Why a post-racial America begins with land returns | Brea Baker | TEDxBoulder
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- Brea Baker's grandfather passed away in 2019 and one of the last things he said was a warning: don’t sell the land. As an intergenerational landowner, Brea has internalized how much Black elders like her grandfather have loved the land while watching it be snatched from under them. The solution to racial wealth gaps and environmental injustice? Reparations. Instead of fearing reparations, we can begin to see it as a critical path to addressing historic wrongs and creating paths for wealth and justice for Black Americans. Brea Baker is a freedom fighter and writer (in that order) who has been working on the frontlines for over a decade, first as a student activist and now as a national strategist. With a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University, Brea believes deeply in the need for nuanced storytelling and Black culture as tools for change. As a writer, Brea has commented on race, gender, and sexuality for publications like ELLE, Harper’s BAZAAR, Refinery29 Unbothered, Coveteur, MISSION Magazine, PARADE, THEM, gal-dem (UK), and more. Her book, Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft & The Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership, was published by One World (an imprint of Penguin Random House).
Brea has essays published in anthologies like OUR HISTORY HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTRABAND: IN DEFENSE OF BLACK STUDIES & Devin Allen's NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. For her work in coalition with other activists and organizers, Brea Baker has been recognized as a 2023 Creative Capital awardee, a 2017 Glamour Woman of the Year, and 2019 i-D Up and Rising. Brea has spoken globally about racial justice and coalition building towards a more equitable future including the United Nations' Girl Up Initiative, Duke University, Yale Law School, the University of Chicago, the University of Southern California, Youth 2 Youth Summit in Hong Kong, Pace Gallery, Museum of City of New York, and more. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
The South African government just passed a law that allows for the expropriation of property without compensation. There are also more race laws here now than under the apartheid government. South Africa is not an example to emulate.
People like her celebrated when the white farmers were genocided.
I saw it in college.
They don't want racism to end, they want to punish white people and genocide them. Despite white people also being historical victims of racism.
Perfectly stated.
So just how far do you go back? 1950, 1920, 1880, 1870, 1820, 1800, 1790, 1760, 1720, 1690, 1620, 1500, 1400, 1200, 1000, 1, 200bc. There will always be somebody that claims that it was their peoples at sometime.
…There will always be beings that claim that they have a right to know there own history and a right and privilege and dominion over earth’s resources more than another being or mankind. There will always be those who violate the divine laws of creation.
To your point…
AS LONG AS IT TAKES…
1492
Exactly
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialismgood luck with that, chief
In the Pacific NW, it was during the late 1960s... there was a clear red line (literally) saying where blacks could buy their land. They weren't granted loans, either, even when qualified. 😢
This is how generational wealth is made.
This is not only our history, but our modern day. 😴
And what about all the land taken from Native Americans. Your family's land was probably originally belonged to Native Americans.
Are you going to apply to do a Ted talk on Native Americans?
Indigenous peoples always knew that the land belonged to our creator.
Legislators who benefited from Crown Grants created that narrative to divide those who were treated and counted as property by those who “owned” human beings.
Native Americans did not have and understanding of land ownership. Look at the history of Manhattan Island. Can't give back what they never claimed to own.
"probably"?
@@searphhoneythey would probably get in, they’re letting everyone on TED these days
This is not progress. It's regress.
That's what the tangerine man did
@@MrGrandurethank God for Trump.
How when it's never happened? 😂
@@AbsolutelyMenti the left is constantly trying to make blacks think they're victims. That's been happening for decades, and it's abhorrent. Making people feel like victims is the surest way to keep them in chains.
@@AbsolutelyMenti the left has been trying for decades to make blacks think they're victims. Making people feel like victims is the surest way to keep them in chains.
What happened to Ted talks? Genuinely sad to see how far it's fallen.
Well said indeed.
Oh I know, I hate it when these things are recognized as human beings.
This ruined my weekend
I can see your skin color.
@@Warrior_Resisting_ColonialismI can see your sheeplike mind and your victim mentality.
I agree 100%.
Tedx standards have slipped severely.
Fully agree
The tangerine man will fix it
@@rodvdobson they’re running out of material
return the land to the dinosaurs 🦕 🦖 they are the original owners.
I like your humor ✅
Why stop there, let's give the world back to the darkness it came from 😂
@thomasel9171 that's why I put it back in
@ Interesting concept 💫
Yeah or just not „owning“ land. People could work the land and use a piece but give it back for others to use when they die. Being stewards of the land was a thing once…
Lordy Ted Talks sucks so bad now. Unsubscribed. This video: What Brea is essentially saying is that we should correct for history. In all honesty, that is impossible. If we followed her logic then all the land should be returned to Native Americans. I'm all for it. However, since Brea is suggesting it then she should go first. I'll wait...
Why was this recommended to me?
Because youtube knew it would anger you
I hate it when marginalized groups humanize themselves too, dont worry your in good company
I am happy, $42,000 every month! Now I can give back to the people in my community and also support the works of God and the church.
That's a major turn around. Praise be to Jesus our Lord. Hallelujah
But then, what do you do? How do you come about that in that period?
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Of course this was in Boulder
Oh I know right?
(Insert clever and cruel dog whistle)
Why do you say that?
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Because they are intolerant of his intolerance out there.
I hate it when people hate me for my hatred too. I cant find any rallies out here in california.
I just have to dress up in my uniform all by myself and cry because everything has gotten so woke around here.
Go back to sleep folks, its 3am in Murica
Surprised wasn't San Fran or Seattle tbh
@@timothysatyr6674 uhhh buddy what are you going on about? Lmao
The irish people were treated pretty poorly in the past why don't we pay them reperations too?
Beacuase no one should have to pay for the sins of the past.
Honestly I do think England how old is the country of Ireland a lot
Because white, der. 😉
Irish people got their reparations through being integrated with the rest of white society so they were and they were still treated better. You're also comparing an ethnic group to an entire diaspora. But I would be all for paying back the oppressed, and mistreated. Irish and Italian included. It's also not about paying for sins but about doing what is right and what was promised. Honesty, integrity and equality. American Values right? Anyone treated unfairly and unjustly deserves healing.
There also isn't racial profiling of Irish people to this day.
We are talking about ONGOING INJUSTICE, not just a past problem.
@ not true. Uk still holds grudges
This made me unsubscribe, so tired of this dogshit.
How dare you defame dog shite! It is worse than that!
No, the conquered don’t get land back….. that’s how it works
Reparations was granted to them long ago, the people thought it was the right thing to do. Then it was immediately and unfairly rescinded . When you think about how compound interest and land values have helped build wealth for many, it is important to understand what they have lost. Coupled with segregation and red lining.
In a land that claims to be free for all.
folks like you are what help make this place a lie
@@timothysatyr6674and folks like you show that democracy was a bad idea
Crown Grants made it possible today for approximately
65% + private forest in Virginia to be privately owned. Free labor and free land made for generational wealth skewed towards 1 demographic of people. That’s what she is referring to.
@@timothysatyr6674Those things haven’t happened at any scale in half a century. The rest of us worked to buy the land we own. Except for family farms, none of us inherited our homes, or “stole” them from anyone. Why should I pay taxes to someone who didn’t take advantage of their opportunities?
Ugh always making it about colour, get over it,
Can’t when history keeps repeating itself.
Says someone who is not of the American stem of African diaspora
How can you get mad and tell someone to get over something that was and is continually ingrained and imposed upon them? Or are you one of those "empathy is a sin" people?
You only own what you can keep from being taken. So 98% of the land here is up for grabs. You might want to leave Texas alone though. They know what property ownership is really about.
She has the right to speak her own special truth it’s hers
We as humans ultimately own nothing. Not a thing. Land ownership is ridiculous to me. Like money it’s a delusion we all believe in and it reigns us and puts us below or above others when we should all be free and equal. Just my opinion.
Im white and my family is low middle class. Historically we had a massive tract of land that would be worth billions today but lost it during the depression. Not saying that racism didnt play a part or that white people have just as many struggles in this area as African Americans, but its funny to see someone victimizing their entire race without ever considering other possibilities for why the land was lost or the fact that this problem doesnt only affect minorities 😂
Lol. This is so 2020. Move on
Fastest unsubscribe of my life.
Same
Unsubscibed - Done
You will be missed
Land returns 😂 communism, but only for some people...
Reparations is not "returning land" 🤦🏼♀️ Did anyone in these comments finish HS??
"Post racial" does not exist.
I mean race in humans is a completely made up concept. It just doesn’t actually exist.
A post-racial world begins by looking past race. Like Morgan Freeman said.
These attempts to do right with the past are other acts of violence towards people who don't have anything to do with it.
Make peace with the past by treating others well and being treated right yourself.
Maybe we can give her a few books written by Thomas Sowell.
Absolutely sad, Ted talks used to mean something.
It was post-racial in the 1990s.
just because you are not effected by it, does not mean it is non existent.
I have never personally seen an octopus in person. only on TV, and that could be a government hoax to scare you. So I suppose they don't exist either.
Yup, before idiots decided to see what swinging the pendulum again would do.
Wtf is this? This doesn’t make sense
Laziness.
Well we should probably give the land back to the Native Americans and Central Americans that lived all the way up to the state of Utah first.
The native Americans were and still are from African Heritage. That is why they were hated so much. Stop believing what you see in movies. The original Native American was and will ALWAYS be AFRIKAN. SORRY.... You did NOT KNOW THE TRUTH!!!
Unsubbed!
Stop it.
Pay your reparations to me first.
Something that is changing my brain capacity is your dress! Do yourself a favor and go to Walmart and spend $15.97 on a full length mirror. Use it daily.
Because reasons.
LOL, how can I discredit what she's saying because it makes me feel some type of way? Insult her body. Classy.
Ted talks used to have topics on science, technology, and human psychology and now we have random people talking about topics that have no meaning. Please get back to what TED talks used to be. Get engaging speakers and talk about topics that really mean something.
No reparations ever.
If any land is going back to anyone, the land should be made public land, for everyone. They could have food forests and community gardens and so on, benefitting both nature and people, not just for any specific people, but for everyone.
This talk killed more braincells than alkeehol.
So people who never owned people, are to pay back people who have never been owned? No.
~As It was given after the Civil War. But then they rescinded.
Seriously ?? Come on Ted, make your stage great again ! Invite brilliant minds with thought-provoking ideas. 2025 and you're still delusional ?
Literally apalled at these comments. You don't have to agree with the idea of reparations, but you could at least create comments that sound like you finished HS and bothered to pay attention in history class.
It's folks like the TEDx speaker who have a simplistic, cartoonish idea of history.
The concept is so outrageously flawed it doesn't deserve intelligent rebuttals.
Unsubscribed🙄
Nope. No "do overs" for history.
HAHAHAHA
no
The only issue with wealth inequality worth discussing is when the wealth was obtained through enterprises that are or approach monopoly - think Microsoft, Google, etc. I would not include Tesla, as they are about to learn about competition. She is delusional. Give that woman an economic text book now!
Life isn't fair. Work hard and earn the things you want like everyone else in this country. Dont ask the government to steal something someone else has worked hard for so you can have it. We dont need reparations.
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah you right. Not like the government literally stole land from entire communities just so they can have it to build for their highways.
You mean like the whites from Europe did using the doctrine of christian discovery?
Can't tell that to people who have been taught to be perpetual victims.
LOOOOL, then maybe your AND my ancestors shouldn't have stolen it first???? 😂😂
All you need is only a chunk of land if you're genius enough to be dominant. Islam conquer the world without "occupying" individu lands
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Nobody likes you anymore, TedTalk. Can you guess why? Is it all their fault and not yours?
ah no!!
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Her great grandkids will probably be talking about the beginning of post racial america. Sad. Since post racial america started 45 years ago.
Oh my, some of these comments make it seems as thought Tedx Talks are only for certain people to give or only certain subjects. I enjoyed this one, it gives me something to think about. The hatred from the keyboard is real! What happened to the golden rule?
I like the “we need a transfusion” concept
Guys, if you just give her land and cash, she'll totally stop being a grievance-monger and will transform into a grateful, patriotic citizen. After all, if constantly demanding and complaining and guilt-tripping results in a financial windfall, you would only do it once and then never again.
She is white... More than me and i'm polish
Surprisingly this is one's not a twenty one minutes long video for the algorithm.
I appreciate this❤❤❤❤
We do not need reparations. You do not need reparations. You need Dave Ramsey!
Deuteronomy 22:22
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Land returns?
delusional
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U're in Red Indians' land
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I just wasted 7 minutes of my life watching this video. How about a white lady pointing and saying blacks avery 20 seconds, please get over it...
when i step in dog poo i don't carry it around and show it to everyone. i clean it off and try and avoid dog poo. Get over it people. Get over it.
It is a bad word. Reparations are never going to happen.
C'est bonne je déjà décider je pourrai désabonner finement comme t'es veux ... quelle mal idée d'video vraiment que promote les idéologie raciste contre les gens blanc et fais différents entre les américaines même
She's privileged
Ramblings of someone who has blinders on.
Vae victis, welcome to the real world. 😉
She needs Myron Golden and ET the Hip Hop Preacher to teach her.
You need Jesus to teach you
@timothysatyr6674 teach me what? Do you know the main messages of the two I mentioned above?
Kid should inherit property or no point
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Just learn English! It isn't that hard!
@@keineahnung7278lol may your racism one day get back to you
No ...just no . We have to look forward , not live in the past .
What was Kamala's slogan vs Trump's?
To understand anything and to create a better future we always have to look to the past. How else would we learn from mistakes?
OH MY GOD DONT THINK THEY ARE HUMAN!!!! - some republican probably
you smell like vomit
Inspiring 😊
Hairstyle beautiful ❤️
i used to think being magnetic was just about looks or confidence, but i couldn’t have been more wrong. i read this book called Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, and it totally changed my perspective. it breaks down the energy and mindset behind true attraction in a way that just makes sense. once i started applying what it taught, i noticed people reacting to me differently almost instantly. it’s seriously worth a read.
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i remember feeling like i was always the one fading into the background while others stood out effortlessly. it was frustrating and made me doubt myself a lot. then i came across this book, Vibrations of Manifestation by Alex Lane, and it showed me things i’d never even considered. it’s not just a self-help book; it’s like a guide to understanding your own energy and using it to connect with people. if you’ve ever felt like you’re not seen, this book might change everything.
@@gyan_ff_9928 you probably should fade into the background. No one cares about you or your book.