I knew a family in Seminary MS that lives in a house like this. It was an older couple and their kids and grandkids would live with them for awhile. Idk if it was to try and help the older couple or because the younger generation didn’t want to get their own place. What I can tell you is that the younger generations that lived there always had brand new Escalades, Camaros, Mustangs, fine pickup trucks. I remember it well because of the stark difference between the house and the cars. I was a young girl and I wondered why they didn’t get less fancy cars so they could afford a better home too.
Amerikkka's 1% want people like that, so that they could look down at them, and seeing impoverished people lets them know how rich they are!!! Believe me, Amerikkka wants people like that.
You can't help because the government takes your money through taxes. Your 30k a year becomes 24 after taxes. Its 12k a year in rent. So your 24k becomes 12k. Sat tv. 130 a month. Lights. Internet. Thats another 4k off. Car note. 400. Insurance 7k. Your working and broke.
She is absolutely right. I’m living in Mississippi. I actually grew up in a home just a little bit better than this house. I use to look thru the floor and see the ground and look up and see the sky. It was freezing in winter and burn up in summer. I had to deal with the situation until I was able to leave. We, my family, didn’t want to live like this but we didn’t have any choice. I was raised in Lucas (Silver Creek, MS), Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County. You don’t know how it is until you have to live in those conditions.
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All over the South and some people think keeping the Rural south underfunded for the sake of maintaining low taxes and some romanticized image of “Old Southern Pride-land” is some great thing.
La Reina del Sur Utilizing social benefits first and foremost is a choice. A choice many ppl find themselves in need of making or they may find themselves homeless, facing starvation, and myriad of other issues. President Truman and his wife were one of the first people to receive Medicare once it was signed into law. If social welfare was around President Thomas Jefferson’s daughter may not have had to live off charity after debt suck the vitality out of the Jefferson fortune. But you probably could careless.
People in the comment section... STOP judging and HELP those in need! I can't believe the comment section😐. I am definitely contacting the makers of these videos and doing what I can to help. Instead of you all nit picking, DO the same and HELP.
You are a moron. People like you just ghelp kee them in poverty. You're enablers. Your "help" does nothing but make poverty comfortable, and that's the last thing it should be. I was raised in this kind of poverty, and on my own at age fourteen with nowhere tro go, and no money to get there. People like you did everything possible to keep me in poverty. What got me out of poverty was people who told me the truth, which was everything is hard, but that's like, so stop whining and get to work. They didn't offer handouts or hand ups, they just told me to stop being a baby and do what had to be done. Get an education, develop a strong work ethic, stay away from drugs and alcohol, and don't have kids you can't support. If you do this, you'll be fine. All of us who followed this advice were fine. Those who didn't were too stupid or too foolish to care about. Those who had enablers like you around are still in poverty. Why work your ass off when there are always enablers around who will "help" you. All these people have to do is stay clean and walk away. But they won't, and you'll just make sure of that.
@james Ritchie : you speak from wisdom and experience .. And you're right . If people continue to give those who refuse to get out and work and help themselves out of the financial and economical situations they find themselves in .. Good work ethics can and will bring you financial success , and it begins at an early stage in life while you are a youth .. My children have jobs and they aren't but teenagers and young adults .. So you are definitely right . There's no such thing as a person (or family) not being able to overcome they're circumstances .. Prayer , faith in God , and hard work and plenty of effort still works ..
The people in the comment section God will give it to you but it can be taken away One pay check away and be living in your car. There are families living in their cars with children and said they never thought it could happen to them
@@sheiladavidson7475 " There are families living in their cars with children and said they never thought it could happen to them" They planned poorly. DO BETTER. Or not. I don't care. You choose, you live.... Wasn't that a song?
Wow folks!! Some stone cold hearts in the comments. But by the grace of God.... You can do everything you're suppose to do. Work, buy a home, raise your children and save a few bucks. Wh at happens if you lose your job in a tight economy? Your house burn down? Your child have a major medical problem. Insurance pays but you have a $5,000 to $10 000 payment for your out pocket and they-want it like yesterday. Pleas soften your hearts,I you never know what who or when you will help. Sometimes, you have to swallow your pride for a few moments to get back on foot.
I think she feel like she would get more praise from African people than her own for helping them I guess and social media some people or just Wicked and the do not no it what better place to help than the place you come from and you no the struggle is real in Mississippi.
I'm sorry that folks live like this....and I firmly believe that it is the fault of then authority, nobody should live like this. I'm black and I'm south African....my husband is Californian. even myself is appaled by this. my mum's house was fixed from scratch, I mean two years ago. it was bulldozed and built from scratch by the government and it was not even 20 yrs old. and she didn't have to pay nothing.this is not fair. they want to build a wall, well some of those bricks could build houses for these families
Thank you my black sister for bringing these shameful conditions in this so called Hone Of The Brave and Land Of The Free. Please ignore the negative comments, and keep up the good work.
People can be so cold refusing to understand that the circle of poverty isn't easy to break free of. Have you ever felt discouraged and there seems to be no answer? Well, most of these people have been in this trap for generations. No hope, no end to the sorrow. Even if you don't think you have anything to give, a kind word will go much further than you think rather than judge those less fortunate.
Ah, poor babies. It's hard, so don't do it. Just make excuses. You're full of shit. "Fortunate" has nothing to do with it. Education and a strong work ethic is how you get out opf poverty. You don't get out by having babies you can't afford to raise, by using drugs and drinking alcohol, , or by sitting around whining. And you sure don't get out by having dumbasses like you making excuse, and telling everyone how hard these poor little babies have it. I was raised in pverty at least as bad as this video, and so were many of my friends. Nearly all of us got out, but we'd still be there if we listened to people like you. You are the worst kind of enabler. These people stay in poverty generation after generation because enablers make it possible.
This is just about like my little grandmother's house...but I promise those ones living like this are Beautiful, Precious LOVING ,CARING PEOPLE....They know the meaning of TRUE LOVE .....My Grandmother's home was nothing...but it was a BEAUTIFUL HOME..PRECIOUS MEMORIES....Iwant to one day try to build it back..it burned to the ground....sad day....but I'm thankful for the LOVE we shared there...amen
If the walls could talk. I was raised in a three room house my mother raised five of us. Three girls and two boys the first room was a bedroom I her baby girl slept with her the second room boys slept on one side and the girl on the other. The third room was our kitchen as the boys grow up in her words "the cover was standing up in the morning".So she found another three room house and they move it in her friend add it to the old house it gave us more room. The boys had there own room and the girls we had there's and bathroom and living room.Mother didn't have a lot of education but a very wise women. We was poor and didn't now it. I never was hungry she taught us to keep our house clean cook iron bed was all ways made up. Please don't look down on people's that don't have much. I bet there a lot of love in those home. It was in my home.
So far I see an able bodied man, who is able to tack up that metal cladding on the house, clean the overgrown brush off the house, clean up the junk around the house... Being poor doesnt mean you cant keep a tidy place...
This makes me sad that there are people living here in those type of conditions, here in America in this day and age. No one should have to live like this. May God be smiling down on these people. May God help them. Stay strong, you are in my prayers.
Peter Reweti why stop at corporates? There’s greed in unions, in people who own stores, in contractors who overcharge people and do shoddy work, in car salesmen who tell a customer 4% interest on the loan and then put 6% on the paperwork, in people who embezzle from the companies they are working for. There is greed in the middle class and the rich.
I think it's a shame that people question the need to help people in poverty. This people want better for themselves but unless you're in their situation, which is very very bad, you would not know what they have to go through. Making it sound like each and every person can just pull themselves up from their bootstraps and just make their lives better is a facade that the rich want you to believe. These videos have opened my eyes to real poverty in America! Great reporting!
Bravo for you doing this video! It’s good for you to do something like this to help make people aware of the poverty in the US! So some people can help!!!
no only that..There are lots of trees and dirt they can use to make cement to rebuild the homes...It seems like these home were their slave ancestors first home, and turned into generation property, but no one cared to fix the property up since slavery was abolished... Blacks we need to do better, and learn how to help ourselves, stop always trying to wait for someone to rescue you. Even people in the poorest of Africa knows how to build a house out of dirt...Give me that property, and I will google how to make walls from dirt, and start piece by piece rebuilding my home.
Be careful with doing stuff like this. Make sure contracts are signed to prevdnt a squatters situation. You seem kind, and folks will abuse your kindness, so be careful.
Sis. Antoinette, Thanks for the work you and Bro. Walter continue to do on behalf of justice for our people. It's not the pretty picture too many want to see -- it's the ugly truth that too many people refuse to see. You are showing the world symptoms of the oppression African people still suffer in the United States. Stay strong!
Maybe you should contact the landlord and I think this is a bigger problem than some weeds. The Kennedy Brothers war on poverty in the 60 s was a failure. Please find something on James Baldwin
@@pamelapaikopoulos2320 I meant what I said and I dont take it back.... if you have two working hands, you can pull up weeds if you have to..dont have to have a lawn mower, a knife or hands will work... at least try to keep your area safe..
@@lovie2000 you dont know their mental state of health. They cant find work , they wish they could , they live in poverty. For a lot of people depression ,anxiety, stress .....sets in. The first thing people look at is to put some food on the table , keep their children from bad influences, provide warmth inside the house, warm cloths ..... Pretty gardens come last. Survival comes first . This is the instinct of all .
@@pamelapaikopoulos2320 My comment wasn't about them finding work. I simply said those weeds need to be cut down off that door... even people living in poverty with mental conditions keep their surroundings clean. Where are their neighbors, if they can't somebody should be lending a hand...that is what my comment was about....."somebody, anybody..." they needed to be cut down off that door and their area kept clean for their protection....but that man at the beginning is able bodied, he said he cant find a job, again theres no excuse not pulling them weeds down.. IJS
This woman is doing the best she knows how to bring awareness to their situation. People are just cold these days and let's not forget, AA's are hated while our Culture is coveted (and always stolen). Kudos to this woman and to you for reposting this! Hopefully we can figure out how to make real impact.
I am from friars point Mississippi and this is sad I remember seeing homes like this as a child we moved away in the 70's God bless the state of Mississippi
We as black people should unite and take care of our own. I mean, these are our brothers an sisters down there living like this. To hell with the government and elected officials who really don't give a damn about us. Let's take care of our own!
floridamom1976. "Government dont GIVE a damn to us" ..what you want from the government to be given ?! A new house ? This is america !! And you have the right and freedom of pursuit happiness. In this country Democracy doesn't mean free stuff; you have to work and earn the good stuff !
He is a young man he could clean up the yard I grew up in a house like this it was green tar paper But my granny believe in being clean yard our person ,dishes, clothes etc
As my best friend once said: it doesn’t matter if what you have is old, ugly or worn down, as long as it is tidy and clean. That says a lot about you as a person.
@@horsewithnoname12345 When someone is poor then one usually doesn't have a running water and electricity. And poor people are usually depressed and anxious. I don't know for US, but I saw and experienced that in Europe, especially Balkan region countries, Africa, Asia...
I just called this agency and asked how do I make a donation of clothing and household items to families in MS and I got "what kind of donations" followed by "the problem with that are the fees". So I said do you mean shipping costs? I said I'm not concerned with that I ship stuff to shelters all over..that wasn't an issue...but I felt like a thank you here is the address should have come first..i really would rather donate directly to a family than a pass through agency that will give them what they want.
@Chuck Edward Or castrate the men. It takes two to make a baby. Some guys have two women pregnant at the same time. Where do you think all these babies of teenage mothers come from...not from the cabbage patch.
I grew up in Mississippi , the only thing on my mind growing up was getting the hell out of Ms as fast as I could.. Living west coast now and loving it ..Mississippi ain’t worth taking a dump in...
I grew up in MS. Was on my way to work one day and stopped off at a gas station. There was a group of grown men in there bragging about how long it'd been since they had a job. BRAGGING. She may be right that people don't want to live that way but there are plenty of folks not willing to work in order to get out of there.
Thank You Madam for showing people the poverty that is affecting many, an inconvient truth for people to do nothing is blame these people...But it's harder to look away once you put faces, and names to their story...Youre right no one chooses to live in absolute poverty. God bless you for sharing this man's story...and please call Habitat for Humanity to see if they could help this family. God Bless you.
What you are seeing is poverty, it is a state of mind. Being poor is another issue. My family was poor, but we never lived like this, we had pride. We were clean and organized, even without much money.
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I agree no one wants to live like this. I live here in quitman county Mississippi and have lived in Tallahatchie county Mississippi. We need our churches and craftsmen to help. Thank you for sharing this story.
Without economic opportunities it's like having one's hands tied. It's truly like being a bird with a broken wing. America practice what you preach, love your neighbors as yourselves.
My pops just got up and bounced from rural Alabama at 19yo that was in 1967 he took a greyhound bus right up to Chicago and within 2 hours of stepping off of the bus he got a good paying job and lived very comfortable on after bought his first house in his mid 20's on the westside of Chicago and as he said he went through new cars like shoes he used to love to talk about the muscle cars he owned but anyhow I don't know why this video popped up my pops passed back in 2012 ✌️
I'm soso sorry I'm from KY my dad lived in Mississippi until his death . IV been to Mississippi an if I had money to help you all I would but I do pray an pray a lot .I will pray an keep you in my prayers. IV been really sick stage 4 cancer an a stroke I will put out a message to see if I can send help
I do not judge people! That could be ANY of us!! You get hurt and lose your job... sick... not blessed with an average IQ.. If you lived here would you be diligent about cutting weeds? Why cut them? makes your house look better? There's not much improving on this place!! They have junk around the house. If you lived here, with no money, would you pay the dump $20. to take it? When you need the 20 for an overdue electric bill? probably not!! Do not judge people!!!!!
officerdepfife. "Why cut weed ?!" ..."That make the house looks better ?!" Man that people has the same mentality like you and ..look the way they live !!
I wasnt sure if this was a home that someone actually lived in until I saw the meters and air conditioning. Very real now. 2020 are there any changes in this town?
Just think , Jay-z wears a 2 million dollar watch, Mayweather owns a 19 million dollar watch, 50 cent just bought a 3 million dollar car & the list of ignorance from the black entertainers goes on. A fraction of that money could provide some sort of educational resources or a shuttle service that would assist them with traveling to & from work. I'm not suggesting they give them there money, however, don't give it away to meaningless items.
Sean D I agree a hundred percent they brag instead of assist in humanitarian efforts only them in Hollywood you'll seeing showing off and bragging forgetting where they're coming from. Even though thats strong grown man can still do better.
Just how much money are these random entertainers supposed to give to complete strangers? Why are you targeting black entertainers? You don't think white, Asian, and Latino entertainers blow money on bullshit? How about J-Lo and Benn Afleck buying two big ass mansions on the same damn island, just to get divorced right after? How about the retired baseball player Kurt Shilling, who damn near bankrupted Rhode Island (I think) getting 10s of millions in loans for a shitty computer game that failed? The celebrities donate to charities and pay taxes out the ass already. Where is the rest of these peoples' families? Where are all these bullshit black churches that should be helping? Why is the first person to blame always some celebrity who ain't got shit to do with this? Oprah grew up in a poor part of Mississippi and was abused by her own family members, and she made it out. She's a philanthropist, but that doesn't mean every celebrity is obligated to do anything. Families should be looking out for each other, first and foremost. Latinos do it--they will live 10 to an apartment and pool their money together. Two adults making minimum wage may not add up to much, but if you have even 8 people, that's nearly $60/hour * 30 hrs, that's $1800/week. That's how you come up. You live in the not so great conditions until you can to where you need to be. Now, if poor people keep having kids one after the other, then they make their own situation infinitely harder and sometimes impossible. But grown people working together could make something happen.
Thank you my sister for allowing me to see how bad the poverty was in Mississippi you know we can come together as one people and take all of our elderly and put them in better quarters than this even build it Forum ourself you know to take $1,000 in to do some much-needed work on the house will go a long way but I think it five of us or even ten of us came together and pitched in a thousand dollars a piece we can begin to do some things for our elderly that they cannot do for themselves is there anyone that will join me
So true. Many of my friends lived in homes like this where I grew up in SC. The alternative is to leave their land behind and go to projects in the city. That IS the only choice they have. Live in the cities in poverty or live in the county in poverty. I lived in an old 2 story farm house down the street and there were about 5 or 6 little homes just like this. Farming is hard work.
Totally agree no one chooses to live in poverty...however... When these same people CHOOSE to bring children into the same situation that they're in... that is where they are wrong.
Places like Mississippi, Alabama i would never want to visit let alone live there . To deep rooted in slavery my my taste . An plz dont tell me its not.
I live in Mississippi and actually I live around tallahatchie. Its poverty stricken for whites and blacks. There are a lot of black people who have extremely nice homes and white people living like trash.. true slavery was awful but things change. Most of the time people live in these homes because the rent or price is low and they didnt have a good hand in life. We all get along down here and the ones that dont were brought up to hate each other, simple as that. The people I know take care of each other no matter the race.
I live in Mississippi. People don't choose to live lime this. Jobs are scarce and then if you have one it's not paying good. North Mississippi is very bad off. Help alot of times isn't given to the people who truly need it.
I don't live in Mississippi but , I have been through there a few times it is truly amazing the poverty we see all over America . As you have said nobody in their right mind , would choose to line in these conditions .My question to you is , do these people actually own these homes , or are these homes a part of some large plantation and the owners of the land control these homes ?
My late husband was a supervisor for an electrical company. They were building a federal prison in a poor prodmitly black county. The local newspaper almost every week complained that the company didn't hire locals. What they didn't realize or didn't care about was they tried. People would come apply be sent for drug testing and couldn't pass it. This one guy hired on @ $10.00 an hour seven twelve. 7 days a week 12 hours a day. Anything over 40 hrs was time and 1/2. Do the math that's alot of money. After he got his 1st check he told them he had to quit because it cut his foodstamps in half. Sad but a very true story
We have a lot of wealthy black people in America that can do something about the poverty of many black Americans but they do not. I hope this video have a tremendous effect on this situation. Oh god, I wish I was a wealthy man.
I knew this family locally that was always trying to make ends meet, and when my grandfather fell ill, he had a freezer full of home grown peas and whatnot. We've lived in rough conditions before too. So, I gave them to them because my uncle is selling my grandfather's house so he can pay off his mortgage. I try to give a lil to helping the needy every month, and I'm not rich myself. It could do most Americans some good to go without a luxury or two and help someone else out.
there's people who like and dislike their conditions in all situations. I agree. Did you grow up in this kind of area? My family did & I spent most my child hood in 1. I actually grew up in a house similiar to whats shown. POVERTY is a lot of times a state of mind. There has to be money given to live but i just kinda get mad at people who look at the areas like this and look SO down on it. When you get caught in the material world you lose so much. I worked in the bean field once.
