“I dont want Black History month. I dont want White History Month. I dont want Women, Hispanic, or Asian history month. This is American history. American history is Black history” -Morgan Freeman

He’s right. He’s so right. Americans are so separated. Everyone is a group rather than just being Americans.

I am in awe of this man every time I hear his ideas. They are beautiful, all inclusive, ideas. He wants real unity, real understanding, and for us to love each other, be friends with each other. If you think about it, he really teaches the gospel.

Daryl is one of the coolest dudes in this country. The guy knows wtf he's talking about and he's the real deal. He speaks the truth and some people can't handle the truth.

This was the badass that tricked the KKK supreme leader into meeting with him and became friends.

The dude makes a very thoughtful and caring argument about why black history month needs to be assimilated into American history and dumbasses don't take 10 minutes to listen to it and instead read the title and call him Uncle Ruckus.

I agree with this man. I am a Mexican-American and I have to say the the exact same thing for Chicanos. Gabriel Iglesias said the exact same thing on one of his stand ups. Gabriel Iglesias constantly gets called a Latino-comic but it makes it sound like he only performs for Latinos when we know he performs for everyone. He said that literally had to travel all the way to the Middle East to finally be called American. God bless you, Daryl Davis.

Loads of respect for this man educating us and Joe Rogan for getting it out there.

I laughed when we got Asian history month. They were like "why is it funny to you?" And I went "we can just teach it we don't need a month to validate Asian history"

Fun fact, he actually came to our school and turn a whole school that usually are rowdy, disrespectful, and never pay attention to speeches or presentations to be completely captivated and focused on the message. He is a wonderful guy and is really a great speaker.

Ive been arguing this for years and I used to get a mixed bag of responses. Im glad people are getting more “woke” to the idea that having a literal month after a whole race, versus just calling it history month and involving all races would do a lot more for mankind.

46 years old, and I remember having both Washington and Lincoln days celebrated in grade school, and remember the Presidents’ Day sales that started showing up for local shopping malls not too far afterward.

Makes an “outrageous claim” Gives historical context Gives personal experience Gives plenty of detail Makes his argument Gives historical context Ends his argument

This guys voice is literally turning into gravel the more he talks. Vin Diesel would be jealous.

This was my personal favorite episode of JRE it was very insightful and educational

Him and Scottie Pippen’s voice need their own show 😂😂😂

This man is totally correct everyone should be recognized all year long. Why only a month.

“I don’t want a black history month. Black history is American history” - Morgan Freeman.

He went in on, Christopher Columbus.. 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I could listen to Daryl Davis talk all day.

"We're Americans we can disagree, we are individuals" *applause* 👏👏👏

This man is one of the most progressive thinking individuals I’ve ever had the pleasure too meet

I'm a firm believer in what Morgan Freeman said in regards to how to get rid of racism. "Stop talking about it" All my kids are mixed and I am dreading the day that I have to explain to them racism. We are all innocent until our parents show us the path we are going to follow.

Inventing the ironing board? 😂😂😂 How did Joe keep a straight face? 😂😂😂

Morgan Freeman said it best. "Black history is American history."

someone get this man a drink of water

I’ve been reading about this man since I was a kid, I have a feeling my kids will too one day

American history is black history. American culture is black culture.

This man hit puberty twice.

“Black history is American history, you can not have one without the other”

Definitely something to think about But not to bring up during dinner 😬

Daryl's Ted talk is stuff of legends.

"Black history is American history"- Morgan Freeman

If Optimus Prime had a father, he would sound like this.

As a woman, I'm in agreement with getting rid of women's history month.

Damn, Big Smoke spittin' straight facts right here.

I agree with this 100% there shouldn’t be black history month or women’s month. It should be all included in American history. This guy is talking straight facts

Shout out Leif Erickson day, landed before Columbus, from Europe to North America in Newfoundland 🇨🇦

Morgan Freedman said it best: "Black history is American history." We need to stop thinking color and start thinking American despite who is in the White House.

Just teach history period. If some event was significant, teach it. if someone anyone did something significant teach it.

This is one of the best arguments for it I have ever heard.

We need him to go on all news channels and explain this

The sad thing is that Gen Z would totally try to just tear this man apart, call him white washed and stuff like that just because he is trying unite everyone together 😔

As a black man, I completely agree with his point of view, also; does anyone else feel the need to clear theirr throat?

Listening to this guy talk has given me renewed hope for humanity.

When Daryl Davis talks you listen. He's a national hero.

Morgan Freeman has said the same thing “Black history is American History.” -Morgan Freeman on 60minutes

I wish I was related to this man just so I could listen to him all the time ❤️

Daryl Davis is such a smart guy it's a pleasure just to listen to him.

Joe: "What about Christopher Columbus" Daryl: "He's not American" Joe: "Oh. He's not, thats right."

Joes like "I totally agree, but I'm not touching this one..."

I learned this all in middle school, glad to see were advancing now

First thing that came to mind when I heard his voice was the “Tattletale Strangler” from SpongeBob lol

Fun Fact: This is the guy that made the CEO of racism stop being racist.

Don’t let black people know this. Oh yea, Morgan Freeman. He said, “How are we going to get rid of racism? Stop talking about it.”

Love this man .......he sees things straight......Stuffs messed up and he needs to educate the youth.....it's a shame.....in the 90s we where so close and the media had to spew this hate and we have slid back by 20 years 😢

Seriously.. what could be more insulting than designating the shortest month of the year black history month?

J - “What about Christopher Columbus?” D - “Christopher Columbus wasn’t American” J - “Oh, that’s right”

I dont think people should be remembered or taught based on the color of their skin, it should be based on what they accomplished/did, and how that impacted the world

The over commercializing of the month is also alarming. Walked into a Target last year and saw a black month shopping section go up in advance, as if it were Christmas merchandise. To each his own if wearing a shirt gives you a sense of belonging but if there's anything that's not about material things it'd be this.

I'm pretty young, recently graduated from high school, and I can confirm that we already do teach about historical black people throughout the year, depending on the subject of course. When were talking about 1800s and slavery, we discuss Frederick Douglass and WB Dubois. Mid-late 1900s and were taught about Malcolm X and MLK. However, we are not taught about who made the traffic light, and why should we? We also don't learn about who made the electric-powered fan, who made the first vacuum, so I dont know if any white people made that. The only reason we know about Benjamin Franklin and his stuff is because he was a founding father, which is pretty huge. I do agree the black history month should be removed, because we shouldn't divide ourselves anymore. American History should envelop all citizens of the US.

3:20 that throat clear made one hell of a difference my god

Labeling things as "black" or "women's" also reinforces the erroneous concept that they're different from everyone else

This is a cool perspective, and I’m totally on board

As a teacher - I’ve been in agreement with this man for ... well. Forever .... and black history was simply part of American history. No race about it. Amen.

He makes a strong valid point. Unfortunately, this country is so soft now that they'll be too triggered by the title of the video to even hear him out.

This guy looks like the black teacher from Rick and Morty

1:40 I remember learning about Columbus Day in elementary and then learning about the real Columbus really had me like damn but I always say it as a day off of school either way

Simply put: most people have smooth brains. This man does not.

"Black history is american history" - Morgan Freeman.

I love how young joe is and a guest who might be older, by any years, always says "before your time" and it's just always funny. In like a good way cuz dude I'm in my 30s and I have those moments with my younger friends lol 😂

Most kids cant even find states on a map.. because they dont care.

my parents pull me out of school every February for an “extended” family vacation, im started to suspect something odd is going on

At the very beginning- “we gotta fight.” (Me) “FOR YOUR RIGHT…..TO PAAAARTYY!”

He does make a really logical point. Black history in a way makes us resent each other. “Oh god.. it’s February... time to get black stuff shoved down our throats for 4 weeks.” It’s really much better to just spread it out and in a way it makes us forget about out differences, we’re learning it all blended together.

He looks like Morty's teacher.

I dont get why we focus on our differences instead of our similarities. Race is a social construct, there is no difference between black american history and american history.

The sad part is MLK day is also what used to be Lee-Jackson day in Virginia.

Morgan Freeman once said “you gonna relegate my history To a month?”

Its kinda Ironic that youtube is recommending this to me while its black history month, and youtube has put out ads, and other media supporting it.

Interesting take, never thought of it this way

Daryl Davis. A real American. A real man. A real educator. I would have paid real money to sit in a classroom and listen to him talk.

I feel like clearing my throat when I hear Daryl Davis speak

This guy sounds like a Neil degrasse tyson who has been smoking since birth

I've been thinking about this for a while now, it just doesn't make sense to push groups into a spotlight to get rid of the difference seen between them. It just distinguished those groups more in peoples minds. Society needs to just stop showing difference that isn't there, and treat people like people. Look behind what you see. Look at the individual themselves, and judge them on their personality. Not because they're black, or white, or straight, or gay, or female, or male. People are people. Treat them like it.

“How do you discover something…when you get there, people are already there?”

One of my All time favorite episodes. You go into it just being a piece of trash and judging Darrell by his outward appearance and then you’re quickly pulled in by this man’s level of understand and empathy. I hope his health is okay and he’s doin well, it’d be great To see him again.

At the school I teach at, there's a US History teacher that a lot of students would complain about because according to them, "all she talks about is black people." So out of curiosity, I asked her if I could see some of her old lesson plans and syllabi from past semesters, and even sat in on a couple of her classes: Turns out, what a lot of the students called "only talking about black people" was her covering the history, using the assigned textbook plus additional readings, just like any regular US History teacher, _and then she would supplement (not replace) the usual material_ by talking about how black people in America were affected during those events: Information that wasn't given in the textbooks. The biggest irony: Of all the history teachers, she was the only one who during the spring semesters would NOT alter her curriculum during the month of February and would treat it like any other month, as opposed to the others who would ONLY talk about black history, and then go back to business as usual in March (and for those teachers, none of the shit covered in that month really counted; it was just treated as "side content" that didn't impact the overall material). THAT'S how you do black history right. There's a certain sad hilarity that in a misguided attempt to increase awareness of black people's place and role in US history, we've essentially SEGREGATED black history into one month of the year instead of integrating it into the greater canon of American history.

This guy and Joey Diaz should have a competition on who has the most crunchiest voice

Something else happened in 1492 that was instrumental in Cristobal Colon's expedition across the Atlantic.

I really like listening to this gentleman it makes a lot of good points

The way he explains it, black history month sounds like segregated history.

I’m asian and i think we need to get rid of asian heritage month. It’s dumb. Either, we’re all just americans or none of us are

Never thought of it like that 🤔

where can i find the full podcast not just clips its infuriating i need to hear it all together because i want to educate myself better.

He makes some really good points...never thought of it that way.

This guy sounds like its 5am and he just woke up.

"Columbus is not american" Lmao, got'em.

I been saying this for the longest time but people call me a biggot or a racist for saying so.

I never thought of it like that but solid point.