Desegregation Bussing on the First Day of School in Dallas 1971

[@thanurs]

Seeing young people speaking like my grandparents is trippy

[@thehoneyeffect]

They are your grandparents lol

[@westerwester3273]

I understand it. The tone and pace of the 70s is way different than now lol. For whites like blacks

[@spacebar9733]

Me too !!

[@nachc6459]

You mean speaking well? 😂

[@luvriy_]

@@nachc6459what’s well?

[@mr.mr.4772]

Remember, Brown v. Board of Education verdict was in 1954. It took nearly 20 years for desegregation to happen.

[@4567bugie]

That's the Deep South unfortunately. And north Texas where this was filmed, was more relaxed than even other parts of rural Texas.

[@JonTent-mz6fe]

​@@4567bugie and now the south is full of gang violence and kids can't go to school without being afraid for their life.

[@mr.mr.4772]

@ Kansas isn’t the Deep South.

[@-Swamp_Donkey-]

Even though the people were overwhelmingly against it. But the supreme court had spoken, and the people were forced to accept at gun point. Democracy has always been a sham.

[@4567bugie]

@@mr.mr.4772 this was in Texas. That's about as south as you can get before you hit Mexico

[@yurryurr2756]

I cannot believe that this was in 1971. I was born in 2004 and I can’t fathom the fact that my parents were children when this was happening

[@szzk7937]

I was born in 87, and they were still bussing in black kids from the projects when I was in school and they were all put in the special ed class lol. They didnt get to go to other classes.

[@briyannaperry1698]

Dang, I was born in 1994 and my mom was born in 1970…you’re saying your parents were children? They pretty old now huh?

[@kstreet7438]

​@szzk7937 I graduated in 2012 and they still did this. They came from like a city over even. Something about a rural school in Georgia was too white

[@pandorin2348]

Your parents where born in the late 70s

[@joaninaa179]

@@briyannaperry1698not everyone had kids super young like your folks omg😂 some of our parents actually got established in their careers then had kids… i’m also born in 2004 and my dad was 7🤷🏾‍♀️

[@oreo_6206]

The girl with the glasses was so smart,all of her concerns were very relevant and she was aware of the prejudice they were about to experience but hoped to push through it

[@nursemiesesdw9383]

Yes, her mother raised her correctly for sure.

[@xtrwombat4876]

@@oreo_6206 prejudice today is calling people out for being a public nuisance. E.g, calling someone out for fortnite dancing in the middle of the road blocking traffic. Then, after they get called out for acting like children, they go to social media to complain.

[@Dontstopbelievingman]

She definitely came across as a future leader.

[@NotTodayBud]

I would love to know what became of her.

[@chaaaargh]

hope she's living a good life

[@mohammadmursalin6817]

This was just 53 years ago; yet when you listen to the Main Stream Media; they give the impression that this happened 200 years ago

[@johnsheppard9757]

No just the idiot media.

[@rubenskiii]

​@@johnsheppard9757which is most mainstream media to be honest.

[@rubenskiii]

News channels like Channel 5 News are a breath of fresh air.

[@eo0-g9j]

Especially history books making the pictures black and white

[@hootiehootheblowphish4109]

Interesting. I imagine some liberals may say the mainstream media makes it seem like it was 200 years ago and conservatives would say the mainstream media makes it seem like this was last week. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

[@Lauren-bd2fr]

The first mother/daughter duo wasn’t even picking up on the attempt to get them to be pro or against racism, the daughter was just nervous about switching schools. Mom taught her well- hatred is learned edit: as one reply said, I think they did pick up on it, but they refused to take that weird ah bait. also please stop insulting me by assuming my race lmao (ur literally so off too)

[@AutisticVaxtard]

Learned by experience

[@meijiishin5650]

Uh, yeah dude. Kids don't care about stuff like that. The mom could have those feelings but not feel comfortable saying it. I'm not saying she is racist because I have no idea, but I'm just saying I dunno if we can make assumptions either way.

[@mallyw5585]

They definitely picked up on it, they just weren’t taking the bait.

[@TannerGoated]

I will never trust a black person 😂

[@mayz.4447]

​@@mallyw5585I thought the kid just looked awkward and nervous, but the mom did seem to be hiding prejudices.

[@BMarie774]

All the kids/teens here were so mature. I hope they all went on to do wonderful things and have great lives.

[@liagamer4265]

I mean yeah if you live in times of racial tension or any sort of traumatic/difficult environment in general it tends to make you mature after dealing with so much. Its cool to see but also sad sometimes because children shouldnt have to be so mature so quickly. ❤

[@staywhite6332]

They didn't.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

@@staywhite6332 The kids are boomers. They had the easiest ride. Exponentially lower housing, education costs, pre Reagan wages, and much easier access to good stable careers. They probably did all right because their parents actually tried to make the world a better place for their kids, unlike those entitled little boomer f__ks

[@mynameisreallycool1]

They just sound normal to me, to be honest.

[@Joshuaiwanski0019]

@@liagamer4265WHAT! thats the biggest BS ive ever heard. People were simply mature back then before they were corrupted by the media and gangster rap, which romanticized that life and made otherwise normal people feel that degeneracy was more so their culture. Let me guess, you’ve never heard of Thomas Sowell.

[@brentgambrell]

That reporter was gaslighting the hell out of them. 😂

[@eclecticemma]

im only halfway through but he seems genuine and friendly enough to me?

[@eclecticemma]

i just heard the "i havent heard exactly yet what your concerned about" lol i can see how that comes off gaslighting but i dont think he was actually intending to insinuate that her concerns weren't obvious or valid he just wanted to get her to say them outloud for the camera imo

[@RicoSoprano_]

@@brentgambrell gaslighting gotta be the most overused word in the English language today. People applying it to situations that don't actually constitute the serious form of psychological manipulation.

[@eclecticemma]

@@RicoSoprano_ so true. sometimes someone might say something that COULD be used in a gaslighting way, like the example in my earlier comment, but its not actually intended that way. humans will always have miscommunications bc we tend to assume what someone is saying behind just their words alone esp now that society is so sensitive about so many topics. imo its best to try to give people the benefit of the doubt within reason.

[@chucky__8576]

@@eclecticemmayou deaf if you don’t see how he “gaslighting”, the reporter keep saying, how long you think it will take for it to become “your” school instead of “their” school? Like they not all experiencing a new situation. Dude is a clown

[@ashantiadams6403]

I love the way the kids spoke back then. So mature

[@jamess9808]

Right. Now their all like Yo dawg dis a holdup gimme all y'all money or yous ded

[@HarryHafsak]

@@jamess9808I wonder if it has to do with music and the culture that goes with it.

[@Goliath-rn4vi]

I love Old English. They wouldn't even understand today's English. Why does language have to change over time? Someone should study this phenomenon.

[@LanaScott]

This just sounds like something a racist grandpa would say like I've never heard kids talking like this before ​@jamess9808

[@VangleasenIII]

@@jamess9808 thats mature these days for these kids, this video the way they talk is mature back then

[@mat467]

This quality is so good, it makes me feel like I’m there in the 70s

[@BenneWill]

4:23 I thought those were gunshots. I forgot how loud busses used to be.

[@deanfarr3249]

A time back when people were respectful and decent and not as much hate as nowadays. And when everybody fit in.

[@OrangeYTT]

​@@deanfarr3249"where everyone fit in" a year prior these people could not *legally* be in the same school together. Years prior, schools would be bombed for the same action. Who are you trying to fool?

[@S51E]

​@@BenneWill The Detroit Diesel engines are screaming.

[@TBATG]

​@@deanfarr3249well....around this time lynching was still happening I think.

[@289rory]

Desegregation in ‘71. My mother was born in ‘74 and her older brother in ‘70. Remember this when they tell you this happened a long time ago. Racial discrimination, segregation, and tensions lasted long after the civil rights movement. I’m not saying live in the past, but that when they say “you haven’t experienced,” well yes, a lot have. These people are still alive to tell the tales.

[@nic0le126]

Them saying 'its in the past' is just another way of saying theyre uncomfortable with the topic at hand. My mother was born 1955 in Texas and she still remembers everything from burning crosses in her neighborhood to MLKs murder. Its unfortunate reparative justice never happened for Jim Crow. Alot of generational wealth was lost during that time thanks to racism.

[@TrueMartin]

Ya my dad dropped out before segregation happened and my mom was in like 3rd grade when it happened and I'm not even 30 years old.

[@Mixed_Activist]

I was segregated in my first elementary school in the 1990s in Massachusetts.

[@ajx1994]

@@nic0le126 Them saying "It's in the past" is also a way of saying, "Don't let the past dictate your future." Life has never been fair throughout human history, so instead of waiting for a fair outcome, it's time to start building up the things you currently have and uniting the next generations so they can actually live a better life together.

[@nic0le126]

@@ajx1994 the way you replied to this tells you're apart of *them*.

[@jaemuseofficial]

The little girl at 3:43 is so precious. Her attitude was so positive. It’s as if she’s been waiting for this moment for a long time ❤

[@rhodes7394]

Of course out of all the little black girls glorify the one white girl. Of course you're a black woman. All you people do is wish you were white girls.

[@jaleelkahn7032]

Fixin to enroll nail

[@kakashihatake1029]

​@@jaleelkahn7032 😂😂😂 I was so confused when I heard nail

[@itsmommybtch]

@@jaleelkahn7032 LMFAO!!!

[@tann_man]

Forced integration has been a disaster

[@natetalks1547]

I can't be the only one who loves their accents. The way people spoke back then in general just seems way more well mannered and concise.

[@DCampusano1]

Agree

[@Mandi2727]

Ya because people had class

[@nabbiepoo]

you are definitely in the majority here, only one of the girls with the glasses sounded very concise and well mannered to me. the rest? -I don’t think they sounded like that. they had more of a southern accent and grammatical errors in their speech.

[@partysexdollbackup]

@@nabbiepooi mean yeah if you’re from The south and deprived from good education for half your life then i expect the grammar to not be perfect dont you think ?

[@Takeninthelight]

Grass is always greener. You think they talk better because you're used to how people talk now. It's just a different way of speaking, and I'm sure people in the 70s probably thought people in the 40s spoke more articulate.

[@harrypottah8889]

Ruby Bridges is only 70 😐 in 2004 she was just 50. Really puts a whole perspective on things

[@raphfung]

Damn

[@that34]

My mother was 16 yrs old when this happened. I'm only 34 so when people refuse to acknowledge this happened within our lifetime let's me know they will refuse to acknowledge their own faults.

[@lonelyrooster]

Absolutely haunting

[@legendofman12]

Literally no one is denying this happened.

[@murk4552]

​@@legendofman12Go on social media, or anywhere conservative asshats say that racism happened a long time ago.

[@Tastefuljoy]

cry about it. It was happening long before black Americans. The west did not invent segregation

[@luvriy_]

@@legendofman12people have obviously like why else would they be saying that

[@deedeemccrimmon2929]

My mom was born in 1948! Topeka, Kansas. Still alive I’m truly blessed!

[@Goodvibesgirl351]

I would love to see interviews now of some of these kids just to see what they think of the way of life all these years later.

[@flowrepins6663]

You dont need to see interviews you can watch what happened to usa years later and those cities

[@jemiinou]

@@flowrepins6663 what happened to dallas texas? i know ur trying to be racist but you can at least elaborate.

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@jemiinouwhat happened to detroid? Idk... i only said to look at it before and after. See what happened for your selves.

[@jemiinou]

@@flowrepins6663 this is dallas bro.

[@MartVale1]

@@flowrepins6663I’ll tell you what happened to Detroit. Big companies/corporations started leaving to go overseas leaving people without jobs.

[@marque1d]

The kids are always a lot more open to change or indifferent than the parents who were against integration.

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

That's because the kids don't know any better.

[@stoneyrules]

@@AAAA-gj7tn What are you trying to say?

[@kyle4563]

Our substitute teacher was alive during the beginning of desegregation. He’s a funny old white guy, he said that when he’s never spoken to any black person before up until that point. One day, he was seated right next to this black kid who loved talking about baseball. What was interesting is that they both shared the same first name, Robert. The teacher called their names, both of them looked at each and became close friends. He even showed us a picture of them bowling a few years ago.

[@kakyoin9688]

@@stoneyrules they were yet raised to be racist

[@charlesmaximus9161]

That’s not at all true. I sure as hell was nervous, after I had the snot beaten out of me my first week (for being wht) and watched four of my best friends suffer the same thing, as middle-class whyt female teachers stood by and did nothing because they were scared of “looking racist”. Bussing was a disaster and both communities, blk and wht were against it. Your propagandised rhetoric does not match up to the real life experience of those who actually had to live through it. Also, I thought you lefties were all pro-democracy? These poor and working-class wht communities had no say in the matter. They were never, ever asked. It was imposed upon them. I guess you only like democracy when it benefits your own interests. But that’s typical of all leftists. That’s how you all are.

[@c523jw7]

Amazing footage. Whenever I see older footage it seems people spoke so much better..calmness in the way they spoke. They seem to have more manners and overall class. Someone told me a decade ago that proper manners will be something we will lose over time, the people who still have it will really stand out. Im fortunate to have people who have this characteristic in my life, I never take it for granted.

[@troywright359]

Kids were more reserved. I don't know if that means they were 'better'.

[@thunderstar254]

Average IQ has to have decreased since then.

[@PMinPhoenix]

Yes, feels like the English language is de-evolving.

[@agme8045]

Damn I wonder how Texans speak now if the people in the video were supposed to be much better spoken lol

[@Bcnmaria]

Manners and class ?? Didn’t they hang black people and beat them with sticks in public if they caught them using the wrong restroom or water fountain?

[@GoddessDestinova]

My mom went to a segregated school in Florida. She’s about the same age as Ruby Bridges. Her experience has always put into perspective that this didn’t happen very long ago.

[@wombwomp2983]

Look how these reporters have always tried to instigate with these questions. Trying to provoke children, its awful.

[@Cynisecheri]

I noticed that too. Very infuriating 😡

[@user-ejxomyq]

And I like how people were smart enough to not fall for it

[@XxMayhem88]

Typical media egging on things smh

[@haydenlmayo]

unity isn't profitable, sadly

[@user-ejxomyq]

@@haydenlmayo for corrupt media companies, yes

[@Firstofanyone]

I hope they’re all happy and healthy

[@mirianakovachevic748]

We will never know.

[@funky3dpunky]

@@mirianakovachevic748but we can hope

[@WolverineXOXO]

Ghey comment

[@jessediaz1293]

1:46 “Now you’re going to Skyline now, right?” “Righteous.” 😂

[@iconjack]

Weird Harold from the Cosby Kids

[@Itsdallascowboys]

Skyline Damm he to old

[@ashdallis6701]

lol I couldn't figure out what he said and thought it was "right-us" or something

[@rowlaanbennett7296]

I wish we still used uplifting slang like that now

[@ihavenoideaatall7381]

I think he said “right yes” and just said a slang confirmation with an accent.

[@62percenthumidity]

The kids are so pure and full of hope and positivity

[@teemadarif8243]

I was born in 71. This explain the reason there was still only one bus load of us going across town to a school in the suburbs in 76.

[@leeboykevin9583]

You are like 2-3 years younger than my dad. Its crazy how far yet so close this timeline is.

[@Karmakush666]

My mom was born in 1970 and I know all the music and class she taught me I’ll never forget it ! Your like only 1 year younger , she was born in 1970

[@bigdiesel3711]

The historical aspect of this Interview makes me feel that I'm lucky to watch it live, I wasn't even born yet. Is there anyone watching this today can say yes this was was me talking? I would love to speak to this person.

[@smooveboyc403]

That actually is me in the video at I’m the kid with the striped shirt at 1:11 and the line in his hair this was Pinkston highschool 1971 I was a freshman when this happened and as you can see I was a little nervous to be on camera 😂 but I knew what was happening with the civil rights movement and was old enough to remember when mlk died it was just a very exciting day to be able to actually live like the rest of society and not have everything controlled by our skin color

[@CelluloidRooms]

@@smooveboyc403you lying? Bc if your not, it would be pretty damn awesome.

[@smokintoomuchsalt406]

@@smooveboyc403So you’re the “it might be alright” kid from this? Very cool man. I figured at least one of the kids from this would be following the comments.

[@pthebeast2]

🧢

[@CoochiKente]

​@@smooveboyc403c'mon now.....

[@phoenixking377]

My dad was born in 1963 and he used to tell my sisters and I about all the racism he experienced growing up. We never doubted it for a second because we experienced similar even in the early 2000s. Anyway, I wish he was still here so I could show him this video :/

[@Roseflowz]

Same 😭 sorry about yours too

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

And now we know the racists were completely correct

[@totallynotimari]

@@MrGenedancingmachine all you do is comment the most revolting and HATEFUL rhetoric towards black people. Fuck off already. It’s actually disgusting.

[@ethan7252]

@@MrGenedancingmachineAre you this dumb on purpose?

[@焦凍]

⁠@@MrGenedancingmachine?? What

[@zuzuxzu]

I find it crazy how there is all this for humans to attend education together. We are literally all humans and they’re all living in the same area yet there is so much stigma around it. Crazy

[@wetsocks4460]

Yeah human beings are so much more than just what our genetics happen to be, we aren’t just the bodies we interact through, we’re the intelligent mind controlling it, and that mind likely has countless unique little nuances, ideas, and feelings towards whatever they interact with. We’re more than just the color of our skin, we are who our minds become or choose to be, no matter what we may look like, or how our facial features differ from someone else, we all have our own personal brain that can feel love, happiness, melancholy, and whatever. And those feelings matter so much more than just the color of your skin, we as individuals can’t be summarised by what’s on our birth certificate, and we as individuals all deserve the same chance to choose how our mind develops.

[@ThuggyMacho]

People love to say “that was 200 years ago” when clearly it wasnt. These are your parents….

[@ThuggyMacho]

@Truthspeaker_14 I'm already in my 3rd world country it's called America.

[@Truthspeaker_14]

@@ThuggyMacho Yeah it’s the 3rd world because of 3rd worlders like you.

[@Truthspeaker_14]

@@ThuggyMacho Yeah it is that way because you and your fellow invader they them thing latinas are here

[@Truthspeaker_14]

@@ThuggyMacho I know that’s why I told you to go back to your homeland so MY American is no longer 3rd world

[@ThuggyMacho]

@ wrong.

[@infinightsky]

I bet Laverne went on to do big things; she’s seems like a smart girl

[@bbcmeatwad9097]

That was my grandma, Laverne Reynolds Madison She went in to work for the fbi and later homeland security before retirement

[@sheilafitzgerald478]

​@bbcmeatwad9097 Omg that's awesome if you're not pulling our leg, I was just about to comment I love Laverne

[@tc98826]

​@@sheilafitzgerald478the guy is called 'Bbcmeatwad', so Id take what he says with a pinch of salt.

[@Ben10Arg]

they're probably all dead now

[@wompadillœ]

⁠@@Ben10ArgI don’t think so. This was only about 50 years ago and these folks were high schoolers, so they’re probably in their mid-70s at this point.

[@matsugo24]

There was a lot of fights and bullying, as a result . It wasn’t easy being bussed to a different area. Sometimes it was downright rough. But we lived with it.

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

What was the point of bussing?

[@jrussellcase]

@@AAAA-gj7tn Forced desegregation.

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

@@jrussellcase What is the point of forced desegregation?

[@jrussellcase]

@@AAAA-gj7tn to make the judges and politicians who pushed it on the nation feel all warm and fuzzy inside because they thought they actually accomplished something. That's about it.

[@kaiseramadeus233]

@@jrussellcase maybe if the southern schools weren't so damn racist we wouldn't need to force desegregation

[@Kelly99844]

Aww, these kids are just adorable. My heart hurts for the tribulations they had to go through. Oh and this quality is amazing.

[@John-ct9zs]

Hard to believe I was born only a few years after this

[@richardcoronado4081]

I'm 56 now. I was only 3 years old in 1971. Amazing how quickly time seems to fly by!

[@Knxwledge2]

Hard to believe I was born only 36 years after this

[@TurtleChad1]

Hard to believe how far America has gone downhill

[@Grunbeldknight]

@@TurtleChad1enough of politics you bot

[@Frost059HD]

​@@Grunbeldknight He's not a political bot. The baby boomers have elected a fascist, they grew up in a racist war hungry america and have passed those horrible thoughts and traditions down to the MAGA party today. 40-60 year government office positions. Ridiculous. But sure, whatever you say political bot 🥱🥱🥱

[@M0ONCommander]

"what do you think of desegregation?" "It's bussin"

[@Vandarte_translator]

Bussin? fr fr? Like, no, cap? 🗣️

[@upcycle4earth393]

Perioddd

[@wildfire9280]

Bussin' makes me feeeeel

[@shaenoyt]

​@@wildfire9280 fr fr

[@Vandarte_translator]

@@wildfire9280 ambassin

[@lofisis7271]

Wow betty seems awesome and the mom is awesome made me smile

[@sheadiggs9355]

Agreed

[@missg1727]

Yes Betty was cool, Laverne was also..

[@Tie-dyedTexan]

I started kindergarten in 1975, just 4 years after this was filmed. We were completely mixed & we all got along. I think I was in junior high before learning about segregated schools.

[@jwdibbs71]

Girl at 3:55 had a good heart I can tell she grew up to become an amazing woman!!

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

Incredible footage.

[@TommyLikeTom]

It's hard for me not to cry. These are people feeling what it's like to be treated like people for the first time. It's not a trivial thing, and we are currently going backwards

[@kellithirteen]

Don't devalue the accomplishments of people of color over the years. We had a black PRESIDENT ffs. So dramatic with this "we're going backwards" and it's insulting and ignorant to people that have done nothing but move forward. THINK.

[@BigHotSauceBoss69]

No we aren’t lol. We’re experiencing the consequences of multiculturalism.

[@Mrverybusinessman]

Reading about desegregation in my History class right now. I didnt know I could just KZbin the event... amazing video

[@IIII......]

books provide more information, especially unbiased information

[@Mahoot]

I can’t believe every kid in this video is older than my parents

[@kenchambers7137]

Their my parents age

[@Cassxowary]

@@kenchambers7137they’re* but interesting (they’re is a contraction of they are, their is belonging to them, there is a location/situation, they’re over there with their books)

[@unknownuser6757]

@@kenchambers7137They’re*

[@ConeManRBLX_]

@@unknownuser6757🤓

[@imjustgonnasayit7902]

And many are still alive at the same time as us, crazy right?

[@missg1727]

I knew the dude at 1:48 was gonna say righteous😂😂. He just seem so in tune with what was going on, he was too cool.

[@AutisticVaxtard]

Destruction of Western civilization

[@taylercoleman7279]

It’s as if the guy was trying to make them all nervous

[@feelvivek]

guy wanted them to "admit" they were against it... geez

[@AutismoGamer]

Asking questions correlate with making a person feel an emotion that you seek during an interview?

[@pumpkinpie5951]

​@AutismoGamer actually, yes, the way a question is worded provokes a certain answer. You'll learn this is simple highschool English

[@AutismoGamer]

@@pumpkinpie5951 if so then why tf you ain't saying it? Ahh yes , you leatn such intricacies in the English literature classes in secondary school ☕ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[@Freshbott2]

@@AutismoGameryou asked a question seeding doubt, about asking questions that seed doubt, as if you didn’t get it.

[@ohkay1976]

I love how the kids didn’t seem prejudice at all. No one seems to be talking about that. They’ve been trying to separate and divide us for decades. Love to see people not giving in ❤love you all

[@kushdmg]

The contrast between top comments and newest comments are..

[@CadeVersE]

Russian bots in full affect 😂

[@DocNinini]

Pay no mind to the involuntary celibates

[@Lovelysoulgirl1984]

They are Bots from other countries trying to cause issues in America.

[@Erectuswalksamongstus]

@@CadeVersE You can’t even spell basic English……

[@rain_M4V7]

@@CadeVersEcope

[@jighflaukst]

That house on spring avenue and carter street is still there but boarded up.

[@dankdark974]

Crazy how that happens.

[@mattyust6127]

I wonder if this was a major factor in some of the Dallas suburbs getting so much bigger. Think about Plano and how much it grew from the late 60's to the mid 70's.

[@jimjoneshotkoolaid60]

Of course it played a role. The suburbs were in large part a result of desegregation for working class whites with families to move out of the cities. Then cities took lesser priority to spend resources on. Thus the further deterioration of those neighborhoods.

[@myafrank4600]

and how much crime rose

[@sabrinashelton1997]

Yeah no shit. White flight.

[@johndooley661]

@@jimjoneshotkoolaid60 True . But the burbs in the Midwest Rust Belt were much more segregated and to this day the Midwest Rust Belt cites are much more segregated than the southern cites of Dallas Houston Atlanta Tampa Charlotte etc . Busing in the Midwest cites like Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland Akron Pittsburgh Cincinnati Gary was like the civil war.

[@johndooley661]

Plano really grew in the 80s 90s . However the segregation and racial disparities in the Midwest are more blatant than the biggest cites in the south and Texas.

[@Ghettomoney]

It’s crazy how accents can change so quickly

[@michaelg7456]

over 50 years and 5 million more people tend to do that.

[@WolverineXOXO]

Is this an AI comment? What a lame thing to say or think

[@Misshb]

I love how children were well spoken back then regardless of their background🤎

[@seanstinchfield-mp2xm]

Right!!!

[@chris64k]

social media changed that really quickly

[@p0479]

This is such kool footage. A time that many never experienced. I was born in 76 and got a great experience from the early eighties and so on.

[@shannonm75]

Interesting piece of history.

[@invisableobserver]

It was horrible

[@Bull585]

Worst mistake Ever in the history of the United States

[@gello8518]

@@Bull585it was intentional. Access to white people is not a human, right. It was always about harming whites.

[@ashleecharles6177]

Cry about it

[@beefsupreme6488]

​@@Bull585 na you were the worst mistake ever made kick rocks

[@colemanlittle1362]

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time wow.

[@thomasgoins1874]

The parents of blacks and whites were the ones to worry about at our school all the students watched out the window in shock as to what I can remember.I was 9 in 1972.

[@markwhatley9955]

I attended Benjamin Franklin JHS on the first day of forced busing. In subsequent days and weeks, Dallas Police squad cars lined Meadow Road in front of the school and police in helmets and batons were deployed in the hallways.

[@asecond_1]

Damm😂

[@AutisticVaxtard]

Did it turn into Baltimore?

[@SessmaruKusanagiGaming]

I fully believe that. Kind of surprised there weren't a lot of uhh.. unalivings in the very beginning. Hate based ones. Like, a white dad coming into the school and doing horrible stuff because "no way is MY daughter going to mingle with some (enter explicitive here)" type stuff.

[@em9361]

​​@SessmaruKusanagiGaming Racial violence targeted Whites as well. There are specific historical accounts that you can read about if you're interested.

[@SessmaruKusanagiGaming]

@em9361 I actually was after watching this, and went on a bit of a reading spree. They don't teach you all that stuff! Jeez.

[@rhettorical]

My grandpa drove a school bus during this time. Before he left for work in the morning, he'd tell us: "I'm bout to bus, I'm bussing!" RIP Grandpa Ambatukam.

[@ZariaZen]

Lmao wtf

[@Riverrivriver]

@@ZariaZenI don’t think he meant it in a freaky way like people say it now 😂 I think he literally meant he was going to bus as in drive a school bus then said he was bussing because he drove the school bus hence bussing

[@bumravioli]

@@Riverrivrivergo ahead reread the last part slowly 😂😂😂 grandpa “I’m bout to ….”

[@masterspark9880]

@@Riverrivriver The original commenter isn't serious, he's referring to a meme

[@deussivenatura5805]

​@@RiverrivriverThe guy ended with Ambatukam. Cmon he's clearly joking

[@bryansu5824]

Why do these people seem so much smarter than the kids now...

[@DeeSlimVision]

Because the technology and entertainment wasn’t what it is today. VERY different

[@adamwright7954]

they're not. Not by any metric. You're making it up because you want to believe it was better in the "old days".

[@bryansu5824]

@@adamwright7954 fuck are you on they are definitely smarter than now. I would know, I was in school just a few years ago.

[@davejew01]

Agreed, so we'll spoken and respectful

[@hendrixmonroe8333]

@@DeeSlimVision exactly!

[@dynamict4722]

I love this my mom was born this year

[@Gayoinion]

1971 is insane. Racism is still very much alive today

[@mattata-san]

Your liberal definition of racism excludes hate against whites so no one gives as. Also read crime and IQ stats

[@EmpressEmpath-j4v]

Aw can you imagine what our parents / grandparents went through, it’s so cute to see the fashion back then. I love that technology is allowing us to go back and see things in color

[@NostalgiCrazy]

Oh my, 1971? I thought all desegregation was done in the 60s. I’m so glad to have been born in the 90s.

[@jesusismyjoy7102]

You thought right desegregation ended on July 2, 1964 when the civil rights Act of 1964 was signed into law..this video is misinformation there was no desegregation in the 1970’s !

[@lynns4426]

I'm watching this video after watching adults argue and get arrested about NOT teaching about this. Smh🙄

[@a1abama]

Critical Race Theory is about far more than talking about bussing and the integration of schools. Talking about honest historical fact is one thing. Idealogical indoctrination of children is quite another.

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

@@a1abama Thank God for Critical Race Theory. "Talking about honest historical fact is one thing. Idealogical indoctrination of children is quite another." So, I take it that you are against organized religion, then.

[@a1abama]

@@AAAA-gj7tn , if a particular organized religion is teaching something to children that runs contrary to the wishes of the parents, I would hope those parents find another religion, just as I would encourage parents to yank their children from a school that is teaching the heresy of CRT.

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

@@a1abama Well, parents have always had the right to yank their kids out of a school if they wanted to. The anti-racist parents are probably okay with CRT. From what I have been hearing, the racist parents are pulling their children out and finding schools with more racist curricula.

[@LVRN-qj7kr]

@@AAAA-gj7tn Nothing wrong with parents refusing to let their children be indoctrinated by subversive propaganda. CRT is an open door to indoctrinating white children with undeserved white guilt.

[@amanieuclide]

OMG!! They spoke so well.

[@phukyew14]

The whites did.

[@creativesparks2164]

Are you a child? What did you expect 🤣

[@M0RG4N_SZN]

Well duh?? They where mostly if not all high schoolers gang

[@Cait311]

Because kids were talked to like they had some sense lol now people just treat kids like they don't know anything just because they're a toddler or 9 years old.. talk to them regularly and they will grow up mature and learn faster

[@rhondamoore9842]

We didn’t have internet or cel phones then (I was 11 in ‘71), so we talked to each other.

[@Payne_Inc.]

From this '73 kid, thanks for having the courage. 🙏🏾

[@afgreene]

Im 37 my mom was born in 1953..... she was a senior in high school in 1971...

[@podzstealzboardz]

Wow did you just learn math? Also who asked?

[@estrella264]

@@podzstealzboardzwhat a ray of sunshine u are😊 and I asked

[@Welcometothesunnyside1989]

I really like this content to be able to see the past that they don’t teach is amazing thank I for taking the time to post this

[@dancepiglover]

They aren’t teaching about this kind of stuff in school anymore?

[@minutesnippet]

Crazy how this is only 29 years before 2000. Then 7 more for KZbin

[@seekinghimdaily92]

6 more for KZbin. 🤓

[@katet8639]

It's actually 5 more for KZbin, since KZbin started in 2005

[@aspirationrecords]

??? KZbin started in 2005

[@wildfire9280]

Segregation has actually worsened in the post-civil rights era and integration efforts have either stalled and been severely curtailed by Supreme Court rulings. Even Milliken v Bradley all the way back in 1974 set the stage for nonsensically conceived “de facto” segregation to be untouchable.

[@Mutantman02]

Audio and video is incredible

[@noodletribunal9793]

to say that "no progress has been made" or that "nothing has changed" is pessimistic to the point of disconnecting from reality and disrespectful to those who have worked, suffered, and died for us to be where we are now. that isnt to say that some things dont still need to be addressed, but i cant stand the "nothing has changed" sentiment. you know damn well it has

[@Erectuswalksamongstus]

Yes plenty of change IN THE WRONG DIRECTION has occurred

[@noodletribunal9793]

@@Erectuswalksamongstus whoah lol i thought this was a completely different comment thread. ill get back to you. you're definitely outta your mind tho. unless you'd like to go back to jim crow. or hell, why not just bring back slavery. nothing has changed. in fact, its only gotten worse. too much freedom. too much decency. not enough hatred. its been a while since the south has seen a lynch mob. perhaps you miss that too. maybe you miss the strange fruit on the trees

[@TashaC7]

Definitely. It's like saying people like MLK did all they did for nothing and that's not true.

[@Dr.LingLangYT]

@@Erectuswalksamongstuscap

[@Erectuswalksamongstus]

@@Dr.LingLangYT Yeah it’s a cap if you’re some kind of criminal invader…..

[@SteveScuba-v5y]

I was 10 years old in 1982. I went to an all white school. We scrimmaged football against an all black school . Talk about a culture shock. At the end of the day it was a good thing. We were all just kids and had more similarities than differences. 😊

[@rilesmattix5217]

Wow that sounds 10x better than bussing black kids 2 hours to a white school and forcefully integrating them into daily classes and making their lives hell

[@weepingsheeps]

The accents from the time and area are so mesmerizing

[@gsurfalways5022]

I remember that I got bussed 2 hrs away and the school I was supposed to go to was a 15 minute walk from my house. I was mixed race indigenous and white and to me it made no sense at all and they had a lot of racial fights

[@douglasdixon524]

It's child abuse to put any child on a bus for 4 or 5 hours a day.

[@Cycology_Major]

It's criminal for parents to choose neighborhoods based on many factors, esp. good schools, only to have their kids forced to attend way out of the area. This was a bad idea all around.

[@rilesmattix5217]

They ruined your life to make it look like they were improving your life 😂. Typical government. They could've slowly introduced people and it would've been fine but NO, WE MUST make your schooling difficult to improve your schooling!

[@Mandi2727]

Ya people don't see how it disrupted white culture as well

[@Robloxlegend49]

😮thank God things are better for this generation

[@thecleandirtbags2776]

Texas accents are so attractive

[@rhondamoore9842]

Aww, thank you!

[@mpumie3110]

The interviewer is trying so hard to make the kids say something negative and/or racist. That's how journalists are.

[@Cynisecheri]

💯

[@lordnokia4222]

That's how many viewers themselves percieve the given answers to be racist to be on here.

[@NeoNomadic77]

"Racism was like 50 years ago" Those people are all still alive...

[@Lilugh]

I Wonder Where Those kids At Today in the Year 2021🤔🤔

[@zamorrow]

Laughing at Joe Biden

[@Lilugh]

@@zamorrow 😒🖕🖕

[@zamorrow]

With appropriate context 😘

[@beauxjoseph6922]

In they last stroking days 🤣

[@user-qh4wz6hf2z]

LaVern was really concerned about the education. She's a preschool teacher now. 🙏🏿

[@Twitledum9]

Look at how dignified and respectful and well spoken the children are in this video. You don't hear kids talk like that today in America

[@blazeminer310]

4:08 did he just dap up the principal 🤣

[@sirleeproductions]

🫱🏾‍🫲🏻

[@maskcollector6949]

Lol yes

[@bioodfox7805]

My grandma told me stories of the day they desegregated her schools. She was bussed to a all african american school after that, and it went amazingly for her. Her father was a government diplomat who was often sent to other countries to help with things we weren't to know about as civilians. She grew up in Africa as a result, and had a better view towards this than probably any of the other kids at the time. What an interesting time period this was! I wish schools discussed this more, or at all! It's historically important.

[@jordanapolis]

Many people would not want to include your grandmother’s positive experience in the discussions.

[@bioodfox7805]

@@jordanapolis Unfortunately so. Hers was quite a unique situation. So unique that you don't hear of it at all. Nobody seeks out that kind of information for things like this, they only want to focus on the worst parts. Like the reporter in this video, trying repeatedly to bait the people he's interviewing into saying racist things. It upsets me they can just pick and choose what information from what historical events they teach these days. Not teaching the whole thing or even any of it; just the "important" bits. Or what's considered important to the "curriculum". L o l ! It shouldn't be that a kid can sit in class for 8 hours a day but go home and learn more from Google in an hour, but unfortunately, that's where we've ended up.

[@CatastrophicConundrum]

Scary to see the title say “1971”, it really wasn’t that long ago

[@Pyschomind-666]

Oh, yes! 53 years are too little

[@Mandi2727]

Ya and everything has gone to shit

[@CatastrophicConundrum]

@Mandi2727 To be somewhat fair, earth has always had its terrible moments. I think the internet just made us more aware of it

[@CatastrophicConundrum]

@Psychomind-666 I’m going to be completely honest with you, I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not lol, but honestly that’s not a long time. People from that era are still alive to tell what they suffered through, 53 years really isn’t long

[@stingraytor]

I’m 26. This is my parents generation.

[@xerxes4779]

The black girls who styled their natural hair was everything back in the day ❤❤❤

[@reekhavoc2932]

Yessssss

[@R_botic]

Whenever I see extremely old videos like these I can’t help but think about how these people are very very old or aren’t here anymore

[@SelfEvaluate]

That young lady was right to be concerned about her education.

[@Msboochie2]

The interviewer had the audacity to say he didn't see what's he was so concerned about. If that were the case why was he there asking questions about? Idiot! He was taken aback she was so intelligent and articulated herself better than he did, couldn't think of anything intelligent to follow up with. I hope she got out of that place, they didn't deserve her.

[@SelfEvaluate]

@@Msboochie2 indeed, I hope so too!

[@TajahCooksandActs]

I loved how Ms.Laverne (I believe her name is) said it with confidence. You can tell her mother was raising her right. I do hope she stayed focussed on her education and didn't let any knucklehead derail her from her ambitions like many young ladies of that time (and to this very day) allowing boys to distract them off their path.

[@JennySoCool]

Wow I wonder how these people are doing now. My mom was born in 1975.

[@rhondamoore9842]

I was 11 in ‘71. We turned out alright. For us kids, it didn’t bother us like the adults thought it would. Changing schools bothered kids more than the mix of the school.

[@fireball0762]

behaviors are a lot different now days than then

[@rhondamoore9842]

We didn’t have internet or cel phones - no worldwide audience to act out to. If someone was being stupid, we straight up told them to knock it off, because we’d be embarassed to be with them. I was 11 when desegregation happened. It didn’t bother us kids like it did the adults. Kids are kids, we didn’t care about color.

[@reenae9346]

Look at how well spoken and articulate these kids are…. Todays kids could never ….

[@freakazoidTriangle]

1971 Jesus Christ. People say America isn’t racist anymore, this might as well have been last year. 1971 was literally my parent’s generation.

[@rilesmattix5217]

You understand that a large majority of Americans have to support desegregation for it to happen right? A lot of people were against segregation and even more are now. Just because it happened in the past doesn't mean it's going to magically occur again without an actual extreme societal shift.

[@freakazoidTriangle]

@ my point exactly. People think America isn’t racist. But it’s like we just ended segregation yesterday. Racism lingers and will linger for centuries to come. Hell it’ll never go away although it can get better.

[@Tastefuljoy]

@@freakazoidTriangleYou make no sense. Its like talking to very entitled people. News Flash. Racism exists everywhere, before the birth of America. You are so entitled it's crazy asf.

[@akafozzy]

My mother left alaska in first grade, and went to the uw she got custody when I was in second grade. I moved to seattle with her. My brother went to school across the street when we arrived. I was told I had to wait a week to start school. 8 kids were on a city bus, we were told to hold hands, School had started weeks ago, we were told we would have to catch up. Nobody told me I had multiple classes. A black kid asked to borrow my pencil, then told me there was no pencil, asked if I had any money. I didn't have a schedule was asking where I needed to go. Didn't have pencil constantly late for class, spent most of the day in the principal's office. The principle was about 7 feet tall with a 6 inch fro. He was also my gym teacher. He taught me how to dribble a basketball, but later beat the shit out of me and another kid for being shoved off a bench. By the end of the week there were only 2 kids on the bus. Every day I told my mom what it was like, and asked why I can't go to school here, she said it was the law. I told my dad he got on a jet and came and rescued me. My brother decided to go back to alaska too. I have never really trusted my mom after that.

[@ShakyRed07]

Sounds like you need a therapist.

[@johnsingleton393]

What the hell are you talking about

[@yurimorgan7460]

what was your mother's fault in it it was the law stoopid

[@ysabelcastillo1880]

Was your dad Rich by getting you and your bother from a jet? You couldn’t trust your mom because she made you go to that school? What was the name of the school, I used to live in Seattle and I went to aki kurose

[@BuildingNewHabits]

Kids sound smarter than the kids today born after 99.

[@rhondamoore9842]

We didn’t have internet or cel phones. We read a lot, talked to each other.

[@Jay123-yk4pl]

The education system has failed you obviously people won’t talk the same way decades later.

[@anonymous4405]

Because White culture was still dominant. We've been forced to give it up so now we all act and speak like blacks. Funnily enough it's the result of integrated schools on the youth.

[@sdran23]

2:56 it’s natural to be anxious about a change as big as this when you know that high tension, violence, mistreatment, and racism will inevitably permeate the experience. Smh.

[@justinortiz9714]

This is beautiful.... Shame hate persist in this country.

[@greeniex]

What a world. I pray we never go back to these times. Everyone just seems so on edge and so uneasy, and unable to enjoy the simple things like going to school. It’s so heartbreaking.

[@AndrewPont-w1j]

Yeah, everyone seems much more relaxed in forced integrated america

[@oneyhoney]

So who’s the angry one?

[@greeniex]

@@oneyhoney 😐 disgusting

[@ErtuğrulBeySon]

@@greeniexThe animals need to know their place.

[@hani2558]

​@@ErtuğrulBeySonthe whites? They surely do

[@mooonlight778]

I'm greatful I could go to a school that I didn't have people too worried about race... the progress, although slim, is nice progress

[@sabrinashelton1997]

Not all progress is good.

[@hollyharrison1377]

@@sabrinashelton1997 all progress is good. And I can tell you, without hesitation, that your mom should’ve been more progressive in her practice with contraceptives. The only good racist is a dead racist. Can’t wait for your day. 😘

[@sabrinashelton1997]

Nope, like I said, not all progress is good. Take a look around this country right now. It's a f-ing disaster, and deep inside your mind, you know that, but you have to double down on your beliefs because you have lied so long, you can't back off it now...sort of like Amber Heard.

[@mya.252]

@@sabrinashelton1997weirdo

[@Cycology_Major]

Yet still can't spell...

[@ziplin5412]

I'm from Germany and i have no idea why this popped up as recommended but history is always interesting

[@operationfalconpunch]

Guten tag mein brüder

[@rovingmauler7410]

I don’t think this experiment has gone too well.

[@jamecia90s]

My dad was one of the first black kids in a all white high school in South Carolina. It was rough

[@edp3202]

He was attacked?

[@jamecia90s]

@@edp3202 in fights every day almost because of racist people

[@edp3202]

@@jamecia90s dang. Stinks.

[@RobertJuzstone]

Try being the only White kid in a all blk school nowadays. lol

[@jamecia90s]

@@RobertJuzstone not even the same

[@greenvelvet]

Wow 1971 seems preeeeetty late for desegregation

[@Usererror28]

Indeed. And it still exists in many states. Look into Missouri.

[@Elena-er7zp]

There were many many school districts that were sued in 1970 by the Federal government because they were still segregating education. These people were still arguing “separate but equal” was acceptable

[@JT-tx2ns]

@@Usererror28yep and Ms

[@redtra236]

This was forced integration by bussing/forcibly moving kids to different school districts which was honestly ridiculous and harmed kids of all races, the schools had been desegregated years earlier

[@phil3924]

My grandmother taught high school in louisville in the 70s. She said she got a lot of hostility from the bussed kids. She just said it wasn’t a good time.

[@zigzoinks5493]

It’s so crazy how this wasn’t even a lifetime ago

[@michaelandcarina_personal]

“Righteous.”