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

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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.
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  9. It doesn't occur to the video commenters that deteriorating housing might be caused by inhabitants who don't care for the property, but instead demand that they be cared for themselves at other citizens' expense. Decent people with decent morals don't have these problems, or soon rise out of them. I'll add that in Chicago in the 1950s, before the civil rights movement and the projects, we children rode our bikes anywhere with no fear and our parents didn't worry about us. Even in the early sixties I was twenty-one and as an auditor in a suit and tie walked through various neighborhoods to clients' facilities with no fear. But it's always easier to blame someone else than to take responsibility for ourselves.

  10. My mother lived near Chicago. In the 1930's, her father took her to the train station. She saw a lot of black people getting off the train, dressed shabbily. The governor of Mississippi was giving any black person who wanted it, a free one-way ride to Chicago. These people were maybe 2 generations out of slavery, with elderly relatives that remembered slavery. And they went to South Chicago. Housing projects were segregated by race, then. Chicago was unsafe in the 1930's; my mother showed us the "Chicago grip", taking the purse strap over the shoulder, holding the purse tightly under the arm. One always dressed up to go to the city; white gloves were common, then. Her father worked for Chemical Bank, for many years. We went to the Field museum in 1975, it was great.

  11. 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.

  14. It’s damned if you do damned if you don’t. I leveled up, got an education, and work as an swe. Naturally, I wanted to move to a nicer area. What people don’t tell you is that no matter how “polished” of a POC you are, you’re still not welcomed. (Those dirty looks and lack of hospitality) You either deal with the crime ridden areas or deal with covert gaslighting racism. I feel no area is a Cornucopia. Good thing I have a strong mentality i’m just tired. I’m on my way out of Chicago ✌️

  15. Gang activity is never acknowledged as the main reason this happens. There is no effort to pull kids from the cycle proactively by investigating who is preying on kids. Being in a gang should be illegal by itself and so should recruiting. The adults should be actively trying to put these gang members in jail for premeditation.

  16. You think those days are history your ways are bringing more fear into other races today take a new study and learn the truth your people no matter how hard the Gov. Helps your people you just use it for drugs and destruction If you would be left hungry I can bet your people would get on their feet and make a difference NOBODY CARES FOR YOUR BAD CHOICES THEY RUN FROM IT 😂 WHY DUD YOU MOVE AWAY FROM YOUR PEOPLE YOU MOVED AND LEARNED HOW TO LIVE IN A WELL BEHAVED COMMUNITY YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE 😂😂😂

  18. Stop it with this nonsense. Blacks like living with other blacks. They actually don't like it when non blacks move into their neighborhoods. They complain about it.

  20. But that doesn’t explain WHY the segregated black neighborhoods are dangerous ghettos. Why? It’s more than redlining and blockbusting. The logic is circular, blacks aren’t prosperous because they can’t live with whites in the suburbs?? Blacks aren’t prosperous because they don’t own their house.

  22. White flight is a myth, it was ethnic cleansing. The cities became too violent and people had to leave to protect their families. The riots in the 60's destroyed cities and businesses no longer had trust in the new migrants.

  24. PEOPLE SEGEREGATE THEMSELVES. Multi racialism is not desirable, bottom line. Even liberals who proclaim otherwise have an unconscious in group preference for their own.

  29. I do not believe you are from the actual city. You sound very suburban. Your accent is off. You also sound like you're reading from a script. If you actually lived in Chicago you would know segregation wasn't just white and black.
    Irish lived in Bridgeport, Greek lived in Greek town, Italians lived in little Italy, puerto ricans lived in Humboldt park. Mexicans lived in little village. And so on and so on. That is the way the 100% Democrat run city designed it. Tell the whole truth not the half truth.

  32. So this is bad because black people are left living with violence, rampant theft, and welfare?
    Segregation may be discrimination but it isn't the reason black neighborhoods are struggling. That's on black people.

  33. I don’t blame them at all. You got ninjas killing each other over neighborhoods they don’t even own. I wouldn’t want to live next to you goons either.

  34. Nobody held these people back. Nobody made them live there in the projects. The knew, have more babies get paid more taxpayer money, no baby daddies to be found yet, the women kept breeding like rats to get paid$$$. I worked in the Stateway garden, Robert taylor homes, the Horner homes and Cabrini Green for a total of 19 years. They have/had the same oppurtunities as anyone else,

  37. Uncles Ray-Ray and Remus said: That is exactly what a Nation of Do-Nothing Folks get and deserve…unconditionally. The folks in U.S. are being played like a two-bit jukebox, and just too stupid to know it.

  38. SOLUTION: For black the solution is Stop working at fast food and retail places and occupy some of these positions. Start looking into the homebuying process and who makes this well oiled machine run. They didnt do this single handedly they worked TOGETHER the banks worked with the Lenders the Realestate agents worked with appraisers the community worked with the state. FiGure out how to work as a loan officer or processor or underwriter learn the inner workings. Or atleast encourage your kids to at a young age. we need to bust into this industry and cater to our own. This is how tou build from the ground up create a network.

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