. They made monkey sounds, for god’s sake. They know. They don’t care.
If you are old enough to f*ck about, you're old enough to f*cking find out - Robert Welsh 2024
YASS
This level of bold racism has to be explicitly *taught*. I have seen racists scold their children for being racist in public - to not even have the shame to do that is on a whole other level.
Teaching your kids to be hateful is selfish and cruel to them as well as everyone around them. Your heart is so spiteful and cold that you would put your own hate above the chance for your kids to grow up kind loving people who are loved back?
I can’t agree with you here because we have raised our child to be all inclusive and caring I have heard and disciplined him over some unkind comments that he’s heard from his peers at school and gaming.
I use to go to Sephora at least once a week just to browse around and look at things. Occasionally I would make a purchase. I’m disabled so that’s my getting out of the house time when I feel well enough to do it. I haven’t been in one since all of this started a few months ago. Sephora better do something. They’re already losing a ton of their most popular brands to ulta (Pat McGrath, Natasha Denona, Charlotte tilbury, sol de JANEIRO etc). They’re going to be losing a lot more brands and customers if they don’t get this 💩 under control
So they were comfortable and ignorant enough to allow their kids to exhibit this behavior, and even dismiss anyone questioning it, but want the video deleted bc they didn't want to be called out??
They want the video deleted because a stranger took video on private property of their minor children without consent. It doesn’t matter what the girls did: you can’t do that in the US.
@@toril9787Stop being awful people. Sephora is not private property.
@@toril9787 you don’t want to be called out for being a racist don’t be a racist
Sephora is a private company but a public retail space with no reasonable expectation of privacy. In the US there is no law against recording anyone who is in a public space.
@@sharis.5348oh my God! That's so disgusting. Irrespective of the situation, there should be laws for privacy of people in public spaces. It's not okay to just film someone and put them on social media unless they were doing something heinous and the recording could be used as evidence.
"delete the video" if it's done in public you have no right to privacy.
That's mainly in america, if you travel outside don't do it you can get in huge trouble because of privacy laws
@@JaxJenks Depends on the country. In the UK they'd also have no expectation of privacy. In fact, the US has more strict privacy laws regarding filming then we do (depending on state). Germany though is MEGA strict.
The young woman who posted the video is beautiful inside and out! I love that she called those racist women out and the advice her parents gave, PRICELESS!! I wish I was strong enough to have called people out like that when I was 22.
Absolutely!
Yeah she's also a clout chaser though. I know I'm playing the devil's advocate and what the girls and their mom did was absolutely disgusting but let's be honest, they did deserve their privacy. The fact that some random stranger is trying to track them sits wrong with me. Absolutely wrong. Tell me if it's okay to be put on blast on social media for something you did at 13? And to be essentially tracked, stalked and doxxed by a random man on tik tok who does this so he doesn't have to get a regular job. This is dystopian. These girls and their mom should be punished in a lawful way. But let's not give too much credit to someone for making a social media post.
@@taiyabazaheer9492 Finally someone who has the same opinion as me! Yea, I understand that they had done some VERY horrible stuff, but seriously, recording them and ruin their privacy and THEN BLAST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA?! That's WAYYY too far it could ruin their lives and reputationt too! People on social media aren't as nice as you think. Like people could even doxx them there, and have devious ahh plans. They deserve a punishment, yes, but recording them and post it on social media without consent is too far.
@@nikkiiminajthey were doing blackface in a PUBLIC PLACE, so her recording them is completely fair. They are old enough to know right from wrong and likely in the society we live in they’ll be fine. Racism is not something to sympathize with. That woman was probably just as hurt having to see them do that as they will be having to take accountability. They wanted to make the joke, now pay the consequences 🤷🏾♀️
@@taiyabazaheer9492if at 13 you’re doing blackface in a sephora, I think a black woman has the right to post about a crazy experience, people do it all the time. The mothers did nothing to teach the girl any better, and tried to get her to DELETE the video but didn’t apologize or acknowledge how wrong their actions were, they’re not sorry, and in the end there is no lawful consequences for this, so really posting it to spread awareness is her right and if she feels so she should be able to express how she feels. Why are you playing devils advocate for racism? So weird…
Y’all don’t blame this on being easily influenced by social media. They know what they’re doing and choose to still do it.
Big hugs to the girl who posted the Tik Tok. Total BS she had to go through that.
WTAF!? What is happening with people?? They know full well what they did was out of order. As for TikTok - any posts that are racist towards black people and complained about, are never removed. Posts like this one where these vile people are exposed, are removed. Black content creators, Danesh and anyone supporting anti-racist anything have their content supressed on that platform. It’s tiring. Thank you for being an ally Robert - a huge reason why I love you and your content.
if anyone talks about awareness about anything they get banned for “hate and and bullying” ugh
Tik tok is truly evil, I think we should abandon it but it's so fully ingrained in many people's everyday lives.
This is true!!! 🎉
It's ridiculous that content creators have to type out "yt" when adding captions to their videos cos TikTok apparently thinks people are being too mean to white folks 😢
That’s because it’s a Chinese app, they’re pretty racist in Asia.
We need to start being harsher towards parents for not parenting their kids. This is embarrassing.
Thank you for acknowledging that danesh guy. He worked so hard to identify this irresponsible mom to make her accountable for her bad parenting
i really hope the internet identifies the vendor that actually spoke up about what they were doing so she can get her credit where it's due instead of a corporation worth billions like sephora getting to take credit for the intervention and action of someone else, and then use that to further launder their public image.
"tHey'Re tOO LiTTle to know- "
Bullsh*t, bullsh*t said while knowing all too well that it's bullsh*t.
Also, those are your children. YOU raised them. I'd be MORTIFIED if my child did something like this, 'cause it would mean I have FAILED as a parent, raising a racist, disrespectful child.
This behavior is learned and the fact that these grown women justify them, makes very clear from whom they learned it.
Also as an older student (at a K-12 school) I can promise they know! I’ve heard kids even younger than them spewing bigotry, they clearly picked up on social media or at home. There has never been an excuse for this behaviour but in this day and age? There were no innocent intentions.
The fact that some parent thinks doing a black face is funny and teaching their kids the same is absolutely dangerous,what a shame!
Parents need to do better and break the cycle of racism. It is very much possible to break that kind of cycle because my own sister(Same mother different father so my sister is mixed with Colombian & Salvadoran from her father's side and she looks very much indigenous with her beautiful brown skin n' unique beautiful face features) anyhow my sister married into a family who has roots that trace back to the KKK her husband has told us that is his family's past history but that is not who he is and he always protected us.
I am ligh skin Latina but even whites know could easily tell I am not one of them so what does this mean her husband protected us he would never let us leave his home at night time because at the time of their start of his relationship he lived in smaller city named Waxahachie Texas so he always told us its safer if we stayed indoors at night time so if we needed anything he go out of the house with us by his side so we took his word because with his past family's history he knows what safe and not but in this ideal world we only wish this fear and racism no longer exist but it sadly does so instead mfolks need to heal and do better then what they we're born into if that all makes sense..
Yes racism is bad just like that movie White Chicks doing white face is racist to make fun of other races is always bad any parents who let their children watch the movie White Chicks are racist pieces of crap
This girl is the most incredibly level headed, eloquent person I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to.
“Don’t let cheap people rent space in an expensive mind” ❤
Also - Danesh has since identified this Mother.
Yeah she's also a clout chaser though. I know I'm playing the devil's advocate and what the girls and their mom did was absolutely disgusting but let's be honest, they did deserve their privacy. The fact that some random stranger is trying to track them sits wrong with me. Absolutely wrong. Tell me if it's okay to be put on blast on social media for something you did at 13? And to be essentially tracked, stalked and doxxed by a random man on tik tok who does this so he doesn't have to get a regular job. This is dystopian. These girls and their mom should be punished in a lawful way. But let's not give too much credit to someone for making a social media post.
@@taiyabazaheer9492 I disagree on some of this, but absolutely feel that they should be dealt with lawfully - but I don’t believe that will happen.
The girls weren’t named - just the mother who was encouraging their behaviour.
As a mum of 2 children, I would be ashamed, horrified and disgusted in my obvious failure as a parent. As a mother, it’s my job to raise my children to become the best versions of themselves. Before I saw this, I never for a moment considered that there would be people out there who would allow their children to do this and actively encourage it. These “children” are more than old enough to know better. My 8 year old recognises that this is wrong so a teenager absolutely does.
If this mother doesn’t want to hold her children accountable for their actions, then society will. They deservedly lost their right to privacy when they brought their private hatred and vitriol into a public space.
I hope they learn a lesson that their bad actions and bad deeds have consequences, and as a society - people won’t stand for this behaviour.
Also, the girl who recorded this incident is a black woman witnessing blatant racism. She confronted the mother off camera, and the mother didn’t care and shifted the blame to her children who apparently aren’t old enough to be responsible for their own actions. Then the mother seemed out the 22 year old because she realised that she’d been recorded, which in a public space in perfectly legal.
@taiyabazaheer9492 please be serious. I never did black face in public (or in private for that matter) and made monkey noises as I was doing it. nor do i know anyone who did. just say you're racist and go
@squeezeecheese8829 no one is doxxing the children. they're trying to find the parents
I knew black face was bad when i was a young teen and that was like 30 years ago, there's no excuse now.
Me too!
What about whiteface, are you a hypocrite
"We all did things when we were young." Yeah, and we got corrected and faced the consequences of our actions, so we learned that it was wrong.
Guatemala City? Oh, that makes sense. Fair skinned wealthy Latin Americans being racist? Yeah, that makes perfect sense.
Disgusting. They learned this behavior at home. That's why the moms aren't upset about them doing this.
I am a millennial have a 6 year old son. I would NEVER allow him to disrespect stores and people that way. Since he could talk, I’ve been teaching him please and thank you, to not be rude and to be kind to others. It’s horrendous to see what people are allowing their kids to do and then even documenting it.
Agreed. I respect you and the parents who are trying to be parents and not having accessory baby’s
Can we take a moment to appreciate Robert and all the content he’s been putting out lately?? Between this, his main channel AND the twin channel we get daily Robert, I love it. Must be a lot of work for him but I’m here for it 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Yes!!!
It's incredible, and the quality has been so consistently high, too! 🖤
Parents of @temiojoraa, the young lady who filmed the racists: "You can't allow cheap people to rent spaces in expensive minds".
Well said!
The original poster is incredibly stunning and intelligent. Her parents are clearly very intelligent and supportive, as well. It’s horrible that this even happened.
“They aren’t old enough they don’t know what they’re doing” uhhh but you as the mother do know so if you disapproved maybe say something???? But she didn’t and that says it all.
Its bad enough that the kids do this but THE MOTHER needing to have this explained to her is wild . She got 100 on the trashy scale. Way to go lady
Lady?
I've unfortunately come into contact with these sort of kids and their parents...as I work in retail...for a posh supermarket. The children have ZERO boundaries..running around screaming pushing into everybody!! What do the parents do? NOTHING!!! God help you if you are an employee or another customer who tries intervene..screaming fits...not unlike the children!! You don't have to look far to see where these attitudes come from!!! If one of my kids did what these girls did they would be so severely punished they'd be grounded til they where 25 years old!!! Not that it would even enter their heads!!! It just goes to show the mentality of these parents that their children would even think this is ok. The parents are shameful and disgusting!!! Side note: the girl in the video IS STUNNING!!! xxxx
Running and screaming in stores, in the neighborhood, at restaurants....and parents do nothing to stop them. When did it be okay for children to act feral because they "have a lot of energy"? I'm really concerned for when the Gen Alphas make it to the workforce or college if this behavior isn't curbed sooner than later.
Tired of people blaming the pandemic for lazy parenting. Even before the pandemic I can confirm just how many people let their kids just play games or just let them scream and misbehave without concequence.
It truly is a lack of real discipline
I worked in an aftercare program in the North East US and only lasted 3 months because these kids are WILD! They didn’t even listen to my boss who’s been doing this job for 7 years. And the parents did nothing to correct their children’s behavior. I was called racist/sexist slurs, cleaning up constantly because they wouldn’t clean up after themselves, my life was threatened so many times. Idk what the solution is but something’s gotta change.
My mom works in a primary school 15+ years (I live in Hungary). She said that the kids become worse with every year. A very few portion of them was thought manners and because the others were raised as fucking animals the good behaved ones are getting bullied.
This!!! I’m in the US and the bullying is so bad. My son got mocked on the bus for saying thank you to the bus driver. The person who takes them to school every day and back home again, he said thank you and multiple students mocked him and bullied him for it. Like what? When did it become cool to be rude and nasty?
The Gen Alpha conversation is so interesting. I was a young mom, so I'm an elder millennial with an adult Gen Z son. I can definitely see how the way kids are coming up with technology is affecting how they interact with the world. Especially the advent of the quick turnover, viral age of media. Scary stuff.
This it is the PARENTS FAULT!!! T millennium parents need to put away their OWN devices and actually parent their kids. Kids don't Listen, they COPY t behaviour they see!!!! Put down the damn phone and spend time with your kids!!!!! Stop blaming technology when YOU ARE THE ONE PROVIDING IT!!!!!
I mean, I absolutely believe the parents are responsible. Ya'll don't have to convince me of that. But the culture is just as relevant.
@@abhimac27Kids fins kids with parents with the same mentality of their own and create their in-group culture from there, at least that’s been my observation. For the majority of teens they don’t have friends with opposite mentality and behaviour and they tend to form groups with the principles they gained at home and share.
I'm the same, an elder millennial with a 22 year old Gen Z son who was a senior in high school when the pandemic started and spent his first year of college basically stuck in his dorm doing remote classes. That isolation had a pretty profound effect on him, so I can only imagine how severe the effect has been on the younger kids. Obviously it's not an excuse for bad behavior, and the parents in this case are absolutely trash, but I do think it's something to keep in mind when trying to figure out how to deal with and help these Gen Alpha monster children🤷♀️
Yes!! I’m 34, my oldest is 16 and my youngest ones are is 6,8 & 10 they heavily depend on screens when my teen would rather take a nap, or watch a movie that came out in 2009 lol and I’m like wow. What a difference. It’s not even that I’ve given them tablets but they have them in school, REQUIRE them actually to be used at home. They used them for two years during covid, minus my 6 year old. No naturally they want them, play on them, create on them also..
But my oldest, didn’t have a tablet coming up, and didn’t have a phone without parental locks until 9th grade he drew to pass time and played video games. Now he’s such a good artist But can’t get a hang of digital drawing poor thing lol
Just when we think it can’t get any worse.
Here we are.
Thank you for reporting on this! I’m tired of blackface being a joke thats easy to erase and apologize for. They specifically went in there to cause harm and be disrespectful. Where is the outrage? & sephora got the nerve to try to suppress it! 🤦🏽♀️
Robert…thank you for speaking on this topic! As an African American I totally expect this from certain members of older generations but to see this type of hatred being passed down to younger generations is very disheartening 😢… parenting is teaching your kids to be good decent people at the end of the day and sadly some people don’t get that!
As soon as I saw you were doing a video on this topic I knew it had to be the Prudential incident. A friend works there on the shop floor, he’s been with the company since the one black glove days, and loved working there until the past few months. You are absolutely correct that Sephora needs to fix this, the staff turnover is unbelievable and they can’t hire enough people because nobody wants to work for them anymore.
I'm not sure how things work in the UK, but in the US there's no law that prohibits you from filming people in public spaces. Consent isn't relevant here when speaking legally. Sephora can have policies against filming in the store, but you're also legally allowed to film from outside private businesses if blinds are open. Anything you can see from the street is fair game for filming, if the Sephora is in a mall though then that probably changes things.
Also this is racist and disgusting.
Malls in the U.S. are considered private property. They're usually owned by one of the major mall property entities and you are supposed to get their permission before filming. And the Sephora in question is in the Prudential Center mall. I used to live in Boston but am not sure how strict they are regarding filming, since I've never filmed in one. My sister and I have gotten in trouble for filming during two separate instances at other malls. My sister had to film a social experiment on bias for her high school class. Her Muslim friend had a sign saying that if you're not scared of her, to give her a hug. Some Karen got offended and complained to security. Her friend got a citation for "solicitation" and they were criticized for filming without permission. They weren't even in a store. Just in the common area. I used to be a PBS reporter and had to film a story on a local mall closing in an area with a large elderly population (who don't do online shopping). I was in the parking lot just filming the outside of the mall. Two so-called security officials drive up in an unmarked car and told me I can't film. I went inside to talk to the management and they told me to get off the property
Malls in the US are almost always private property and individual stores certainly are. You cannot film someone on private property without their consent. Regardless of what the girls were doing, the mothers had every right to request the video be deleted and the person filming should have deleted it.
@karishmadesai1408 Yeah I figured malls were private property, that's why I mentioned it being in a mall likely changes things. But in situations where its public or municipal property, its not unlawful to film even if you're told to stop by staff/security.
@toril9787 Yeah, that's why I made that last comment about it being in a mall likely changes the situation.
@@alexp712that person is incorrect. It comes down to if there's a reasonable expectation of privacy. There is not one in an open store like Sephora. A store could have a policy of no filming and tell you to stop or remove you, but it's not illegal. They're grasping at straws to defend the racist parents
These children knew that what they were doing was wrong, but felt "okay" in doing it because the adult with them essentially condoned their behavior by not calling them out on it and correcting it. You can tell by the obvious look of shock and shame on the girl in the striped sweater that she realized she had been caught doing something she shouldn't have been doing. The fact that the mother's main issue was trying to figure out who was filming and how to get the video back is clearly an indicator of how she didn't see what her children were doing was wrong. Whether it was blackface or just misusing the product ("strangely" enough, the testers aren't put out there for you to do a full face of make up), this is just disgusting. It's not only the job of Sephora to do something about it, but also of the parents who let their children run amok in public. I get you may be a tired mom, lord knows I was as a single parent, but you get no sympathy for being too tired to parent.
Thank you to the young woman who posted the video. It's embarrassing that as a guest in our country she has to experience such intolerant behavior. These so-called kids knew exactly what they were doing. The adults should know better and should have disciplined the girls.
The internet needs to do their thing and find out the names of who these disgusting people are. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes PERIOD. They need to face the consequences of their own actions!
If you’re old enough to F around, you’re old enough to find out! Love it.
Robert I completely agree, we were brought up, not just better, but brought up with respect.
As a 39 year old woman, my mam's 'calm voice' is the most chilling and authoritative tone ever, no bad language or hitting.
If you don't/won't parent - never have kids.
I don't know if that's true. Look at the girls' moms.
Every generation says this shit thinking they are better than the younger generation: “we were brought up better. We knew respect” blah blah blah
The fact is racists, bullies, bad parents have existed since the beginning of time and your generation is not better than the next.. As a 38 year old myself, I’d say the zoomers are more open minded and more likely to speak out against racism today compared to us when we were their age! You know it.
as a black person who lives in boston, this absolutely tracks. hope this woman can heal
There's certainly racism in Boston, but the girls putting on the blackface were part of a dance team from Guatemala City (which is explained in Robert's video). [edited to correct typo from "explain" to "explained"]
I live about 20 mins north of Boston and I didn’t even know this happened! Wow!!!!!
Heal?? Bro get the fuck over it and stop crying about everything.
@@AliceHunter-0827 that doesn’t excuse jack fucking shit alice
@@b.uuunie, what an unbalanced comment. Did you have trouble understanding the video, or just reading? Of course it doesn't excuse racism.
Hi Robert! I’m at a loss for words. It’s an absolute shame that we are still dealing with idiots wearing black face. As a black woman, I am so proud of the young woman who kept her composure. The fact that it’s 2024 and we’re still dealing with this level of ignorance is beyond disheartening. 💓🖤
Thank you for posting this! It’s beyond disgusting and unacceptable. If you are not going to parent your children, don’t have any!!!
Meli, *If you are not going to parent your children, don’t have any!!!* Whew Chiiiiile, this is a whole bar , mami.
As a fellow Singaporean, that CEO of TikTok should be held accountable. I don't mind seeing him being grilled to no end on what TikToXICITY has been feeding to the young minds. He is a disgrace to the whole of Singapore seriously.
Also, the extent of damage these Alphas have done thus far is already considered as vandalism. There should just be age limit to enter Sephora cos sooner or later they'd take the premise as their playground or lab room. 🙄 Disgusting generation.
It’s not TikToks fault, it’s the parents who don’t want to raise their child and monitor what they’re watching. My nieces are now allowed to have TikTok bc of all this disgusting behavior going around.
I lived in Singapore when I was little! It was beautiful. I couldn’t agree more about how disgusting the world has gotten, especially since the rise of Tik Tok where it’s suddenly so easy for the most hateful opinions and crap to go viral. Suddenly all these nasty people are spreading their hatred around so much easier, god I can’t stand it. I especially fear for my daughters, like I can’t imagine having to go to school and grow up with tik tok. The other platforms we had were bad enough!
Parents need to be responsible for their own damn children FFS!
Blaming it on a platform deflects from the real problem. Bad parenting breeds bad behavior. If a person is toxic, they’ll be toxic anywhere they go.
@facethreetimeslike I don’t think those kids are the TikTok CEO’s kids
I am a primary school teacher and believe me they have been raised by iPads. I live in Australia and some of these kids actually have American accents because they continue to watch SO much crap on screens. I also have 2 kindergarten kids whose family speak English at home but they can only mutter a few words. They simply have no adult speaking to them at home. That’s how kids acquire language, manners, self control in the first 5 years. The millennial parents are also quite lazy. They expect teachers and schools to do everything from give their children 3 meals a day, give them school uniforms and then expect to text teachers WHEN THEY’RE TRYING TO TEACH YOUR KID and rant about their kid not getting the breakfast they want. WTF. I know some demographics need assistance and that is fine and has always been taken care of as best we can at school level but it’s simplistic just to blame the pandemic for everything. It’s in the rear view mirror and now parents need to take responsibility for their children, just as we have done and make changes. It can be as simple as no one uses screens at home for 1 hour, then 2 and so on and so forth. Instead go for a walk together, put on some music and dance in the kitchen, make a bloody packet cake…anything to encourage talk, eye to eye contact, basic skills like measuring out stuff, counting the beat.whatever. It really doesn’t matter. The first 5 years of a child’s life will form them basically into what they will become as an adult. All their values and internal messaging are set by YOU parents and carers.
I agree! Parents seem to demand others, especially teachers, to do things for their children, but they seem unwilling to invest the time and attention into helping their kids have manners and judgment over what they see. If kids are allowed to have unfettered access to the internet, AND this isn't balanced by intentional conversations about the kinds of things they see on social media and in movies, the kids are not going to grow up knowing how to be critical thinkers and they will think that disrespectful behavior is acceptable. It's scary. I have a 10-year-old son and he is lovely. I do worry for this generation. People blame the pandemic for gen alphas behavior but that is a HUGE oversimplification.
@@susanjeffries5108I’m a gen z adult who was raised by the early internet, not an ipad - and I still feel the ramifications of how that went currently. Been told off for being rude, ostracized for not having my stuff together like other people are (I’m ADHD). I’m a work in progress and trying to be better day by day. The only way we salvage this gen alpha problem is if the parents make them aware that their behavior is a problem.
yeah i worked at a preschool for a few years and we get so many parents saying they want their kid to be able to read at the end of the year but aren't doing literally ANYTHING at home to work with their kids on that. like people this is PREschool not kindergarten, but then i hear about kids who went on into elementary school who are now underperforming cus again the parents aren't doing anything with them. it's a weird combo of over-pressuring them at young ages but also not putting in any home time with them? i don't think parents understand what levels kids should be at at what ages anymore nor do they understand that a lot of that development does come from their home environment. it's not all running flash card drills it's reinforcement of ideals and manners through play and everyday interactions, which admittedly they weren't getting with peers during the lockdowns but still...
Oh boy thats is just pure negligence to me. It is a shame that these people get children…And I wonder why they get kids in the first place..
@@thecryingcryptidIt is surprising to me that my new Kindergarteners come home with more homework than my teen ever had throughout all years of elementary school. That we have to teach them to read and write, which I never did in Kindergarten much less had any homework, but the middle schoolers come home with color pages and high schoolers still struggle reading and writing. Where is THAT ball being dropped if they are expected to learn in Kindergarten??
Impressive, but what has been happening between then and middle school to cause such a regression?
~14yos should know better, I wouldn’t even say they’re “Sephora kids,” generally I assume these kids are ~8-12 and haven’t worked out how to behave in public yet (not that that would excuse it at all), but not mid-teenagers
While I agree with you, they are still minors. Imagine you did something stupid as a 13 year old and someone recorded and it went viral. Do you understand how damaging that is for a kid’s mental health? It’s wild that not one comment I’ve read has expressed this. I blame the parents, 100%
@@Nicole__Nataliafunny because I never did anything racist when I was 13 years old.
8-12 is plenty old enough to behave well in public.
@@Nicole__Natalia this isn’t doing something “stupid” this is racism by young people who have obviously been raised to believe someone with a skintone deeper than theirs is someone to be ridiculed .
The fact that the parents /chaperones weren’t horrified by the behaviour really cements how disgusting these people are regardless of age.
Continuing to be raised by adults with type of mindset and not being called out on this behaviour is going to be far more detrimental to their mental health long term .
I know I'm playing the devil's advocate and what the girls and their mom did was absolutely disgusting but let's be honest, they did deserve their privacy. The fact that some random stranger is trying to track them sits wrong with me. Absolutely wrong. Tell me if it's okay to be put on blast on social media for something you did at 13? And to be essentially tracked, stalked and doxxed by a random man on tik tok who does this so he doesn't have to get a regular job. This is dystopian. These girls and their mom should be punished in a lawful way. But let's not give too much credit to someone for making a social media post.
They all should have been told to leave the store immediately, not allowed to make any purchases or anything, just booted.
They said their daughters are too young to understand at 13-14 years old?
Also @temiojora’s parents advice was masterful! “Don’t let cheap people rent space in expensive minds” needs to be a motivational quote!
The mother has definitely done black face at home for her to not care what her grown ass “child” is doing. They knew exactly what to do and to only put it on the face.
I'm of the mind that the Milennials who grew up with Shane Dawson in his blackface era and still like him and forgive him to this day are the people who excuse this behavior.
The irony being the Tik Toker is gorgeous and so well spoken any woman would want to be like her. Well, unless you embrace the trash aesthetic looking for attention.
Millennial parent here to four kids, and you better believe I am raising my children with manners and basic human decency. I would never let my child disrespect anyone or any space and if they did, there would be many consequences along with apologizing in person and writing a letter. First two things right there! 👏
They might as well write, "I am garbage" on their faces as well, since that's what they're telling the entire world. The parents are culpable, as well, and are also disgusting trash. Absolutely love you Robert for using your platform in this way! ❤
Old enough to fuck around old enough to find out. Bang on.
"If they are old enough to fuck around, they're old enough to fuck around and find out" YES!!!
i remember walking around 10+ years ago and seeing sooooo many BABIES in strollers glued to their parents phones, while they paid no attention to their children. i just knew how damaging that was and it really scared me for the future. now here we are 🤷
It's still happening. Even in Disney World of all places!
I hate seeing babies on their parents' cell phones. It's upsetting how comfortable super young kids are with just grabbing and unlocking their mom's phones. They know how to pull up apps, order off of Amazon--everything.
Honestly even mundane things like grocery shopping. I still like grocery shopping (not the prices though!) But a lot of people think it's mundane. Kids though often think it's kind of fun. There's all these colors and smells and things to look at. I used to love going shopping with my mom when I was little. And now, kids are looking at a phone or a tablet as the world passes by around them. It's just really sad to me because even if they grow up to be normal adults they may lament that they don't have these nice little memories like I do of going shopping with Mom and laughing at the jokes on the boxes of cereal. Sorry for the long comment, I do love rambling.
I saw where Sephora stated that this behavior was not acceptable, but what I want to know is: What are they doing to help their employees mental health, when they have to deal with this?
And B) I didn't hear a thing about trespassing those women- and their children- and barring them from Sephora premises in the future- and that certainly needs to be done.
that whole article part about gen alpha kids having no manners... it's so real. I work in childcare and so many children are lacking the MOST BASIC manners such as a simple "please" and "thankyou". i'm so disappointed in my generation for not teaching their children better.
God… I’ll bet to be a black woman around that would not only be incredibly hurtful but also genuinely scary! If I were black and encountered that I’d get my phone out and recording, too, in case anything happened! And… too little to know it’s wrong?! They’re WAY old enough to know! And if they don’t…. DO YOUR JOB AS A PARENT! They shouldn’t even be applying a whole face of the sample foundations like that in any case, let alone like THIS! The animal noises makes it a million times worse. “They’re the ones doing it, take it up with them” like… YOU’RE THE PARENT! DO YOUR JOB AS A PARENT!
They should be held accountable...shame on that mother
It’s hard enough to find testers for deeper tones as it is without people using it for this sort of thing
because a certain demographic steals testers that match their skin tone
@@muddy_puppy_mofo no because they all get stolen. all of em. and contaminated. thats why testers are becoming a rarety
@@meirin5316 then why is op claiming that only deeper toned testers are rare?
@herojenni what stats can you share to support your FEELINGS
@@muddy_puppy_mofoProbably because the people who decide what is stocked and offered have the same toxic mindset you show in your first comment. "There's no demand for those shades"/"That's not really OUR demographic" and so on.
Algorithm, this is disgusting 😡 the mom and those girls know better they just don’t care. Thank you to the vendor who called them out!
I am a mom to a Gen Alpha daughter, and I know she knows better than to pull this kind of shit. There are plenty of Millennial parents who would never put up with this.
Thank you for speaking about this. I think it's exceptionally important for people in the makeup community to call this out. There is no confusion it was racist, as is every individual who intentionally uses foundation 3+ shades darker than their own skin tone.
Totally agree with everything Robert said here. Racism is taught and if you have parents who don't reprimand you or they are actively encouraging this behaviour then they are just as much at fault. Even if their parents fail them, these children are learning in school that this is not ok. There is no excuse or justification for it.
It essentially boils down to lazy parenting. Most children you see have been placed in front of iPads. It’s disgusting.
Racist, lazy parenting
It's the parent's responsibility to teach their kids what is right and what is wrong...this right here is the root of the problem.... parents need to step up and hold their kids responsible for their own actions and not make excuses for their behavior...this is coming from someone whose family was unfortunately part of the Confederate side of the civil war and had slave owners....it is a shame that people seem to forget what minorities went through to get to where they are today...I agree with Robert 100%
There’s no security in Sephora, but there is in Ulta not that they do anything but follow people around or stand at the entrance. The Ulta closest to me for a couple of months literally had to remove all of their testers because folks were stealing etc. I had to stop going to that one because I wasn’t going to buy anything new that came out I couldn’t swatch. There’s no reason for 10 year olds to be in Sephora without a parent or buying a $40 skincare product they don’t even need yet.
I absolutely LOVE and completely agree with everything you said in this video! Thank you for having the balls to call them out.
Props to the worker for at least trying to deal with the losers.