@@wildfire9280ooh sht don't say that!!!! 😂😂 I was arguing literally for a month with SA ppl particularly Johannesburg! It's like the white ppl down there REALLY BELIEVE THEY ARE AFRICAN AND NOT SCOTTISH OR BRITISH OR WHEREVER THERE DNA TRACES THEM BACK TOO! I WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM THAT THE SAN and KhoiKhoi PPL YOU KNOW THE ACTUAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO JOHANNESBURG (eGoli the zulu name or original) They act like they don't know or understand that Europeans settled there because of the emerald mines. It's amazing because a lot of black South Africans were defending them too! 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
Honestly man, I've always thought this style of storytelling gets what actually happened across in the most enlightening way (who are the actors? What were their positions and perspectives? What did they do?), and you've nailed it. Cool to see you cover all different kinds of topics. Found you from the Kendrick-BBL beef (I think), staying for all the other stuff. Wish you the best. I think your channel has the potential to blow up.
Thank you very much and very good catch yall, seeing things from their perspectives is key in my opinion when it comes to stories about the past. Glad you stuck around for the videos beyond that, more to come!
I have to strongly disagree. This is a pretty poor telling of the alamo and texas. We take texas history every 3 years. The battle wasn't 30 minutes it lasted an entire day when the seige actually happened with 3 different attempts in 1 day. Maybe it was the last seige that was 30 minutes but it wasn't a wash from us. Also yes they fought pretty bravely considering the force difference and the fact the U.S. couldn't directly support the people.
There are actually a lot of inaccuracies with this. U.S. might of secretly been supplying troops but most of the forces was literally letters sent across the states for anyone to join the cause. You have a huge wave of manifest destiny right now and promises. Texas also joined America because economically after the way it was extremely unstable.
@@busterpropes2917 it was about a lot more than the alamo. The alamo was less than like 10% of the video. He managed to explain US-Mexico-Texas relations and developments, leading up to, during, and after, an extremely crucial juncture (the Mexican-American War), a period of several years, in just 5 minutes. Furthermore, he included a lot of color that you normally don't get, and gave a pretty damn good characterization of a whole lotta stuff, in a condensed, easy-to-digest, quick format. Frankly, you just sound like a butt hurt Texan.
As a Texan, most of this is true. The battle of the Alamo lasted nearly two weeks, though, and America was WAAAY more shady building up to the Mexican War.
It wasn’t a two week long battle. The encounter lasted 13 days total and while in the 13 days the few encounters they had Texas was quickly wrecked, when Mexico actually attacked March 6 they basically wiped them out as most of them ran into hiding in the interior or the building and some Texans surrendered and were then were executed. I’ve been to the Alamo a bunch of times, it’s the main star of downtown SA and it’s no surprise it went quick, it’s a tiny little place compared to buildings today. When they got wiped out march 6 that inspired others to come help
Then the Texans invited a bunch of Germans and Poles to settle their outskirts to serve as a buffer from Comanche and Apache raids, which is why there's a lot of German and Polish place names in certain places
The sad part is that all of this is celebrated as Fiesta week in San Antonio. Not one San Antonian I've met could tell me the origins of fiesta week which, is that they got swindled.
My paternal great grandfather’s family came from Mexico. I always thought because they were from Mexico, my father was mixed but when I saw what the Mexican family looked like I was surprised. A lot of them were black. I never knew before that there were black people in Mexico. The majority of our family is still in Texas but we branched out all over. I would love to hear more history on the black people in Mexico.
I didn’t like being told to sit back down when I stood up for Texas. Jokes aside. Your story telling is really next level. If I had to describe it I would say it’s an adaptive evolution of story telling. Making sure you keep the audience engaged with the peaks and valleys as the story goes on not one big build up. You keep it interesting and informative. Glad I found your channel. Keep up the great work!
Man bro. I just subscribed today, after watching all your videos, You are on to something, the way you tell these stories and how you break this shit down without out it being long and drawn-out is super dope. I appreciate your articulation, prospective, assertiveness, research, and verbal demeanor. Plz keep it up! Peace God
Bro i think i binged all ur videos GREAT format the way u explain things are simple yet so informative added wit alittle dash of comedy KEEEP MAKING CONTENT! Im waiting on ur next video bro
Yes. We are. That's why this guy who made the video had to be a racist and lie about history. The Siege of The Alamo lasted 13 days, in which the Mexican Army continuously bombarded by day and the fighters repaired by night. Numerous attempts were made to take the complex. What's in San Antonio now is less than 3% of the total engagement area back then; only the church remains, well, y'all would call it a church. Additionally, the Mexican Army numbered between 2,000 and 6,000 with more reinforcements in bound. Texans had approximately 200 defenders. The cannon was supposed to be scrapped and Texan forces moved on, but on site command decided to make a stand to buy Houston more time to build an Army. It was understood that all men would die in The Alamo. They knew it would happen. Santa Anna had murdered even American soldiers on his way to San Antonio. Nothing the guy in the video said is correct. Also, the Texans didn't run away. As the Mexican Army breached, one of the cannons was unable to be crippled, allowing the Mexicans to turn the cannon on the Texans. They repositioned to the Long House and other areas to try to avoid direct cannon fire. The entire thing was a delaying action that was designed, on site, to give Houston more time to build up an Army; which he did. Yes, initially it was hoped that major reinforcements would show, but the time the Mexicans showed, they new what they had to do. The Battle of San Jacinto, where in your vernacular, the Texans "clapped back", Houston smashed San Anna. 900 Texicans vs 1,300 Mexicans and they could NOT stop the Texans from killing them. 9 deaths, 30 wounded for the Texans and more than 600 dead and 700 captured for the Mexicans; including Santa Anna, who was found hiding as a regular soldier about a day later. Texans are so much "That guy" that we made the guy who fancied himself Napoleon cast off his rank of General and hide as a private. Yes, Texas is "That guy."
Sir, I have learned more from you than I have in high school and college.Because you tell the truth and they tell lies.I appreciate your content and look forward to more
If you can pick up a copy of "The History of the Filipino People" by Teodoro Agoncillo, you will have some fun, brother. It's written in plain, straight forward English. Studying the Philippines reveals EVERYTHING. That book is written in a very fun way, fun to read. Not some dry ass history book. You might have to buy from the Philippines and pay some serious shipping, though. You won't get that perspective in anything made from America -- and it was written in English, straight up. Nothing lost in translation.
Jim Bowie and David Cricket were there. General Santa Anna, the Mexican dictator, went on to survive to retirement; moved to America and invented bubble gum.
Bro I got a million dollar idea for you. You should do retellings of infamous Bible stories in this style. Not my bag but I can only imagine how untapped the zoomer religious market is 🤣 I'm dead serious bro. Make 2 of em and watch em pop off. And then we can talk about how you're gonna shoot me reoccurring payments of 5% for coming up with the idea 😁
Dont forget to tell the folks that handle on Oklahoma use to be Texas too. There was line that separated free states from slave ones and that part of Texas reached over into the free portion. To keep slavery in Texas they gave that land to Oklahoma. Ironically Texas was the last state to end slavery and that's where we get "Juneteenth"
Originally we were supposed to Annex 80% of Mexico. But a Diplomat named Polk who was aginst the war just settled for territories that we have now. Sometimes insubordination isn't bad, it can save the existance of a nation.
