This Myth About Us Is One Of The Stupidest Of Them All
Black History Year
PushBlack
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🗓️ 12 November 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
It's an age-old myth, but it still impacts our lives today. Here's the truth about this dangerous white lie.
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| 0:00.0 | Let's hear from the Chancellor Jeffrey. |
| 0:02.3 | From the Chancellor, Nigel. |
| 0:04.0 | Chancellor John Norman. |
| 0:05.4 | Kenneth. |
| 0:05.9 | Gordon. |
| 0:06.4 | Allister. |
| 0:06.9 | George. |
| 0:07.3 | Philip. |
| 0:07.7 | Sagi. Sagi. Rishi. Nadeem. Quasi Jeremy. And now, Rachel. Another year. Another budget. Over the past 40 years, we've seen it all. Our experts will continue to filter through the noise and uncertainty, helping you make the most of your tax allowances. |
| 0:24.1 | Hargreys Landsdowne. it all. Our experts will continue to filter through the noise and uncertainty, helping you make the |
| 0:22.1 | most of your tax allowances. Hargreys lands down, helping Britain invest through it all. Capital |
| 0:27.9 | at risk, tax rules applying can change. It's a bald-faced lie, but it still impacts our lives |
| 0:33.7 | today. Here's the truth about this dangerous myth that refused to get off its behind |
| 0:39.1 | and leave us alone. I'm Leslie, and this is too many black history. What myth is as old as slavery. Ironically, the beneficiaries of our |
| 1:07.4 | unpaid labor and the originators of this myth called our ancestors lazy, even though we were the ones who were forced to work from sunrise to sunset. |
| 1:16.6 | Over time, this became a backward stereotype that associated blackness with submissiveness. |
| 1:23.6 | And now it's time to tell the truth. |
| 1:26.6 | First of all, we built America, including |
| 1:30.3 | the White House, Wall Street, and even the design of DC itself. And that's not the only lie we're |
| 1:37.3 | about to stop telling. Enter the Welfare Queen. In the 1980s, Reagan added the idea of an unemployed black woman who misuses |
| 1:47.1 | government assistance programs to the myth of black laziness. The truth is, we receive less |
| 1:53.9 | government assistance than any other racial group, according to a 2019 study. So why does debunking these myths even matter if there are lies? |
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