Being Black at Harvard: Hear Their Stories.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- hello,
i just want to say thank you thank you thank you again to my beautiful friends for trusting me to share their thoughts & stories on my channel. am utterly grateful to know each and every one of you.
keep having those uncomfortable conversations, keep reading and watching and learning, keep pushing this momentum forward- but whatever you do, DO NOT allow society to return to our old sense of "normal". it is in climates of en-masse ignorance where systems of oppression and embedded racism flourish best.
much love, and stay safe.
-christine xx
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"The black community is actually really diverse and you should acknowledge all the different identities and experiences we haven" AMEN. The black community IS NOT a monolith
@karishsu5187,
Elite universities have dropped SAT scores from their admission process because blacks scored too low.
What a disgrace!
Now THIS is how you use your PLATFORM!!!!!!!
Thank you so much for this Christine. As a black woman applying to Harvard in the fall this is very informative to me.
am so glad to hear that! just wanted to re-emphasize (though i’m sure you can tell from the video) the black harvard community is FILLED with incredible individuals around whom ANYONE would be lucky to find themselves! ❤️
i hope u get in am applying too but i don’t think i will get in i will try it anyways
@@bdbdbdbx6614 don’t say that I believe you are gonna get in ❤️
@@qualitybeauty4619 thank you 😊
Did you get in?
this is the BEST upload EVER
Their dorms looking cool tho
ah those aren’t the college dorms, everyone is at their homes!!
Ohhh I’m so stupid I forgot about the pandemic. 😂 my apologies for the mistake.
Thank you black Harvard students for collectively speaking for me right now. These are many of my thoughts as well. One, because I recently graduated from a PWI and understand this experience (to an extent because I will say that my university really did hold many spaces for blacks and other cultures on campus, as well as hold different events that uplift many races of color). But 2, I work at a hospital with predominantly white staff and I see the health disparities among black people present in even my own space. So our ally’s within these spaces are absolutely a piece of the puzzle that can help our black lives matter. I really enjoyed this video, thank you Christine for creating this collage of conversation and continuing the conversation.
@@johndoe9362 lol John Doe, I never applied to Harvard, nor would I ever want to attend Harvard LOL but thank you for the spelling lesson- I appreciate it! ❤️
@@johndoe9362 It is clear that you lack understanding of the black experience. This understanding can only be gained by being open to learn from cultures different from your own. That is how you broaden your mind’s view. I can only hope that the diction that you’ve used has come from a place of hyperbole. Because what is truly scary is that there are people like you who exist in very vulnerable positions for people, such as hospitals and clinics, and they are caring for populations that they don’t understand nor attempt to understand, such as the black community.
Thankfully for me, I have learned that not all white people are the same. I’ve had experiences that have shown me that the good and the evil can exist within any person, despite their race or ethnicity. And for these reasons, I don’t hold any of your viewpoints against you. Ignorance is bliss. How can you know what you don’t understand? Continue to ask questions, and your perspective will grow.
I was 1 of 2 black students in a 50 student classroom. And I'm in middle school.🙃
i’m so sorry to hear that. underrepresentation hurts, and it hurts that this starts when you are so young! i hope you are able to see yourself represented in my incredible Black peers speaking in this video. ❤️
@@christinelee123 Thank you so much for organizing this. Your friends are awesome too😊
These black students are so impressive. They show courage and bravery to the world, that people should be treated regardless of their race or gender or whatever difference there might be. Plus, shout out to christine for working on such an inspiring video!
@@johndoe9362 you should stop sending racist remarks to people here… it doesn’t help your life get better. What you should do is to start getting on something that is meaningful to your life
@@johndoe9362 okay, sorry bout that. Thanks! Have a good day.👍😉
@@johndoe9362 yes deflection. I have nothing to tell you! Call me what you want and thanks for the feedbacks.
@@johndoe9362 please leave because I’m not interested in you. Again, call me what you want, I really don’t care.
@@johndoe9362 yeah, if you think that’s who I am I’ll leave it up to you. I totally don’t care if I don’t get respect from you.
You should learn to LEAVE if someone doesn’t want to talk to you. You only get to discuss things with someone if he/she says yes. A little kid would understand this. SIMPLE!
I love your videos! Thank you for always being a positive influence on others! Never give up💕💕💕💕
this is so impactful and inspiring
This makes me feel more comfortable to see that there’s a lot of people going through the same thing as I am
This video is amazing! So many people need to watch this
Thank you so much for using your platform. It means so much to us!
What a beautiful and uplifting video. This was extraordinary. Thank you Christine and thank you to all the participants for sharing their stories
i’m a med student in brazil, and less than 2% of my classmates are black. racism is, unfortunately, installed in our society in a way that people just pretend it doesn’t happen. thank you so much for using your voice in this matter, and for continuously helping/pushing people to educate themselves. and thank you for giving your classmates the space to share their experiences! black lives matter.
The black community isn't well represented in your class because maybe alot of poc are not pursuing degrees in that particular field
Jeffrey Jerez I’m Brazilian too and can say that has a lot to do with the systemic racism embedded into our society. Many black people have dreams of being in the medical field but can’t because they are socioeconomically disadvantaged and, in many cases, very poor. Brazil was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, which hindered the development of the black community here, meaning many people are now struggling. People of color are unfortunately at a disadvantage and that will only change when we fully combat systemic racism.
This is so ridiculous and POINTLESS
7:15 plating victim
Lovely hearing your stories. As an incoming freshman, I’m looking forward to joining such a vibrant and diverse community as we all endeavor to create systemic change and dismantle oppressive institutions.
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Are you Kenyan?
love this video. thanks for bringing awareness.
I’m coming back to this again and I deeply appreciate this video. Thank you to all the participants for sharing your stories- I hear you.
im blasting this everywhere, im an incoming freshman in college and i want all my classmates to hear and be allies too
THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWSSS
This was so beautiful, Christine🥺❤️ Thank you for using your platform to do good🙌🏼🙏🏼
this was so informative. A lot of what I was trying to figure out to further continue my activism was how it applies to my own interests, and this was so so helpful. thank you for this video !!
This video just screams intelligence. Not even because they go to Harvard, just the way the articulate themselves.
Thank you for giving us the chance to listen to them and their stories. Truly inspiring people!
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As a very strong counter to the sentiment expressed in this video I would listen to Black voices like Coleman Hughes, Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, Monique Duson, Kmele Foster, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Chloe Valdary.
thank you for this🥺
It was so great to see this! I loved it. In my college we sadly don’t have a huge black community and I think about it daily. Thank you for amplifying their voices! 🖤
Amazing use of your platform Christine
Aww this is amazing Christine! Btw had u as a lab partner in PS11 for a day and u were so kind and welcoming 💕
hehe i remember that! kept teasing our TF😭 wish we were back on campus ugh
Thank you for this video and for all the people who talked about their experience!!
This was great. It is now 2023. I would love to see an update on this as now most of these guys have graduated.
Thank you so much for this!! I was wondering if you could interview people that are mixed with black? As a mixed person people tell me all the time that i’m not considered black or I can’t experience racism because i’m mixed.
Two thumbs up!
They seemed very oppressed
When I saw on ur insta story that a big upload was coming I got super excited. This was better than anything I could have imagined 🤩🤩🤩
I'm black in Latin America and it's so sad to hear how they treat us in US, this has to change for all minorities
Why do white countries need to do anything for black people?
@@patrickcash864 "white countries"? Are you talking about the United States? Lol! This land does not belong to white people, and it doesn't belong to black people either.
Thanks for making a video on this issue,Christine! although the world has progressed rapidly over the past few centuries,yet the mentality of certain people is still the same..
Black Lives Matter :')
They are so beautiful I’m so happy u did that
Thank you for this video❤️
so inspiring !! thanks for sharing christine ❤️
Thank you to everyone for sharing your stories ❤️
Christine, your channel never disappoints. I love all your videos and most especially this one. You are so amazing along with these students. ❤️
can’t wait to meet y’all this fall 🤧
BLM✊🏾👏💓
so informative for me as a white ally :) love love LOVE learning more about ways i can be better
yesss I love that you created space for the black community on your platform
thank you for amplifying voices that need to be amplified :) i love this
i absolutely love this so so so much
Thank you so much for this video! I am so grateful! I'm black and it is my dream to attend an elite school
Shouldn’t be too hard for you… you will get in for simply being black nothing else… black students grades are far worse than every other race at Harvard, yet still get accepted at 15% when it should be about 1% based on their actual performances
The literal queen!!
This is so inspiring! Thank you for gathering people to do this!
it's so weird seeing someone i used to go to school with in this video!! i saw him in one of your other vlogs, so i had a feeling i'd see him in this one too but still surprising. XD
thank you for this video and using your platform to amplify voices!
this was so insightful thank you for making this:)
Love this video ,so eye opening 👏
they’re all so beautiful
black excellence 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Lol all they do is complain and play victim… omg they were the token black wahhh wahhh
I wish we did something like this at/for Columbia. I feel like the Black community at my school isn’t really well connected.
Bruh y'all act yt 🤣🤣
No they don’t
As a black teenager, thank you so much for this video Christine ly❤️❤️
Amazing
Thank you so much, this video was so informative. It opened up me up to biases I didn’t even know were a thing. Your videos are always so great, this one is without a doubt my favorite.✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
She said Detroit,Michigan and I liked hella fast. Alas she has given me hope.
AMAZING
Hi Christine may I quote some of the things these students said for a project that my Black Student Union is doing (credit/anonymous)
Oh my god!! Detroit Michigan representation
AMAZING
they’re all beautiful people and it’s so sad that this is happening in the world but very necessary. i’m from méxico and i’d love it for people here to realize that we are a racist and sexist country too.
Ty for using ur platform!
Wow! I'm impressed. 👍
I wanna give one million likes to this video if I can
Love this. Black lives matter ❤️❤️❤️
All lives matter
So awesome! ☮💙🥺
Damn
Love this so much ❤️
It’s funny how they can’t justify having worse grades, yet still get in….
Does dumebi have a channel by any chance?
unfortunately no, but she does have an instagram!! @dxmebi
No, but here is another video of her th-cam.com/video/rAS0Vo5HZh0/w-d-xo.html and an article she was feature in that was shared by Presidenr Obama twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1271147933178748933?s=20
Thank you for giving us this amazing content! It was very impactful!💚💜
I’m also early😊
I like never think about being white or race that must be stressful
no they don't
Telling someone they are very eloquent is now a microaggression?
Would you tell a white person that you are well-spoken or is it only meant for minorities that you assume does not speak proper English
@@mellymiami305To me there is a difference between being eloquent and well spoken. Poets are eloquent, public speakers are eloquent. Being well spoken is merely good pronunciation. Eloquence of speech is something to aspire to. Not many possess this gift. It is sad that everything is now seen as a "micro agression".
I believe well-spoken was used not eloquent and I do agree with your definition of eloquence in poetry and writing but back to my statement yes it can be offensive to a woman of color I use to think it was a compliment until I was caught off guard by the commenters casual explanation of why he complimented me on being well spoken, he said that he hired me because I spoke better than other Blacks and I was not a dark skinned Black woman I asked him did he realize that my ancestors were forced to learn a new language and dialect therefore passing down to their children a broken and mispronounced version of English he was very apologetic and we both learned a valuable lesson that day I no longer accept it as a compliment
@@mellymiami305 OK I watched the video back. And the gentleman stated that he was told he was both "eloquent and well spoken". He perceived this as a micro aggression. I understand that being white I do not and cannot understand your experiences. I apologise if I came across as insensitive. I know it is not the same but I am Irish and we were also banned from speaking our own language when the English colonised our country 800 years ago. To this day we have still not forgiven them. I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavours.
@@lisacadogan Thanks I never thought of it as offensive either until that scenario. The Irish were treated horribly and I think their suffering has been highly overlooked in history. Always be proud of your ancestry the good and try to change what’s negative. Race should never be an issue in an individual’s treatment but unfortunately it is and it’s up to the individual to disprove stereotypes because not all are rooted in racism and educating individuals on their stereotypes including an individual’s own stereotypes can help bridge the gap between the cultures
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