Michael Harriot
@michaelharriot • 459,485 subscribers
Journalist • Author, Black AF History:The Unwhitewashed Story of America • Founder, https://t.co/50XUzwlkiv • Board-certified Wypipologist• Never reneged; Never will
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Have you ever HEARD what heartbreak sounds like? For years, there was a legend about the only song Prince ever erased. He supposedly went into the studio one night and recorded a 45-minute solo track about his breakup with Susannah Melvoin. When he finished, he told his engineer to do something he’d never done before - erase the tapes. She begged him not to do it because, according to her, it was the most perfect song she’d ever heard. The next day, he recorded a new version of the song and kept adding stuff to it… Drums. Horns. Everything. Then he forgot it. It wasn’t on an album or a single. It was just a song he made. It wasn’t until 2020 when his estate released a shortened version of it. “Wally” Happy birthday to a musical genius.
Michael Harriot822,835 views • 2 years ago
There’s an old Gullah Geechee tale about the slick scorpion & the foolish frog: Once upon a time, there was a very smart frog who befriended a conniving scorpion. The frog wished he could he could be a scorpion. He admired their exoskeletons & how other animals respected their stinger. He loved them so much, he could even speak like them. The scorpion, however wished he could be a frog. But he knew he could never swim or jump like his friend. “Dem scorpion gwine sting yuh soonman,“ the other frogs warned. “Him got poison in he bookey.” “The scorpion is my friend,” he told his fellow frogs. “Plus, I’ve seen a frog eat a tadpole. Why should I be more worried about a scorpion than my own people?” They tried to explain that scorpions eat the same insects as frogs, but they also EAT FROGS, so they consider frogs to be their competition AND THEIR PREY. The older frogs even tried to explain that scorpions are born with an exoskeleton because they CAN’T jump. They have stingers because they are not quick enough to catch their prey. They even warned the foolish frog that the other animals weren’t afraid of scorpions; they just knew the only way a scorpion could hurt them is if they got too close. “Lissen tuh we, churrn,” said the other frogs. “Unnah seen how dem scorpion do we.” “This is why we can’t move forward as a species,” said the frog. “We need to stop focusing on the past and let go of that victim mentality”. But the frog wouldn’t listen. One day, the river flooded and all of the other frogs began swimming to the banks. But the scorpion couldn’t swim, so he asked the articulate frog for a ride on his back. “My people say you’ll sting me,” the frog said to his scorpion friend reluctantly. “Have you ever seen me sting another scorpion?” The scorpion said. “Maybe if your people stopped worrying about being stung and focused on being as articulate as you are, people would respect them more. Now let me ride on your back.” “Dem scorpion gwine sting yuh,“ the other frogs warned. “Him got poison in he bookey. Unnah de how he do we?” But the articulate frog wouldn’t listen. “You really should stop hating scorpions so much, he told the other frogs. “Why would he sting me when we both have the same goals? Can’t you see that we’re all just trying to get our of the river?” So the frog let the scorpion ride on his back. Of course, halfway across, the scorpion stung the frog. “Why did you sting me?” Asked the frog. “I thought we were friends!” The frog could see the other frogs watching safely from the bank of the river. The scorpion could see all of the other scorpions drowning. Just before they both succumbed to their watery death, the scorpion leaned in close, smiled, and whispered his response loud enough for all the surviving frogs and the dying scorpions to hear. “Nigger.” Anyway, here’s a video of a of a frog getting stung.
Michael Harriot758,387 views • 2 years ago
Warning to my Caribbean fam… they finna colonize the ackee
Michael Harriot639,111 views • 3 years ago
It took me 3 minutes to find the complete video of her speech I’m sure you trimmed out the part where she spoke on other cultures because the clip was too long, NOT because you think YOUR history is superior to everyone else’s Don’t worry, I’m happy to help Here you go
Michael Harriot251,786 views • 1 year ago
HAHAHAHAHA I’m a “Democrat” with master’s degrees in macroeconomics & international business who’s reported on race & politics for 25 years after CREATING & teaching a course based on supply & demand called “Race as an Economic Construct” at 3 universities He draws cartoons.
Michael Harriot329,424 views • 2 years ago
Forget about the “colored sorority” comment for a second & think about what he’s asking: Why hasn’t someone who’s been a presidential for 3 days done a 1-on-1 interview like her opponent (who hasn’t done hasn’t done one in 2 months)? Why would a presidential candidate want to address an organization that represents 350,000 of the most loyal voters who outperform every other demographic? If Harris missing Netanyahu’s speech is such a travesty, why didn’t he mention the fact that she will meet with him separately at the White House? You think he knows that MOST Republicans boycotted the last speech to Congress by a visiting head of state? Even though Brian Kilmeade has a history of white nationalism, right-wing extremism, Islamophobia and scientific racism, here’s why I would NEVER call Brian Kilmeade racist or accuse him of being biased: A lot of what we attribute to privilege or racism can more easily be explained by something much simpler. It’s likely that Brian doesn’t KNOW that calling someone “colored” can be considered a racial slur. Who would tell him? His white cohosts? Fox News’ 94% white, 1% Black audience? Most people know because of their life experience life experience? Well, he attended a high school that less was than 1% Black going to college play soccer in a 1% Black town. Then he was a UFC commentator and a sports talk show host. He has never worked in politics or covered it as a journalist. Now if you’re asking how a failed soccer player turned sports reporter got a job covering politics on the most watched political platform in America, the answer is: HOW THE FUCK WOUKD I KNOW? In any case, the fact that the host of one of cable news’ most-watched shows doesn’t know things is irrelevant. He doesn’t HAVE to know things. Not knowing things has not impacted his life in any way. If Brian Kilmeade was Black, Brian Kilmeade would DEFINITELY call Brian Kilmeade a diversity hire. He is living proof of one thing we all know: Being dumb is a white privilege
Michael Harriot186,394 views • 2 years ago
You are absolutely, 100% incorrect But I'm just a random guy on the internet. What if I did a DNA test? Just to be safe, what if someone like U.S. National Science Foundation asked 2 ppl who know more about this subject than literally anyone on the planet? I wonder who they'd say were the first cowboys?
Michael Harriot51,832 views • 8 months ago