I think it's important for people to understand that when we decided to run this video we distinctly wanted to run it as apolitical. Like any other video on this channel it aims to inform, motivate, and teach but we also recognize the moment. Our aim is to always bring people together and promote communication. All we desire is for people to understand it goes beyond protests. Huey P Newton once said “The Struggle for Freedom, Justice, and Equality Transcends Racial and National Boundaries” Our goal is to promote that very idea but first we have to recognize each other and understand that being different is OK. Having different ideas is ok. So keep it casual here. We simply couldn't stay quiet and we didn't want to put out something that was just "we support". That's too easy. We want to motivate, appreciate, and educate. That's what this is all about. It's ok this was a TL;DR for you. Just wanted to make it clear.
I support, but what i don't like about this is that some black people taking it way too far & claiming things that they like, as part of their bLaCk CuLtUrE despite have nothing to do with them and there's literally no proof of their claims. Like, just respect other people cultures you know
When people say culture in American KNOW they are talking about Ethnic groups. White people made the term BLACK CULTURE it was used as a method of fear and division. UNDERSTAND you have to know what defines a culture. A culture is agreed laws, norms, values, language, arts, music and possibly but not exclusive ethnic identity and religion( that means you can have multiple ethnic groups and share the same culture). How does the word culture reference or applicable to black people in america. Black Americans share the same culture as white Americans. So where did this term come from... white people who used it to say you dont want that culture in your neighborhood but what they are referring to is ethnic group but when you say culture it just as a non existent variable and it leave the person to imagine what that culture might be. When i hear black people say black culture it shocks me that they have accepted that form of division, when they really mean black ART or History etc... do not use the term black culture unless you are referring Africans or societies like Haiti.
@mott1505 better off without your suspected white supremacist culture. Genocide, war, killing of indigenous people, colonization, disease, red lining, mass incarceration.
@@bobothetransdimensionalhob2659 you seem hurt lol. Hip hop and RnB are at the top. Reggaeton was also created by Black Panamanians who race there roots back to Jamaica.
Pop culture and break dancing came from inmitation of kung fu fightin. So much have been stolen from the great asian culture and claimed as their own. You should be ashamed.
@@cimntujmiao1004 break dancing only, and most of us that know, knows it’s because of Bruce Lee and martial arts. Also martial arts are in Africa as well. We love Asian culture 🤞🏿♥️
I'm simply doing research paper for class and I absolutely LOVE that I've come across this video. Thank you for speaking of our culture and influence with grace, compassion and understanding. This is what you call appreciation and solidarity.
As a Filipino-American growing up in the inner city, Hip Hop raised me. I took so much inspiration and happiness from the black culture. For anyone else who has, you need to be involved with the movement. The real question is what do we do when the protests end and when everything simmers down? There has always been a cycle of injustice, anger, protest, cool down, inaction, repeat. This is just the beginning of change. Educate yourselves. If you're from the states or any other country with systemic racism, get involved in politics. Sign petitions, call your local representatives, etc. Do not operate under the notion that posting your involvement through social media is enough. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". Let's do better. Thanks for this Reggie.
Filiphinos are the blackest Asian’s in the world meaning that they are the most hated and the most isolated culture in the among with any other Asian ethnicities/culture The same with the average black man everywhere he goes there will always be trouble. Anyways man enough with all of that but I do appreciate the message and it’s good to see love coming from another Asian. Stay strong my brother us blasians gotta stick together 😂✊🏽
Apart of my family moved to the Muskogee areas after the massacre, words like PTSD, friendly fire 🔥, the first place bombed by air in the world 🌎. Committed No Crime committed 1940s after that there were 4000 recorded lynches in U.S 30 yrs after that the war on drugs left more people crippled than slavery. What about you has to make me criminal, what about you has to make me 3/5ths person.
there is this korean brand IISE that is donating all profits to black lives matter. I bought some hoodies so can support asians and black people it seems for Asian people in Asia they got exposed to black culture through opening up to western influence and economic growth, but didn't have the black people there to show the history and issues, leading to misunderstandings. There are a lot of Asians on social media translating resources into native languages for others to understand now
There is no monolithic Black Culture. Black Culture is a term that was created by Black Americans because thats who it refers to because in America "Black" is an specific ethnic group who are descendants of the original founding population. Caribbean cultures are different and unique to Caribbeans as the same with various African Cultures. So when you hear "Black Culture" it means Black American Culture.
Stereotypes have been used and abused throughout history. Every culture has been a target at some point and time. Black culture has some amazing aspects to it. As American as it gets. Many are so proud of their ancestors and culture. The Italian culture is one that is so strong among most Italians as is black culture is to them as Jewish culture is to their ways. Each culture has become a diverse thread that’s made America what it is and needs to be celebrated with pride. At the end of the day we’re all Americans first and foremost. It’s time to come together and be apart of this great nation and stop the violence.
Thomas sowell should be elected the new head of all African American strife moving forward. A genius, he has the answer. It's not easily swallowed, the truth never is, but he has the key to eradicating the cultural shortcomings within your community. There is a problem within.
The amount of things that we invented in America as a people makes us brilliant, we are inventors and our culture is not hip hop, our mass culture that we export is freedom fighting that’s the black Americans culture that people always get mixed up. What we’ve exported around the world is consciousness it’s scholarship but they try to say that hip-hop is your culture, no that’s our entertainment and our culture is the real value that we spread across the world, teaching you who you are and to stand up and be yourself, so we don’t come from a place of excuses we come from a place of self sufficiency and humanity 💯 % we can’t restrict our minds our brain cells our hearts our spirit and our soul to experiment this world, we have to experiment the world 🌎
I'm not black but a lot of the good things we've had in music, fashion, etc will not be as great as we know it without the influence of black culture. Black lives matter, stop racism, justice for all my black brothers and sisters 🖤💯
@Nero Beerus V im black aswell. but that is not the aim of blm. blm is a movement made to seek justice for poc who are opressed by police brutality, racial profiling and so on
Honestly I'm glad you brought this up on your channel. Yes it may be fashion oriented with a lot of Japanese based influence, but streetwear as a whole is heavily rooted in Black American culture. Hypebeasts tend to forget how close they are to appropriating the scene.
Every other culture sees people doing things from their culture as appreciation and liking it. Blacks are the only ones that use appropriation. So y’all getting straight or curly blonde wigs and black women marrying white men isn’t appropriating? Ya alright
This guy doesn’t talk about compliance. Complying with police gets you very far. I got arrested for dui 5 years ago. Yet, I was nice enough the cop drove my car over to an empty parking lot. I went to jail and immediately owned up to it. 24 hours in jail woke me up quickly, Why are blacks considered a different case?
I remember Charlemagne from that radio breakfast show said that African American culture is the most immitated in the WORLD. He says alot of debatable things but I do agree with him there.
I support, but what i don't like about this is that some black people taking it way too far & claiming things that they like, as part of their bLaCk CuLtUrE despite have nothing to do with them and there's literally no proof of their claims. Like, just respect other people cultures you know
My son asked what is black culture? Your video summed up everything appropriately. Black culture (fashion/music/Art/etc) and it is often confused with black history that navigates back to slavery. So tired of people getting the two confused. Thanks for the video.
When I think of African-American culture I think of RAP, GIRLS TWERKING, MONEY ETC This is what I've been told to believe I might be wrong and I'm open for correction
Black culture is a big part of American culture but that is not the only culture in America. American culture is a mix of cultures from all over the world. Black American being one of them and that also has influences from our West African heritage. Black culture IS an influential part of American culture but I also feel like we have our own sense of culture and identity too and that is ok.
When I moved, I basically said imma start over. Imma be a "regular" black girl. I waddled around school wearing my white forces and started listening to NBA youngboy. Always been a stoner, but I started posting me smoking listening to Von n sht and hid the fact that I listened to X and Lil Peep. It was terrible, boring and it wasn't me. That was my freshmen year, until I went to a Charter school because regular school and normies just didn't work for me. I would drive past the Charter school and see students with blue hair and black boots, and I just needed to be there.. Sophomore year of the Charter school, I gave myself some bright red box braids, started wearing all black again and started wearing darker eye makeup. I openly jammed out to lil peep and X in the hallways with FRIENDS!! Not behind closed doors. 🥲 Come to now, I listen to what I want, wear what I want, and look how I want. Because idc if you've "never seen a black hippie or rockstar" (Like bffr, the hippie era was full of afros bro). Black people are not only allowed to be "black". 🖤
Spot on. As someone who lived in Uganda for a number of years, what you call ‘black culture’ is more American culture then black culture. Funny that Americans don’t see African-American culture as really american culture. Come to Africa and you realise how American it is.
Huh? What does that mean? Black people in America created it, which is why it's called black American culture. It's just called black American or African American because that is how we identify ourselves.
Bc a most of us black ppl in America say we don't want it being called American culture for a reason so respect it every one don't want to be with the same culture
Its Black American culture... We identify as black first. You identify with your nationality, tribe, or ethnic group as an African. Not your skin color... Black American culture has nothing to do with Africa. And it had nothing to do with mainstream America until now.
YEEES REGGIE!! Thanks for talking about the Tulsa Race Riots. As a 23 year old who grew up in Oklahoma I didn't learn about it until I went to college. Not once was it mentioned in all the Oklahoma history or US History classes I took. Covering up the past and pretending it didn't happen hurts us all.
Dude I'm from Tulsa and I first learned about it in middle school and then had several weeks of history class dedicated to it in high-school complete with field trips to Greenwood. We definitely learn about it
I'm really glad I came across this video. It's very informative, heart-felt and easy to chew on with out breaking a tooth. It takes a special person to summarize everything many African Americans like myself have wanted to say but didn’t know how to express or convey our thoughts, you accomplished this in under 10 minutes, divinely inspired my brother , I pray this video continues to do well , much need right now 🙏🏾💪🏾❤️
Thank you so much for this video. This was so good! I’m an Asian American and I agree with you Black culture is American culture and I am proud of it. And I thank generations if black Americans for everything they have given us. I watched this to teach my boy scouts about American culture.
43k view S crazy that there’s more views on a hip-hop video rather than something that we educate and help benefit the community I appreciate the hard work put into makin this 👌🏾⬆️
Maybe listening is just as important. But it seems that the loudest voices have the deafest ears when it comes to truth because it is not flattering to the ego.
Facts, Real Talk; Word, Snatched ("on Point"), No Cap, Reggie. Due to the vast geographical African-American (and/or Afro-Latino, Caribbean, Brazilian, French, English) diaspora, it is influential to many people (like Elvis (Presley), Madonna, Teena Marie, the Beastie Boys, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Iggy Azalea (an Aussie with a "blaccent" or Awkwafina (a Asian musician/actress) ), via: hairstyles (braids, cornrows, dreadlocks) that need special treatment, music (r&b, blues, hip hop/rap, jazz, reggae, hip hop, rap), food (like creole, BBQ items, (southern) soul food), language (AAVE: African American Vernacular English or "ebonics"), humor (Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, Moms Mabley); dress (breakin' (b-boy, b-girls); street wear like Supreme), dances (like the Harlem Shake, the Dougie, breakin') or basketball shoes (1980's Air Jordan ones (from Nike) ). it is good to know about the struggle and conflict of what African-American people go through, that may happen daily: when one gets beat up (brutality), get arrested and be put in the back of a police squad car, for no reason at all. when one tries to hail a yellow taxi cab, but the cab passes you by. Black people are not monolithic. "Black magic" or (Haitian) "voodoo" in films could be protrayed to be "bad," due to ignorance and/or the fact that one does not want to understand it (through ethnic studies or anthropology (old religious studies) Stories of people maybe ignored, or not written down through the oral history from the elders, to a newer generation (like "Hidden Figures" (a 2016 film): 3 African-American females who helped the NASA space program, in the 1960's). There are some people that say that in a rap song: "oh, I'm from the hood (the urban "inner cities/ghettos") ," but they really live in the suburbs, within a "safe" gated community. Squash that nonsense/B.S. Two films that pop in my head: "Malibu's Most Wanted" and "Fakin' The Funk."
All I know is African & Caribbean women adore us black-American men. They love our style, voices, character, looks etc... The black-American is the most powerful influencle man on earth. #tribeofJudah #Isreal
We had American culture before anyone came to America why do we think we got invaded they wanted a peice of our heaven I hope my people wake up and realize we are a special people cant let haters who want attention off our name sway us in any type of way our truth hurt their identity when the world finds out who we really are and why the government been so focused on us it'll send chills through the world
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. This video has been incredibly inspiring and motivating for me to speak out and express my support for the black community. As an asian-american who loves the music, fashion, activisms, and so many other things the black community has brought to our society, it is important to see the people behind this work. We must realize every single black individual has equal value and must have equal rights in our society. Generally as a country, we must treat the black community with love and respect as we do with the piece of their culture which they have shared with us.
Well said 👏 I wish we could get along there are meny things at play that won't let that happen be it media. Government or even movies or just distrust and hatred for the past without those things maybe we have an opportunity to make some real strides towards tolerance and acceptance 🤔
A lot of continental African say such harsh things about Blacks divulging in “their” cultures but it seems as though ours is just up for grabs all the time. Smh
Exactly. Foundational black Americans need to be just as protective of our culture. Seems anyone can benefit from foundational black american culture but they don't share their cultures so openly with us.
If you want to help to show the true struggle and change our culture for people around the world but mainly us listen to my music I’m not asking for a promo I’m asking you to listen to this new mentality hip-hop give it to the people out there. It will show struggle that we all have with oppression and Oppressors
I don’t know why but I feel like the only link you make between black culture and Africa is just that black culture originated from african slaves. That’s all. For some black culture is just how it evolved in Africa. But it also evolved in Africa. Except I’m wrong, you talked of Africa in the beginning but all the pictures representing “black culture” where Black Americans. I mean BLACK CULTURE IS NOT JUST BLACK AMERICAN CULTURE. I’m black too but I don’t feel like Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks or Michael Jordan are related to me and my culture as a black man. I’ve been in Europe, and it’s really disgusting when all I here is “man you should be really proud of your history, like all what you black people did, Jazz, hip hop, basketball and all ” or people talking to me about Obama, MLK, and Marshal and I’m “Fuck I’m from Cameroon, MLK means nothing to my history and my culture as a black man, Rosa parks neither. Jazz, Michael Jordan, Malcom X. All there means nothing to me as a black man. But those are what the Whole world see as BLACK CULTURE. And I say that should stop! Black culture is not just America. You’ll rather precise and say Black American culture but don’t stand for the whole BLACK CULTURE, if all you can talk about is Obama, MLK or Rosa Parks.
You make a good point there. Black Culture isn't just AMERICAN black culture. I've had this convo several times with Black individuals from different places on earth. However, I think its's important to not that you should definitely consider black Americans as part of the equation into the "Black Experience". You claim these Black Americans have nothing to do with your experience but expect black people in general to know about OTHER black individuals who are not American. See the issue here? I think the best thing is to be mindful but also recognize that people are different and have different experiences. I'm a black American of mixed descent who lives in Tokyo, Japan. My experience simply does not match with many Americans black or not. However I try to be mindful of what I say and do. It doesn't always work out but that's human. So I take it all in as much as I can to be more informed.
Thx for your voice out there homie.and most importantly,thx for saying BLACK culture.not minorities.people of color.black and brown.its not our fault we the shit.culturally On code✊🏽
I’m glade you made this video about BLACK AMERICAN CULTURE!! people get race & ethnicity confused!! Our race is African our ethic group is identified as BLACK our NATIONALITY is American !! Aka BLACK AMERICAN. Black is specific to our linage identifier.. because us black Americans made our selves hyper visible to the point were other African diaspora people (Nigerian, Jamaican etc) identify as black which creates a blurry grey area of the term black people Also you forgot to discuss the 101 HBCU, & how 35-45% of inventions in America are invented/innovated by black Americans who mostly went to HBCU. That’s also apart of culture.. it’s not just cloths & music
FreckleHeckler I see you enjoy neglecting & projecting like typical white People 🤣🤣🤣🤣, even though I gave you the link above 😂😂😂😂, should I give it you again seeing how you probably don’t have good wifi in your low income housing
I definitely support this message. I like how even though he’s in Japan, he’s still doing his part to talk about struggles and culture that have influenced the entire the word.
Listen as a white protester who whent after the system for harming the minds of my melonated brother and sisters but I am almost atbthe point of feeling like a lost cause becouse blavk culture right now is about tribelism, hate murder, drugs, aand sex idk what is going on but if the black communitys dont do something not america but the world is going to want to have nothing with black people they will not be scared of the people but there music and peraonality influences sorry much live but that is the truth i cant blaim my white elders or whatever anymore I grew up poor and a lot of my friends did to but the power is in black people's hands no one else's sorry I'm trying to be honest can someone please tell me I'm being emotional or seeing wrong but the violence, drugs, sex is way way way out of hand black people have as much if not more privilege than white people have the only race that hase legislation about them to give them a privilege based on race is black people in my opinion all you guyes have to do is change your music talking drugs sex and violence is not and will never be art or exsperiance put into art and think good can come from it please someone speak up or I'm telling you the African American culture is going to destroy itself very fast God bless you bros and sisters your in my prayers remember the more people tell you that your from slaves and not king and queens the more you will stay in that mind set if a man thinks he's a victim he will be
I’m not racist. But I catch myself judging other cultures and I know for a fact it’s because I don’t understand them. And the fact that I even acknowledge that proves to me I wanna be a better person and improve myself by learning about these cultures. Amazing video man. Keep up the positive energy and great videos. The world needs more people like you 🙏👍✌️
To quote Mooney in Chappelle Show: "Everybody wanna be a nigga but nobody wanna BE a nigga" Black lives matter just as much as any other, and black culture doesn't get enough credit for what it's contributed to the world despite the Jordans you wear or the Kendrick Lamars people karaoke. Modern musicis heavily influenced by the freeform nature of Jazz.
I think it's important for people to understand that when we decided to run this video we distinctly wanted to run it as apolitical.
Like any other video on this channel it aims to inform, motivate, and teach but we also recognize the moment.
Our aim is to always bring people together and promote communication.
All we desire is for people to understand it goes beyond protests.
Huey P Newton once said “The Struggle for Freedom, Justice, and Equality Transcends Racial and National Boundaries”
Our goal is to promote that very idea but first we have to recognize each other and understand that being different is OK. Having different ideas is ok.
So keep it casual here. We simply couldn't stay quiet and we didn't want to put out something that was just "we support". That's too easy.
We want to motivate, appreciate, and educate. That's what this is all about.
It's ok this was a TL;DR for you. Just wanted to make it clear.
Dude what an awesome video. I hope to meet you one day!
I support, but what i don't like about this is that some black people taking it way too far & claiming things that they like, as part of their bLaCk CuLtUrE despite have nothing to do with them and there's literally no proof of their claims. Like, just respect other people cultures you know
When people say culture in American KNOW they are talking about Ethnic groups. White people made the term BLACK CULTURE it was used as a method of fear and division. UNDERSTAND you have to know what defines a culture. A culture is agreed laws, norms, values, language, arts, music and possibly but not exclusive ethnic identity and religion( that means you can have multiple ethnic groups and share the same culture). How does the word culture reference or applicable to black people in america. Black Americans share the same culture as white Americans. So where did this term come from... white people who used it to say you dont want that culture in your neighborhood but what they are referring to is ethnic group but when you say culture it just as a non existent variable and it leave the person to imagine what that culture might be. When i hear black people say black culture it shocks me that they have accepted that form of division, when they really mean black ART or History etc... do not use the term black culture unless you are referring Africans or societies like Haiti.
@@duvalonepiece9496 I think it's you who needs to show proof before claiming Black people are going "too far".
@@My2CentsYall Who are you or anyone to tell Black people what they can, can't, or shouldn't refer to as theirs?
Without black culture you have none of your major music genres.
There not major genres. Just trendy genres
@mott1505 better off without your suspected white supremacist culture. Genocide, war, killing of indigenous people, colonization, disease, red lining, mass incarceration.
@@bobothetransdimensionalhob2659 you seem hurt lol. Hip hop and RnB are at the top. Reggaeton was also created by Black Panamanians who race there roots back to Jamaica.
@@koreyp2845
"You seem hurt"
How so?
do not buy clothing from the casual, i bought their sakura collection from last year and have heard nothing from it ever since, it's a scam
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Pop culture is rubbish anyway. That is destroyed the high culture.
Pop culture and break dancing came from inmitation of kung fu fightin. So much have been stolen from the great asian culture and claimed as their own. You should be ashamed.
Txawj Vwj Breakdancing was inverted by blacks in new york in the 60s. No one was imitating asian culture. Try again.
@@cimntujmiao1004 break dancing only, and most of us that know, knows it’s because of Bruce Lee and martial arts. Also martial arts are in Africa as well. We love Asian culture 🤞🏿♥️
I'm simply doing research paper for class and I absolutely LOVE that I've come across this video. Thank you for speaking of our culture and influence with grace, compassion and understanding. This is what you call appreciation and solidarity.
As a Filipino-American growing up in the inner city, Hip Hop raised me. I took so much inspiration and happiness from the black culture. For anyone else who has, you need to be involved with the movement. The real question is what do we do when the protests end and when everything simmers down? There has always been a cycle of injustice, anger, protest, cool down, inaction, repeat. This is just the beginning of change. Educate yourselves. If you're from the states or any other country with systemic racism, get involved in politics. Sign petitions, call your local representatives, etc. Do not operate under the notion that posting your involvement through social media is enough. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". Let's do better.
Thanks for this Reggie.
Appreciate you kind words brother. Peace be with you.
Filiphinos are the blackest Asian’s in the world meaning that they are the most hated and the most isolated culture in the among with any other Asian ethnicities/culture The same with the average black man everywhere he goes there will always be trouble. Anyways man enough with all of that but I do appreciate the message and it’s good to see love coming from another Asian. Stay strong my brother us blasians gotta stick together 😂✊🏽
Another degenarate be moaning the black "plight" a pathetic culture that leads to a no trust society. The worse kind of people.
Thank you Reggie. You’ve been articulating what I’ve tried to to many others so eloquently. This is required reading right now
Agreed, we wuz Kangs.
And we is victims. ✊🏿
@@sticksnstonespatriot1728 you’ve made this comment 4 times go find some purpose
@@___zeke___7581I Appologize, sir.
We Wuz Wakanda Space Kangs 👨🏿🚀🤴🏿🚀🛸
I changed it up for you.
Apart of my family moved to the Muskogee areas after the massacre, words like PTSD, friendly fire 🔥, the first place bombed by air in the world 🌎. Committed No Crime committed 1940s after that there were 4000 recorded lynches in U.S 30 yrs after that the war on drugs left more people crippled than slavery. What about you has to make me criminal, what about you has to make me 3/5ths person.
@SticksNStonesPatRiot We wuz kangz. But we needz reparationz
Proud of my African American heritage!
Grand Rising of FBA
there is this korean brand IISE that is donating all profits to black lives matter. I bought some hoodies so can support asians and black people
it seems for Asian people in Asia they got exposed to black culture through opening up to western influence and economic growth, but didn't have the black people there to show the history and issues, leading to misunderstandings. There are a lot of Asians on social media translating resources into native languages for others to understand now
There is no monolithic Black Culture. Black Culture is a term that was created by Black Americans because thats who it refers to because in America "Black" is an specific ethnic group who are descendants of the original founding population. Caribbean cultures are different and unique to Caribbeans as the same with various African Cultures. So when you hear "Black Culture" it means Black American Culture.
Stereotypes have been used and abused throughout history. Every culture has been a target at some point and time. Black culture has some amazing aspects to it. As American as it gets. Many are so proud of their ancestors and culture. The Italian culture is one that is so strong among most Italians as is black culture is to them as Jewish culture is to their ways. Each culture has become a diverse thread that’s made America what it is and needs to be celebrated with pride. At the end of the day we’re all Americans first and foremost. It’s time to come together and be apart of this great nation and stop the violence.
No
Thomas sowell should be elected the new head of all African American strife moving forward. A genius, he has the answer. It's not easily swallowed, the truth never is, but he has the key to eradicating the cultural shortcomings within your community. There is a problem within.
the problem has always been white people stealing a country and acting like its ok,
The amount of things that we invented in America as a people makes us brilliant, we are inventors and our culture is not hip hop, our mass culture that we export is freedom fighting that’s the black Americans culture that people always get mixed up. What we’ve exported around the world is consciousness it’s scholarship but they try to say that hip-hop is your culture, no that’s our entertainment and our culture is the real value that we spread across the world, teaching you who you are and to stand up and be yourself, so we don’t come from a place of excuses we come from a place of self sufficiency and humanity 💯 % we can’t restrict our minds our brain cells our hearts our spirit and our soul to experiment this world, we have to experiment the world 🌎
I'm not black but a lot of the good things we've had in music, fashion, etc will not be as great as we know it without the influence of black culture. Black lives matter, stop racism, justice for all my black brothers and sisters 🖤💯
Black lives matters????? really????
@@alienpov black lives matter
@Nero Beerus V im black aswell. but that is not the aim of blm. blm is a movement made to seek justice for poc who are opressed by police brutality, racial profiling and so on
Black lives Matter is a Marxist organization. We need Francisco Franco to get rid of the BLM organization.
@Bald Digga D for being "part white"? Thats ridiculous I suppose you are around the wrong black folks then.
Honestly I'm glad you brought this up on your channel. Yes it may be fashion oriented with a lot of Japanese based influence, but streetwear as a whole is heavily rooted in Black American culture. Hypebeasts tend to forget how close they are to appropriating the scene.
Streetwear isn’t black culture. Jeans sneakers t shirts etc were made by white ppl
Every other culture sees people doing things from their culture as appreciation and liking it. Blacks are the only ones that use appropriation. So y’all getting straight or curly blonde wigs and black women marrying white men isn’t appropriating? Ya alright
This guy doesn’t talk about compliance. Complying with police gets you very far. I got arrested for dui 5 years ago. Yet, I was nice enough the cop drove my car over to an empty parking lot. I went to jail and immediately owned up to it. 24 hours in jail woke me up quickly, Why are blacks considered a different case?
BECAUSE you aren't black. Sure there have been civil encounters but there is a LLLOOOONNNGGG DOCUMENTED DOCUMENTED DOCUMENTED history of abuse
They have names such as Lamont, Lamar, Shoquan, Keisha, Latasha, Tamika, Malik.
Outside of fashion and all that entertainment crap: What is Black Culture in 2024?😂😂😂
drugs gangs violence robbing scamming
This video NEEDS to be televised its so good. Couldn't have been said any better
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Facts
It's too truthful for tv
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I remember Charlemagne from that radio breakfast show said that African American culture is the most immitated in the WORLD. He says alot of debatable things but I do agree with him there.
It's unfortunate.
I support, but what i don't like about this is that some black people taking it way too far & claiming things that they like, as part of their bLaCk CuLtUrE despite have nothing to do with them and there's literally no proof of their claims. Like, just respect other people cultures you know
Things like what
Yes but those are extreme cases. We are talking about ACTUAL African American culture here.
I wouldn’t to say that black American culture is everywhere
Hip hop?
Hip hop, jazz, r&b, etc etc etc.... Is pretty much everywhere!
@@johnathanclark1our culture does not begin nor end with hip hop.
My son asked what is black culture? Your video summed up everything appropriately. Black culture (fashion/music/Art/etc) and it is often confused with black history that navigates back to slavery. So tired of people getting the two confused. Thanks for the video.
I didnt think I could love this channel anymore, and yet here we are.
When I think of African-American culture I think of RAP, GIRLS TWERKING, MONEY ETC
This is what I've been told to believe I might be wrong and I'm open for correction
Black culture is a big part of American culture but that is not the only culture in America. American culture is a mix of cultures from all over the world. Black American being one of them and that also has influences from our West African heritage. Black culture IS an influential part of American culture but I also feel like we have our own sense of culture and identity too and that is ok.
When I moved, I basically said imma start over. Imma be a "regular" black girl. I waddled around school wearing my white forces and started listening to NBA youngboy. Always been a stoner, but I started posting me smoking listening to Von n sht and hid the fact that I listened to X and Lil Peep.
It was terrible, boring and it wasn't me.
That was my freshmen year, until I went to a Charter school because regular school and normies just didn't work for me. I would drive past the Charter school and see students with blue hair and black boots, and I just needed to be there..
Sophomore year of the Charter school, I gave myself some bright red box braids, started wearing all black again and started wearing darker eye makeup. I openly jammed out to lil peep and X in the hallways with FRIENDS!! Not behind closed doors. 🥲
Come to now, I listen to what I want, wear what I want, and look how I want. Because idc if you've "never seen a black hippie or rockstar" (Like bffr, the hippie era was full of afros bro).
Black people are not only allowed to be "black". 🖤
Spot on. As someone who lived in Uganda for a number of years, what you call ‘black culture’ is more American culture then black culture. Funny that Americans don’t see African-American culture as really american culture. Come to Africa and you realise how American it is.
Huh? What does that mean? Black people in America created it, which is why it's called black American culture. It's just called black American or African American because that is how we identify ourselves.
@@littlegothgirl8869 Stay away from Africa
@@OmarOsman98 Or what? What are you going to do?🙄
Bc a most of us black ppl in America say we don't want it being called American culture for a reason so respect it every one don't want to be with the same culture
Its Black American culture... We identify as black first. You identify with your nationality, tribe, or ethnic group as an African. Not your skin color... Black American culture has nothing to do with Africa. And it had nothing to do with mainstream America until now.
This video is so powerful. Thank you for sharing.❤️
YEEES REGGIE!! Thanks for talking about the Tulsa Race Riots. As a 23 year old who grew up in Oklahoma I didn't learn about it until I went to college. Not once was it mentioned in all the Oklahoma history or US History classes I took. Covering up the past and pretending it didn't happen hurts us all.
Agreed, we wuz kangs...
And we is victims ✊🏿
The Tulsa race riots were extremely overblown.
@@sticksnstonespatriot1728 and somehow we was doing better during segration rap your head around that
Dude I'm from Tulsa and I first learned about it in middle school and then had several weeks of history class dedicated to it in high-school complete with field trips to Greenwood. We definitely learn about it
As a black person, I feel that hip hop black culture has destroyed the current black youth.
No it didn't, integration did that.
@@emmanuelervin5035 You just don't realize how lost is the black youth
gang culture did that...
@@GodsonPSN which is connected to Hip Hop to a certain degree
@@fridaymanly gangsta rap is a sub genre, it doesn't represent Hip Hop as a whole
I'm really glad I came across this video. It's very informative, heart-felt and easy to chew on with out breaking a tooth. It takes a special person to summarize everything many African Americans like myself have wanted to say but didn’t know how to express or convey our thoughts, you accomplished this in under 10 minutes, divinely inspired my brother , I pray this video continues to do well , much need right now 🙏🏾💪🏾❤️
Thank you so much for this video. This was so good! I’m an Asian American and I agree with you Black culture is American culture and I am proud of it. And I thank generations if black Americans for everything they have given us. I watched this to teach my boy scouts about American culture.
43k view
S crazy that there’s more views on a hip-hop video rather than something that we educate and help benefit the community I appreciate the hard work put into makin this 👌🏾⬆️
Live life to live culture. No life, no culture. Protect black lives ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Agreed, we wuz kangs.
And we is victims ✊🏿
@@sticksnstonespatriot1728 Lmfao
@@sticksnstonespatriot1728 Yeah, victims of your own bullshit 🤣🤣🤣
Maybe listening is just as important. But it seems that the loudest voices have the deafest ears when it comes to truth because it is not flattering to the ego.
Facts, Real Talk; Word, Snatched ("on Point"), No Cap, Reggie. Due to the vast geographical African-American (and/or Afro-Latino, Caribbean, Brazilian, French, English) diaspora, it is influential to many people (like Elvis (Presley), Madonna, Teena Marie, the Beastie Boys, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, Iggy Azalea (an Aussie with a "blaccent" or Awkwafina (a Asian musician/actress) ), via: hairstyles (braids, cornrows, dreadlocks) that need special treatment, music (r&b, blues, hip hop/rap, jazz, reggae, hip hop, rap), food (like creole, BBQ items, (southern) soul food), language (AAVE: African American Vernacular English or "ebonics"), humor (Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, Moms Mabley); dress (breakin' (b-boy, b-girls); street wear like Supreme), dances (like the Harlem Shake, the Dougie, breakin') or basketball shoes (1980's Air Jordan ones (from Nike) ). it is good to know about the struggle and conflict of what African-American people go through, that may happen daily: when one gets beat up (brutality), get arrested and be put in the back of a police squad car, for no reason at all. when one tries to hail a yellow taxi cab, but the cab passes you by. Black people are not monolithic. "Black magic" or (Haitian) "voodoo" in films could be protrayed to be "bad," due to ignorance and/or the fact that one does not want to understand it (through ethnic studies or anthropology (old religious studies) Stories of people maybe ignored, or not written down through the oral history from the elders, to a newer generation (like "Hidden Figures" (a 2016 film): 3 African-American females who helped the NASA space program, in the 1960's). There are some people that say that in a rap song: "oh, I'm from the hood (the urban "inner cities/ghettos") ," but they really live in the suburbs, within a "safe" gated community. Squash that nonsense/B.S. Two films that pop in my head: "Malibu's Most Wanted" and "Fakin' The Funk."
What about chicken and water melon?
Is that what you eating right now?
All cultures have good and bad from them. Whoever hates chicken and watermelon is not a human!
All I know is African & Caribbean women adore us black-American men. They love our style, voices, character, looks etc... The black-American is the most powerful influencle man on earth.
#tribeofJudah #Isreal
South side!
Huh? 😶
It sucks?
Yea!!! You made yourself feel better for like 2 sec. Oh and you got a response! Double check! Now you can take on the world!
Yellow peril supports black power ✊
they don’t matter
No one matters except the elite
We had American culture before anyone came to America why do we think we got invaded they wanted a peice of our heaven I hope my people wake up and realize we are a special people cant let haters who want attention off our name sway us in any type of way our truth hurt their identity when the world finds out who we really are and why the government been so focused on us it'll send chills through the world
AMAZING VIDEO BRO! THE WORLD NEEDED TO HEAR THIS 🗣
The world didn't hear this😂
"A Man not knowing his culture, is a tree with dead leaves."-My barber
You styled like Our Genration, and Older
Genuine and well spoken. Thanks Reggie!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. This video has been incredibly inspiring and motivating for me to speak out and express my support for the black community. As an asian-american who loves the music, fashion, activisms, and so many other things the black community has brought to our society, it is important to see the people behind this work. We must realize every single black individual has equal value and must have equal rights in our society. Generally as a country, we must treat the black community with love and respect as we do with the piece of their culture which they have shared with us.
Tell me one country where black people don’t have the same rights as everyone else?
Your statement is very racist and offensive and I’m black!
@@thegeneral1297 america
i don’t claim american at this moment a lot of fishy bs going on rn
Black urban fashion style is horrible. Why does everything have to revolve around sports gear and hip-hop?
Tbh black culture is dope.
Blues, Jazz, Gospel, clothes, sports, dances
Way to go 👌
But black community is full of problems unfortunately
Well said 👏 I wish we could get along there are meny things at play that won't let that happen be it media. Government or even movies or just distrust and hatred for the past without those things maybe we have an opportunity to make some real strides towards tolerance and acceptance 🤔
How can you dislike this video unless you’re racist? 🧐
Amen my brother, not to many know about Black Wall Street. Stay black and be strong.
A lot of continental African say such harsh things about Blacks divulging in “their” cultures but it seems as though ours is just up for grabs all the time. Smh
Exactly. Foundational black Americans need to be just as protective of our culture. Seems anyone can benefit from foundational black american culture but they don't share their cultures so openly with us.
This is the kind of video that should be making the rounds and not the tribalistic ranting and shouting going on at the moment. Thanks.
We recognized the same thing. It was a bit disappointing.
We are aboriginals/Olmecs and Mayans Aztecs and Toltecs in Egyptians(message to the so called African-Americans)
This is your country
7:16
I cannot express how important this is. Everyone making a big deal out of racial slurs only weaponizes it more.
Fight the power. Love the colorway of your skin and speak out that black lives matter. Let's speak it into existence everyone.
Black Lives Matter is a political group, influenced by money and power, over ethics and truth.
@@TheUnholyPosole Black Lives Matter.
If you want to help to show the true struggle and change our culture for people around the world but mainly us listen to my music I’m not asking for a promo I’m asking you to listen to this new mentality hip-hop give it to the people out there. It will show struggle that we all have with oppression and Oppressors
Apple pie is English not American
Why is Clarence teaching us about "black culture"?
Appreciate your Instagram lives Reggie.
🗣Thank you King!! ✊🏾
I don’t know why but I feel like the only link you make between black culture and Africa is just that black culture originated from african slaves. That’s all. For some black culture is just how it evolved in Africa. But it also evolved in Africa. Except I’m wrong, you talked of Africa in the beginning but all the pictures representing “black culture” where Black Americans. I mean BLACK CULTURE IS NOT JUST BLACK AMERICAN CULTURE. I’m black too but I don’t feel like Martin Luther King or Rosa Parks or Michael Jordan are related to me and my culture as a black man. I’ve been in Europe, and it’s really disgusting when all I here is “man you should be really proud of your history, like all what you black people did, Jazz, hip hop, basketball and all ” or people talking to me about Obama, MLK, and Marshal and I’m “Fuck I’m from Cameroon, MLK means nothing to my history and my culture as a black man, Rosa parks neither. Jazz, Michael Jordan, Malcom X. All there means nothing to me as a black man. But those are what the Whole world see as BLACK CULTURE. And I say that should stop! Black culture is not just America. You’ll rather precise and say Black American culture but don’t stand for the whole BLACK CULTURE, if all you can talk about is Obama, MLK or Rosa Parks.
You make a good point there. Black Culture isn't just AMERICAN black culture. I've had this convo several times with Black individuals from different places on earth. However, I think its's important to not that you should definitely consider black Americans as part of the equation into the "Black Experience". You claim these Black Americans have nothing to do with your experience but expect black people in general to know about OTHER black individuals who are not American.
See the issue here? I think the best thing is to be mindful but also recognize that people are different and have different experiences. I'm a black American of mixed descent who lives in Tokyo, Japan. My experience simply does not match with many Americans black or not. However I try to be mindful of what I say and do. It doesn't always work out but that's human. So I take it all in as much as I can to be more informed.
Well said. It's great seeing people that have inspired me personally speaking up and keeping the conversation going
Love! Thanks for not being silent. Keep up the great work.
This gave me all the feels ✌️
LET IT LOOSE! DO YOUR THING BRO!
not that it matters much coming from me but, i think it's cool as hell that you did this video.
10-50 numbers don't lie.
I'm not interested nor do i need to know about black culture because i have my own.
Then why click on the video
@@imsogirly5702 because he’s interested and wants to know about black culture. Lol…the irony!!!
Then why not keep scrolling dumb ass 🤣
Pale have tried to eliminate originals of earth but they will loose in the end
Culture is Mozart, Picasso, Garcia Marquez..
Thank you for representing.
The evolution of hip-hop fashion please. I am asking nicely...
We did it just recently. th-cam.com/video/IMyIj6pqJFo/w-d-xo.html
@@THECASUALco Well it seems I missed an episode. Thank you
Very well thought out and informative Reggie. Black culture does nothing but give and it has not been reciprocated.
Facts
@GrandMaster Bushido Brown yea, why is that?
@GrandMaster Bushido Brown Your music isn't good.
@@OmarOsman98 it's destructive, even to them!
Couple of typos in the few opening slides. Something* Justice*
I wish I could “like” this multiple times. Kudos to you Reggie. Beautifully said. No points missed. 👍🏽
Thx for your voice out there homie.and most importantly,thx for saying BLACK culture.not minorities.people of color.black and brown.its not our fault we the shit.culturally
On code✊🏽
I’m glade you made this video about BLACK AMERICAN CULTURE!! people get race & ethnicity confused!! Our race is African our ethic group is identified as BLACK our NATIONALITY is American !! Aka BLACK AMERICAN. Black is specific to our linage identifier.. because us black Americans made our selves hyper visible to the point were other African diaspora people (Nigerian, Jamaican etc) identify as black which creates a blurry grey area of the term black people
Also you forgot to discuss the 101 HBCU, & how 35-45% of inventions in America are invented/innovated by black Americans who mostly went to HBCU. That’s also apart of culture.. it’s not just cloths & music
Y’all have never invented anything of beneficial value
That is hilarious
FreckleHeckler
stop talking about your white People like that 😂😂😂😂,
JaVion Riley you never gave anything to substantiate your absurd claim.
FreckleHeckler
I see you enjoy neglecting & projecting like typical white People 🤣🤣🤣🤣, even though I gave you the link above 😂😂😂😂, should I give it you again seeing how you probably don’t have good wifi in your low income housing
Equality, yes. Equity, no!
African Americans don't have a say so in America. Freedom on a leash.
I definitely support this message. I like how even though he’s in Japan, he’s still doing his part to talk about struggles and culture that have influenced the entire the word.
Listen as a white protester who whent after the system for harming the minds of my melonated brother and sisters but I am almost atbthe point of feeling like a lost cause becouse blavk culture right now is about tribelism, hate murder, drugs, aand sex idk what is going on but if the black communitys dont do something not america but the world is going to want to have nothing with black people they will not be scared of the people but there music and peraonality influences sorry much live but that is the truth i cant blaim my white elders or whatever anymore I grew up poor and a lot of my friends did to but the power is in black people's hands no one else's sorry I'm trying to be honest can someone please tell me I'm being emotional or seeing wrong but the violence, drugs, sex is way way way out of hand black people have as much if not more privilege than white people have the only race that hase legislation about them to give them a privilege based on race is black people in my opinion all you guyes have to do is change your music talking drugs sex and violence is not and will never be art or exsperiance put into art and think good can come from it please someone speak up or I'm telling you the African American culture is going to destroy itself very fast God bless you bros and sisters your in my prayers remember the more people tell you that your from slaves and not king and queens the more you will stay in that mind set if a man thinks he's a victim he will be
I’m not racist. But I catch myself judging other cultures and I know for a fact it’s because I don’t understand them. And the fact that I even acknowledge that proves to me I wanna be a better person and improve myself by learning about these cultures. Amazing video man. Keep up the positive energy and great videos. The world needs more people like you 🙏👍✌️
Some cultures are simply worse than others
So if you buy made in China you should be concerned and chines politics ? And probably protest or what exactly? This is begging
No. If you are so infested in a culture, perhaps maybe learn about the actual people. That's not begging, I thought that was common sense.
exactly, they are always reaching trying to get people to rub their huge egos...
This felt good!!!! I love your content!!!! Let’s GO Reggie
Whos gonna tell em its all borrowed?
Great video, gonna try my best to spread this around
I forgot hiphop was even a thing
Respect the so-called Black Indians aboriginal from the old world … THE AMERICAS 💯
"so-called" cause it ain't true
you made a type in the beginning of the video: Justice *
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW BURBERRY GUCCI AND OTHERS HAVE POKED FUN AT THE STRUGGLE.............for GAIN
It's business, nothing personal...
Great one Reggie. Thank you for this
Thank you for speaking up Reggie, we appreciate you!
Spelling mistake at 0:09 « somethging » but great vid anyway
To quote Mooney in Chappelle Show: "Everybody wanna be a nigga but nobody wanna BE a nigga"
Black lives matter just as much as any other, and black culture doesn't get enough credit for what it's contributed to the world despite the Jordans you wear or the Kendrick Lamars people karaoke. Modern musicis heavily influenced by the freeform nature of Jazz.
this man is a prophet
Excellent show
Many truths. As we said in the 60's, RIGHT ON!