Unmasking the BRUTAL Legacy of Sundown Towns

[@kingpin7666]

Fun fact: the origin of homeowners associations started in sundown towns as a means to keep black people from moving into the neighbourhood.

[@YTHatesMe-999]

That's why I would never have a home in a neighborhood with an HOA.

[@TempleofBrendaSong]

And KKKarens

[@Danyahl]

I believe that

[@user-by6cs1sy7y]

Really?wow

[@Queen_Amenarina]

That makes a lot of sense. I live in a neighborhood that has an HOA but, when We 1st wanted to buy this house, they required us to pay off several rental properties that We have. They were hoping we would not be able to pay those off but, we paid those off so they had to Shut Up while we moved in here. ❤🖤💚👊🏽 B1

[@brianguthrie935]

This is why the old grandma said “ stay woke out there “ the second to start slipping and stop paying attention to your surroundings, you can die. That’s the true meaning of WOKE

[@robflo5473]

Facts✅✅✅💪💪💯

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

Yup. "They" changed the slang into meaning something else completely in popular culture; something negative.

[@user-tt1hx2nm4p]

​@@doll.ov.poetrii4682yet y'all will vote Trump

[@abbieC88]

​​@@doll.ov.poetrii4682 the fact that they use the word Woke and turned into something else pisses me off so bad. 🙄

[@juhgfdsapiyhhnnxc3517]

@@doll.ov.poetrii4682racist did last two years wonder why? Can’t have a word that makes blacks smart. They went right at that word like there was a war on it. Spread this message.

[@YTHatesMe-999]

If you are south of the Canadian border, you are in the South -Malcolm X Holds true to this day.

[@user-tt1hx2nm4p]

talcum x was a pimp.

[@robertdipaola3447]

Malcolm X came around, unlike yourself

[@teaukeri]

@@robertdipaola3447Wrong. He came around to embracing people individually. He always denounced racism and the USA’s practices

[@ticket2space]

- a guy who never looked at a map

[@calraymond7756]

Maybe because the US is south of Canada?

[@roberthicks5550]

There are still sundown towns in America. I've been through some. You just always have to be ready wherever you go as a Black American.

[@fleurviolette1257]

It's true i have never been to America but i think you exaggerate very much... I'm living in Europe since 10 years now but originally from Africa, i never exprienced such a thing

[@genbunin5376]

@@fleurviolette1257 Ummm we are NOT exaggerating. This is unfortunately a very real reality for those of us who are black or in my case biracial. Whether you are full black, white and black (white passing) or black and white (black passing). Sundown towns still exist and the brutal racism here in the states still exists to this day. It is NOT an exaggeration. So please don’t talk about stuff you have no idea about. Certain areas in the states are dangerous for non-whites. As someone else pointed out here just because it’s 2024 doesn’t mean things have “changed”. I’ve experienced first hand racism and not the “muted” kind either, as I’ll put it. The type where you will be lynched. Lynchings may not be by hanging from a tree anymore. But they are still happening. This time more often than not it’s by the barrel of a gun, among other violence. Such as police brutality and kneeling on the backs of necks. So if you’ve never been here, much less lived here. Please don’t talk about stuff you have no personal experience with and say that it’s an “exaggeration”. Because it’s sadly not. I’m white passing and almost got killed for being a “half-breed “Ni****”. So don’t go thinking either that if someone is white passing means that they are safe. To white supremacists it doesn’t matter to them whether your skin is white or black. If you have even a tiny bit of black in you. Even if it’s just a minuscule amount….to them you are full black and if you are not careful they will, if given the chance….they will kill you. 😑😑😑

[@fleurviolette1257]

@@genbunin5376 I'm so so sorry you've experienced such a thing 🙏 it's honestly shoking, i dont even know what to say, you are right i should never talk about something i have no idea about... I'm french i have never been to America before, here in Europe the reality is completely different, i'm not saying that racism dont exist but it's not as violent as described... I heard stories too here sometimes but me personnally i have never exprienced racism maybe because i'm a woman i dont know... Well, thank you for your advice and informations 🌻🌻🌻

[@genbunin5376]

@@fleurviolette1257 Your welcome. Thank you. Yes, that experience I had was completely terrifying. It gave me a taste of what my ancestors more than likely experienced on my mother’s side. I will never forget the look of hatred the white supremacist bore upon me. He threatened to sh*^# me and my siblings. By saying, “I’m going to Sh*^% a couple of N words!” 🥶🥶 That’s as close as I’ve come to getting Ly#%^*$. I’m sorry I got like that. Wasn’t trying to be offensive or rude. I apologize if I came off that way. 🙁 It’s just that mindset is dangerous, even for us Americans. We tend to forget that 50 to 70 years ago. Hell even 100 years ago really truly isn’t that long ago. If you want to learn more I suggest you to look up the tragedy of Emmett Till. I’ll add a caution , if you choose to look his story up it is NOT for the faint of heart at all. Another prominent example would be the Tulsa Oklahoma Greenwood Terror attack committed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1921. Where out of jealousy and hatred the Ku Klux Klan completely destroyed what was known as “Black Wall Street”. There’s actually video of the aftermath and it’s a very sobering reminder that history isn’t that far away. I also recommend listening to the song called “Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday. It encapsulates the terror of the segregationist south back in the 1930’s to 1940’s. 😣😣

[@fleurviolette1257]

@@genbunin5376 Dont worry it's ok i understand, of course i do accept your apologie and thank you for have accepted mine too 🙏 i really didn't mean to hurt anyone... I also experienced horrible things in my life but in a different area.. I do believe that our expériences teach us a lot about who we are.. And Wow you actually teach me a lot of things! I recently bought a book of Martin Luther King, it taught a lot about the segregration, it was awful stories and at the same time very inspiring! It even helped me a lot with my English 👍 i've learned plenty of new words... I know about the klu Klux klan this horrible organisation... I saw a few documentaries about and sometimes it made me cry... I'm a very sensitive person.. I haven't heard about everything you recommand i'm gonna take a look it sounds very interessing That's right 50, 70 years is not that long ago and i can understand what you feel about your ancestors... My ancestors had tough time too you've probably heard about the colonisation history by France in Africa... In Ivory Coast for example where i'm originally my ancestors have been colonized by France that's why we speak french... but you know It's also very terrifying stories... Well, thank you so much for have sharing 🌻🌻🌻

[@user-wr3bj6gt4p]

I’m 82, and many of the atrocities that you elude to, are just as prominent today.

[@modestmouse2889]

Sometimes I am sorry I was born here. As a US military veteran, I feel it's a shame I am never treated like a FULL CITIZEN BORN HERE. Yet any MF can walk in here and get treated better than me because their skin is white. I pray it never takes me off the deep end someday. It's a shame.

[@bluelava4282]

How true

[@vickymensah9453]

@@user-wr3bj6gt4p I can well believe that.

[@vickymensah9453]

@@user-wr3bj6gt4p unfortunately the scent of trash never changes.

[@BlakeGildaphish76]

@@bluelava4282 How tragic

[@lateraldeano]

It's worse now. There's no signs up.

[@Lupo32]

In addition to sundown towns There are also border towns like Laredo texas .... but they are only in the south western part of the usa . Instead of whites it's Mexican drug cartels !

[@lavernerowden8509]

Exactly this is still going on as we speak.

[@diligentsun1154]

Facts Now, they're EVERYWHERE. They used to be easier to sidestep, but they think they own everything, now. Of course, you a 14:36 re Free to Travel, but they don't mind challenging you. Some of them are Ready To Go the Whole Way. They're ready to Crash Out on a dummy mission. Ain't nobody got time for that. Those 'agents' are everywhere. Get On The Record, early.

[@JuarezDerrick]

Yep I live in Santa Fe Texas and stay armed because I am a Mexican but there really is no problems unless you are acting like a wild animal

[@hereitis.2587]

And that is why we must all start with respect when treating each other. Playground rules don’t change. I respect you so thus you have zero issues being respectful back. Now if people are not respectful then we know about them and can act accordingly.

[@rozchristopherson648]

I'm 63. I graduated from college in 1983. I went to college on the "Main Line" outside Philadelphia. A retiring white professor at the college said that when she first came to the college back in the 1940s, there were no black students and that blacks were not even permitted to live in that town. We later discovered that there had been a black student sometime around the 1930s or 1940s who was forced to live in another neighboring town because she was not permitted to live in the dorms nor was she permitted to live in the town. Sundown towns also caused the creation of other nearby black towns whose residents served as a source of menial laborers for jobs such as maids, cooks, janitors, etc. At my college, there was a nearby town such as this. That is where most of the cleaning staff lived who were black because the commute from Philadelphia would have been too far to come each day. I was shocked when I went to graduate school at a university in Michigan to find that black people at one point were not permitted to live in the dorms there either. They had to seek lodgings in homes in that area, hence the development of a black section of that town.

[@empresslonnie1love391]

O wow im from Philadelphia too

[@Xavier-uknonada]

Good story

[@user-gg3pw9ke1k]

@@rozchristopherson648 Still in NC in 2024.When I retired 4 yrs ago,doc here told me he knew ppl who needed house cleaners.What!No thanks,clean my own house thank you.Nothing new under the sun.❤👍🏽

[@RexT3rra]

Smh

[@mrdave5232]

What was the town named on the Main Line where the black workers lived ?

[@maureencora1]

2024 We Need a New Green Book So We Can Go Where Our $Money$ is Welcomed... Business is Business.

[@Auntkekebaby]

I JUST said this.

[@maureencora1]

@@Auntkekebaby Touche' (smile)

[@korie.e2696]

Google green book global is online site for black travelers

[@EmeraldEdge72]

That's actually a great idea, I'll see what I can do.

[@tammi67able]

@@EmeraldEdge72❤❤❤❤

[@lavernerowden8509]

There are still Sundown towns today. Ain’t nothing changed but the weather.

[@smackindabox]

Where? Sundown for who?

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Poquoson Virginia for one.

[@rollerdots5186]

Pekin, Illinois

[@MOLICIOUS69]

​@@sickofguysnamedtodd2293thx for that won't be going there...never even heard of that place.

[@MOLICIOUS69]

​@@rollerdots5186thanks for that as well although IL is damn near a ☀️ down state

[@karenh.]

Driving on the highway past Vidor, Tx in the 60's, the town had a big sign before the exit, letting everyone know they were a sundown town. I made sure to never use that exit.

[@ButterFlyGoddess]

😳AND THE GOVERNMENT LET IT BE OK😑So please tell me why we STILL have faith in a system that has NEVER protected us yet WE PEOPLE OF COLOR OUT NUMBER THEM 😑COME TOGETHER PEOPLE OF COLOR🙏🏾✨🧚🏾✨💫

[@ceafam6403]

​@ButterFlyGoddess The idea sounds good, but come together and do what exactly? We don't have that type of POWER in our hands. We don't control the three branches of the United States Government! Did marching and protesting help? TMH made a promise to Abraham and his descendants that HE will destroy our enemies. HE will do this for HIS GLORY and none else.

[@misslady5029]

The town has not changed. Ask any black truck driver who has picked up freight in the area.

[@SueBordwell]

I lived in College Station TX in 1985. Black people lived on the other side of the tracks. My friend lived in Beaumont TX and he took me to Vidor. The sign was there as you entered town. It's the only town I've ever seen with a Sundowner sign.

[@reefb4364]

@@ButterFlyGoddessi feel you sis but we don’t out number them. States like Idaho, Vermont , New Hampshire , NorthDakota, South Dakota, Wyoming and Montanna have very small black populations, thus their numbers are much greater than ours but that shouldn’t be an excuse for us to not do what we need to do. I feel if we put black over everything else we would be much further along,but all of our underlying sub cultures hold us back. Christian, Muslim, light skin, dark skin, educated, uneducated, poor, rich, church going, non church going, Democrat, Republican etc..,, all of these things and a myriad of other things keep us in fighting that stalls our progress. When white supremacy sets up road blocks to keep us from catching up they don’t care about any of those things, all they see is our skin color✅

[@alfredmayes5005]

Well, the only disagreement is the statement that sundown towns mainly existed in the early 1900s. That’s where I disagree as the practice of sundown towns in Southern California definitely existed in the late 1970s through the 1980s in places like Marina del Rey, Culver City, Torrance, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Long Beach, most cities in Orange County and places like Glendale, Eagle Rock and Pasadena just to name a few, even Beverly Hills. by that I mean that after sundown a black motorist was typically stopped and harassed in these areas for no cause. The objective was to discourage African Americans from traveling through these areas. This is a form of sundown town policy and this practice continues in certain parts of country until this very day.

[@hereitis.2587]

Dearborn, Michigan was until 1956. The race riots were bad over next couple decades through that whole metro area.

[@lemontadams3029]

True

[@keyfield8967]

I know from personal experience that 'sundown mess' exists in places like Long Beach, Culver City, Orange County, and ESPECIALLY BEVERY HILLS. America prides itself going around the world 'bashing' other nations over their way of life, but America is hypocritical and allows "stuff" to happen. Can't wait till this place is 'flattened'...

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

'A few' for sure. Anything West LA. Brentwood, Santa Monica, West Hollywood you name it.

[@timothybogans3905]

redding, lodi, santee,san diego lakeside,imperial beach, any town in kern county are considered sundown towns california is a jim crow state

[@user-pe5hh1bq8x]

They don’t care if the sun is up or down now 👀

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Your right about that nowindays

[@StaceyNelsonTVNetwork]

@@kelvintorrence5994💯👏🏼

[@Maliktevin1643]

Yep! They don’t care!

[@JuarezDerrick]

The KKK still meets at the courthouse in Santa Fe Texas but they don't care if you are a black as long as you aren't bringing your drama over here.

[@hereitis.2587]

No job = no be there. Workers only need to be present in the daylight. Then vanish.

[@cheardsful]

Black folk if your going on vacation this summer be careful and don't stop if you don't have to when your driving learn where these towns are .

[@hereitis.2587]

And that is exactly why the Green Book was created. The racism couldn’t have changed that much since then.

[@bluelava4282]

@@hereitis.2587 good movie about green books

[@martinjones2077]

I mean in 2024 I bout whatever they think the bout. I stopped in several of these towns when I pcs from one base to the next in Texas south Carolina Kentucky ect. They really not bout that action. But who would want to be in these moonshine swigging ass country places anyway.

[@yamato126]

Mafia 3 vibes

[@12sisters1bride7]

The story of our lives since😏we were enslaved here?????

[@nessforbes7400]

Was just talking to my husband about this… my job tried to send me to a previously named sundown town and pretend like because it’s 24’ “times have changed”

[@jaeeluv]

😲

[@crishnaholmes7730]

Are you still working with them

[@carol_n_ocny]

@@crishnaholmes7730hope they are resigning soon!

[@JuarezDerrick]

Your English sucks so you probably wouldn't make it.

[@hereitis.2587]

Not all places are created equal so maybe they changed or maybe not. I’m an average dud white and I’ve been interviewed by the local white busybody of where I was from and what my business was there. Entire restaurants knowing, “you’re not from around here!” and wondering if I’ll be safe all the way out.

[@Eatinvanillaicecreamon7_5]

We need these books back!

[@timsimmons5190]

Lmao for what. Yall want to be the victim so badly. It's actual sad.

[@reefb4364]

@@timsimmons5190Victim? Please explain? My 12 years of public school and 6 years of college, high school diploma and Masters degree seem to have not helped me figure this out?🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Eatinvanillaicecreamon7_5]

@@timsimmons5190 Smart guy it's for us to stay safe.

[@MOLICIOUS69]

​@@timsimmons5190it's easy for you to say perhaps if the tables ever turn and black people created sundown towns let's see if you will be saying that...then again your culture is on CODE and wouldn't dare go against it.

[@nessajenean8705]

@@Eatinvanillaicecreamon7_5I’m sure an online facebook type group can be created

[@MsUnity2011]

They still exist.... Is a former full-time driver and I've driven across this country several times from east to west.... They still exist I told one of my passengers that there should be signs so that people like myself know that I'm entering a son downtown. They of course jokingly laughed it off as if they didn't exist! This is one of the reasons why change hasn't come on a large scale. Many of these oppressors and the descendants of the oppressors are in denial or they are in cahoots with or secretly carrying out the rules created by their ancestors to keep us out! You see it with the karens and the brads who continually call on us and ask why we are in their apartment building or why are we in their hotel or why are we in their home town, period. YAH help us!

[@maureencora1]

In the North They Had Sundown Neigborhoods.

[@jaywilliams1441]

So sad & crazy that we are so hated just because of our skin color....BUT....love our culture.

[@mikesirman3148]

This is the biggest lie you've been told... That ppl don't like black ppl because of their skin color. Other groups have very dark skin, Indians are often just as dark, yet they aren't treated like Africans... Maybe it's the crime, the drain on resources and little benefit the black community brings to the community as a hole compared to like every other race... But I know, shoot the messenger, never look inward... How's that been working for ya?

[@chanraedouglas7768]

It's their fear of Genetic Annihilation...

[@geomar1010]

It has nothing to do with skin color and everything to do with character.

[@charlessedlacek5754]

Culture?????😂😂😂

[@tammi67able]

@@geomar1010If only everyone truly felt like that there would be no such thing as racism.

[@charliemanson4808]

Being British im proud of a Northern village that stood up against the American segregation in 1943 during WW2 Its known as the battle of Bamber Bridge check it out on KZbin. The American military demanded that mixed race drinking of US servicemen stop in the pub so all 3 of the pubs put up signs saying "Black Servicemen Only" the white MPs took offence and a riot broke out. The white US hierachy just didnt understand us Brits as a rule dont care about your skin colour, its about the person. The villagers found the Black troops friendly, polite and didnt fight ohhh and they were great dancers another thing that annoyed them was british girls dancing and dating the black troops. The unit was the 1511 Quartermaster Truck Company.

[@deltricewren8981]

Born 1985 in Southern Illinois and experienceed this growing up. Just sad.

[@jetfan75]

Illinois has the highest concentration of SDT's, even they're all over. James W. Loewen's book and online database takes a deep dive in this

[@bluelava4282]

@@jetfan75 what’s an SDT? YOU MEAN std’s ?

[@user-jn5je8cj9j]

Are you slow? Sun down town. SDT.!!!!!

[@smackindabox]

Dude you not a victim of anything except your own stupidity

[@MOLICIOUS69]

​@@jetfan75yup IL is a sundown STATE

[@seauxfetch]

The LoveCraft Country explained a lot of this...reasons why the show was cancelled.

[@wowbigman22011]

Sure is. This show is off the chain.

[@MOLICIOUS69]

@@seauxfetch what is or was it about

[@Chelseas.-ut5hu]

Danggg I been waiting on it to come back on

[@BrownSkinGirl96]

It was a limited series

[@seauxfetch]

@@BrownSkinGirl96 I heard it was cancelled while season 2 was in the works, I could be wrong though.

[@kaycakes973]

I resided in Oklahoma for 6 years and passed two sundown towns with signage. About an hour outside of OKC

[@Merlene-mb7fe]

Where

[@chadmoore5786]

Good ole Christian folks for ya

[@brooklynred6762]

exactly

[@pyreneesfarm7818]

That sounds more like Churchianists than Christians. Churchianity is a form of heresy. Churchiansts pervert both the Bible and Christianity, rejecting what does not fir their ego.

[@ARISZN]

not even.. they took the bible and used it to their own understanding for their own gain and to keep blacks enslaved. you trippin

[@teresawicks-kq3bq]

They're not Christians. A true Christian wouldn't do this

[@George-dy3pt]

😂😂😂 typical Chad making Chad statements!

[@gbullock2598]

This the sad part of all this, alot of black people said ok, we wont come to your town we will create our own. Once white people seen these towns prospering they came and destroyed them. It was a lose lose situation 🤷🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@brendacampbell1814]

So true

[@MisterTaylor2967]

Read: Sundown Towns by James Loewen, 800 pages of horror.

[@Auntkekebaby]

Thank you

[@ontariotreadwell7273]

I need to find this book asap.2024.

[@geraldcastellow9398]

Can’t wait to share all this history on my KZbin channel thanks!

[@MOLICIOUS69]

@@MisterTaylor2967 facts..he was on CSPAN promoting it some years ago.

[@Auntkekebaby]

When you had to drive down south to see family, you would prepare a bunch of fried chicken, soda and water in a cooler, and a blanket you would use to cover youself when you peed in a cup on the side of the road. I remember this in the late 80s!!!

[@juliansearcie1758]

Man you didn't bring some firepower

[@kia6955]

I'm 45 I remember traveling when from Tennessee to Maryland even summer break was over. My grandma had us pee in a pot in the car. I didn't understand why we couldn't stop at the gas station.

[@St63420]

In 1978?😮

[@kia6955]

@@St63420 actually it was later then than because my brother and I were coming back from summer break in school.

[@user-fn8dq1li4t]

What about for doing number 2?

[@MOLICIOUS69]

@@kia6955 thank grams because that situation could have been messy.

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

Maryland is a sundown state in the north

[@destinythomas5537]

For any racists trying to keep sundown towns a thing, may I interest you in a beautiful summer vacation to Lake Lanier?? 😊😊😊😊

[@jenihardy09]

LOL

[@destinythomas5537]

@@jenihardy09 they would really love it there!!! 😉😂

[@jenihardy09]

@@destinythomas5537 Of course, it's a great vacation spot😉

[@MScott-fc9wf]

Yess! I highly recommend! 😊

[@LaneGretzky]

I heard that the fishing is great on that lake. 😁

[@frankbridges2171]

All of because we wanted to be treated like human beings but yet blacks went an fought in WW2 fighting against one racist country to defend another racist country

[@tayhonorable7421]

James W. Loewen’s book on this subject is incredible. I found myself having to put it down and take a moment to weep for our forefathers, our mothers, their mothers… I also grew up in a neighborhood of Chicago bordering *two* sundown communities. We were well warned not to be in those places at all if we didn’t have to, much less at night.

[@9.5Nubbins]

I grew up in a very small town in MO. It was a sundown town. As late as the 70’s, there was a billboard at the main intersection, coming into town. It said “N, don’t let the sun set here on your behind”.

[@brahmabkitty03]

Definitely paid attention to this when taking my daughter to a college tour

[@user-gg3pw9ke1k]

They still exist,just removed the signs!

[@johnritter4641]

Naked women big boobs in the jungle

[@alrobinson261]

Oberlin College is considered one of the colleges to admit Black students. What they fail to mention was that Black students could not live on campus! They had to live with the town's people. So, yes, Oberlin College was one of the first to admit Blacks, but they could not live on campus. Coretta Scott King, the future wife of Martin Luther King, attended Oberlin College in the 1950's, but was not allowed to live on campus! Some Black family had to assume her food & shelter needs. Welcome to AmeriKKKa!

[@cmebans35]

Interesting

[@willieperdue5583]

Don't Forget ALABama Cullman, montgomery, All Point South...

[@vickymensah9453]

But the black Conservative say ,this was the great time for black family's. The land of the, not So free

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

They are delusional.

[@arizonarider6998]

What ? Black conservatives don’t say that . Black liberals don’t even say that . Also you do know democrats were the ones doing this ? Republicans freed the slaves ! Democrats still to this very day do things to keep black people down all while trying to look like the champion to black folks . Look at your comment your trying to think for black folks yourself with your sly devil democrat undertones . Jim Crow much ?

[@ginab5294]

democrats did this to you

[@ThePr0t0type2]

What happens when you drink the kool-aid

[@johnjones6336]

Seem like this happened in Chicago in the late 70s before I joined the Marine Corps(I had a part-time job working at Dominic at grocery store) and walk several blocks to are apartment, and was stopped every other night by the Chicago Police(where are you coming from big N-word??? where do you live atBig H-word? and I was doing nothing but walking home to an apartment with five other siblings.(a one bedroom apartment with an empty refrigerator, but we had can-goods.(that was utterly wicked and corrupt to the core and the perpetrators of that hideous law., many of them were Catholic police, because I seen them coming out of the Catholic Church with their suits on as I walked to the same grocery store on Sundays. Monsters.☹️😵‍💫🤢🤮

[@PharmerJohn1]

I was born in Chicago and it was one of the most racist experiences. The first time I was called the N-word and chased by a white person, I was 4-5 years old and the person was a teen. I learned early what racism was capable of and I pack accordingly in such environments.

[@Archangelatis]

As a White Catholic I can tell you that those Police officers were completely living against the teachings of the Church. And they should be ashamed and repent. I'm sorry for your experience.

[@MOLICIOUS69]

@@PharmerJohn1 damn I'm so sorry you had to experience that at such a tender age..i believe that's the motivation to you carrying, don't blame you a bit👊🏿

[@PharmerJohn1]

@@MOLICIOUS69 it’s better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

[@MOLICIOUS69]

@@PharmerJohn1 you got damn right

[@lrbell64]

Living on the west coast, Oregon was a "Sundowner town" well into the early 60s. We are not that far removed from these Apartheid practices in the US.

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

Portland is where skinheads came from. On the east coast that's what we thought in the 80s.

[@missmishi08]

Oregon was founded as a whites only state. They just barely passed a law outlawing slavery as punishment in like 2022. We hate it here. Luckily we are leaving in a month! Tired of being the only poc family in our town

[@ChocoBeauty8]

Sundown towns, frequently linked with the southern United States, are also prevalent in the northern regions. Despite being in the year 2024, many of these towns unfortunately continue to uphold discriminatory practices. Additionally, it is important to acknowledge that the US government's lending and mortgage practices towards African Americans historically contributed to the establishment of sundown towns.

[@Auntkekebaby]

@@ChocoBeauty8 Right. We can follow the red lining maps to find the northern equivalent

[@ChocoBeauty8]

@Auntkekebaby Exactly! America owes American Descendants of Slaves reparations for the systematic racism they inflicted. Since reconstruction, these systematic practices have had a lasting influence on the way Black Americans interact with the so-called American dream. Black Americans had to overcome black codes,share croping, eminent domain, domestic terrorism, ghettos, Jim Crow, red- lining, and denial of the GI Bill all sanction by the US government. Black Americans are not looking for handouts, just what's owed for inflicting pain and emotional distress for hundreds of years.

[@romecottrell6444]

This is so ignorant 🙄 and the U.S.A still have a lot of learning about their own mistakes and history even today in June 23 , 2024 😮.

[@stylish1012]

This lets you know who your enemies are!!!

[@teresawicks-kq3bq]

Those weren't mistakes. It was systemic 😊

[@jagbrit3723]

​@@teresawicks-kq3bq Indeed, and they continue today, which is why they lie to themselves and you that racism magically disappeared, because they want to uphold the institution...

[@MOLICIOUS69]

​@@stylish1012as a black person everyone is your enemy including OUR VERY OWN

[@md4088]

THEY NEVER WILL THEY DON'T WANT TO!!!!!💯🎯👂🤌👋

[@rolondoscott3997]

Now they killing ninjas in broad daylight and stupid ninjas is killing each other

[@YellowSubCaptain]

Every ethnic group kills their own, news flash

[@RaiderRSupastar]

Uncle Ruckuses Tim Scott, Bryon Donalds, and the dishonorable Clarence Thomas would still want more Jim Crow

[@panchog2552]

Morons!

[@octaviahicks-braye9859]

Descendants of American slaves never had many Allies beyond a remanent of Quakers, Methodist Episcopal, Protestants, Catholics, Union soldiers, Federalist, and Republicans. They created black history with just a few Allies. When God shows you your enemies do not get mad, get wise by asking God for wisdom.

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

If you read 'Early Days in Greenbush' online, you will see that one of my ancestors used his farm as an Underground Railroad stop 'for the colored man on his way to Canada and freedom'. Another was shot at Chickamauga, fighting with a Wisconsin outfit. I thought that let me off. What do I owe? What I realized after someone answered that opinion is, this never ends. It's still the same struggle and if you want to honor those who went before you, you have to do your part now. Respect yourself, respect others. It's hard in this world, yes. It's supposed to be. Don't let fear and hate rule you. Offer help, and get help when you need it. We're all just humans.

[@JoanneBeal1]

God outside tearing everything up! I know how to pray 😆🙏🏾🙌🏾

[@kelvintorrence5994]

My brother n law is from South Carolina and the towns next to where he's from are still to this day sundown towns ,that's b.s So my people keep your heat close by

[@javionriley8739]

That must be Lexington County or in the upstate region (white part of that state) most of the land across South Carolina is own by black Americans

[@johnnywebb2351]

Agreed 💯 👍🏾, and ready to go

[@tyxfilmeditt]

@@javionriley8739eh if we being honest ..I’m from the upstate mannn the low country more racist than up here

[@bnthern]

THANK YOU AGAIN!

[@chanraedouglas7768]

Many SUNDOWN TOWNS used to be Black-incorporated towns that were stolen by racists for their land...

[@peasypublishingcopeasybaby]

I’m 26 and I been avoiding sundowns towns my whole life cuz every majority city in Tennessee is separated by multiple Sundown towns/Counties 😮‍💨

[@javionriley8739]

West Tennessee is the black region of Tennessee!! Middle & East Tennessee is the white region

[@peasypublishingcopeasybaby]

@@javionriley8739 Majority of Black People live in The West but There Is Alot Of Black Folks in Nashville, Knoxville & Chattanooga.

[@lashaundahoward]

Is that near north Georgia... Gainesville ga to be exact​@@javionriley8739

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

TX and FL are like this too.

[@gtomex72]

Travelling (especially after dark,) is also hard for brown people. I’m Mexican and have been told I’m not welcome in gas stations in Wisconsin and southern Illinois.

[@YellowSubCaptain]

If only more non black people of color understood white ppl dont like them either.

[@jeanheard4615]

Redlining is what they used in the 60sand they’re doing it today

[@irontobias]

Found out a few years back that the (small) city I live in in eastern WI was a sundown town; heard stories as recently as the 80s that if you weren't white, you stayed indoors after dark under threat of violence/death. To this day, the largest minority is Hmong, which immigrated after the Vietnam war like they did to many Midwestern cities, and it's striking how they filled the same stereotypical "minority" niches in the minds of the white majority. Of course they also have the asian stereotypes as well, but the second and third generations are seen as more "thuggish" to the boomers.

[@gladysross1163]

DON'T WE STILL HAVE SUN DOWN 👇 AND JIM CROW WITH OUT WRITTEN SIGNS? 😂😅😊

[@Lupo32]

The midwest is full of them .... And upstate new York is known as the Alabama of the north

[@kevintaylor9590]

What's the purpose of typing all those ridiculous emojis. Grow up

[@stylish1012]

Yes they still exist especially throughout the mid west . Some of the signs are still up

[@RexT3rra]

Yup many of them

[@richardtrudeau7363]

No

[@pbrown8869]

As a black man from Tennessee I can tell you they still exist for sure.

[@fidanasimpson5465]

Thanks for the education because I always wondered why the freed slaves didn't move from the South to the North. Now I know.

[@tyroneroberts4745]

America does not care about the way black Americans are treated. They rather aid Ukraine and protest other countries. They will not stop the hatred. Are blood help build this country.

[@sharrielee911]

Agreed 😏

[@prestonlard7687]

There are some white people that do care very muçh i for one hate the people that hate you

[@MOLICIOUS69]

@@tyroneroberts4745 i don't expect 🇺🇲 to care for us...we have to care for us....tired of hearing BS like this...tons of things that happen to BP is because of BP's view of themselves..when SOME OF US NOT WE revamp and strengthen our cultural pride and respect for each other then just maybe there will be a shift

[@keithclanton7634]

Wait! I'm confused. Nikki Haley and Tim Scott said this has NEVER been a racist country...right? 😟

[@Macdaddy.]

There are still sundown towns

[@freddyfrug3940]

In 1990, the adjacent northern metro Atlanta counties of Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, and Pickens, had together, a total white population of 154,000 and a total black population of only 1,900. Despite those very lopsided racial demographics between them, hardly a soul in the Atlanta area seemed to be aware that they formed the only multi- county "Sundown Region" within the Deep South at the time.

[@javionriley8739]

Yeap aka northern Georgia is the white part of Georgia! Everything else is black

[@diligentsun1154]

Illinois is a sundown state

[@mazingg2367]

No it’s not bro 💀 I live in Illinois it’s only small places

[@alfredbaxter1061]

@@mazingg2367you don’t believe because you white and you not black of course you going to say that

[@renneedwards9826]

This type of evil spawned the creation of HOA communities. 💯👀💅🏾🚩

[@reefb4364]

Facts✅

[@stylish1012]

I guess this is why blk people were thrown in their own communities

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

​@@reefb4364 A karen or a ken is almost always the head of an HOA in some way, shape or form; it's not a coincidence.

[@dylanhill1640]

Many of these towns are alive and well in 2024. Nothing has changed at all.

[@maureenjackson2041]

I hate the Disunited National Socialist states of America things were so horrendous for African Americans in particular proud to be a non American. Dont blame people like Josephine Baker from fleeing the country.

[@Rick-S-6063]

Oh yeah. Blame socialism or communism whenever something doesn't sit well with intolerant American mindsets.

[@mylife2live]

Crazy, hateful, demonic Mf

[@bigvalley4987]

@@Rick-S-6063, Not lying regarding the horrendous things done to Black folk… and the other facts thereafter. The people from England flee their country. And came to the “new world” mimicking the same treatment they fled. I was told most of the people that came over wear misfits, criminals and any other desirables.

[@jagbrit3723]

I literally say daily, thank God I am not American, though I've lived here 25+ years. At least I know I am not innately contrived to pretend like this disgusting history is non existent, which is what Americans tend to do daily.

[@ignoranceisnotatrend4669]

Constantly Thinking about Black people IS white Americas FAVORITE PAST TIME

[@darryld44]

1997 parts of Santa Cruz County, CA!

[@Lupo32]

Anaheim and Lynnwood ??

[@barrychilds109]

Very great research, and education, and insight

[@crazyburkey3677]

We need an updated GREEN BOOK, even as a 55 year old white guy, theres places I'm leary of,

[@todddorsey5247]

That’s why I understand why black peoples would vote for Trump that make America great again is meant to help rich white peoples get richer and more prosperous for their families

[@stylish1012]

Whyte people got rich off using blk people and gaining generational wealth and it still goes on today

[@shylesa650]

His black supporters feel as though things were better with Jim Crow.

[@larynOneka8080]

I don't recall Trump rounding up Black people when he was in office.

[@ElaineLane-mc6hz]

​@larynOneka8080 Hence its Subliminal wake-up That's what MAGA means aka Keep them N words in their places😮

[@bryceharris2175]

Because black people were prospering under Trump while Biden called black people super predators and is responsible for the most black incarceration and then had the nerve to tell black people that you aint black if you don't vote for him. But keep letting the media tell you Trump's the racist one.

[@jmarkb92]

It’s ironic and almost surreal to see black Americans talking about not being able to go to certain places after dark. The irony is almost too much to handle.

[@LoopyLemon775]

What’s ironic about it? Are you one of those whites who claim to be victims? Because if you’re saying the hood is like sundown towns you’re purposely being asinine, Hoods or poor areas overall are dangerous for everyone and usually involve robbery which is still bad bad nothing like “Linchan” someone because of their skin color, and it’s usually independent crime. These towns would band together and drive minorities out of towns in many cases off them, not only did they have numbers on their Side? But the Law as well,so please spare me with that BS 😂

[@jakem8280]

Years ago I worked security in a neighborhood down south full of "wealthy" white liberal types (mostly older) and nearly every time a black family came to use a rental unit they'd get harassed, cops called, stalked, stared at by groups until they'd leave. Had one group from NY ask why they were being treated like this by the residents and all I could tell them was 'The South hasn't changed that much...'

[@emmabrooks1310]

Please GOD come. 💜

[@keithgray4891]

I say the same thing daily 💯💯👏🏿

[@clarencegreen113]

Please dont

[@christinestephens37]

Thank you for the CRT education Sir. Greatly appreciated ❤️.

[@walterking85]

The Grand Concourse in the Bronx in the 50’s and 60’s was a Sundown Town.

[@jazzbuff630]

More info please.

[@walterking85]

@@jazzbuff630 The Grand Concourse in the Bronx in the 50's and 60's was mostly Jewish. My Parents and relatives were warned not to be on the Concourse after Sundown.

[@ChateauCarterOriginals]

​@@walterking85Didn't know that 😮😮😮

[@ElaineLane-mc6hz]

​@@walterking85Thxs for the history lesson😮

[@missmishi08]

We moved to Oregon not knowing it was effectively a sundown state...after three years, we are finally leaving this state! The main reason, the people....

[@user-gr9qn5iz4o]

Now that's hatred., native Americans couldn't be out after dark.😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@gregorylewis5151]

As a black man i gotta say white work together blacks dont so sad

[@jwil2414]

They don't all work together. They are divided too. Certain groups of them work together.

[@barbaramartel9005]

Some of us stick together but not enough of us so sad.

[@jaybrown7811]

What do you think about it there's nowhere in the country that's not sundown other than places in California like Los Angeles Oakland New York Miami but most of the country is a sundown country

[@MegaRiffraff]

I worked for a trucking company out of Memphis Tennessee we would not send black drivers to eastern Kentucky unless the run could be made without a layover .

[@user-eb7yk2pb3o]

In 1966 my family moved to Grants Pass, Oregon. The city had a sign at Riverside Park "No black wanted in town, just keep on moving if you know what's good for you." I felt my parents moved there just for me. From kindergarten to 6th grade I had black, hispanic, asian, and white friends. I guess they forgot to tell me how not to like people who were not white. At school we could bring records to music class, and I brought the Supremes. My classmates tried to tell me why I didn't want to play the album. I asked, "Ever been around black people?" They all said no. I said, "They'er just like you>' I refused to be like them. I believe in creation, what color was Adam and Eve? melanin is brown. We all came from the same people.😎😎

[@anthonyharper8161]

It's amazing how they don't want us in these areas ! They come in our community anytime they want to.. Black Wall Street..

[@eb0526]

It’s the 21st Century, I still wouldn’t stop in a back road, small, hick looking town. The 45th president has ignited the same hateful emotions from yesteryear. It’s sad & scary 😞

[@ChateauCarterOriginals]

One of the Earliest Sundown Downs: Levittown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

Hometown of Bill O'Reilly.

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

Mea culpa, Long Island. Any better?

[@ChateauCarterOriginals]

​@@hankhillsnrrwurethraCorrect 💯

[@KJ-df9oz]

Y'all love these folks so much after 400 years you still want to be in close proximity to them.

[@Findmy_Way-Home]

Better than my family being shot in the hood

[@charlessedlacek5754]

400 years, huh?.....the biggest lie ever told, fool.

[@ButterFlyGoddess]

Same in South African😑🧚🏾✨💫

[@Eatinvanillaicecreamon7_5]

That's crazy. The nerve of them

[@mrconfusion87]

Orania is notoriously one!

[@penew8692]

And this is where “purge” comes from

[@Missinginaction9657]

How would you know that ?

[@Teddy-mj9wd]

Thanks for putting this together,well done,keep speaking truth.

[@shauncejohnson563]

I’m driving from Va to Texas tomorrow thru many sundown towns. I only stop at truck spots to refuel.

[@earnestwilliams4850]

People don’t realize the north had the MOST sundown towns.So there’s definitely been a misconception about the geographical racial history of these particular locations.

[@smartditzs7536]

There’s still some in Michigan

[@kvelyse2823]

Can’t even consider a cross country road trip in 2024!!! Super sad, still today!!!

[@olzt100]

The US went out of its way to exclude most Black citizens from benefitting in the US. And the US government was allowing it to happen. What everyone should be asking is why the US did not keep the exact same energy when it came to taxes and warfare. It's not like the US government ever said "we don't your tax money," or "we don't want you fighting for or with us." And that is the real basis for reparations for Black citizens.. If Black folks would wise up and cut out joining the military, stop the lust after luxury goods like BMW and Mercedes, etc. (They are not helping Black citizens) and limit our spending with national companies and spend more with Black businesses and in the communities, a lot of change would take place. But we can't wait to get a good job and become one of them. But they never let any of us become one them. The one's they can make money off of from sports to politics become mostly their prize tokens and "good ones" because they are controlled by their money system. They can't speak too loud or too proud because the money system will affect their income.

[@user-wn8so7kc8e]

Keep ur town....we need Separation from them folks anyway

[@justinratcliffe947]

Shut up

[@mandia469]

Right. Old dusty hicks!!

[@Jacqt]

My thing is…Y’all can be separate but why do they tear down the communities we build for ourselves?

[@1994dje]

Very interesting, and sad, about which I was previously not aware. Thank you (from New Zealand).

[@bruce8320]

My mom lived that. After 6 o'clock you were subject to death

[@str8savage977]

I'm from Louisiana and we have a few frfr we are taught young about sun down town n they still exist

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

In the 70s the rich man in my mom's Illinois hometown would buy every home for sale. Keep it 'right' in town, you know.

[@stedye]

Excellent documentary. I was born 1961 in Greenville S.C . Left in 1985 to move to NYC..I attended an all black until the year 1968 , then in 3rd girl the city was desegregated. Greenville was not a true sundown town , but , the absence of Asian- American Greenville residents in early 1960’s was a glaring example of the exclusionary nature of Southern towns . We still have a long way to go . Keep fighting and pressing Younger generations to come .

[@avsdw]

You speak as if the sundown towns went away. They didn't

[@sd247]

I want an updated copy of the Greenbook and these racist Nephilim Neantheal DNA towns.

[@doggjns4411]

All 😢these rules they forced still exist, they just try to hide them

[@kenthomas7471]

I won't take my fiancée to my ancestral land in kentucky because of how intense the racism is in Jackson county

[@abenawilliams6623]

I didn't know this. Thankyou for this information.