MBA - African American Black America

[hiphopson]

6:24-6:33 YES!

[Rachulie]

LOVE IT. i want this done. but idk if it's gonna be correct or specific because i am a mut of more than a dozen things! just want my DNA tested to see what nations my ppl came from, what ethnic group they were. i have litle to no records

Anyone know a reliable DNA testing company? and if i use the one they advertise on this show, would it work because i am only a small part black, and many many other things??

[Dschubba]

@Famgyal

Are you confused by "Asian-American" too?

[xMASSxDx187x]

how does he find out all this ?

[gdsculturelover]

I would love to know where my rootz came from!!! :)

[1XMarksSpot]

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[Samoaqueen]

cousin skip!! :D

[Puseletso12]

hahaaha i like how that Irish dude made sure to say 'DISTANT' cousins

[jacksok2]

Henry Louis Gates and all the rest of these phonies on here can suck a big one-Now all you black folks on here see what all these white people are writing on here about us-remember that the next time you have sex with one of them evil mofo's!

[kelvintall]

i simply hate white

[psviking1]

people hate niggers, not for the colour of their skins, but for the colour of their hearts. you are filled with violence, drug dealing, store robberies, muggings, murder, rape and every other fucking form of crime that their minds can think of! the men are never there for their kids, most of them are in prison! those that are on the outside are lazy, good-for -nothing losers! thats why every other race hates the black man. Not because of what you look like, but because of what you DON'T do!

[phantomsuccour]

@psviking1 take your hate to stormfront you could do more for their ideology there. We aren't interested in you perpetuating the hate we know you already were born with.

[Babyjayjay2007]

Why the fuck are white people on here being sooo fuckin ruded.

Love to hate.

[aussie66monster]

@liahbeah1314

all white people? lmfao! well i guess you could say all native Americans owned slaves, white people never stole you from Africa your own people sold you.

[phantomsuccour]

@aussie66monster could you take your hate to stormfront?

[aussie66monster]

@phantomsuccour

my hate??? i was defending myself from your peoples racist slurs! Stormfront? lol fuck Nazis fuck the KKK i don't like any of them, you small mined judgmental ignorant fool.

[liahbeah1314]

its not suprising that i nor do my fellow african american sisters or brothers dont know our ancesters because back in slave days when they robbed us from our home land they killed our mothers and fathers and kept the babies so we wouldnt know of our history and be dumb to our wide range of knowledge if you went to a white persons house they probably have pictures of their damn great grandmother and great great grandfathers your rarely see that in an african american home ....(i know the truth)

[Rockstafeller]

is Skip really blind enough to be shocked he's half white? he looks like a typical european biracial

[bcolemaqn16]

Hey how can i do that???

[allblack33]

if u want to watch the whole series just click on my page ..... peace

[bcolemaqn16]

@allblack33 Hey do you know which DNA test they used?

[Booboo85]

6:23 I wish more people understood this.

[DatBlackAmerican]

this is ridiculous....i think its BS....if your black....then your african racially....you could look in the mirror and see that...as far as their nationalities...they are American, end of discussion....in terms of culture, they are american...which is a blend of African, Native, and MOSTLY European culture....

[tigera10030]

You can't speak for everybody. This country is huge and to think that everybody is having the same experience as you is ridiculous.

[chsn09]

@DatBlackAmerican African is NOT a race lol!

[bcolemaqn16]

@chsn09 YOure right and neither is black

[chsn09]

@bcolemaqn16 Exactly! Black is not necesarrily a race but a color! African is just a demonym for anyone or anything that comes from the African continent!

[bcolemaqn16]

@chsn09 Yep finally someone with some knowledge.lol

[chsn09]

@bcolemaqn16 LOL! Thanks same to you as well! Ppl are too ignorant and don't realize reality and the truth! Props to you!

[bcolemaqn16]

@chsn09 You too!..... Do you know what they used to find out about their DNA?

[chsn09]

@bcolemaqn16 I guess they used a database or a company to find out about their DNA! You can get DNA tests done from varioius places!

[ConfederateKlan]

if i was Born a Nigger' I'D Blow my Head off.

[7kribre]

@ConfederateKlan You must love "niggers". :)

[bcolemaqn16]

@7kribre YES WE LOVE BEING BLACK:] !!!!!

[BKZik]

isn't that guy the one who got arrested for tryin to get in his house?

[cannoir]

he is the one who also said he can't be r.acist because he 57% white .I wrote his sorry behind off a long time ago.he is just as bigoted as the folk he accuses of being bigots.

[BKZik]

@cannoir

lol I understand what u mean

[xtina2202]

cruelty has a human heart

[h3ct0r1991]

i love this documentary

[padillagene]

I was born in the 80s but I am old enough to no, that with all the fighting words that I read on these pages between indifference of opinions and races, The only way to bring about a change is not through bitter words & fighting but, through positive energy, nourishment and good deed weather muslim, jew white or black, color is not an issue though thru ignorance & hatred it is made an obstacle. We as a people need to focus on rectifying and repairing and helping each other not hurt & hate.

[mymay84]

@padillagene you've told my thoughts

[Blackknowledge1]

Ur attempt to correct my english only brings to light ur comprehension skills. However, weak minds can only dish weak insults. English in itself is a mongrolized language it's compose of many different languages. DNA if ur not aware is not an exact science. It has too many flaws. That's Y archeologist n anthropologist don't use it. There r 2 many factors involved. U beg for truth so much that any crap any1 dumps out their ass u eat. I really don't care. If u want to attack faith plz think 1st.

[yak6ex]

Stop it with the psycho babble and afrocentric lingo.

[Blackknowledge1]

Your not even worth a logical answer. "Afro?" Plz,

[Blackknowledge1]

This test is crap, the host just as much.

[superc]

stfu and learn

[Blackknowledge1]

Learn what dumb ass this teaches u anything. Ur weak mind need this crap bcuz it excuses real history for ideological crap. Keep ur blanket n ur perpetual myth. Ignorance is bliss.

[superc]

Speak english! It's hard to argue with people who butcher the language, let alone a DNA technology denier.

You're a stupid dumb racist bitch who wants to spread their agenda despite having faced the science in this clip. God keep fucking worshiping Jesus and believe that we come from Adam and Eve you twat.

[EnjoyMyProfile]

There is a great lecture about "What Can DNA Really Tell Us About Race?" on youtube, worth the 50 minutes!

I wonder when and if they can test wether I'm Keltic or a Frankish.

[AfricanReality]

Most of us who take these test only really want to know our ethnicity before slavery. This has little to do with race. Ethnicity is culture and history. You are thinking of race not ethnicity.

[FamilyTracingVideos]

They actually can if they have the DNA of a group of Keltic or Frankish. You would match or join a dna group trying to find that gene. FamilytreeDNA has those types of projects. You do not just take just one of these tests then say wow you still have to research and compare with others.

[Existantia]

I remember when this came on the tele. I was glued to the tv.

[AfricanReality]

You have it ALL wrong.

[EnjoyMyProfile]

jeez, what a nagger :P

[PrimeReality]

Jeez what an idiot do not even educate himself about this and calling people crazy names.

[katievhoneychurch]

gosh chris rock has the most beautful face.

[AfricanReality]

Everyone had some degree of slavery in their race.

[AfroNatives4life]

NOT ALL NATIVE AMERICANS OWNED SLAVES! there were a few who did but he is making it seem as though the natives loved the white man and resented the blacks which so not true for many native tribes.

[shoshaloza1]

"African American"???? no no no no

Its American black!

the only Africans in America are the ones who were born in Africa!!!!!!

Always sooo proud and patriotic to be American but then again also "African"????? which is it!!!!????? African or American!?!?!?

If they consider themselves African, they should come to Africa and use their talents here to strengthen the reputation of Africa!!!

[GamesandInfo]

Other than the natives, everyone in America can trace their roots and culture outside of America.

[E1toE18]

Everyone traces their roots in everything to East Africa not a single human dose not

[max1xxx]

Is It Because I Am Black- Sly Johnson

[jessicareal]

ooh i saw this at school it was very good i recommend it.

[nothingbutdabest22]

well i heared they can tell what area of africa you come from but not the exact tribe.

[fmcneillii]

u cant because u mixed with other african tribes.

[grazon]

The part about the SE tribes is true however most of them didn't own slaves.

[itsbizbuz]

It was very rare that natives enslaved blacks, there is also an untold story about natives and blacks on the same side, but it is not a secret that the notion of race is not something africans or native americans did care about. Remember how aztec empire was crushed by a bunch of starven spanish conquistadores, they just conspired and beneathed the clash between different native tribes, same technique used in Africa. That's a good lesson for the future, division is death.

[jovialduke]

harryfemten, as many black people owned black as natives.... it's a hugely complicated thing .

[grazon]

"it's a hugely complicated thing."

This is so true.

[nothingbutdabest22]

that's a lie. blacks had indentured servants.

you worked for a couple of years and it wasn't hard work and then you were free.

they were not sticking fish hooks up women's vagina. cutting their fetuses out of women's stomachs and stepping on their heads. they were not cutting men's penesis off and shoving them in their mouths.

white folks did that.

[harryfemten]

"cutting men's penesis off and shoving them in their mouths"

Sicilian plantation-owners in the old South?

'white folks did that', racist much? Generalization..Only about 4.6% of southern whites were slaveowners, 1.6% on a national level.

Slave-owners were English-Americans, which make up about 20% of US-whites and only a fraction of those E-A have roots in the South.

Most whites in todays US are Germans, Italians, Jewish, Irish, Scandinavians, Puerto Rican and Slavs and most arrived post-1850

[Bahia82]

people make a big deal because only a small percentage of whites owned slaves, its not the percentage of whites that owned slaves that matter, its the percentage of blacks that WERE SLAVES, damn near 100 perecent.

[getDun2012]

@Bahia82 nope thats why there is 38 million of us and the damn south was willing to go to war over it face u liar u guys were are and always will be evil

[liahbeah1314]

@Bahia82 all whites had slaves in some sort of fashion 

[jovialduke]

@Bahia82 AND the percentage of whites in slave owning regions whose lives were tied up with the slave economy. and i'm not blaming them in all cases, poor whites were victims to a certain degree as well.

[Allahuyalam]

@Bahia82 u r soo outa topic fuckin racist must be ashamed

[1XMarksSpot]

@Bahia82 True, but it was blacks that sold other blacks into slavery first. That major details is ALWAYS left out. Hmmm...

[ethi17]

this is so beautiful

[Piratejenny25]

All I know is Indians practiced slavery much the same way that Africans did.Slaves had rights etc..but who knows, Indians had other Indians as slaves too, who knows how many Indians took their cues from how white people treated slavery.

[grazon]

FTR Most Native never even saw a Black Slave so lets not assume they were all cool with chattel slavery.

[Ebonyhime2]

Guess the "braves" weren't as friendly to we Africans as many think. So sad...our people have been taken advantage of on many fronts. Oh well, guess I'll search out my ancestry now. I just hope there's no native blood. T_T

[ethicomm]

No native blood? What an awful thing to say! Have you ever been on a native first nation or actually spoken to a native person before? They've got a lot humility that people don't give them credit for. As a whitey myself, I give them and black people a lot more credit than they get in real life.

[harryfemten]

damn red indians!

going around enslaving everybody

[AfroNatives4life]

GROW UP!!!!! and learn some history your putting a stamp on all natives as though they were enslaving eveybody. if you were an educated person you would know that not all native americans enslaved black people. and when they were enslaved most NA tribes treated their slaves with respect there were even the seminoles who were against slavery and fought alongside blacks to stop the europeans from taking their land. before you go saying "damn red indians" pick up a book and read stop being ignorant

[harryfemten]

damn red indians!

going around enslaving everybody

[grazon]

lol

I think the tale of Native blood is true of almost every family in the south.

Mine included.

[darthisaiah]

Me too, but i have proof. :O ;)

[lewis22tk]

"No human can be more human that another"

_ Maya Angelou

[prettypoetry]

I watched the first installment of the program last night and was moved to tears at the information Prof Gates provided. I am an avid scrapbooker and an amateur genealogist (of sorts), but this program has truly inspired me to continue my research and to bring new meaning to my scrapbooking. I love PBS for bringing this program to the air and I trust everyone will be inspired to research their own heritage. I found the best way to start is by asking questions of your oldest relatives.

[firstladyshine]

I just saw this on tv & it's sad that all of the commercials in between were full of black pple advertising cars & other worthless reminders of our flaws. Drawing us in, those of us who take the time to watch something enlightening at that.

I hope OUR PEOPLE don't see these things as "wealth". Hope we don't aim towards cars, clothes & jewels & think it's ok because we praise jesus. We have to humble ourselves.

Stop satisfying the flesh & feeding the ego. We need a higher central goal. Us.

[lewis22tk]

Coca cola has consider themselfs a part of African american culture. Coca cola is disgusting disrespectful.

[firstladyshine]

I agree. That was one of the commercials that was somewhat disturbing to see. First they supported Hitler, now they want to support black people? This "support" seems very questionable if you ask me.

[Stepper4life15]

how can i get ahold of this guy?

[FamilyTracingVideos]

He has a website.

[sherri3]

AMAZING!

[outthetube]

Question is what tribes in African are they connected to. I sense a politically correct tone down in reality here. A sham, a fraud. This is incomplete. I guess the "African" part of "African American" is not important. I have not issues with Black people finding their African American ancestors, but genetic test connecting them to their tribes in Africa is a must. All this other shit brings no closure. Black people need to stop settling for crumbs and falling for cheap psychological bullshit.

[GemmyChoo]

In all honesty, I actually thought the same thing when I perused the PBS website. I watched all of the video looking for the African segment of their research, like the first AAL installment and I was barely able to find anything. I find this disheartening. On the upside, the 1st AAL installment led me to have my DNA tested. We're waiting for the results now...

[nothingbutdabest22]

they said that they haven't pefercted or modernized it all the way yet. to know the exact tribe,clan and even relatives. Thats why i wont waste my money on the bullshit.

[AfroBoriquen]

I agree outthetube. Take the DNA test all the way back. Not just back to the american ancestry, but back to our African ancestry.

[Changoyomi]

It usually does. Do at least 25 markers to find more matches.

[Nicety08]

i REALLY WANNA DO THIS TOO

[mrsdicaprio22]

OMFG! OMFG! OMFG! I have GOT 2 search my lineage! I wanna know where I come from 2! I have GOT 2 see this program!

[alainek]

great video, thanks for posting. These always make me cry.