How Johnny Harris Rewrites History

Wanna watch without ads and see exclusive content? Go to https://nebula.tv/thepresentpast As a historian watching the latest Johnny Harris video I was disturbed. Johnny has a laudable goal of wanting to show the origins of European colonialism. But he cuts so many corners, that history is sacrificed on the altar of storytelling. In doing so he presents warped version of what actually happened. The video in question: https://youtu.be/vLpSeMlfZ60 00:00 - 00:30 - Johnny Harris Lies To You 00:30 - 01:18 - Johnny's Vid 01:18 - 04:32 - Europe as a dark dark place 04:32 - 05:10 - Portugal's Expansion 05:10 - 10:28 - Columbus Didn't Invent Colonialism 10:28 - 11:37 - A Note on Depicting Native peoples 11:37 - 13:07 - A Compliment For Johnny Harris 13:07 - 15:59 - The Limits of Storytelling 15:59 - 16:24 - Acknowledgements Sources: Mohamed Adhikari - Europe’s First Settler Colonial Incursion into Africa: The Genocide of Aboriginal Canary Islanders David Haddock & Lynne Kiesling - The Black Death and Property Rights Jeffrey Barton Russel - Inventing the Flat Earth: Columbus and Modern Historians Government Finance and Imposition of Serfdom after the Black Death Margaret E. Peters Carla Phillips and William D. Phillips - The Worlds of Colombus https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2014/12/02/washington-irvings-columbus-and-the-flat-earth/ Youtube: Why People think the world is flat: https://youtu.be/IwJzsE8CvzQ I'm a Journalist Who Hates The News https://youtu.be/BkUH2tP8PYw Johnny Harris: A Story of YouTube Propaganda https://youtu.be/Dum0bqWfiGw (I used Tom Nichols analysis of JH critique of the media) Should I Sue Johnny Harris? https://youtu.be/Ow49P0Qk2_o Imperial's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/IMPERIALYT-1 Faultine's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Faultlinevideos Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun! Every episode I show how history has influenced and made a thing, an idea or event in our present time. I make different content. You can find me on: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepresentpast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_presentpast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/@ThePresent_Past Logo by: https://www.instagram.com/multicolor_junkie/ If you have an idea for an episode please fill in this form: https://www.dropbox.com/request/nMMMSpoNWUJHBIZ8hJRu