I’m biracial. I’ve been to majority black and majority white schools because I moved around a lot. At the black schools the teachers honestly didn’t seem to care whether we succeeded or not. So many of us were dealing with behavioral issues and were growing up too fast because of our home environments. When I went to a white school I thrived and was always in gifted and talented, listed on honor rolls, and I tested out of my classes and was put into AP and advanced classes. As a kid and a teenager I didn’t realize how much of an advantage it was to go to mostly white schools. It wasn’t because they were white, it was because there was an expectation to succeed, regardless of color. My white teachers actually looked me in my eyes and told me I was smart, that I was doing so well, and they insisted I be around students who were doing just as well (and therefore placed me in advanced classes). My black side of my family are well-educated and went to private schools where they thrived (beside white people). My white side are uneducated, unsuccessful, and don’t have the desire to ensure their kids do well in school. It IS cultural, but any person of any color can embrace that culture.
This comment is so true. I grew up as neighbors with my cousins, my father (who married into the family) valued education, my aunt who was single didn’t. We’re all white but only one house has both kids that have moved out, I’ll let you guess which…. And that’s just a cultural difference between households in the same damn family
I unfortunately think you are wrong. Blacks as a group are lagging behind in every country. This isn't specific to black American culture. It's universal. That said, hopefully we are before all, individuals with our own individuality that goes way beyond group identity. Whatever the racial background, there are great and less great people.
@@MarkScott- You are lying again... A lot of the people I knew that were put on a d h d meds that were white were later told they never needed it... You keep being a good white boy though.
I was, got prescribed a high dose of vyvanse, it destroyed my mental and physical health I lost a ton of weight. I got hooked on it and finally got off. Best decision I ever made I just make healthy life choices now. No meds.
Dr Ben Carson is the best example of having a mother who made him and his brother read books daily, write book reports on their readings and yet she couldn’t read herself.
@@user-oy2gk5ki3xI can see that. She’s even admitted herself that she’s a diva and got it from her mother, who’s a classically trained opera singer and are the original divas.
But then they can’t be special little victims They can’t make it about themselves which gets absolutely nothing done Same with policing If you point an an issue and diagnose the issue incorrectly The issue never gets resolved
@@jackshepherd93Nobody’s playing victim, everybody always has an input on the black race but never have a solution. A white psychiatries pointed out how it’s a difference between his black and white students, how the whites actually have these diseases and blacks don’t yet they get diagnosed.
As a Neurologist and a white woman, if you deny that institutional Pseudoscience, Pseudo-psychology, systematic racism, and institutional didn't have a generational negative impact on the black community throughout decades and are the snowball effect of today's problem. It was never all people in the time who were discriminated against based on economic factors. These factors can include job availability, wages, the prices and availability of goods and services, and the amount of capital investment funding available to minorities for business, including policies and practices that exist throughout a whole society or organization that result in and support a continued unfair advantage, harmful treatment of others based on race or ethnic group. Centuries of discrimination in public policy, financial practices, and societal norms that limited Black wealth accumulation have not been overcome and will require broad structural changes to rectify the long-lasting impact of inequality.
I do NOT believe that a country that believed in education to the point that is became MANDATORY for children to attend school would intentionally sabotage that very effort & system. Personally (as a psychologist and parent of four boys educated in the public school system), the government NEVER took into account that a child's home life would NOT support that child's education. THAT is where public education fell down and failed the very children they wanted to help to be the best.
I came across these four amazing men when they posted about Prince performing at a superbowl. I had NO clue to their public or private views. I simply loved that they expressed themselves (after watching a few more videos) after considering all sides of N issue. God bless you wonderful gentlemen & may fortune shower down on you!!
As someone who did poorly in highschool (and below) I can testify to the fact if you don't study and do homework or pay attention in class, you will suffer for it. And what does culture say about school? Only nerds care and try to get good grades. I know there are institutional roadblocks that black people faced in the past, and they should be addressed. However, in modern times, you cannot tell me that the black community favors scholars. Every black person I met who was intelligent and studious got made fun of by other black kids for being 'too white' and shit like that.
There’s nothing the school can do to undo the conditioning done at home. I’ve seen it firsthand. Someone at home has to give a damn because the teacher can only do so much.
It can be both. Incompetent teachers who either don’t care or are at the mercy of teachers unions combined with a poor home life/culture is a toxic combination.
Baltimore schools are paid crazy high between 20-30k per student. And hardly any of the students are up to their grade level in math or reading. Funding for the schools isn’t the issue.
@thebenc1537 Certain dogs, not breeds. The similarity is the power of grooming, but humans take an extra hit with our susceptibility to indoctrination.
@thebenc1537 I knew a girl growing up who had a desire to read every book. She is now super successful. Her brother took nothing serious. He thought it was funny to be stupid. He's dead from drugs. Same parents, same household, same neighborhood, same school system.
I am a huge advocate for junior colleges. I went because I wanted to live at home and save money. I transferred after two years, finished my BA, and went on to a successful independent adult life and career.
lack of fathers in the household is a huge problem. The state gives an incentive to NOT have fathers in the home by incentivizing single mothers by giving them $$ if the fathers aren't in the home .
People like Umar and Nick Cannon are racist, plain and simple. While they are exposing crimes of the deepstate, they actually serve their agenda because they use White people as the scapegoat and keep the focus off the ACTUAL predators behind this mess.
Absolutely in elementary school I was "diagnosed" with adhd and was put on Ritalin but my mother realized quickly that having me on that was the wrong choice and took me off of it because she understood that I was just a child being an energetic child 💯 💯 💯
Or that you didn't actually have ADHD🤷♂️. Did that ever occur to you? Or that you just didn't react well to the medication or she just didnt want to put you ob something she thought might have been to strong for your age🤷♂️? My mom and dad would choose not to have me and my siblings certain medication that might help with an issue because of them not liking the side effects or it being too strong for us at that age...............so yea🤷♂️
Many people are misdiagnosed due to there being so many fakers, but it is a real thing unfortunately. (Speaking as someone who has a father and two siblings with ADHD, it's sometimes genetic. I got my autism from my mum)
My 1st grade daughters teacher came to me about my daughter having a hard time paying attention and staying on task. She goes to a majority white school, maybe a handful of black kids in the school. My daughter is 1/4 black.. but she doesn't look it at all. I'm stuck not knowing what to do and she asked me to fill out these papers with the doctor and go from there. I don't want to put her on medication but I'm scared that my own biases are going to hold her back. What if she needs it and it could help her? I want to do all other options right now because I really don't want her on medicine but I want her to thrive. Idk what to do. I'm praying about it. My husband is mixed and went to a all white school and is biracial 1/2 black and 1/2 white but he takes after his mom and you can't really tell much with him. I don't think it's race based.
Well obviously ADHD is a real thing and I'm sure that there are plenty of cases where children who actually have it get put on the medication and it actually positively benefit them but in my particular case I believe that I didn't actually have it, I think I was just an energetic child that didn't do well with sitting still and paying attention in class when I was in elementary school. After being told by my teachers that I was having these issues in class I think she was just trying to figure out why I was having these issues and was told I had ADHD and that they wanted to put me on Ritalin for it so she did but for whatever reason when I would take it it would make me just zone out completely and just overall had a negative effect on me (in my opinion probably because I didn't actually have ADHD) so she chose to take off of it and sure throughout my elementary school days I was just unable to focus for whatever reason but I still never failed a grade until 10th grade, but yeah I'm sure there's a possibility that I did have ADHD and the medication just had a bad side effect on me that she didn't like but I still believe that a large portion of the children given that diagnosis and put on the medication didn't actually have it and were misdiagnosed whether it was intentionally or unintentionally
I appreciate you including the first ten minutes before the "bad part" because not everything said here was wrong and I appreciate the full context. It's important to remember how many things we agree on when calling out the things we disagree on. It promotes better unity between all parties.
thats the bittersweet crap sugar coat he used...After 10 min. He talk such a nonsens bs that even a cat & dog notice it..That race nonsens alone is such a absolute fail and come from diff. idiotism sh... ...and even hard core WW2 germans angle crux believer whould role there eyes or even worst, they would praise him...
The school system has been a failure since early 2000's(No Child Left Behind) and it has failed all children(they didn't discriminate) I take the responsibility for what happened to my children and it haunts me to this day. I was a full-time single parent due to divorce and I was trying my best to raise my children. The system had me fooled for a long time and by then it was too late. Also when teachers "lost" (by design) the ability to control their classroom. At this point they have let our children take control and aren't required to show self control. Both my Daughter and Son(both white) went through the special ed department. This man speaks the Truth(and the eugenics against the blacks). This is by design which we can see for ourselves what has happened to our society. My Son was abused by the system the most ,he truly had learning and behavioral problems but the school system done him so wrong. Not only the school failed him so did the medical profession , by design. I also failed because I trusted the professionals. I never had malice towards my son unlike the system, which I truly believe wanted this to happen.
im 32 to now but i got told back in high school that it would be harder for me to get into college because i am white and that the colleges look for more diversity so if i wanted to get into college i needed to at least have a 3.5 gpa and then get told that my close buddy only needs a 2.0 or higher to get in.. My highschool teachers were the ones who had told me and many more this is how life will go for schooling
You do realize that on one hand they misinformed you and on the hand they made it this way because the racists system says black people are inferior and need a headstart when it has been proven time and time again we do not need a headstart, we just need to be treated fairly.
30:00 In middle school a black kid stole my drawing. I asked the teacher (white) can you get my drawing back? Teacher said, " can't you draw another one?". There was a Arab kid that kneed me in my nuts and I gave him a two piece and laid him out. My history teacher was a Black guy ( ex marine ) didn't send us to the office he just made us do 50 push ups. Some of the kids in middle school black and white that would take the teachers stuff and throw it out the third story window wouldn't get in trouble. The little white lady was scared of the kids. After a while she just gave up trying to teach us. I didn't learn crap in middle school because of it. I think things that happen are based on the teachers themselves. In 3rd grade I used to get in trouble for talking a lot, so the teacher ( white ) made me do writing punishments a lot. She told my 4th grade teacher ( black ) that I talked a lot. My whole 4th grade year I sat in the corner with my desk facing the wall. I was one of the few white kids in the class. I do believe if the rolls were reversed, I was black and the teacher was white in a white class it would be considered racism.
My nephew is white and was diagnosed with ADHD. My SIL has been able to home school him and avoid the drugs. He's doing really well. We grew up in with kids that were drugged up to the eyeballs and they seemed to cause more harm than good. My brother didn't want that for his son. Not everyone is able to avoid the system.
Great video! Interesting video and discussion. As a teacher this interesting to listen to. We don’t have much diversity in our high school in China and this is very informative. In China, parents don’t recognize mental health problems here. Looking forward to Can’t Fold!
I thinks it’s awesome to donate, but the video hasn’t been up long enough for you to finish it, let alone call it great! I don’t doubt it’s great, it just seems a bit weird
Not gonna lie but in the 3rd grade I knew how to behave. I dont think using the excuse of "hes in the 3rd grade" is helping in any way. Medication is beneficial if the person actually has a need for it. My issue is they throw drugs out to quick.
In kindergarten they tried to put my kids and grandkids on medicine for ADHD I said no and my daughter said no they are fine now and yes they are white children
First of all, Nick Cannon thinking he was the 3rd smartest kid in the entire county is hysterical. 😅 Second though, schools do get extra funding for kids who are diagnosed as special needs because they have to spend more on resources for those kids than non-special needs kids. But special needs kids come in all different colors, not just black. What this doctor is saying about mental health and the pharmaceutical industry is 100% correct. But he's wrong to think that this only affects black kids.
This ain’t a racial thing brothers. He made great points, but it should not have been made about race unless they’re being targeted with evidence to back that. I know plenty of white dudes with these same problems in school. Overly active, not paying attention, and not wanting to follow a teacher’s instructions(all are things that I did in school).
Yup. It shouldn’t be made a racial thing. People making money off of these drugs don’t care about white, black, brown. All they care about is if they can make money off of them. Looking at a positive, at least we know they don’t discriminate like some of us do out here. 🤦🏻♂️
People like Umar and Nick Cannon expose crimes of the deepstate, but they actually serve their agenda because they use White people as the scapegoat and keep the focus off the ACTUAL predators behind this mess. They are wicked racist.
But it is about race and he gave the statistics to back it up 15% of white boys 17% of black boys diagnosed. If black people are 12% of the population and 13% are black adolescents this would mean that 17% diagnosis is disproportionate and this is what you all who are crying it's not about race is missing.
As a parent of an autistic child I can guarantee her homeroom isn't filled with what he is talking about. The only reason she goes to the school she does is because is because of the resources available at this school. She has specialists to help. (She is on zero medication even to regulate.)
I love you guys, you are leaving a big footprint in our history, never stop what you are doing. You don’t have to fight a war to be an American hero. Thanks for what you do.
Let's not forget that in every system, even schools, if someone is treated worse because they are black, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Every system, in today's American culture, fears THAT lawsuit.
Whether he actually had ADHD or not doesnt have to do with smarts. Its kinda insulting that he sees him not being on ADHD medication as contributing to him succeeding and not him just being smart enough to do it. People with ADHD and even those on the medication are still able to succeed and outsmart some of their peers. Having ADHD doesnt make you lesser, no matter your race, and thats disgusting to presume that. Also they just sound ignorant to the topic they are talking about. The medication doesnt force people to pay attention its to HELP them focus. Whether they do or not will just be more in their control and not their brain making it difficult.
The entire psychiatric field is a scam. Look up what seratonin does and how that scam got started. Nobody has ADHD. Thats just Big Pharma labeling normal people so they can sell them drugs. Take all those ADHD people and make them run a full marathon. See how many are hyperactive after that! Exercise is the answer not drugs.
I am 67 yo white woman, who was not "diagnosed" with ADHD and therefore not medicated, probably because that wasn't a disease back then. When I was 22, my Mother and I went to a craft fair and a woman said she was a former 3rd grade elementary school teacher of mine. She said I was a good sweet girl, but "figgety" as a child, and that I also liked to talk in class. She said that several times during class I would stand up, twirl around, then sit down. I don't recall the twirling, but I recall that a couple times in 7th grade, I stayed after school to write " I will not talk in class" until my Father picked me up. After the 2nd time he said I have to pay attention in class and stop talking. Those writing exercises and Dad's advice had worked. My disruption days had ended. As an adult, ADHD was the latest "condition" applied to "figgety" disruptive children. I wondered if I was ADHD. Afterall, as an adult, whenever I found my mind wandering during business meetings or a conversation, I had begun pinching my leg in order to focus. I have to wonder how medication would have affected my life. Would it have clouded my sweet nature, creativity, memory, and intellect? Would I have been successful and attained my comfortable lifestyle I enjoy? I'll never know, because I had teachers and parents who were not quick to label me anything but "figgety" and outspoken; who trained me with love, understanding, and discipline. Some children are just plain "figgety", or spoiled, or need attention for other things going on in their life that they can't verbalize. Medication isn't always the answer.
Why does the color of skin change how 10 year boys typically behave though?? Way too many boys are diagnosed, regardless of their skin?!? I'm so confused by this..
My daughter is 13 but struggled for a couple years in school. With her grades and was constantly distracted and had problems with her writing, and organization. She was getting bullied and depressed. I struggled with putting her on meds. She was diagnosed with disgraphia and adhd. Because of her declining grades and her mood we made the hard choice to put her on a med for her adhd. It has helped a lot. She's doing much better now. Yes, we are a white family. And we have been very involved with our kids and their schooling. So for people to Blame parents for bad parenting if their kids need to be put on meds is not right. I do love you guys and your videos.
Dr. Umar said a lot of things about the condition and culture of boys in our society black and non-black. He also said that it starts in the house but he did say that the system and predominantly white women are the ones reporting and dealing with these young boys. He never just blame white people and said that the issue of ADHD was exclusively for black boys. But there's like some inherent need to disagree and focus on him saying that black boys are disproportionately affected. So instead of listening and understanding his perspective, all everybody wants to say was I'm not black I was on Ritalin it's not a race issue. When in fact, there is an issue of race that comes into play.
My family (white) has children 'they' diagnosed with ADHD. Some schools, yes, run differently. And half the children are not ADHD. Sitting mostly ALL day is a hard way to learn.
The lack of emotional maturity in this video is why its so important for black people to know their history. Everything this man stated was facts and can ve easily googled!! They cannot be this brainwashed and whitewashed
I usually don’t comment on YT videos but I feel in this one the guy with the glasses was the only one keeping it 💯 and keeping an open mind about the dialogue. I feel like the others already had it in their heads that they were going to disagree with Dr. Umar so they weren’t looking at a lot of the topics objectively. Especially, the other guy in the front w/o glasses. A lot of the stuff Dr. Umar said in his conversation regarding education was accurate especially the section regarding special education. It’s ok to discuss data based on demographics especially if black children (boys) in particular are the focus of the conversation. That doesn’t mean that other races aren’t affected.
People like Umar and Nick Cannon expose crimes of the deepstate, but they actually serve their agenda because they use White people as the scapegoat and keep the focus off the ACTUAL predators behind this mess. They are wicked racist.
Went through this with my son, but the side effects made me nervous, so we just dealt the best we could. Miserable experience for him to sit still. and pay attention he just had a lot of energy to burn
Nick Cannon: I was held back in school. Nick Cannon 30 sec later: I was given the opportunity to excel in school, and I did. I think the problem is that in US you have (basically) zero clue about what goes on in the rest of the world. And I get it (to some extent (but not really))... why would you care about anything that goes on anywhere else...? Well... This very same shit is happening globally, regardless of skin color. He should just be glad he had someone to stand up to the establishment on his behalf - most aren't so lucky.
Many times, they became behavior issues and ended up in the BOCES programs to learn a trade, dropped out..... Just because we didn't have a name and resources like today doesn't mean it didn't exist.
There is no plan against black children in school. I was labeled a daydreamer. 2 of my 3 daughters were diagnosed with ADD at 5 and 6 yrs old. I did not let them put them on medicine. ADD is without the hyperactive part. Turns out my daydreaming was a symptom of ADD. The schools do not get paid more if kids are diagnosed with shit. Lord help! ❤ from Tennessee!
In his defense, he only is focused on black problems no other races. Saying that, you shouldn’t expect him to talk about other races when he is only focused on the black community. (The community with the most problems).
I grew up in Germany of parents who were born in the middle east never was bullied because of my background.. Overall this happens very rarely in Europe whilst this this an everday issue in America …
@@MarkScott- like i said „rarely“ this is not common like we see in America, you have teachers here who actually defend and listen to your problems which is also lacking in the states…
My teachers tried to get me diagnosed with ADHD but my mom wouldn’t hear it. So I got diagnosed in my 30s and when I finally took medication for it my life improved 100%. I’m glad I had to figure out how to live without medication first though
He's an intelligent man and is very good with twisting words and how to create a scenario and connect the dots even if they are missing a lot of other factors! I wouldn't take everything he is saying as gospel!
This doesn’t even make sense. Ritalin is made by Camber Pharmaceuticals. Does he want me to believe that there isn’t one black employee at Cambor? And, wouldn’t one or more of those black people know about this? No black faculty or administrators in any schools? And they don’t know about this? wtf? Only Dr. Umar knows of this grand racist conspiracy? He’s truly gifted.
Thank you for this video. My son was diagnosed with ADHD and those medications caused more problems than the supposed illness. Later he developed Type 1 diabetes which may have been a contributing factor to his behavior. I did not get to the dose levels and combinations they suggested. Dr.s and the schools harmed him more than helping. PS. He's white. That guest said "typical Male behaviors". It is not race.
If you’re talking about the 4 dudes,It’s not self hate they are against the corrupt idea which has been going on in their community lately and not only that but some other wicke* communities as well.People who think that the dr.Umar video is right are brainw*shed simple as that
Putting kids on ADD/ADHD was a HUGE thing in the 90's early 2000's. My son (white) it was suggested he go on Adderall, I believed them at first, one week in, no, absolutely not. This was not a black or white thing....this was a pharmaceutical push on our youth by school/teachers & doctors.
Speaking as a father of 2 the Dr's tried to say my son at the age of 4 was adhd and I rejected that because I can get him to settle down and focus, I can get him to pay attention for long stints of time but the teachers say they can't my son now is 7 and focused and one of the smartest in class with no drugs
I've met quite a few people that don't get married because they'll lose the benefits they're on. I've met even more people that make sure not to work too many hours or get a better job cause it'll fuck up their benefits, that shit definitely happens
Teachers associations did a study on the charter schools that are getting better averages, and they found out what they were doing that made major improvements in education. They will not do it. They want to control, they want nothing to do with anything that helps students. The part of the problem is the teachers union, they are preventing children from advancing and they don’t care
I have a 13 year old white girk and she takes adhd medicine. She went from almost being held back in the 3rd grade, to making straight A’s the next year. The medicine was life changing for her focus in school. The school did recommend we get her tested, and she went to 6 two hour testing sessions over the summer before she got her evaluation and diagnosis. I definitely think every parent should have them evaluated and tested before they just tell their pediatrician their kid needs meds.
My white son was dianosed with ADHD as a little child. He was and is hyper, and he's 54 now. I did put him on meds, and he was good in school but when he had stomach aches and seemed depressed, i took him off the meds.
In the Midwest, if you're a young boy with a single mom, you're treated like what Dr Umar is saying young black boys are treated like. It's very classist here. Despite the fact my sons in 1st and 3rd grade could both do 5th grade math and read at 7th grade level. I pulled them & put them in private school which was worse so now I homeschool and my sons are better off now - thank God!
You gentlemen are correct it is BOY thing not a color thing!!! I am the sister to 3 brothers and a mother to 3 sons! I know! This person was right in context BUT not simply because of color! He is right it is a hustle and boys of color are often targets of the cycle but also culture is a problem!
I am So Proud to see young black men down to earth.. non-thugs… just REGULAR YOUNG BLACK BOYS TO MEN!! I love it! From REGULAR BLACK MIDDLE CLASS HOMES! I am so proud of their parents as well.. ❤❤
The schools will get more money, usually at the district level. In most cases, unless it’s challenged, the money doesn’t directly flow to the needs of the challenged children! It will get eaten up by the administration in ANY WAY they can.
This is exactly what the government wants people to focus on race rather than the actual problem, me personally I took what Umar was saying as in a specific subject in the black community I don’t think he was saying that it’s ONLY black people, cause he speak only for the black community, he didn’t start mentioning race yet and y’all were already saying “well it’s everyone not just one race”, and that’s actually the problem, more people are focused on the “all” rather than the problem itself. Black people get discriminated, “BUT ALL OF US DO TOO!” Nobody says, “Fix discrimination” and that’s y we ain’t progressing nowhere everyone think they are in the right and nobody moves forward.
Myself and all three of my siblings were diagnosed and treated for ADHD in school and we are WHITE. Stop making everything a race issue when it’s an issue affecting many kids of all races. If we came together to address and solve these issues instead of making things up to cause further division, maybe we could accomplish something.
I was a white kid that got in trouble when I was 17..first.offense, never in trouble, charged with a felony they refused to plead down, then went to court at 18 for that first offense. I begged them to send me to the military instead of prison, they told me people like me didn't deserve to be in the United States military..(first offenders)
These kind of people are so dangerous. They say just enough truth, this just enough authority, that they seem legitimate. But if you really listen, the racial component is chilling.
I was diagnosed as well and tested positive for ADHD...never took any meds and parents didn't tell me until I graduated from college. The schools got more money if more kids have issues, hence my initial positive testing, 38 now. Yeah from MI.
I love watching you gentlemen, it is part of my daily routine. I hope you guys become thought leaders for the black community because I truly believe you are on the right path. Identifying past problems is important, but it is a shame most of the thought leaders on the left don't have the right answers. Yet if you speak out against that, it is treated as if you are attacking the black community. Whoever is pulling the strings for the 'narrative' in America is really doing every community an injustice.
I’m happy to know the generation behind me don’t just take in all information given. They (including my 24 yr old college graduate) QUESTION almost everything! That shows intelligence. ❤ it!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
@thebenc1537 a white teacher at my sons school noticed a issue with boys not being still so he brought bikes and he found that letting the boys ride a bike in PE in the morning made the boys better in the afternoon for learning. Schools use to have a hour for PE. There use to a whole class for it. Not its like 15 mins total a day. And we wonder why our kids are fatter and can't focus
