How the U.S. Government Segregated Chicago | [Inside Chicago, Part 1]

Chicago has a long history of racist housing policies that have led to a racially divided city – a major factor behind the city's reputation of violence.

Senior Producer: Maggie Beidelman
Producers: Jun Stinson, Omar Duwaji, Emily Gibson
Executive Producer and Narration: Sarah Nasr
Editor: Michael Ngyuen
Animator: Kai Tang

#Chicago #Racism #Redlining

[MondoBeno]

The Chicago public housing was never "paradise." Those blocks were built with the worst materials, and within a few years the doorknobs were coming off, wires were burning out, pipes were leaking, elevators got stuck, garbage chutes were clogged with trash eight stories high, the rats infested, the windows wouldn't close, the burned-out lightbulbs in the stairwells were never replaced.
Worst of all, it crammed the Black vote into a single district.

[acajudi]

I was born and raised in Chicago in 1942, and I am super sad, that at my age, I may have to kill some evil demons, who have tried to sneak up on me and in my apartment. I worked and married, and had an only child at 37. Respect each other and stop the killings

Thank you.

Judi Grace StoryCorps.

[__HolaLola]

I hate being asked what part of Chicago I’m from. I know what they’re trying to get at. It reveals more about them than it does about me.

[Aeorocks]

Red lining is still a MAJOR problem here. My aunts neighborhood is known for not posting homes for sale online and selling only by word of mouth to make sure they sell to specific people only. It's still a major problem that won't be fixed until we fix our mentalities.

[SebasstianTheSinger]

“I know this because I’m from Chicago” she definitely from the suburbs lol

[alexmcdonald]

“How Democrats keep black Chicagoans poor”

[marvinbennett]

I'm from Louisiana and I couldn't believe how segregated Chicago is

[adom]

She speaks of Chicago's Hispanic community but doesn't really mention how Latinos were segregated in the city.

[StCloud-nsvt]

still, thanks for posting this and taking the time to tell this story .

[reestillbloom]

It hurts to the core of my soul. My grandmother stayed in Henry Horner and refused to leave after it got bad. I remember asking why she wanted to stay in such an awful place. She kept talking about how nice it used to be. We lived in Chatham and then moved to the south suburbs. The south suburbs were like Utopia. They are now run down. I think like my grandmother...I remember how nice they used to be.

[ZoraTheberge]

When you're raised in what I call a "white bubble" (all your family, most of the people you associate with and you are white) there are things you don't understand about people of color and their lived experiences. I happened to grow up in a white bubble and it wasn't until later that I could recognize that racism is still alive and well. My boyfriend (who's black) has graciously told me how he's been followed in stores, been treated differently, and how he wouldn't feel welcome living in certain neighborhoods. Growing up, you're taught that racism is in the past and is no longer relevant, but when your well-funded suburban elementary school is 95% white, you know the effects of institutionalized racism are still felt.

[thctwestgraymont]

Chicago been segregated before we was born that's why the built them highrise housings authority knew what they was doing

[bartolomeestebanmurillo]

“I know this because I’m from Chicago” She probably grew up in the well to do suburbs. No talk of the broken families or how the city leadership mostly Democrat allowed this problem to fester for decades.

[danvondrasek]

Only suburbanites say the east side is the lake.
The Eastside is literally a neighborhood right on the border of Indiana.

[AmericanGypsy]

I live in Seattle and downtown and the southside of Seattle carjackings and murders are common place but when you go to neighborhoods like shoreline and other suburbs where it’s mostly white, it’s very quiet and peaceful

[LuisAntonioPerez]

I've heard this story so. many. times. I wish I head more suggestions for answers. Segregation is just one problem. I grew up on the northside in a very racially and ethnically integrated area and we still had problems with poverty and violence.

[josephcumpian]

There are some really excellent points made in this video that make me realize a lot of the problems with past approaches to solving Chicago's crime and poverty issues. The answer lies in integrating wealthy neighborhoods rather than dumping money into sectioned off, new housing projects that will just concentrate poverty and result in failed missions like Cabrini-Green.

[annapavfan]

After living in Texas for almost 10 years, yes this is still a problem. This needs to change.

[charlesgarrett]

nah nah im from Chicago and segregation is not why there is violence its because of the drugs and the gangs

[lailashaikh]

I’m from the south side and I agree it’s very segregated there’s the Arab area, black area, white area, Mexican area etc. Everyone’s supposed to kind stay in there place