Social Media Troll Myron Gaines Spews Anti-Black Lies About Reparations

By: Daniel Johnson: October 2, 2024 Gaines is the same host who was allegedly crying on the podcast shortly after it was demonetized by YouTube for violating the platform’s policies. Myron “Fit” Gaines, a co-host of the misogynistic podcast Fresh & Fit, said on a recent episode of the podcast that Black people who want reparations are just looking to buy Jordans, chains, and drugs, a common anti-Black talking point. According to Business Insider, Gaines is the same host who was allegedly crying on the podcast shortly after YouTube demonetized it for violating the platform’s policies for its YouTube Partner Program.When a clip from the podcast was posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, Gaines was roasted by Black Twitter for his claims. As Ta-Nehisi Coates made plain in his seminal long-form article for The Atlantic, The Case For Reparations, Black people are collectively owed recompense for a myriad of abuses perpetrated by the United States of America. The idea that Black people do not know how to spend money or will be irresponsible with the money they receive from the federal government is a vestige of the system of white supremacy.Gaines’ words are also close to what a 2023...