Wealthy white Louisiana residents create their own city, breaking off from a majority Black city

Higher-income white people are distancing themselves from the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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[@SmartMoneyBro]

Good for them. Who cares. Why does this matter? Let them build a city. They have a right to do this. Stop worrying about them and get your own city/school district together. Seriously.

[@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271]

I agree. The question is, what are the Baton Rouge blacks going to do? How can they consolidate full power and improvement in that city.? In my mind this presents a golden opportunity for them. I agree that the departing whites should go, even at this point whatever level of racism that has departed with them is a good thing for blacks.

[@wills242]

They’d need someone to pay taxes for that..

[@raritica8409]

@@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271 They are going to cry, scream “racism” and wait with their hands out for the White man to pay the way. Let’s not pretend here.

[@calamity0.o]

I think it's interesting that people auto label this as whites are leaving. Other shades of people can be hard-working succesful business owners too, ya'll.

[@davemartino5997]

@@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271yea Because blacks aren’t racist right ? 😂

[@darrinatorrr]

They were tired of paying 80% of the taxes and getting terrible services

[@Joyce-zl4qd]

I'm black and my Red City just came out of 4 years of blue hell...Now we have to clean up the aftermath.

[@Eugene-pt5lu]

@@Joyce-zl4qd Stop making it about Blue or Red because I promise you I can equally blame BOTH for the State of TODAY.

[@teenahweenah2608]

The blacks will just move to the new location.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

Damn bro quit crying​@@Eugene-pt5lu

[@Ronniejamesleo]

​@@teenahweenah2608oh so they putting up new gov housing there?

[@rootdoc1997]

Awwwww!! You mean all the people in the poor areas already lost can't STEAL hard working people money anymore?

[@dxc9138]

I’m black and I don’t blame them. Start raising your children properly and speak up when you see crime occurring. Get involved in your community to revitalize it. Start with simple stuff like keep the community clean, pick up the trash, stop allowing people to dump in your neighborhood…

[@brucedick1506]

nothing but love to you!!! speak it!!!

[@blackwinter12]

MK Ultra

[@XrayMike17plus1]

They have every right to do this.

[@MelvinCooper-ov8lg]

👍, damn wright

[@xx133]

Now you understand that J Crow never ended.

[@rambo-bolo6172]

Exactly who wants their children in a bad environment white or black!

[@XrayMike17plus1]

​@xx133 Jim Crow was just another Demorat idea, just like slavery, like the KKK, like fighting against the right for emancipated blacks to vote, like enacting laws barring emancipated blacks from owning firearms to frotect their families from the KKK. To this day the demorat plantation thinks they own the black vote. People like those from St George are sick and tired of demorats and rightfully so. This isn't about race, though demorats will claim that... because they're demorats...

[@JESUSISLORDforever888]

They certainly do. ( If there were a group of wealthy BLACK PEOPLE that did this, it would not even be an issue ). They want to live in an area where they feel is not filled with lawlessness, they feel somewhat safe and quality care. I am black and I DON’T BLAME THEM. I am NOT against BLACK PEOPLE- I am black, but I certainly understand and do NOT blame them at all.

[@mytip2012]

Don't turn this into a racist issue. People are sick and tired of living in a rotting, woke city that does NOTHING for their citizens. Good for them!

[@MyerShift7]

It's not racist, but it has A LOT to do with typical behaviors from the black communities

[@styles79]

the way i see life as a black man nearly 50 is this... White families in america have some desire to grow their people on all levels and WE have no desire to grow our people and do anything collective for ourselves so i really cant be mad at St. George. WE complain about these things that white folks do but WE ain't doing anything similar or better. So let them simply BE. that's just my opinion.

[@brianlevine249]

Honestly I think it's the glamorization of Black Ghetto (or Poverty) Culture and the shouting down of Black Church Culture. Now that poverty culture is glamorized. It's praised in mainstream media. When people say Black Culture they don't even think of church culture anymore. The civil rights movements in the 60s were led by Reverend King, Reverend Jackson, etc, etc. The Church was the cultural, family, and moral center. In The summer of love? The new Black Church leaders were told to shut the F up and get to the back. So sad. Unfortunately I think the same thing is going to happen to White Families since they've dislodged the community from the Church (which was their cultural center also). Just may take a little longer since our version of Poverty Culture (Rednecks) is not glamorized at all. Nobody wants to be a redneck. lol. There's not really a risk of that taking over so it will be something else that has to grow into what used to be a church culture.

[@kristybarnes2563]

Best comment so far.

[@styles79]

@@kristybarnes2563 ♥️

[@Handler217]

I like your comment, but I kinda disagree. 20% of the people who left are blacks. There are definitely two types of blacks recently, and it's those who prosper with white people and those who can't.

[@dannypembroke2372]

You are man unburdened by seeing himself a victim. You are simply just seeing perfectly. I wish you all the best of everything, my friend.

[@Apogge_kings]

As being a black man, I don’t blame them. Crime is crazy in America. More cities should do this. Houston, Pay attention

[@heyelights897]

As black men, indigenous to the earth including the Americas, we gotta stop making yt men, your former enslavers, colonizers, settlers wealthy.

[@Chaoslord74]

Right! Houston was nice, then all the Katrina evacuees moved in, and it went downhill from there

[@heyelights897]

@@Chaoslord74 It was nicer before 1492 ppl invaded it

[@BlackOperations530]

@@heyelights897 Sounds like a racist anti-white remark!

[@loopthetube]

All they wanted was a good school.

[@rason9899]

I’m black don’t blame them at all. Not even a little bit.

[@kiandafaamor8290]

Move with em since it's so bad for you as a black man being in a black neighborhood#Dork

[@AndrewTurner-mx6ps]

Hispanics agree too.

[@KittyKhronicle]

Same here, I don't blame them either!

[@CoffeeShopChatter]

I'm on board with them. I wouldn't mind doing that with some upstanding, financially secured black people. Would definitely have to vet people and do background checks. Also, have a minimum income requirement and have to look at family members. 😂 Don't want everyone coming into your neighborhood.

[@brownpapi2634]

Well judging from your profile pic you're already compromised philosophically....muy thai t-shirt(you're not Asian) and non-black chick on the bike with you so it's fairly obvious how you roll bruh

[@c-mobucks4930]

I'm Black and I'm with them... Alot of these Dem cities are too soft on crime and education for my liking. Buckhead is trying to do the same thing by separating from Atlanta.

[@msk9672]

Lol you think they'll accept you ?

[@melodylucas257]

​@@msk9672why wouldn't they, if he is a decent law abiding citizen?

[@cookiescream6627]

​Look at HISTORY american indians are being murdered left and right next its black population its all apart of a plan . White people make up 96% to 34% of every state thier collective dominates so much that they target thier own every now and then to keep the silent genocide rouse. Theres programs that target certain black communities with lies . These surviellance programs . They took the black man out the home an then shot up a church hit and runs fake actors inside public places targeting a invisible group . Its classic genocide happening that white ppl continue to cause . That poor uber driver rest in peace. They using technology to kill us and spy on us too . ​@@melodylucas257

[@georgegarvey7338]

I don't blame you mobucks.

[@pgppe9488]

@@msk9672Who in the hell is they? The decision to create a new city is not about race but more about class.

[@mrmrmr4776]

Mr NAACP make your own schools better, quit blaming everyone else....

[@3naturalBionutrition]

The NAACP was created by secular Jewish individuals with the sole purpose of inserting WEB DuBois into power as a controlled asset to defeat Marcus Garvey. This was done as a means of control not to better the situation of black americans.

[@sdfft820]

This group of people has not taken responsibility for the last 5000 years or longer. Why would they change now?

[@BlackMusicGenre]

​@@sdfft820 What do you mean by that statement and who are you referring to?

[@buracksJ]

@@BlackMusicGenre It is straightforward, clearly the black community.

[@VeeAmericanEagle]

@@sdfft820💯

[@strtrper628]

Black people worry about everyone else except themselves. We have to take care of our own communities with respectable law-abiding people. We allow too much criminal activity to take place in our communities and don't want to do anything about it. "No Snitching = no success

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

Careful! You won’t be invited to the cookout anymore.

[@strtrper628]

@@kcirtapelyk6060 😁

[@chonkyb3134]

Crime in Baton Rouge is out of control !

[@fumblinF0e]

ANY YOU TUBE ACCOUNT W/ 4 RANDOM NUMBERS ARE TROLLS, 100% GURANTEED!!!

[@jayjay8061]

These ppl dont understand. BR is horrible

[@furbabymomma1024]

Look at the majority of the demographic of people there...

[@jallen3556]

​@@furbabymomma1024they destroy everything they touch and yet we're forced to subsidize them.

[@derp8575]

@@furbabymomma1024 Black Liberals. This ain't happening with black Conservatives.

[@ponolovefarms3926]

Who wants to live with a community that doesn’t contribute but only takes?

[@gasmith7486]

EXACTLY!!

[@saythankyou111]

Yup🇺🇸

[@TanoSmith-yd8lx]

I'm a BW and agree 100

[@jean12fication]

Name one thing you people have contributed to, you people only steal and lie like your father satan. You have no culture because you have stolen every culture you invaded, you are colonizers not culture builders.

[@matthewstrickland5788]

That’s Houston Tx

[@carcarjinks1430]

if baton rouge wants doctors, dentists, and lawyers, then there is only ONE way for them to have those needs filled: THOSE PEOPLE WILL NEED A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. that's the deal. take it or leave it.

[@DV-ol7vt]

I’m white and I would not want to live around the black culture. I’m a conservative with high morals and values, I obey laws, teach my children to respect others, work hard and don’t blame others for your failures, use your money wisely, keep your home clean and always cook extra food and education is a mandatory, always give thanks to the Almighty, and barely getting by is not good enough. I would rather be around people that share my same values

[@AngryChair6]

I'm not political and white. I don't want to live next to blacks, because I don't want to get robbed or shot, or have my 76 yr old mom punched in the head for no reason

[@troyheffernan1261]

Hey lets ask obama, he moved into a predominant white rich neighborhood and not in chicago😂

[@sargentking2436]

Don't forget his house on Martha's Vineyard, who lives there? Not Pookie and Tyrone 😂

[@FerrisSOCAL]

$46M of the city's tax base is fleeing without moving. Master class about keeping the family safe.

[@e13kid]

It’s sad but hopefully can serve as a wake up call for the rest of Baton Rouge. Despite what democrats tell you, the wealthy can and will leave. And I say that as a liberal.

[@TommyStGeorge]

Better than being the dependent class. People in SG were paying for services in BR that they had no access to

[@HelloAfrica-of6ys]

They should cut off any business dealing with the new city. Product, services, ect. You dont get to collect money in my neighborhood to hoard it in yours.

[@FerrisSOCAL]

@@HelloAfrica-of6ys Don't wanna work? Don't let um. Sounds fair.

[@darkknight097]

​@@HelloAfrica-of6ysLike they need those poor people's money? 😂

[@scott2228]

The govt failed. Now the people are stepping up.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

It is not about race/skin color, it is about culture, lifestyle and quality of life.

[@saythankyou111]

Crime,fear and death also….🇺🇸

[@msmonie836]

EXACTLY!! People wanna bring race into everything and it's not about that sometimes.

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

@@saythankyou111 Yes!

[@appahoopjack2514]

CULTURE is indeed a BIG part of this

[@qwertyuioppoiqwe]

🤣🤣🤣

[@amolochitis30]

This is something they are voting for. Baton Rouge could just do a better job and this would not have happened.

[@AfroGlobal]

I see nothing wrong. All I see a group of people who want to give their children a great environment to grow up. Black communities can do the same thing. I guarantee you that rich black families are going to live in those neighborhoods too.

[@MCLottotv]

Lol... yeah right! White people dont like you rich blacks either. Lol! Why you always following behind the white man and what he's building?

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

That is if the white residents let them live there and i doubt that they will. Seems a power move for whitesville.

[@luismadrid3945]

I just realized I live in this new city, I live in a neighborhood at the edge of Baton Rouge, real nice my neighbors are black Latino and white but we all live good and peacefully, there no crime around here and I noticed that most my neighbors own their business and seem like hard workers. I can’t wait to see how much more we can improve this brand new city we live in

[@Eatpinktacos27]

@@user-be7tc2bd6eobv you don’t consider your racist mindset racist, typical

[@jayjay8061]

We are already living there. I have been over here for 20 years lmao.

[@thesb2836]

Now Baton Rouge has a chance to become Wakanda. I applaud this move

[@menarentlogical]

I don't agree with the idea of "Wakanda", but I get where you're coming from and do agree. This is a major opportunity for black people in BR if they take advantage of it.

[@phoenix5054]

Detroit had that chance 50 yeara ago. How is it going? 😂

[@PackNshipp]

This is sarcasm right?

[@SM-cv8sv]

Wakanda was the invention of a white man. I doubt such a fantasy will ever become reality.

[@jasonroberts9357]

🤣 Maybe, but history says the odds are not in your favor, but seek God and put Him first. With Him all is possible!

[@knuke9596]

Scott Adams sitting back watching this like 🥸

[@francisdashwood1760]

It's the Scott Adams Effect!

[@1BillyBlade]

The public school system is failing. Good for them.

[@Staywoke7909]

The public school system is failing because your governor and legislature won’t fix the problems in public schools but they will take millions of dollars earmarked for public education and give it to the private schools that already charge a fee to attend that school.. Stop blaming the democrats who tried to get money for public education and blame your state legislators and governors for refusing money that could help the poor and public education..

[@ChicoTheMan69]

After years of attack from republicans trying to divert funds to religious schools, Horrendous. Blame those still in power who've been in power since the beginning.

[@bingbong8239]

After people in Louisana purposely cut the funding to those schools and funneled the money to private schools that were vastly major white

[@xx133]

They fail because of lack of funding, and segre… further segre… will make it worse. Then when it gets worse, it will be used as an excuse to further segre… reduce funding. 🙄😔

[@Staywoke7909]

Sounds like some shitty school board members and that’s pretty the whole state!

[@paychec]

Build your own. Raise your children properly!!!!!!!!!

[@LOSTINTOUCH30]

AMEN

[@TherianL0v3r]

Why do the white people have all the money and decent paying jobs? Like Black Folks don't like decent paying jobs, work and money. Nothing new but a name change. Suburbs AKA St. George our new city. And there will never be enough jobs. Will St George populace come to Baton Rouge to work?

[@TherianL0v3r]

Who has all the decent paying jobs down there?

[@zhaw4821]

​@@TherianL0v3r Who?

[@derp8575]

@@TherianL0v3r I'm guessing mostly black college graduates due to affirmative action. Most black college graduates vote Democrat in order to continue the discriminatory practices oftentimes referred to as "positive" discrimination, lol. Yes you heard that right. Actual discrimination is now called positive. Antiwhiteism is out of control. If we segregate than the powers that be will have a harder time dividing us.

[@davemartino5997]

With all the antiwhiteism being pushed can’t blame them for saying “we outta here “

[@loriaeddie4166]

Blacks shouldn’t look at this as a total loss, now is the time to build and grow your own communities, lip sink is no good enough now do the work. Police your neighborhood look out for one another, build build build unity and pride.

[@cg5648]

Good luck with that, stop treating single mothers like they are heroes and start respecting law abiding citizens instead of criminals.

[@loriaeddie4166]

@@cg5648 keep hope alive ✊🏽

[@mwhite4764]

they're going to come to a rude awakening that they can't build or create anything worthwhile on their own...they can't do it without white intervention and assistance

[@menarentlogical]

agreed! This is a really big opportunity if black people seize it!

[@Roadghost1969]

"snitches get stitches" will never work

[@anthonyhayes930]

I don't know how this is confusing. These folks don't want to be around y'all. They don't want to deal with the crime and violence and keep them tax dollars for them.

[@Scorpio1964Wines]

Very Wise move !

[@TanoSmith-yd8lx]

I don't blame them one bit

[@feliciaboston6365]

Just hate when we’re called racist for speaking obvious facts

[@Mr.3000TX]

@@feliciaboston6365fvck it, they can call you what they want. That doesn’t make it true. That just means that they’re uninformed idiots. They make themselves look bad because they cry about wanting their own spaces, now people are leaving them to their own spaces, now it’s “racist”. Now, they have to figure it out… fvck em.

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

@@feliciaboston6365That’s because they can’t call us liars.

[@user-pe8pq9yl8i]

Here's your sign, America. Get a job and support yourself without government help. Teach your children to respect family, elders, community

[@saythankyou111]

Yup🇺🇸

[@imenajackson7922]

& that would be easier to do in today’s economy???

[@kiandafaamor8290]

White People uses government help the most Bozo that's why you should get out your feelings it's not a manly trait and do some real research and get that Ladies finger out your ass....

[@rh2557]

(What do we know about food stamp recipients in the U.S.?

[@rh2557]

The most comprehensive data source we have is the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation, although its most recent data is from 2020. That year, 23.6 million SNAP recipients (63%) were adults, and 13.8 million (36%) were children. Non-Hispanic White people accounted for 44.6% of adult SNAP recipients and 31.5% of child recipients in 2020. About 27% of both adult and child recipients were Black. Hispanic people, who can be of any race, accounted for 21.9% of adult recipients and 35.8% of child recipients.

[@warrior-mx5dr]

Theres nothing racist about this i grew up in the ghetto parts of north philly at 20 left an moved out from the city an into an extremely nice area (more expenses) but not a problem for me guess what , its nicer cleaner ,no shooting , no beggers at the gas station an guess people of all races live their zero problems

[@francisdashwood1760]

But I bet it's at least 80% white.

[@warrior-mx5dr]

@@francisdashwood1760 nope its very mixed

[@francisdashwood1760]

@@warrior-mx5dr What's the mix? It's got to be at least 70% white!

[@warrior-mx5dr]

@@francisdashwood1760 very mixed i can tell you that , but im happy it aint the ghetto , was finally able to leave that

[@jjackson5453]

stop crying ...and build your own community

[@jjackson5453]

@@ReneeR877 apparently you dont know history to make an ignorant statement like that

[@AndreRodriguez-BlkRican]

They already did foo. The George reside ta are trhgonto take away half of the land form there community/city. Thaysbwhy allmprior courts the past 10 years rejected there request. This wknt Ho, d upnin federal court.😊

[@Sandwichdestroyer3456]

Remember the group of people that bought 100 acres in Georgia to create their own “safe” community for just them. Everyone is entitled to live the life they want. Look at the neighborhoods in NY that are separated by culture or race.

[@kiandafaamor8290]

Don't just tell part of the story tell the whole thing what happened?

[@Sandwichdestroyer3456]

Well it seems everyone thrived with in their own respective cultures and beliefs.

[@scorchedearth4248]

​@@kiandafaamor8290 The Baton Rouge schools are failing, crime is really bad.

[@catmejia6109]

Difference is they made their own community on empty land they purchased, they did NOT create a whole.e new city that their taxes, trash, police and other resources would have to be redirected. If you’re going to be a smart ssa at least try to be smart

[@scorchedearth4248]

@catmejia6109 There's not really much of a difference. That's basically what St. George did. Their taxes built that city and basically Baton Rouge.

[@donaldwallace5177]

If the crime was not so bad in Baton Rouge they would not have too do that !

[@DukeE.Spreader]

Who dat???

[@MyEyeOnAi]

Why are you asking who. Are you not able to read

[@DukeE.Spreader]

@@MyEyeOnAi no I’m frum looseriana 😁🖕🏻🖕🏿

[@joep5815]

Even if they break off crime will come to their area because st. George is part of baton rouge.

[@brianlevine249]

@@joep5815 They'll have their own police force now. Believe me they aren't going to like coming to St. George to rob people.

[@maclemaster5966]

Baton Rouge is disgusting I don’t blame anyone for bettering themselves and children

[@michelle8190]

I don’t remember any rule that said I had to lower my standards for others.

[@ashleypeterson340]

I believe its called self governing you have the right to!! Not about race!!

[@Key-Key444]

Some men need to take note 📝 and stop trying to be under other men all the time. That’s all.

[@fumblinF0e]

ANY YOU TUBE ACCOUNT W/ 4 RANDOM NUMBERS ARE TROLLS, 100% GURANTEED!!!

[@marianantionett-inspired24]

I wish that statement was true. Unfortunately, it is...

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

It is about quality of life.

[@alfonsom8286]

Yeah, the confederation wanted to self govern....their slaves.

[@MelvinCooper-ov8lg]

Black we should do the same thing .

[@Dee-no3sn]

We did. They are crap and led completely by black Democrat politicians.

[@Dee-no3sn]

We do. They turn out rundown and ran by corrupt liberal black politicans.

[@zacshimmer3890]

We did pale face knuckle dragging beast destroyed black town's

[@tinataylor4203]

There are plenty of 99 % black schools.

[@melvinharris1210]

​@@tinataylor4203yeah, with their funding still controlled by white people.

[@MrJackwork]

Peace and quiet, a clean neighborhood and personal safety are priorities for me. I don't want to live among people of any race who don't strive for a degree of sophistication.

[@cauzelltillotson9938]

I’m from Baton Rouge and honestly this is on the city. They never incorporated the area. They begged for annexation for years, and now since it’s all built up, they want their own. I’m not mad at them.

[@las9582]

Good for them. It not racist to not want to be around people that dont know how to properly behave.

[@vernongibson8963]

😂😂😂😂

[@malin7919]

But the people you are referring to are J B supporters.

[@fumblinF0e]

ANY YOU TUBE ACCOUNT W/ 4 RANDOM NUMBERS ARE TROLLS, 100% GURANTEED!!!

[@AlphaandOmega-mb1wg]

​@@malin7919no one mentioned presidents. So childish 😂😂😂😂

[@TruthB7Told]

This coming from a descendant of the most violent, murdering, criminal peasant group that arrived to America as complete FAILURES, who didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out. And everything they have was made off the backs of the very people, he claims, don't know how to behave A mind is a terrible thing to waste!

[@lisalisa4182]

As an African American l feel the same way about this as I felt about New Orleans not wanting to build all those projects back after Katrina: I DON'T BLAME THEM AT ALL...🤷🏽‍♀️ Clean up the communities. From trash in the streets to trashy people. Or go right down the tubes along with it.

[@350BMW09]

Not the Black communities fault; it’s the role of the local and state government to fix up communities.

[@lisalisa4182]

@@350BMW09 WITH tax money. The government operates off of tax dollars. If the majority of people in an area are not paying taxes, or making so little that they have their tax dollars refunded to them every year, OR, they are living off of benefits (which comes from people who pay taxes), the government has nothing to work with. That's why they want "wealthy white Louisiana residents" to stay where they are. They are the ones paying taxes and supporting everyone else.

[@feliciaboston6365]

@@350BMW09no the black community need to get their community together and stop relying on the government 🤦‍♀️The youth should be painting the fences, planting flowers and fixing their community, instead they are robbing, protecting criminals “snitches get stitches mentality,” trashing and littering nonstop. I once drove through a neighborhood and a black guy threw his empty drink on the ground right outside of his house. Trash all down the streets no self respect to even attempt to make it look nice

[@dathip]

That would require tough on crime laws. If a black commits murder-AUTOMATIC LIFE in prison. No bail of any kind!

[@lisalisa4182]

@@350BMW09 My original reply was deleted for some reason. But, in a nutshell, government has no money of its own. It takes tax money to do anything for a community. If taxpayers leave the community will go down.

[@ityou5874]

What's wrong with that? Keep section 8 people away .

[@triggered577]

Oh please, who actually said or implied anything about race in this case? Black people who do well for ourselves move out of cities like Baton Rouge as soon as we can. I know this bc I’m from right next door in Jackson, Ms and would never go back there either. It’s not other people’s responsibility to send their kids to garbage schools and/or reside in neighborhoods they don’t want to live in just bc it’s beneficial for someone else. And even if it does reduce the tax base, people with higher incomes/ wealth pay more in taxes so it’s not like they stole poor people’s money to build a new city. If those (lower income) folks left behind in Baton Rouge had done what was necessary to establish and maintain a good life before laying up and having kids they can’t afford, they’d be able to do better for their offspring so don’t blame wealthy white people for the condition of those kids. Besides, what’s the alternative?- to force people to raise their kids in unfavorable conditions even though they can do better? Good grief. The entitlement in this country is so ridiculous.

[@86trackstar]

Why is this news? I cant blame them with all that crime.

[@brucedick1506]

lol, democrat policys. like new york , san fran, portland and the list goes on.

[@Eugene-pt5lu]

That's not the point. Local control of government is the point.

[@markwilliams6378]

Yes. So the system that has failed an entire generation is now trying to isolate themselves from the monster they created. I hope they use their own money to do this and get no public funding or tax payers money. In Florida they want to use public school money to found rich people private schools. It's by design

[@joep5815]

Crime will come to their area just like it has always has.

[@brucedick1506]

@@joep5815 democrats are soft on crime.

[@garykane3502]

Can you blame them? Have you ever lived under black governance? It's the worst.😕

[@Transformersarecoming4yourkids]

Facts.

[@user-kq7gi7eh1s]

I concur sir

[@feliciaboston6365]

Just the way they act in general, not even on the government level

[@Mr.3000TX]

I’m from southeast Texas. Was in high school when we had a black mayor (not sure if he was the first black mayor). Had a black superintendent. Well, the mayor ended up going to prison. A lot of people that worked under the black superintendent went to prison. Millions were stolen. Some schools were shut down, etc.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

South Africans say life was better under apartheid than under current governance. That should tell you all you need to know about that

[@leifkemp]

That is EXACTLY what money is supposed to be used for...fixing problems. Let those who choose to live like victims & degenerates (while victimizing others!) fend for themselves.

[@gasmith7486]

💯💯💯

[@user-eh5cr4or6k]

Just think how dangerous it is for a black man to sit there and pontificate about how people should not strive to do better? no matter what their color is.

[@MR-xc3sw]

That black man is in danger from his own. That is what these people are separating themselves from.

[@kiandafaamor8290]

​@@MR-xc3swand the white man is a danger to the planet you and others that think like you straight vermin.. 🐀

[@HannibalTheDragon]

Violent crime is out of control in the country

[@malin7919]

Welcome to Biden Venezuela where the perpetrators get released immediately after getting arrested. No bail and repeat crimes again and again.

[@sergeantwilliepete2252]

FBI stats say otherwise. Property crime is up - violent crime is at a 40 year low.

[@Growla]

@@sergeantwilliepete2252 And we believe the massaged stats from the FBI? Whenever the statistics don't aligned with the narrative they revise how the stats are reported.

[@anthonyr5869]

@@sergeantwilliepete2252you are right

[@RobertJones-uh2wk]

​@@sergeantwilliepete2252exactly these people just be lying

[@pgppe9488]

Well, do you really blame them for wanting to form their own city? High crime, poor schools, and high taxes will continue leading to new cities being created. We are the only race who never makes the difficult decisions to create better conditions for our families. The hard working, law abiding blacks will also move to the newly formed city. Ask Eugene what has the NAACP done over the last 30 years to help improve the lives of the underserved?

[@Dee-no3sn]

Exactly. The NAACP push a racial division amongst blacks and whites more than anything. They don't care about black on black violence, which has been reduce to a conservative talking point now, or every week it seems of news stories in your town or your city of a young black men killing another black young man. Yet let the killer be white and the victim be black, then they gobble that up like Churches' fried chicken on a Sunday. So Black lives only matter when the killer is white and the victim is black.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

The hard working blacks may not get to live in this utopia,those solid wht citizens problably won't let them.

[@pgppe9488]

@@user-be7tc2bd6e Your comments makes no sense. They are moving for the same reasons most of us want to move but are embarrassed to say out loud why.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

@@pgppe9488 My comments make lots of sense,that's the history of this country and always will be.

[@pgppe9488]

@@user-be7tc2bd6e What are you talking about? There are blacks at all levels of the social class and we want the same things our white counterparts want for their families and we can live wherever we want. Also, we need to stop utilizing incidents from the past to control how we view the world today. Maybe, we should try influencing more of our own people to start thinking differently.

[@r.j.martin1818]

BACKSTORY HEADLINE: A slice of Baton Rouge residents break off and create a new city where the rule of law will be observed.

[@KINGBLACKHULK]

I’m all for it only broke people would have a problem with it.Separate yourself from black negativity I’m all for it

[@AlphaandOmega-mb1wg]

Let them live in their neighborhood. I know I wouldn't live in an all black community and I am black. I never have and never will. Why is it a problem for everyone else.

[@tinataylor4203]

Exactly I wouldn’t want to live in a black area, I would feel uncomfortable. I went to all black school in Miami an I was totally not happy there an quit school as soon as I could an took the GED test.

[@cocoblessings]

It's not about race but class. Many predominantly Black upper-class communities/neighborhoods are safe and house people who value education. Unfortunately, poor & working-class communities/neighborhoods regardless of race tend to be high in crime and don't have access to quality educational systems. Poverty breeds desperation and desperate people do desperate things.

[@marianantionett-inspired24]

This is ludicrous, they are taking taxpayers money to create a segment of society for THEMSELVES. One step forward, 1000 steps backwards. People wake up from your slumber😢...

[@susanohnhaus611]

@@cocoblessings No, it isn't class, it's culture. Quit painting all poor and working class communities with the same brush. Working class communities are what built this country. The problem is that poor people have learned how to live by staying poor and won't or can't take the initiative to improve their lives.

[@MR-xc3sw]

​@@cocoblessingsno it's a community issue not a poverty issue.

[@MR-xc3sw]

The naacp guy is sad he won't have the white folks money . Lol.

[@jeremiahsams2848]

He wants to call them racist and still take their money.

[@stormwarning1235]

And that is the bottom line, isn't it? They don't those white folks in the city of Baton Rouge, so they left them unincorporated. So, now they wish to create their own city.

[@54531]

I don't blame them, hopefully they create their own police force and courts too

[@middleagedcrazy5297]

Hey Fox 26 here’s a novel idea. How about interviewing someone from the other side and just to keep it racial as you and others are doing , interview a black man and ask him why it was important for him and his family to vacate Baton Rouge. I guess maybe that would be actual journalism and too much to ask. Keep your card held high. Lets not worry about the kids.

[@inquisitive_stranger]

Anytime you start with the NAACP, you know the story won't be fully told.... No one is dividing by color, they are dividing to give their community a better start....

[@mari0c0leman]

Yep. The, NAACP, isn’t what it used to be.

[@sergeantwilliepete2252]

Because according to you race and socioeconomics don't have anything do with each other in this country. Just start with doing your research on redlining, then blockbusting, and racial housing covenants.

[@couproduc]

Slavery wasn’t a 200 year start for your community not to mention Jim Crow. You had enough time and you’re still failing. When you lost the Civil War you lost the right to be Racist, be mixed like our Arab brothers😂 I get it whites are losing numbers to color. You guys need more sperm into you own women😂

[@weewhorobin8202]

@@sergeantwilliepete2252 😂

[@raczgreen6053]

The NAACP hasn't been taken seriously in decades...🤭

[@beewee4987]

You can't enslave people and force them to give up their hard earned wealth to people who are undeserving and financially illiterate....These people have every right to leave and provide a good life for their own.

[@jbelton1989]

Wealthy blacks leave majority black areas too for all the right not WHITE reasons. Everything not always about race

[@souprememc]

I’m sorry, I don’t want to live around poor people regardless of race.

[@Dee-no3sn]

Yup, they destroy everything around them regardless how nice you try to make the environment for them. It's a mentality thing.

[@oneofyaboys]

Exaclty. Unless this new city has laws prohibiting blacks from moving there (which i doubt) then theres nothing racist about this move. You can feel the vibe shift when driving through a decent part of the city to the hood. You cant make poor folks want better for themselves. Sometimes you gotta draw a city line and let them choose which side they want to be on.

[@DD58-fj7or]

What makes you think poor people want to be around people like you?

[@Penelopesyoutube]

It can happen to anyone Everyone will be poor soon. They're devaluing the dollar , destroying our country

[@Staywoke7909]

Who wants to live around the rich and greedy, I don’t!!

[@andicecook]

That city is gonna grow fast!

[@Dee-no3sn]

It already is. Many businesses want to go there like the mall at one time, but the City of Baton Rouge is fighting to keep them within their city limits.

[@jayjay8061]

It has been growing faster since the 2016 flood.

[@stormwarning1235]

It is advertised as city of 86,000, but it closer to 100,000. Maybe more.

[@djs3715]

Not about race it's about how DEM.run cities want to spend your tax dollars.

[@gilbertllamas8987]

I watched a Documentary on this and you can’t blame them folks that want their children in a different school. The Black children fight almost every day and bring down the kids that want to learn.

[@mikealext]

and they owe them nothing.

[@kikio-rq9kx]

They owe reparations

[@mikealext]

@@kikio-rq9kx you have to go back.

[@dank9288639]

Ppl get tired of the bs.

[@AUTUMNSUN3000]

Now here's our time to shine black folks. Don't be dismayed step up and do something make the city great. There we go make the city great

[@mahoganysins614]

I was saying it’s only bad if they flourish. If they do then they were right to leave.

[@stevejamieson8468]

I hope they do because the majority of the time, these places fall apart.

[@arlenegradney5611]

I am black, and I don't blame them. At least somebody get to at least try to live their dream. And Mr. Black man they don't owe you nothing.

[@philwhipple4557]

I don't blame them.

[@MR-xc3sw]

It is called self preservation. I hope they make there stores off limits to non residents . More stories like this will make people safer and more prosperous. Segregation is the easiest way to lower your taxes and increase safety.

[@CliffBell]

According to the statement at the end of the video, the area was not legally part of Baton Rouge, but unincorporated; Baton Rouge had not sought to annex them. So now the residents decide to incorporate, organize and govern themselves. I don't see what the issue is. I say good for them regardless of their ethnicity or lack thereof.

[@bella50008]

Me too. If I had to live in BR I would do whatever it took to live in St. George.

[@jmoney9451]

And i wonder why that could be . It isnt race its class honor morals

[@user-os1yg3zl6i]

So poor people don't have honor or morals but wealthy whites do? What world are you living in?

[@olg562]

If you don't care about your community then you should have to deal with the consequences

[@maclemaster5966]

How is this about race everyone always wants to play a victim card or race card 🤦‍♂️

[@chrisbutler152]

This man is a racist, if thats what those people are being forced to deal with then it is no wonder that theyre breaking away.

[@808talofa8]

Hire Tiffany Henyard for mayor. I hear she's looking for a job .

[@MR-xc3sw]

Baton Rouge will likely hire her .

[@user-kq7gi7eh1s]

🤣🤣

[@user-kq7gi7eh1s]

@@MR-xc3sw I agree black people will never learn 🤷🏿‍♂

[@jmoney9451]

If u pay u can stay . Of u dont pay to stay in their town your dont get to go tear up their schools . People pay for the better . Do it legally and these people still wanna cry

[@Jupiterxice]

As black person why get mad? Baton Rouge and New Orleans are off the chain, and I wouldn't want to live anywhere near those cities.

[@stevemoore-nx8cq]

I’m black, and I’d rather die than to live in Baton Rouge. I was driving to Florida from Austin and had to pass through Louisiana. That whole state look depressing af.

[@Mr.3000TX]

Have you ever been to Baltimore? I’ve done a tour in Iraq (total shithole), Baltimore look damn near worse than that place.

[@olg562]

The naacp should be dissolved

[@a.d.c.3553]

Why?

[@TheHardcoreGamer1]

@@a.d.c.3553Because they are a shell of their former selves

[@DerrickWhitley-fu6vu]

And Blame the Democrats!!!!

[@DD58-fj7or]

Oh, please! It is racism and I am better than you attitude.

[@chuckmoseley3771]

Everything's racism to the ignorant ​@@DD58-fj7or

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Explain how it's racism.

[@claudejackson1555]

​@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683If someone has to explain this to you they would be wasting their time

[@teamamerica5987]

@@DD58-fj7or Not wanting to be around dysfunctional behavior and people who blame you for all of their problems in not racism. That's just common sense. You should be happy. Evil whitey is now gone so the black community should thrive without the oppressor.

[@race5219]

Good for them it is a majority black city run and you are not running it correctly nobody wants to be apart of a broken city or town or state,

[@eclem3]

No more leaching off of the contributor class of people to support failed policies.

[@mychiisup37]

They've already planned to build better schools. They just dont want everyone being allowed to attend once built!

[@350BMW09]

Then they had better not use public funds to build the new schools. If White people want their own schools, they can build them on their own dime!!

[@cg5648]

Blacks with money don’t send their kids to all black schools. 😂😂

[@bella50008]

OK so?

[@zhaw4821]

ALL schools were better schools before......

[@Insert.Name.Here.]

With the tax money from those same rich ppl

[@Quilt4Joy]

They thought that gravy train would never end 😂

[@n1zw]

People are tired of the countless crimes running rampant in Baton Rouge.

[@joep5815]

Baton Rouge crime will make it to st George in due time. Trust that. Crime can't be stopped. In a decade st George will have as much crime as baton Rouge. It bound to happen because they can't keep everyone out of St George.

[@drewa837]

Good for them.

[@zombiewack]

Yeah this is a total bs headline. No one is rich in that area and they are being a abused. It’s not safe, the mayor is racist and gangs are killing people. They deserve to try to break away and have some sanity restored. I lived there most of my life. It became so dangerous we had to leave . Everyone who is employable is leaving.

[@francisdashwood1760]

No one is rich in St. George? Are you kidding? I lived in what is now St. George 30 years ago and it was known then as the rich, white section of BR.

[@user-kr6vc4pc1y]

I don't blame them the least .

[@Brian-fq7nr]

This is what the black community wanted. Careful what you wish for.

[@houston6768]

Nothing wrong with it. Just want to create controversy.

[@Dee-no3sn]

Right it's a nice area and yes, black people live there too.

[@jayjay8061]

@@Dee-no3snI am one of them. I have been living here since 2001. This side of town was most vacant lots, and now it's booming.

[@MR-xc3sw]

Theyvwant to create a safe place for their children to live and learn.

[@iam_nell]

Go right ahead. Also they need their own police, fire, EMS, hospitals and schools

[@lfemme1075]

This needs to happen all over the country.

[@thatsgluebaby]

But when WE do it it's a problem and THEY BURN OUR SHYT DOWN!!!! 🇺🇲💔🇺🇲💔🇺🇲💔🇺🇲

[@lisalisa4182]

No one has "burned a black community down" in a hundred years. And they were doing it back in the day to get rid of us. Now they just take their money and move on. And looking at the state of BR nowadays, who can blame them?

[@Transformersarecoming4yourkids]

It’s 2024. Not 1950. Hasn’t happened and won’t happen but accountability is like kryptonite to y’all…so desperate to continue pretending to be victims when you are your own worst enemy.

[@user-kq7gi7eh1s]

@@Transformersarecoming4yourkids 💯

[@user-sh4fw3ep4p]

Stop complaining that was way back then

[@kiandafaamor8290]

@@Transformersarecoming4yourkids and here it is 2024 and you cosplaying as a woman, so desperate for everyone else acceptance when you won't even accept yourself, pretending to be a victim I guess accountability is like kryptonite go get ready for your parade..

[@dq6169]

Don't see a problem here. Good for them.

[@cynthiajackson9466]

Please know your History . When African Americans started their own cities ,they thrived. They kiiled them and took their land. When many thri ing neighborhoods were Black, they intentionally put highways through them and used Eminent Domain to take their property. So some of you saying I don't blame them, need to know your history.

[@pabl0v]

At this point racist notion can be pushed aside. It's more about values

[@dsimpson7623]

when blacks down that....they burned it down

[@melvinharris1210]

Exactly.

[@saracash7959]

True

[@YourKingJDG]

Yup

[@350BMW09]

Yup!

[@Transformersarecoming4yourkids]

Y’all love to pretend that you’re still living in the 1940s. Y’all want to be victims so bad because accountability is like kryptonite.😅

[@necco3186]

So, blacks been needed our own city.

[@fumblinF0e]

ANY YOU TUBE ACCOUNT W/ 4 RANDOM NUMBERS ARE TROLLS, 100% GURANTEED!!!

[@lemarcusbrown1708]

We have some and damn near all of them are HELLholes. Crime and poverty infested. I don't blame these good folks.

[@YourKingJDG]

@@lemarcusbrown1708 Marthas Vineyard is fine, as well as anything pre integration that wasn’t burned down.

[@MR-xc3sw]

You have baton Rouge, philly, chicago Baltimore etc. Also happens to be the highest crime areas in the world .

[@user-ud9ow5yi7n]

You already have your own cities,not city. ATLANTA, NEWARK, JACKSON,DETROIT, ST.LOUIS,CLEVELAND, NYC,RICHMOND, OAKLAND, HOUSTON, NEW ORLEANS, JACKSONVILLE,D.C.,BALTIMORE, and a few more armpits

[@EMT_Rick]

Why is this an issue? Less racism and oppression

[@Transformersarecoming4yourkids]

😂

[@glenlivet9394]

lol oppression….it would be literally impossible to oppress you more than you all are doing to yourselves with that ghetto trash culture

[@PaulaSandridge-sz2jh]

Yes... absolutely what EVERY community - STUCK inside of the black "doom loop" should do as well. Congratulations to these American citizens, sick and tired of putting their children in sub-par public schools, not being safe at atletic games, the mall, the gas station, the convenience store... you get what I'm laying down ?