Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | FULL EPISODE | Netflix

'This slaves didn't just represent wealth, they were wealth' I felt that

“The American Dream IS at the expense of the American Negro. I picked the cotton, and I carried it to the market, and I built the railroads under someone else’s whip for nothing. For Nothing .” -- James Baldwin

As an African American in America. This episode of Explained changed my life. I have never viewed money the same since.

Videos like this are needed! people walk around wearing their ignorance like jewellery and the more videos like this are released and circulated, the less excuses can be made.

if a man enters the starting line of the race 300 years after another man ,that right there was deep

I used to think racism was just in the minds of people with an inferiority complex, but then again, I'm not american, I don't know most of its history nor was I raised here. Thank you Netflix for educating people, myself included, with this eye opening content, even more for making it public. This brought tears to my eyes.

Thank you Netflix for this video and making it free for all - I work in finance and the number of people who don't understand the difference between wealth vs riches is part of the reason they will never feel the pain of our African American brothers. I am completely in support of the recent protests of BLM even though I am part of another minority group - May God Bless you!

13:40 in South Africa we call it Black Tax you graduate, land a job now you have to pay student loan, go back and renovate or build your family a home, try to help your siblings by the time you try to spoil yourself most of your white friends have a house, cars, kids and married. We are working backwards and at the same time you still don't get same salary as your white friend even though you are doing the same duties, We still have a long way to go.

I advise everyone to read “Black Labor, White Wealth” by Dr. Claud Anderson. Eye opening

This episode, single handedly changed my outlook on life. It was eye opening, heart breaking; and to tell the truth, one day, in my own kitchen I broke down in tears because of it. Its so hard, to finally learn the truth about why certain things are the way that they are. Its so difficult to learn the real reason why everytime you take five steps forward, you get pushed ten steps back.

Man I tell ya. So much respect for the African American community. They have faced slavery, segregation, economic and social ghettoization, unhinged police oppression & harassment, institutional racism, denied quality education & healthcare. And yet, despite of all this and much more, they still persevere and hope for a brighter future, where the White Man sees them as fellow brethren. I dont think that's gonna happen anytime soon, especially with the way US political system is setup. America needs a revolution! And not just to fix police brutality post George Floyd, but to overhaul this despicable system from its roots.

Peace to Netflix and all outlets involved in this Production. So much explained and articulated in 16 mins and 12 secs.

Far too many in this comment section see racism as in the past, but don't see how the effects of 400 years of racism at the highest level still creates hell for the Black community in 2020. At this point, it has to be willful ignorance...

A lot less views than the other episodes..

“If they can’t have their equal share in the house, they’ll burn it down” - Malcom X Very prescient in light of the nationwide protests going on right now

And yet this is only the tip of the iceberg... This should be taught more in every American History class.

Growing 10million to 11 million dollars is inevitable. Growing $1000 to $1100 is hard work.

'wealth is where past injustices breed present suffering' Damn true👌

I was initially turned down for a loan to buy a condo in 1992. I had excellent credit and a very good job. There was no reason why I would not qualify for the loan I was applying for. When the loan office said I had been turned down for the loan I demanded to know why. He had no answers and said he would reenter my application. It was approved. They had tried to discriminate against me but had to back down because they had no legitimate reason for refusing the loan.

Thank you, Netflix, for putting this on YouTube. Watched this last year on the platform. It has help mold my future plans with educating tomorrow's leaders on building wealth.