Channel: Our Changing Climate

Category: Education

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Description: The history of Black farmers, explained. Sign up for Nebula AND CuriosityStream here: curiositystream.com/occ Check out the extended edition of this video here: nebula.app/videos/occ-how-the-us-stole-land-from-millions-of-black-farmers In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at the history of Black farmers in the United States. Specifically, I look at how systems of oppression, slavery, and the racist machinations of the USDA dispossessed Black farmers of copious amounts of land. Over the course of three centuries, white settlers and white supremacist governmental operations made it extremely hard to be a Black farmer. That being said, Black farmers have a rich history of resistance and collective struggle. From farmer's unions to the Black belt communist and sharecropper uprisings, to the teachings and innovations of Booker T. Whatley and George Washington Carver, Black farmers have pushed back against America's white supremacist industrial agricultural system. In doing so, black farmers have developed agricultural techniques that guide us towards new anti-racist, anti-colonial, and anti-capitalist paths. Help me make more videos like this via Patreon: patreon.com/OurChangingClimate Email List: ourchangingclimateocc.substack.com Twitter: twitter.com/OurClimateNow Facebook: facebook.com/occvideos Instagram: instagram.com/occ.climate Reddit: reddit.com/r/OurChangingClimate Check out other Climate YouTubers: Climate in Colour: youtube.com/channel/UC8Wp9EmfpV7EUSrSJAonxzw zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/channel/UCTRM8LE1g6UXrVZKwgw5oEA Levi Hildebrand: youtube.com/user/The100LH Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys Sarah Karver: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Sweet Soul Whisper ASMR: youtube.com/channel/UCkWMO64iyRbXQCq5fT4BlBw ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Jack Harries: youtube.com/user/JacksGap Beckisphere: youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ All About Climate: youtube.com/channel/UCs0uXl-w0672ni8pS3UDXsQ Aime Maggie: youtube.com/channel/UCpIcLW8YOY1kL_6J0TzDBGA Just Have a Think: youtube.com/channel/UCRBwLPbXGsI2cJe9W1zfSjQ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:33 - A History of Trauma 2:50 - Exploitation 7:03 - Resistance 11:02 - Reclaiming the Stolen 12:18 - Land is the Future 13:54 - CuriosityStream/Nebula Ad Spot 16:13 - Outro I use Epidemic Sound for some of my music: epidemicsound.com/creator Certain images and videos courtesy of Getty Images _______________________ Further Reading and Resources: fascinated-soccer-ac0.notion.site/The-History-of-Black-Farmers-Resources-6b6b52497e604ba382277cb993404d03 #BlackFarmers #Farming #ClimateChange