Why the US is Still Segregated

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[TheFlowerGirl]

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. :/

[teresapeterson]

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.

[isaaksimmers]

I'm a City Planner that works in landuse planning in St. Louis. This is very true.

[MrEddieoutrageous]

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.

[Kikki]

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.

[m.njenkins]

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.

[LyfeWithJoy]

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.

[philipcollier]

You run a great channel, Leeja Miller. You break this stuff down so it finally makes sense.

[jameswashington]

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.

[brendonfox]

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.

[lowwastehighmelanin]

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.

[jannamwatson]

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.

[chefroxstarr]

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.

[AaronMQuantz]

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!

[enokradfonos]

Literally explaining one of the base arguments of CRT that is supposedly fake according to some. Another great video!

[willis]

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.

[lsowner]

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!

[codymitchell]

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!

[Corvetjoe]

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.

[jtt]

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!