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Kevin Samuels is Live… UPDATE: Celebrating Life Video
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Hoodoo Child
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Kev had Russian men crying? 
I mean, that’s pretty much what I said
Kinda wild though. I feel like this is a new frontier!
This is like inheriting a music catalog or something. Ppl are going to inherit YT channels and run them for profit. It’s kind of genius.
That being said, KS was better and had a better message than everyone who has sprouted up in his place. He ultimately was trying to bring folks together
I maintain, though, that my biggest gripe with this sector is the fact that men seem to blame the Black women who grew up in the same dysfunction as them for our societal ills.
If KS and the like TRULY wanted to be effective, why not start interviewing the older Black women in the community on these YT channels and ask them what they taught their daughters about relationships and marriage?
Why not interview the Black fathers who make it clear their daughters’ education comes before any man?
I mentioned before my own male cousin told me to stay in school and try to get to the phd level before entertaining a serious relationship. Why? (Because he wanted me to have great achievements and my own money so that I wouldn’t depend on anyone in case I got left).
People asking 24YO Black girls why they aren’t moving like 24YO White girls as if these girls raised themselves
There is definitely something to be said for the women who continuously make horrible decisions— without a doubt— but there’s a social/relationship playbook that girls of other races/ethnicities get that Black girls aren’t getting anymore.
Old school families still operate the proper way, but people aren’t seriously asking themselves how many Black girls are sent to college to look for a husband like the White and Asian girls. How many Black girls are taught what husband material is? How many are taught effective communication skills? How to diffuse a situation, etc? I’ve literally never heard ANY of the women in my family raise their voices, even when upset, because there’s a way to communicate with men and they showed us that.
Beyond that, the same detriments Black men say they have from growing up in single parent homes are experienced by their female counterparts.
A lot of ppl throw their daughters into the world with no game so they get played and used.
I mean, a common joke in our community is how much easier it is to date a girl with no father LMAO I heard guys saying that shyt when I was younger.
My point is though, yes there are dysfunctional women (and men) who are beyond saving, but people need to get to the root of the issue—young women didn’t raise themselves. People aren’t rebelling against their rearing. We have folks out here who literally weren’t raised to seek and function in healthy relationships. And this is a man’s world, so it sucks for the women who get older and realize they weren’t raised properly. A man can screw around and as long as he has a little something he can find someone as he ages.
Couple that with the stronghold hiphop culture has on our youth- this shyt is a recipe for disaster.
I agree that a lot of women needed to hear what men actually want and needed to know what bad their bad decisions would result in.
Kevin started the conversation that we NEEDED to have, but how do we move forward?
I kind of prefer that his channel replay is his stuff as opposed to these new ppl who are literally grifting.
To the bolded, it’s because he wasn’t trying to bring us together like you stated. He saw what made him his coins, highest views, and top donations so he doubled down on it. That’s exactly why the bolded didn’t happen and why he continuously interviewed the same type of woman.
Dog Based Gremlin
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Hope Coach gang, Just Pearly things, and MediocreTutorialsandReviews shows up
Elle Seven
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Respectfully, Mr. Samuels' message as it was proved effective for many. One point he continued to make that I agreed with was when he said others should make the content they wanted to see; he was one man and chose to deliver his message in the way he wanted.
I'm a woman, and I was personally irritated with his lady callers who would try to tell him he needed to change his tone because even I understood the same truth he did - changing the tone and/or the delivery would be no more palatable to a person who hates accountability and truth anyway. I don't know if it's because I'm Gen X, but I was not bothered listening to how he talked because I remember 1) men talking like that when I was a kid and 2) having to have actual social skills to talk to people face-to-face. I think social media has got the way a lot of people interact in-person today completely jacked up, but that's another story.
Not going to front - it was clear in some of his videos at times, he was coming for ladies who weren't on that time, but they were the minority. More often than not, ladies called that show acting up. Ladies calling in drunk, smoking hookah, blowing their noses, laying in a bed with a bonnet on... I honestly don't see how he continued to do it. I wasn't surprised to hear what ultimately killed him.
I digress. In all honesty, if you think Kevin's message could have been meted out with more care or should have included the older mothers who taught the independence mindset and the fathers who encouraged education, then by all means, heed the call. I sincerely mean it, as this is one part of the puzzle I have yet to see in content).
Mr. Samuels could not do it all; who is to say he might not have eventually evolved to include that kind of content? We will never know. The important fact is he opened up the conversation and those who want answers to the question you posed ("How do we move forward?") have the opportunity to keep it going and flourishing.
Godspeed to you.
This is a whole fact.
People in the Black Community and even TLR get money by the suffering of black folks as a whole.
Dog Based Gremlin
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Damn I called itHope Coach gang, Just Pearly things, and MediocreTutorialsandReviews shows up
skyrunner1
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I wouldnt be surprised. Knew a couple random people that were huge ks fans, like wtf.. Know Asian dude, he work at ESPN and I think he be with Jason Witlock, probably one of bigger KS fans I know..Kev had Russian men crying?
Wonder if Melanie King is making an appearance, they were close.
Dog Based Gremlin
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Donald Glover gon show up?
feelosofer
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Age. Height. Dress size?
The last time you weighed yourself what was it?
The last time you weighed yourself what was it?
Oh, I KNOW.
It’s very clear what caused the money to roll in.
That’s why I included that paragraph. I’m glad a man said it so I didn’t have to get attacked.
Very easy to get to the actual root of the issue, but no one wants to interview the ppl who RAISED millennials. Because:
1- no one really cares and
2- ppl don’t want to question the elders
Hoodoo Child
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Oh shyt, they got Geoff.