id: 1357367 - Text: She's successfully ruined her own life and doesn't even realize it. Her peers are going to use these videos to drag the heck out of her.
id: 1357371 - Text: You are doing an amazing job Mark, you have inspired me to do what I always wanted to do.... documentary showing the dark side of the streets and give the views the why.... I am thankful for you sharing these video, it give me the courage to ask the questions and give me the motivation to do the work. Thank you for the good follow up stories
id: 1357446 - Text: That first video saved her life. I hope she can get some help!
id: 1357479 - Text: It's way too many adults complaining about watching a 20 minute video that a child lied in. You got an update and know why she lied, she's safe and sound, and has parents who love her. But you're still complaining about the 20 minutes of attention that you previously paid, when all the little girl was doing this for was attention. This is one less child being human trafficked! It's a blessing this turned out the way it did!
id: 1357492 - Text: Doesn't her mom resemble the young lady he spoke to a few videos ago named Antoinette, she was pregnant. I initially thought the two were doing a "we made it out " video.
id: 1357515 - Text: The mother is so patient. You can see the child has put her through a lot. One day the girl will regret her actions as these videos could be around next 10 years. Maybe even her kids will see them. Definetly something not right with the little girl. She said she was acting but there is a difference between acting, and lying and deceiving someone and then getting paid. She seems spoilt and has embarrassed her family.
id: 1357523 - Text: Why do I feel like they did this video to promote their podcast and skills?
id: 1357548 - Text: I am a Foster Care Specialist. Due to paperwork, we have less than 15% of our time to work with the youth. I personally have made the people in your videos. I’m sorry my State doesn’t care about foster teens.
id: 1357554 - Text: My understanding after watching the video is the mom and her came out here temporarily to give harmonie a fresh start to get her away from the people she was running away with back home. Then she ended up running away out here as well. When she said placement its possible she ran away out here so the mom had to have her in some type of facility for short term maybe a mental health situation and then she could have ran from there as well.
id: 1357575 - Text: @Nonofyobusiness PLEASE REPORT THIS VIDEO
Mark Laita's videos are exploitative. He pays these interviewees on average only $20-40, while he makes a profit from his youtube views and patreon page. He has even been found to host gofundme campaigns that claim to help these people but have since been flagged as a scam and taken down. He interviews people who are high or in a state of psychosis. There is no way that some of these people can actually give consent for these destructive videos while in that state. People of color have described his work as white exploitation. He claims these people are solely 'broken'. Yet, the truth is these individuals are people who are suffering due to our lack of medical care, education, and housing for the most vulnerable and sick in our society. These videos are harmful. They are TRAUMA PORN.
Mark Laita even has interviews with child sex workers on his channel, including girls as young as 13 years old where he asks them to discuss their sexual history on camera. This is sexualization of minors and is illegal. Example of interview with a 13 year old prostitute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9OazeMnbxE
Mark Laita also admits in the following video that some of these interviews on his channel are FAKE and FICTIONAL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0dRH23NZo&t=3s
These individuals need assistance with finding housing, securing employment and attending counseling to help cope with pain and addiction. Watching these videos does NOT help them. If you want to help people who are suffering in society right now please volunteer for a local homeless shelter, call your representatives about universal health care and addiction treatment, and donate to reputable organizations.
Soft White Underbelly - MUST BE CANCELLED!
Please help by reporting these videos. They violate youtube's guidelines under 'Abusing Vulnerable Individuals', 'Sexual Content' and 'Violent or Repulsive Content'.
Please view below for references.
‘Amanda’: A Black Woman’s Rapid Decline Exploited On And Off Skid Row - Black girls are lost and turned out for public consumption:
https://www.blackstew.com/2020/04/27/amanda-a-black-womans-rapid-decline-exploited-on-and-off-skid-row/
We Are Not Your Soft White Underbelly, Mark Laita
https://curiosityshots.com/we-are-not-your-soft-white-underbelly-mark-laita/
A woman’s hard-luck story on YouTube led to thousands in donations. Some smelled a scam.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/27/kelly-mark-laita-videos/