Open your bible and read it. Don't skip over the "begats". Important to keep track of which family is which. your history is at the center of it all. The earth and all in it was made for our sake. as for the other nations, they are accounted as nothing; they are as a drop that falleth from a bucket.
Claudette Colvin was a dark skinned woman who did the same thing. The leaders of the movement decided to popularize Mrs Parks civil protest because she "presented" better. Colorism is a real thing and has sadly been a part of the struggle.
Friday Saturday nope. Claudette and others wasn’t chosen because of background not color. The civil rights movement was always careful of making sure background didn’t impede the exemplification of injustice. Like today, they try and use background of victims of police brutality. They wanted no felony’s or info that could be used against the victim in highlighting each case
I agree with this Man, because I was taught that also in school, that she was tired, and didn’t want to give up her seat. It wasn’t until I was older that I learned the truth, that her standing up to this Jim Crow law was done intentionally. I’m enjoying this lecture.
Ya I was taught both versions, it's very common to have apocryphal stories about real historical figures. George Washington didn't have wooden teeth nor did he chop down a cherry tree for example.
(17:41) Best line in the talk "If in order for you to be tall, I have to be on my knees." What a powerful statement! An amazing speech on race relations in America. Dealing with race issues takes elements of emotions, education (or enlightenment ), and storytelling. This talk has all of the above. TH-cam could learn a lot from this presentation.
No, emotion is to be left out of the conversation. If emotions are allowed, then pride must be taken into account as to the course of action. However being objective removes that.
Rosa Parks had been the Secretary of he local NAACP. She was also an investigator for the Committee for Equal Justice. She was so much more than just a seamstress. Her sit down was planned and she understood the potential dangers of her course of action.
@@QueenNile it was part of my graduate studies, ironically on this very topic. How, the image of African Americans is usurped and twisted by white 'historians'. Don't get me wrong, this woman was fierce, and yes planned protests were in the works, they just caught her at the wrong time or the right time depending on how you look at it.
@@kaymoment6486 No, it was planned. You're doing exactly what is being talked about. It was planned, because they weren't going to us Rosa Park's at first. The girl they were going to us before her, was a dark skin young girl. However because the young lady had a child then didn't think she was the right image. So Rosa Park's took the mission. You must of didn't even listen to this, because he even said it. And it's also in her autobiography.
@@kaymoment6486 bcas it was a part of your graduate studies doesn't make it official as there are PHD's with misconceptions about simple facts who perpetuate those misconceptions with authority into the minds of our susceptible youth.
That’s why Angela Davis was put on America’s Most Wanted List. Radical activists are never protagonists in American History. When you criminalize someone you can take away from their message and regain control of the narrative.
Fake as in not really an activist? Cause I saw her speak at my college and she was down the street when they bombed a church that killed those 4 little girls that went to school with her. If that happened in my neighborhood I’d damn sure be angry enough to speak out.
@Grizzle..the idiocy on youtube..you are the brain dead troll..who heard this presentation but did not listen..I feel sorry 4 u..that's why ya' on opioid's..joinin' incel & shootin' up school's..go head..yell a racial expletive..I have my real face in my avatar..your prolly an israeli, russian, english or cia troll who's mad that black's are findin' out the moors brought literacy to europe and christianity just basically copied off the egyptian religion & renamed sh*t.
When he said Rosa Parks wasn't old, I figured he meant that it's unfair to call a 50-something woman "old". I had no idea she'd been 42. We learn about Rosa Parks in Danish schools, too, in English class. But the story is more or less the same they teach in the US.
Really, I went to a majority white private school and knew all of this history about Rosa park. Being fair, I forgot her age. Your school has problems.
emanuel deadwyler same with Malcolm X and Angela Davis and the panthers. It seems the people tasked with covering civil rights history decided to just leave out what they couldn't whitewash.
It's intensely oversimplified, for sure. We prefer our heroes and villains to be clear and obvious. And non-whites are ignored until their lives cross ours.
Cornbrolio Mahan yes but they do actually EDUCATE your children too. Our children don’t even have enough books per student in our schools. And our children’s white teachers hate them.... does your child’s white teacher hate her/him because she/he’s white? Didn’t think so..... we are not in the same boat.
True. Even Joseph Stalin said : I dont care about who votes what, because I control who counts the vote. People fail to comprehend that the presidential vote is only a POPULARITY VOTE. Your vote only counts in local elections. About 33-38 men of the electoral college determine who the president is, not the American people.
And so are you suggesting that a child can gain a better and more accurate understanding of American history, that is not whitewashed, in private schools? Did the speaker mention whether or not his child was attending a public of private school?
When he said in minute 17 "If in order for you, to be tall, I have to be on my knees." made me suddenly even more thoughtful than before. He knows how to get his opinion across, and I can totally agree with him here! Many more people should come across this video, or even this man, to understand what life is really about and that we are all just human beings! Congratulations, this speech is more than successful.
My son was raised in a mostly white community , i went to his history class one day (to a teachers conf.) as I waited for class to end , the teacher started talking about Africa , telling the 99.9 % euro class of 9th graders that Africa was the poorest ,weakest Country in the world, he went on to tell the class nothing good comes from Africa. In fear of my son being targeted by teacher i though was kind and good I had my conference and got my son several books of the History and the wealth Africa brought to the entire World and mostly Europe founded most if its riches from that Continent .
I hate how some people think that segregation was just having to use separate bathrooms and water fountains. In reality it was worse. So much worse. We really need to teach people America’s terrible history.
If you don't want white people teaching anything, you are going to be facing closed schools in all major cities. Less than 20% of public school teachers are minorities (2015-2016 school date - most recent I could find published), 80% are white! Many teachers are leaving the system. I myself left after 7 years in at-risk schools. The stress took a toll on my health and I spent more time in the hospital and doctors offices than I had in my life total (exaggeration but it felt like it). Most of the time it isn't the 20-30 something teacher, it is the curriculum and the auxiliary reading lists. Also, teacher education is not what it used to be. They take semester courses in a certain curriculum and don't learn everything. Some probably don't even know about the white washed education they too received. Better idea, more comprehensive teacher programs in college (better than no child left behind) teachers that have certifications in very specific areas so they can study more in regards to American History and not be bogged down and miss information by taking required classes that aren't useful. Also, American Text book companies need to revise their content. Perhaps, a task force should be initiated to discover and rewrite based on factual historical evidence. There are certain things the American People (African Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans...) care about my hope is that we can come together to fight for equal representation in truthful education.
Great lesson! I am proud to say my parents did this for us. My mom actually said once it is not their job to teach our history, it is our responsibility.
Misguided attempt to make her actions more "palatable" or an attempt to make Rosa Park appear a helpless victim? While it is inevitable that any historical event will ultimately be revised over time as a result of biases of the "historian" in question; as well as general societal trends in terms of ideology, this is usually an incremental process that takes centuries to occur. That this has occurred within less than a century in the case of Rosa Parks is alarming for several reasons and one is forced to wonder at the reasoning. One one hand, this may be the result of a misguided attempt to exaggerate the unjust position in which Rosa Parks was placed. On the other, it may be a deliberate device to make her appear more of a victim in the situation for those that do not realize the victimization inherent to the system at the time. It may also be an attempt to make Rosa Parks otherwise unremarkable. Whatever the reason, it is dangerous to change the facts of any historical event in even the most trivial of details. It is, unfortunately, complacency that allows any history to be "white washed" or altered so creating awareness about the issue is important. The question being; is it enough to prevent the tainting of historical events being taught to children? Is it enough to make the school systems fact check the text books and correct the incorrect? This problem is not exclusive to the USA.
I live in England and I learned the truth of the matter about Rosa Parks in my lessons in school. I would say I learned the truth of other such matters, but now I have to go back and make sure that it was all correct, to be fair my history teacher hated racism of any kind and was someone that was dedicated to truth and fairness so maybe that's why I learned the reality of what happened.
I think the sclc put out that rhetoric about parks. They strategically picked her. Because also of her lighter complexion to tug at white heartstrings.
The fact that I had to learn about Emmett Till on my own is scary because people don’t want to tell the upcoming generation about Emmett Till 💔And we are yet to have a movie made dedicated to him.
@@keegan1139 lol you just said exactly what he said. Rather it be a bad teacher or whatever... It wasn't enforced, but I can guarantee Christopher Columbus was taught thoroughly smh.
@@jmorris321 I had a whole unit(2-3 months) on Emmit Till alone, its a requirement for 8th grade American History. Christopher Columbus was barely talked about, anyways in relative terms Columbus was much more important than Till. But as they say "go off".
I don’t want my education to be whitewashed, I want to know all the grey areas and the ultimate truth. Yes, I’m white, but I live in a multi colored world and I need to know what my fellow Americans have gone through. I want to be united with ALL my American family.
I teach myself, not only because it amuses me, but because I’m disgusted by how much our public schools get things wrong. I plan to teach history, not only because it amuses me, but because we desperately require teachers in our society who care about the histories of the world.
you mean like he should've hunted down that elementary school teacher for saying rosa was tired and just wanted tacos, and beat him or her right in front of his kid, you know, cause its his people's history and no one should ever screw up minor details
Another thing America is not sharing about Rosa Park is that the astronomy community named an Asteroid in space after her. I had to learn about that from a BRITISH (London) television show. And they honored her back in 2012. Here it is 2018 and I just found out about it. I asked my facebook followers about it and they didn't know. And my followers are made of all races... and they are all American.
It's sad that you have to hear about things like this from second hand sources. We should be more aware of when a great American person gets such accolades.
I was waiting for someone to mention Doctor Who. It may not be entirely accurate, but I've learned more about Rosa Parks from that show than the one paragraph a year in school.
Naming an asteroid in space after someone does not mean anything. It is a false acolade because there is no............ Do some heavy research and see the truth, see how deep the deception runs...peace
How many of that astronomy community are of African decent? It would be safe to say almost not many. Are you into astronomy? If not that maybe the reason you didn't know. The asteroid 284996 Rosaparks was discovered in 2010 by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope.....owned by NASA an American company It was named in her honor in 2014, not 2012. (Wikipedia). There are many things about Rosa Parks also listed on Wikipedia that I didn't know. Newsfash............no one is hiding that information. It's no one's job to teach you 100% of someone's life. If you didn't know something, that's your responsibility to do the research.
@@roberth.5363 You always have somebody.... Did you read my comment. COLOR dont matter in this issue. If you would have read my comment you would have noticed my Facebook friends are made of all races ALL COLORS and they didn't know this. And most of them have degrees in the sciences. It's not a color issue. And I think I DID POST THAT WIKIPEDIA LINK and other links ,, you're a tad late aren't you? What you thought I didn't know about that wiki-link? Stop trolling... go make your dollar someplace else.
I am curious about how he felt about his son's teacher's reaction. It seems commendable that she used this correction as a positive by acknowledging the inaccuracy of her teaching and using this to change the way Ms. Parks' story was being taught. Sounds like the teacher made an innocent mistake and took steps to correct it, which honored his son's brave stand.
You should interview your elders and put together that information to give that information to your family. I am and I think we ALL should while we still have them here with us. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
The truth is the truth and has no bearing on skin color. Events of the past can be told by anyone , especially an honest participant in the actual event. There can be a difference of opinions based on various perspectives for said events and then the reality of what really happened. The term oppressor strongly suggest that all of history is biased and that all written history is only available from a group who oppresses. This is hardly the reality. I'm not saying that everything in all history books are 100% accurate, but to suggest that we do not have many alternative perspectives on our History is not being honest. We have plenty of books on historical events that conflict with varying narratives.
Lance Zenner your explanation make sense. Not all history is biased but an oppressed history is likely biased. For example they lied about the death of Steve Biko. We know exactly what happened but the reports was saying something else and got to be written and be taught like that. I grew up in racial South Africa and there is a lot of stories that did not happen as they are told.
I wasn't expecting to be moved by this presentation as we're all too familiar with its subject matter, but the way he approaches this issue.. inspirational
Thank you, Mr. Ikard. What an excellent talk! You didn't talk down to anybody and I feel energized to find out what else was misrepresented or flat out changed for the sake of "comfortability" in the history books out of which I was taught!
let him take it on when he is young. Empower him let him see his strength and encourage him to speak up calmly and clearly in behalf of himself and his community.
@@keegan1139 you're part of the problem. They lie about socialism more than anything. The US sabotage socialism so bad that no one knows if it works or not. It's never been left alone. It doesn't fit into The narrative of capitalism. If you don't play the capitalist game they will make you into the enemy just like minorities. Don't be a capitalist sheep.🐑🐑
I understand the perspective; I admit that I was under the impression that Rosa Parks was much older, and I indeed remember a long-ago teacher emphasizing that she was a poor, defenseless old lady. I must say, though, that as a child I never sensed that teacher was anything but 100% on her side. (In fact, I think he genuinely thought of her as a hero!) If his characterization of her was offensive, he was completely unaware that it was. I rather think--in the case of my old teacher, at least--that he was only exaggerating Parks' helplessness to underscore the nastiness of her white bullies. Ignorance in any form is unfortunate, though. Teach the real Rosa Parks!
The fact that he felt the need to emphasize she was old and helpless is part of the problem. In the eyes of many white people, blacks are either helpless victims or criminals.
I remember in kindergarten, my teacher (a White man) played a song on his guitar about her. It was all about the real reasons why she did what she did. I guess I was lucky to have a teacher who wasn’t scared to tell us about the real history of this extraordinary women
@@chadzahirshah2588 uh, no. Ethnicity, race, class etc all have their own definition and if you want to use the word African no matter what you claim WE ALL COME FROM AFRICA. Now the ones that bare that term the most were canaanite people. I know it was blacks that had blacks for slaves. Blacks had whites for slaves. At what point do you think your attitude is helpful teaching using your emotional side of the brain. I nor anyone else dont need your attitude. If you have something useful then leave the message.
Olando Fuller We dont all come from Africa, Neanderthals might have but at the point where we are a homosapien we are well divided across the world and even if suddenly our species all started in Africa that doesn’t change the fact that the newer generations of nationally different people aren’t.
I remember coloring a picture of Miss Parks. She was easily 80 with thick glasses and a cane sitting on a bus bench. My mind is blown how twisted history in school is.
I do believe that it's very common for any strong woman to be history to be viewed as a threatening presence. But I think sharing historically accurate videos like this are a great way to help clear up some 'confusion'. I shared this with my child and made him promise to share it with his. Truth is a treasure without any monetary value to me. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and powerful message.
I always thought it was something wrong with me in school I never did good in history. History class just didn’t Interest me unless I learned it outside of school. almost everything they teach in school has a different story when you look it up yourself
I have a very vivid memory of a substitute teacher asking us, the class, about this same thing, and saying after some discussion "so you think she was just tired one day and wanted to sit at the front of the bus." And you could tell the whole class was just dumbfounded. That was what we were taught and that was what we believe and that was when my eyes opened.
Back in the early 60s While learning about, Paul Revere, Johnny Appleseed, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I ask my second grade teacher to tell me what my African American ancestors contributed to American history. His response was they didn’t. They had tails and they swung from trees. My response was To to him was I didn’t believe it. The next year I was put into a slow learning class for challenging Him. Thank GOD for the teacher that I had that following year, because she actually, SAVED MY LIFE AND I LOVE MS MCDONALD FOR IT.
That's why WE have to teach from the Womb to OUR SEEDS!!! WE should tell them All about Our-Story first, because when they're being MISLEAD, they can Correct the topic at hand, and stand on it!!
Before the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 there was the Baton Rouge (Louisiana, 1953) bus boycott; before seamstress Rosa Parks' arrest there was then-15 year old Claudette Colvin who was arrested in March 1955 (9 months prior to Rosa Parks' arrest for the same act in the same city), and before Claudette Colvin there was activist Homerè Plessy (Plessy's mother coincidentally was a mixed-race seamstress also named Rosa), a white-passing creole man from New Orleans who staged his arrest in 1892 in protest of Louisiana segregation laws. The Plessy vs Ferguson case solidified legal segregation in Louisiana and throughout the South until it was slowly overturned through cases such as the Brown vs Board of Education case in 1954 (Kansas, represented by NAACP Chief Counsel Thurgood Marshall). Not surprisingly, many neighborhoods, churches and schools throughout the south remain segregated today.
Should have taught him about Claudette Colvin, with her age at the time of her travesty (same as Rosa Parks 9 months prior) she was 15 at the time. Her case paved the way for Rosa Parks. He probably could’ve connected more to his history.
@Craig Carson They may not be African but they were influenced heavily by African culture. The moors from Morocco conquered that region of Europe for about 400 years.
I never heard the tired feet old woman story before. Where did that come from? I learned it just as the speaker presented the story. Maybe because I learned about her in the early 70's and her story was still kind of fresh? At any rate, I too talk to my son about what he learns in history and sometimes he will even ask me if something he was taught is really true. Not all of the revisionist history is because of "white"-washing. A lot of it, yes. But there are other forces at work. We all need to be aware of the lies and hidden agendas in the school systems. All of us.
As a teacher and a parent, I know two things. First, no one is more responsible for my child's cultural education than myself. I do not hold my child's teachers responsible for knowledge about our culture. Second, as a teacher, I know that there is so much in the world to learn. While I prepare my materials for class in the best way I know how, I will continue to learn from my colleagues, parents of students in my class, and especially my students.
Our story the most powerful story to ever hit earth. It's the Bible. We are the true Hebrews who have been sent to Egypt a second time but this time on ships. (Deuteronomy 28:68). Open the Scriptures and know yourself.
This is my second time watching this speech. I think the first time was a year ago..... And there are still some amazingly great takeaways. I can learn and learn again.
I'm white, and it's taken many years for me to slowly start learning the real history. The high school education system is failing at depicting the true history. And when history is lost, or twisted, it seems that it's enabled my fellow white people to wash their hands of responsibility to correct the mess that they (we) have made. I have a goal to learn as much of the truth as possible and speak on it.
I was taught this lesson in my history book. I graduated HS in 2010. I thank God that I was able to complete my own research throughout my life to find the real truth.
The Fact remains that until this is no longer a thing we must educate our youth on the facts. We must find ways to teach our history beyond the boarders of school since they refuse to teach us correctly.
Powerful Speech. Thank you for standing up for us. Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for your courage to speak the Truth. God Bless You. Thumbs Up
Thank you so much for talking of this argument and sharing your personal story. Lovely watching and listening to you here at the top of the mountain of Italy.
At exactly 15:27 the goosebumps kicked in as he broke down the story of Maybel, this is one powerful talk, I appreciate this video so much. Thank You Mr. David Ikard.
The problem sounds like the man’s son wasn’t taught much about his people’s history until he had already gotten the wrong info at school. Then his dad made the correction. Reactive instead of proactive. His dad should’ve been teaching his son about his history all along.
I am a white male with a PhD and 2 Masters degrees. Throughout my education I have received extremely little history / information regarding the experience of blacks in America. So on my own I have read Malcolm X, Fredrick Douglas, Nat Turner, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Booker T Washington, Clarence Thomas ..... The history of blacks in America is one of tremendous strength, courage, dignity, intelligence, wisdom and determination to gain their God given freedom and rights. It is truly a shame that our school system does not teach any of this, as these lessons would improve the character of all citizens and would increase the number heros and role models for the young.
1st of all....im white. 2nd I have never heard Rosa Parks be referred to as old or as having tired feet. What I do remember learning is that she was tired of being a 2nd class citizen and decided to stand up by sitting down. Now, I do not know about Rosa Parks life any more than I know the life of George Washington because I have not studied either of them nor do most schools go into detail about either of them. But let me make a point about education in general. Who controls what all kids learn in school? ALL history is being "whitewashed". From the "discovery" of America by Columbus to Declaration of Independence. Those in power are the ones to gain from it and they dont care about race....they care about money and power. They only use race to keep us divided. They keep the truth away from us to divide us. The enemy is not the white man, the white man just happens to be the enemy. And I will make sure that my multi racial daughter knows her true history..... from slavery, to civil rights, to annihilation of native people and the deceit of the European war mongers in power. I will not rely on someone else's "education". Agree or not. Just my 2 cents.
Wouldnt it be wonderful to have all histories based purely on fact, with no trace of bias? History should NOT inspire passion, pride or remorse, it's not ammunition to point fingers or take credit, its an opportunity to learn from the mistakes of those before us and build on lessons already learned, which cannot happen if its filled with half truths and cover ups.
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The white wash history in general; Mexicans aren't Aztecs. They give credit to whites, Roman and Greeks when khemet taught them political science, and science in general.
Not science, math and the majority didn't occur with the Romans or Greeks, rather with Europeans during the Enlightenment after Aristotle died and his works were translated.
Mexicans are mestizos, therefore they aren´t aztecs. And saying that mexicans would be only aztecs means that you are ignoring every other tribe, which were in fact opressed by the aztecs... And saying that the Romans and Greeks learned everything from ´khemet´ means that you ignore how societies worked back them, no one taught the other one how to do something, every contact and exchange they made was highly related to trade, thus focused on goods they needed from each other. Implying that Romans and Greeks learned EVERYTHING from other cultures doesn´t explain how they ended so dominant in back then. your comment made no sense, but at the end it won´t matter since ´´I´m in denial´´
@@triggerme6144 The Muslims held the knowledge of the Greek philosophers for centuries, and they themselves only translated the works, but did not make any contributions of their own. Or so, you would have us believe. The Sumerians ans Egyptians built pyramids, had sophisticated calendars, could measure astronomical phenomenon and events. Yet, you would have us believe that philosophy, mathematics, and science, were created by Europeans, and only advanced by Europeans. You would have us believe that the Greeks laid the foundations of all knowledge and philosophy, and it was only Europeans who were able to build on that knowledge, after they were able to translate the works from Arabic to Latin.
An important part of strategy I think is to get the various state boards of education, especially Texas and California to care enough about this issue that they will pressure school textbook publishers to publish accurate accounts of Rosa Parks in the textbooks. If Texas and California push for this it will affect textbooks all over the nation.
No you’re completely correct on the fact that this should NOT be the burden of children. Unfortunately, most elementary school teachers come from Child Development degrees. Teaches them nothing about history, sociology, political science and economics. Not me, I’m happy I’m coming from a degree in the humanities that exposes me to research techniques and the prevelance of false information.
Mrs. Parks also attended the Highlander School (learning more about nonviolent resistance) just a few months before the day she refused to give up her seat..
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I’m embarrassed that I have not taken the initiative to learn my true history, but I will now
willie lewis “True history”? Ain’t no such thing. No more than “true journalism”.
Willie Lewis Better late than never
Proud of u
Open your bible and read it. Don't skip over the "begats". Important to keep track of which family is which. your history is at the center of it all. The earth and all in it was made for our sake. as for the other nations, they are accounted as nothing; they are as a drop that falleth from a bucket.
willie lewis .Wonderful!!
Rosa Parks was not the first women to do this. It was another woman months before Rosa but Rosa got the credit.
The womans name was Claudette Colvin.
@@R3R3ish Thank you. Let's not forget the names. Thank you.
On buses yes, Ida B. Wells on a public train decades prior did the same and successfully sued.
Claudette Colvin was a dark skinned woman who did the same thing. The leaders of the movement decided to popularize Mrs Parks civil protest because she "presented" better. Colorism is a real thing and has sadly been a part of the struggle.
Friday Saturday nope. Claudette and others wasn’t chosen because of background not color. The civil rights movement was always careful of making sure background didn’t impede the exemplification of injustice. Like today, they try and use background of victims of police brutality. They wanted no felony’s or info that could be used against the victim in highlighting each case
I agree with this Man, because I was taught that also in school, that she was tired, and didn’t want to give up her seat. It wasn’t until I was older that I learned the truth, that her standing up to this Jim Crow law was done intentionally. I’m enjoying this lecture.
Really? What school did you go to? My public school taught that Rosa parks refused her seat because she was tired of oppression.
you must have had a horrible history teacher.
Ya I was taught both versions, it's very common to have apocryphal stories about real historical figures. George Washington didn't have wooden teeth nor did he chop down a cherry tree for example.
lt673914 I love your profile picture👌🏽
At my school we never even learned about Rosa Parks...
(17:41) Best line in the talk "If in order for you to be tall, I have to be on my knees." What a powerful statement! An amazing speech on race relations in America. Dealing with race issues takes elements of emotions, education (or enlightenment ), and storytelling. This talk has all of the above. TH-cam could learn a lot from this presentation.
Antwon Lincoln i agree! :)
No, emotion is to be left out of the conversation.
If emotions are allowed, then pride must be taken into account as to the course of action. However being objective removes that.
shirley miller very good point 😄
Rosa Parks had been the Secretary of he local NAACP. She was also an investigator for the Committee for Equal Justice. She was so much more than just a seamstress. Her sit down was planned and she understood the potential dangers of her course of action.
Mark Wilson her sit down wasn't planned, but yes, she understood what could happen.
Kay Moment it’s was planned, go dig and you will find the answer.
@@QueenNile it was part of my graduate studies, ironically on this very topic. How, the image of African Americans is usurped and twisted by white 'historians'. Don't get me wrong, this woman was fierce, and yes planned protests were in the works, they just caught her at the wrong time or the right time depending on how you look at it.
@@kaymoment6486 No, it was planned. You're doing exactly what is being talked about. It was planned, because they weren't going to us Rosa Park's at first. The girl they were going to us before her, was a dark skin young girl. However because the young lady had a child then didn't think she was the right image. So Rosa Park's took the mission. You must of didn't even listen to this, because he even said it. And it's also in her autobiography.
@@kaymoment6486 bcas it was a part of your graduate studies doesn't make it official as there are PHD's with misconceptions about simple facts who perpetuate those misconceptions with authority into the minds of our susceptible youth.
That’s why Angela Davis was put on America’s Most Wanted List. Radical activists are never protagonists in American History. When you criminalize someone you can take away from their message and regain control of the narrative.
Mayeaux W. Oh stop it... Angela Davis was just as fake as Jim Jones!
Fake as in not really an activist? Cause I saw her speak at my college and she was down the street when they bombed a church that killed those 4 little girls that went to school with her. If that happened in my neighborhood I’d damn sure be angry enough to speak out.
mgrn63 I know cuz anyone who supported what Jim Jones did was a fake! Any other questions??
Mayeaux W. Yea if she was down the street it wasn't by coincidence..And as far as speaking at your college Ted Bundy coulda did that!
@Grizzle..the idiocy on youtube..you are the brain dead troll..who heard this presentation but did not listen..I feel sorry 4 u..that's why ya' on opioid's..joinin' incel & shootin' up school's..go head..yell a racial expletive..I have my real face in my avatar..your prolly an israeli, russian, english or cia troll who's mad that black's are findin' out the moors brought literacy to europe and christianity just basically copied off the egyptian religion & renamed sh*t.
When he said Rosa Parks wasn't old, I figured he meant that it's unfair to call a 50-something woman "old".
I had no idea she'd been 42. We learn about Rosa Parks in Danish schools, too, in English class. But the story is more or less the same they teach in the US.
White washing.
Ur Danish? U guys are learning about Rosa Parks
Really, I went to a majority white private school and knew all of this history about Rosa park.
Being fair, I forgot her age. Your school has problems.
The name is Rosa Parks, not "park". @@triggerme6144
@@katiecramerson7778 k
This is why Rosa Parks story is more popular than Harriet Tubman's. Harriet displayed that no nonsense resistance to the point of death demonstration.
emanuel deadwyler same with Malcolm X and Angela Davis and the panthers. It seems the people tasked with covering civil rights history decided to just leave out what they couldn't whitewash.
@Lisa Toro Exactly I learned that in college from a white professor. Rosa Parks was more educated and looked the part.
Lisa Toro true
Rosa Parks more popular cause she was an eastern star. These freemasons are puppets for Satan
Lisa Toro EXACTLY this man claims to know history but couldn’t say that
Schools miseducate our kids about US history and economics as well.
It's intensely oversimplified, for sure. We prefer our heroes and villains to be clear and obvious. And non-whites are ignored until their lives cross ours.
text books, that's why people started homeschooling..
Cornbrolio Mahan yes but they do actually EDUCATE your children too. Our children don’t even have enough books per student in our schools. And our children’s white teachers hate them.... does your child’s white teacher hate her/him because she/he’s white? Didn’t think so..... we are not in the same boat.
Yeah, all credit is given to the government.
It's how school is run
"History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon," Napoleon
That is because everyone has a different take on what happened.
Wow
True. Even Joseph Stalin said : I dont care about who votes what, because I control who counts the vote.
People fail to comprehend that the presidential vote is only a POPULARITY VOTE. Your vote only counts in local elections. About 33-38 men of the electoral college determine who the president is, not the American people.
history is written by the victors
@@olandofuller5588 I wish this wasn't the case, but unfortunately it is. Its a messed up system, but unfortunately it's what we have
Such an intelligent and responsible father.......thumbs up David Ikard.
I really love your confidence
Bro Dave : he ain't real . . bruh . . You must be a Christian 🤔
Well...truth is truth.
Charisse Agnew What?
@@charisseagnew1788 wtf
if i was a middle school history teacher and I had Ikard's kid in my class, I'd say find another class kid (pop is gonna be a handful).
The public school systems are a joke nowadays, especially when it comes to teaching history.
The public school system has always been a joke.
Gwen Esis Facts
Hunter Rowlands they teach there history which is a fake lying history. They are telling the true story.
They been a joke
And so are you suggesting that a child can gain a better and more accurate understanding of American history, that is not whitewashed, in private schools? Did the speaker mention whether or not his child was attending a public of private school?
Marcus Garvey Quotes. A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
A tree doomed to fall since it can't stand still in any way.
Mylissa
Out of curiosity, what do you think blacks history, exact origin and culture is?
The main point.
@@briannabogans4608 to rich to sum up if you are curious about it research by your own
"If in order for you to "feel" tall I have to be on my knees, you've got a problem!"
Speak Mrs Morrison!
When he said in minute 17 "If in order for you, to be tall, I have to be on my knees." made me suddenly even more thoughtful than before.
He knows how to get his opinion across, and I can totally agree with him here! Many more people should come across this video, or even this man, to understand what life is really about and that we are all just human beings! Congratulations, this speech is more than successful.
My son was raised in a mostly white community , i went to his history class one day (to a teachers conf.) as I waited for class to end , the teacher started talking about Africa , telling the 99.9 % euro class of 9th graders that Africa was the poorest ,weakest Country in the world, he went on to tell the class nothing good comes from Africa. In fear of my son being targeted by teacher i though was kind and good I had my conference and got my son several books of the History and the wealth Africa brought to the entire World and mostly Europe founded most if its riches from that Continent .
Africa does have the poorest and weakest countries in the world tho
@@nachoprime9649 What happened?
@@trillgates2452 Blacks
@Cynthia Dickerson Imperialism.
OMG!
I hate how some people think that segregation was just having to use separate bathrooms and water fountains. In reality it was worse. So much worse. We really need to teach people America’s terrible history.
Ryan I think you need a grammar lesson beforehand.
Any group that will hide aND lie about others true history...Shouldn't be teaching anything!
You mean like your own ancestors did, while they sold out their own people for coin?
@@fleskel stop lumping africans all together, they had the same skin coulour but they were mainly captured prisoners of war from enemy kindoms/tribes
Its funny cause when whites no they are wrong the spew “hate facts”😂😂
If you don't want white people teaching anything, you are going to be facing closed schools in all major cities. Less than 20% of public school teachers are minorities (2015-2016 school date - most recent I could find published), 80% are white! Many teachers are leaving the system. I myself left after 7 years in at-risk schools. The stress took a toll on my health and I spent more time in the hospital and doctors offices than I had in my life total (exaggeration but it felt like it). Most of the time it isn't the 20-30 something teacher, it is the curriculum and the auxiliary reading lists. Also, teacher education is not what it used to be. They take semester courses in a certain curriculum and don't learn everything. Some probably don't even know about the white washed education they too received. Better idea, more comprehensive teacher programs in college (better than no child left behind) teachers that have certifications in very specific areas so they can study more in regards to American History and not be bogged down and miss information by taking required classes that aren't useful. Also, American Text book companies need to revise their content. Perhaps, a task force should be initiated to discover and rewrite based on factual historical evidence. There are certain things the American People (African Americans, European Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans...) care about my hope is that we can come together to fight for equal representation in truthful education.
@@bryane727 Stop trying to sugar coat what those Africans did. They were guilty of putting humans into slavery just like whites.
Great lesson! I am proud to say my parents did this for us. My mom actually said once it is not their job to teach our history, it is our responsibility.
Misguided attempt to make her actions more "palatable" or an attempt to make Rosa Park appear a helpless victim?
While it is inevitable that any historical event will ultimately be revised over time as a result of biases of the "historian" in question; as well as general societal trends in terms of ideology, this is usually an incremental process that takes centuries to occur. That this has occurred within less than a century in the case of Rosa Parks is alarming for several reasons and one is forced to wonder at the reasoning.
One one hand, this may be the result of a misguided attempt to exaggerate the unjust position in which Rosa Parks was placed. On the other, it may be a deliberate device to make her appear more of a victim in the situation for those that do not realize the victimization inherent to the system at the time. It may also be an attempt to make Rosa Parks otherwise unremarkable. Whatever the reason, it is dangerous to change the facts of any historical event in even the most trivial of details.
It is, unfortunately, complacency that allows any history to be "white washed" or altered so creating awareness about the issue is important. The question being; is it enough to prevent the tainting of historical events being taught to children? Is it enough to make the school systems fact check the text books and correct the incorrect?
This problem is not exclusive to the USA.
I live in England and I learned the truth of the matter about Rosa Parks in my lessons in school. I would say I learned the truth of other such matters, but now I have to go back and make sure that it was all correct, to be fair my history teacher hated racism of any kind and was someone that was dedicated to truth and fairness so maybe that's why I learned the reality of what happened.
This is oh soooo true! It's sad how true history can be lost
I think the sclc put out that rhetoric about parks. They strategically picked her. Because also of her lighter complexion to tug at white heartstrings.
The fact that I had to learn about Emmett Till on my own is scary because people don’t want to tell the upcoming generation about Emmett Till 💔And we are yet to have a movie made dedicated to him.
They do, you just either never listened or just had a bad teacher
@@keegan1139 lol you just said exactly what he said. Rather it be a bad teacher or whatever... It wasn't enforced, but I can guarantee Christopher Columbus was taught thoroughly smh.
@@jmorris321 I had a whole unit(2-3 months) on Emmit Till alone, its a requirement for 8th grade American History. Christopher Columbus was barely talked about, anyways in relative terms Columbus was much more important than Till. But as they say "go off".
@@keegan1139 if you truly think CC was more important for taking credit of discovering a place that was already discovered... I will let you "go off"
@@keegan1139 I do my own research, so good for your 2-3 months.. Thats great.
I don’t want my education to be whitewashed, I want to know all the grey areas and the ultimate truth. Yes, I’m white, but I live in a multi colored world and I need to know what my fellow Americans have gone through. I want to be united with ALL my American family.
Learn the history of your own people, then you can teach your own heritage and learn from others.
"Truth Is Unacceptable in the Kingdom of Lie's"
Before the Montgomery bus boycott there was one in Baton Rouge. There is so much of our history not being passed down.
I teach myself, not only because it amuses me, but because I’m disgusted by how much our public schools get things wrong. I plan to teach history, not only because it amuses me, but because we desperately require teachers in our society who care about the histories of the world.
Slimy Boy if you teach it in public k-12 schools thr only problem is they might make you follow the curriculum they have set which is whitewashed
Definitely
There are many things he wanted to say,but held back for the sake of civility and not to intimidate European Americans.
European Americans are a flaky bunch.
Like What?
you mean like he should've hunted down that elementary school teacher for saying rosa was tired and just wanted tacos, and beat him or her right in front of his kid, you know, cause its his people's history and no one should ever screw up minor details
@@alisedighi7833 bigot.
Life must be hard. You hicks really do have it tough. What with the abolition of slavery, desegregation, and all the rights that brownies have gained.
Thank you! Stop watering down our history! Tell it as it happened.
Another thing America is not sharing about Rosa Park is that the astronomy community named an Asteroid in space after her. I had to learn about that from a BRITISH (London) television show. And they honored her back in 2012. Here it is 2018 and I just found out about it. I asked my facebook followers about it and they didn't know. And my followers are made of all races... and they are all American.
It's sad that you have to hear about things like this from second hand sources. We should be more aware of when a great American person gets such accolades.
I was waiting for someone to mention Doctor Who. It may not be entirely accurate, but I've learned more about Rosa Parks from that show than the one paragraph a year in school.
Naming an asteroid in space after someone does not mean anything. It is a false acolade because there is no............ Do some heavy research and see the truth, see how deep the deception runs...peace
How many of that astronomy community are of African decent? It would be safe to say almost not many. Are you into astronomy? If not that maybe the reason you didn't know. The asteroid 284996 Rosaparks was discovered in 2010 by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope.....owned by NASA an American company It was named in her honor in 2014, not 2012. (Wikipedia). There are many things about Rosa Parks also listed on Wikipedia that I didn't know. Newsfash............no one is hiding that information. It's no one's job to teach you 100% of someone's life. If you didn't know something, that's your responsibility to do the research.
@@roberth.5363 You always have somebody.... Did you read my comment. COLOR dont matter in this issue. If you would have read my comment you would have noticed my Facebook friends are made of all races ALL COLORS and they didn't know this. And most of them have degrees in the sciences. It's not a color issue. And I think I DID POST THAT WIKIPEDIA LINK and other links ,, you're a tad late aren't you? What you thought I didn't know about that wiki-link? Stop trolling... go make your dollar someplace else.
I am curious about how he felt about his son's teacher's reaction. It seems commendable that she used this correction as a positive by acknowledging the inaccuracy of her teaching and using this to change the way Ms. Parks' story was being taught. Sounds like the teacher made an innocent mistake and took steps to correct it, which honored his son's brave stand.
Innocent mistake. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s crazy! I remember the “tired feet” Ross Parks story too
Spenser Mitchell weird I was taught the true story
My Granny, from Mt Meiggs Alabama, used to ride the bus with her to and from work. She was home that day, but she was on the bridge!!
You should interview your elders and put together that information to give that information to your family. I am and I think we ALL should while we still have them here with us. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Jaie Elizabeth ❤️
I'm Just Saying that’s pretty cool!
Wow
My granny is from Waugh, Alabama
Great stiff. Calling out these historical issues is a must.
History taught by the oppressor can never be trusted and accurate. It’s always twisted. They lied about Shaka Zulu for decades
T-Math Tv exactly. I don't trust know one with skin tooo light and i can see the blood coming through there skin. ..
Awaken&Chosen okay? I’m not white but a little too far there
T-Math Tv, can you tell us what they lied about ( and who were "they"..?).. I'm just trying to learn something here btw - thanks.
The truth is the truth and has no bearing on skin color. Events of the past can be told by anyone , especially an honest participant in the actual event. There can be a difference of opinions based on various perspectives for said events and then the reality of what really happened. The term oppressor strongly suggest that all of history is biased and that all written history is only available from a group who oppresses. This is hardly the reality. I'm not saying that everything in all history books are 100% accurate, but to suggest that we do not have many alternative perspectives on our History is not being honest. We have plenty of books on historical events that conflict with varying narratives.
Lance Zenner your explanation make sense. Not all history is biased but an oppressed history is likely biased. For example they lied about the death of Steve Biko. We know exactly what happened but the reports was saying something else and got to be written and be taught like that. I grew up in racial South Africa and there is a lot of stories that did not happen as they are told.
I wasn't expecting to be moved by this presentation as we're all too familiar with its subject matter, but the way he approaches this issue.. inspirational
I am proud and humbled to say that i know this dude. I graduated with his brother. Ase my brother. We have to learn.....everyday.
Thank you, Mr. Ikard. What an excellent talk! You didn't talk down to anybody and I feel energized to find out what else was misrepresented or flat out changed for the sake of "comfortability" in the history books out of which I was taught!
let him take it on when he is young. Empower him let him see his strength and encourage him to speak up calmly and clearly in behalf of himself and his community.
I agree. Little dude will be ready for it all.
2/16/2019. Great message 👍 We have to know Truth all of the Truths
That’s asking a lot of a kid. The adults could fix this by readjusting the curriculum so everyone has a more accurate understanding of history.
Bro I’ve had a teacher that told me that Venezuela was perfectly fine -_- I’m also Venezuelan so you bet I was about to get mad
Its because he was a socialist moron lmao
Cazbeg YT don’t doubt it , she also got fired lmaoo
@@keegan1139 you're part of the problem. They lie about socialism more than anything. The US sabotage socialism so bad that no one knows if it works or not. It's never been left alone. It doesn't fit into The narrative of capitalism. If you don't play the capitalist game they will make you into the enemy just like minorities. Don't be a capitalist sheep.🐑🐑
I understand the perspective; I admit that I was under the impression that Rosa Parks was much older, and I indeed remember a long-ago teacher emphasizing that she was a poor, defenseless old lady. I must say, though, that as a child I never sensed that teacher was anything but 100% on her side. (In fact, I think he genuinely thought of her as a hero!) If his characterization of her was offensive, he was completely unaware that it was. I rather think--in the case of my old teacher, at least--that he was only exaggerating Parks' helplessness to underscore the nastiness of her white bullies. Ignorance in any form is unfortunate, though. Teach the real Rosa Parks!
The fact that he felt the need to emphasize she was old and helpless is part of the problem. In the eyes of many white people, blacks are either helpless victims or criminals.
Starve the hate. Feed the truth.
She wasn't the first blk lady to refuse to get up but the first one was a young lady that was pregnant out of wedlock.
On buses yes, Ida B. Wells on a public train decades prior did the same and successfully sued.
Rosa never had kids....
Anita Bratton ida b wells 1884 ,did not give up her train seat way before the movement
@@sweetzlovin4239 she didn't fit the narrative so no one cares.
Carlos Santana put it right where it is: "In 50 years they will say Martin Luther King was white.
Brilliantbeing Well this year the Egyptians became white smdh
@@Trailblazers323
Source?
Yeah no that will never happen. The media would condem it and people would freak out
They said the first Ethiopian king to win the ethio-italo war in 1896 was white.
Robert Bryan who?
I remember in kindergarten, my teacher (a White man) played a song on his guitar about her. It was all about the real reasons why she did what she did. I guess I was lucky to have a teacher who wasn’t scared to tell us about the real history of this extraordinary women
Smart Talk...BLACKS wake up
Huh?
We’re waking
Andria Sanders That’s not a true statement at all.
>Fake woke. Lmao
Latoya Leon How?
That story about Fred. That history sounds chillingly like a Psalm.
"the teachers themselves must be educated."
QUOTE: The biggest lie in American history is "American History"...
I’m sure your brainwashed side of the story would love to know about how Africans used to have slaves too before the US existed.
@@chadzahirshah2588 uh, no.
Ethnicity, race, class etc all have their own definition and if you want to use the word African no matter what you claim WE ALL COME FROM AFRICA. Now the ones that bare that term the most were canaanite people. I know it was blacks that had blacks for slaves. Blacks had whites for slaves.
At what point do you think your attitude is helpful teaching using your emotional side of the brain.
I nor anyone else dont need your attitude. If you have something useful then leave the message.
Olando Fuller We dont all come from Africa, Neanderthals might have but at the point where we are a homosapien we are well divided across the world and even if suddenly our species all started in Africa that doesn’t change the fact that the newer generations of nationally different people aren’t.
White people love hearing about our pain. It's a serious revenue stream. Great presentation, but the way it affects me doesn't provoke applause.
I do not actually, don't matter what race you are still equal in my eyes.
@@Danny_On_Wheels44 That means alot Daniel, Thank you.
"your" pain yeah ok
I remember coloring a picture of Miss Parks. She was easily 80 with thick glasses and a cane sitting on a bus bench. My mind is blown how twisted history in school is.
"I'm gonna buy you an autobiography and I'm gonna let you read it yourself." That's how I was raised :D
I do believe that it's very common for any strong woman to be history to be viewed as a threatening presence. But I think sharing historically accurate videos like this are a great way to help clear up some 'confusion'. I shared this with my child and made him promise to share it with his. Truth is a treasure without any monetary value to me. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and powerful message.
I always thought it was something wrong with me in school I never did good in history. History class just didn’t Interest me unless I learned it outside of school. almost everything they teach in school has a different story when you look it up yourself
I didn't planned to watch the whole thing but I ended up doing it anyway.
Why didn't you intend to watch the whole video? What was your original reason for watching if you don't mind my asking ?
Me too
I have a very vivid memory of a substitute teacher asking us, the class, about this same thing, and saying after some discussion "so you think she was just tired one day and wanted to sit at the front of the bus." And you could tell the whole class was just dumbfounded. That was what we were taught and that was what we believe and that was when my eyes opened.
Back in the early 60s While learning about, Paul Revere, Johnny Appleseed, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I ask my second grade teacher to tell me what my African American ancestors contributed to American history. His response was they didn’t. They had tails and they swung from trees. My response was To to him was I didn’t believe it. The next year I was put into a slow learning class for challenging Him. Thank GOD for the teacher that I had that following year, because she actually, SAVED MY LIFE AND I LOVE MS MCDONALD FOR IT.
That's why WE have to teach from the Womb to OUR SEEDS!!! WE should tell them All about Our-Story first, because when they're being MISLEAD, they can Correct the topic at hand, and stand on it!!
That is not a good teacher! Stop letting others educate you......Read and investigate for yourself!🙊🙈🙉
That's basically what he's trying to say.
The little town of Troutman, where we grew up, needs to hear that
I’ll spread this message whenever I have the opportunity
Before the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 there was the Baton Rouge (Louisiana, 1953) bus boycott; before seamstress Rosa Parks' arrest there was then-15 year old Claudette Colvin who was arrested in March 1955 (9 months prior to Rosa Parks' arrest for the same act in the same city), and before Claudette Colvin there was activist Homerè Plessy (Plessy's mother coincidentally was a mixed-race seamstress also named Rosa), a white-passing creole man from New Orleans who staged his arrest in 1892 in protest of Louisiana segregation laws. The Plessy vs Ferguson case solidified legal segregation in Louisiana and throughout the South until it was slowly overturned through cases such as the Brown vs Board of Education case in 1954 (Kansas, represented by NAACP Chief Counsel Thurgood Marshall). Not surprisingly, many neighborhoods, churches and schools throughout the south remain segregated today.
Should have taught him about Claudette Colvin, with her age at the time of her travesty (same as Rosa Parks 9 months prior) she was 15 at the time. Her case paved the way for Rosa Parks. He probably could’ve connected more to his history.
TRUTH!!! My Italian grandfather had to drink from the "colored" drinkibg fountains...not considered white/Anglo-Saxon.
Shawn-Hillary Schwartz right! Italians and Spanish people, where really African kangz and shits!
No Italians and iberians are not African they are european.
What city was he in.
@Craig Carson They may not be African but they were influenced heavily by African culture. The moors from Morocco conquered that region of Europe for about 400 years.
If thats you in that pic you look good
I never heard the tired feet old woman story before. Where did that come from? I learned it just as the speaker presented the story. Maybe because I learned about her in the early 70's and her story was still kind of fresh?
At any rate, I too talk to my son about what he learns in history and sometimes he will even ask me if something he was taught is really true. Not all of the revisionist history is because of "white"-washing. A lot of it, yes. But there are other forces at work.
We all need to be aware of the lies and hidden agendas in the school systems. All of us.
Ray S Me too!!!!
As a teacher and a parent, I know two things. First, no one is more responsible for my child's cultural education than myself. I do not hold my child's teachers responsible for knowledge about our culture. Second, as a teacher, I know that there is so much in the world to learn. While I prepare my materials for class in the best way I know how, I will continue to learn from my colleagues, parents of students in my class, and especially my students.
"If I make you stand on your knees to feel tall, then I have a serious problem." I love that
School is over for good (covid-19) it's time to update the history books
We should rewrite (Our-story) not (His-story) so that means its their story they are telling us.
It's all "His-story," unless it's your story.
All blacks go back to Africa, then you can teach whatever lies you want.
@@jpturner9452 all whites go back to Europe with y'all lies
Our story the most powerful story to ever hit earth. It's the Bible. We are the true Hebrews who have been sent to Egypt a second time but this time on ships. (Deuteronomy 28:68).
Open the Scriptures and know yourself.
Eunice Nyakundi ..YAH, WILL DO IT...SOON.
Took some time for this talk to come full circle, but in the end great message. Excellent!
Jenaae Jackson too long and he ain’t really said anything of any great significance.. just my opinion..
Now I have to do get the Biography
I know, right?
Same
Aho!
T Lew favorite subject chief
Hope we got African scholars who can rewrite our History perfectly well.
TH-cam channel
Hometeam history
@@seanmikaeel90s50 thanks,i subbed the channel but just listened to few videos,now will be listening to several of them in a week.peace to you.
No one reads books anymore.
I do think the education system has begun to adjust (atleast in my area) so good job 👍
Your making a positive change
But its too slow.
This is my second time watching this speech. I think the first time was a year ago..... And there are still some amazingly great takeaways. I can learn and learn again.
when I was a kid my happiest moments were when I got a new book to read yes, I was a little weirdo then & I'm a big one now
I'm white, and it's taken many years for me to slowly start learning the real history. The high school education system is failing at depicting the true history. And when history is lost, or twisted, it seems that it's enabled my fellow white people to wash their hands of responsibility to correct the mess that they (we) have made. I have a goal to learn as much of the truth as possible and speak on it.
I was taught this lesson in my history book. I graduated HS in 2010. I thank God that I was able to complete my own research throughout my life to find the real truth.
The Fact remains that until this is no longer a thing we must educate our youth on the facts. We must find ways to teach our history beyond the boarders of school since they refuse to teach us correctly.
Powerful Speech. Thank you for standing up for us. Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for your courage to speak the Truth. God Bless You. Thumbs Up
The danger is Colorism
Thank you so much for talking of this argument and sharing your personal story. Lovely watching and listening to you here at the top of the mountain of Italy.
At exactly 15:27 the goosebumps kicked in as he broke down the story of Maybel, this is one powerful talk, I appreciate this video so much. Thank You Mr. David Ikard.
The problem sounds like the man’s son wasn’t taught much about his people’s history until he had already gotten the wrong info at school. Then his dad made the correction. Reactive instead of proactive. His dad should’ve been teaching his son about his history all along.
Integrationists are terrible parents, they are busy trying to make sure their kids don't grow up to be a Malcolm X.
That's why if you don't teach your kids about us ,some white man will do it ,therefore watch and learn .
Your Children's education is your 👈🏿responsibility
That still does not excuse all of the whitewashing and LIES being taught. Stop deflecting!!!
This doesn't prove he wasn't teaching his son already..this is just ONE lesson in a long and PROLIFIC history
Wonderfully said 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
This also can be applied to Native American history, American women history, etc.
A lot of textbooks whitewash history
Also Asians & Hispanics
I live in GA and went to a predominantly white school an hour outside of Atlanta and was taught that the Civil War was based on state's rights.
I am a white male with a PhD and 2 Masters degrees. Throughout my education I have received extremely little history / information regarding the experience of blacks in America. So on my own I have read Malcolm X, Fredrick Douglas, Nat Turner, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Booker T Washington, Clarence Thomas ..... The history of blacks in America is one of tremendous strength, courage, dignity, intelligence, wisdom and determination to gain their God given freedom and rights. It is truly a shame that our school system does not teach any of this, as these lessons would improve the character of all citizens and would increase the number heros and role models for the young.
"strength, courage, dignity, intelligence, wisdom and determination" Thanks. I had a good laugh.
I remember when Greeks and Spaniards wasn't considered
to be really "white" either.
Well, if you think about it. No. We were considered to be white because of Arab colonization that’s why
1st of all....im white. 2nd I have never heard Rosa Parks be referred to as old or as having tired feet. What I do remember learning is that she was tired of being a 2nd class citizen and decided to stand up by sitting down. Now, I do not know about Rosa Parks life any more than I know the life of George Washington because I have not studied either of them nor do most schools go into detail about either of them. But let me make a point about education in general. Who controls what all kids learn in school? ALL history is being "whitewashed". From the "discovery" of America by Columbus to Declaration of Independence. Those in power are the ones to gain from it and they dont care about race....they care about money and power. They only use race to keep us divided. They keep the truth away from us to divide us. The enemy is not the white man, the white man just happens to be the enemy. And I will make sure that my multi racial daughter knows her true history..... from slavery, to civil rights, to annihilation of native people and the deceit of the European war mongers in power. I will not rely on someone else's "education". Agree or not. Just my 2 cents.
Thank you! This reminds me... there are some storues I need to tell my children, my nieces and nephews
*stories
That was powerful! I remember being taught the same lie in school, I’m shocked and not shocked at the same time.
This should be called, "The Dangers of Letting Your Enemy Educate Your Children". Come out of her my people!
And your enemy is who?
let your hate keep you down, victim
Wouldnt it be wonderful to have all histories based purely on fact, with no trace of bias? History should NOT inspire passion, pride or remorse, it's not ammunition to point fingers or take credit, its an opportunity to learn from the mistakes of those before us and build on lessons already learned, which cannot happen if its filled with half truths and cover ups.
The white wash history in general; Mexicans aren't Aztecs.
They give credit to whites, Roman and Greeks when khemet taught them political science, and science in general.
WUZ
brother Allen, we have got to unite with the white gentiles and know what them jews being doing.
Not science, math and the majority didn't occur with the Romans or Greeks, rather with Europeans during the Enlightenment after Aristotle died and his works were translated.
Mexicans are mestizos, therefore they aren´t aztecs. And saying that mexicans would be only aztecs means that you are ignoring every other tribe, which were in fact opressed by the aztecs...
And saying that the Romans and Greeks learned everything from ´khemet´ means that you ignore how societies worked back them, no one taught the other one how to do something, every contact and exchange they made was highly related to trade, thus focused on goods they needed from each other. Implying that Romans and Greeks learned EVERYTHING from other cultures doesn´t explain how they ended so dominant in back then.
your comment made no sense, but at the end it won´t matter since ´´I´m in denial´´
@@triggerme6144 The Muslims held the knowledge of the Greek philosophers for centuries, and they themselves only translated the works, but did not make any contributions of their own. Or so, you would have us believe.
The Sumerians ans Egyptians built pyramids, had sophisticated calendars, could measure astronomical phenomenon and events. Yet, you would have us believe that philosophy, mathematics, and science, were created by Europeans, and only advanced by Europeans. You would have us believe that the Greeks laid the foundations of all knowledge and philosophy, and it was only Europeans who were able to build on that knowledge, after they were able to translate the works from Arabic to Latin.
I don’t know about anyone else I’m Correcting minds🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
An important part of strategy I think is to get the various state boards of education, especially Texas and California to care enough about this issue that they will pressure school textbook publishers to publish accurate accounts of Rosa Parks in the textbooks. If Texas and California push for this it will affect textbooks all over the nation.
The fact that I was told that story about Rosa Parks and took as gospel as child until this very day...I’m 26...I’m ashamed.
Not a day has gone by in my life where I didn’t hear about slavery .... thanks TH-cam recommendations for keeping the streak going.
We will NEVER forget!
kwhitaker47 and neither will I apparently. 😂😂
Charles Case people like me ? People who live in this century , not stuck in the 1800’s. Those kind of people ? 🤷♂️ tell me more.
Thank you! Now I’m curios about Mrs. Parks real story. I just bought her book and look forward to reading it...
Thank you David Ikard.
No you’re completely correct on the fact that this should NOT be the burden of children. Unfortunately, most elementary school teachers come from Child Development degrees. Teaches them nothing about history, sociology, political science and economics. Not me, I’m happy I’m coming from a degree in the humanities that exposes me to research techniques and the prevelance of false information.
Mrs. Parks also attended the Highlander School (learning more about nonviolent resistance) just a few months before the day she refused to give up her seat..