So well done! Im amazed how many people still don’t know about the history of redlining, block busting and racist zoning laws. As a reluctant realtor, I’m considering going back to law school to help people fight for housing rights. I’m honestly pretty disgusted by the whole industry.
I support your idea to go back to study housing rights! With the way things are going we are going to need as many people in that area as possible! You're a very thoughtful person. 🖤
Reluctant Realtor is hilarious. I’ve been advertising myself as the “Anti-Realtor, Realtor” since the beginning of my career for similar reasons you’ve lined out. The threshold of this industry is so incredibly low, and the industry has less than zero ambition to get better as an industry and only focuses on the next hype pitch to sell more. It’s never not disgusting and the stigmas of us are there for good reasons. I’m actively trying to leave the industry right now as well. I swear every recruiter that is looking at my resume is essentially counting 8 years as a work gap. Lol.
I only know the history because of very recent efforts (like this video) to educate people on the matter. I don't think it ever came up in school, and I highly doubt many conservatives in my social circle are aware of any of this. Or, as Leeja indicates at the end, they'd chock/chalk it all up to a big coincidence.
My husband and I live in a working class suburb just outside Minneapolis. This neighborhood is predominately white, but we do have a very diverse community. About eight or so years back, the house next door to us was turned into a rental. The first renter was a very lovely black family. Our neighbors asked how we felt about "them" living next door. This family was quiet, and polite and kept to themselves. Eventually, they moved on and a white family moved in. They trashed their yard, house, stole our stuff and fought in the alley. No one asked about them. :/
I'm so sorry you've experienced this. Mpls is my home town, though I haven't lived there for the last 20+ years. I lived in North Minneapolis from 1962 through the mid-'70s, and my Mom lived there until she passed in 1999. In that time, there were NO black families near us, and I have no doubt that there was neighborhood discrimination at play then.
You honestly thank, people believe you stereotypical. The white guys fighting in the alley Surprised you didn't say they were italian With leather jackets and switch blades come up with a new Believable story LOL. And you just happened to have had before that a honest beautiful black family. Before the white thugs moved in, LOL.
As a Detroiter with a father who is a Baby Boomer. He would probably pass out if he saw this. Crazy part is, a lot Black people knew this and saw this. They just didn't have the power or resources to combat it. And here we are some 50 years later and not much has changed. But there's videos like this that gives us hope to a more equitable future.
The fact is when we would create our own neighborhoods the white people would steal all our items, rape the women and children, lynch people then burn the enter area to the ground. The pretend they didnt take pictures of themselves doing it.
Yet and still people think systemic racism is a hoax. I’m struggling trying to read this book How White Folks Got So Rich; The Untold Story of American White Supremacy. This book is really making my blood boil. I subscribed to your channel I appreciate the information.
@SuperNostalgia. that is the biggest lie taught by those comply or die folks NO ONE will take the place of our sins we all will be judge individually by The Great I Am. I appreciate the kind words I know you meant well but I’ll pass on jesus. Wisdom of Solomon chapter 14 pulled his card. If he suffered what did my and other people go through seriously cause his ass whoopin did not last hundreds of years.
Lee, Thank you So Much for this! This is so well laid out and professionally explained. As a black man born at the beginning of the 1960's, I saw a great deal of depravation, segregation and poverty amongst black people and our neighborhoods and sometimes it hurt me inside. Thank you for explaining not only why things are the way they are in America but also How they got that way, in such an articulate, revealing factual and vivid manner. THIS Needs to be taught in American History in detail as you have laid out here! Because you have given us hard verified facts that anyone could track, read and find. Thank you so much for this.
We are the originals of this land. We didn't come from Africa nor are we African-Americans. Ever wonder why our identities keep getting switched? To keep us confused as to who we really are..the real Indigenous Aboriginees of this land. Ask your great grandma and grandma.
That always seems like such an interesting job, but I feel like it would inevitably end with me ripping up a bunch of maps/city plans out of frustration. So thank you for doing what you do!
I work for a state DOT. It's crazy how we route new roads, because property costs for imminent domain rules control everything. Even if the road is being widened purely to help out with suburban-to-urban traffic, they will eat the median until they hit an old red-lined are, then suddenly we start buying property from the people. You can easily tell from an interstate or a main US highway where the poorer sections of town were, because that's where the Interstate or by-pass runs through.
@@ryanedwards7487 President Eisenhower is the one that connected highways across America. Those highways went through a lot of black towns, black neighborhoods and a lot of our land 😢
@@JeromeBostick he was the president when the Interstate system was signed into law, but I think it started planning under Truman (the idea of connecting the states with good road was his baby). Regardless, the states decided where the interstates were located. When it came to the urban portions, imminent domain and property costs drove a large portion of that selection, as much as if not more so than access for industry usage. It sadly killed two birds with one stone in a lot of cities in my state, because the cheap land was near industry. But yes, the campuses of the nearby HBCs where torn apart by Interstate routing back then, to say nothing of the nearby communities.
I appreciate you so much for this! People are quick to say racism doesn’t “exist” anymore when the lasting effects of these discriminatory practices are still being felt today. Being made aware of this information is vital to advancing the conversation of equity.
I'm sorry that you feel like you can't live a safe, comfortable, and fulfilling life here and I wish you the best of luck with the process of immigrating. Which country are you thinking of moving to? Also, It's awful your friend went through such a thing, I hope they were still able to get a house somewhere else.
Growing up in Detroit, my Mother made the time to fill me in on the redlining and how freeway construction was used to break up low-income & non-white neighborhoods in the late 50s & early 60s and informed me of "white flight" (which we were a part of, moving from Clawson near 10 mile road all the way to Port Huron in 1989) Wonderful video that you've created, Leeja!
@@Stophatingjitt, stop being silly. Discrimination wasn’t caused by the lack of Black doctors and lawyers. The White folks who benefit from segregation are not themselves doctors and lawyers.
Jeez, that one was deep. As I was discovering why neighborhoods look the way they do in cities, I shared my discovery on Facebook. One of my white friends took it as a personal attack (I don't know why), but she said she grew up without means too. My response was that she could rise out of it by virtue of her skin color and that redlining was systemic. She unfriended me and we haven't talked since. Your video here is a stark illustration of my point and a little depressing. Thanks for laying it all out.
The really think being poor is the same as being black. When your a poor white you lack money a black person has the whole system creating constant roadblocks in their path.
No, she didn't have your phone number. She wasn't your friend? I deleted the whole facebook. Online friends arent real friends. If they didn't have my number at the time we'll too bad for them
Its 2023 and there is still a ton of racism and discrimination in real estate. I am a realtor and see it first hand. Look up stories of black homeowners and home appraisals. Also, I started this post with mentioning it being 2023 because just yesterday I heard an elderly white lady talking about how slavery was better for black peopole than welfare is. Insanity.
@@marccru So, Black Americans didn't have money or was it the mortgage commitments that were the problem? If the mortgage commitments were somehow segregated by law where Blacks with money couldn't get mortgage commitments isn't that grounds for a class action lawsuit?
@@mukaniwatkins2598hey are crude but not wrong. Black culture has stigmatized blacks to the point that everyone else is afraid to do business with them or live nearby. The cleanest cut, straight as an arrow black man could buy in a white neighborhood with the most honest intent, and all his neighbors and the lenders will see is some hoodlum in hightops running in the dead of night from a crime scene. A prim and well mannered black lady tries to get a white realtor to show her a house in a white suburb, and all that the realtor can think of is Cardi B twerking in a street corner as an example of black culture. There is no fixing this without changing the culture.
@@LeejaMiller white flight when they leave, gentrification when they set up shop as persians and asians do? tell me you defend the 94 crime act while crying profiling is bad
My partner and I live in Milwaukee, in a neighborhood that had racially restrictive covenants in place until recently repealed. I absolutely love the fact that she bought our home before meeting me, as it's a lovely FU to our neighbors who preen at being the OrIgInAl ReSiDeNts of the neighborhood from the 1950s. It makes it sting a bit less when the hateful witch next door refers to us as "You people". Yup yup yup. "You people" are nowadays "Your neighbors" According to our racially restrictive covenants, my partner would not have been allowed to reside here, unless she was a domestic servant.
@@tomfields3682 as have been seeing happen throughout the country, old laws on the books can be revived by striking down other laws by current courts.. I'm in Wisconsin, and due to the fall of Roe to Dobbs, we are now living under laws from 1846.
@@tomfields3682 I am not sure what end game you are going for here, but history shows us how the Civil Rights Act has undergone multiple, significant overhauls since the 1800s. The most current is the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I believe. There's undeniable powers that be who would enjoy nothing more than seeing that work unraveled or overwritten. All we have to do is actually look at our history and understand historical events like the Tulsa Race Massacre and ask the Why. When harmful laws exist on the books, they are often disabled by newer laws. What happened to women in my state the moment that Dobbs fell, is that we were collectively forced back in time to live under laws from 1848, which were written when we were not even allowed the right to vote. In the time since Dobbs, our Republican led legislative branch has consistently withheld our rights to reproductive health care and forced women and girls to carry unwanted pregnancy to term. Although racially restrictive covenants were disabled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the fact that they are still on the books is an actual threat to homes owned by racial minorities. The best bet is to forcibly retire these laws specifically, and to do so law by law. Your end game here seems to be, It DiDn'T hApPeN yEt, So It WoN't HaPpEn At AlL, which is showing both your bias as well as your privilege.
@@tomfields3682 I'm an attorney. Old laws on the books (unenforceable or not) still harm people because it takes money to challenge them and fight for your rights in court. Can you pay me $400-500 per hour for me to take your case and vindicate your rights in court?? No. Well, too bad for you. Maybe you can call one of our underfunded, overburdened Legal Aid Services who can only afford to hire people straight out of law school who aren't experienced in this type of lawsuit. Good Luck with that!
Yeah, my parents bought their first and only house in 1969 after the passing of the Fair Housing Act. I was 5 years old and my first friend was a white kid named Danny. Sadly, white flight began and I lost my friend Danny forever a few months after we moved into the neighborhood. I still wonder what became of him. My parents are in their 80s today and still live in the same house.
I've spent the entire spring semester writing essays about redlining and housing discrimination and its impact on the black community. It was depressing reading, annotating, and writing about something learning how it directly impacts your life and your family's. Extremely disheartening.
its almost like private banking has no legitimate purpose. Not that I have any illusions about our govt being racism free, but at least there we can vote.
Oh oh oh at op turns out all 50 states have jim crow laws in fact the one I remember off the top of my head is apparently a person of asian descent or "look" *whatever the so called definition for what THAT means is beyond me not gonna lie* must possess and show upon request of the authroties of California when going out on a street sidewalk etc proof of id/and citizenship or other papers etc or be detained for suspicion of at being a spy for war crime purposes regarding china or japan etc and this is all not even a joke ykwis?... or that in California the penal code prohibits the sale of any kind of liqoir to an indigenous person... like wtf is that about and why so ramdom with the laws also ykwis?
We live in Orange County, CA as a black American man, with nothing but right wing immigrant groups and “white” people. Looking to rent a home we went through ten homes. Nobody would rent (and it was all Chinese investment properties. With one owner stating to the realtor that he wanted to see who the family was as the income made seemed high. Our realtor let him know that if he did that, and refused to rent, he was going to put himself into a legal situation. He completely backed out. So as you celebrate AAPI month remember, “white” supremacy is a team sport, and nobody immigrates here because it’s just a cool place! They are coming for unearned benefits fought for by black Americans!
California mostly has Latino nowadays. So I don't know why people keep saying "White" people this or "White" people that? Still pointing their issues on white folks.
I'm confused California wasn't a slave state, are you just pushing a false narrative and is it racist when a Jamaican refuses to rent her vacation houses to black Americans?
California has one of the most racist and criminal histories of the USA. Since the gringos stole California from mexicans 1848, then exterminate the native americans, they have done nothing but creat racism, segregation, explotation, prisons and now homlessness.
This topic is so interesting to me because as a black person I can recognize how the continued impact of white supremacy manifests into anti blackness that is internalized even in segments of the black community.
The greatest achievement of conservatism has been convincing the public that divesting in public services was more about individual liberty rather than bigotry
Yeah. My Parents have a long deseased Family Member who hated himself, his family and even One of his own Children for being black. Even going so far as to show blatant Favoritism towards his Lighter-skin toned son just because he couldn’t be White himself 😢 This Self-harming attitude is such a monstrous and harmful outlook to shove onto others! It’s wrong. And it’s not fair.
@@danielramsey6141 yep colorism and classism are very real and oppressive themes that exist within the community. When you look at the list of black "firsts" you often see individuals of lighter complexion. It seemed like there was a degree of credibility given to ppl based on their complexion. In my younger years I can remember hearing rappers popularize the term "red bone" referring to a light skin black woman. There is more research being done highlighting white flight and its impacts which is great, but something less studied is the black middle-class flight that took place after that. When you look at the former success of areas like Tulsa, Sweet Auburn Ave in Atlanta, Harlem, etc, you can make the argument that the black middle-class flight that took place following integration was equally as damaging as the white flight. Overall, I empathize with the internalized anti-blackness that was felt by black ppl suffering through segregation and Jim Crow, but today I think every black person needs to be willing to do some self-examination and confront the ways this self-hatred permeates today.
Thanks so much for this😢!?Its a tough pill to swallow but we need to digest it! I always mention that to my nephews & nieces that wonder why most cultures here still don’t live together. America is still hella segregated!
Before I found your channel I was dying to find someone who could both teach coherent history and understood the legal aspect to various issues. I've been sharing these videos with some of my friends who work with the DSA and do union organizing to help them talk to people while tabling and in meetings with less-than-willing collaborators. Such an incredible resource, quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Thank you so much for everything you do.
I am loving the direction you're taking with your channel and getting to see you use your platform to bring awareness on these serious issues. I would love to see a video about families living in the red zone of military controlled detonation zones in the United States. They leech into the groundwater and cause higher rates of cancer. I grew up near one in Christiansburg, VA and many members of my family have had or died of cancer and/or thyroid issues. Astounding job!
This is so very important! They are using the water system to poison us now!😤😭 There's a case in Houston, TX regarding a black middle class subdivision called Chasewood. People over the years developed and died from Cancer.😢
Being a historically-minded gal from Ireland, my mind automatically reads every US issue pertaining to property ownership through the lens of said property having been stolen in the first place from the First Nations people who lived there before. The entitlement of yt people knows no bounds. Mindblowing.
And look at how Mexicans are being treated when a huge chunk of America used to be mexico and then people here have the audacity to tell Mexicans "go back to where you came from" when.... This was theirs first. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@@thinkharder9332 1) The US has, by violence, forced Native Americans into signing 386 Treaties which were ratified by Congress as required by the Constitution. The US unilaterally set the terms of all but a handful of these treaties with no input from the Native American side at all. It has not upheld the obligations it set for itself in any of those 386 legally binding treaties. So, you know doing that for the treaties that are still in effect [i.e. have not been overridden by other treaties,] & that would be a great start to things. I mean it is literally the just upholding the law of the land. 2) I know we weren't informed of this in school, but just as an fyi the Louisiana Purchase did not actually purchase tracts of land. That treaty purchased the *imperial rights* to the land which they would have to obtain from the Native Americans whose land it was. And, here's' a hint, it wasn't "purchased" from them. Care to make any guesses as to how it was obtained? 3) The US didn't "buy" that chunk of Mexico that it obtained from the Mexican American War. Money was given to Mexico over time & the US obtained that land, but it wasn't "bought" because to buy something that thing has to be for sale. We attacked them, defeated them militarily, & then forced them to give it to us if they wished to have our attack to stop, in exchange we would give them some money in installments. Now, there were some other details that ended up being a part of that treaty due to negotiations, though the US just ignored those aspects of the treaty after it was signed & eventually forced them to agree to modifications to the treaty to formally remove those parts from the treaty. But, hey that's really just kind of part & parcel of these things at this point right? But, nonetheless you can't buy something that isn't for sale. 4) Also, it was actually previously held by the 2nd Federal Republic of Mexico government, then prior to that briefly by the Centralist Republic of Mexico, then by the First Federal Republic of Mexico. then by the Provisional Government of Mexico, then the First Mexican Empire, & before that it was the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It should be noted though that all the way back when it was forced colonized by Spain, none of the following governments involved any sort of force to take control of the territory. But your overall, generalized point about people across-the-board, in general, being so sh-tty & this type of thing being done regularly stands. We started the conflict that forced them to give us that land, & we ignored certain provisions of the treaty we agreed to uphold, but the point does stand.
Great job. My family was the first black family to desegregate our StL neighborhood in 1967. We were around the corner from Washington University. I don't have any memory of anyone being ugly towards us. In fact, one of my best friends was a little girl who lived 3 doors up. The main thing that reversed the white flight into the suburbs was the 1974 oil embargo. They had those large, lead gas guzzling steel tanks that cost a mint to gas up. By the 80's they were starting to talk about revitalizing downtown.
@@puraLusa - No. Suburbs are always desirable over having forever burgeoning solitary cities. Suburbs give you the best about cities, and they give you much less of the worst about cities. And by the way ... almost everything about cities absolutely belongs in that WORST category.
@@scotthullinger4684 ur knowlege pf city planing briliant. All those years and years several disciplines get together to think of solutions na, all wrong, u should be the one hired cause u know more 🤣
@@puraLusa - Your knowledge of Engrish language is horrible. Those who should be hired are the ones who are educated in the subject matter and have a proven record of success. And guess what the uneducated Democrats have brought us? The very WORST of every measurable thing. Dems think they're "smart" but their record of actual success is non-existent.
@@scotthullinger4684 yes must be about political parties in the xxi century the problems from the xx century. Didn't know politicians were imortal 🤣 Also, as we are talking about dem vs rep that would be usa which is the country with no oficial language, that would make my engrish not important. Finally, ad-hominem of a subject unrelated tells the reader more than enough. Plus the infantile assumptions merit is the sole reasons people get into public office. All of it is hilarious. I stand corrected, u should go into comedy 🤣
I live in STL. I grew up a couple blocks away from the Shelley House in the 80's/early 90's. A classmate's family eventually moved into the house. Sixth grade was when I first heard about this because someone asked my classmate, Hope why there was a plaque in front of her house. Our teacher didn't even let her answer, and it became our lesson for the day. It's one of those stories that you think that people outside STL don't even know about.
I live in stl right now and it’s crazy it’s just about split down the middle in terms of race population but night and day in terms of who lives in the county and the city
Excellent video! I truly appreciate that you are furthering this discussion, and increasing awareness of the historical background. I included some of this information when I wrote the Wikipedia article for “Jim Crow economy;” I also provided some more geographically specific background in my MA thesis: “Nearer My Farm to Thee: A Spatial Analysis of African American Settlement Patterns in Hillsborough County, Florida.” I would like mention a couple of minor footnotes. The city of Birmingham, Alabama continued to enforce racial zoning codes, openly flouting the Supreme Court’s Buchanan v. Warley decision, until 1951. It should also be mentioned that individual realtors were subject to disciplinary action from the National Association of Realtors if they introduced a person of another race into an existing neighborhood. I have actually lived on a property that included such restrictions. The deed that recorded the sale of the property, in 1913, actually specified that the property could not be sold to “Ethiopians” (clearly being used as a euphemism for all black folks) for a period of 50 years from the original sale. In the following sentence, that same deed also specified that the property could not be used as a swineyard for a period 50 years from the original sale.
Adding dates and repeating the specific name of the Supreme Court cases might be helpful for people who would like to study this further or add it to a body of research or writing they are working on.
Thanks Leeja! I also want to suggest you add a call to action at the end and help us audience by giving us advice on how to help the causes you cover (list any orgs we can donate or volunteer for, list any reps we need to write letters to etc). You're so educated and savvy and I love being enlightened by your videos and I'd love you to give us action steps too to maximize the positive impact you have on us ❤
Anytime Leeja says "St Louis" I know it's going to be bad. This is coming from a lifetime northside st louis resident (I love my hood but still). This video is literally the story of my grandma moving from west point mississippi and dealing with this BS. My mama's stories of not being able to cross jefferson ave are legendary here in st louis and not in a good way. good video. You are doing great work. I also lived in the 4600 block of st louis around the corner from Labadie. My mama taught at a school close to there too.
As a Missouri resident and geography graduate student, I have learned a great deal about the racist zoning of St. Louis. The lesser known, most egregious, racist practice I have learned about during my studies involves public housing. This would make for excellent content for an educational video. There's actually already a powerful documentary about "Pruitt-Igoe" where you learn how the myth of "absent black fathers" was created and used to discriminate and fear monger against black men. They literally would not allow fathers to move into the projects with their families, then they would prosecute them if they got caught there, and then pretended like it was their choice. As if they wanted to abandon their families because they were natural gangsters or something like that. It is absolutely gut-wrenching. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend giving it a watch.
Great video as always, and that book is essential reading. As a companion to it, I'd recommend "When Affirmative Action Was White," by Ira Katznelson. It's a short read about the many ways that white Americans were overtly and covertly offered government benefits to the detriment of everyone else.
This reminds me of when I learned that the whole pushback against people receiving welfare and the whole "welfare queen" thing started around the same time as non-white people became more eligible to receive government aid.
the best way to control a population is to divide and segregate a population. Whether it be Race, Gender, Affluency, Political Beliefs, Morality. It all divids us. You see it all the time in American Politics. People start talking together and becoming to big, suddenly something happens to cause division between people. How people dont see this amazes me
The Best way to divide the population is to make the whites think they are the creator of all things good and the real problems are wearing black skin. Now tell me when will the whites give up the illusion of white superiority in exchange for true equality.
I am 39 years old. I grew up in St Louis, MO up until I joined the Army in 2002 at age 18. Everything in this video was evident when I was growing up, and it still is today. I was bused to county schools in Ladue. It was really something to go to school everyday for grades 1-12, and see the million dollar homes in Ladue. Just to ride the school bus home to see the same abandoned buildings for grades 1-12. I would always wonder how people were to motivate themselves seeing that every single day. The "Delmar Divide" is a whole different beast. You can literally stand in the middle of the street on Delmar in between Union and Kingshighway. If you're facing the St Louis Arch and look to the right, you literally see nothing but mansions and one large gated community with security gates. If you look to the left it literally looks like a war zone. The same abandoned buildings since I was a kid. It literally looks like a bomb went off and people still live there. Every time we visit home (STL) it looks worse than our last trip. We took a picture of this massive old church on our last trip there for Christmas. It looks like a scene from Beruit. The church has so many holes in it. It looks like it was the scene of a major bombing raid, not just one big bomb, but multiple. That church has stood like that for decades. Wonder why🤔
How come every body blows the traffic lights on Kingshighway. I hate driving down kingshighway cause it’s completely riddled with potholes, the turn lanes are super abrupt, and you have to veer over real quick like, and also I’m not keen on getting t-boned. Lmao.
My grandma was denied a home in a desirable neighborhood, so she chose to rent instead, so her kids could attend a better school. Which obviously set our family back economically because all the houses in that community are worth millions. We need reparations.
I grew up in that part of the country. It's astounding how little St. Louis has changed in certain respects. The effects of housing segregation pervade throughout daily life, from whether grocery stores are in the neighborhood (and what kind) to how schools are funded. It was a real surprise for me to hear "Labadie" and "Delmar" said. I've lived elsewhere for a few decades now.
Can’t believe our 4th graders are learning this nowadays! What happened to critical analysis on why all the markers smelled the same even though they were different colors!?
This is SOOO smart! Thank you for actually SAYING that the government is complicit (oops did I say IS?) in the racist policies of this country. THAT is what we mean when we say “systemic” racism. That folks like to say does not exist. Interesting how cyclical this is. Never in this country will you see white people purposefully move into a depressed underserved neighborhood. I live in Harlem and it is my experience that the white people here are IN the neighborhood, but not OF the neighborhood. Making no effort to know their neighbors. I find it depressing, truly. I am going to find that book. This has been fascinating 🙂🙂🙂
''Haarlem'' was entirely white at one point. You say that ''never will white people purposefully move into a depressed underserved neighborhood'', which is laughable. When whites and Asians do move in, they are blamed for ''gentrifying'' said neighborhood and the remaining residents carp about a rise in rent/cost of living. No one is obligated to interact with their neighbors, most people want their own space and to be left alone and you have to consider that being a somewhat wealthy white person in a largely black area can mean being targeted for robbery, carjacking and B&E.
I live in Harlem too, so what's surprising about the current status of "gentrification" here, or anywhere else for that matter? One thing that has to be realized is that the influx of peoples into this area is for their independent pursuits (jobs, careers, college studies, etc.) High-end real estate development was meant for those purposes, and they already hail from their own respective families and communities across the ENTIRE WORLD. Why the hell would they intend to "mix and mingle" with the locals, except for traversing public areas (restaurants, grocery stores, cafes, etc.) From that perspective, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. You will find this trend in modern living clear across the nation world-wide my friend! It's also not so much the "white & black" thing so much as independent lifestyle/capitalistic trend that Western nations live by. Even black folk of means have left and continue to leave "depressed under-served neighborhoods", when they come into higher income brackets. By and large, it's hard to come across American neighborhoods that have the cohesive framework that once was. Neighbors don't know who lives next door to them and everyone is consumed with his and her own private interests and demands. This is unfortunately the major reason why the United States, comparable to other countries, is suffering socially as it is. Instead of being "depressed" as what we largely will not be able to fix (turning back the clock), my advice is to eek out the existence that adds value to your life, to the best of your ability. Everyone has to contend with the present age and the problems it presents.
@@jjns5600 And you find it fine that folks coming into a neighborhood DON’T interact with who’s already there? Because it’s the trend? It’s not surprising it’s incredibly 😞 sad.
@@Mialamorena1 I indicated it's because they come from different backgrounds and are pursuing their own interests in the area...not here to interact with "the locals", we all know it and it's nothing new. They're are exceptions of course. And it is the trend, as it has been for quite some time! It's also exacerbated by generation. I'm not placing a "good" or "bad" label on it, just stating the facts of the case.
This Is Another Reason Why They Want To Ban CRT and Calling It " Woke". They Would Be Right, If They Knew What Woke Really Meant. Because All Their Hatred Is Baked Right Into The Laws First time viewer of your channel, now a New Subscriber. Thank you for breaking down the law in a way a non lawyer like myself can understand.
I find it difficult, as most of the New World nation states, from Canada to Argentina, were based on a Eurocentric model. Even if Uncle Sam has the speech that his land is the land of immigrants, it doesn't reflect that. And he doesn't try to fight social inequality, because it's a communist thing. Furthermore, US foreign policy is based on exploiting the peripheries of capitalism. And even today we see the consequences such as migratory crises, financing coups, ethnic wars and so on. But what we see is a new Cold War, now the ''new enemy'' is China. To eliminate segregation once and for all, it would have to do some self-criticism, remove that manifest destiny mentality and remake itself as a nation state giving dignity to its citizens who are treated as second-class. And need to invest in education.
I'd love to see you do a breakdown of "When Affirmative Action Was White," by Ira Katznelson, as a continuation of this kind of video about the history of housing segregation/racist policy from a legal perspective. Ira Katznelson's whole body of work is goated. Too many people just parrot bullshit about 'preference' and naturalize the phenomenon of like people living together when it's very much not a natural phenomenon in the case of the US. If you've read "Stamped From The Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi that would be cool to hear about also. Or you could even do a segment on books you've read that explore the social ramifications or consequences of policy.
@@cl5619how's that communist? See, the problem with us Americans is that anything that REMOTELY tells the truth(that you don't agree with because truth is usually a tough pill to swallow) you automatically label it as communist, even though you don't know what communism is. You come off as stupid and that's why we're looked at as stupid. Odds are you're probably racist as well.
Hey. SImply just like, thanks. For all of these. They're really well done and give a lot of "I know this" small facts in my head connective tissue. Great production and narration, telegraphing everything clearly, connecting lots of dots with such a satisfying and necessary amount of snark.
You're a genius...very informative I will subscribe ....and thank you clarifying what my people have went through post antebellum for almost 200 years ....
Sister Leeja this was excellently done, more people need to understand this and would see what you have stated in your segment goes hand in hand with all this gentrification we see happening today. I personally did not know about "restricted covenants" Segments like your help me to further understand the magnitude of what my parents had to live through as Black people and I understand their lives so much more. Thank you for this segment.
I grew up in the Mississippi Delta in the 80s and 90s. The schools where very segregated and still is to this very day. The whites built academies and Christian schools to keep the separation.
LM, I am new to your channel. This video (as well as all of your other videos) was well done. I believe that the Shelley case was enjoined at the Supreme Court level by a case from Michigan entitled Sipes vs. McGhee. Either way, many Americans are not familiar with the way that the government underwrote the housing disparities in this nation. You do great work!
What a lovely channel Leeja! Incredibly refreshing to see how enlightened you are. A downright renaissance going on right here. We need more of you 💪🏽👍🏽. Although things are “better”, things still have a long way to go. We might all be equal, yet some are more equal than others.
Please share this video widely. I'd love to get this video playing on major television networks during primetime. This is only a small part of the history of America they don't want to be taught in schools.🤔
Zoning laws, credit scores and local taxes (like how property and income taxes pay for schools) continue these divisions in the USA without having to specify the color of someone’s skin. The poor stay poor unless they get out of the neighborhood they were born in and find school and work elsewhere. Mixed-use (commercial on first floor - residential above) and mixed-income neighborhoods help everyone prosper.
Poor black people in US have access to least expensive housing. There’s nothing outside of themselves preventing them from buying low priced housing in their own neighborhoods, getting rid of the crime, fixing up their surroundings and then reaping in great financial returns. But they don’t even try. Instead White Americans are obligated to absorb and dilute their dysfunction… access to White people is a civil right, while simultaneously, White people are horrible to outsiders
I was raised for the first 11-some-odd years in Calvert, TX and if you look at it on the map, TO THIS DAY, the town is pretty segregated with Main St. (Highway 6) being the divider.
@@SterlingSMtrGood luck having a sundown town in a state that not only has outlawed this practice, but also has nuclear weapons and the world’s second-largest active duty military.
Why are restrictive covenants like the apple trees example legal anyway? Who would enforce that and what about when it’s resold? It’s a weird concept, like the new owner doesn’t actually own the property…
Fun fact! Remember those gun toting lawyers that pointed guns at protesters who were marching past their house towards the mayor's house to protest the mayor doxxing activists on television, back in 2020? They live not too far from the "Delmar Divide." In the middle of the city. (Despite them telling folks they lived in the suburbs) (And their mansion is right off a MAJOR city street) If that gives you any kind of notion of the racial tension in the city, especially near the "Delmar Divide".
As an European this is completely unbelievable. And I say this as lily white Finn, who has black neighbors. I will never get this, ever. Oh, and the retro 60s “scientist” frames were definitely keepers! This artist approves :)
yep, we can thank europeans for this. european settler societies developed racial lines and this type of segregation. entrenched racist systems are found in basically all the americas, and south africa.
@@rafangille Maybe I shouldve said modern European, but I thought it was given, since Im here now. Silly me. (I might add that Im from a country that have had very homogenous population until just few decades ago. To me “one person, one vote” is actual democracy and anything less wont do.) I see it more like we learned from our past mistakes, made efforts to fix inequality and intolerance, you tried that in the sixties too, but in the end doubled down on racism with sorta shadow ban-esc methods. Equality is true freedom, cant have that. And theres going to be even more restrictive, racist, hateful and misogynist rules and laws, as your country keeps slipping further and further into fascism. As I understand it, youre now in the legal phase, rolling back rights for the unworthy and suppressing voters, so its interesting (and horrible) to see how far things will go. Soon they dont need these shadow bans anymore..
@@janemiettinen5176Modern Europe still has examples of this, though, especially since Bosnia sends Bosniak and Serb children to separate schools and France and Switzerland have banned burqas. While this next example isn’t “de jure” segregation”, antisemitism in Europe has been on the rise and there have been examples of synagogues who have only given out their meeting times to their members. There are also people who are ashamed to be Roma and say that their language is a defense mechanism.
Why would such a thing be "unbelievable" when there are black people who are denied better jobs and opportunities even in Europe? Or worse, are exposed to discrimination regularly?
@Jane Miettinen I do not wish to appear to be picking on either you, or Suomi; however, I am curious, how you view the historic relations between Finland and the indigenous Sámi?
As a Canadian, segregated neighborhoods in the US always facinated me. I mean we do have neighborhoods that contain higher levels of one community or the other but that happened organically. I cant imagine a world where the government enforced such barriers.
are you sure it happened organically. That is what racist or ignorant people here in the US claim but you can see from this video and the book Weapons of Math Destruction, that isn't exactly true.
@@Mrnovanova Anti blackness starts with albinism white insecurity and race annihilation. Race mixing hysteria, an economic plan is blood money controlling fears and fragility while claiming culture and heritage to anti blackness in real-time. Modern white capitalism has a anti black foundation and block opportunities mechanism in place in real-time. Just look at American national resources owners and the greedy bigots of old. Unapologetically,FBA'S not a immigrant.
In California you can now request to have unenforceable discriminatory language removed from CC&Rs, the form to do so is usually attached at the beginning of the relevant documents in a listing disclosures packet.
God, I need more people to see your videos. I’m here from the Reagan video and if more people saw this video they’d see just how wrong and out of touch with the world American conservatives are when it comes to just about everything
I'm an older real estate appraiser and I do reviews of BPOs for Fannie Mae. It is 2023 and while very infrequent, I still see some racist comments and even shorting value if the homeowner is black. They'll downgrade the condition when the photos and former listing photos say otherwise, they'll call the area "high crime" or "undesirable" when google street has a picture from last month showing well maintained properties, and in the most egregious case I've seen they'll even ignore identical builder models on the same block to go five miles away to a redlined area with lower values for comps. Out of hundreds of these I do every month, I can usually count on some new agent, always from the south, to disappoint me. At least I can tell you it is getting better. Fannie doesn't put up with that for one second and neither do we. Thing is, a house is always worth what similar homes near it sell for. It's pretty easy to ballpark a house with all the internet resources we have, so when we see these "anomalies" they stick out like a sore thumb, and that agent gets removed from our roster.
The first home I purchased was in 1993. It was in Dallas and built in 1948. It still had the restrictive covenant written into the deed about not selling the house to a black person. I recall being amazed by that
Another good book- The Hidden Dimension byEdward T. Hall. He discusses studies on spaces and the influence on biology and behavior. This is an old book 1966, so the information has been known about what happens when rats are crowded into a small space. I believe city planners DO have access to this information! The Color of Money, another great book .
Very informative and I agree that the book color of law helps shed light on this history although reading, it was very painful for me,and I have only made it halfway through after two years. But knowledge is powerful.
@@Wtfe2024 well yes, there are many individuals of all races that like individuals of all other races. But speaking in general terms, the race as a whole, there is a fair amount of hatred , or disliking from one race to another.
It truly breaks my heart. I just recently retired from serving in the Navy for 28 years (June 1st 2023). As part of my duties, I lived in every region of the US except the Midwest. There wasn’t one place as a Naval Officer that I felt I was truly welcomed unless I was wearing my uniform. So living in the nicer parts of town was more difficult socially and I will add I was also a victim of Predatory Lending from Bank of America and Country Wide Home Loans. It’s truly sad that segregation is still very real today. I hope the future this will be a better day for everyone.
When I was in Chicago my aunties took me to a street with more bullet holes than bricks. It's where they put all the Jamaican people. I'm part Jamaican. I saw myself in them. If I were born in Chicago I'd live there. In one of those bullet ridden, damp, derelict buildings. The people there were still friendly, even though no one would believe it. Sometimes I find myself hoping those people are okay. But they're probably not.
Unfortunately, society is still at a juvenile level and it will be decades before it matures into adulthood. The amount of melanin, a person has in their skin, only has meaning because we give it that. And we give it meaning because, as social animals, we tend to naturally form hierarchies. When all else is equal, the color of the skin is used to elevate or suppress a group. If everyone is Caucasian, groups get suppressed for ethnicity, religion, politics, or whatever. It is stupid, and self-defeating, but it is pretty universal.
"Decades?" The concept of a society has existed for millennia. If it's still in its juvenile phase after that long, then the concept has failed and needs to be reevaluated.
I don't agree with those practices from the banks back then. But why is it that majority black neighborhoods across the country have run down property's and high crime..its a fair question..
So well done! Im amazed how many people still don’t know about the history of redlining, block busting and racist zoning laws. As a reluctant realtor, I’m considering going back to law school to help people fight for housing rights. I’m honestly pretty disgusted by the whole industry.
I support your idea to go back to study housing rights! With the way things are going we are going to need as many people in that area as possible! You're a very thoughtful person. 🖤
Reluctant Realtor is hilarious.
I’ve been advertising myself as the “Anti-Realtor, Realtor” since the beginning of my career for similar reasons you’ve lined out. The threshold of this industry is so incredibly low, and the industry has less than zero ambition to get better as an industry and only focuses on the next hype pitch to sell more. It’s never not disgusting and the stigmas of us are there for good reasons.
I’m actively trying to leave the industry right now as well. I swear every recruiter that is looking at my resume is essentially counting 8 years as a work gap. Lol.
The “block busting” was new to me. That bit of historical context was shocking and frustrating.
I only know the history because of very recent efforts (like this video) to educate people on the matter. I don't think it ever came up in school, and I highly doubt many conservatives in my social circle are aware of any of this. Or, as Leeja indicates at the end, they'd chock/chalk it all up to a big coincidence.
Learn and organize land cooperatives
My husband and I live in a working class suburb just outside Minneapolis. This neighborhood is predominately white, but we do have a very diverse community. About eight or so years back, the house next door to us was turned into a rental. The first renter was a very lovely black family. Our neighbors asked how we felt about "them" living next door. This family was quiet, and polite and kept to themselves. Eventually, they moved on and a white family moved in. They trashed their yard, house, stole our stuff and fought in the alley. No one asked about them. :/
Wonderful anecdote. Riveting stuff.
I'm so sorry you've experienced this. Mpls is my home town, though I haven't lived there for the last 20+ years. I lived in North Minneapolis from 1962 through the mid-'70s, and my Mom lived there until she passed in 1999. In that time, there were NO black families near us, and I have no doubt that there was neighborhood discrimination at play then.
You honestly thank, people believe you stereotypical. The white guys fighting in the alley Surprised you didn't say they were italian With leather jackets and switch blades come up with a new Believable story LOL. And you just happened to have had before that a honest beautiful black family. Before the white thugs moved in, LOL.
That's called racial profiling
You just turned the tables and think that... that fixes it...
As a Detroiter with a father who is a Baby Boomer. He would probably pass out if he saw this. Crazy part is, a lot Black people knew this and saw this. They just didn't have the power or resources to combat it. And here we are some 50 years later and not much has changed. But there's videos like this that gives us hope to a more equitable future.
The fact is when we would create our own neighborhoods the white people would steal all our items, rape the women and children, lynch people then burn the enter area to the ground. The pretend they didnt take pictures of themselves doing it.
Facts! I know exactly what you’re talking about… Mack and Bewick area born and raised!💪🏾
Bullshit most my black friends live in better areas than I do
So do I. Monica and Davison. You have said a mouthful. Seen some myself.
Enough whining. Enough excuses. Get with the program, or row your ass back to the Dark Continent...
Yet and still people think systemic racism is a hoax. I’m struggling trying to read this book How White Folks Got So Rich; The Untold Story of American White Supremacy. This book is really making my blood boil. I subscribed to your channel I appreciate the information.
@SuperNostalgia. that is the biggest lie taught by those comply or die folks NO ONE will take the place of our sins we all will be judge individually by The Great I Am. I appreciate the kind words I know you meant well but I’ll pass on jesus. Wisdom of Solomon chapter 14 pulled his card. If he suffered what did my and other people go through seriously cause his ass whoopin did not last hundreds of years.
They don't think that it's a hoax, they just say it is. They're liars.
The part about it being a hoax is mind-boggling to me and always will be. It’s so much information & evidence out there to say that it’s a hoax.
The presenter is a moron and a liar.
It’s not a hoax but over 60 years ago it ended.
Lee, Thank you So Much for this! This is so well laid out and professionally explained. As a black man born at the beginning of the 1960's, I saw a great deal of depravation, segregation and poverty amongst black people and our neighborhoods and sometimes it hurt me inside. Thank you for explaining not only why things are the way they are in America but also How they got that way, in such an articulate, revealing factual and vivid manner. THIS Needs to be taught in American History in detail as you have laid out here! Because you have given us hard verified facts that anyone could track, read and find. Thank you so much for this.
You may want to read the book " Color of Law" (2017) Great book and detailed
@@jarvisaddison8560 Yes, I heard of it through one of the author's interviews. Been meaning to pick it up but haven't ordered it yet. Thanks!
We are the originals of this land. We didn't come from Africa nor are we African-Americans. Ever wonder why our identities keep getting switched? To keep us confused as to who we really are..the real Indigenous Aboriginees of this land. Ask your great grandma and grandma.
I'm a City Planner that works in landuse planning in St. Louis. This is very true.
That always seems like such an interesting job, but I feel like it would inevitably end with me ripping up a bunch of maps/city plans out of frustration.
So thank you for doing what you do!
I work for a state DOT. It's crazy how we route new roads, because property costs for imminent domain rules control everything. Even if the road is being widened purely to help out with suburban-to-urban traffic, they will eat the median until they hit an old red-lined are, then suddenly we start buying property from the people. You can easily tell from an interstate or a main US highway where the poorer sections of town were, because that's where the Interstate or by-pass runs through.
@@ryanedwards7487 yep. I remember there being whole neighborhoods on Franklin Street and now, the overpass for 70 runs through it.
@@ryanedwards7487 President Eisenhower is the one that connected highways across America. Those highways went through a lot of black towns, black neighborhoods and a lot of our land 😢
@@JeromeBostick he was the president when the Interstate system was signed into law, but I think it started planning under Truman (the idea of connecting the states with good road was his baby). Regardless, the states decided where the interstates were located. When it came to the urban portions, imminent domain and property costs drove a large portion of that selection, as much as if not more so than access for industry usage. It sadly killed two birds with one stone in a lot of cities in my state, because the cheap land was near industry. But yes, the campuses of the nearby HBCs where torn apart by Interstate routing back then, to say nothing of the nearby communities.
I appreciate you so much for this! People are quick to say racism doesn’t “exist” anymore when the lasting effects of these discriminatory practices are still being felt today. Being made aware of this information is vital to advancing the conversation of equity.
What made them racist? I'm from India. We have skin colors of all kinds. What made them prejudice to black people?
@@MickeyMishra ask them, they felt the same when they landed in India
@@MickeyMishrathe same thing that made ghandi hate black people
@@MickeyMishra fear and ignorance
Slavery
I can't finish this one. I'm Black, a friend in Sacramento just experienced this three years ago. It's why I'm leaving America eventually.
I'm sorry that you feel like you can't live a safe, comfortable, and fulfilling life here and I wish you the best of luck with the process of immigrating. Which country are you thinking of moving to? Also, It's awful your friend went through such a thing, I hope they were still able to get a house somewhere else.
Sadly bruh we cannot escape the clutches of white supermacy unless we got to China maybe
I wish you the best of luck, and sincerely wish I could do the same.
Where in Sacramento did this happen?
I live in Sacramento and I want to know more
You’re not going anywhere I’ll be honest and you’re certainly not going to a non-white country for more than a visit.
Growing up in Detroit, my Mother made the time to fill me in on the redlining and how freeway construction was used to break up low-income & non-white neighborhoods in the late 50s & early 60s and informed me of "white flight" (which we were a part of, moving from Clawson near 10 mile road all the way to Port Huron in 1989)
Wonderful video that you've created, Leeja!
How has that helped you? She should’ve drilled going to college in your head. Not enough black doctors and lawyers
@@Stophatingjitt, stop being silly. Discrimination wasn’t caused by the lack of Black doctors and lawyers. The White folks who benefit from segregation are not themselves doctors and lawyers.
Jeez, that one was deep. As I was discovering why neighborhoods look the way they do in cities, I shared my discovery on Facebook. One of my white friends took it as a personal attack (I don't know why), but she said she grew up without means too. My response was that she could rise out of it by virtue of her skin color and that redlining was systemic. She unfriended me and we haven't talked since.
Your video here is a stark illustration of my point and a little depressing. Thanks for laying it all out.
You didnt loose much. Good riddens to bad rubbish.
The really think being poor is the same as being black. When your a poor white you lack money a black person has the whole system creating constant roadblocks in their path.
No, she didn't have your phone number. She wasn't your friend? I deleted the whole facebook. Online friends arent real friends. If they didn't have my number at the time we'll too bad for them
Its 2023 and there is still a ton of racism and discrimination in real estate. I am a realtor and see it first hand. Look up stories of black homeowners and home appraisals.
Also, I started this post with mentioning it being 2023 because just yesterday I heard an elderly white lady talking about how slavery was better for black peopole than welfare is. Insanity.
that old lady is correct
@@TrueNativeScot Get lost !
Yeah, its not really racism, its brokers who want to sell to people who can get a mortgage commitment. ITs about the money.
@@marccru So, Black Americans didn't have money or was it the mortgage commitments that were the problem? If the mortgage commitments were somehow segregated by law where Blacks with money couldn't get mortgage commitments isn't that grounds for a class action lawsuit?
@@mukaniwatkins2598hey are crude but not wrong. Black culture has stigmatized blacks to the point that everyone else is afraid to do business with them or live nearby. The cleanest cut, straight as an arrow black man could buy in a white neighborhood with the most honest intent, and all his neighbors and the lenders will see is some hoodlum in hightops running in the dead of night from a crime scene. A prim and well mannered black lady tries to get a white realtor to show her a house in a white suburb, and all that the realtor can think of is Cardi B twerking in a street corner as an example of black culture. There is no fixing this without changing the culture.
You run a great channel, Leeja Miller. You break this stuff down so it finally makes sense.
Thank you!!
@@LeejaMiller What does your name Leeja mean?
@@LeejaMiller white flight when they leave, gentrification when they set up shop as persians and asians do? tell me you defend the 94 crime act while crying profiling is bad
She breaks it down like blacks break down neighborhoods they move into!
@@LeejaMiller😊🙌🙌
My partner and I live in Milwaukee, in a neighborhood that had racially restrictive covenants in place until recently repealed. I absolutely love the fact that she bought our home before meeting me, as it's a lovely FU to our neighbors who preen at being the OrIgInAl ReSiDeNts of the neighborhood from the 1950s. It makes it sting a bit less when the hateful witch next door refers to us as "You people". Yup yup yup. "You people" are nowadays "Your neighbors"
According to our racially restrictive covenants, my partner would not have been allowed to reside here, unless she was a domestic servant.
Actually, all restrictive covenants were rendered uninforcible almost 60 years ago with the passage of the Civil Rights Act.
@@tomfields3682 as have been seeing happen throughout the country, old laws on the books can be revived by striking down other laws by current courts.. I'm in Wisconsin, and due to the fall of Roe to Dobbs, we are now living under laws from 1846.
@@jannamwatson Right, but I was just referring to restrictive covenants and the Civil Rights Act.
@@tomfields3682 I am not sure what end game you are going for here, but history shows us how the Civil Rights Act has undergone multiple, significant overhauls since the 1800s. The most current is the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I believe. There's undeniable powers that be who would enjoy nothing more than seeing that work unraveled or overwritten. All we have to do is actually look at our history and understand historical events like the Tulsa Race Massacre and ask the Why.
When harmful laws exist on the books, they are often disabled by newer laws. What happened to women in my state the moment that Dobbs fell, is that we were collectively forced back in time to live under laws from 1848, which were written when we were not even allowed the right to vote. In the time since Dobbs, our Republican led legislative branch has consistently withheld our rights to reproductive health care and forced women and girls to carry unwanted pregnancy to term.
Although racially restrictive covenants were disabled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the fact that they are still on the books is an actual threat to homes owned by racial minorities. The best bet is to forcibly retire these laws specifically, and to do so law by law.
Your end game here seems to be, It DiDn'T hApPeN yEt, So It WoN't HaPpEn At AlL, which is showing both your bias as well as your privilege.
@@tomfields3682 I'm an attorney. Old laws on the books (unenforceable or not) still harm people because it takes money to challenge them and fight for your rights in court. Can you pay me $400-500 per hour for me to take your case and vindicate your rights in court?? No. Well, too bad for you. Maybe you can call one of our underfunded, overburdened Legal Aid Services who can only afford to hire people straight out of law school who aren't experienced in this type of lawsuit. Good Luck with that!
Literally explaining one of the base arguments of CRT that is supposedly fake according to some. Another great video!
Yeah, my parents bought their first and only house in 1969 after the passing of the Fair Housing Act. I was 5 years old and my first friend was a white kid named Danny. Sadly, white flight began and I lost my friend Danny forever a few months after we moved into the neighborhood. I still wonder what became of him.
My parents are in their 80s today and still live in the same house.
I've spent the entire spring semester writing essays about redlining and housing discrimination and its impact on the black community. It was depressing reading, annotating, and writing about something learning how it directly impacts your life and your family's. Extremely disheartening.
It's still happening! I make 100,000 a years own 3 homes ( bought thru land contracts) I still can't get a home loan for a house OUTSIDE OF DETROIT!
@@ToneKoneFrmDet - The fact you live in Michigan explains it all.
That place is a perpetual Democrat shit hole.
its almost like private banking has no legitimate purpose. Not that I have any illusions about our govt being racism free, but at least there we can vote.
Everything you read was nonsense. Try and use some critical thinking
Oh oh oh at op turns out all 50 states have jim crow laws in fact the one I remember off the top of my head is apparently a person of asian descent or "look" *whatever the so called definition for what THAT means is beyond me not gonna lie* must possess and show upon request of the authroties of California when going out on a street sidewalk etc proof of id/and citizenship or other papers etc or be detained for suspicion of at being a spy for war crime purposes regarding china or japan etc and this is all not even a joke ykwis?... or that in California the penal code prohibits the sale of any kind of liqoir to an indigenous person... like wtf is that about and why so ramdom with the laws also ykwis?
We live in Orange County, CA as a black American man, with nothing but right wing immigrant groups and “white” people. Looking to rent a home we went through ten homes. Nobody would rent (and it was all Chinese investment properties. With one owner stating to the realtor that he wanted to see who the family was as the income made seemed high. Our realtor let him know that if he did that, and refused to rent, he was going to put himself into a legal situation. He completely backed out. So as you celebrate AAPI month remember, “white” supremacy is a team sport, and nobody immigrates here because it’s just a cool place! They are coming for unearned benefits fought for by black Americans!
California mostly has Latino nowadays. So I don't know why people keep saying "White" people this or "White" people that? Still pointing their issues on white folks.
I'm sorry man:(
Remember folks: The "model minority" mindset is insipid. Pick-Mes come in a rainbow of surprising colors!
I'm confused California wasn't a slave state, are you just pushing a false narrative and is it racist when a Jamaican refuses to rent her vacation houses to black Americans?
California has one of the most racist and criminal histories of the USA. Since the gringos stole California from mexicans 1848, then exterminate the native americans, they have done nothing but creat racism, segregation, explotation, prisons and now homlessness.
This topic is so interesting to me because as a black person I can recognize how the continued impact of white supremacy manifests into anti blackness that is internalized even in segments of the black community.
The greatest achievement of conservatism has been convincing the public that divesting in public services was more about individual liberty rather than bigotry
Yeah. My Parents have a long deseased Family Member who hated himself, his family and even One of his own Children for being black. Even going so far as to show blatant Favoritism towards his Lighter-skin toned son just because he couldn’t be White himself 😢
This Self-harming attitude is such a monstrous and harmful outlook to shove onto others! It’s wrong.
And it’s not fair.
@@danielramsey6141 yep colorism and classism are very real and oppressive themes that exist within the community. When you look at the list of black "firsts" you often see individuals of lighter complexion. It seemed like there was a degree of credibility given to ppl based on their complexion. In my younger years I can remember hearing rappers popularize the term "red bone" referring to a light skin black woman.
There is more research being done highlighting white flight and its impacts which is great, but something less studied is the black middle-class flight that took place after that. When you look at the former success of areas like Tulsa, Sweet Auburn Ave in Atlanta, Harlem, etc, you can make the argument that the black middle-class flight that took place following integration was equally as damaging as the white flight.
Overall, I empathize with the internalized anti-blackness that was felt by black ppl suffering through segregation and Jim Crow, but today I think every black person needs to be willing to do some self-examination and confront the ways this self-hatred permeates today.
There is zero evidence of any 'white supremacy'
It’s a disease that’s infected everyone . It went into remission since the 90’s but it’s gone full blown in America once again.
Thanks so much for this😢!?Its a tough pill to swallow but we need to digest it! I always mention that to my nephews & nieces that wonder why most cultures here still don’t live together. America is still hella segregated!
Before I found your channel I was dying to find someone who could both teach coherent history and understood the legal aspect to various issues. I've been sharing these videos with some of my friends who work with the DSA and do union organizing to help them talk to people while tabling and in meetings with less-than-willing collaborators. Such an incredible resource, quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Thank you so much for everything you do.
I am loving the direction you're taking with your channel and getting to see you use your platform to bring awareness on these serious issues. I would love to see a video about families living in the red zone of military controlled detonation zones in the United States. They leech into the groundwater and cause higher rates of cancer. I grew up near one in Christiansburg, VA and many members of my family have had or died of cancer and/or thyroid issues. Astounding job!
This is extremely important work. No wonder. I feel so behind like I'm trapped in the past!
This is so very important! They are using the water system to poison us now!😤😭 There's a case in Houston, TX regarding a black middle class subdivision called Chasewood. People over the years developed and died from Cancer.😢
Being a historically-minded gal from Ireland, my mind automatically reads every US issue pertaining to property ownership through the lens of said property having been stolen in the first place from the First Nations people who lived there before. The entitlement of yt people knows no bounds. Mindblowing.
It's... bad.
And look at how Mexicans are being treated when a huge chunk of America used to be mexico and then people here have the audacity to tell Mexicans "go back to where you came from" when.... This was theirs first. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
The most entitled ppl on thee face of the earth
@@thinkharder9332 the fact that you think white people have no entitlement is astounding. You can believe your whitewashed history. Good for you.
@@thinkharder9332
1) The US has, by violence, forced Native Americans into signing 386 Treaties which were ratified by Congress as required by the Constitution. The US unilaterally set the terms of all but a handful of these treaties with no input from the Native American side at all. It has not upheld the obligations it set for itself in any of those 386 legally binding treaties. So, you know doing that for the treaties that are still in effect [i.e. have not been overridden by other treaties,] & that would be a great start to things. I mean it is literally the just upholding the law of the land.
2) I know we weren't informed of this in school, but just as an fyi the Louisiana Purchase did not actually purchase tracts of land. That treaty purchased the *imperial rights* to the land which they would have to obtain from the Native Americans whose land it was. And, here's' a hint, it wasn't "purchased" from them. Care to make any guesses as to how it was obtained?
3) The US didn't "buy" that chunk of Mexico that it obtained from the Mexican American War. Money was given to Mexico over time & the US obtained that land, but it wasn't "bought" because to buy something that thing has to be for sale. We attacked them, defeated them militarily, & then forced them to give it to us if they wished to have our attack to stop, in exchange we would give them some money in installments. Now, there were some other details that ended up being a part of that treaty due to negotiations, though the US just ignored those aspects of the treaty after it was signed & eventually forced them to agree to modifications to the treaty to formally remove those parts from the treaty.
But, hey that's really just kind of part & parcel of these things at this point right? But, nonetheless you can't buy something that isn't for sale.
4) Also, it was actually previously held by the 2nd Federal Republic of Mexico government, then prior to that briefly by the Centralist Republic of Mexico, then by the First Federal Republic of Mexico. then by the Provisional Government of Mexico, then the First Mexican Empire, & before that it was the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It should be noted though that all the way back when it was forced colonized by Spain, none of the following governments involved any sort of force to take control of the territory. But your overall, generalized point about people across-the-board, in general, being so sh-tty & this type of thing being done regularly stands. We started the conflict that forced them to give us that land, & we ignored certain provisions of the treaty we agreed to uphold, but the point does stand.
Great job. My family was the first black family to desegregate our StL neighborhood in 1967. We were around the corner from Washington University. I don't have any memory of anyone being ugly towards us. In fact, one of my best friends was a little girl who lived 3 doors up. The main thing that reversed the white flight into the suburbs was the 1974 oil embargo. They had those large, lead gas guzzling steel tanks that cost a mint to gas up. By the 80's they were starting to talk about revitalizing downtown.
Suburbs are uneficient and overall costly. One of a series of bad decisions.
@@puraLusa - No. Suburbs are always desirable over having forever burgeoning solitary cities. Suburbs give you the best about cities, and they give you much less of the worst about cities. And by the way ... almost everything about cities absolutely belongs in that WORST category.
@@scotthullinger4684 ur knowlege pf city planing briliant. All those years and years several disciplines get together to think of solutions na, all wrong, u should be the one hired cause u know more 🤣
@@puraLusa - Your knowledge of Engrish language is horrible.
Those who should be hired are the ones who are educated in the subject matter and have a proven record of success. And guess what the uneducated Democrats have brought us? The very WORST of every measurable thing.
Dems think they're "smart" but their record of actual success is non-existent.
@@scotthullinger4684 yes must be about political parties in the xxi century the problems from the xx century. Didn't know politicians were imortal 🤣
Also, as we are talking about dem vs rep that would be usa which is the country with no oficial language, that would make my engrish not important.
Finally, ad-hominem of a subject unrelated tells the reader more than enough. Plus the infantile assumptions merit is the sole reasons people get into public office. All of it is hilarious.
I stand corrected, u should go into comedy 🤣
I live in STL. I grew up a couple blocks away from the Shelley House in the 80's/early 90's. A classmate's family eventually moved into the house. Sixth grade was when I first heard about this because someone asked my classmate, Hope why there was a plaque in front of her house. Our teacher didn't even let her answer, and it became our lesson for the day. It's one of those stories that you think that people outside STL don't even know about.
I live in stl right now and it’s crazy it’s just about split down the middle in terms of race population but night and day in terms of who lives in the county and the city
Excellent video! I truly appreciate that you are furthering this discussion, and increasing awareness of the historical background. I included some of this information when I wrote the Wikipedia article for “Jim Crow economy;” I also provided some more geographically specific background in my MA thesis: “Nearer My Farm to Thee: A Spatial Analysis of African American Settlement Patterns in Hillsborough County, Florida.”
I would like mention a couple of minor footnotes. The city of Birmingham, Alabama continued to enforce racial zoning codes, openly flouting the Supreme Court’s Buchanan v. Warley decision, until 1951. It should also be mentioned that individual realtors were subject to disciplinary action from the National Association of Realtors if they introduced a person of another race into an existing neighborhood.
I have actually lived on a property that included such restrictions. The deed that recorded the sale of the property, in 1913, actually specified that the property could not be sold to “Ethiopians” (clearly being used as a euphemism for all black folks) for a period of 50 years from the original sale. In the following sentence, that same deed also specified that the property could not be used as a swineyard for a period 50 years from the original sale.
Adding dates and repeating the specific name of the Supreme Court cases might be helpful for people who would like to study this further or add it to a body of research or writing they are working on.
The Color of Law was an eye opening book for me. I had little understanding of the subject, thank you for making this essay.
highly recommend book
Thanks Leeja! I also want to suggest you add a call to action at the end and help us audience by giving us advice on how to help the causes you cover (list any orgs we can donate or volunteer for, list any reps we need to write letters to etc). You're so educated and savvy and I love being enlightened by your videos and I'd love you to give us action steps too to maximize the positive impact you have on us ❤
Organize land cooperatives and worker cooperatives locally.
Anytime Leeja says "St Louis" I know it's going to be bad. This is coming from a lifetime northside st louis resident (I love my hood but still). This video is literally the story of my grandma moving from west point mississippi and dealing with this BS. My mama's stories of not being able to cross jefferson ave are legendary here in st louis and not in a good way. good video. You are doing great work. I also lived in the 4600 block of st louis around the corner from Labadie. My mama taught at a school close to there too.
As a Missouri resident and geography graduate student, I have learned a great deal about the racist zoning of St. Louis. The lesser known, most egregious, racist practice I have learned about during my studies involves public housing. This would make for excellent content for an educational video. There's actually already a powerful documentary about "Pruitt-Igoe" where you learn how the myth of "absent black fathers" was created and used to discriminate and fear monger against black men. They literally would not allow fathers to move into the projects with their families, then they would prosecute them if they got caught there, and then pretended like it was their choice. As if they wanted to abandon their families because they were natural gangsters or something like that. It is absolutely gut-wrenching. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend giving it a watch.
Great video as always, and that book is essential reading. As a companion to it, I'd recommend "When Affirmative Action Was White," by Ira Katznelson. It's a short read about the many ways that white Americans were overtly and covertly offered government benefits to the detriment of everyone else.
This reminds me of when I learned that the whole pushback against people receiving welfare and the whole "welfare queen" thing started around the same time as non-white people became more eligible to receive government aid.
I read it earlier this winter. A really good book; I'm pleased to hear about someone else reading it.
Purchased from my local bookstore today after I saw this comment
This was a white nation giving its white citizens benefits. Your black nations should try working for the benefits of its own black citizens.
I read it not long after it was published. A true eye opener.
Twin Cities had some of the earliest formalized racial housing covenants. Adds another, often unknown layer to the George Floyd incident.
They were also the first cities to ban them
@@kasjammI was about to comment the same thing! Minnesota was ahead of the curve in eliminating those covenants.
the best way to control a population is to divide and segregate a population.
Whether it be Race, Gender, Affluency, Political Beliefs, Morality. It all divids us.
You see it all the time in American Politics. People start talking together and becoming to big, suddenly something happens to cause division between people.
How people dont see this amazes me
The Best way to divide the population is to make the whites think they are the creator of all things good and the real problems are wearing black skin. Now tell me when will the whites give up the illusion of white superiority in exchange for true equality.
They see it. They just turn a blind eye.
I am 39 years old. I grew up in St Louis, MO up until I joined the Army in 2002 at age 18. Everything in this video was evident when I was growing up, and it still is today. I was bused to county schools in Ladue. It was really something to go to school everyday for grades 1-12, and see the million dollar homes in Ladue. Just to ride the school bus home to see the same abandoned buildings for grades 1-12. I would always wonder how people were to motivate themselves seeing that every single day.
The "Delmar Divide" is a whole different beast. You can literally stand in the middle of the street on Delmar in between Union and Kingshighway. If you're facing the St Louis Arch and look to the right, you literally see nothing but mansions and one large gated community with security gates. If you look to the left it literally looks like a war zone. The same abandoned buildings since I was a kid. It literally looks like a bomb went off and people still live there.
Every time we visit home (STL) it looks worse than our last trip. We took a picture of this massive old church on our last trip there for Christmas. It looks like a scene from Beruit. The church has so many holes in it. It looks like it was the scene of a major bombing raid, not just one big bomb, but multiple. That church has stood like that for decades. Wonder why🤔
How come every body blows the traffic lights on Kingshighway. I hate driving down kingshighway cause it’s completely riddled with potholes, the turn lanes are super abrupt, and you have to veer over real quick like, and also I’m not keen on getting t-boned. Lmao.
My grandma was denied a home in a desirable neighborhood, so she chose to rent instead, so her kids could attend a better school. Which obviously set our family back economically because all the houses in that community are worth millions. We need reparations.
If you can not buy a home how can you turnaround a rent it?
What kind of reperation do you need?
Will forty acres and a mule suffice?
I grew up in that part of the country. It's astounding how little St. Louis has changed in certain respects. The effects of housing segregation pervade throughout daily life, from whether grocery stores are in the neighborhood (and what kind) to how schools are funded. It was a real surprise for me to hear "Labadie" and "Delmar" said. I've lived elsewhere for a few decades now.
Thats why they call it the crime belt, the low life expectative belt and the white trash land.
I lived just north of Delmar in University City for several years. That divide is real
And they still think CRT is a plot from Fantasy Island.
It’s shocking
I bet Race based covenants and block busting is found in CRT therefore a target
Can’t believe our 4th graders are learning this nowadays! What happened to critical analysis on why all the markers smelled the same even though they were different colors!?
i like how crt doesnt mention democrats doing redlining or police protection
It is. Cut is lowbrow nonsense
This is SOOO smart! Thank you for actually SAYING that the government is complicit (oops did I say IS?) in the racist policies of this country. THAT is what we mean when we say “systemic” racism. That folks like to say does not exist. Interesting how cyclical this is. Never in this country will you see white people purposefully move into a depressed underserved neighborhood. I live in Harlem and it is my experience that the white people here are IN the neighborhood, but not OF the neighborhood. Making no effort to know their neighbors. I find it depressing, truly. I am going to find that book. This has been fascinating 🙂🙂🙂
so you're saying if white people move into a depressed under-served neighbourhood, they did it by accident?
''Haarlem'' was entirely white at one point. You say that ''never will white people purposefully move into a depressed underserved neighborhood'', which is laughable. When whites and Asians do move in, they are blamed for ''gentrifying'' said neighborhood and the remaining residents carp about a rise in rent/cost of living. No one is obligated to interact with their neighbors, most people want their own space and to be left alone and you have to consider that being a somewhat wealthy white person in a largely black area can mean being targeted for robbery, carjacking and B&E.
I live in Harlem too, so what's surprising about the current status of "gentrification" here, or anywhere else for that matter? One thing that has to be realized is that the influx of peoples into this area is for their independent pursuits (jobs, careers, college studies, etc.) High-end real estate development was meant for those purposes, and they already hail from their own respective families and communities across the ENTIRE WORLD. Why the hell would they intend to "mix and mingle" with the locals, except for traversing public areas (restaurants, grocery stores, cafes, etc.) From that perspective, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. You will find this trend in modern living clear across the nation world-wide my friend! It's also not so much the "white & black" thing so much as independent lifestyle/capitalistic trend that Western nations live by. Even black folk of means have left and continue to leave "depressed under-served neighborhoods", when they come into higher income brackets.
By and large, it's hard to come across American neighborhoods that have the cohesive framework that once was. Neighbors don't know who lives next door to them and everyone is consumed with his and her own private interests and demands. This is unfortunately the major reason why the United States, comparable to other countries, is suffering socially as it is. Instead of being "depressed" as what we largely will not be able to fix (turning back the clock), my advice is to eek out the existence that adds value to your life, to the best of your ability. Everyone has to contend with the present age and the problems it presents.
@@jjns5600 And you find it fine that folks coming into a neighborhood DON’T interact with who’s already there? Because it’s the trend?
It’s not surprising it’s incredibly 😞 sad.
@@Mialamorena1 I indicated it's because they come from different backgrounds and are pursuing their own interests in the area...not here to interact with "the locals", we all know it and it's nothing new. They're are exceptions of course. And it is the trend, as it has been for quite some time! It's also exacerbated by generation. I'm not placing a "good" or "bad" label on it, just stating the facts of the case.
Please continue the excellent work. You are providing an excellent public service!
This Is Another Reason Why They Want To Ban CRT and Calling It " Woke". They Would Be Right, If They Knew What Woke Really Meant.
Because All Their Hatred Is Baked Right Into The Laws
First time viewer of your channel, now a New Subscriber.
Thank you for breaking down the law in a way a non lawyer like myself can understand.
You are amazing. The presentation quality and research that went into this is so good
Thank you!!!
I find it difficult, as most of the New World nation states, from Canada to Argentina, were based on a Eurocentric model. Even if Uncle Sam has the speech that his land is the land of immigrants, it doesn't reflect that. And he doesn't try to fight social inequality, because it's a communist thing. Furthermore, US foreign policy is based on exploiting the peripheries of capitalism. And even today we see the consequences such as migratory crises, financing coups, ethnic wars and so on. But what we see is a new Cold War, now the ''new enemy'' is China.
To eliminate segregation once and for all, it would have to do some self-criticism, remove that manifest destiny mentality and remake itself as a nation state giving dignity to its citizens who are treated as second-class. And need to invest in education.
How would the manifest destiny mentality be undone, though?
Invest in education? If Negroes don't want to study and work, then it's their problem, not the state's.
I'd love to see you do a breakdown of "When Affirmative Action Was White," by Ira Katznelson, as a continuation of this kind of video about the history of housing segregation/racist policy from a legal perspective. Ira Katznelson's whole body of work is goated. Too many people just parrot bullshit about 'preference' and naturalize the phenomenon of like people living together when it's very much not a natural phenomenon in the case of the US. If you've read "Stamped From The Beginning" by Ibram X. Kendi that would be cool to hear about also. Or you could even do a segment on books you've read that explore the social ramifications or consequences of policy.
Anymore recommendations?
Got any more commie book recommendations?
@@cl5619how's that communist? See, the problem with us Americans is that anything that REMOTELY tells the truth(that you don't agree with because truth is usually a tough pill to swallow) you automatically label it as communist, even though you don't know what communism is. You come off as stupid and that's why we're looked at as stupid. Odds are you're probably racist as well.
Hey. SImply just like, thanks. For all of these. They're really well done and give a lot of "I know this" small facts in my head connective tissue. Great production and narration, telegraphing everything clearly, connecting lots of dots with such a satisfying and necessary amount of snark.
You're a genius...very informative I will subscribe ....and thank you clarifying what my people have went through post antebellum for almost 200 years ....
Sister Leeja this was excellently done, more people need to understand this and would see what you have stated in your segment goes hand in hand with all this gentrification we see happening today. I personally did not know about "restricted covenants" Segments like your help me to further understand the magnitude of what my parents had to live through as Black people and I understand their lives so much more. Thank you for this segment.
The book The Sum of Us, by Hearher Mcghee, covers this really well
The schools in the small town I grew up in were segregated and they still are to do this day. It's ridiculous.
I grew up in the Mississippi Delta in the 80s and 90s. The schools where very segregated and still is to this very day. The whites built academies and Christian schools to keep the separation.
@@leeshakiesmith8768 It's the same here. They even have a private white only senior prom at my old high school.
wtf how is that legal???
LM, I am new to your channel. This video (as well as all of your other videos) was well done. I believe that the Shelley case was enjoined at the Supreme Court level by a case from Michigan entitled Sipes vs. McGhee. Either way, many Americans are not familiar with the way that the government underwrote the housing disparities in this nation. You do great work!
What a lovely channel Leeja! Incredibly refreshing to see how enlightened you are. A downright renaissance going on right here. We need more of you 💪🏽👍🏽.
Although things are “better”, things still have a long way to go. We might all be equal, yet some are more equal than others.
Please share this video widely. I'd love to get this video playing on major television networks during primetime. This is only a small part of the history of America they don't want to be taught in schools.🤔
Your breakdown on the history and mechanics of systemic racism was very helpful. Good channel.
leave white people alone, african
you aren't entitled to white people and white spaces
@@Gingerphile00 Have you ever thought about if you are genuinely a "good" person or not? It doesn't seem like you are.
i like hos she didnt mention democrats once, even if shed did we forgive biden for laws he made bot not slavery his party did
Zoning laws, credit scores and local taxes (like how property and income taxes pay for schools) continue these divisions in the USA without having to specify the color of someone’s skin. The poor stay poor unless they get out of the neighborhood they were born in and find school and work elsewhere. Mixed-use (commercial on first floor - residential above) and mixed-income neighborhoods help everyone prosper.
Poor black people in US have access to least expensive housing. There’s nothing outside of themselves preventing them from buying low priced housing in their own neighborhoods, getting rid of the crime, fixing up their surroundings and then reaping in great financial returns.
But they don’t even try.
Instead White Americans are obligated to absorb and dilute their dysfunction… access to White people is a civil right, while simultaneously, White people are horrible to outsiders
This is sad and also needs to be brought into a class action law suit against the government
Where in the world was i since you’ve been here? “Mannnnnnn” I’ve been missing all the good stuff….and Geesh, what do I do now that I’m hooked 😊
I was raised for the first 11-some-odd years in Calvert, TX and if you look at it on the map, TO THIS DAY, the town is pretty segregated with Main St. (Highway 6) being the divider.
BIPoC on the west, white on the East. Forgot to add that.
@jayjoneslive the SUNDOWN TOWNs That are still active....
@@SterlingSMtrGood luck having a sundown town in a state that not only has outlawed this practice, but also has nuclear weapons and the world’s second-largest active duty military.
Why are restrictive covenants like the apple trees example legal anyway? Who would enforce that and what about when it’s resold? It’s a weird concept, like the new owner doesn’t actually own the property…
Fun fact! Remember those gun toting lawyers that pointed guns at protesters who were marching past their house towards the mayor's house to protest the mayor doxxing activists on television, back in 2020?
They live not too far from the "Delmar Divide." In the middle of the city. (Despite them telling folks they lived in the suburbs) (And their mansion is right off a MAJOR city street)
If that gives you any kind of notion of the racial tension in the city, especially near the "Delmar Divide".
This is what a did for a panel over the summer! I'm so happy that stuff like this is being brought to light by someone big like you
I just stumbled on your channel and I definitely appreciate your content! A learning lesson that everyone should hear.
Okay, hear me out…. I think the glasses you joked about looking like they were from 1972 looked INCREDIBLE on you. I love them
This is fascinating! So many things make more sense that I never understood before! Thank you for breaking this down.
Supreme Court has been awful to the community
I’m upset I just discovered your channel but so excited to binge 😮
We drive past that property all the time and most don’t know it’s historical significance. Thanks for highlighting it.
Thank you so much for telling the truth!! We cannot heal this divide without the help of both peoples.
As an European this is completely unbelievable. And I say this as lily white Finn, who has black neighbors. I will never get this, ever.
Oh, and the retro 60s “scientist” frames were definitely keepers! This artist approves :)
yep, we can thank europeans for this. european settler societies developed racial lines and this type of segregation. entrenched racist systems are found in basically all the americas, and south africa.
@@rafangille Maybe I shouldve said modern European, but I thought it was given, since Im here now. Silly me. (I might add that Im from a country that have had very homogenous population until just few decades ago. To me “one person, one vote” is actual democracy and anything less wont do.)
I see it more like we learned from our past mistakes, made efforts to fix inequality and intolerance, you tried that in the sixties too, but in the end doubled down on racism with sorta shadow ban-esc methods. Equality is true freedom, cant have that.
And theres going to be even more restrictive, racist, hateful and misogynist rules and laws, as your country keeps slipping further and further into fascism. As I understand it, youre now in the legal phase, rolling back rights for the unworthy and suppressing voters, so its interesting (and horrible) to see how far things will go. Soon they dont need these shadow bans anymore..
@@janemiettinen5176Modern Europe still has examples of this, though, especially since Bosnia sends Bosniak and Serb children to separate schools and France and Switzerland have banned burqas. While this next example isn’t “de jure” segregation”, antisemitism in Europe has been on the rise and there have been examples of synagogues who have only given out their meeting times to their members. There are also people who are ashamed to be Roma and say that their language is a defense mechanism.
Why would such a thing be "unbelievable" when there are black people who are denied better jobs and opportunities even in Europe? Or worse, are exposed to discrimination regularly?
@Jane Miettinen I do not wish to appear to be picking on either you, or Suomi; however, I am curious, how you view the historic relations between Finland and the indigenous Sámi?
@leejamiller, Can you do a separate video on Home Owners Associations in the US, history, and legality?
That would be very interesting!
You are a Breath of fresh air.
I plan on listening to the audiobook for The Color of Law while I work over the next couple days. Thank you for this great episode!
As a Canadian, segregated neighborhoods in the US always facinated me. I mean we do have neighborhoods that contain higher levels of one community or the other but that happened organically. I cant imagine a world where the government enforced such barriers.
are you sure it happened organically. That is what racist or ignorant people here in the US claim but you can see from this video and the book Weapons of Math Destruction, that isn't exactly true.
No reconciliation or repentance leds to segregation and revisionist his story.
The United States is a hot mess, and they have the audacity to claim to be a paragon of democracy and human rights
@Mark Addison ??? Can you maybe edit your typos or add commas or something? I have no idea what you mean.
@@Mrnovanova Anti blackness starts with albinism white insecurity and race annihilation. Race mixing hysteria, an economic plan is blood money controlling fears and fragility while claiming culture and heritage to anti blackness in real-time. Modern white capitalism has a anti black foundation and block opportunities mechanism in place in real-time. Just look at American national resources owners and the greedy bigots of old. Unapologetically,FBA'S not a immigrant.
In California you can now request to have unenforceable discriminatory language removed from CC&Rs, the form to do so is usually attached at the beginning of the relevant documents in a listing disclosures packet.
Great job. It’s nauseating just hearing about this history.
God, I need more people to see your videos. I’m here from the Reagan video and if more people saw this video they’d see just how wrong and out of touch with the world American conservatives are when it comes to just about everything
As a former conservative (yuck! 🤢), you're so right! 😂
This is a BRAVE AND TRUTHFUL CHANNEL. May you continue from strength to strength... highly commendable work 👍😎
as a lawyer you should know to never assume what people know or do not know
I'm an older real estate appraiser and I do reviews of BPOs for Fannie Mae. It is 2023 and while very infrequent, I still see some racist comments and even shorting value if the homeowner is black. They'll downgrade the condition when the photos and former listing photos say otherwise, they'll call the area "high crime" or "undesirable" when google street has a picture from last month showing well maintained properties, and in the most egregious case I've seen they'll even ignore identical builder models on the same block to go five miles away to a redlined area with lower values for comps. Out of hundreds of these I do every month, I can usually count on some new agent, always from the south, to disappoint me.
At least I can tell you it is getting better. Fannie doesn't put up with that for one second and neither do we. Thing is, a house is always worth what similar homes near it sell for. It's pretty easy to ballpark a house with all the internet resources we have, so when we see these "anomalies" they stick out like a sore thumb, and that agent gets removed from our roster.
Thanks for that input. Good to know.
Thank you for enforcing the guidelines and not allowing the oppression to continue!
thank you ive been trying to explain this to some family❤
Thank you for this informative video. Definitely an eye opener.
The first home I purchased was in 1993. It was in Dallas and built in 1948. It still had the restrictive covenant written into the deed about not selling the house to a black person. I recall being amazed by that
Another good book- The Hidden Dimension byEdward T. Hall. He discusses studies on spaces and the influence on biology and behavior. This is an old book 1966, so the information has been known about what happens when rats are crowded into a small space. I believe city planners DO have access to this information!
The Color of Money, another great book .
Segregation capitalism/dominion designed for a specific economic ruler...
All this is maintaining economic dominance...
Very informative and I agree that the book color of law helps shed light on this history although reading, it was very painful for me,and I have only made it halfway through after two years. But knowledge is powerful.
I don't want to live around people who hate me because of my skin color.
That's why us white people need our own neighborhoods and schools. We shouldn't have to be around people that hate us
I’m black in a white rural area and I love whites ❤
@@Wtfe2024 well yes, there are many individuals of all races that like individuals of all other races. But speaking in general terms, the race as a whole, there is a fair amount of hatred , or disliking from one race to another.
"Thanks Clearance..." nailed it.
Thank You for Telling the Truth and condemning these awful practices.
I'm glad you do what you do!
I'm black and I grew up 2 hours from St. Loius and I never knew about any of this. That's so sad.......
Given that we have MTJ, a white supremacist, in Congress, right now in 2023, my optimism for a new enlightenment is diminished.
I concur rightly so
Thank you for the video, Leeja! We love you
I live in St Louis, and everything you said is 100% right.
It truly breaks my heart. I just recently retired from serving in the Navy for 28 years (June 1st 2023). As part of my duties, I lived in every region of the US except the Midwest.
There wasn’t one place as a Naval Officer that I felt I was truly welcomed unless I was wearing my uniform. So living in the nicer parts of town was more difficult socially and I will add I was also a victim of Predatory Lending from Bank of America and Country Wide Home Loans. It’s truly sad that segregation is still very real today. I hope the future this will be a better day for everyone.
Faith without works is dead
You are something else, and I love it. Have loved every one of your videos. Keep up the great work sweetie
Omg!!! This is wild! Thank you so much for covering this!!!
When I was in Chicago my aunties took me to a street with more bullet holes than bricks. It's where they put all the Jamaican people. I'm part Jamaican. I saw myself in them. If I were born in Chicago I'd live there. In one of those bullet ridden, damp, derelict buildings. The people there were still friendly, even though no one would believe it. Sometimes I find myself hoping those people are okay. But they're probably not.
Unfortunately, society is still at a juvenile level and it will be decades before it matures into adulthood. The amount of melanin, a person has in their skin, only has meaning because we give it that. And we give it meaning because, as social animals, we tend to naturally form hierarchies. When all else is equal, the color of the skin is used to elevate or suppress a group. If everyone is Caucasian, groups get suppressed for ethnicity, religion, politics, or whatever. It is stupid, and self-defeating, but it is pretty universal.
"Decades?" The concept of a society has existed for millennia. If it's still in its juvenile phase after that long, then the concept has failed and needs to be reevaluated.
I don't agree with those practices from the banks back then. But why is it that majority black neighborhoods across the country have run down property's and high crime..its a fair question..
If this is a legitimate question and you don't know the answer you're part of the problem.
Just came across this series of very well informed videos on key aspects of US history and culture. Good stuff.
I just discovered and subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work and I look forward to your future posts. Well researched and well presented.
I want "Thanks, Clarence!" to be my text tone