How the U.S. Government Segregated Chicago | [Inside Chicago, Part 1]

Chicago has a long history of racist housing policies that have led to a racially divided city - a major factor behind the city's reputation of violence.
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[@MondoBeno]

The Chicago public housing was never "paradise." Those blocks were built with the worst materials, and within a few years the doorknobs were coming off, wires were burning out, pipes were leaking, elevators got stuck, garbage chutes were clogged with trash eight stories high, the rats infested, the windows wouldn't close, the burned-out lightbulbs in the stairwells were never replaced. Worst of all, it crammed the Black vote into a single district.

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

@Anarchist Zero nah US black history is filled with riots.

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

@Anarchist Zero I support the riots that took place during the Civil Rights Wra and even today. "Riots are the voice of the unheard"

[@jamesmcpherson8599]

@Anarchist Zero 100%

[@frankzheng5286]

Riots are the sound of the unheard.

[@MondoBeno]

@@frankzheng5286 Just like the Draft Riots where Black men were hung from trees in the street and the Black children's home was burned down. Does your "riots are the cries of the unheard" excuse cover Irish drunks?

[@__HolaLola]

I hate being asked what part of Chicago I’m from. I know what they’re trying to get at. It reveals more about them than it does about me.

[@danvondrasek]

I ask what part, because 9 out of 10 times when someone says they're from Chicago, they're from the suburbs. I grew up on the Southside, and honestly i am just curious what neighborhoods people are from when they actually are from Chicago.

[@WarrenSvoboda]

@@danvondrasek It can be loaded in any direction. My experience is closer to yours but there really are loads of people who believe in the "bad" neighborhood myth as if the people who live there are truly evil and not subject to factors outside their control in any way.

[@danvondrasek]

@@WarrenSvoboda oh I get that too. My one and only arrest was from a Northside cop who didnt like that I was from the Southside and "in his neighborhood". All of a sudden my work tools were weapons and "instruments of crime".

[@danvondrasek]

@@DelayedNotDenied yeah I know. I'm from Chicago

[@DelayedNotDenied]

@@danvondrasek sorry I meant to @ the original person making this comment

[@AaronOstrowskiAeorocks]

Red lining is still a MAJOR problem here. My aunts neighborhood is known for not posting homes for sale online and selling only by word of mouth to make sure they sell to specific people only. It's still a major problem that won't be fixed until we fix our mentalities.

[@michaelmoores2654]

That sounds pretty good. White people excluding others sounds pretty cool.

[@unboxrealestate]

So selling off market properties should be illegal now? Enough with the woke bs

[@jameswashington4493]

I Really appreciate you telling this because most people may not know how some white neighborhoods continue to practice steering and redlining. Its a matter of truth that our black brethren need to know and that our white brethren need to acknowledge. I highly respect you for your fair heart in saying the truth. God bless.

[@user-ut1en2lt8l]

@@unboxrealestateAmazing that all of these policies of Redlining started in the late 1860’s from the Black Codes

[@acajudi100]

I was born and raised in Chicago in 1942, and I am super sad, that at my age, I may have to kill some evil demons, who have tried to sneak up on me and in my apartment. I worked and married, and had an only child at 37. Respect each other and stop the killings Thank you. Judi Grace StoryCorps.

[@cmebans35]

🙏❤

[@UTCSB]

🖤🖤🖤💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

[@shawndraa.h1888]

protection🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@SebasstianTheSinger]

“I know this because I’m from Chicago” she definitely from the suburbs lol

[@shakenamariewilliams4229]

Ikr? Just because you grow up in Chicagoland (aka one of our suburbs not the city) doesn't mean you're actually from Chicago lol

[@lordbaylish3187]

There's a place called the North side. It's a lot like the suburbs in many places. Every corner has storefronts banks and restaurants.... The exact opposite of what she's talking about...... Some people love to miss the point.

[@landonlandon2251]

Why is this funded by a foreign government?

[@itserica-erica2618]

Yup 🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂

[@nathancoleman7235]

So am I Garcia.I live on the south side,do you know the Englewood area?

[@alexmcdonald7695]

“How Democrats keep black Chicagoans poor”

[@fbaallied]

''How White Supremacy keep black Chicagoans poor''

[@CannabisTechLife]

Thanks for the laugh!

[@user-ut1en2lt8l]

That’s both parties my friend

[@marvinbennett8384]

I'm from Louisiana and I couldn't believe how segregated Chicago is

[@reestillbloom]

It hurts to the core of my soul. My grandmother stayed in Henry Horner and refused to leave after it got bad. I remember asking why she wanted to stay in such an awful place. She kept talking about how nice it used to be. We lived in Chatham and then moved to the south suburbs. The south suburbs were like Utopia. They are now run down. I think like my grandmother...I remember how nice they used to be.

[@angiefromChi]

LaRita D you are absolutely correct. Best comment I've read so far.

[@davidlafleche1142]

Then why did black people allow those areas to GET run down?

[@jayjones2286]

LaRita D I love black American girls ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jayjones2286]

Angie Hall-Witherspoon uuuu

[@MasterGamer-qo3rx]

@@davidlafleche1142 actually the houses were already run down before African Americans moved in. They also couldn't restore the housing because they were forced to have multiple jobs in order to barely keep their house.

[@StCloud-ns7vt]

still, thanks for posting this and taking the time to tell this story .

[@adom6750]

She speaks of Chicago's Hispanic community but doesn't really mention how Latinos were segregated in the city.

[@expatatlarge5286]

@Dani P lmao

[@expatatlarge5286]

@KZbin Moderator without illegals..there would be no pilsen..smdh

[@SmartMoneyBro]

Whats your point? She didnt mention the Irish, the Italians, the Laotians, the ethiopians, etc. Also, Hispanics classified themselves as WHITE up until recently. So there u go.

[@lucaslopezisabello4068]

C. Lincoln I live in the west side of Chicago, im Latino, I’m an American Citizen and I came here 8 years ago. How u gonna insult my people and call us illegal and irrelevant when uve never been to ur neighborhood. U don’t know shit😂

[@reverendblkgrape1]

Smart Money Bro Hispanics did not reclassify themselves at all. Classification is done at a federal level. What are you talking about?

[@ZoraTheberge]

When you're raised in what I call a "white bubble" (all your family, most of the people you associate with and you are white) there are things you don't understand about people of color and their lived experiences. I happened to grow up in a white bubble and it wasn't until later that I could recognize that racism is still alive and well. My boyfriend (who's black) has graciously told me how he's been followed in stores, been treated differently, and how he wouldn't feel welcome living in certain neighborhoods. Growing up, you're taught that racism is in the past and is no longer relevant, but when your well-funded suburban elementary school is 95% white, you know the effects of institutionalized racism are still felt.

[@timwarcloud]

The white people of those neighborhoods finance their schools via property taxes, so what is the problem? You get what you pay for.

[@KindaLikeWater]

@@timwarcloud - And you pay for what you can afford. And what you can afford is based on your income. And your income is largely based on...

[@DrCruel]

The last Republican mayor of Chicago left office in 1944. What do they have to say about people living in a Democrat bubble? What part of Chicago is Barack Obama's multimillion dollar estate located in? Where does Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife live? They still have that ridiculous little "People Mover" choo choo in operation? Race hustling and organized crime are alive and well in Chicago. Too bad for anyone there who isn't hooked up, regardless of color.

[@thatgui88]

YES

[@bobbyg433]

You left out the part where people of color commit over 90% of the violent crimes and sexual assaults in Chicago.

[@gtzgreatride]

i can't stand coming to the city. when you talk about these politics people often get offended. segregation is real in the city

[@bartolomeestebanmurillo4459]

“I know this because I’m from Chicago” She probably grew up in the well to do suburbs. No talk of the broken families or how the city leadership mostly Democrat allowed this problem to fester for decades.

[@happygilmore1844]

Yep..good one

[@hbc586]

She’s probably from Schaumburg...LoL

[@rpena]

And don't forget the RepubliCONS policy over the last 50 years

[@EWRIGHT637]

So the democrats that created this apartheid style living to disenfranchise and malign blacks. Are these policies you are speaking about, or are you just regurgitating low brow white supremacist republican politics. You see white supremacy is bi partisan, so the white democrats think like you think as far blacks are concerned. They only differ in areas of Unions.

[@randpherigo9724]

Exactly.. its the common denominator. most chicago whites vote democrat from theyre safe neighborhoods.. and this is why its a cesspool for everyone

[@josephcumpian3384]

There are some really excellent points made in this video that make me realize a lot of the problems with past approaches to solving Chicago's crime and poverty issues. The answer lies in integrating wealthy neighborhoods rather than dumping money into sectioned off, new housing projects that will just concentrate poverty and result in failed missions like Cabrini-Green.

[@goddess2859]

THIS!!!! Integration is absolutely the answer. Research shows that integration creates upward mobility for Black and Brown people by just having friends from different class backgrounds, witnessing people that live different lives and make other options available, etc.

[@lailashaikh19]

I’m from the south side and I agree it’s very segregated there’s the Arab area,black area,white area,Mexican area etc. Everyone’s supposed to kind stay in there place

[@elnatha07]

What about people who live in their cars, can they stay wherever they want?

[@4thctwestgraymont833]

Chicago been segregated before we was born that's why the built them highrise housings authority knew what they was doing

[@kaykaysfashion122]

thank you for such an interesting series

[@danvondrasek]

Only suburbanites say the east side is the lake. The Eastside is literally a neighborhood right on the border of Indiana.

[@saulgood8229]

But there's not an "east side" like there's a west, south, or north side. Even the Chicago flag only recognizes the west, south, and north sides.

[@pissoff61]

Bet you my next 4 paychex, the reporter girl’s Indian parents would NOT wanna live next to black folks!

[@LuisAntonioPerez327]

I've heard this story so. many. times. I wish I head more suggestions for answers. Segregation is just one problem. I grew up on the northside in a very racially and ethnically integrated area and we still had problems with poverty and violence.

[@CrowHawk1000]

in your opinion, what is the answer ?

[@michaelmoores2654]

@@CrowHawk1000 Bringing back segregation for whites. We need to bring the signs back. We white people like segregation.

[@Wolframviking]

Yeah, I feel for you. 300 years of multiculturalism as an experiment has failed. There probably isn't an answer that will 100% fix the problem, but perhaps a new type of segregation, where self determination of black only communities with equal funding based on population and tax revenue would allow those populations to get what they deserve. Smartest thing I see on the internet is what's happening in Baton Rouge ATM. Maybe that's the answer?

[@o13sweetboy]

I travelled to Chicago recently and found it horrible, horrible city with horrible people.I just felt an air of negative energy.One of my worst trips ever.

[@shaniylaj]

Good video, succinct and well edited.....

[@EustassKid16]

i live in Chicago and when i used to do uber i would tell this segregation issue to the tourists and most of them were actually shocked

[@NappyWayz]

Thanks, Frank! You are a blessing!

[@j_thom]

I accept everything presented here except the premise of violence. I grew up poor, nowhere in there was some predisposition to shoot or beat somebody because of it.

[@josephcumpian3384]

I think it's more about the concentration of poverty leading to economic escape routes, such as gangs and drug trafficking. Poverty affected neighborhoods are more likely to develop gangs, as well, due to racially-intertwined police aversion -- aka having a form of protection that won't get you killed or arrested because of your race. Those same protections and escape routes put in place though become the very problem they worked to solve.

[@michellea3565]

Brilliant documentary, everything makes sense now!

[@abubakra6587]

Yup

[@cleaterose5914]

No mention of broken families, none at all.

[@jackobrien4910]

the video is about the segregation of chicago.. not sure why broken families is that important lmao

[@antonarrington7557]

I mean it’s not Focusing on that sooo

[@rpena]

Yeah that's it. The government policy had nothing to do with it.

[@randpherigo9724]

@@jackobrien4910 Its important.. most of us dont want our children to be emptyheaded smartasses like chicagoans

[@TsalagiAgvnage]

It exists in Europe too. Especially in cities like Paris, Marseille and Amsterdam. Amsterdam seems to be the only one getting on track at the moment. Still, if you say you live in Amsterdam Zuidoost (Southeast), people will assume "de (the) Bijlmer" and begin talking about how bad it is

[@chestersabajo5527]

Ja ,veel surinamers wonen in de bijlmer,maar waarom den jaag niet?er wonen veel hindoestanen daar toch

[@charlesgarrett7766]

nah nah im from Chicago and segregation is not why there is violence its because of the drugs and the gangs

[@shafloyd9132]

Charles Garrett you obviously didn't watch the vid

[@titoadesanya9369]

which is because of the segregation

[@titoadesanya9369]

Mr R which is a result of racism..

[@titoadesanya9369]

@@thefalseheroold7460 so youre saying that black people are born more stupid?

[@jumpingonoffthejet9377]

Tito Adesanya These people will never understand that they are the reason black people are in the situation their in now.

[@invisiblerevolution]

Good video!

[@Marc82193]

I grew up on the south side 78th & Bishop & 78th Paulina and what upsets me is when a video is made like this & they don’t go deeper into the problem segregation is only a fraction of the problem. It’s easy for someone who doesn’t understand history to make a video like this and feel like I’m bringing awareness to the problem without digging deeper.

[@cmebans35]

Interesting presentation

[@annapavfan4680]

After living in Texas for almost 10 years, yes this is still a problem. This needs to change.

[@englewoodechi-town5728]

Southsider here, and this is so on point

[@abubakra6587]

Yup

[@Kwameking1]

Thank you

[@Peter43John]

Section 8 Housing: an equal opportunity neighborhood destroyer.

[@OnlyAFlame]

Educational video, thank you for your history description on chicago

[@JeffWallick]

I'm white and live just West of Humboldt Park in a pretty diverse neighborhood. There's a fair amount of gang violence, but everyone I've met is super welcoming. The decades of segregation have left lasting scars that I can still see today, but it's ultimately a beautiful place to live. I don't feel like I fit in with the North side community and I'm so grateful that my neighborhood seems to have accepted me living here. I am trying to do more to have a positive impact on my block and would welcome people of all backgrounds over here in the Humboldt/south Logan area.

[@2davivadiva]

Jeff Chicago being super welcoming??? Pfft. Lol

[@randpherigo9724]

what a crock.. bet jeff votes demonrat then plays all humble and caring..

[@michaelmoores2654]

Segregation was good for white people. I want it back. Access to white people and their spaces are not a right.

[@adeola9914]

America the land of the free the home of the brave. The IRONY!

[@MrCRACKupTV]

Ade Ola dude just stfu Chicago isn't all of America....oh and if your British stoping digging into our media and focus on your terrible life styles in GB like that bombing y'all just had... *stupid*

[@adeola9914]

If you say so American.

[@blindcameraman5477]

...and all of Chicago including the south and west sides aren't crime ridden areas! and there are minorities who live in every section of Chicago. When it comes to living in Chicago you have to have the money live in a nice areas and when it comes to crime it's every where not just on the south and west sides of the city, the random shooting tend to get a lot attention from the media but there are murders in the suburbs as well... ade ola it's a nice place but there are plenty of tough Americans there!

[@adeola9914]

why would I want to be an American?! American please do not flatter yourself.

[@MrCRACKupTV]

Ade Ola took you long enough to respond back....to close this up just focus on your crap media and entertainment and leave our stuff alone #YellowTeeth

[@jameswashington4493]

This is an Excellent unbiased expose' on the proliferation of the ghetto. Thank you for telling the truth.

[@dariusmolark6820]

excellent.

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

I lived here 26 years and never knew chicago had a beverly hills

[@djbhe]

Really!! Beverly start at 95th st. to 111th between Ashland and Western and it's still very nice today. And at 111th is the Longwood neighborhood with Mansions lined up on Longwood Blvd with white and black people living there. Pill Hill was nice also but I don't know about now. The Pill Hill neighborhood had doctors, lawyers, police officers,teachers etc.living there in the 70's & 80's and 90's and it was a all black neighborhood on the southside.

[@Pantsinabucket]

@Joseph Lomeo nobody knows where Beverly Chicago got the name, but it’s believed to be the same Beverly in Massachusetts that Beverly Hills LA is named after. Beverly Massachusetts in turn is named after a Beverley in England.

[@xoacatl]

95th street...one of Kanye's stomping grounds

[@Pantsinabucket]

@@xoacatl Beverly is not "Kanye's stomping grounds", he'd have been lynched in that neighborhood when he was growing up.

[@GenerationNextNextNext]

My family got wrapped into the property scams in the 1990s. They sold us a house in the "dying suburbs" of Dolton, Harvey, and Calumet City at an inflated price. We were so eager to leave the city that my family didn't even realize the Mills and factories had closed in these neighborhoods, taking the good jobs that made these suburbs thrive with them. When the jobs closed, the White people ran. I slowly saw the community change from White, mixed, then all Black. With few job options, other than the Metra for commuting, Black people just brought the crime to the Suburbs. Some people argue that Dolton is worse than living in Chicago.

[@goddess2859]

Omg I literally grew up in calumet city my entire life and just moved this last august and my god yes. It was awful

[@skirm123]

and when is the host of this show moving to the black neighborhood? never..

[@Cmorrison626]

skirm123 when the project get replaced by condos, the liquor stores get replaced by Starbucks and the black people are priced out and replaced by white people. It's happening in every major city.

[@Jay-jb2vr]

Cameron Morrison Yup my city especially

[@lavishmisfittink3214]

When they stop redlining and make it better the ppl that live there dont want to they have to

[@CrowdPleeza]

+skirm123 What type of Black neighborhood? A poor one or middle class one?

[@kimroberts905]

alex droogy Tulsa Oklahoma. Black Wall Street and whitey burned it down. Rosewood Florida. Guess who burned it down?

[@christianbrother4724]

It should not matter what part of the city one is in. Take pride. Clean the place up. Stop the violence. An old saying goes, "wherever you go there you are." Point is by moving somewhere else, the same problems will follow. It is an inside job and starts with the man/person in the mirror.

[@fbaallied]

You didn't watch the video.

[@wandtvdougwolfe1]

Great work. Very well done.

[@elnatha07]

Is that an opinion?

[@randpherigo9724]

Come on doug.. you voted for this.. bet you grew up here.. and everything is how you like it..

[@wandtvdougwolfe1]

@@randpherigo9724 Hitting the bars early are you? I didn't grow up "here" but thanks for your comment. I love ignorant comments.

[@randpherigo9724]

@@wandtvdougwolfe1 You work for MSM, and possibly youre from illinois.. and obviously democrat..so yeah ill stand by what i said. you should know we cant hit the bars anymore.. touche'

[@retrodude5424]

Though these practices are unjust, this is the best opportunity to educate the youth on how to budget to come with a down payment , a debt to income ratio, and the ARV of a property, hopefully they can live in a beautiful house, seeing NYC being regentrified, Chicago has very beautiful brick front homes that are still relatively cheap

[@EWRIGHT637]

you speak of gentrification as a possible good thing, and that speaks volumes about your lack of understanding

[@Szcza04]

NYC kicked everyone out

[@Ms42Night]

@AJ+ your missing audio at the 3:30 mark

[@TheH20studios]

No. Its only on the right ear for me

[@AmericanGypsy206]

I live in Seattle and downtown and the southside of Seattle carjackings and murders are common place but when you go to neighborhoods like shoreline and other suburbs where it’s mostly white, it’s very quiet and peaceful

[@Potomacstud]

As the snow flies..

[@Missegyptlatesha]

As a black person who is raised a non-profit housing and went on to be homeless I can tell you firsthand that the solution isn't the government the government didn't put me where I'm at today solidly in the middle class I did that. the black community needs to stop looking to the government that created policies that hurt them in the first place for Solutions the solution to poverty is good education if public schools are providing it then homeschool is the option. secondly you can't legislate away teenage pregnancies and proper family planning there's no amount of legislation that's going to stop people from making irresponsible decisions and having more babies than what they can afford before their financially solid

[@jackcoolidge8123]

You can’t blame segregation for the cities violence in black communities. Englewood was once the second largest commercial district in the city and an example of economic growth in the black community. It was majority black and majority middle class. This neighborhood fell apart so fast it was impossible to get out for many families and today it is the most violent neighborhood in the city. The jobs left and the family unit was gonna so all that was left was violence and drugs. There was no hope only fear. It’s the culture and economics that killed this neighborhood not the segregation.

[@teebone2157]

it fell apart when the jobs left. Violence accompanies poverty

[@jackcoolidge8123]

teebone 21 yes agreed but people are saying that since this neighborhood is majority black it failed. To say that takes either saying the entire system was pitted against this neighborhood or there is something inherently wrong with majority black communities.

[@RamadonPiano]

If we are to honest it is the result of white hostility. The federal and state government, organizations like HOLC, MPHC, and University of Chicago, Redevelopment Act, Illinois Urban Community Conservation act, Federal Housing Act, banks and other mortgage lenders collectively working together in order to satiate white peoples desire to escape “inharmonious racial groups” yet more importantly stuffing the ruling class’s predatory pockets.

[@winterfreeze427]

​@jackcoolidge8123 why you deny that white America has been at war with Black people for hundreds year's a people you white Europeans have enslaved and crted racist systems like Red Lining and Jim crow you whites never faced this evil systems that you created for Black people to deal with.

[@malmsteen2013]

Black people we need to live in homes where every other house are acres apart. When we live stacked on top of each other like sardines crime and immortality takes over. If we had gotten our 40 acres most blacks would of been self sufficient farmers who lived off the land instead of living off the crumbs of Wall Street capitalism.

[@DerScheisse]

Did you know the worlds longest bridge is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? The 27th St. Bridge goes all the way from Mexico to Africa.

[@shirleysmith8072]

We are from Chicago We are multiracial We left Chicago and moved to NW Washington this is more cope able this in the 1980s! We wish all people could express Our Heavenly Father's Love to all!💖💞💖💞🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

[@ffletch5277]

6:35 Why did this beautiful new housing deteriorate? This is exactly why the HOLC maps were created. Banks are very smart and want to protect their investment. Sorry to say this, but it’s true.

[@EWRIGHT637]

More like very racist, like your low brow commentary. They did this buttress segregation and disenfranchisement of blacks. So what you are saying is not true, its silly white supremacist unfounded talking points

[@scottm8579]

6:52 "Because the city and federal govt abandoned them." Welfare creates poverty. Government hand-outs do not help people.

[@ScroogeMcDuck.]

Indeed

[@jacyzam8260]

Who is narrating the video?

[@MIKECNW]

These things are a part of every US city and not just Chicago and keep the not as bad elsewhere to yourselves.

[@Triforceelite16u]

I’m watching this for school

[@singingLeaf123]

This reminds me of the book A Raisin in the Sun

[@t.baggins4154]

That was the past & now if a bank tried to pull that shit they’d be sued into the ground. I think 1st and foremost black men need to stop killing each other & after that start staying with the women they have children with & helping to raise those kids. The fatherless black family rate is at 70% & that’s a crying shame. Take care of yourself, your family & your home. If we all did that this world would literally be a much better place

[@mfngaming5630]

no audio 3:41 - 3:51 during that dudes talk time.

[@emiliadaoud8535]

Subtitles needed!

[@raegold024]

I guess they forgot about all the previous gangsters before blacks or brown people came.

[@AlejandroRamos-kn5cd]

Exactly I been saying that for years…. I’m from Chicago is not racist but very Very territorial!!!

[@technum1]

Unfortunately, these people are unable to walk the straight line. To add, they don’t take care of property. They simply don’t care. Don’t take care of their kids.

[@winterfreeze427]

NO you racist white pale fsced European are the evil ones oppressing Black people for 400 hundreds year's God see you demons.

[@nathancoleman7235]

I live in Englewood on the southside

[@jzk2020]

Back when AJ+ was still making decent content.

[@daustin8888]

Freedom of association will always lead to geographically separate racial areas. I use to believe in forced integration and encouraging ppl to get along. But that is something you can't force. Individuals can get along fine, but groups of ppl (especially racial groups) will always keep themselves at arms length. It is, what it is...🤷‍♂️

[@happymopinc]

Hello.....

[@coolluke43]

You missed the point of the video. The African-American community is stuck in low-income housing with low-income schools, while the White community generally prospers in the high-income areas. You see the inequality here, right? We need to work to end the effects of redlining. This is about giving whites and blacks the same opportunity to succeed, not forcing integration. Once we reach equality, integration will naturally occur.

[@happygilmore1844]

YESS...accurate assessment...group psychology

[@notdirtyflics1067]

@@coolluke43 why are they stuck and what's so bad about the low income side of town

[@lordbaylish3187]

Lol....... And that's why reparations is in order now.... We've tried it the other way and it doesn't work.

[@Ifyouonlyknewtruth]

And they all still holding office

[@gomezesmorticia]

Good Times. Where is the Evans family?

[@MrRhomas913]

The problem with videos like this is that they act as if the US is solely a Black/White country and do not measure the integration that is taking place in the suburbs especially between whites, Hispanics, and Asians; nor do they mention the slow and steady movement of the Hispanic population (in Chicago, mostly Mexican) into historically Black communities.

[@mpa8336]

My mother lived near Chicago. In the 1930's, her father took her to the train station. She saw a lot of black people getting off the train, dressed shabbily. The governor of Mississippi was giving any black person who wanted it, a free one-way ride to Chicago. These people were maybe 2 generations out of slavery, with elderly relatives that remembered slavery. And they went to South Chicago. Housing projects were segregated by race, then. Chicago was unsafe in the 1930's; my mother showed us the "Chicago grip", taking the purse strap over the shoulder, holding the purse tightly under the arm. One always dressed up to go to the city; white gloves were common, then. Her father worked for Chemical Bank, for many years. We went to the Field museum in 1975, it was great.

[@shawncarpenter5024]

There's a lot to unpack here but let's stop blaming all our woes on wh%te people. Segregation ended decades ago...when will we get it together as a race of people? Segregation is not why our neighborhoods are dangerous.

[@bobbob-sv4mk]

Values are the issue

[@allenepright5027]

The store was contradicting

[@user-sw2wv1zx1t]

Gang activity is never acknowledged as the main reason this happens. There is no effort to pull kids from the cycle proactively by investigating who is preying on kids. Being in a gang should be illegal by itself and so should recruiting. The adults should be actively trying to put these gang members in jail for premeditation.

[@happygilmore1844]

Migrants NOT Immigrants....this video is COMPLETELY biased

[@davesaenz3732]

I live in South Texas. 96% Hispanics. We are "segragated". Yet people are doing quite well. So your argument is very weak. It's not "segragation". Keep looking. Thank you.

[@jjimenez4338]

I wonder what a Mexican would say to that

[@stefaniedavis7823]

@aj+ The audio for Frank, isn't in stereo sound it is only on the right. Time stamp at 3:29 until 5:15

[@realmarketreviews4632]

Crazy how cities like Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte are doing so much better than Chicago in terms of opportunities, I don’t understand why people still choose to stay there.

[@billmarshall268]

The South is way less sagregated but there are the ones that always get accused of racism.

[@saca9064]

She said her teacher called the projects "Prisons for the poor" wow. It's so interesting to hearing how European people speak of African people.

[@billmarshall268]

That's weight guilt for you. It's always some suburban white lady that has no idea what she's talking about making those claims

[@peterscotney1]

very interesting to watch , we see this in the uk as well , but with muslim communities ! they turn neighbourhoods into little baghdads , the black n white residents are encouraged to move out !

[@Rockin4D]

What a difference 6 years made.

[@CrowdPleeza]

One thing more Black- Americans need to utilize more are rotating credit groups. Asians are known for using them to raise money for businesses and other things. Caribbean Blacks do this also. They call them susu loans. If more of us Black-Americans did this we could use susus as an alternative to banks for raising money for various things. Here's a Caribbean example: globalcitynyc.com/2012/12/06/in-savings-pools-every-little-bit-helps/

[@mrdontplay4855]

I just visited Chicago and it amazes me how a city of this size is so racially divided I didn’t see no blacks down town this Mf more racist than the south.FACTS.

[@DontTripChickenStrip]

Lol must be on a different side of downtown then. Cause I see damn near every color down there. Hell I even work downtown. And I see plenty people stealing and what not. Lol

[@ayi922]

chicago was a racist city back then but not anymore there are black people downtown and rich black people in the north

[@desmondchristoper3049]

I noticed the same thing

[@ScroogeMcDuck.]

@@ayi922 stfu, keep staying in bed

[@saulgood8229]

No black people downtown? You must've not left your hotel.

[@rednupe44]

We are the Gods and they fear our God like power. We just have to know who we are. They have used many things to divide us and take our attention away from knowing who we are.

[@whateverman2674]

3:50 when women dressed decently.

[@kenkunz1428]

Gentrification is doing a lot to increase the segregation nowadays.

[@ScroogeMcDuck.]

Lies

[@kenkunz1428]

@@ScroogeMcDuck. Truth!

[@starchildofthe90s7]

SOLUTION: For black the solution is Stop working at fast food and retail places and occupy some of these positions. Start looking into the homebuying process and who makes this well oiled machine run. They didnt do this single handedly they worked TOGETHER the banks worked with the Lenders the Realestate agents worked with appraisers the community worked with the state. FiGure out how to work as a loan officer or processor or underwriter learn the inner workings. Or atleast encourage your kids to at a young age. we need to bust into this industry and cater to our own. This is how tou build from the ground up create a network.

[@robinsss]

how would ay of that reduce crime?

[@thekeith-donovanexperience]

I hate seeing things like this.

[@EiderDuck-Coot]

And the media claims the Sotuh was racist smh

[@user-ut1en2lt8l]

Lol! Racism is not confined to a region. Black people expect this because it’s been this way from day one

[@tcalip2968]

If People know this history, why keep blaming People that you know are not your issue. That reality will end segregation and start the focus on the real problems all day everyday.

[@davidbogovich243]

I grew up on Chicago's far Southside; 100st and Torrence ave., then eventually moving to Calumet City. Northern cities were and continue to remain segregated. I live in South Carolina and have for 26 years. I've found that blacks and whites get along very well, certainly much better than cities up north. In my opinion, The Democrat Machine, led by Richard Daily, worked hard to keep Chicago divided. MLK quickly noticed this division.

[@naitthegr8131]

", The Democrat Machine," is a crock. It's "conservative machine"

[@swashbucklingcarl]

@@naitthegr8131 lol no David is right. Dems here in Chicago do everything but implement the progressive values they wear.

[@poriceblutality6611]

Rules for Radicals

[@derperderp9036]

I blame banks

[@MrRhomas913]

Public housing is a perfect example of big government meaning well but actually harming the community. Ditto for paying women more welfare the more children they have and penalizing women who are married with less welfare.

[@dustypiddy]

reminder that Chicago is historically democrat.

[@hakeemsd70m]

The Man With No Taste And this is why nothing ever gets done. Until you can see past party politics, propaganda, and lies you will always keep saying the same things your masters want you to say. "It's the Democrats." Open your eyes.

[@dustypiddy]

***** reminder that the Democratic party formed the KKK

[@ruez]

The Man With No Taste, The Republican Party SUCK for demographics, economy, education, and because of Bush's Iraq War. For the example, the American major city called Oklahoma City is a boring and nothing place for tourists and the capital of prostitution because of Republican governors and mayors who controlling that city forever. Many Republicans are racists and little educated more than Democrats do. *GOP is destructing itself slowly.*

[@dustypiddy]

R I'm not Republican btw.

[@ruez]

+The Man With No Taste I'm not a Democrat....

[@janetrmn]

3:26-3:48 what?! 👂👂👂