Juneteenth Explained To White People

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20 күн бұрын

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Hi Friends,
This week I wanted to share my thoughts on the holiday Juneteenth. It just so happened that I had a crowd at the show that was about 30 percent black and 70 percent white so I thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about Juneteenth.
The holiday marks the knowledge of the freedom of slaves in Texas and making that freedom official under the law. Many slave owners knew slavery was coming to an end so they actually moved to Texas because it was one of the last states to hold out against the Emancipation Proclamation.
There is also a myth that none of the slaves knew they were free until they were told on this day but word had spread and many more slaves had attempted escapes and made plans for how to move on than anyone would think.
There is a painful history with slavery and a ripple effect through time. As much resistance as the attempts of Nat Turner to revolt or Harriet Tubman through the Underground Railroad put up they were no match for a full infrastructure and legal system of enslaving an entire people.
Juneteenth has also been called Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day. By the abolition of slavery except in the case of the incarceration in 13th Amendment America finally made steps to show black people were legally whole people and citizens. Although leaving the loophole is what many, including myself, believe is what made it so important in the south to punish black people harshly in the south with prison time even to this day.
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Video Directed by Jacob Menache
Recorded at The Comedy Club of Kansas City

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@JoshJohnsonComedy 18 күн бұрын

Hi Friends. Make sure to like and subscribe. Want to hit 500k by June 30th

@taylor22222222 18 күн бұрын

👍

@taylor22222222 18 күн бұрын

Happy for you, man! I can see 500k on the horizon!! ^^

@justinpitcock5312 18 күн бұрын

Josh I saw some people react to your Kendrick Drake video they all loved it. I was happy to see people react to your video. The more that do you will not only hit 500k you’ll hit a million in no time.

@fortruth8236 18 күн бұрын

I appreciate you, Josh!

@chrissangster3040 18 күн бұрын

Bro I can't believe you did that bit in KANSAS! lol

@summer_glazed2818 18 күн бұрын

Josh is like a retired history teacher/professor that wasn’t appreciated enough and took his talents elsewhere 🤣

@Barbarossa-heir 18 күн бұрын

I agree

@mindyhoward1505 18 күн бұрын

Ohhh that's so accurate it makes me wonder if it's true

@cehaver 18 күн бұрын

@@mindyhoward1505I know he writes (or has written) for the daily show!

@eliasmg9144 18 күн бұрын

@@darbonatorflagged

@Hellbunnyfelicia 18 күн бұрын

Yessss

@Notoastleft 18 күн бұрын

"everyone I'm talking about is dead, alright? Don't be weird" That was the absolute best way to break up that awkwardness, Josh never fails to be a master of comedy

@elisabethhughes6005 18 күн бұрын

Instead of “calm down” I’m gonna start using “don’t tighten up on me.” It’s really funny and everyone hates to be told to calm down.

@sonja4164 18 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 I'm gonna start using it too! @elisabethhughes6005

@JFFF6293 18 күн бұрын

kansas city he picked the right spot for the awkward

@tanisha.r.thomas 18 күн бұрын

@@elisabethhughes6005yes. 😂 I hate it and am using it.

@Godfailedyoustophumpinghisleg 18 күн бұрын

I mean it’s a fair crowd reaction, you come for jokes and get a lecture, about stuff you already know is wrong.

@wisdomcounselors 18 күн бұрын

The one thing that is constantly overlooked about Juneteenth is African Americans were free only on paper. They didn't get the right to vote in TX until 1975. So economically we weren't free.

@Drekromancer 18 күн бұрын

That's a good point. But it's hard to place a commemorative holiday for something with an unclear beginning, middle, and end. For a holiday narrative, you need a specific story, and Juneteenth fits the bill. So it makes sense that people settled on this one. I mean, the date of the Emancipation Proclamation could work too, but as you clearly identified, that was only the beginning of the liberation process. And you're right to say that Juneteenth wasn't the end-all, be-all to real African American liberation, which came in fits and starts across the country from the early 60's to the late 70's. But it'd be hard to condense that whole process into a discrete event to celebrate. So Juneteenth works as the cleanest single moment of crystallized African American liberation. That said, I think it'd be wise for politicians and history teachers to share more of this information widely during the holiday.

@Siphomudau1990 18 күн бұрын

1975??! That's insane!

@calmbro1970 18 күн бұрын

@@Siphomudau1990 1975 sounded like an extreme stretch to me. what do you know.. a quick search and found that is a LIE .. don't believe everything you read on the internet.

@tonis5140 18 күн бұрын

1975? Off to Google 🏃🏾‍♀️ That is insane

@kingofgrim4761 18 күн бұрын

Last slaves were freed in the 1900s, but that’s a crazy thing. I thought Alabama (I think it’s Al) that didn’t allow interracial marriage until 1990s

@06jtm 18 күн бұрын

As a black, non American. JJ’s “explained to white people” videos very much apply to me too. Thanks Josh, man of the people.

@palaviye 17 күн бұрын

Same 😅😂

@AlyssaAllen.a 15 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 I literally just said this.

@escay8434 14 күн бұрын

Same here.

@gigiarmany4332 13 күн бұрын

me too😂

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. 13 күн бұрын

Same 😂 from the Caribbean

@grannypeacock 18 күн бұрын

Back in the 2010s I helped people with barriers to employment find work. This man was from Mississippi. He was about 60 and had never paid into social security. Turns out he was pulled out of school at 8 years old to work the cotton fields. Don't tell me slavery ended in the 19th century.

@CW1444holycity 18 күн бұрын

My grandma was the same way. She was born in 1948 and had to leave school in the 5th grade to work in the fields.

@AR-md1zq 18 күн бұрын

Yup I know Floridians whose parents or grandparents worked in the cotton fields. When I found out I was surprised cause I didn't realize that it had persisted for so long.

@rebeccahicks2392 18 күн бұрын

Still going on in the impoverished countries that we get our raw materials from.

@sonja4164 18 күн бұрын

@@rebeccahicks2392exactly.

@sonja4164 18 күн бұрын

This is what doesn't get discussed.

@lunasky5635 18 күн бұрын

“Your maple ass”. Killing me

@zanewalsh1812 18 күн бұрын

😂

@user-go7zy3fc5f 18 күн бұрын

Same

@ronanhodgee2584 18 күн бұрын

😂😂

@MamaTreNiner 18 күн бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

@colemud448 18 күн бұрын

🍁

@sincerely5906 17 күн бұрын

I think this explains the AA perspective. A lot of ppl think we complain too much, including Black immigrants, but when you live in the most free country and yet your country continues to play in your face, it makes you more jaded and suspicious. I think a lot of immigrants come here from difficult situations, yet their view is very rose-colored and therefore they tend to overlook the history of ppl who’ve been here for centuries.

@joannebaker4925 16 күн бұрын

I agree 👍 💯. So well said.

@user-uu6eq3vy5x 14 күн бұрын

They are just as much of an enemy as "them folks".

@idkwhybut... 12 күн бұрын

@@user-uu6eq3vy5x I don't think it's fair to call us immigrants enemies. But we know the system does not differentiate between different types of black. Here in america, we come from different cultures, but we are all the same people. Our children will be african-americans, and they will only know America.

@Yeniphur 11 күн бұрын

As a child of those immigrants- you are absolutely correct! ❤❤❤

@Yeniphur 11 күн бұрын

@@user-uu6eq3vy5xlet’s not do that though… the goal is separate us and turn us against each other. Let’s not buy into that.

@abiwest1069 18 күн бұрын

“It’s the reason we have unpaid internships” hits deep!

@Spree1775 18 күн бұрын

Always thought how strange a concept. Burn a portion of my summer with a NanoPlasmonics firm for free while working daily....mmmmmmmm

@secrettreasures9886 17 күн бұрын

Man

@eiPderF 12 күн бұрын

“But” *flips hands over a couple tjmes* “I’m _white_?!” 😂

@melindalavonphdibclccpmmid8309 19 күн бұрын

The only notification I let KZfaq send me is for Josh Johnson.

@Haitiwillwinthegoldcup 19 күн бұрын

Same here, sister .

@roadlesstraveled34 19 күн бұрын

Me too! I'm really anal about notifications across the board. Josh Johnson and (begrudgingly) my work email. That's it.

@AmberColeman-gq1wn 18 күн бұрын

He is a safe black man huh.?? Lol

@LucyMcLou 18 күн бұрын

Haha, I do that!

@carpooltonal 18 күн бұрын

Same here!!

@armytortuga9122 19 күн бұрын

Josh has quickly become my favorite comedian. He’s only gotten better over the years and stays humble

@schobes 18 күн бұрын

Same

@nukeninmgt1504 18 күн бұрын

Been following him since his set on this is not happening. Dude was already great but he's only improved. Glad I got to see the process in real time.

@user-go7zy3fc5f 18 күн бұрын

@r-aandrew596 18 күн бұрын

Just found him and loving it!!

@dshepherd35 18 күн бұрын

Dude solid 😊

@robertmoreno6513 18 күн бұрын

I’m cracking up over this hilarious coincidence. Josh just finished the joke about $60,000 being salary and then it cut to an advertisement for a gambling game and the girl on screen shouts “Omg omg I just won $60,000!!” Haha it was too perfect.

@Zzz-ff1np 18 күн бұрын

😆

@chrisclouds4182 16 күн бұрын

Ad algorithm. Still pretty funny 😂

@catalyzerr 14 күн бұрын

@@chrisclouds4182yeah the ad algorithm is scary sometimes

@7ebr830 2 күн бұрын

Do you realise that if you watch UselessTube in a Brave browser you don't get any adverts?

@7ebr830 2 күн бұрын

UselessTube doesn't want me to tell you about the Brave browser.

@hollebrew8147 14 күн бұрын

The line about "you fight for the place to become the place but you don't get to be part of the place yet" hit harder than I anticipated

@christinedeshano2872 18 күн бұрын

I grew up in Texas and celebrated Juneteenth every year I was in school. Then I moved to Oregon, the land of white people, and nobody celebrated it. It's called Juneteenth because June 19th, 1865 was the day word of their freedom reached the slaves in Galveston, the final location.

@GlitteryBugs 18 күн бұрын

Was looking for this comment! Also in Texas, celebrated it my whole life. Glad you shared!

@tu-uyennguyen5754 18 күн бұрын

Love Love Galveston!!!

@caittails 18 күн бұрын

@@tu-uyennguyen5754 It was the day Galveston had to be INVADED and FORCIBLY made to cut their inhumane shit out. Texas was the last holdout trying to preserve slavery. Idk what you’re praising at the moment.

@publicuser2534 18 күн бұрын

Ooohhh Oregon 😂 Ashland, OR is close to Medford and the California border. It tends to be a bit of a hippie town, and Medford is working class for sure. Or, as Dave Chapelle would call it, the poor whites 😂 Even with its hippie status now, there are some classic black and whites of the KKK marching down the middle of town center.

@lwills8609 18 күн бұрын

I live in Georgia and we learned about it in middle school (1980s). We never personally celebrated it, we were taught about it. In our books, we were told that it is because during June in 1865 the Soldiers made their way into Texas and told the slaves they were free. We were taught that there was not a specific date but it was in June around the 13th - 19th and that is why they say Juneteenth.

@geekeryisme 18 күн бұрын

I'm in tears. When he said, "to watch the white guilt leave their body..." I died right then because I can absolutely see it. Hilarious!! Love you, Josh.

@Notoastleft 18 күн бұрын

I saw the visual in my mind of his eyes just brightening up and standing straighter 😭😂 amazing visuals

@liliththerapper 18 күн бұрын

@@Notoastleft his talent is undeniable

@kayleighgroenendal8473 18 күн бұрын

No for real, I spent weeks clicking through pages of 100 year old church records finding my whole family tree to see if anyone owned slaves and I haven't found anyone that even lived in the US during that time 😂 went back to 1600 too, we were just peasant villagers who came to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania and such 😂 I was on a manic high, knowing we were just broke and not evil

@AleksandarBell 18 күн бұрын

@@kayleighgroenendal8473Oh yeah, half of my family came from Poland during the 1940s (for obvious reasons) and the other half were poor farmers who stayed in Indiana. The most interesting thing was that one of my relatives was a gangster which was pretty neat.

@darbonator 18 күн бұрын

He's instilling more, if anything

@tishlovestexture 18 күн бұрын

“Don’t be weird” perfect timing because I was like uh oh👀 It’s quieeeeet😮‍💨

@aleinstein3223 17 күн бұрын

"I hear what y'all say about me, and it's hurtful" too good

@zanewalsh1812 18 күн бұрын

"... I'd hate to get shot with freedom..." 😂😂

@HALOSnHORNS 18 күн бұрын

You get freedom, you get freedom, you get freedom

@jkokubu1984 17 күн бұрын

Damn, this really hits both ways. People (and kids) getting shot by "freedom" all the the time.

@creativeconner80 18 күн бұрын

Hello to Everyone who drops a comment. I love that Josh gave us 19 minutes for June 19th. So cool!

@MadHatterTheMatter 18 күн бұрын

ANGLE numbers!

@publicuser2534 18 күн бұрын

Fifty eleven babies 😂

@creativeconner80 18 күн бұрын

@@publicuser2534 🤣

@jashanestone 18 күн бұрын

Josh *'Kdot'* Johnson 😮 😂😂😂

@wandachatman1658 18 күн бұрын

Horrible Hilarious History 😢😂😂😂Josh,You are Amazing ❤

@MsJMHS 18 күн бұрын

I live in the North, a Union state. I'm white, like... noticeably white, like I-can't-dance kind of white. When I was researching my genealogy, I was SO relieved to find out that all my lineages immigrated to the United States promptly before WWI... So my people never owned Black American slaves. My grandma was a civil war nut, her favorite president was Lincoln, she was extremely knowledgeable about all the different battles and had watched every historical drama movie available on the Civil War and read TONS of historical fiction surrounding that time period. When I told her that our people never owned slaves, she got so quiet... Then she smiled, and then she got kinda choked up. That lady was lily white, but she was a humanitarian through and through, and it was really kind of a special moment. Generational issues are a thing, to know your lineage didn't do horrific shit is a huge relief. When Josh said his friend could feel the white guilt leave his body, I understood that. Just because I have never done wrong doesn't mean I wasn't worried about my ancestors. This was a really special stand up routine, I absolutely love Josh's content, you can tell he truly wants what is best for everyone. I wish him every success ❤

@mister_manager 17 күн бұрын

Also, with the exception of black people, everyone in this country has benefitted from slavery even today, from colleges to corporations to citizens receiving unequal benefits, so we should all have some guilt regardless of whether or not our ancestors enslaved anyone.

@starkhorror1776 16 күн бұрын

Modern chocolate companies often have slave labor. Nestle is one.

@MsJMHS 16 күн бұрын

@@starkhorror1776 I'm aware. I avoid Nestlé products on principle, not just for their slave labor practices, but also for their fresh water theft. Completely unethical.

@Tihsllubllasti 14 күн бұрын

We're all so happy for you. ❤

@gunnerblankenship4132 8 күн бұрын

What did your people do in Europe?

@AlLeftyPenguino 18 күн бұрын

“I just wanna know if I can sing the whole song now” 😭

@yrb5512 14 күн бұрын

😅😂🤣🤜🤛

@itspuzzlethief 18 күн бұрын

"We like coffee better anyway." I am deeeeead

@alewisscott 18 күн бұрын

That joke was platinum! 😂😂😂

@sonja4164 18 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@monicahull8680 17 күн бұрын

Natives, ??

@monicahull8680 17 күн бұрын

Free from tribes

@triceyg2014 18 күн бұрын

"I'm just kidding... that would be fair" 🤯🤣🤣🤣🤣 Josh is 👑

@littlevinesstories 18 күн бұрын

That was the coldest and most honest line out his set 💯

@taylo7 18 күн бұрын

And a couple people in the audience tightened up again with that line like he went too far.

@tanisha.r.thomas 18 күн бұрын

@@taylo7shouldnt be there anyway😂

@CharifRocka 18 күн бұрын

Stand out line. Josh is one of US. 💯

@TamagoSando86 18 күн бұрын

"That would be fair..."😆 Btw 🗣️📣Josh legit deserves multimillion dollar contracts for skin care, hair care, and dental product campaigns.✨

@corycreates 17 күн бұрын

Ok I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this. He is the prettiest man!! (And trust me that's a good thing)

@buggyboogle9 15 күн бұрын

Did Eddie Murphy have those contracts? Not so sure about the hair and teeth but I always thought Eddie has beautiful skin..even to this day.

@haleyzwaal4183 11 күн бұрын

I have spent more time wondering about his hair products and whether or not they would work for me then I'd like to admit.

@Eclectically44 10 күн бұрын

I seriously fucking love his unparalleled ability to incorporate absolute comedic gold while simultaneously spewing straight up factual historical events. One of a kind.

@samuelcaponi4516 18 күн бұрын

Josh Johnson letting the audience know they can laugh at something controversial shows up a lot in his comedy and I am so glad he is comfortable saying it because it makes that crowd so much more fun

@darbonator 18 күн бұрын

He isn't funny tho

@kingofgrim4761 18 күн бұрын

@@darbonator22 comments in a few hours where half of them you basically say “I believe EVERYTHING 🦊 news tells me”

@SakuraMoonflower 15 күн бұрын

@@darbonatorNaw, you're just projecting.😊

@iwanttobelieve5970 18 күн бұрын

It’s nice to have an intelligent comedian. ❤❤❤

@PurpleIrishSweater 18 күн бұрын

YES!!!!🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@pampietro8980 18 күн бұрын

Absolutely, and very handsome 😍

@darbonator 18 күн бұрын

"Intelligent" 😂😂😂

@Despicable_Gamer 15 күн бұрын

@@darbonatoryes, Incase you don't know the definition you can look it up in the dictionary 💀

@arri5448 11 күн бұрын

@@Despicable_Gamerboom!

@askia_Clinton 15 күн бұрын

As an African who does no little about slavery in America,it's very emotional making jokes about this thing but for josh to make a comedy out of it is so beautiful and genius.......I'm tearing imagining the pain they went through and also laughing for the beautiful way Josh puts it

@pysvtfa4 17 күн бұрын

This morning Michele Martin, in an article about Juneteenth, wrote “No one is free until everyone is because oppression ensnares the oppressor as well as the oppressed”. I thought it was a beautiful idea to wake up to.

@denno3124 14 күн бұрын

Yea I heard it on ATLiens when Andre said it.

@LucyMcLou 18 күн бұрын

I love imagining the extra laughter at the end being people who got the joke explained to them. 😂😂

@MadHatterTheMatter 18 күн бұрын

it is lol

@itzTeTe 19 күн бұрын

Fun fact: Lincoln did NOT free ALL slaves, only the slaves in the confederacy were free under Lincoln’s law, in the union states slaves were not free but the slaves took it upon themselves to free themselves.

@ame3690 18 күн бұрын

I learned this today at our company celebration (since we have off for 6/19)..wild.

@rainbowwwkim 18 күн бұрын

Wild

@illiteratebrian1707 18 күн бұрын

Yup. Lincoln didn’t want to piss off the union slave states AND wanted to discourage the English from supporting the South militarily. It was much more of a political decision than a moral one. It’s great that he did it at all, but still just makes you wonder how many more people had to suffer for even longer since he didn’t go all the way with it when he first had the chance.

@jamalkeys36 18 күн бұрын

@@illiteratebrian1707I forgot the entire history of it, but I heard that was basically the last step. Even at the beginning, it wasnt supposed to have led to emancipation.

@matthewfairchild3846 18 күн бұрын

Yes, the 4 border states.

@dizfunctionaldes 18 күн бұрын

I'm a white person in Louisiana who's been teaching black people about Juneteenth for 20+yrs! Before like 2016 nobody knew what it was. Of all the bullshit holidays we celebrate Juneteenth is not one of them! Like Columbus day, why?

@fairygurl9269 18 күн бұрын

Respect

@Tihsllubllasti 14 күн бұрын

Bless your ❤.

@Nikkimattei 13 күн бұрын

I no longer celebrate Columbus Day, it’s Indigenous Peoples day.

@sunnie19 7 күн бұрын

Thank you for all you do. You ask why? You really know why Juneteenth wasn't taught. We wouldn't have had Trump in the White House(first time) if all was well with our country. Short answer

@monicarenee7949 4 күн бұрын

I just want to say that maybe people in your area didn’t know what Juneteenth was but it was celebrated across the country even before it was a national holiday. I grew up in northeast Ohio and we had a Juneteenth festival every year. I’m not sure why they wouldn’t know in Louisiana being so much closer to Texas.

@Hullj 16 күн бұрын

Fat old white woman here. Never was related to enslavers. Still have white guilt. That's just an FYI because virtually all of your routines make me think and question and laugh and sometimes cry. But you force me to be honest about the history of this country and the history of our society and the distinction between rural and urban. The main point Josh is you are an incredible class act and it is a benefit to everyone who hears you. Be well, be successful and don't ever stop being you.

@Gari-ov9pp 3 күн бұрын

It’s not just the history of the country. It’s our history and until we embrace it as such, we’re always gonna be a slave to it.

@iwanttobelieve5970 18 күн бұрын

They sent their slaves to Texas in a kind of holding system to get around getting rid of their slaves and Juneteenth was when the Union soldiers came and told the slaves in Texas and told them that they were free. I think it was 2 to 3 years after Slavery was over. So it commemorates the day they found out they were free. The last of the Slaves.

@datgrrl5698 18 күн бұрын

Incorrect... slavery in the states was "officially" ended by the ratification of the 13th amendment to the constitution of the united states in December, almost 6 months later. Stay in school.

@kingofgrim4761 18 күн бұрын

Even tho technically the last slaves weren’t freed until the early/mid 1900s

@OK-pi6fq 18 күн бұрын

It was like 6 months later, June 19th 1865. However, Native American also had slaves and didn’t end slavery till one year later on June 14th 1866. Officially ending legal slavery here.

@jackbucher2049 17 күн бұрын

@@kingofgrim4761 Is this referring to convict leasing

@kingofgrim4761 17 күн бұрын

@@jackbucher2049 it’s referring to any and all forms of slavery and what persisted in america.

@Tom-it6gi 18 күн бұрын

Flashbacks to the Ying-Yang twins talking about "fifty-'leven times."

@virgo7956 14 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@anaspringett7255 14 күн бұрын

😂😂 I knooo

@eiPderF 12 күн бұрын

Somehow it’s 40-leven in my circles.

@justinmyers6737 18 күн бұрын

I've always wondered why "June 19th" got contracted to "Juneteenth". I like it. I'm definitely going to start calling the United States' Independence day "Julorth".

@jaimeheard9202 15 күн бұрын

im running with this one! the Gen z Gen Alphas ( my children) gonna sail away with this blessing of a word!

@randynachreiner9620 12 күн бұрын

No, it’s Fourly (pronounced FORE-LI)

@jewelj7507 17 күн бұрын

Josh, that was so well crafted and delivered. You’re a master at this. To talk about Juneteenth to a mostly white audience, make it funny, educational and just on the right side of inducing guilt was a masterclass. You also dove in things like internship etc that they could relate to. Bravo. Rooting for you and worldwide domination. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@jakitron890 18 күн бұрын

"I'm too Irish to be bad" is very funny.

@readwithemdivina 15 күн бұрын

I do have an unexplained affinity for the Irish. I'm just saying.

@rakninja 14 күн бұрын

really ironic, considering "the troubles," and the IRAs invention of modern suicide bombing.

@rmorine6394 14 күн бұрын

..and then one day he was contacted on Ancestry by a Black person who shared DNA with HIM. 😮😂 Because sometimes people might not have owned slaves, but still had contact with them. My enslaved 3×great grandfather reported on a census that his father was from Ireland, and thus I have 3% Irish DNA. America is complicated! 😊

@Ainar86 13 күн бұрын

The funniest part about it is that not having family members who owned slaves doesn't mean you haven't benefited from the work of slaves owned by others.

@orion3511 10 күн бұрын

I don't get the joke.. Can someone explain it? Sorry, not American.

@shanicemccatty8187 18 күн бұрын

I came for the history lesson and stayed for the comedy.

@rachelcoates9041 16 күн бұрын

I saw Josh Johnson last night in Philly! I got to meet him. Cool dude. As often as I watch his KZfaq videos and TikTok’s, he had fresh material. It was awesome.

@JoshJohnsonComedy 16 күн бұрын

Thank you for coming out

@magpieMOB 18 күн бұрын

Josh has an especially great talent for rhetoric, where he can convincingly speak in the voices of aggression and intimidation and dominance while keeping it clear that those aren't how he chooses to engage with the world

@michellehernandez2840 19 күн бұрын

Why am I anticipating this like a mixtape in the 90s? Of course I pressed "notify me".

@SheenaBeana3 18 күн бұрын

Right!? I be waiting on my Josh drops! ❤

@MadHatterTheMatter 18 күн бұрын

bc it's some MTV type shit lol

@cry2urmom757 18 күн бұрын

Me mm too😂😂😂😂😂

@Dferd777 15 күн бұрын

New Clue tape just dropped. Clumanati!!!!

@lanitagrice7644 18 күн бұрын

Today I (old white lady) had the pleasure of explaining Juneteenth to my neighbor (another old white lady who drives a school bus and wondered what holiday tomorrow is, the significance of Juneteenth. (She's from Australia btw) She's was like cool that's a good reason to have a holiday - why didn't they make a bigger deal of it?

@thisbushnell2012 18 күн бұрын

Had to explain it to my husband. (TBF, he doesn't even know the history of his birth nation after 40 years growing up and living there.) He was more interested in Juneteenth. It is bizarre, though. It took sooo long to be even acknowledged.

@publicuser2534 18 күн бұрын

@@thisbushnell2012”Because they already have an entire month!” Says angry person void of color.

@Drekromancer 18 күн бұрын

⁠@@darbonator Typing angry replies on every comment on this video won't change anyone's mind. It won't make you an edgy badass who owns the libs. And most importantly, it will not bring you happiness. It will only make you a pathetic, grovelling insect for the rest of your life. If you want to find real happiness, let go of your need to prove someone wrong. And let go of that anger at some imagined enemy. Holding onto that bitterness in your heart will not get you revenge for your grievances - it will only hurt you. You may have legitimate reasons to be upset with people for how they've spoken to you in the past, but those people are not in this thread - so it is unfair to force these people to pay that price. The people here, just like all people, deserve respect and patience - unless they do something egregious enough to forfeit it. And mildly disagreeing with you is not an egregious enough violation to justify that. I think you could use a real sense of purpose. I can't say for sure what kind of purpose will motivate you. I don't know what your future holds. But I can promise you this: whatever you're unhappy about now, you'll stay unhappy about it forever unless you get your ass out of that chair and start having real experiences. So if you're not happy with how things are going right now, and you want to do something about the way you feel, that's the place to start. I sincerely wish you the best of luck.

@gealdbrisoce649 18 күн бұрын

You go older white lady

@longsway 16 күн бұрын

@rambok-gi7zp Thomas Sowell isn't a historian, and he gives poor opinions to white people so that they can feel relieved about their complicity in spreading and keeping racist systems active. No one cares about how many black or native Americans slave owners there were. They were not terrorizing and planting stange fruit all over the antebellum south. They did not create racism and spread all over the Earth. They didn't refuse to do anything to fix it and did everything they could to prevent anyone else from fixing it either.

@alovecolour 17 күн бұрын

Funny how Juneteenth coincides with June16 in South Africa. It's the commemoration of the Soweto uprising in 1976 where students were killed fighting for the right to be taught in our Nguni languages.

@elfari100 18 күн бұрын

I think Josh is showing us that it's possible to teach our racial history without, Lord forbid, "making people feel uncomfortable"--and chuckle!

@psychokitty444 19 күн бұрын

"We'll give you guys a holiday commemorating this BUT it will be named the most vague, un-provocative shit ever"

@ElBamfo 18 күн бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking. They could call it emancipation day or something.

@KaitouKaiju 18 күн бұрын

It's been called Juneteenth forever

@tatioliveira8598 18 күн бұрын

Maybe that's for the better? It's so vague people think "what is this about?", google it and learn about it way more than about "independence day".

@aejenkins3048 18 күн бұрын

I ALWAYS thought it was called Freedom Day

@aquariusstar7248 18 күн бұрын

Official name "Juneteenth National Independence Day". Blacks called it Juneteenth and so it's a cultural thing like "5011."

@FrisbeeGirl 18 күн бұрын

I have not seal-bark-wheeeeeeze-choke-gasp-cackle laughed so hard in years as I did at, "You know that a child is about to be whupt." *FACTS.*

@MissJIF 18 күн бұрын

"I done told you 50-11 times" is a phrase no child wants to hear😂😂😂

@triceyg2014 18 күн бұрын

I tensed up a little as soon as he said it. Flashbacks!😂

@zadtheinhaler 18 күн бұрын

@@triceyg2014 'Cause you *know* that was about to be followed up by a wooden spoon or a slipper.

@FunkyLittlePoptart 18 күн бұрын

Huh. I always it was spelled "whooped." But your way is much better. There are not enough past tenses ending in "t" in use these days.

@damonwatts3330 17 күн бұрын

He’s gotta be on one of the most historic comedic runs of this generation💯🔥🔝🔜

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 18 күн бұрын

It is GUTSY to do this routine in Missouri. This didn't get as much laughter as the set deserves.

@kathymisuraca5047 4 күн бұрын

My grandfather told me his father had slaves in Missouri and that would have been way past juneteenth but my grandfather was in his 70s when I was born. After telling me this he also told me I had a black great aunt which didn't make my great grandfather look good at all. I don't know the circumstances because I think he realized he was telling this to a 5 year old and someday I would wonder how it happened and if he loved my great aunt or what. But my great grandfather was dead by then. My Grandfather said he left Missouri for Oklahoma when he was 19 because he and his father disagreed about too many things but knowing that my grandfather was a liberal Democrat helped me figure out the actual reason when I was older. I didn't have white guilt because it was made clear to me at a young age that bigotry of any kind wasn't acceptable.

@liliththerapper 18 күн бұрын

Josh. If you’re reading this. Thank you 🙏🏽 ❤

@hbboy561 18 күн бұрын

Can we just applaud how consistent this man is with his content and how funny each one is? Thank you,sir!

@DianaM.-ht8ls 18 күн бұрын

You said what you said and I am here for it. 😊

@lynnb029 17 күн бұрын

I did not want this to end😂😂😂

@taylo7 18 күн бұрын

I love what he's doing here. He knows his following is 99.98% white, yet he doesn't shy away from topics such as this and does it in a way that's palatable for them. Kudos to him.

@darbonator 18 күн бұрын

Our people don't care about his whiny woke BS

@ChesireWaltz 9 күн бұрын

Yes I noticed that, it's very nice because most of the time people in his position will just avoid talking about it at all. He does a very good job at making it funny without disrespecting topic for us. Tricky line to walk but he handles it

@HIMOTHYWIGGINS 18 күн бұрын

History, storytelling, perspective speaking, your comedy has so many layers. Love to see the growth

@RidiculousBadgerGames 18 күн бұрын

Dude this guy just has so much material it's insane, And he delivers it in a way that seems effortless, and with such a positive attitude. This guy is gonna blow up

@VandalSauvage 17 күн бұрын

The black Union soldier telling a Black Confederate to “turn around” bit had me 💀 I’m black and TIL there were actual Clayton Bigsby’s on the battlefield, that’s insane

@meej33 7 күн бұрын

As far as I know, there were no actual black soldiers in the Confederacy. They considered it but ultimately rejected it. There may be a handful here or there, but most or all of the pictures of Black men in uniform are of servants or camp workers.

@dangervybz7522 18 күн бұрын

I yelled “LLEVEN!!!” before you said it 😂

@krewdugdale7973 18 күн бұрын

Josh Johnson is literally my favorite comedian right now I don't understand why more people don't know about him

@Rep1313 18 күн бұрын

“i’ll put you on game real quick” pulls up a chair

@ClifftonCrowder-yt2gt 18 күн бұрын

Incredible set...12:55 hit hard...powerful for comedy...glad you told a joke to lighten it up. As a brutha, it is so refreshing to see that there is at least one black comedian who can make it through a set without a certain word being like it's a nervous tick. Josh is hilarious and seems to be growing constantly in his delivery. Love the dude on the Daily Show as well.

@mechelle1 18 күн бұрын

Happy Juneteenth! Keep Lifting Every Voice & Sing Josh... our ancestors are proud of your intentions on speaking truth to power!

@yoyodre 18 күн бұрын

That PREACH was felt😂

@MsZZClayton 14 күн бұрын

True!!😂 But it would’ve been hilarious if JJ would’ve responded with “Thanks, but wrong Black comedian🤣!!” (Referring to Preacher Lawson) That’s just my quick wit😆. LOVE Josh Johnson and Preacher Lawson!! 💜👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@yoyodre 13 күн бұрын

@@MsZZClayton I'm unfamiliar. I'll check him out. Thank you.

@MsZZClayton 13 күн бұрын

@@yoyodre You’re welcome ☺️

@VeronicaHSong 18 күн бұрын

"...Free... To go where?!"- I'm not gonna lie, I cried quite a lot watching this video (I also laughed! I promise! I don't think it's biologically possible not to laugh when hearing your stand-up!) Thank you Josh, my friends and I truly love you. Happy juneteenth 🎉🎉🎉

@AlyssaCunningham 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for using your platform to educate uneducated Americans. Respect. This is what America needs. More of this. ❤

@sonyatheoneyouseek5040 18 күн бұрын

I love your smart comedy. To get a lecture while I giggle is something rare.

@user-go7zy3fc5f 18 күн бұрын

“Fifty eleven” means the same as “Umteen” We say umteen in the Caribbean instead of fifty eleven. It’s also a made up number and it also means a lot lol. “Dis ah de umteen time meh tell yuh fuh tek out duh garbage”.

@goodlife8044 18 күн бұрын

We say Umteenth here as well.

@tonis5140 18 күн бұрын

I grew up with umpteen, not 50 11. Never heard of 50 11 until Get Low. But my family is from the Bahamas, so that makes grammatical and cultural sense 🤷🏾‍♀️

@user-go7zy3fc5f 18 күн бұрын

@@goodlife8044 respect ✊🏽

@user-go7zy3fc5f 18 күн бұрын

@@tonis5140makes sense lol

@user-go7zy3fc5f 18 күн бұрын

@@goodlife8044respeck ✊🏽

@MrDreamhakeem 18 күн бұрын

Mississippi held out until February 7, 2013. The state of Mississippi had never submitted the required documentation to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment. Actually, they ratified it in 1995, but it wasn't certified in Washington until 2013 due to a clerical error.

@Just_Santi 18 күн бұрын

"Everyone I'm talking about is dead." Bold of you to assume there are no vampires.

@fairygurl9269 18 күн бұрын

🧛‍♀️🤫

@kodabuck225 16 күн бұрын

Louis 👀

@LyonsM 12 күн бұрын

🥹👀👀

@gavinshickle1814 18 күн бұрын

"Ever hear of the Emancipation Proclamation?" "I don't recall that being too popular around these parts."

@ShadoeWerk80 18 күн бұрын

Fletch Lives ✊🏽

@gavinshickle1814 18 күн бұрын

@@ShadoeWerk80 10 points.

@eddiec97 18 күн бұрын

Just FYI, there were very few African American Confederate soldiers. There were definitely African Americans who supported the Confederate cause by cooking, cleaning equipment, and other tasks like that, but the majority of them were forced to do so or thought they or their loved ones would be harmed if they didn't.

@phabiorules 18 күн бұрын

Yup. The confederates didn’t trust them enough to fight for obvious reasons.

@TinSoulTheFirst 18 күн бұрын

Define very few

@AskMiko 18 күн бұрын

Very few or many; he said they fought alongside meaning they participated. Doesn’t matter what work was done - believe me a cook can pick up a gun while cooking

@jonnybgoode7742 18 күн бұрын

Please... 😂😂

@eddiec97 18 күн бұрын

@@AskMiko I'm not saying they didn't fight, nor did I ever say that; there were certainly African Americans who fought in the Confederate army. But the number of African American Confederate soldiers was more or less negligible compared to the amount of white Confederate soldiers. And the few African American Confederate soldiers who did fight were probably forced to by their owners or likely did so out of fear of what would happen to their families if they didn't.

@terrymalcolm3434 18 күн бұрын

The way you integrate historical context into your comedy paired with you acting and drawing us into the scenes is truly captivating. Your calm demeanor and clever humor create a magical experience. Your storytelling is both intelligent and engaging, and I could easily spend hours listening to it.

@jolatunde 17 күн бұрын

Man, you had people uncomfortable. 🤣🤣

@MoiraPraline 11 күн бұрын

Good!

@mboatrightED300 18 күн бұрын

Most black “soldiers” in the confederacy were slaves brought to do menial labor and weren’t allowed weapons. The exception was in Louisiana, which had a fair number of free black people, a few who even owned slaves themselves. A lot of them joined the union as soon as Grant showed up, and probably only ever joined to keep from losing that freedom to their confederate neighbors.

@eddiec97 18 күн бұрын

Yep. Although there were a few African American Confederate soldiers (between 3,000 and 10,000), but they were likely forced or coerced into joining near the end of the war.

@Denise17M 18 күн бұрын

Isn’t Josh from Louisiana?

@sandergaasbeek5978 18 күн бұрын

And those black Louisiana soldiers* were slave holders in a higher proportion than the average white regiment. Also they immediately switched sides to the union when they took Louisiana *I believe they didn't even get to fight but were just for show, as it was forbidden by law for black men to enlist for nearly all of the war

@mboatrightED300 18 күн бұрын

@@eddiec97 Atum Shei films did one of his "Checkmate, Lincolnites!" video on the issue, it's very good but unfortunately YT won't let you share links, so you'll have to search for it.

@eddiec97 18 күн бұрын

@@mboatrightED300 It's funny you say that, because I actually watched that exact video after this! I love his stuff.

@romrimland 18 күн бұрын

I heard 50 11 often as a kid.

@debrabarron7061 18 күн бұрын

We had eleventy-seven! 😄

@littlevinesstories 18 күн бұрын

I still say it from time to time.

@janethoward2155 18 күн бұрын

😂👌🏽👍🏼👍🏼

@judethfenton5978 17 күн бұрын

It takes a genius to create something funny out of such a serious subject. He has dealt with it perfectly. A beautiful balance but also informative and thought-provoking.

@BrainsBeautyandCommonSense 17 күн бұрын

Josh Johnson is a real one! How many of them treated blacks was enacting Jim Crow. There are still some that didn’t get the memo, but freedom is a birthright, so freedom will prevail.

@Magzlareyna 19 күн бұрын

I was sad to see no new vids yesterday and then today you give us 19 min 🎉 you the best Josh Johnson! ❤

@JoshJohnsonComedy 19 күн бұрын

Every Tuesday at 8pm est. Also if you’re looking for sets you haven’t seen considering becoming a member here. I have almost 2 hours of stuff I haven’t posted publicly

@Magzlareyna 18 күн бұрын

@@JoshJohnsonComedyfirst 😱 you replied to me!! Thank you and I for sure will do that. Didn’t know I was missing out ❤❤❤😅 and hopefully you come to Tampa soon!!

@ToniasBusy 18 күн бұрын

Laughed fifty-leb’n times

@sandra-iy2ce 18 күн бұрын

Facts laced with humour and always on point. When Josh spoke of heinous acts, that brought tears to my eyes. No matter what another race thinks of you we should ALWAYS want more for ourselves and strive for that. Life can be hard, but we don't have to make it harder. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️

@daniellemitchell3118 18 күн бұрын

The fact that the Emancipation Proclamation was due to begin January 1, 1863, is how Watch Night started. It was slaves coming to church on New Year's Eve night to "watch" the dawning of freedom coming the next morning. They couldn't wait for it, they wanted to see it the second it came. Many Black churches have Watch Night services to this day. I, personally , go almost every year to my church for Watch Night service.

@ebonwestbrook5580 18 күн бұрын

16:16 the " oh shit" from the crowd realizing slavery didn't go anywhere it just got rebranded, took me out

@maformbone8459 18 күн бұрын

This Comedian is BRILLIANT. Brilliant recount of history, laced with comedic discussion about a very painful subject..We are learning about American History

@publicuser2534 18 күн бұрын

He’s a writer on the Daily Show. He gets to work with one of the best comedians in the genre.

@jovanreid6782 18 күн бұрын

Okay it's official: Josh Johnson, you are now on my list of top ten Greatest of All Time comedians. Your standup is undenaibly unique, engaging, hilarious, and insightful, all at once. Gotta love this guy!

@AlexXDiety 18 күн бұрын

"I'm too Irish to be bad" hilarious af if you're from Boston.

@karenritcheydamon8009 18 күн бұрын

😂 I came here to make a similar comment

@plansandpens8844 18 күн бұрын

Josh you are foolish for that slavery bit 😂😂 the peeping around the corner "we're free??" 😂😂

@littlevinesstories 18 күн бұрын

I fell out! The imagery was so crystal clear in my head. But also, can you imagine the fear of being the first person on your plantation to have that knowledge! I'd be scared for my life. Pretty sure that contributed to the message taking so long to travel.

@Drekromancer 18 күн бұрын

@@littlevinesstories Yeah, I mean, shit. A lot of young people today have anxiety so bad they're afraid to call people on the phone. Even when those people are helpful and sympathetic, like doctors or teachers. Can you imagine having to be the first one to share the news of freedom with your family and comrades? Knowing that your ex-master might just kill you for having such a revolutionary idea, if he thought he could get away with it? That'd require incredible bravery. Honestly, at that rate, I'm surprised how quickly emancipation actually spread. With those kinds of barriers, I'd imagine it taking longer.

@eyesonthepiescc 18 күн бұрын

Unpaid internships? Damn Josh! You are officially my favorite comedian.

@Tondor50 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for your intelligent, thought provoking and gentle humor! I am amazed at how prolific you are, and that you keep hitting homeruns week after week!

@elizabethbrammer7022 18 күн бұрын

Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth, lives in my neighborhood. 🥰 She’s a local treasure!!!!

@BluEx22329 18 күн бұрын

The funniest part of this is josh tricking them into a history lesson 😂

@colleenobrien4628 18 күн бұрын

Josh not only bringing the comedy, but the realness, the history, and the current news!💗

@Sloptimus_Crime 17 күн бұрын

Sir I love your comedy and still it's second place to just your public speaking skills the way you are able to keep people engaged with humor in order to tell an important story is inspirational. Your absolutely one of my favorite comedians but more importantly your one of my favorite orators. For whatever small amount that could be worth, much love.

@fraternallove4370 18 күн бұрын

Not a lot of comedians could pull those jokes off lol. Impeccable delivery Josh, very well done.

@palpablenotion 18 күн бұрын

I like to think I'm a white ally. I fully admit that my grandmother's great great grandfather had an enslaved woman on his farm. She's the only reason my grandma's grear grandma survived, because it was a difficult birth and the baby was premature so they set her aside and focused on saving the mother. This amazing black woman took the baby and kept her warm by the wood burning stove and that baby was my great great great grandmother. Emancipation happened and they hired her on as a live in nanny, giving her the servant's quarters of the farmhouse - you still see these somethings, she basically had a small slice of the house as hers. She raised children there alongside the children she minded for the family. One of those children was the baby she saved and that baby she saved? Her daughter, my grandma's grandma, owned the only restaurant in their little town. Her brother inherited the farm that at that point was completely family run. And she always allowed black people to come eat in the kitchen because it was illegal for them to eat in the restaurant. So I have thanked that woman. And my family has, for the most part. I wish I knew her name. I dont even know the name of the baby she saved, though I could potentially find that information. I told that story because no one tells stories of this sort of thing. And maybe it's a sanitized version of events. Family histories usually are, but Josh wondered how that went over so I thought I'd share a family story of such an occurrence. She was freed and hired on as a nanny. She was given quarters in the home that a white paid servant normally would live in. She had her own family. And she is the only reason I exist, because she saved my great great great grandmother from dying when she was born.

@palpablenotion 18 күн бұрын

@@darbonator Then why are you here?

@legendaryclarity 18 күн бұрын

@@palpablenotion I loved that story. Thank you for sharing.

@palpablenotion 18 күн бұрын

@@legendaryclarity I like to share it when appropriate. My grandmother, who passed in 2020, would have remembered the woman's name. She was like a folk hero to my nana. It was a really big deal to her own grandmother who was born several years after emancipation and mana would be in the kitchen at 2 years old of her grandma's restaurant listening to stories from the black customers, since they had to eat in the kitchen. This woman was why my Missourian grandma visited a doll store, which was a big deal in 1939 I guess, and wanted the black doll. I'm not saying my grandma was 100% not racist, we all are, but she was raised during the second World War, with a former slave as a personal hero. She visited that farm a lot. So many people claim they haven't benefited from slavery when our country, or founding, benefited from slavery. I didn't benefit financially, they didn't have a plantation and they weren't wealthy. But I only exist because of it and I feel very humbled by that.

@erinaa9486 18 күн бұрын

That's a very nice story that reflects the complex and nuanced history of our country and your family

@palpablenotion 18 күн бұрын

@@erinaa9486 thanks for that reply. I know some people get really uncomfortable with anyone admitting they were related to someone who owned enslaved people but Josh is right. I didn't do it. Some guy who died over 120 years ago did. And I think about Trevor Noah and how he says America needs to do what South Africa did and just face it and own up to the crap that happened. Reconciliation. It's painful and weird. Everyone feels awkward but it lets us have room to grow and heal.

@alicefreist318 18 күн бұрын

I absolutely love funny, intelligent discourse. Ergo, the young Mr. Johnson is one of my absolute favorite entertainers. Infotainers? Whatever: he is informative, intelligent, and entertaining.

@johnnypayn3414 18 күн бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Perfect blend of comedy and education. For both whites and blacks alike. 👏🏾🤝🏾

@fords_nothere_100 17 күн бұрын

Yet another stellar set. Insightful, unpredictable, perfectly uncomfortable, and always funny.

@ajhciachef 18 күн бұрын

Post slavery is also why we have the modern day tipping system in our country.

@datgrrl5698 18 күн бұрын

This is an international streaming platform; which country is "your" country?

@useruseruser501 18 күн бұрын

@@datgrrl5698 the vid was about US slavery... so... the US. Where tipping culture is also wack.

@ajhciachef 18 күн бұрын

United States

@jackbucher2049 17 күн бұрын

I was under the understanding that tipping started because of the culture of mafia bribes

@starkhorror1776 16 күн бұрын

Also what started segregation. Rich white landowners could not let poor white people associate with poor black people, we would have worked together to fix this $hit way back then.

@yolandasoto5815 18 күн бұрын

Natives American still want recognition that were here , 3000.missing (Now June 2024) in Arizona !!!

@chrisclouds4182 16 күн бұрын

"I just wanted to see if I could sing the whole song now" 😂 Whole set was golden, the end absolutely killed!

@publicuser2534 18 күн бұрын

“At best, you never said please or thank you.” 😂 I actually have a Marine veteran roommate that has never said please or thank you to me. I’ve given him money, cooked food, let him eat some of my groceries, drink my coffee, etc. Has never said thank you. 🙏🏾

@raineyharrison7848 18 күн бұрын

If you believe in Christ then you will get your thanks

@datgrrl5698 18 күн бұрын

Then tell your roommate and/or your therapist but dinnae passively/aggressively inform the entire planet. Start with explaining to your roommate not hearing appreciation makes you feel belittled and unseen, because after all it's your issue and not your roommate's. I never said it was acceptable, I stated it isn't a bother to your roommate but a bother to you.

@RotoPlooker 18 күн бұрын

I thank you for your service.

@lindabb7064 18 күн бұрын

@@raineyharrison7848 This is how slavery and racial abuse continue, believing that only Christ will save us and accept mistreatment. God helps those who help themselves.

@cerhn 18 күн бұрын

Thank you for taking care of him, but he should thank you himself.