It can be done.....College is not everything as long as you have World Experienced. Most Americans have college and are less educated then a catfish or a mule (actually a mule has more intelligent)
I LOVED EARTHA KITT, I BELIEVE SHE IS DISTANCE COUSIN OF MINE SHE WAS A GREAT ACTRESS AND JUST ADORED HER VOICE AND SPEECH NO ONE COULD PLAY CAT WOMAN LIKE SHE DID, R.I.P.I.H. LOVE YOU CUS.
This woman was simply extraordinary! To have survived all possible abuses as a child, and somehow standing firmly on the ground with an amazing sense of self...Wow!
One of the most interesting life stories I've ever heard. Can you imagine the internal struggles that Eartha had to go through in order to feel confident enough to be who she was while on this Earth, all the while, being treated like a rag doll by most people she encountered... That's called sacrifice and transformation! When you listen to the stories of your elders and ancestors, great knowledge and wisdom, such as this can be attained!
Nina513 and Jesse Lee Peterson says that slavery and Jim crow and other forms of racism doesn't exist Jesse Lee is a self hater and he supports white supremacy
She has the same story as most blacks in the US, not even that critical. White people out here livin that good, that this seems strange? 😒 wake up y’all, I was born in 86, and my story is just as f’’k’ed. Things aren’t better for brown folks.
It’s so sad that with all Eartha’s charisma, strength, and compassionate intelligence you can still feel her pain. It would have been so interesting to have sat talked and listened to her. What a Beautiful endearing piece of fascinating history. My Dad always said she was the best cat 🐈 woman. He was right.😊
I saw Eartha as a 14 year old in the musical "Timbuktu" in Washington, D.C USA). I had no idea who she was until I saw the show. She was GREAT! And I had the good fortune of saying "hello" and having a small chat with her (and my Grandma who was crazy about Eartha...made Eartha a bit nervous, I think). Eartha was very kind to me...what a way to discover her! And then I learned a bit about her story....wow. It's so nice to hear her speak it.
Sometimes we tend to easily get distracted from what is going on! This beautiful strong woman is sharing her story and many is focused on the person doing the interview. Eat the meat n throw away the bone!
Well one thing for sure didn't do us no kind of service by making that blasphemy of a movie about Nina Simone and they cast Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone. That was nothing but fucking blasphemy the actress now there's a lot of controversy about this movie have to be made up a prosthetic nose to blend in with the makeup to portray Nina Simone I have no respect for Zoe Saldana none at all Zoe. Dinner is a Dominican Republic afro-caribbean actress and they don't consider themselves black just ask cardi B, in a few other afro-caribbean black actresses and singers didn't want to be associated with being black American and that's a fact
During a time period when illegitimacy was a serious offense. The darker hued children could hide it. No one would know unless you told them or unless they knew your family history. Lighter complexioned or biracial children, no matter where they lived in the south could not hide their illegitimacy. Everyone knew, just by looking at you that your parents were not and could not marry.
I think the interviewer was nervous. I would be too. Eartha Kitt is that chick! Rest in paradise. I hate she went through so much but it made her strong. I just love her.
The interviewers tone and questions are rude. She asks questions and makes comments in a way that feels as if she's trying to disprove Eartha's story. Eartha was about two seconds away from telling her ass off.
I didn't think her tone was rude..Yes, she was in belief and obviously DIDN'T APPROVE of food being thrown at her. But I wonder if this boy did so , thinking he couldn't hand her food coz that would show kindness & get in trouble. Maybe he threw it at her so she'd have some sustenance while working hard. I don't think she was ready to tell her off, I think she was angry recalling how she was mistreated but was abandoned by her own family and abused by the person who end up raising her (her aunt ). Maybe the mother was attractive and the legit wife of the possible rapist (innocent til proven guilty) had her real mother send away. The way Eartha describes her mother sounded like she was attractive and tall. The Germans who were looking for her were obviously accepting of her, thinking she was their kin and she mentioned the white boy on the plantation "knew" (in reference to her being part white). it's sad the black church didn't accept ilegit children...back then, they thought they'd be going to hell for being ilegit or "a bastard." The then president was driven to tears by Eartha's speech against the war. later went to Europe and Asian where she was accepted. Both marriages she had were to white men. There were plenty of whites who saw Blacks as real people and some did love them. She went on the learn French, German and a few other languages. She was a super intelligent lady and hated the actions of certain people and was against racism and discrimination of any kind from all she lived! That's what intelligent people do...they don't turn around and behave in the same negative way they were treated.
My Mom talked to kitt before she died and this lady was so fuckin strong its unbelievable she had indored so much pain i don't see how she lived to be 81 her true life story is so heart braking she was bleeding inside but had a hard shell that only the real could get thru ..i cry just thinking about the details of the shit that happened to her smh ...rip pretty lady forever loved by me personally
What an awful existence for any human being to be treated as subhuman as Eartha Kitt was. She really went through a lot, and for her to be able to speak of her experiences with such candor and clarity says a lot for her inner strength, as well as her gifts of mental clarity and perspective. People today tend to see lighter skinned Blacks as somehow more "successful", "lucky", and more "acceptable", but this is not necessarily the case. The color thing is so twisted and perverted, and it explains why so many talented Black people of all hues gravitated towards lives and careers in Europe where color is not such a big deal. Europeans do have their racial issues as well, but they are not as pronounced as in the USA.
Yes, unfortunately, they do. Orphans still exist and they dont all become bad statistics. I'm an Orphan and anyone who knows me would tell you I'm a bad bitch and by that I mean I am strong, successful, independent and influential. We are made by being abused and neglected in the worst ways as children and still finding value in ourselves. The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fires. I been through the fire baby.
Sweet Baby Buddha preach! Abandoned kid here too! It makes you tough, and we don’t take shit. I rarely bring people into my inner circle, and trusting is not an option. I see you sweet baby Buddha, you aren’t alone 🤙🏾
ricecristi... I see you! There are very few people in my inner circle, due to trust issues as well, but I'll tell you right now that I immediately open my heart for my orphaned sisters and brothers. I do it cautiously, but I do it for them because, more than anyone, we need that love and acceptance. I hope you have found a path to healing. Please know that I love you and wish you the best. If you want to exchange contact info, I would be interested in getting to know you. It's rare for me to run into other orphans.
I discovered her today. I am devouring everything i can find about her, she's just so...TRUE. Majestic. I am in awe.. the plain matter of fact way with which she relates the cruelty she suffered injustly without a hint of resentment.. wow. That's an evolved human being right there!
Most likely the interviewer is ignorant and cannot get her head around the fact that a lighter skinned African American could face discrimination and rejection from the African American community... and that is the same mentality that started the cycle of denial that poor defenseless Eartha Mae found herself in. Thank God she managed to crawl out of that world and inspire us all!
+Euro-African Interviewer just trying doing her job to get all detail straight up, without messing every detail in one big pot under name of the "discrimination"! its obvious that it was decriminalization, but there so much details in the culture that time, why it should be ignored? And the facts of the story it self. By the way-about discrimination- I'm white immigrant in the USA- and I was discriminated many time by blacks-"African-americans" in modern time. And 'm sick and tired hearing all the time as blacks here without any reason pressing the race card!
Brant Brant not just blacks that play the race card as you know. My point was the interviewer sounded like she was questioning the authenticity of Eartha's story, which is disrespectful. This isn't a police interrogation.
Maybe not "only" blacks, but most of them, by my observation. I was surprised to see how they are treating others, even blacks from Africa, by continuously pulling attention on this subject ..most of the time just dragging attention from the problems, or their responsibility.... About interviewer side- It is important to understand exactly what does person who gives interview is saying...this is why she was re-asking her over and over..I could not draw a whole picture by short sentence which Mrs. Eartha was using do describe her experience. Questions and answers helping to add more details to the story. You just see there what you want to see..disrespect... I saw just professional work.
+Euro-African Thank you so much for putting your mature thinking view under the highly unprofessional interview of dear dear MS. Kitts. I'm a retired photojournalist for the Navy. I would have done my homework!! Especially if I was granted an interview with MS. Kitts! To me it would have been better than an interview with the queen or president, etc. I thank you because you immediately said what I was dying to shout out, and I came to the comments area very angry. What a dope that woman was. Thank You for your opinion! Listen to Santa Baby, we'll toast with eggnog to E. Kitts and the amazing contribution she made to our world! Happy Holidays! Coastal Georgia *****
I love the way she explains all her difficulties and the way she was treated in such a natural way. The interviewer asks for cruel details (throwing food) and she replies with the simple truth: they treated us like animals. She has nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of. Brave woman.
What a woman, she never was afraid to lose empathy for tell the truth. I relate on her so much, what a great, strong human being. 🐧🌈 For a better palette 🎨 to mix colors.
+sharaxxvable I respect her for speaking her feelings at a White House luncheon which got her blacklisted in the US for like ten years. total respect for this lady. MY Christmas is never complete until I hear her iconic Santa Baby song :) and all her French music too :)
Bless her soul of light. Untold millions of children suffer similar and worse cruelty at the hands of ignorant, egotistical, and selfish, human beings. May she finally find her peace and bliss.
RIP Eartha Kitt🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 WOW So she ended up with her biological Mother in New York at the end. THANK GOD for ALL of the eyewitnesses to her situation in the south WHO KNEW where she was & KNEW WHERE HER REAL MOTHER WAS & SAID SOMETHING instead of minding their own business, turning a BLIND EYE while watching the child be killed & torchered..... THANK GOD for the people that see something & say something.🏆
YES SHE WAS ONE OF A KIND NO ONE CAN DUPLICATE OR COME CLOSE TO PROTRACTE.MY COUSIN BECAUSE HER MOLD CAN'T BE DUPLICATE THE ONE AND ONLY LOVE YOU CITTEN R I.P.I.H. WHERE THE BEST IS AT REST😘😘😘😘😘 BLESSED BY THE BEST
Would love to see Audra Day play Eartha Kitt, she would be great for her part. Her bio would be amazing with Audra Day the character. Eartha was amazing in cat woman. Her voice is so distinctive, I just love it.
Eartha was such a class act. Great talent, extremely humble, and so intelligent. She is 100% right about "civilized" cultures destroying others they see as wild only for their descendants to try and "dig them up" after they realize the terrible mistake. The world needs more people like Eartha--genuine talents who aren't afraid to say what they feel. You were wonderful, Eartha. I wish I had the chance to see you in concert or meet you to thank you for the inspiration in person. RIP, great lady.
I just love this woman's voice. Always did. Such a unique voice when she speaks, I am loving it. Her singing was incredible. I miss her. So glad I came across this...
I love me some Eartha Kitt - The epitome of Class, Elegance, Grace & Strength! I wish they hadn't allowed a rookie to interview her. Eartha had to "save" her own interview...SMH
It would have driven me absolutely nuts to not know where I came from. This woman overcame so much. I know not everyone had the grit of this woman, but she is inspirational. She came from nothing, but she had audiences with great leaders of her time. Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth...We can't all achieve eminence, and we don't need to, but we need to all do the best we can with what we have, where we are, for however long we are stuck there. Your past doesn't have to hold you back. She easily could have died in the gutter somewhere, having achieved nothing. I was in jail recently and met my first meth addict, who was likely also making and selling meth. I felt so sorry for her. She didn't admit to the charge of having drugs for resale, but she also didn't admit to using meth, although she was covered with scabs. A girl on there for her second DUI offense readily accepted responsibility for her actions. She was there because of the choices she had made. She's just lucky she didn't kill anyone. People don't think about how their choices can hurt others, and they don't even think about how they are hurting themselves. I wish there were easy answers. I told them that I didn't have any substance abuse problems, but I had struggled with emotional problems. All of these things boil down to self-control issues. We all have something we struggle with or else that we should. Pride is a big one, as my preacher talked about this last Sunday.
Unfortunately that’s most of blacks today. I’m 33 and all I know is that my family came from South Carolina and North Carolina as slaves. They don’t keep our records past my grandmas parents and I was born in 85 Sad huh yep
Thank you. :) That must have been wonderful to see. I wish I had the chance to see her sing live or to meet her. She inspired me to get involved in theater in the first place (I'm currently a college student majoring in it), so I would have loved to thank her in person. And I'm glad she realized racism runs in all people. No one's free from it. Everyone has their prejudices, and the sooner we realize that, the sooner we can work as a society to move past them. Peace to you, too, and to Eartha.
Eatha bless her was an intelligent lady, and telling her story of the plantation fields of her and her mother worked on, enjoyed listening to her, very moving.
So crazy that she is from South Carolina. I spent my college years in Orangeburg about 20-30 min from St.matthews .... I’m originally from florence sc.
"I Am So Supportive & "In Tune" With Eartha In This Particular Interview. I Too Can Seriously Relate To Being Ostracized, Rejected & Rudely Treated By My Black Peers & Even Black Church People Growing Up In The South In Georgia. I Was Discriminated Against More Often By My Black Peers For Being Half Native American Then I Ever Was By White People In The South. My Personal Experience Ran From 1976 Until This Very Day Of 2014." ~Windwalker
Sarena White UR DEFENDING EARTHAS STORIES AND BEING HALF NATIVE AMERICAN (U CLAIM) & HALF AFRICAN U MUST LOOK LIKE EARTHA INCLUDING HER EARLY FOTOS BEFORE HER SKIN BLEACHING. LOL.
How sad that many black people refuse to believe they can do any wrong. Quit watching Roots on repeat and research history as it was. Not every white person is the devil and wants you to suffer. Maybe the majority want to live, love and smile with you?
Eartha Kitt is just so inspirational. Such a great person. I would love to have known her. Whenever I'm feeling bad about myself all I do is watch or listen to something Eartha and I feel better. She's so great. Thank you Eartha.
Who is the interviewer? She is so ignorant and rude that it is truly upsetting! I am so upset that Madam Momma Eartha Kitt had to endure such lack of respect someone as disrespectful and disgusting as the woman interviewing her. Whoever she is, she should be ashamed of herself. Mother conducted herself as the respectable intelligent goddess that she will always be. On Earth as she is in Heaven.
kitty johnston You should be upset that you call someone you do not know ignorant over an interview question. She scored the interview and you are watching her video so she is apparently not that ignorant.
Thank you so much for this interview. Slavery was so nasty, so devastating to the psyche of a people. It is phenomenal to see an escape. Eartha is a legend.
Im speechless. Our life storys are so much alike. And we LOOK alike. And we have the SAME temperaments. Same strong blunt ways of talking. Same life focus on civil rights. I can sing. Who are you. Im so blown away by our similarities. I discovered who you are by a Instagram post a actress posted. This actress posted a picture that was of Eartha and listed her life's struggles. It sparked my interest due to that fact her life story was like mine. So i researched and found this. It made me cry. Im a orphan too. came into the world the same way. and in the south. My middle name Mae. Life is very mysterious.
Wow who could we get to play her in a movie? Nobody can do the KIT KAT like she did. She is arthritic!! The voice and all U know I AIN'T lying. Even the other Kat women couldn't doooo that purrrr so puuuurrrfect!! And her laugh. Her gift broke the mode. We miss her we miss one of a kind. Bless everyone that came in this world and invented or did so much to leave the footprints they did for the world. They all had their Triumph but we are all human and deserve to enjoy our own lives. This lady is still one of a KIT KIND. The best BLACQUE cat in the world!! As like she used to be a KAT before she became Kit or the life after this one she will come back as one. My humor but she's that good She was that great. Remember a part of a beautiful History.
OMG this woman is so ELEGANT!!!! There's no WEAKNESS here... This is a STRONG woman!!!!
Yea strong white woman
StarWoors
Even if there was that'd be nothing against her. Just the people who treated her and people like her poorly
Very strong 💪 this had me in tears
@Kirk Moore
😑 Why the hell would a 4 yr old know anything about what she was saying? You're just a nitpicky hater
@@jojobean9260 idiot
When you end up more fabulous than all those who rejected you!🥂👑
💯% 👸🏾
Amazing Grace is what keep her pure and safe.true angel can never be destroyed.love her soul
Hello!!!!! 💯💖
fame... what bs.
Very talented woman
She spoke at least 4 languages fluently, yet never finished High School! Amazing!
It can be done.....College is not everything as long as you have World Experienced. Most Americans have college and are less educated then a catfish or a mule (actually a mule has more intelligent)
Debra Williams wow! 💛
@@hlatino03 go to sth east asia. You'll regularly see people fluent in 3 and they haven't much formal education.
She spoke 11
or 13 I forget but 11 sticks out
Debra Williams one can learn languages by submersion. A formal education isn’t needed. But yes it’s still amazing.
Still the best Catwoman EVER!!! Nobody can laugh like that.
+Mitchell Leary I wont laugh at that, just ""Purrrrrr." :)
Mitchell Leary Her and Julie Neumar
So TRUE😎
No one!
Or prowl like that.
Her voice is so relaxing, her mind is incredible, her soul so pure and beauty so elegant I could watch and listen to her all day
Anthony MB You summed her up so very well!
Me too🫶🏾👑
Eartha Kitt - watching in 2019😍
Just discovering this 'gem of an interview' of this extraordinary woman. 10:18am 21/04/19, Dartford UK
Me..always educating myself and others... We are sooo distracted by BS but the truth is right in front of us
7/12/2019
Watching
Watching.
The best revenge is success. A successful classy, intellectual Lady who will always have my admiration and respect.
There it is...for ALL races.
She doesn't invite pity. It made her like a diamond, Annie Isaac
♥️
Proud of my heritage
We are blessed
frfr
Eartha was not a woman to be messed with, me thinks. Love her!
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I saw in a documentary where she stood up to Nixon while on a visit to the White House. Her career suffered as a result. Yes... she was tenacious.
AGREED
She was such a beautiful and Elegant women
Yes a very unique persona. Nobody like her on this earth. Loved her.
What time
I love Eartha's voice
Yassss......sophistication and elegance with a twist!!!
Daniel Peoples So do I!
Daniel People
Me too I love her laugh too
I LOVED EARTHA KITT, I BELIEVE SHE IS DISTANCE COUSIN OF MINE SHE WAS A GREAT ACTRESS AND JUST ADORED HER VOICE AND SPEECH NO ONE COULD PLAY CAT WOMAN LIKE SHE DID, R.I.P.I.H. LOVE YOU CUS.
She's smarter than the woman conducting the interview.
Yeah ae
Right
Agreed
For sure. Love Eartha. Such a powerful spirit and great woman/human. Miss her.
They always are.
It’s like she could see right through people so clearly... her spiritual eyes tell me so
I could listen to this woman talk all day
This woman was simply extraordinary! To have survived all possible abuses as a child, and somehow standing firmly on the ground with an amazing sense of self...Wow!
Eartha Kitt was so intelligent, fabulous and beautiful - who's watching in 2020
Me I adore the celebrities that were so elegant and classic beauties
I’m watching this 2021. I love her. She is elegant and intelligent.
Here 2024 🥰❗️
One of the most interesting life stories I've ever heard. Can you imagine the internal struggles that Eartha had to go through in order to feel confident enough to be who she was while on this Earth, all the while, being treated like a rag doll by most people she encountered... That's called sacrifice and transformation! When you listen to the stories of your elders and ancestors, great knowledge and wisdom, such as this can be attained!
Nina513 and Jesse Lee Peterson says that slavery and Jim crow and other forms of racism doesn't exist Jesse Lee is a self hater and he supports white supremacy
@@arabiaburtonbarbosasmith2516
Then Jesse Lee would be a moron!
Nina513 At least she was telling her own story in her own words
She has the same story as most blacks in the US, not even that critical. White people out here livin that good, that this seems strange? 😒 wake up y’all, I was born in 86, and my story is just as f’’k’ed. Things aren’t better for brown folks.
Nina513
Treated like a rag doll by "most people"? You mean white people
Rest in Perfect Peace Ms. Eartha May Kitt....RESPECT
+chantilly lace Yessss Amen
It’s so sad that with all Eartha’s charisma, strength, and compassionate intelligence you can still feel her pain.
It would have been so interesting to have sat talked and listened to her.
What a Beautiful endearing piece of fascinating history.
My Dad always said she was the best cat 🐈 woman. He was right.😊
This was a very deep interview for me...dang she went through it :(
NubianQueen_xo Could not have been easy for her to do this interview
I saw Eartha as a 14 year old in the musical "Timbuktu" in Washington, D.C USA). I had no idea who she was until I saw the show. She was GREAT! And I had the good fortune of saying "hello" and having a small chat with her (and my Grandma who was crazy about Eartha...made Eartha a bit nervous, I think). Eartha was very kind to me...what a way to discover her! And then I learned a bit about her story....wow. It's so nice to hear her speak it.
This woman has it all CLASS, INTELLECT, CHARM, and tough as nails...wow. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons. Love and respect.
Forget Halle, forget Anne Hathaway, forget Julie Newmar. She is the OG Catwoman!
Yes
I agree 100%
She's an amazing intelligent woman
Am I the only one that notices Ms, Kitt always looks so sad ?
Look at everything she's been through.
She had a tremendous amount of internal pain, but used it as a catalyst to live.
The eyes are truly the lamp of the soul
She doesn't look sad to me. Her face is not artificially animated to make others feel better. In other words, she ain't selling frozen smiles.
Its truth- that more then just discrimination- the worse thing is being abandon by your own people, our own family!
so true
so sorry for responding this late but I've lived it for 44 years. It is more common than one thinks or believes.
AND being the product of rape
Discrimination and abandonment are both damaging to the soul, and should not be compared. Please stop.
Truth....💯💯💯
Just ignore the interviewer .. then it becomes a great document..
Sometimes we tend to easily get distracted from what is going on! This beautiful strong woman is sharing her story and many is focused on the person doing the interview. Eat the meat n throw away the bone!
Eartha put that interviewer in her place when she try to question why food was being thrown at her. This interviewer pissed me off.
Right like what did she expect
it was Gayle King...from the voice it seems like it
Sorry for the horrific experiences of this ugly world !! We are all human. Our compassion and the way we act towards one another matters tremendously!
Hear! HEAR!!!
Absolutely
Pure 1000% class and elegance ....a class of her own! So admirable.
I really hope that this woman isn't interviewing anyone anymore...so insensitive and rude..ugh!
Eartha and Nina Simone have intellects turned up to 11. I’m in awe...
Well one thing for sure didn't do us no kind of service by making that blasphemy of a movie about Nina Simone and they cast Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone. That was nothing but fucking blasphemy the actress now there's a lot of controversy about this movie have to be made up a prosthetic nose to blend in with the makeup to portray Nina Simone I have no respect for Zoe Saldana none at all Zoe. Dinner is a Dominican Republic afro-caribbean actress and they don't consider themselves black just ask cardi B, in a few other afro-caribbean black actresses and singers didn't want to be associated with being black American and that's a fact
the interviewer lacks skills! eartha kitt is great
I'm tired of her asking things, eartha has clearly ALREADY ANSWERED
Maya Angelou's words are ringing in my ears..... "again I rise"
Dee Salmon - Yes! And still I rise. 🧡💚❤️
Such an elegant, classy, intelligent woman.
During a time period when illegitimacy was a serious offense. The darker hued children could hide it. No one would know unless you told them or unless they knew your family history. Lighter complexioned or biracial children, no matter where they lived in the south could not hide their illegitimacy. Everyone knew, just by looking at you that your parents were not and could not marry.
Lisa Jackson so true
J
Lisa Jackson Sad but true
FACTS! Same thing in Africa... prior to and during colonialism.
@@HuesoAmarilloAfricana South America too. They even had a chart system with different levels, like a caste system.
Always admired Eartha kitt,
She with stood being black balled.
Ms. Kitt did her own thinking.
Everything she went through made her stronger.
I think the interviewer was nervous. I would be too. Eartha Kitt is that chick! Rest in paradise. I hate she went through so much but it made her strong. I just love her.
The interviewers tone and questions are rude. She asks questions and makes comments in a way that feels as if she's trying to disprove Eartha's story. Eartha was about two seconds away from telling her ass off.
slm22186 she the reason why black people are were they at now don't forget she was a strong civil rights fighter along with king and them.
slm22186 Agree. Low key Condescending
Actually about 1 second😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
white people always gets like that when it comes time to talk about slavery
I didn't think her tone was rude..Yes, she was in belief and obviously DIDN'T APPROVE of food being thrown at her. But I wonder if this boy did so , thinking he couldn't hand her food coz that would show kindness & get in trouble. Maybe he threw it at her so she'd have some sustenance while working hard. I don't think she was ready to tell her off, I think she was angry recalling how she was mistreated but was abandoned by her own family and abused by the person who end up raising her (her aunt ). Maybe the mother was attractive and the legit wife of the possible rapist (innocent til proven guilty) had her real mother send away. The way Eartha describes her mother sounded like she was attractive and tall. The Germans who were looking for her were obviously accepting of her, thinking she was their kin and she mentioned the white boy on the plantation "knew" (in reference to her being part white). it's sad the black church didn't accept ilegit children...back then, they thought they'd be going to hell for being ilegit or "a bastard." The then president was driven to tears by Eartha's speech against the war. later went to Europe and Asian where she was accepted. Both marriages she had were to white men. There were plenty of whites who saw Blacks as real people and some did love them. She went on the learn French, German and a few other languages. She was a super intelligent lady and hated the actions of certain people and was against racism and discrimination of any kind from all she lived! That's what intelligent people do...they don't turn around and behave in the same negative way they were treated.
My Mom talked to kitt before she died and this lady was so fuckin strong its unbelievable she had indored so much pain i don't see how she lived to be 81 her true life story is so heart braking she was bleeding inside but had a hard shell that only the real could get thru ..i cry just thinking about the details of the shit that happened to her smh ...rip pretty lady forever loved by me personally
Kind words ♥
dioraelove wow. I’d love to hear what you knew of her life story
Ur comment is on d point !
Good 👍
What an awful existence for any human being to be treated as subhuman as Eartha Kitt was. She really went through a lot, and for her to be able to speak of her experiences with such candor and clarity says a lot for her inner strength, as well as her gifts of mental clarity and perspective. People today tend to see lighter skinned Blacks as somehow more "successful", "lucky", and more "acceptable", but this is not necessarily the case. The color thing is so twisted and perverted, and it explains why so many talented Black people of all hues gravitated towards lives and careers in Europe where color is not such a big deal. Europeans do have their racial issues as well, but they are not as pronounced as in the USA.
They dont make people like her anymore!
What?
mizike06
They do but they're called "sjw's" cause americans are still that racist
Yes, unfortunately, they do. Orphans still exist and they dont all become bad statistics. I'm an Orphan and anyone who knows me would tell you I'm a bad bitch and by that I mean I am strong, successful, independent and influential. We are made by being abused and neglected in the worst ways as children and still finding value in ourselves. The strongest steel is forged in the hottest fires. I been through the fire baby.
Sweet Baby Buddha preach! Abandoned kid here too! It makes you tough, and we don’t take shit. I rarely bring people into my inner circle, and trusting is not an option. I see you sweet baby Buddha, you aren’t alone 🤙🏾
ricecristi... I see you! There are very few people in my inner circle, due to trust issues as well, but I'll tell you right now that I immediately open my heart for my orphaned sisters and brothers. I do it cautiously, but I do it for them because, more than anyone, we need that love and acceptance. I hope you have found a path to healing. Please know that I love you and wish you the best. If you want to exchange contact info, I would be interested in getting to know you. It's rare for me to run into other orphans.
I absolutely love her.
I discovered her today. I am devouring everything i can find about her, she's just so...TRUE. Majestic. I am in awe.. the plain matter of fact way with which she relates the cruelty she suffered injustly without a hint of resentment.. wow. That's an evolved human being right there!
Yes, to everything you wrote. She was such an exemplary human being.
I really love Eartha. I look up to how strong and independent she was! I love how straight forward she is!
Most likely the interviewer is ignorant and cannot get her head around the fact that a lighter skinned African American could face discrimination and rejection from the African American community... and that is the same mentality that started the cycle of denial that poor defenseless Eartha Mae found herself in. Thank God she managed to crawl out of that world and inspire us all!
+Euro-African Interviewer just trying doing her job to get all detail straight up, without messing every detail in one big pot under name of the "discrimination"! its obvious that it was decriminalization, but there so much details in the culture that time, why it should be ignored? And the facts of the story it self. By the way-about discrimination- I'm white immigrant in the USA- and I was discriminated many time by blacks-"African-americans" in modern time. And 'm sick and tired hearing all the time as blacks here without any reason pressing the race card!
Brant Brant not just blacks that play the race card as you know. My point was the interviewer sounded like she was questioning the authenticity of Eartha's story, which is disrespectful. This isn't a police interrogation.
Maybe not "only" blacks, but most of them, by my observation. I was surprised to see how they are treating others, even blacks from Africa, by continuously pulling attention on this subject ..most of the time just dragging attention from the problems, or their responsibility.... About interviewer side- It is important to understand exactly what does person who gives interview is saying...this is why she was re-asking her over and over..I could not draw a whole picture by short sentence which Mrs. Eartha was using do describe her experience. Questions and answers helping to add more details to the story. You just see there what you want to see..disrespect... I saw just professional work.
"most of them" -i meant not most of the blacks, but most of who draw the race card.
+Euro-African Thank you so much for putting your mature thinking view under the highly unprofessional interview of dear dear MS. Kitts. I'm a retired photojournalist for the Navy. I would have done my homework!! Especially if I was granted an interview with MS. Kitts! To me it would have been better than an interview with the queen or president, etc. I thank you because you immediately said what I was dying to shout out, and I came to the comments area very angry. What a dope that woman was. Thank You for your opinion! Listen to Santa Baby, we'll toast with eggnog to E. Kitts and the amazing contribution she made to our world! Happy Holidays! Coastal Georgia *****
I love the way she explains all her difficulties and the way she was treated in such a natural way. The interviewer asks for cruel details (throwing food) and she replies with the simple truth: they treated us like animals. She has nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of. Brave woman.
What a woman, she never was afraid to lose empathy for tell the truth. I relate on her so much, what a great, strong human being. 🐧🌈
For a better palette 🎨 to mix colors.
+sharaxxvable I respect her for speaking her feelings at a White House luncheon which got her blacklisted in the US for like ten years. total respect for this lady. MY Christmas is never complete until I hear her iconic Santa Baby song :) and all her French music too :)
@@thejupiter2574 yep... Nixon didn't like her criticism and she paid a dear price
I have always thought Eartha Kitt to be beautiful and eloquent!
She is so beautiful! And her testimony is so powerful!
Bless her soul of light. Untold millions of children suffer similar and worse cruelty at the hands of ignorant, egotistical, and selfish, human beings. May she finally find her peace and bliss.
RIP Eartha Kitt🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 WOW So she ended up with her biological Mother in New York at the end.
THANK GOD for ALL of the eyewitnesses to her situation in the south WHO KNEW where she was & KNEW WHERE HER REAL MOTHER WAS & SAID SOMETHING instead of minding their own business, turning a BLIND EYE while watching the child be killed & torchered.....
THANK GOD for the people that see something & say something.🏆
YES SHE WAS ONE OF A KIND NO ONE CAN DUPLICATE OR COME CLOSE TO PROTRACTE.MY COUSIN BECAUSE HER MOLD CAN'T BE DUPLICATE THE ONE AND ONLY LOVE YOU CITTEN R
I.P.I.H. WHERE THE BEST IS AT REST😘😘😘😘😘 BLESSED BY THE BEST
That's amazing
You speaking some good stuff 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank God someone didn't turn a blind eye and sent that letter to her aunt.
What is an amazing woman she overcame a lot and became someone we can look up to as she shows her strength and shares her talents.
Would love to see Audra Day play Eartha Kitt, she would be great for her part. Her bio would be amazing with Audra Day the character. Eartha was amazing in cat woman. Her voice is so distinctive, I just love it.
I Love Eartha Kitt, Very Beautiful Woman.
Eartha was such a class act. Great talent, extremely humble, and so intelligent. She is 100% right about "civilized" cultures destroying others they see as wild only for their descendants to try and "dig them up" after they realize the terrible mistake. The world needs more people like Eartha--genuine talents who aren't afraid to say what they feel. You were wonderful, Eartha. I wish I had the chance to see you in concert or meet you to thank you for the inspiration in person. RIP, great lady.
I just love this woman's voice. Always did. Such a unique voice when she speaks, I am loving it. Her singing was incredible. I miss her. So glad I came across this...
Eartha's resilience is unbreakable!
R.i.P beautiful Eartha.i remember watching her on tv as a child, stunningly gorgeous with an amazing voice 😊
I love me some Eartha Kitt - The epitome of Class, Elegance, Grace & Strength! I wish they hadn't allowed a rookie to interview her. Eartha had to "save" her own interview...SMH
I love everything about Eartha. It was few days ago when I saw a video of her for the first time, and now I adore her. What a magnificent woman.
It would have driven me absolutely nuts to not know where I came from. This woman overcame so much. I know not everyone had the grit of this woman, but she is inspirational. She came from nothing, but she had audiences with great leaders of her time. Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth...We can't all achieve eminence, and we don't need to, but we need to all do the best we can with what we have, where we are, for however long we are stuck there. Your past doesn't have to hold you back. She easily could have died in the gutter somewhere, having achieved nothing. I was in jail recently and met my first meth addict, who was likely also making and selling meth. I felt so sorry for her. She didn't admit to the charge of having drugs for resale, but she also didn't admit to using meth, although she was covered with scabs. A girl on there for her second DUI offense readily accepted responsibility for her actions. She was there because of the choices she had made. She's just lucky she didn't kill anyone. People don't think about how their choices can hurt others, and they don't even think about how they are hurting themselves. I wish there were easy answers. I told them that I didn't have any substance abuse problems, but I had struggled with emotional problems. All of these things boil down to self-control issues. We all have something we struggle with or else that we should. Pride is a big one, as my preacher talked about this last Sunday.
+Lydia Hubbell Very well put! Too Bad you couldn't have done her interview. I wish they would have turned up the mike too! Happy Holidays! JL
Thanks! Happy Holidays to you, too!
Thank you for sharing your truth, and I hope you have gotten things together.
Unfortunately that’s most of blacks today. I’m 33 and all I know is that my family came from South Carolina and North Carolina as slaves. They don’t keep our records past my grandmas parents and I was born in 85
Sad huh yep
Thank you. :)
That must have been wonderful to see. I wish I had the chance to see her sing live or to meet her. She inspired me to get involved in theater in the first place (I'm currently a college student majoring in it), so I would have loved to thank her in person.
And I'm glad she realized racism runs in all people. No one's free from it. Everyone has their prejudices, and the sooner we realize that, the sooner we can work as a society to move past them. Peace to you, too, and to Eartha.
I am astoundingly grateful to have come across this interview of Ms. Eartha Kitty!
Eatha bless her was an intelligent lady, and telling her story of the plantation fields of her and her mother worked on, enjoyed listening to her, very moving.
Powerful🧑🏽🦱 I've felt the reverse.... So glad she shared her Truth👸🏽.... Such a Powerful Woman and an example of Defining Your Own Life💐 .
So crazy that she is from South Carolina. I spent my college years in Orangeburg about 20-30 min from St.matthews .... I’m originally from florence sc.
Who's here for Eartha in 2018?
Brilliant, spiritual wise unique inspiring woman and HUGE gift to the universe. Thank you for sharing this video.
Bless this woman!
"I Am So Supportive & "In Tune" With Eartha In This Particular Interview. I Too Can Seriously Relate To Being Ostracized, Rejected & Rudely Treated By My Black Peers & Even Black Church People Growing Up In The South In Georgia. I Was Discriminated Against More Often By My Black Peers For Being Half Native American Then I Ever Was By White People In The South. My Personal Experience Ran From 1976 Until This Very Day Of 2014." ~Windwalker
Girl stop the lies!!
Sarena White UR DEFENDING EARTHAS STORIES AND BEING HALF NATIVE AMERICAN (U CLAIM) & HALF AFRICAN U MUST LOOK LIKE EARTHA INCLUDING HER EARLY FOTOS BEFORE HER SKIN BLEACHING. LOL.
How sad that many black people refuse to believe they can do any wrong. Quit watching Roots on repeat and research history as it was. Not every white person is the devil and wants you to suffer. Maybe the majority want to live, love and smile with you?
What a woman and human being! Gloriously resilient and incredibly talented...
Eartha Kitt is just so inspirational. Such a great person. I would love to have known her. Whenever I'm feeling bad about myself all I do is watch or listen to something Eartha and I feel better. She's so great. Thank you Eartha.
She always was a well-rounded woman in entertainment and in life absolutely inspiring Legend
What an amazing testimony! She overcame so much horrible treatment all throughout her life to become a Magnificent Icon.
So elegant & poise.
Simply, Beautiful 😘😘😘
Her daughter is absolutely gorgeous and her granddaughter is a marvelous singer.
I wonder what a DNA ancestry test would have shown. More so, I wonder what she would have had to say about it.
She would be elated
Kitt Shapiro would be able to know something. She is her daughter.
Love her persona, such a beautiful individual.
Eartha Kitt will always be a phenomenal woman... 👑🙌🏾💖🌹😍🖤📿💎 As well as a very intelligent woman!!! Ase'🙌🏾🙏🏾✊🏾🖤💗
Such a beautiful person Beautiful spirit. Rest on Queen💃👑🙏
Who is the interviewer? She is so ignorant and rude that it is truly upsetting! I am so upset that Madam Momma Eartha Kitt had to endure such lack of respect someone as disrespectful and disgusting as the woman interviewing her. Whoever she is, she should be ashamed of herself. Mother conducted herself as the respectable intelligent goddess that she will always be. On Earth as she is in Heaven.
Yesss
kitty johnston You should be upset that you call someone you do not know ignorant over an interview question. She scored the interview and you are watching her video so she is apparently not that ignorant.
The fact that I didn't call her what I was exactly thinking is amazing. So how about you mind your business mspinkytee
kitty johnston
kitty johnston what do you expect of white racist women,always feel intimidated by the beautiful black girl magic .
Beauty elegance and intelligence ❤️! R.I.P
Thank you so much for this interview. Slavery was so nasty, so devastating to the psyche of a people. It is phenomenal to see an escape. Eartha is a legend.
Amazing. Thanks for sharing your story Ms. Eartha Kitt.
I love her! She's so amazing.
The interviewer was getting on my nerves, she damn well know how they treated blacks .
Right!
Yet another Queen mother from the African diaspora!!! Blessing Eartha...
Love this woman's wisdom and knowledge.
The elegance and class projected by our older stars is remarkable and uplifting
Love her voice...😍
Im speechless. Our life storys are so much alike. And we LOOK alike. And we have the SAME temperaments. Same strong blunt ways of talking. Same life focus on civil rights. I can sing. Who are you. Im so blown away by our similarities. I discovered who you are by a Instagram post a actress posted. This actress posted a picture that was of Eartha and listed her life's struggles. It sparked my interest due to that fact her life story was like mine. So i researched and found this. It made me cry. Im a orphan too. came into the world the same way. and in the south. My middle name Mae. Life is very mysterious.
I am so fascinated by her accent. Her in general. Major inspiration. I want to be this strong and wise one day.
Beautiful ,Smart ,Talented Woman Rest in Heaven Earth Kitt 💐😻
She's beautiful! As is Kitt her daughter.
Wow who could we get to play her in a movie? Nobody can do the KIT KAT like she did. She is arthritic!! The voice and all U know I AIN'T lying. Even the other Kat women couldn't doooo that purrrr so puuuurrrfect!! And her laugh. Her gift broke the mode. We miss her we miss one of a kind. Bless everyone that came in this world and invented or did so much to leave the footprints they did for the world. They all had their Triumph but we are all human and deserve to enjoy our own lives. This lady is still one of a KIT KIND. The best BLACQUE cat in the world!! As like she used to be a KAT before she became Kit or the life after this one she will come back as one. My humor but she's that good She was that great. Remember a part of a beautiful History.
I love this interview. Eartha Kitt was so honest , straight forward and unapologetic. She had a very complex and amazing life. Such a graceful woman.
Imagine how many times she thought to herself
"If you only knew you'd be different towards me " now that takes strength
I will always admire This 💪👼
Earths Kit was a beautiful woman with a great career. This was a great eye opening interview!
Thanks again beautiful and you many away for others to learn ourselves. We still live in a world of because the color of our skin. Thanks you