What Mississippi Was Like For Him In 1955

[@AngryManSki]

I have a family member who always states in frustration that “it just doesn’t make sense” when encountering some system that doesn’t produce a fair outcome. My response is always the same, “it makes sense to the people who designed it” which is to say, you must change your prospective. This mans statement hits home and it’s a life changing idea if you really want to elicit change.

[@niamhryan9677]

Jeez. This gentleman's account of life back then sounds frightening. Thank you Mr Hoffman. I hope you are having a pleasant week. 💖

[@TDS927]

Life for black people in America has always been frightening since we got here in 1619. Not that much has changed .💯

[@jordachejordan90]

Those education budget numbers are astounding. But it all truly is.

[@DaKingisDead]

''Don't assume there is police protection for you.'' ''If you are to be protected, you must protect yourself.''

[@determineddi2044]

I've seen programs about Mississippi and that part of the USA where they made Black people take ridiculous tests to be allowed to vote. It's heartbreaking.

[@lovelife4110]

Dad was born in Mississippi.He hates the place with a vengeance.

[@HogRebel]

It’s a whole world different world here now. I’ve been here almost 29 years, and for the most part, we have good race relations here. 😎👍 Work with and know many Black people here, and we enjoy each other’s company, share humor, and worship God together. ✝️🙏🏻😎👍

[@victor256in]

@@HogRebelAnyone who hides behind evangelism to project goodness- that is one person you can never trust

[@thewordsmith5440]

@@HogRebel But most of the bad water happens to black people.

[@briansavage932]

and, as a society, we are paying dearly for the actions of prior generations. The education gap, the pay gap, the neighborhoods, the business community, the continuing suspicion and distaste for each other. It all stems from not only slavery itself, but for the way we continued to treat and attempt to control Americans into the 1960's.

[@blackahjumma692]

yes, sir, i agree

[@paulpatriot1776]

Not democracy but a Republic. Mississippi Seemed like a very evil place in the Jim crow south. This is how it was supposed to be: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

[@Ma1nguy]

I was born in 1947 on the northern west coast and never been to the south. Mississippi of all places, why would Black folks continue to live there? What is the attraction of Mississippi? You mention Mississippi to me, I immediately think of the KKK, Jim Crow, and lynching. Reading the short stories of Richard Wright and his experiences growing up in the south created in me an aversion to that state. People tell me that it's changed since then, however I have no desire ever to visit that state.

[@Bigfacts1117]

It was probably very difficult to move your family back then if you were very poor

[@terriharrigan891]

Shocking treatment. Absolutely ludicrous treatment for the black people. Just not fair at all. Very sad

[@areyoujelton]

I live in Florida. Born and raised. Mississippi has always embarrassed me as a southerner.

[@OrionsAnvil]

I'm half cuban, grew up in Florida during the 70s - 80s. Sorry but Florida wasn't any better than Mississippi during the Jim Crow days. Not to mention that my family experienced plenty of racism while I was growing up, but I won't hold it against you. Hate is a human thing, it's everywhere. But I guess the "embarrassment" label has to be hung on someone👍

[@ChineseChicken1]

Mississippi is the New Jersey of the South.

[@threetimes3597]

Florida was not any better. Rosewood for starters.

[@jordachejordan90]

@@ChineseChicken1 lol

[@ShidaiTaino]

SweatDeezTexas imagine thinking Dixiecrats were liberals

[@AishaJ11185]

Great video, thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!

[@nadisenergy3149]

Mississippians didn't only not like the African Americans, they didn't like anyone who wasn't born & raised there! My dad got out of the Kiln and married a beautiful Asian woman and we lived a real good life, without them! :)

[@TNTN1977]

Scary times

[@TNTN1977]

@b1untrama I bet you don't even know any black people

[@actinganimal885]

Does anyone else feel like America is looked down upon and has internal conflict based on our racial history but feels that we need to start putting our history behind us because we as a nation are relatively new and we had to advance as a country ridiculously fast. Not saying that our ancestors, specifically I feel the recent ones from ,1930s-1970s are the main culprits, actions against people of color or (different) religion but while Britain had slaves it also had awhile to right their wrong and change their culture while even the French during the 40-50s were racist to colored French colonists America it’s time to move forward not dwell in the past, but we should not and shall not forget as so we don’t repeat

[@redhood629]

ActingAnimal 88 We are the greatest country in history because he recognize our past mistakes and improve them. Other countries have done a lot worse have not admitted their wrongdoings

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

@@redhood629 I wouldn't necessarily say that? And, you have to remember that part of the revolutionary war was fighting _against_ slavery abolition in the empire. It was rectified during the civil war, yes, but you have to recognise that part of history before you can fully heal and move on. I believe, to the original posters point, that's why you are looked at closer than other countries when it comes to this part of history. You can move forward, of course, but first the still racists elements of your political party _(cough Hillary "super predators" Clinton cough)_ need to be brought in check.

[@actinganimal885]

NearlyH3adlessNick politics have nothing to do with our racial struggle, right now, we the people have to Cary this burden and we have to eventually be able to lift it and put it on the proverbial “shelf”

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

@@actinganimal885 politics has everything to do with it. The people have moved generally past it, shit, back then (as said in the video) integration was basically already a thing. It's politics that sets man against man, and skin colour against skin colour. Humanity isn't born hating, it's taught.

[@Peter337]

seperation will happen again. Left v right. whites v blacks. freedom v socialists. People are too polarized at this point. Sad but true

[@JustMrsHugo]

Love listening to this man, what a great communicator! I’m so thankful things have changed so dramatically in more than half a century... Who would have thought then that we would elect a president that is black (person of color, whatever the PC thing is to say), and that America would have a black Supreme Court justice, and that there would be many successful and Americans that happen to be black. Somehow though, white people have become the enemy even though the majority of white people found this mistreatment of people of color abhorrent. My father, for example, marched with many for civil rights and made sure we were raised to know not to judge people based on skin color. I’m sure he would never have imagined that he would be told he should be ashamed of being white and “privileged”, especially since he came from a poor “Dust Bowl” family. Do you think we will all finally stop this racial prejudice, black, white or brown?

[@gdk-uz2ul]

Majority of white people found this type of conduct to be abhorrent??? Well how did it go on for so long if they were the ones running it co signing it or turning a blind eye to...that statement makes no more sense now than it did then..🤔

[@JustMrsHugo]

gdk 2777 My statement was referring to people living in 20th and 21st century kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6GWn4lsiMSZj7c

[@blackahjumma692]

@@JustMrsHugo "Rodriguez"...married name or do you just identify as white?

[@gdk-uz2ul]

@@JustMrsHugo people of today were raised by people of yesterday day..or year...the more things change the more they stay the same...progress and equality isn't the same. If we're running r 400 meter race and you start 250 meters ahead of me, even if i run just a little faster than you it would still be dam near impossible for me to catch up or arrive to an EQUAL playing field. Unless we restart the game and say well this isn't fair..but of course that would take away denial and someone would have to admit their wrong doings..

[@tbwms3243]

@@JustMrsHugo- I'm originally from Mississippi and was a little girl during Jim Crow in the late 60's, which occurred in the 20th century. During this time, most whites in the south were racist and didn't mind you knowing it, and some would do anything, and I mean anything to keep the races separate. With everything that's going on today, it makes you wonder if the minds of most whites, primarily in the south, have changed much.

[@brianjohnson1172]

Many of these oppressors are stll alive today. They should be wiped off the face of the earth

[@ericperry1509]

It's the same way today with the police. You better protect yourself

[@mojostew]

Unfortunately we in Australia share a similarly shameful past, but we seem a long way behind. Young nation?

[@kevinellsworth9318]

Not that young, just don’t want to progress?

[@ihavetubes]

great video

[@RwandaBob]

i’m a mississippian and i love my state what people have to understand is that the civil rights movement didn’t necessarily help black people out here. all it did is make poor white people and poor black people be treated equally as badly. the rich have this state rigged to where our politicians make all the money from the few business ventures we get from outsiders while the regular people get nothing.

[@Proof77777]

That seems like hell.

[@donniegudbloke5645]

Same shit, different day.

[@robertpersons8370]

cmon mr. Hoffman you cut it off right when he was starting an interesting thought

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

This was recorded on a 20 minute Beta SP videotape. The tape came to an end. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@thejohnny0018]

Great video! ❤️

[@Argos-xb8ek]

Ain't that something when the catholic church is the most progressive entity in a situation.

[@tbwms3243]

I'm originally from Mississippi. I was not Catholic but went to a black Catholic school in the late 60's during my kindergarten year and the 1st grade, just as they were starting to integrate. My parents wanted to make sure all was safe before we went to a formerly white school. The Catholic school which was a part of the black Catholic church was quite interesting in that we had white sisters teaching us. They were strict, but nice.

[@rubenbell7685]

Here on the West coast is some strange s*** going on to and I think this man for the account of his story,,,, at the same time I've had enough of the stank ass unbalanced system

[@preciiious314]

From the thumbnail I just knew he was a white man. Wow. Just wow.

[@ShaGod-nd4eh]

OMG this was 100's years ago!!! NOT!!! theses people that dealt with this is still alive. stop playing..

[@jwilson544]

honestly when i clicked on the video, i couldn't tell what race he was. what does that say about racism?

[@MrUndersolo]

Not much. But what does it say about you?

[@bringthepayne7561]

I could tell by his hair off glance he was black or there abouts.

[@blackahjumma692]

absolutely nothing; get your eyes checked

[@ICONDulaDaRula]

It's crazy how it works in the north they tell a different tale. Then you find out Republican and Democrats switched. People here in the North don't speak of these things.

[@tbwms3243]

@@KingTay-xg4mi- Not accurate...the DixieCrats (Southern Democrats) changed parties shortly after President Johnson, a Democrat, signed the civil and voting rights acts in the mid 60's. They found their voice in the Republican party. The Democrat party always looked out for the working class or poor people. That's why whites in the south were Democrats because many of them were poor. Of course the Democrats stance on social issues at the time made it possible for most of them to cling to the party. President LB Johnson knew when he signed those bills what would happen. He even said it. The Democrats would lose the south for generations, and he called it right.

[@tbwms3243]

@@KingTay-xg4mi- Oh, the Republican platform has definitely changed; not the party of Lincoln anymore. It's not even the party of Reagan. I don't think I have to tell you who's running it now.

[@tbwms3243]

@@KingTay-xg4mi- It's sad, but Trump may have changed the Republican party forever. It's quite obvious the damage he's done. It appears that the Republicans care more about retaining power than the country. Regardless of what Trump does, the Republican party leaders go along with it. So sad.

[@JustMrsHugo]

@@KingTay-xg4mi Under President Trump we had the lowest EVER unemployment among African Americans, also lowest EVER unemployment among Hispanic Americans. Unfortunately you will never get these facts if you’re only watching the super-biased MSM. People need to research and find out the truth for themselves, facts are facts.

[@khalil_r]

@@KingTay-xg4mi You been seeing how hard Republicans making it hard to vote in the south ?

[@Prestwich.cleaning]

Where can i find the full interviews?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

I sometimes, but rarely, post the full interviews on my KZbin channel. This fellow is a spectacular interview subject. But the full interview is more than two hours long. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@Prestwich.cleaning]

Thank you for your reply! i agree i could listen to him for hours, what's his name? I enjoy your interviews very much, as always an important history lesson that is still so relevant today. From a young man in the uk thankyou.

[@Prestwich.cleaning]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker is there another platform/channel to watch your full interviews on?

[@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker]

NOt yet. David Hoffman - filmmaker

[@sowhat...]

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker so you haven't posted this full interview because it takes too long to upload?

[@johnwitte1676]

This was a time where the BLM and all of this other racism talks mattered. They fought to integrate not to stand out

[@notgaybear5544]

lies! lies lies

[@kennethlucas7473]

Lies? Please elaborate.

[@elizabethclark7062]

To Gay Bear This gentleman speaking is speaking the truth . I was born and raised in Mississippi and have been ashamed of how the blacks were (and still are) treated. I'm white by the way . There should be some sort of restitution made for the generations of discrimination to blacks and now Hispanics in this country. We still have alot of work to do for equality for all

[@kennethlucas7473]

Elizabeth, this @sshole is in complete denial about Mississippi and the Deep South. He's a white supremacist. I know because he is fighting truth.

[@sowhat...]

Just please tell us how this is lies.

[@AishaJ11185]

These aren't lies! People don't know the real history of their country, so everything is fake news lol.