I'm Colombian, we learned this in school but I always wondered if people from the US would learn about the banana craze too. Thanks for giving visibility to our history!
More Americans are learning about American Imperialism now, and most of us are none too happy about it. But the more of us that learn these things, the better votes we can cast to not be unintentionally supporting crimes against our fellow Earthlings. I should also say that people like you should be commended for your patience. That helps more of us see past our countries propaganda. One day we humans will rid ourselves of bigotry, then we will all stand together in solidarity and take back the peace and the prosperity that has been stolen from the world for thousands of years.
my father overheard me watching this video and he sat down to watch it with me long story short, my dad is now a fan of yours. he says you'd be a great historian i have now successfully turned my whole family members into your loyal fans 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Isn't that how the US operates internationally to this day? Stories like these are never taught so that it can be replicated. Thank you for your story telling.
Yeah, America, the great democracy. Their only connection to democracy seems to be removing democratically elected people and replacing them with their servants. America is so so disgusting.
My grandpa grew up during the Depression in the Southern US and was poor af. One year at Christmas he got a banana 🍌. He’d never seen one and he always remembered what an ‘exotic’ thing it was.
Aww just goes to show how fortunate we are today. The effects of the depression are slowly dying out of the nursing home but you still get residents that are overwhelmed by a full plate of food at mealtimes. Very sad. I grew up on canned pineapples and was BLOWN AWAY when I tried fresh pineapple for the first time.
My dad grew up on a banana plantation in Honduras and my family worked on the fields for chiquita banana between 1960-1979. I feel like a bit of my ancestry was recognized
I am in tears, every time I hear about the banana masacre here in Colombia my heart aches. To think that there are senators here that deny the masacre as if the live of this people don't matter. Colombian history is filled with blood and death, banana masacre is just another one in the list, but not for that underestimated or forgotten. Thank you for reminding us about the history that must not be repited.
Don’t knock the “romantic” coupon book! I taught at an inner city high school, and I had several teen-aged boys in my class who were bummed because they couldn’t afford presents for their girlfriends in Valentines Day, so I suggested making a coupon book. You never saw anything sweeter than a bunch of “thugs” trying to think of nice things they could do for their girlfriends. 💕❤️💕
That's sweet, but I completely agree with Bailey. Those coupons never get used. No one wants to have to ask for their partner to do something nice for them. The niceness comes from them taking the iniative in the first place.
Is there any business that isn't shady? It's a sad world we're living in.... Bailey, you are a highlight in these dark times! Thank you for your excellent work!
GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest TH-camr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Thank you for your attention, dear paul
I’m from Costa Rica. The “bananeras” as we call it, are still very much difficult, to say the least. I love to hear a story from Bailey that gives some background to our lands history. ❤️🙏🏻
I went to a prestigious private school in Bogota, Colombia and let me tell you my friend...you explained this topic wayyyyyy better, 10 million times better than my history teacher...if I can even call it "explaining." 🥇🏆🏅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I went to Costa Rica on a school trip. We were on a bus and passing a banana plantation when two little kids flagged down the bus (they didn’t feel like walking home from school). So while they were on the bus they told us that there Mom works on the banana plantation nearby, but she was currently unemployed. Apparently the banana corporation Dole just periodically fires their workers as a loophole to get out of paying them basic employee benefits. So the kids’ mother who was a single mom with two kids had to go without a job for months to be mistreated by the same company she has been working with for years. It’s really f*cked up. So, yeah Dole isn’t a great alternative to Chiquita either.
I listen to these on Spotify while i’m cleaning the house. I fell for MM&M, I stayed for Dark History. Thank you for educating me/us in a fun & interesting way & teaching me things I may have never learned otherwise.
Thank you so much for explaining the real history of America's role in messing up people's lives. School never taught me this, but I will make sure my grandkids understand the truth about situations that still affect us to this day!
Our government is still up to the same tricks. If you truly knew about Russia and China and about what has really happened in Ukraine you would have no faith in our government and see why other countries are feeling the same.
As a Honduran, when we learn about Honduran history we have about hundreds of pages just about the united fruit company and how they weaseled their way into having so much power around honduras and other central American countries. A Honduran author, Ramón Amaya Amador even wrote a book about it called "prisión verde" about the strike that happened to overthrow united fruit company and we all have to read about it in school. My grandfather was a child when it happened and everything is just so dark and sad.
You should do a Dark History on the Miners of West Virginia. The saying "I sold my soul to the company store..." comes from this. It's horrible and still is horrible on how they are treated!
My grandfather was a coal miner of WV. He died in the year 72 from black lung. I never met him because I was born in 81. But coal miners daughter song always make me think of my mom 😂😂😂
My great grandpa worked for them (the former Chiquita) and changed his last name to protect himself. My mom would bring it up but she never explained it so thoroughly on the history before.
Out of all the videos I have watched from Bailey, this is the one that has most touched my heart, I am from Honduras, I never knew about the whole story and how this company had it's pulpo hands in everything. I am so happy and proud that Bailey has touched on this.
I can’t believe you talked about la masacre de las bananeras, in Colombia we always hear about it and I was always confused on how the heck it got to that point, thank you so much Bailey 🇨🇴❤️
You read my mind ! Discovering Avocados was like coming across an untouched gold mine. So you already know how bad the history is , well actually still is .
I am from Colombia, and this is such a common part of the history of the Banana Massacre. I am so glad you talked about this Bailey because it shows why Colombia has been so conflicted for so many years. It's mention in 100 years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in a fictional way. highly recommend that book
Just posted and tagged Bailey in my story on Instagram. I was ironically stocking bananas while listening to this. I stock produce overnight. And I just kept giving side eye so hard to the bananas like 😠
It’s so cute when Bailey says “revelant” instead of “ relevant” she said It so confidently ( around 56 minute ish mark maybe) that EYE questioned if I’ve been mispronouncing it.
i’m colombian, specifically very very close to where the banana massacre happened and i’m stunned you spoke about this! i’ve only ever heard it being discussed amongst colombia and you shedding light onto the horrible things they’ve done to us is very very appreciated. part of my family has a farm there, and i believe there are still plantations up
I learned a very simplified version of this in elementary school. My music teacher taught us that "dayo " song from the Beetlejuice movie. (This was the year the movie came out) She then proceeded to put on an old vinal of the song and explain what the song was about. "Come Mr tally man, tally me bananas. Day lights come and me wanna go home " Yup it was about the plight of the banana plantation workers. She goes on to explain that the poor workers were slaves just like the people in the sugar plantations we had sung about the week before when we sang "old spirituals".
The history of bananas is so interesting. I learned about this topic in college and it was so fascinating that I chose history as my major. It focused more on latin and central America, but it's a great way to see what was happening in our past.
I took a tropical horticulture class in college and the field study for it involved a two week trip to Costa Rica. We went on tours of banana, coffee, cacao, pineapple, and palm oil farms and ALL of them have exploitative pasts. I always forget that most American’s have no idea where their food is sourced from and the history behind it unless they’ve specifically studied it deeper. Definitely would recommend looking into the history of these other crops too if you liked this video!
My grandfather on my mom’s side worked on banana boats, that transported bananas from Honduras. My moms side of the family was from there. This is super interesting to watch💕
The clothing company Banana Republic was originally called "Banana Republic Travel & Safari Clothing Company." They basically sold clothes and items for white people to comfortably travel around in 3rd world countries (aka banana republics).
They used to have beautiful catalogs. All the clothing was depicted by vintage style hand drawn pictures. There were mini National Geographic style articles too. I still have a couple of the catalogs stored somewhere in my attic from the 80’s. BTW, they made seriously high quality travel clothing, and not just for “rich white people”. They were the go to company for world travelers. I was raised by parents that felt world travel was an important part of my brother and my education. REI and Banana Republic were our main stops before a big trip. And not that it should matter but it’s 2022 so…. my family is black. American Black. Yup, a black intact family in the 70’s-90’s traveled the world together…crazy. The brick and mortar stores were amazing. They were an immersive experience. It was like boarding a historic steamer ship. Cargo crates stamped, heavy rope netting, etc.. It was super fun as a kid 😊
This is stuff they should actually teach in history. Everything you talk about blows my mind. I'd love to see you talk about hidden lead in a lot of American products, and how it's toxic to peoples health.
If I'm not mistaken the government is the one that mandates what topics to cover in history class. I doubt they'll want teachers to talk about horrible crimes their ancestors did. Most of the time they'll probably want you to hear one sided accounts of how great they are. Vietnam for example would only talk about the evil communists but not talk about the My Lai Massacre where American veterans m*rdered a whole village along with their kids.
This is one of the wildest stories I’ve ever heard and I had NO idea this happened. Some random company took over like half a continent and it wasn’t even that long ago. Really set the tone for how much power corporations would have over our lives in general.
Never knew bananas had such a dark past 🙈. Thanks for enlightening us, Bailey 💛. P.S. just hope you’re doing okay sis 💜. We love you and I just want you to know that you make so many people’s days brighter ✨.
Bailey you are amazing!!!! Thank you for your hard work and content! I love it! I listen to you driving, doing housework, whatever and you always make me happy!!
Same here. I watch or listen when doing dishes at home or walking around town to get my steps in during the day. My neighbors probably wonder why I'm always laughing. That's just Bailey 😂!
The reason why Magellan said that bananas looked like long figs is because wild bananas are about 1/2 the size of the domesticated bananas we eat and are full of seeds. They actually do look fig like when unripe.
I just looked up pictures of original bananas and you're totally right, I can definitely see how he made that comparison. Crazy how much they've changed
One of my favorite episodes! I feel seen given that I am from Costa Rica and my whole life I've known about the horrible dark history behind the banana trade in Latin America. One of my favorite books is a costarican book called "Mamita Yunai", which roughly translates to Mommy United, and it's about the exploitation of workers in the banana plantations in Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, by United States' businessmen. Thank you so much for always making wonderful educational content Bailey 💜
Its so nice to see my country's history being shared especially when it had huge consequences that still affect us today considering there's even much more to it, thanks Bailey Viva Arbenz!
Viva Arbenz! I just finished teaching my students about the Arbenz administration I’m Guatemala and cruelty of United Fruit Co. Its so sad what atrocities have been committed in the name of greed
Bailey, your in-depth coverage of all these dark histories is so appreciated and amazing. You really do your homework, and add in your own humor to lighten up the dark! Thanks for shedding light on these stories!!
Thanks for bringing light to these human rights atrocities. I am of Guatemalan decent and my mother made sure to let me know of this story. All the corruption the U.S caused. I didn't know our fellow Central and South American brothers and sisters also suffered these autrocities. FYI- Jacobo is pronounced like Ha-cobo.. like Ha Ha Ha lol ... It's Jacob is Spanish.
This was such an interesting way to introduce viewers to the treacherous history of the banana 🍌...there are other foods you should look into such as the history of sugar production, avocados etc...people have no idea about how food gets to their tables. The history of Chiquita is insane, I will watch this again...thank you for your research & entertaining presentation👍👍
I’be been having such a tough time with my anxiety lately, but listening to Bailey talk about true crime and dark history helps so much to stop my constant mind-battle. Thank you Bailey ❤️
I'm sorry you're going through such a rough time. I'm living out of my car after some hard times so just know you're not alone in this. Keep your head up. We can over come these dark times and rise above. You will get passed this to calmer days. Bailey helps me forget too. ❤💖☺
My dad grew up in Central America, and he told me that he’s seen the way banana workers are treated, and he said it’s really awful, they are treated worse than garbage.
I always get so excited when you post! Depression hits hard and your videos are one of the few things that can pull me out of it! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything you do!
La masacre de las bananeras is a story that my grandparents would always tell, as to how they lost almost their entire lifes. Saddest part, tho, is that we, as Colombians are not tought this story (which is important) in an interesting way. So even if it is taught at schools, is easily forgettable, as teachers make it as boring as possible. But you, my queen, you have managed to make this story 10 times better, and I love you ❤️
Bailey I love that lipstick!!! Please share the name!!! Also as someone who had a couple of banana trees, this video just makes me appreciate those trees. They always were fruitful and always helped us when we most needed them. I always loved the fact that we would be to share them with family and friends because of the abundance. It was like a currency in Puerto Rico. I miss those trees... Along with my avocados, Mangos and star fruit trees! We were so blessed
We rented a house in Arizona that had a fig tree, apricot tree, orange, grapefruit, lemon, cherry and a pecan tree. Every season there was something new and they produced such wonderful fruits. There was a banana tree as well but it never produced fruit while we were there sadly
Control of the people and governments by corporations and wealthy class is nothing new! Thanks, Bailey, for the history lesson. This type of oppression is still going on today.
Or Johnson and Johnson for knowing their products were causing cancer but continuing to produce and sell them anyways while trying to sweep the cancer issue under the rug
Hi, Bailey. Girl, I have to say - you’re so amazing! Not only do you host MMM (very successfully, I might add), but now Dark History. I cannot imagine the long hours of research and work that goes behind all this. And we, your audience, appreciate it. 💗
I grew up in Honduras! I learned about this at school but of course, over 15 years later I don't remember! so thank you for reminding me of this Bailey! had loads of ''oh yeah'' moments
Thank you for sharing this story, I'm from Santa Marta and seeing someone talking about such a difficult situation to raise awareness is beyond words. Thank you Bailey!!
yess bailey!! lovely video, i love your channel! i told my history teacher a fact abt the dark history of birth control and she asked where i heard it from and i said bailey sarian!! and now im her favourite!!
THIS was a mesmerizing history lesson. Who wouldv'e thunk bananas??? Bailey you really out did yourself. I love all the Dark History episodes, but some really stick out. Awesome job.
Bailey thank you for talking about this I went to school in Central America and learned about this at an early age and it's painful how little people in the USA know what they have done to others countries who were not as fortunate as them
So multiple things lol 1-Earlier today my mom saw a sticker on a car that was about Bailey, and she came up with the fan name Bailiens!!! I thought it made sense so much! I love it and hope people see this love it too. 2- I love your Lipstick! And 3- this was such a crazy and interesting story… never thought Bananas would have so much drama
From Wikipedia about the store: “It was founded in 1978 by Mel and Patricia Ziegler, who originally called the company "Banana Republic Travel & Safari Clothing Company." The original concept for the company was to sell items that complement a safari and travel lifestyle…
Thank you, Bailey! You are a refreshing breath of fresh air in a polluted society. I'm so happy you're back on your Monday show as well. You are about the age of my daughter & my heart aches for you right now. Keep smiling, or not. You are gorgeous inside & out either way. I've learned much from your Dark History videos & I'm encouraged to delve more into the topics afterward. Thank you again. 💕🍀
I’d love to see you talk about the history of Indigenous Australians and the horrific injustice to the people and their culture. Invaders wiped out almost 80% of the indigenous peoples. Be prepared with tissues if you research this.
I'm from Canary Islands and our main crop is the banana (followed by the tomato). My family have owned or worked on banana plantations for generations but I think they don't get exported out of Spain. You can get Chiquita here as well along with other brands, but Canary Islands' bananas are highly regarded in Spain so people barely buy the imported ones.
Fell asleep watching Bailey Sarian and youtube recommended this video while I was sleeping. For some reason, I had vivid dreams about bananas fighting each other and did not know why till I looked at my history! Great video and super informative as always!
Showed my fiancée this video a few days ago. He didn’t believe me when I said bananas had a big role in the Cold War. Tonight in the car we were listening to Phil Ochs ‘I ain’t Marching Anymore’. One of the lines in the last verse is “United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore” He said he always wondered what that line meant. I love when things come full circle.
The Banana Massacre was included in "A Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez. He did an amazing job portraying the horrors of the day... being herded into the square, trapped in the mob that is being surrounded by soldiers, & finally, seeing people being shot dead right next to you. 🇨🇴 The Banana Massacre is portrayed in ch. 14 & 15.
We should start charter school School of Dark History where K-12 learns the real history of the world. Bailey is of coarse the soothing voice narrating it all
This was so interesting. Sam the banana man's grandson lived in my home town and my grandmother used to be his house keeper so many of my childhood days were spent on his property which now belongs to the school district.
As if I couldn't love Bailey anymore than I already do, she drops this episode of Dark History. Everything. The history lesson, the witty humor, the ads even!? Top tier! Take notes history teachers! People in general 🥰
*We stan the banana drama queen* 🍌🕵🏽♀️ Bailey you light up all our lives with your beauty, humour, flawless makeup application & your incredible ability to tell stories straight off the top of your noggin! *Can you get anymore perfect?! oh, nay nay!! i don’t think so!* 🥰♥️
Yes we have no bananas, we have no bananas today. The shtick where someone slips on a banana peel was something that was happening for real. People were eating so many bananas and throwing the peels on the sidewalks and streets. The banana we eat today is the cavendish that was propagated in the late 1880’s because it lasted longer in shipping. The original banana was shorter and very sweet with a beautiful real banana flavor but it spoiled faster than being ideal.
I think it depends where you live. In Philippines, we have different kind of bananas available since we are a tropical country. Shorter and sweeter bananas are still available in our market. And yeah, they do spoil faster so we eat them immediately after buying 😅
^ I knew that! I saw photos of a couple different types of wild (real) bananas and they're quite different.. But when you think about it, so many of our fruits and vegetables are so different now than what they were naturally due to all of the cross pollination/gmo design.
I eat bananas every day, however I only eat Rainforest Alliance. This story once again points out how corrupt big businesses and governments can be. I want to thank you for your videos and the way you present information. I am right next door to Ukraine and everything is very tense and down right terrifying. Watching you help cut some of my anxiety. Much love to you!
I work in the produce department of a major supermarket chain and Chiquita bananas are one of our main products (i.e. top priority). We are instructed by guidelines to remove any bananas that are "too yellow" or have brown spots , or single bananas that customers have pulled apart from a bunch. For some reason, these sell less quickly and ripen faster when broken from the bunch.. Hearing this story of all the blood sweat and tears that go into producing the Cavendish banana really puts into perspective the cushy 1st world lives we do lead. "Aaw, this banana is yellowish and has brown spots.. time to throw it away!" Such waste..
I'm Colombian, we learned this in school but I always wondered if people from the US would learn about the banana craze too. Thanks for giving visibility to our history!
I teach US History! No one else in my dept covers it but I always make sure to teach my kiddos about it. They’re always horrified
More Americans are learning about American Imperialism now, and most of us are none too happy about it. But the more of us that learn these things, the better votes we can cast to not be unintentionally supporting crimes against our fellow Earthlings. I should also say that people like you should be commended for your patience. That helps more of us see past our countries propaganda. One day we humans will rid ourselves of bigotry, then we will all stand together in solidarity and take back the peace and the prosperity that has been stolen from the world for thousands of years.
A Colombian-American here! I’m learning more about our country’s history from Bailey than in school. This is the first time I hear about this!
We did NOT!!!!! We don’t learn any of the horrors that come from our country!!!
@@bridgetmccreedy9711 thanks a lot for doing that, kids must learn history so we can change the future
my father overheard me watching this video and he sat down to watch it with me
long story short, my dad is now a fan of yours. he says you'd be a great historian
i have now successfully turned my whole family members into your loyal fans 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
Your dad thinks Bailey is hot. Lols🤭
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@@3martiniplaydate she is(and I don't even like women !!!) 😁
America His-Stories X is a darker shade of history
That’s so sweet🥺
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Isn't that how the US operates internationally to this day?
Stories like these are never taught so that it can be replicated. Thank you for your story telling.
Yeah, America, the great democracy. Their only connection to democracy seems to be removing democratically elected people and replacing them with their servants. America is so so disgusting.
Yes.
Anyone else in awe of how many times she said something was "crazy" or "wild" and never said "This whole thing was BANANAS."
I heard the phrase, "second fiddle", I was thinking, "second banana"
I know I kept hoping she would but she didn’t I feel a big pun opportunity was missed 😫😂
I thought I heard her say it several times
My grandpa grew up during the Depression in the Southern US and was poor af. One year at Christmas he got a banana 🍌. He’d never seen one and he always remembered what an ‘exotic’ thing it was.
My grandma got an orange for Christmas, in Oklahoma, and it was the same.
Yeah that’s a real thing. People can’t imagine what it’s like to not have all this stuff all the time.
Aww just goes to show how fortunate we are today. The effects of the depression are slowly dying out of the nursing home but you still get residents that are overwhelmed by a full plate of food at mealtimes. Very sad.
I grew up on canned pineapples and was BLOWN AWAY when I tried fresh pineapple for the first time.
Same with my mother. A banana was a special treat. My moms sister wears a scar to this day because she ate my moms banana and she pounded her over it.
@@Lyeah73 😵😵😵
My dad grew up on a banana plantation in Honduras and my family worked on the fields for chiquita banana between 1960-1979. I feel like a bit of my ancestry was recognized
Did your father ever tell you his experience on that Banana Plantation?
Thank you all
I am in tears, every time I hear about the banana masacre here in Colombia my heart aches. To think that there are senators here that deny the masacre as if the live of this people don't matter. Colombian history is filled with blood and death, banana masacre is just another one in the list, but not for that underestimated or forgotten. Thank you for reminding us about the history that must not be repited.
Don’t knock the “romantic” coupon book! I taught at an inner city high school, and I had several teen-aged boys in my class who were bummed because they couldn’t afford presents for their girlfriends in Valentines Day, so I suggested making a coupon book. You never saw anything sweeter than a bunch of “thugs” trying to think of nice things they could do for their girlfriends. 💕❤️💕
So pure ❤
That's sweet, but I completely agree with Bailey. Those coupons never get used. No one wants to have to ask for their partner to do something nice for them. The niceness comes from them taking the iniative in the first place.
Is there any business that isn't shady? It's a sad world we're living in....
Bailey, you are a highlight in these dark times! Thank you for your excellent work!
Many small businesses. That's why some say boycotting all big corporations and buying from local businesses is the only way to keep businesses honest
Yeah even McDonald's was stolen from there original founders
@@vcheekv Hear hear. Or rearrange our current & accepted business models to more ethical business models.
Not in the US. Well besides maybe some small businesses.
@@KarebelleMissKarebear people have to start caring about things that don't directly effect them. Hoping humanity evolves with more empathy.
Dark History makes me feel so intellectual. I love this safe space
you ARE intellectual:)) not knowing history doesn't make u a non-intellectual person
GAGAGAGAGAGA! I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest TH-camr of all time. 1...2...3. GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! Thank you for your attention, dear paul
Safe space I can’t 😂
I adore busting out facts from Dark History to impress friends & family 😆🤟🏻💜
Bailey is right, it should be a movie because most people don't know this story nowadays.
I’m from Costa Rica. The “bananeras” as we call it, are still very much difficult, to say the least. I love to hear a story from Bailey that gives some background to our lands history. ❤️🙏🏻
Eyyyy otro tico watching Bailey! Pura vida maee
Que genial ver otr@s ticos viendo a Bailey !🙋🏽♀️
Les juro que pensé que no había nadie de tiquicia viendo a Bailey! Jajaja que tuanis 🙏🏻🖤
Costa Rican here, one more reason to love her even more
Bailey es demasiado chiva❤️❤️❤️
I went to a prestigious private school in Bogota, Colombia and let me tell you my friend...you explained this topic wayyyyyy better, 10 million times better than my history teacher...if I can even call it "explaining." 🥇🏆🏅👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I went to Costa Rica on a school trip. We were on a bus and passing a banana plantation when two little kids flagged down the bus (they didn’t feel like walking home from school). So while they were on the bus they told us that there Mom works on the banana plantation nearby, but she was currently unemployed.
Apparently the banana corporation Dole just periodically fires their workers as a loophole to get out of paying them basic employee benefits. So the kids’ mother who was a single mom with two kids had to go without a job for months to be mistreated by the same company she has been working with for years.
It’s really f*cked up. So, yeah Dole isn’t a great alternative to Chiquita either.
I’m costarrican, the “piñeras” pineapple cultive situation is horrible too.
Dole is the worst company. I worked at a Dole in California and they hate their employees!
Ugh. Capitalism pretty much guarantees there'll always be an underclass of people exploited for their labor.
@@Amandamml1 Oof what’s the drama happening with the pineapple culture?
Check out the Mafia history in the fruit and veg trade in Melbourne.. crazy stuff.
The Dark History book needs to be given to people in schools. Literally learning so much more than I did in history during school.
I agree and say all these stories should be written in a book and sold in stores for sure
The US education system really isn’t too keen on telling children the truth.
I agree. Someone would agitate for banning it, I'm sure.
I Really!! Want the Dark History Book to be available in stores.
And digitally distributed so it can be updated after each Dark History Podcast.
I listen to these on Spotify while i’m cleaning the house. I fell for MM&M, I stayed for Dark History. Thank you for educating me/us in a fun & interesting way & teaching me things I may have never learned otherwise.
Thank you so much for explaining the real history of America's role in messing up people's lives. School never taught me this, but I will make sure my grandkids understand the truth about situations that still affect us to this day!
Our government is still up to the same tricks. If you truly knew about Russia and China and about what has really happened in Ukraine you would have no faith in our government and see why other countries are feeling the same.
As a Honduran, when we learn about Honduran history we have about hundreds of pages just about the united fruit company and how they weaseled their way into having so much power around honduras and other central American countries. A Honduran author, Ramón Amaya Amador even wrote a book about it called "prisión verde" about the strike that happened to overthrow united fruit company and we all have to read about it in school. My grandfather was a child when it happened and everything is just so dark and sad.
eeee que ondas compatriota!
We didnt read Prision verde at my school, but we read Cipotes, a dark history for another day...
Thanks I added it to my reading list.
My grandfather & grandma/their family is from Honduras. I was told growing up, my grandpa worked on banana boats
En Panamá tenemos una materia llamada Relaciones de Panamá con los EEUU y siempre es la misma lección
Much love from your Costa Rican neighbors 🇨🇷
You should do a Dark History on the Miners of West Virginia. The saying "I sold my soul to the company store..." comes from this. It's horrible and still is horrible on how they are treated!
I was thinking about this too (the song..sold my soul to the company store) when she was talking about the coupons
Ernie Ford sang that song Sixteen Tons that reminds me of the way Miner treated his workers.
Yes! Great suggestion.💯🎯👍
Yes this would be super interesting!
My grandfather was a coal miner of WV. He died in the year 72 from black lung. I never met him because I was born in 81. But coal miners daughter song always make me think of my mom 😂😂😂
My great grandpa worked for them (the former Chiquita) and changed his last name to protect himself. My mom would bring it up but she never explained it so thoroughly on the history before.
Out of all the videos I have watched from Bailey, this is the one that has most touched my heart, I am from Honduras, I never knew about the whole story and how this company had it's pulpo hands in everything. I am so happy and proud that Bailey has touched on this.
I can’t believe you talked about la masacre de las bananeras, in Colombia we always hear about it and I was always confused on how the heck it got to that point, thank you so much Bailey 🇨🇴❤️
We never hear about it or learn about it in the US, big shocker. We are taught as kids America is great and everything has always been amazing
right it’s like all they do is horrible stuff and cover ups and then taught us that it’s all fine
Bailey if you think the history of bananas is dark, you should check out the avocado trade. Specifically in Mexico and South America
You read my mind ! Discovering Avocados was like coming across an untouched gold mine. So you already know how bad the history is , well actually still is .
With the recent twist that now druglords are taking over the avocado business in the south of México
Therr are WAY too many cases about produce that she could cover...
ALL OWNED AND RUN BY THE CARTELS!!!
yyyaaassss learning about guac
I am from Colombia, and this is such a common part of the history of the Banana Massacre. I am so glad you talked about this Bailey because it shows why Colombia has been so conflicted for so many years.
It's mention in 100 years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in a fictional way. highly recommend that book
Bailey: we're talking about bananas
Also Bailey: must wear yellow 💛
Just posted and tagged Bailey in my story on Instagram. I was ironically stocking bananas while listening to this. I stock produce overnight. And I just kept giving side eye so hard to the bananas like 😠
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Love this!
Hahahahahahahahah
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Only Bailey could make me watch an hour long yt video of bananas. 🍌
who knew bananas had so much dramaaaaa??
Bailey can make us spend multiple hours listening to anything she has to say! 🤷👏👏🥳🥳💖💖
Who needs cable when we got bailey? 🥰💞
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 same!
TRuTH!!
Big FACTS and I despise bananas
It’s so cute when Bailey says “revelant” instead of “ relevant” she said It so confidently ( around 56 minute ish mark maybe) that EYE questioned if I’ve been mispronouncing it.
well it is revelant too, it revealed a lot. lol. lasnguage is made up, no one cares.
i’m colombian, specifically very very close to where the banana massacre happened and i’m stunned you spoke about this! i’ve only ever heard it being discussed amongst colombia and you shedding light onto the horrible things they’ve done to us is very very appreciated. part of my family has a farm there, and i believe there are still plantations up
I learned a very simplified version of this in elementary school. My music teacher taught us that "dayo " song from the Beetlejuice movie. (This was the year the movie came out) She then proceeded to put on an old vinal of the song and explain what the song was about. "Come Mr tally man, tally me bananas. Day lights come and me wanna go home "
Yup it was about the plight of the banana plantation workers.
She goes on to explain that the poor workers were slaves just like the people in the sugar plantations we had sung about the week before when we sang "old spirituals".
A song by Mr Harry Belafonti [ Banana Boat ]
Correction : The name of the song is [ Day-O' ] The Banana Boat Song, by Mr Harry Belafonti
@@oneladiesmancookingforbegi7066 thanks I'd forgotten that :)
GREAT teacher
I like that it was at least mentioned so you could look more into it if you wanted to.
The history of bananas is so interesting. I learned about this topic in college and it was so fascinating that I chose history as my major. It focused more on latin and central America, but it's a great way to see what was happening in our past.
@@katiegunn4822 what is wrong with you?? Nothing made a lick of sense you said, all 7 replies where nonsense
@@lyn90616 😱 relative with Dementia had the phone, had no idea! 😵
@@katiegunn4822 😮
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I took a tropical horticulture class in college and the field study for it involved a two week trip to Costa Rica. We went on tours of banana, coffee, cacao, pineapple, and palm oil farms and ALL of them have exploitative pasts. I always forget that most American’s have no idea where their food is sourced from and the history behind it unless they’ve specifically studied it deeper. Definitely would recommend looking into the history of these other crops too if you liked this video!
My grandfather on my mom’s side worked on banana boats, that transported bananas from Honduras. My moms side of the family was from there. This is super interesting to watch💕
The clothing company Banana Republic was originally called "Banana Republic Travel & Safari Clothing Company." They basically sold clothes and items for white people to comfortably travel around in 3rd world countries (aka banana republics).
They used to have beautiful catalogs. All the clothing was depicted by vintage style hand drawn pictures. There were mini National Geographic style articles too. I still have a couple of the catalogs stored somewhere in my attic from the 80’s.
BTW, they made seriously high quality travel clothing, and not just for “rich white people”. They were the go to company for world travelers. I was raised by parents that felt world travel was an important part of my brother and my education. REI and Banana Republic were our main stops before a big trip. And not that it should matter but it’s 2022 so…. my family is black. American Black. Yup, a black intact family in the 70’s-90’s traveled the world together…crazy.
The brick and mortar stores were amazing. They were an immersive experience. It was like boarding a historic steamer ship. Cargo crates stamped, heavy rope netting, etc.. It was super fun as a kid 😊
@@pineapplegirl8078 Oh! I forgot about the beautiful catalogs! (And, thank you for calling me out on my flippant comment). :D
Never knew that. Are they still around? Never knew about the dark side of bananas? They are one of my fave fruits.
I FELT This....in my bones.
You know what, I always wondered why their clothes were so plain and safari/park ranger-esque. That’s icky 😅
This is stuff they should actually teach in history. Everything you talk about blows my mind. I'd love to see you talk about hidden lead in a lot of American products, and how it's toxic to peoples health.
Similar to that mentioned in the nestle video
If I'm not mistaken the government is the one that mandates what topics to cover in history class. I doubt they'll want teachers to talk about horrible crimes their ancestors did. Most of the time they'll probably want you to hear one sided accounts of how great they are.
Vietnam for example would only talk about the evil communists but not talk about the My Lai Massacre where American veterans m*rdered a whole village along with their kids.
This is one of the wildest stories I’ve ever heard and I had NO idea this happened. Some random company took over like half a continent and it wasn’t even that long ago. Really set the tone for how much power corporations would have over our lives in general.
Learning so much from these shows! Have you ever thought of doing one about Thalidomide?
Keep up the great work!!
Bailey calling connections between government officials and big business “insestual” was EVERYTHING 🙌🏼
Except the correct word is incestuous
Exactly much more effective than calling it a revolving door
Her little room is so aesthetically pleasing!!! I feel like shes gonna tell me my fortune with a crystal ball..
I caught the “baby girl Lisa” 😂 One of the best episodes in my opinion! So educational. Thank you for making history fun, Bailey
Never knew bananas had such a dark past 🙈. Thanks for enlightening us, Bailey 💛.
P.S. just hope you’re doing okay sis 💜. We love you and I just want you to know that you make so many people’s days brighter ✨.
Bailey you are amazing!!!! Thank you for your hard work and content! I love it! I listen to you driving, doing housework, whatever and you always make me happy!!
Yes, I love listening to Bailey when I'm doing housework! It makes chores sooo much more enjoyable.
Same here. I watch or listen when doing dishes at home or walking around town to get my steps in during the day. My neighbors probably wonder why I'm always laughing. That's just Bailey 😂!
Bailey and the production team.
The reason why Magellan said that bananas looked like long figs is because wild bananas are about 1/2 the size of the domesticated bananas we eat and are full of seeds. They actually do look fig like when unripe.
Where can we get ethical banana
I just looked up pictures of original bananas and you're totally right, I can definitely see how he made that comparison. Crazy how much they've changed
Yes I definitely agree, through breeding and genetic modification, they was able to get them to grow the way they do today. It's really crazy!!
She makes LEARNING FUN -run my slogan 😂😂🥰 love it here never leaving 😍
One of my favorite episodes! I feel seen given that I am from Costa Rica and my whole life I've known about the horrible dark history behind the banana trade in Latin America. One of my favorite books is a costarican book called "Mamita Yunai", which roughly translates to Mommy United, and it's about the exploitation of workers in the banana plantations in Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, by United States' businessmen. Thank you so much for always making wonderful educational content Bailey 💜
Mamita Yunai de Carlos Luis Fallas, bellísimo❤️
Its so nice to see my country's history being shared especially when it had huge consequences that still affect us today considering there's even much more to it, thanks Bailey
Viva Arbenz!
¡Viva Arbenz!
Viva Arbenz! I just finished teaching my students about the Arbenz administration I’m Guatemala and cruelty of United Fruit Co. Its so sad what atrocities have been committed in the name of greed
I'm certainly gonna read up on this some more. We don't have that in school for sure here in Poland.
Bailey, your in-depth coverage of all these dark histories is so appreciated and amazing. You really do your homework, and add in your own humor to lighten up the dark! Thanks for shedding light on these stories!!
Thanks for bringing light to these human rights atrocities. I am of Guatemalan decent and my mother made sure to let me know of this story. All the corruption the U.S caused.
I didn't know our fellow Central and South American brothers and sisters also suffered these autrocities.
FYI- Jacobo is pronounced like Ha-cobo.. like Ha Ha Ha lol ... It's Jacob is Spanish.
This was such an interesting way to introduce viewers to the treacherous history of the banana 🍌...there are other foods you should look into such as the history of sugar production, avocados etc...people have no idea about how food gets to their tables. The history of Chiquita is insane, I will watch this again...thank you for your research & entertaining presentation👍👍
I’be been having such a tough time with my anxiety lately, but listening to Bailey talk about true crime and dark history helps so much to stop my constant mind-battle. Thank you Bailey ❤️
I'm sorry you're going through such a rough time. I'm living out of my car after some hard times so just know you're not alone in this. Keep your head up. We can over come these dark times and rise above. You will get passed this to calmer days. Bailey helps me forget too. ❤💖☺
Hope things improve for you both very soon! ❤️
I hope the light shines on us soon James. And thank you both for the kind words 🙏🏻❤️
@@SavMercury Thank you Savannah. I like how you worded that. I hope so too and I believe it as well.
Same! She keeps my attention so it doesn’t wander off to something ridiculous.
I am a history teacher and sometimes I really feel like you are going through the progressivism / imperialism units. I am here for it!
Hi! I've always wondered, do they teach this in US school?
@@xime321 no they dont
Wow. This one is wild. I am happy, that we do not by bananas as I am not aloud to eat them cause they mess up with my medicine.
My dad grew up in Central America, and he told me that he’s seen the way banana workers are treated, and he said it’s really awful, they are treated worse than garbage.
I mean it's ONE banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?
There's always money in the banana stand.
I always get so excited when you post! Depression hits hard and your videos are one of the few things that can pull me out of it! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything you do!
La masacre de las bananeras is a story that my grandparents would always tell, as to how they lost almost their entire lifes. Saddest part, tho, is that we, as Colombians are not tought this story (which is important) in an interesting way. So even if it is taught at schools, is easily forgettable, as teachers make it as boring as possible. But you, my queen, you have managed to make this story 10 times better, and I love you ❤️
Wow! I never knew any of this! Fascinating stuff! And Bailey, you’re really hitting a whole new level, love it and love you, keep it up!
Creepy.....I was having a conversation with my friend this very lunchtime about bananas and slavery 🤯
what a conversation hehehe
Bailey I love that lipstick!!! Please share the name!!! Also as someone who had a couple of banana trees, this video just makes me appreciate those trees. They always were fruitful and always helped us when we most needed them. I always loved the fact that we would be to share them with family and friends because of the abundance. It was like a currency in Puerto Rico. I miss those trees... Along with my avocados, Mangos and star fruit trees! We were so blessed
We rented a house in Arizona that had a fig tree, apricot tree, orange, grapefruit, lemon, cherry and a pecan tree. Every season there was something new and they produced such wonderful fruits. There was a banana tree as well but it never produced fruit while we were there sadly
@@sailorarwen6101 now I want to live in Arizona! 😛
Control of the people and governments by corporations and wealthy class is nothing new! Thanks, Bailey, for the history lesson. This type of oppression is still going on today.
"ditched his moo moo's" 😂😂😂 I freaking love Bailey 💓💓
You should do an episode on Quaker Oats and the child poisoning and experimentation they were involved in.
Or Johnson and Johnson for knowing their products were causing cancer but continuing to produce and sell them anyways while trying to sweep the cancer issue under the rug
@@ilovejesus4576 Yes!
this sounds great, I am interested
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Wait, what?
Hi, Bailey.
Girl, I have to say - you’re so amazing!
Not only do you host MMM (very successfully, I might add), but now Dark History. I cannot imagine the long hours of research and work that goes behind all this. And we, your audience, appreciate it. 💗
Also she does the Netflix thing on TH-cam as well! Have you seen it?! I love it!!
@@Heyhunniesbuffytimmons8513 👀What do I type in to find it?
I grew up in Honduras! I learned about this at school but of course, over 15 years later I don't remember! so thank you for reminding me of this Bailey! had loads of ''oh yeah'' moments
Thank you for sharing this story, I'm from Santa Marta and seeing someone talking about such a difficult situation to raise awareness is beyond words. Thank you Bailey!!
yess bailey!! lovely video, i love your channel! i told my history teacher a fact abt the dark history of birth control and she asked where i heard it from and i said bailey sarian!! and now im her favourite!!
I showed this video to my biology students when we spoke about reproduction and contraceptives
When you said "it was such a fruitful venture" I laughed way harder than I should have 🍌😅
My favorite moment was "easy peasy banana squeezy" 🍌
THIS was a mesmerizing history lesson. Who wouldv'e thunk bananas??? Bailey you really out did yourself. I love all the Dark History episodes, but some really stick out. Awesome job.
Bailey thank you for talking about this I went to school in Central America and learned about this at an early age and it's painful how little people in the USA know what they have done to others countries who were not as fortunate as them
Two Bailey videos in one week!! Life is amazing once again!! Love you Bailey!💚💚💚☘️☘️☘️
So multiple things lol
1-Earlier today my mom saw a sticker on a car that was about Bailey, and she came up with the fan name
Bailiens!!! I thought it made sense so much! I love it and hope people see this love it too.
2- I love your Lipstick!
And 3- this was such a crazy and interesting story… never thought Bananas would have so much drama
Wish I could give you more than a thumbs up 👍.
Very interesting.
Who would have thought a video about bananas would be so informative.
Thank you.
My 14 year old son is a Scorpio. And I can confirm that Bailey’s reaction is warranted. These scorpios be crazy 🤣.
I am a CostaRican native and I remember my grandfather also named Minor 😅 telling me this story. Thank you Bailey 💛
Happy St Patrick’s Day, Bailey!! Best part of my Thursday!
From Wikipedia about the store: “It was founded in 1978 by Mel and Patricia Ziegler, who originally called the company "Banana Republic Travel & Safari Clothing Company." The original concept for the company was to sell items that complement a safari and travel lifestyle…
I really need to know what lippy you’re wearing in this video. 😍😍 Also, this is my favorite video so far! Can’t wait to see what you do next! 🖤🍌
Thank you, Bailey! You are a refreshing breath of fresh air in a polluted society. I'm so happy you're back on your Monday show as well. You are about the age of my daughter & my heart aches for you right now. Keep smiling, or not. You are gorgeous inside & out either way. I've learned much from your Dark History videos & I'm encouraged to delve more into the topics afterward. Thank you again. 💕🍀
Ever thought about doing a Dark History episode of St. Patrick's Day?
I’d love to see you talk about the history of Indigenous Australians and the horrific injustice to the people and their culture. Invaders wiped out almost 80% of the indigenous peoples. Be prepared with tissues if you research this.
Same! I have always been interested about what that conflict was like between aboriginals and the colonizers who took over.
Bailey’s take on history reminds me why I love history, you can tell that she does the same amount of research most historians. Amazing work!❤️👏🏾😩
I just read "banana…" and I was like. It’s Guatemala turn to be in dark history🤭 (Thank you Bailey💕 from a guatemalan)
I thought the same with Colombia haha
Yeess, too sad she didn't mentioned it led to 36 years of civil war for a f*cking banana company
Fellow Guatemalan here and I thought the same thing haha
Me too!! My mind automatically remembered fragments of Arbenz's speech when he resigned...
I'm from Canary Islands and our main crop is the banana (followed by the tomato). My family have owned or worked on banana plantations for generations but I think they don't get exported out of Spain. You can get Chiquita here as well along with other brands, but Canary Islands' bananas are highly regarded in Spain so people barely buy the imported ones.
So cool to hear from people all around the world!!
Fell asleep watching Bailey Sarian and youtube recommended this video while I was sleeping. For some reason, I had vivid dreams about bananas fighting each other and did not know why till I looked at my history! Great video and super informative as always!
Showed my fiancée this video a few days ago. He didn’t believe me when I said bananas had a big role in the Cold War.
Tonight in the car we were listening to Phil Ochs ‘I ain’t Marching Anymore’. One of the lines in the last verse is
“United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore”
He said he always wondered what that line meant. I love when things come full circle.
I would never click on a video about bananas but when Bailey does one it's so interesting n fun I love it lol 😆
👆👆👆👆👆THIS!!! 👆👆👆👆👆
I literally said "Gwen Stefani" when you asked what I think of when I hear the word bananas. 🍌 loool. You look gorgeous btw Bailey.
I did too!! 😂
I wish Gwen would've made a song spelling "definitely" or something cuz man that word I'm always like "def".😆
Right? I legit sang the song when I read the title
Well this story is insane! I can’t believe the history of bananas. Makes me not want to eat them anymore
Same here
The Banana Massacre was included in "A Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez. He did an amazing job portraying the horrors of the day... being herded into the square, trapped in the mob that is being surrounded by soldiers, & finally, seeing people being shot dead right next to you.
🇨🇴 The Banana Massacre is portrayed in ch. 14 & 15.
We should start charter school School of Dark History where K-12 learns the real history of the world. Bailey is of coarse the soothing voice narrating it all
Just wanted to let you know that everytime I listen to you my rabbits lay down and fall asleep while listening to you ❤
This was so interesting. Sam the banana man's grandson lived in my home town and my grandmother used to be his house keeper so many of my childhood days were spent on his property which now belongs to the school district.
I think you need to make a dark history book, for each year. I'd literally buy every book!!
What about credit scores? Can we do a dark history about the credit bureaus and how they decided to rate us?
You do know that credit scores weren't even in existence til the 80s when credit cards became a booming business, right?
As if I couldn't love Bailey anymore than I already do, she drops this episode of Dark History. Everything. The history lesson, the witty humor, the ads even!? Top tier! Take notes history teachers! People in general 🥰
Born and raised in Colombia, still living in Colombia. Thank you so much for bringing this to light.
*We stan the banana drama queen* 🍌🕵🏽♀️
Bailey you light up all our lives with your beauty, humour, flawless makeup application & your incredible ability to tell stories straight off the top of your noggin! *Can you get anymore perfect?! oh, nay nay!! i don’t think so!* 🥰♥️
Yes we have no bananas, we have no bananas today. The shtick where someone slips on a banana peel was something that was happening for real. People were eating so many bananas and throwing the peels on the sidewalks and streets. The banana we eat today is the cavendish that was propagated in the late 1880’s because it lasted longer in shipping. The original banana was shorter and very sweet with a beautiful real banana flavor but it spoiled faster than being ideal.
I think it depends where you live. In Philippines, we have different kind of bananas available since we are a tropical country. Shorter and sweeter bananas are still available in our market. And yeah, they do spoil faster so we eat them immediately after buying 😅
Our Spanish grocery store in Jersey sells the regular bananas and the short ones. My mama used to buy both.
@@darleneplatino3326 we have them in Australia too, we call them lady fingers. I love in southern Nsw though so we don't see them often down here.
^ I knew that! I saw photos of a couple different types of wild (real) bananas and they're quite different.. But when you think about it, so many of our fruits and vegetables are so different now than what they were naturally due to all of the cross pollination/gmo design.
The ones in Zanzibar actually have a red/pink skin
I eat bananas every day, however I only eat Rainforest Alliance. This story once again points out how corrupt big businesses and governments can be. I want to thank you for your videos and the way you present information. I am right next door to Ukraine and everything is very tense and down right terrifying. Watching you help cut some of my anxiety. Much love to you!
I work in the produce department of a major supermarket chain and Chiquita bananas are one of our main products (i.e. top priority). We are instructed by guidelines to remove any bananas that are "too yellow" or have brown spots , or single bananas that customers have pulled apart from a bunch. For some reason, these sell less quickly and ripen faster when broken from the bunch.. Hearing this story of all the blood sweat and tears that go into producing the Cavendish banana really puts into perspective the cushy 1st world lives we do lead. "Aaw, this banana is yellowish and has brown spots.. time to throw it away!" Such waste..
My history professor would teach with the same sense of enthusiasm and dark humor that you convey!! She was so much fun!!