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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.พ. 2016
- This week's special episode of "Black-ish" on ABC confronted the issue of police brutality and race in America. Lincoln A. Blades argues that "Black-ish" isn't The Cosby Show-- it's the show Black America needs now. Check out the clip and the op-ed below:
"Over the past year and a half, I’ve witnessed many writers, critics and ideologues state with disdain that Black-ish “isn’t the Cosby show” - and they’re all right.
Black-ish is not The Cosby Show - it’s the show that the black community needs right now.
And last night’s episode on police brutality, is undeniable proof.
Black-ish delivered an absolutely stunning, emotional, hilarious and insightful episode on state-sponsored violence and how we, black families, attempt to cope and deal with the issues that arise from it.
I’m still moved by how the show’s creators and writers tackled this topic - especially given the criticism (albeit unfair) the show received before it even premiered.
On one hand, white folks (and Stephen from Django Unchained type brothers) were opining that Kenya Barris’ creation was the embodiment of “reverse-racism” because it dared to feature a predominantly non-white cast.
But beyond that troubling attempt to frame blackness as being inherently anti-white - there were also attempts to base the show’s ultimate success or failure on whether it lived up to The Cosby Show.
While Barris’ admitted that he would be honoured to share the praise that Cosby Show and the Bernie Mac Show received, he was instead handed the challenge of outdoing the social impact Cliff and Claire had on the black community - an almost impossible task.
Before and after the premiere episode, think piece, after think piece, after think piece flooded the internet with declarations that this show simply could not live up to their lofty Cosby expectations. While I’ve always felt that sitcoms need many a couple episodes (hell, even a couple seasons) of scrutiny before one decides whether or not the program is trash, I do believe it’s fine to simply not like a show.
But, my problem with these complaints were that they were loaded with the ideology that Black-ish simply couldn’t present blackness with the same effectiveness that The Cosby Show did. The show didn’t fail on it’s own merits as much as it failed, in a couple episodes, to encapsulate the beautiful struggle of being black in America.
So when I first heard that Blackish was going to address police brutality, a topic I’ve been researching and reporting for over a decade, I instantly grew nervous. While I have faith in the show’s writers to deliver tear-inducing hilarity on thoughtful, nuanced subjects, admittedly there was a part of me that wondered if this topic was just too intense and temperamental for black folks to want portrayed in a situational comedy.
Unarmed, black men, women and children are being added to the list of “police-involved shootings” everyday, and the racial climate has reached a boiling point. And considering the oft-capricious nature of “Black Twitter,” I feared I would witness a great show get dragged online for attempting to lift subject matter far too heavy for them.
But alas, my fears weren’t just disproven - they were wrong as hell..."
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😢This reminds me of something I read a long time ago. It says, “It’s impossible to be unarmed when my blackness is the weapon you fear.”
Right On ✊🏻
Also, I'm so glad the weird algorithm brought this back around. Just remember, the computers know we're racist, bigoted, prejudicial, and hateful for such reasons as ephemeral and banal as greed, fame, and security. And I say those words as a Black woman who is neither politically disconnected nor atheistic/agnostic.
😅 I am regularly thanking my AI for its help. 😅
@@imanionethe fact you know that the algorithm knows…lord help us all
I’ve never heard that before, Oh my God it is so true 😢
Wow, just wow
I remember when Obama won and walked in the open...my mom held my hand and said "Kennedy, just don't end like Kennedy for the love of God " and that wave rippled in the house to all of us watching
Amen.
And Kennedy was white.
@Child Of The Sun That is the dumbest shit I heard of. First of all Obama was born in the USA not Kenya. His father was black so he is half black
@Child Of The Sun Man Shut The Hell Up. Kenya is a country in Africa so Barack Obama Sr is of African descent.
@Child Of The Sun Every organic being, including humans, has carbon in it.
He wasn’t acting or saying some lines from a script he IS speaking 100%truth
Heartbreakingly accurate!!
real
I remember watching that and when the doors opened, I clutched my chest and thought, "Oh no. They aren't going to get out the car and walk ?" I sat on the end on my chair the whole time, hands clenched, worried every second that he and Michelle were so vulnerable. The only reason they got back in the car was because it was so frigid cold. That was the only time I was grateful for cold weather. I still love that man. And Michelle, too. Such grace, class and poise. We were blessed to have had 8 years of them in our lives.
we all did. I remember yelling at the TV "get back into the car!" I was certain someone was going to hurt him.
The Secret Service certainly had their work cut out for them for that 8 years. I remember reading that the number of threats against the President had increased over 400% or 800% or something like that when he took office and remained that high for the whole time he was in office. I’m so grateful they were able to do their jobs so well - it certainly wasn’t easy keeping them safe.
@@babybirdhome Yup. I vividly remember reading that the Secret Service recorded a huge increase in death threats when Obama won the election -- many of them using the N-word or otherwise being very explicit.
@@babybirdhome Yes Michelle Obama talks about it in her book
Not only did he deliver his lines well... you can also tell he meant and believed every word he said .
Yeah..agreed that seemed to be a bit more than acting..or hes a really good actor...mmm dunno
@panthero maybe I'm odd. I went to 4 high schools, 3 jr. highs and a number of elementary schools. I've lived in 7 different states. I've lived in the projects and trailer parks. I've never been concerned about people who look like me. I was more concerned about people who thought like me.
@Texas Madam WRONG !!!!!!!
Wonder why he moved out of Compton into a white neighborhood if it’s full of racist...
All those who remembers that moment in our history could probably deliver those lines just as well because we all lived it! I remembered it like it was yesterday. What has happened to this country?
Anyone here in 2020, after George Floyd. :(
I am...I support the protesters marching for an end to police brutality, economic inequality, and systemic racism in our government, and people of power.
@@triandiscrim558 me too.
Yeah. We are finally getting the core of this racism zit out! Purging that hateful state of mind. MITAKUYE OYASIN ❤️🙏🏻
Sitchinite420 The core of racism won’t be removed until the hearts and minds of racists change. But if the good people of this world keep at it, change will come! Thank you for staying WOKE 🙏🏾
*raises his white hand sheepishly*
I remember watching as a kid and asking my dad "isn't he afraid of getting shot?" He replied "If you live in fear they win, and the secret service probably has that place locked down for the next 20 blocks"
Yeah, no college kid was gonna get past them that day.
If you look at the 3 thousand plus people who put thumbs down on something so true, you can understand the struggle with people who can't and won't be fair.
Exactly. I’m white and it breaks me. I don’t know what to do anymore.
I miss the days when you could see the numbers
How can you tell how many (unfortunately) downvoted?
Define "fair". As you understand it. I doubt we share the same definition.
@@jaimeosbourn3616 you will continue to pretend to not know, but systematic racism is shown through sheer data that is collected by white people. All the data will point you towards tons of systematic racism in every sector of the country.
I thought I was the only one who was afraid obama might get assassinated when he got out of that Limousine. ..
I was only eleven when that happened but even I was terrified
You're both idiots.
Avocado Thank you nameless stranger behind a computer or cell phone screen.
But did he?
Oh. Heck no! I'm still holding my breath until the end of his Presidency. We have no idea and may never know how many assassination attempts the FBI & Secret Service have thwarted.
I was terrified. That was the longest walk ever.
I think I almost held my breath the entire time.
The Fae Goddess I remember that scene like it was yesterday.
And somehow by magic nothing happened to him, as a matter of fact he got through two terms without incident. Regan the whitest white man ever can't say that, it's almost as if the threat you're being brainwashed by main stream media to believe isn't as bad as they say
AussieBlokeGordo It’s awesome that nothing happened to him but my fear for his safety came from the hate I’ve received in life while doing simple things like pumping gas in Texas -A group of white men walking in the store, one of them decides to walk up to me and call me all sorts of n-bitches. Or when I was happily walking in New York, again, without a confrontation the same thing happened. Once while getting exercise and riding my bike, this group actually threw stuff at me from a car. I could name many other occasions that have lead me to know the hate is real. Occasions where there’s no provocation or confrontation, just pure hate. The type of hate that caused me to send my 2 sons and my daughter out with an extra set of instructions. Of course we live in a world where bad things can happen to anyone. We also live in a world where bad things can happen to you simply because you wake up “Brown’. Maybe u see things the way u see them because you’re not a hateful person. That doesn’t mean it’s not experienced by others.
@@legalresearch3 I mean didn't you have any man who could probably like do something about that? Why should things like this be allowed to happen? How about carry a gun the next time anyone messes with you?
Sometimes its things like these I thank God I dont live in America cos I'll probably be sitting in jail for murder. Sorry for your ordeal btw
Yeah, I remember that nervous feeling when I saw him get out that limo.
Me too
When Obama was in the midst of the primary battle with Hilary, I happened to be traveling on business. One of the countries I visited was Australia. On the Saturday after the conference, I got into a taxi which was driven by an Aborigine. He seemed very happy to have a black man in his cab and we immediately started talking about the primary contest, which by that time Obama appeared to be winning. Then the man started crying. Grown man crying like a baby. In between the tears, all I could hear him saying was that he really hoped that they didn't kill Obama, he was praying that Obama was kept safe from harm. That was in 2016 and I remember it like it was yesterday. Needless to say, I was very touched. I finally realised what an Obama candidacy meant to the world.
*Aboriginal. Aborigine is the white name they tried to stick on them
I was so scared when they got out of the limo. I also realized that this was one of the bravest things I’ve seen in my life.
Lincoln was shot by a Democrat angry over freeing the slaves. McKinley was shot by an anarchist. Kennedy was shot by a communist. Conservatives don’t assassinate as much as we oppose a president’s policies. Neo-Nazi’s are more politically aligned with the Left than the right.
Bravest? 🤣
and he scooted out like, ah wsup yall
@RICHARD JENKINS My thoughts exactly!I just thought obama was a puppet,in Hillary's plan...Black man,then woman.That is how the left sees things.Biden,is another example.He promised a female running mate.The progressives say,"she should be black too...SMH,
It's amazing how the conservatives seek to blame everything on the leftist " bogeyman" even neo Nazis, when everyone except these ids know that neo Nazis are far rightists therefore their own buddies on the right. 😀
This scene shows that Black-ish does have potential that will black sitcoms in the right direction again. I haven't seen a sitcoms do something that memorable ever since fresh prince of bel-air ended 20 years ago.
Gera WallStar they did it beautifully because they covered discrimination amongst black peoples and that Carlton was a "sellout " all because he was born rich and had a different upbringing but they made sure to cover the fact that just because you're black and don't behave like a "thug " can stop the cops from profiling you .
Last week's "LEMON" episode was amazing as well.
Gera WallStar You clearly have never watched Scrubs. My god, get on it!
Gera WallStar lol nope cosby show is the 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Gera WallStar i miss fresh prince
Outside of the cultural relevance of this scene, let’s talk about the marital dynamics. This show hit so well on finding a balance between the typical Sitcom goof-ball husband and a man who knew when to pull his punches and when to go for the goal. The acting here was superb; you didn’t feel like this was a one-off but rather the power that simmers beneath the surface. And then there’s the RESPECT!! She didn’t talk down and try to embarrass him in front of their kids. He was direct and forthright, but he also displayed a compassion for her feelings as well. He understood where her heart lay, he empathized with that, but he also explained why that had to be balanced - not negated, but leveled with the reality of what surrounded it. Beautifully cast, and beautifully acted. And I’ll be honest, this was a part WRITTEN for a black man and woman. This could not have played the same if the races were flipped and that makes it even more powerful.
Amen, Trenae, AMEN!!!!!!!!!
I was at work, watching it live on my SlingBox (remember those?). And the whole time he was walking down that street I just kept saying to myself "get back in the car...get back in the car...GET BACK IN THE DAMN CAR!!!
My mom kept screaming that same exact thing.
I left the room and told my wife to let me know when they got back in the car because I didnt want to see one of them get shot.
On Obama's last day as PRESIDENT, I cried like a baby because I knew the world was going to change drastically, and it did!
Lol
Lol
Why? Cause maybe another president might actually do something to help black people and other minorities? Obama didn’t do anything! I encourage you to really dig into it. Because as much as I HATE to have to admit this - Trump did 20x more good for the black communities than, Former president Barack OBAMA.
Note: this doesn’t mean I’d rather have trump. I’m just calling a spade a spade. I just wish we could all stop believing that the only people who are capable of/ and are actually going to do what’s in our best interest, are those candidates that “look like us”. Just because a person in power looks like us, or we can relate to them - doesn’t mean he or she is going to be the person to do the most for our collective interests.
Thanks for reading my rant. Peace and love to ALL OF YOU! Whatever your race, skin, Colour or creed - you are all my brothers and sisters. That’s the human experience. Bless up.
For the worse as Trump gave every right-wing bigot a renewed license to hate.
That's what you really thought? One mixed black/whyte president who was elected president after only one term in the Senate or was he selected and voters fooled into believing they had a choice? Believing and knowing are two separate and individual concepts. Obama was the first openly gay friendly president and that right there was a sign that he was one of them, part of the system, bought and paid for. Obama was selected because he possessed the three main characteristics Politrickians desire; charm, communication, looks. Same characteristics as a pimp or a preacher eh.
You know this episode was powerful if it triggered this many trolls. The comments are insane.
They are SUPER triggered. People... white people, refused to realize that racism still exist in this country.
Brandon Riley “People...... white people”
You’ve proven your own point
Meatball Evader explain
Meatball thinks white racism exists.
G Fuller that’s the vibe i was getting, but i just wanted to make sure he was actually implying something so stupid.
And her face isn't the face of her accepting being wrong, but KNOWING that what he said is true. With everything that is currently going on around the country, this clip has yet to age.
This was really deep. I thought Dre was about to cry...my soul felt sad for everything he said, because it's true...
2.7k dislikes welp guess he was right “ This is the world we live in”
That's an 85% like factor.
S Willy lol people not believing the BS is not confirmation that the BS is real. Don’t think like a victim. Ironically it’s the people who shout “racism” all the time who are the ones infatuated by race and seek to input it into every conversation. There are clear double standards. You would get applauded if you were to identify as a “strong black women” yet saying you are a “strong white man” would leave you greeted by looks of disgust. So literally due to the fact of his race and gender not being high in the ideological identity politics pyramid, he will discriminated against ironically by the people who think they are the ones being oppressed.
singalexsong it’s not thinking like a victim, it’s more thinking like not wanting smoke blown up my azz. You can still have hope with a mix of reality.
Why Discrimination is No Match for Hard Work:
th-cam.com/video/JnBXtR4AF4U/w-d-xo.html
@Poppy Kneegrow "I wont click that link". I Case closed.
Omfg I felt the SAME way when I watched that. I swore someone was gonna do something. My heart was jumping
They were the FBI stopped them in time.
Me too!
As a Mexican American man is is now 66 years old, that clip says exactly what me and my two biracial daughters were feeling. Sometimes my wife doesn’t understand how and why we feel the way we do. I worry so much about what my grandkids will have to see and go through. Especially my grandson, who definitely has taken his grandpa’s skin color. Obama was going to change things. He tried, god how he tried.
Ryooken what someone attempted an assassination of my president??
You're not alone.
This scene was very educational. I loved how Anthony Anderson broke out of character when he was telling Tracee Ellis Ross the truth about the world that African Americans are living in.
I remember watching it with my dad. The moment the car doors opened, he spring up and started yelling, “GET BACK INTO THE D*MN CAR!!”
Sent chills down my spine.
When President Obama and First Lady Michelle got of that limo, I could feel my heart beating in my throat and I don't recall breathing. But praying that our Hope would not be stolen from us in an instance of bitter hatred. As a little girl, I saw my Mother cry when the news reporter said President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas. Being a child, I couldn't understand her tears. My Mother is long gone now but I wish I could say to her "Momma I get it now". In her day, that generation's hope was in President Kennedy to give us free. Ours was in President Obama. We breathed a sigh of relief for a while. Now we continue to be beaten bloody, black and blue and sometimes it's hard to breathe but we are yet standing. Our hope is in God.
I was scared for President Obama then and I'm scared for him now.
Im not scared for obama after what he did to millions of muslims in other countries. He also imprison kids in cages and did so much worse then trump. This does not mean I support trump but obama didn’t change the system. People like to whitewash obama’s history
Today is 7/2/2024 and the other day I found out we came one step closer to a dictatorship. If Trump wins this next election, SCOTUS just made your fear a legal reality. And the man isn't even president anymore.
@@deavionwatkins9934 You should be scared of what he is doing now... It was a communist in a dope smoking communist now
Hundreds of years fighting for freedom and equality and still living in fear hundreds of years later.😢
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Measure success in generations. Our parents had it better than our grandparents. We had it better than our parents. And the kids will have it better than us.
Not if Trump wins.
Fair enough. But it does feel like the wheels of progress are moving slower than before.
This couldn't be anymore relevant especially in recent events
You are not black, are you?
It might be recent for you. But for alot of people this is everyday of their entire lives and their ancestors before them
I was legit afraid too something was gonna happen, and I'm Caucasian.
MN-14 waw rlly I'm Muslim guess were I am
on your computer? quit trying to play the victim game
America is already great...Trump will bring shame to us all
Tim Boyer coming from someone outside the US I'm sorry to say he already did. But my country isn't looking too good either rn so it's not like I can criticize I guess
martin van dam in the US? who cares?
This show speaks so much truth. It helped me find my racial identity from the episode Ruby and Bow were talking about black colourism.
Does it? Despite what the media suggests, these sorts of incidents are not common incidents and if the community can't/won't recognize the difference between lawful/unlawful/accidental situations, then I'm not sure how any of this ever improves. Nobody outside the community is going to take the activists seriously when Tamir Rice, George Floyd and Sandra Bland are all treated as cases of police brutality when one was clearly not, one clearly was and one probably was negligence.
My wife & I were just talking about this the other day. I was literally shaking, yelling at the television for them to get back in the damn car😢
anyone hereafter the Minneapolis!?
Yep
Me 🖐
Yes
Yeah , I have brand new shoes , phone and other stuff want some ? Lol
@@saracen1488 so you are happy you are a thief and stole things from someone who is just trying to make an honest living?
It’s odd how we have arrived to this or these cross roads over and over.
Exactly when will we turn the corner.
It’s not odd, it’s the system.
Odd??
Christine Wright, you seen my answer but TH-cam allowed someone to report the truth of what I said and so it was ERASED. It’s all good, whatever happens in the dark will always come to light whether or not I fuss or fight YEAH THAT’S RIGHT I just might be the one to ignite more flames 🔥 with these devastating words since the pen is a lot stronger than the sword I can always rise the bar with these bars and scripts I am equipped to run my lip and still take action like Jackson even in the day or night with everything in plan site...
Yep HIStory constantly repeating itself..can't wait for the day Copper ppl wake up and end the vicious cycle✊🏾
Hearing this made me think of when I was asked by a friend and coworker when Obama won how I felt about it. I said, "Afraid." He looked at me and asked why. I said, "I am happy that he won, and became the first black man in America and the second in the world to become president. But I fear that it is a test or something to shut us up." I continued, "What I fear is that the game is that they say, 'Look, you have had your alternative president, see how well he did?' as the system sets him up for failure. I fear that the President that follows him will be one that will come in to fix his 'wrongs' and make America great again, and the one that follows him will take us into the dark times and possibly war."
I wish I was making this up. I wish this scene didn't remind me of this. That's how well and real and how gut checking this scene is for me.
If I could go back and pay that version of myself $100 for that prediction... Man...
Honestly I felt the same way I was so proud to be watched that moment. But in the back of my head I was like please God don't let Nothing happen.
I don't watch tv usually and tonight I was in a hotel traveling and had time..... This episode should run for the next month. And talk about it. I am white and I have kids that are mixed. My ex and I were talking about this shit happening all across this nation. We need to find a way to change the heart and minds of humans. We are all human or we are all death..... I literally cried because I fear my boys have to face this bullshit. And I have cried just a few times in my adult life. This is a powerful message that can break the cycle...sorry for rambling however it hurts greatly
Its nothing wrong with crying about reality its when you denie Its once it look you in the face because as soon as you start loving that black man it has already came to ur door from family member or friends cause all ur white privilege was revolk which's fine but im sure you knew once that door open up there was no closing it But its get greater later welcome too the dark side of life peace out be safe
@Lynda Anthony one day at a time and it started with you we will get there. Much love!
@lynda anthony if i. May what part of the world ur from
“Patrick” That Was An Awesome Clip Of “Blackish”. Haven’t Seen The Whole Episode. So I Just Want To Add To It & Say. That Their Is Hope Always!!! Always!!! In “THE MOST HIGH, GOD”🙏🏽Our POWER. Just Call On “HIM” & “HE” Will Answer!!! “GOD” Bless. Much Love❤️😊
It is not rambling. You're expressing your concern for the safety of your kids in a society that might judge them first by the colour of their skin rather the contents of their hearts. It's enough to worry any parent. It must be really difficult for you because how do you guide them correctly through such a situation when you've had no experience of it? That's why the protests are ongoing. One hopes that we would come to a time where there would be no more cases like George Floyd, Ahmaud arbery, Breonna Taylor, philande Castile, chinedu okobi etc. Much love. Stay strong.
I'm from Germany, white and I can remember "the" election night. It was somewhere between 3am and 5am here in Germany, when Obama became the first black president of the United States. I sat here crying and thinking that this is history and I am honored to experience this. The next feeling I had was fear. I was so frightened that somebody will assassinate him.
That time I thought this is the beginning of something new, something great. And then... 2020 it still needs a movement to remind people, that it's not the skin colour what makes the worth of a human life. Don't stop resisting! Germany stands with you!
Well said and agreed! 👏👏 some how we as a species have to move past this racist rubbish and get on to more important stuff like curing cancer etc. Character is far more important then skin colour
Thank you for your support.
Obama's mum was white & he was raised by her and her white parents.🤔
@@kritikitti3868 did that somehow make Obama white?🤔
💜💜💜
I was too young to remember it, but my mom has told me that when she watched the inauguration, she was terrified the entire time, seeing him stand in that glass box that something bad would happen and he’d be assassinated right then and there. If she was terrified, I can’t imagine how Black Americans felt watching it.
We made a joke of it in high school, but we were all worried it might happen.
I'm a white girl and I was just as scared when I watched Obama walking. I kept saying Please God don't let's anything happen to him. My late Mother agreed.
Im not scared for obama after what he did to millions of muslims in other countries. He also imprison kids in cages and did so much worse then trump. This does not mean I support trump but obama didn’t change the system. People like to whitewash obama’s history
why?
@@whyphy2213 I thought Trump put kids in cages?🤷♂️
Frank Struthers no it was Obama. He accomplished very little and what he did do is at best described as dubious. Those engaged in identity politics will say that’s ra cist because they can’t see anything beyond color.
@@frankstruthers7137 Where have you been living? Thats what happens when you watch the mainstream media, they tell you what they want you to hear. The infamous picture of kids in cages shown all around is from 2014. Obama was President. People talk about racism but the media feeds it to people every day. Nobody ever mentioned Obama had the kids in cages yet most believe it was Trump bcuz thats the narrative.
Just watched this episode again last night. I’m crying because Dre was so on point. I prayed that no harm would come to Obama or his family. Fast forward to recent events. Black families need to see this. Did you see the tears in Anthony Anderson’s eyes. They were real!!! He wasn’t acting. We as black men feel that pain and fear whenever we have any encounters with police. I’m nervous when I have police interactions. Sad part of that is....I’m a retired police supervisor (I witnessed and stopped brutality in its tracks). However, It continues and I am very ashamed of the bad seeds of the profession. It has caused me to NOT reveal what career I retired from.
What episode and season is it?
Expressive Worship season 2 episode 16 “ Hope”
samjj 11 thank you!
Expressive Worship no problem. Its a great episode!
Wow! Judge Mathis stated the same thing and he is a well know judge.
My sister and father had mentioned that when we were watching the inauguration drive and when he got out the limo my face went from a smile to a stern look when that happened.
I realize later on that I had dropped into my military training and started scanning the crowd for threats.
Even though I was in Philadelphia and watching it on TV I subconsciously did that
You weren't the only one. I was retired by 20 years and I went into "surveillance" mode. Didn't even realize it til somebody else noticed the change in my posture and my face.
@@user-lc4qe4gr7k I also mentioned this to my uncle James who was a marine recon rifleman and he said.
"This is what I saw, secret service on primary and secondary perimeter, multiple service men on sentinel watch and several Marksman on overwatch with overlapping fields of fire." And none of that made me feel any better.
@@robertzimmerman5483 My Dad, also a Marine, caught that too. He pointed out the (obviously military) men all along the route, saying, "Now see this guy . . .Look at that guy . . . ". He also caught something I missed. Guys in plain clothes along the parade route, about four rows back, who weren't looking at the procession. That giant sucking sound - the one the civilians didn't hear, but your Uncle and my Dad did - were sphincters slamming shut when the car got close.
SEMPER FORTIS 🇺🇸⚓
When I saw him walk out there in the open on that street, I was so afraid. I was literally afraid to keep watching even though I wanted to see. It made me so nervous that I turned the tv off, then back on. I didn’t know what to do with myself!
I remember in college our RAs were planning a viewing party in our rec room of Obama’s inauguration, and almost no one RSVPd. They sent a group email to our floor/building saying it would be important viewing and encouraged everyone to attend. One person emailed back “I’m not coming because I’m afraid he’ll get shot.” He got scolded by an RA in the next reply, but then all these other emails from other students followed saying they didn’t want to watch it live for the same reason. Black and white students. Progress was made with a black president but we knew damn well deadly racism was still a risk.
Get an effing grip.
People thinking with their emotions is why no progress is coming. Nobody was going to shoot Obama because Obama was representing the powerful he really didn't do anything particularly revolutionary while in office. Even the ACA which was the "most radical" thing he did was right of Nixon.
You first lol @@pops1507
Blackish does talk about real issues in our world
Blackish, what a name.....it's so racists.
it talks about what the producers of the show want the demographic to think, and the demographic is black americans. after all, these are actors.
@Dias06 the truth hurts
@Dias06 because you listen to what makes you feel good, you ignore the corruption and what makes you feel unsafe
The show refused to acknowledge obamas racist policies towards mexico and the immigrants coming from there.
I am an old White man and with hind sight there are decisions Obama made that I wish he had made differently, but he still is the best President we have had in my long life since the 1950’s.
That wasn’t even acting, that’s straight from the heart 💔
Straight from the heart of paranoid bigotry, that is.
@@rcnelsonself projecting hard 😂
This was up there with that Fresh Prince episode when Carlton and Will got pulled over for DWB (driving while black)
yessssss
Yes! So true.
Shawn Wesson Or the episode of "A Different World" where Dwayne Wayne was talking to Dean Cain about discrimination and racial profiling...
Shawn Wesson I know this is corny and I'm not American, but when I read that, I started tearing up. you're so right.
Shawn Wesson Fyi, it's against the law to drive 3 mph. It's dangerous and causes many accidents. That's from the DMV handbook. Had nothing to do with racism. Don't drive too slow because people might think you're under the influence (even more dangerous).
this is so true...i was so proud but so scared when he started walking...
Notice that Trump never did walk!!
I was TERRIFIED. It's relieving (and maybe a little sad) that I'm not the only one who thought that. I thought I was being too dark, but I guess our problem is worse than I thought. Sigh.
Jackie Johnson when Obama was elected I wasn't that excited, but I did fear that someone would try to kill him
headoverheels88 typical SJW propaganda
Nat Jac ...Shut up, Meg.
I, too, was so afraid he was going to be shot when he got out of the limo, and I was a 60yr old white woman.
I Believe that we all felt like that, because I was praying for them when they got out the limo and started walking alongside it. I felt the same way Dre felt in this episode
It wasn't just me! I remember thinking why the hell are they letting him walk?
same.
kssward2 My dad said he would probably be assassinated in his first year. Thank goodness he was wrong.
kssward2 honestly I trusted the secret service, there was no reason to make a big fuss about it.
I remember my stomach dropping the moment he got out of the car. That entire walk, the happiness in me just left as I was in fear for his life.
He probably insisted on doing that. He probably them head of time and they prepared for it, we just don't know how much, and may never know unless someone writes a book.
Crazy because I thought I was the only one who felt that way when he took that walk 😢😢😢
Me to, I thought I was the only one
@@dragonluvaIII and @Streetfame Promoter both of you were definitely not the only ones who felt that way. For the record, I had never watched that walk in public by the Obamas, but then again, I rarely, if ever, watch anything that is even remotely political or Presidential, regardless of who or what it is.
Seeing that clip from this episode of "Black-Ish" brought a frisson of fear in me.
I agree... 💯
But feel any black person who got to watch the full inauguration I felt that.
I took a day off so I could watch the inauguration. And that morning my grandma prayed for protection and started the rosary prayer until they swore him... as he was being sworn in - I watch my grandma face (wrinkles and shinny) it was filled with hope
that moment will stay with me... because it was that moment I realised she has lived 86yrs at the time, so had seen a lot. Me her 2nd generation - watched with the SAME fear.
She is late now... but will never forget that. 🙏🏽
@@zela-zelasibambo47 thank you for sharing that beautiful memory about your grandmother. She sounds like she was a lovely, powerful woman.
Although I had not watched Barack Obama's inauguration, when I saw that clip from this episode of "Black-ish," I felt that frisson of fear that so many others felt, when they saw the Obamas walk alongside the limousine, outside near all those people.
Yes basically you were the only one..
Why have children if you don't have hope?
That's kinda what's going on now. Is anyone having children in 2024?
@elimDBZ of course people are having kids. Can't be helped. Some may have a low birth rate like Japan, but US schools aren't closing down, flawed and manipulative as they are. No idea how vid went in my algorithm after watching but it didn't really age well given Trump getting shot and everyone loses to old age government. Is a nice scene for its time, especially before BLM got caught scamming people or being another LGBT front, which yeah you're giving something up, usually blackness, in the name of "inclusivity".
They're rich but the system is against them
Yes! You get it! 👍🏾👍🏾
Also... If you aren't convinced about this. Watch the racial profiling episode of The Fresh Prince.
@@jasonisaacs6069 As if whites and latinos never get stopped by police. And even they get killed by stupid and overzealous cops. Just in their case
nobody talks about them because they were not black.
One of the best shows of this generation.
Darryl Jenks our generations Cosby Show.
Old white guy here....I think the show is hilarious! Especially Jack and Diane! As far as the "Tonight's Special Episode of Blackish" I take no offense. Some things need to be said. Personally I like the snippets of black history that are woven into the episodes....oh well, Old White guy...out!
Why Discrimination is No Match for Hard Work:
th-cam.com/video/JnBXtR4AF4U/w-d-xo.html
Lol
My 85 yr old mom from Montgomery, AL, after Obama was elected: “Lawd, I hope they don’t kill that man just like they did Martin, Malcolm, and Medgar…“
In our minds we live in the fantasy of hope but the reality is always a reminder of how fast you can also lose hope.
I cried watching this scene bc Anthony explained exactly what I was feeling.
Why Discrimination is No Match for Hard Work:
th-cam.com/video/JnBXtR4AF4U/w-d-xo.html
I remember watching this episode when it first aired. The reason why Bow was so hopeful and not on edge as Dre is because of her upbringing. Her lifestyle and experiences weren't the same. I didn't realise that until now.
That's why I watch the repeats. I always see something I missed before.
It's true. Bow grew up in a mostly white neighborhood. She still dealt with racial hurdles, but Dre grew up in Compton and got into a fancy school on a scholarship. He had *more* hurdles to go over
Lived experiences color our perceptions. Furthermore, since they are lived experiences, they aren’t up for debate, you know? I’m Black, but very redboned. My lived experiences aren’t the same as my more melanated brethren, but that doesn’t make their experiences invalid. That’s a fantastic observation and a good point, well made. 😉✊🏽
I worked across from the Federal Building where Obama had his office before the inauguration. There were city and state police, sheriffs, marshals, FBI, and Secret Service. I have never been so happy to see law enforcement! They kept it tight!
The same way I felt when MLK rallies or televised speeches in the sixties when I was a kid.
This is Why Blackish is an important show being a young black 14 year old I must watch blackish not only for the comedy but because of the lesson I love black history
People are only mad because most of the cast is lightskin and there's only one darkskin girl.
I watch regularly great writing
King KJW What lesson? it's show about a rich black family living in a gated community.
@@pertburton5586 You're blind. You don't want to see and they are not rich.
SWEET NOVEMBER04 lol they are definitely rich but I love the show. Gets the balance of comedy and information perfectly
I know that many people may not agree with me but, I really believe that this episode accomplished alot by touching up on one of the subjects that many people are afraid to bring up. The emotion that was put into these scenes to explain their character's true fears was amazing. Contrary to what most people believed when watching this, I don't think that this scene was racist, for characters that grew up in fear that at any point they could die, they were truly afraid after getting away from so much hate in their younger years, that they would be pulled right back into it again once they found another source of hope they could cling onto.
+Emilia Steilsdottir (Fem Iceland) You got it right and I agree with you. It wasn't racist....it was a fact than and it is still a fact now. I been through the racism in the deep south and than it seemed to level off. However, the way the racial system is today reminds me of how it was back in the 50's and 60's....maybe even worse. It is a horrible feeling when your HUMAN RIGHTS are taken from you just because of the color of your skin. It is being done here in the USA and it can no longer be hidden. You innerstand and you are all the way in Iceland.
Emilia Steilsdottir If only we had more critical thinkers like you in this world.
Emilia Steilsdottir Totally agree with you. Also another thing I liked about this episode is how they were able to keep the comedy aspect of the show without making the jokes feel out of place.
Unjustified fears don't matter.
Snaggle Toothed yeah bruh, a black man can't even find a job with Trump as President.
I have quoted this speech from Dre on Blackish so many times because it is truth on a soul deep level. Every Word.
But you see she went and sat her ass down. She knew he was spittin facts.
ONLY comedy on TV that can make me cry 😭
I started giving it a watch, and you are so right. Bojack Horseman and this are absolutely brilliant comedies/dramas. :) Laugh one minute, cry the next.
WildWestSamurai Wut wuuut! Bojack lova!
Marshadow the Magical the only comedy better than honeydew
KingCon statistically speaking, African Americans commit only more low end crimes (assault, breaking and entering)
When you look at the numbers for more serious crimes (drug dealing, murder, fraud, conspiracy etc.) The figures are equal at the beginning of the list (drug dealing), start tilting towards more white people in the middle (murder) and are dominates by white people at the end (fraud and conspiracy).
The only interpretation of your post that could be argued as truth is if you only consider arrest numbers.. but you would have to ignore the targeting of specificly black people, the fact that institutionalized racism is real and of course the systematic reasons for why African American communities are so much more confined within poverty stricken areas (ie to this day, loans for mortgages are denied based on skin colour and many deeds still don't allow housing to be sold to people of colour)....
I'm only stating the obvious for anyone well informed enough...
((Abc))
sigh...just added another show to my list to watch when i'm done with school.
gak2008 yesssss
gak2008 me too, man
gak2008 oh this show is great!
gak2008 So you're aware, the message of this show is that white people aren't to be trusted and black people need to act like their stereotypes if they want to be accepted in the black community.
Jon Dowe that's not what this show is about but ok
I like how they all look serious watching Don Lemon!!! 😂😆🤣😂😆🤣😂😆🤣😂😆.
season and episode plzzz
Man I was scared for his life when he got out of that limo
We all was especially my pops and moms they didn't think they would get to see black president in their time we was scared and praying that time.
I remember thinking it but I didn’t say anything cause I didn’t wanna introduce that negative to the world and I just wanted to enjoy it as much as possible but part of me was absolutely terrified.
If anyone wanted him dead it would have been much easier to kill him as a candidate than President... so I knew he would be okay for 4 years after how horrible he was I didn’t think he would get re elected but I was wrong on that Hope and Change ehh
Who’s barrack Obama?
Oh god. 0:57-1:25 was too real. I remember distinctly Barack and Michelle walk out in the open like that, and I was genuinely scared he was going to get shot, attacked, something. This show just took me back to that place. Too real.
Ugh.
And he didn't. Yet we're told that the U.S. is still so racist...
You do realize there were black slave masters, and that there were white people fighting against slavery, right?
Christopher Balsom He can't realize that. If he did then he wouldn't be able to blame all the problems on white people.
+Christopher Balsom I'm sorry, but "he didn't get shot" is not evidence of absence of racism. Try harder.
BJ Andrews False. Slavery, whether benign or terroristic, is still slavery. Owning people like they're property is wrong in every sense of the word, no matter who does the owning and how well they treat their property.
I live in Louisiana and I’m glad we’re not as divided my parents raised me to respect and love you until you give me a reason not to but I’ve never seen such hate like we are seeing now they are trying to make us hate each other and I don’t understand why
What I don’t understand is that even if people are ignorant enough to believe they’re superior (which is hard enough to understand), why are they so full of rabid, vicious hatred? It’s so extreme & irrational. I mean, okay, you think you’re superior. Whatever. Just go live your “superior” life and leave black people alone already.
Because, deep down, they don't really believe it.
This made me cry.
Might Is Right none of it was lies
Peter Kazavis 50 years? You think things are as bad as the 60s?
Janet Snakehole why
You know what made me cry was the case of Tyshawn Lee... 9yo black boy in Chicago, son of a gang member, kidnapped, tortured, and killed by a rival gang member.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-tyshawn-lee-monsters-talk-glanton-20160314-story.html
I know, it's white people's fault... the ongoing legacy of slavery and Jim Crow. Racist police. The NRA. Trump's culture of violence. And if it wasn't obvious, white people. Yet, not a single march, no protests, no calls for justice, no calls for peace, no calls for people to turn in their guns and repeal the 2nd Amendment, no calls for tolerance and a "conversation" about culture and laws.
Janet Snakehole LOL
And now we have George Floyd. I don’t know if there’s hope for the Black citizens of America
KEEP HOPE ALIVE!!!!
There is hope never give up hope
Honestly the riots give me hope. There’s been so much more serious discussion and proposals to look into the issue like Minnesota looking into the police from the last 10 years, the Minnesota university cutting ties with the police, the fact that all the officers involved in Floyd’s case have been charged, people who usually don’t take this issue seriously are now, body cams on cops, etc. We’ve had this before, but i don’t think people took it nearly as seriously. I think people are realizing the cops are out of control in America. I don’t think the riots are right, but I do understand and I think back to the forefathers and how they thought that uprisings and riots were a necessary tool that need to happen every once in a while to keep leadership in line. Maybe we needed to go through this as a country to make people realize we need to correct the chaos that’s been happening in this country for far too long.
I know I felt different after watching Second Thought’s video (America’s Police Problem) on this topic even though the topic is not new. I wanted to cry after watching it and after watching really all the videos popping up on this topic. All the news. People just ignored Capernick’s message and instead called him un-American and he was peacefully protesting. We should’ve been done with this ages ago after we’ve already had so many peaceful protesters like Dr. King, Rosa Parks, and all the other heroes from the civil rights movement. Yet even now we’re still here. It makes me appreciate Malcolm X and the Black Panthers more and realize how much America needed both peaceful protesters and rioters. I don’t blame the rioters. People are just running out of ideas, getting angry and frustrated, they’ve been that way for decades. Riots and uprisings are what happen when issues go ignored for too long.
Like Dr. King said “riots are the language of the unheard”. As much as I’d like to say people should peacefully protest, those peaceful protesters are being put through a war in our own country to our own people. Their rights are not being protected or recognized. The rioters are the ones bringing attention to the issue, forcing change even if it’s just the size of a pebble, and the police are doing nothing but escalating proving to the people just who they really are. It honestly shocks me to realize just how much they enjoy the chaos that’s going on. Truly, I’d think they were a cartoon villain in any other context. We’re at a point where even the good cops are defending these monsters thereby making them bad cops too. I don’t want to support the riots, but my country makes it so god damn hard especially when the riots are the reason for even just that little bit of change.
The riots make me think there has to be an end of the line at some point. I doubt racism will ever go away, but at least maybe we can address this police brutality issue and go to a normal timeline where it doesn’t happen as much as it is right now. I watched a video of South Koreans giving their opinions on this issue and many of them said this could never happen in their country. (I think the video was this: th-cam.com/video/ckPd1tFSONs/w-d-xo.html ). If it did there’d be riots there too. It’d be a much bigger issue because the police there don’t have as much power to just do whatever to the people.
It makes me think my countrymen are such hypocrites to criticize China, North Korea, Hong Kong, and other nations yet they turn around and do the same to Americans. Even peaceful protesters, the media, or just children standing around. I’ve heard the same sentiments from others around the world before and it does make me believe my country permits it more than is normal. It is interesting to look at other historical riots and compare how they’ve been remembered vs how people talk about these riots. I think these riots will become historic as well and hopefully become a turning point for at least some progress on change. I support the peaceful protests (and I tend to stand with them), but I can’t help finding myself appreciating the riots as well.
Fullmoon Phantom1412 I think the only way to change the way people are treated because of racism is to never give up. I believe that racism is an issue that has always been there but has either been ignore or acknowledged for a little bit than ignored. Like think of all of the protest about police brutality the last few years people would protest and get upset or go on the news and then after a few days of protesting they would stop protest or turn a blind eye to the problem. I love that everyone is standing up and protesting not for one day or two days but have been protesting for a while now I think this is what it is going to take in order to cause change. We all have to listen to each other and understand and learn from each other so that things can be better. But I don’t think rioting and destroying businesses are the answers we fix this issue without destroying a business someone built. I believe this is the beginning of change. And I pray that people don’t give up or turn a blind eye to what is happening in our country.
And yet Obama didn't do Jack shirt for black people!! So keep hoping!
This was memorable...I remember watching this episode. He was telling the truth and acting his ass off all in one.
I can remember that moment, I was thinking oh no, why did the security allow them to do that? I am going to blame everything on them because I knew something bad was going to happened.
Anthony Anderson speaks the truth about the world we are in... man Im about to cry
No he doesn't... he speaks like a fucking tinhatter. It's almost as bad as those people who think their phones are tapped by the government and constantly buying burner phones because they NEED to, not because they want to.
Anthony Sforza No he's not, are you trolling?
In this clip, Anderson is LITERALLY telling his wife that his children need to be afraid of something that DIDN'T HAPPEN. Let that sink in for a minute.
Paul Little it's not like that, the fact that you're seeing it that way means you're either too young to understand or you just don't get the fear that comes with believing in a leader just to have that leader killed in some way by someone afraid of change. It's not even a race thing because leaders from all different backgrounds have had a good message they wanted to present and have been killed for it, it's just a running theme in the black community... Martin Luther king Jr, Malcom x, Medgar Evers, Fred Hampton all spoke up and had something to say about this world we live in and how to make it better and they were all killed for it. Obama before his term, stepping out of that bulletproof limo being the first black president in American history. That scared me shitless as it did a lot of people I know. Don't think about just the way you see the world, but look at it from a different perspective and no not the perspectives that you just agree with but the ones you don't.
Anthony Sforza What? It's not about his character, it's just the words coming out of his mouth that rings true he is in a television show. I also don't think he's teaching his kids to hate but to be aware that they are seen as only a commodity. There's no way in hell you're a minority and don't get this because literally every minority I know gets this same damn speech and are better off for hearing it so we can better decide how to go about living our lives. The only difference is that some kids get the all white men are out to get us speech and some get something like the speech given here, telling us that us how we have to work ten times harder, be better, and act docile while every time we're in public especially when we are confronted with an officer because a hostile black person will lose all credibility and will be put down or pushed aside at anytime. Pretty much the be careful speech. Hell, one of the stidents at my old elementary school got dragged off in handcuffs and he was in the third grade! Im not even fucking around right now they brought 4 armed officers to drag an unarmed third grader out of school for I think punching a teacher or attempting to we werent even in a bad neighbourhood or school, i went to Northaven elementary in jeffersonville Indiana, look it up if you dont believe me, its damn near suburban.The only difference is that Dre is missing a few beats because the scene is short af and this isn't HBO where he can monologue for 15 minutes straight and get an Emmy but it doesn't mean he isn't making any sense. And yes Obama ran the country for 8 years but it doesn't make him stepping out of that limo initially any less scary when it happened. If you don't get that by now then you never will until some bullshit happens to you but you might not even be a minority in which case it's far less likely that day will come and you might not even learn this lesson. Or maybe you understand where I'm coming from and hearing it from Dre's lips just didn't make sense to you because of his privileges which I could get.
I miss obama, I miss hope
There is a lot of hope to be had in seeing how the usurpers keep fucking up. Not a day goes by without them showing their gross incompetence, and people - Trump fans - are starting to catch up. Trump will have either have to do the biggest pivot of his life, or he's doomed to fail.
i miss america
Obama was the worst President we ever had
He did nothing in 8 years
Carnahannamontana didn't he found Osama? and gave America peace of mind?
Berry O i just miss not having to worry as much, and while he may have had some down falls he did try.
I never understood how people say he was the worst when Bush was clearly the worst president ever, serioisly that man is super stupid and left America in the shitty place.
I am glad that I was not the only one the was scared when President Obama got out that car. I did not want my kids to know how scared I was at the time.
What episode is this
Powerful and so sadly true.
Helene Logan so not true at all...the system isn't rigged against anybody
Helene Logan also Obama was a shit president
KingCon let me tell you something every president is gonna have there bad times. every president is gonna think and say " I think I should quit." but I ain't saying his name because he is not my president I say 45th president, he messed up even before president making racist terms. "that's my African American right there." now tell me the system isn't against cause I thought in school the more votes you have in class president you win not no she win cause she got more votes in ms. buckles class than mrs. young's. Henry got more votes than Ashley. why can't he win. the system isn't just against us blacks but everyone except whites. now shut up and watch black-ish and there ain't gonna be a white-ish either
KingCon Do you hear yourself peanut size brain guy. look at the facts idiot.
The facts are tha the majority.....(not all) of unfortunate police involved shootings could have been prevented if the suspect would just follow the dang gum orders of the police...simple. If the police did something wrong, cooperate with them the best to your ability, then get a lawyer and sue their asses off....instead you want to fight the police and then blame them for their reactions.
Had to explain this to my Indian girlfriend recently... even though our kids will be mixed, they have to understand the reality of being black/brown in this world. The struggle is continuous and heartbreaking... but nothing can stop us from being the most loving and hopeful people on the planet.
That’s ridiculous
Dre is speaking pure facts. I feel every bit of his words! Every day!
Aside from feels I got, the other biggest surprise is the fact that the family is watching CNN. They make fiery but mostly not true reports.
I feel sad hearing about the hope they felt that was snatched away. This real talk is much appreciated. It's good to be hopeful yet realistic at the same time.
This hypothetical thing that never happened is so real by people never inslaved and is now a millionaire how touching.........
Black ppl have never had it so good today in America. Try this in another country. Don't be a victim it's embarrassing
Damn that's how I felt when Obama did that, and everyday after. And I'm white. I miss the Obama's in the wht house so damn much.
You're a good one. I wish we could all just get along somehow.. I'm black and I'm scared for my kids future
Same. I still have a picture of the Obama family up in my house. I miss that presidency, even with him blocked at every turn by #MoscowMitch. I hope President Obama becomes a Supreme Court justice.
@Firecracker CT so I shouldn't have said anything huh? I was acknowledging her empathetic nature from one human to another in hopes of having more like her living in this country so we could all actually get along. And Obama may not have been the best potus but I feel like he was necessary. Him just being there changed the mindset of all children who grew up while he was in office. His impact was crucial
@Firecracker CT I'm confused as to why you criticize Obama for not fixing police issues when you say they largely don't exist anyway. Also, don't forget he took out Osama Bin Laden.
@Firecracker CT and I told you..
Says a bunch of rich black actors.
If that's all you got from that, then he made his point.
This is 100% TRUE! Coming from a White man in agreement with what was said.
I was seriously scared at the time. But I think that there's a point that was overlooked in that segment. That getting out of that limousine was declaring that their world was safe & they have a right to that safety. That no matter where they are or what is happening safe, secure & at ease is possible & it belongs to them.
And, it's like, you have to TAKE IT. It's not going to be given to you. You got to declare that and take it for yourself. And that means rejecting the world were you're subjugated and in Danger. No longer living in the world. Refusing to.
I think that's what the Marchers were doing and lunch counter sit-ins demonstrated. They knew they were in danger, there was no question, and they stood up and stood up tall, saying they have a right to not be terrified. They refused to succumb to what people told them or to acknowledge it. They were not going to succumb to the brutality of others.
It's a lot like giving in to the demands of terrorists. Because what else could it be, believing that you can be killed or tortured or abused because you exist, but Terror. The terrorists we face are part of our populous. They are those that say implicitly or explicitly to not participate and be weary and hold your head down and be submissive or you'll die.
We have to be careful, as a people, to not push someone else's terrorist agenda onto our children. Our children, and we, have the right to be proud and not be bullied and be safe and be respected.
That's what gets covered up in that talk that we give to our children, telling them what the world is and how much danger they are actually in. We are delivering the terrorists words to our children. We are delivery their note that's read over the video camera before our beheading. We become the messenger Housed in caring and concern and love so as to make the message palatable. We have got to stop doing that shit.
And we are responsible for keeping our children safe. So maybe it's about adding in you have the right to be safe, you have the right to be proud and to be respected. You have the right to everything everyone else has the right to.
The point that was missed is that despite those fears... it didn't happen. Which means the fears weren't justified, which means the world view is bad, and one's assumptions/perceptions are flawed.
Obozo got out of the limo, sashayed a bit and got right back in. He's been limo-riding ever since. Feel like a sucker now?
Oh okay so when I cross the street because there's a black man in an over-sized hoodie with his pants sagging, that's justified, right? You wouldn't think to call me a racist or that I'm racially profiling/stereotyping?
800lb Gorilla the thing is no one can justify your fear for you. If that scares you by all means you are allowed to be scared we can't make you not scared it's all up to you
Jeremy Davis you missed my point entirely. PS I'm not afraid of black men.
Those were some of the most powerful words I've heard from a sitcom. I'm mad I missed this episode but the difference of approach between how fathers and mothers present the world to their kids. It's feelings/emotions vs reality/truth.
Nothing’s more powerful than a father who loves his family.
I'm not sure why this came up in my feed today, but the Most High put this in my heart today.
Deuteronomy 28 reveals who the Children of Israel really are. We have endured the punishment for our ancestors rejecting our Messiah for Barabbas. Our oppressors know who we are and dangle it in our faces often. We have forgotten who we are only because we consume the Word as if we are gentiles. Once we wake up from the deep sleep and learn the true name of The Father and the true name of his Son we can repent and turn away from religion and become his obedient servants once again.
HalleluYAH!!!
i'm filipino and i still live here in the philippines, but i still remember that moment when michelle and barack stepped out of the limo. my entire family was with me watching, and the moment they stepped out almost all of us just went "oh no" whilst hoping with bated breath that nothing happens.
Hello nothing ever happened wow
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
Romans 5:2-5 KJV
Wow. I needed this thank you
Amen ! Our faith should be in Jesus Christ he is the way to take us thru the storm! We need to trust in our Lord with all our heart , God Bless everyone !!!!!
Victim mentality.
That was a fear that was felt across the entire Black community.
So you know everyone in the black community and how they felt? Stop with that victimhood bullshit kid...