Ms Rachel Spreads Racist MISinformation

In a TikTok video that has amassed millions of likes, children's content creator Ms. Rachel claims that "black people don't hang themselves from trees" and that "there's been at least seven black people found hanging from trees." She offers no specific details about these cases, instead directing viewers to "listen to the black community." The host of this episode, Amala Ekpunobi, argues that this is a dangerous and baseless narrative being spread across social media—one that presents unsubstantiated claims of racial lynchings as fact, with no evidence to support them.

The Missing Evidence Behind the "Lynching Epidemic"

Ekpunobi's central argument is that the claim of a widespread lynching epidemic is not supported by the facts. She states that law enforcement has investigated the cases referenced by Ms. Rachel and others, and the majority have been ruled suicides with clear evidence, including in some instances video footage showing the individual entering an area alone and committing the act. "There is zero, and I'll tell you again, zero evidence that these are racially motivated crimes," Ekpunobi says. She emphasizes that police do not simply label murders as suicides, especially in cases where foul play or racial motivation might be present. The narrative, she argues, is being pushed because it fits a pre-existing worldview about pervasive racism in America, not becau