The Delmar Divide - Segregation in St. Louis, Missouri

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Delmar Boulevard is a street in St. Louis, Missouri that is widely regarded as a socio-economic and racial dividing line. This mini-documentary explores the meaning of the Divide, its origin, and the future of St. Louis.
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This project was created by me, Jacob Sowers, a Georgetown student (COL '23) majoring in government and political science and minoring in journalism and psychology.
Please contact jws139@georgetown.edu with any questions or commentary about the video.
This project was made possible by Dr. Elizabeth Stephen, Professor Jan Menafee, Dean Samuel Aronson, and Professor Ann Oldenburg.
Special thanks to all the individuals who were featured in the video and shared their experiences and knowledge on the subject.

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@Powertuber1000 10 месяцев назад

The divide is a product of self-preservation.

@WastedBananas 4 месяца назад

different raves should stick to their own

@fredericbaue 2 года назад

Great production. Thank you!

@kathleengamble9100 2 года назад

Very informative. Born and raised here, but heard about the Delmar Divide from one of my nieces that goes to Wash U.

@edhcb9359 Год назад

Just visited our son at WashU and when he told us about this we thought we would check it out. It’s crazy how much things change literally across the street. I don’t know how they keep the segregation so starkly separate.

@kathleengamble9100 Год назад

@@edhcb9359 There is a new organization, I haven't heard anything about it yet, but they call themselves Delmar Divine with the n in divine the color blue. They are in an abandoned hospital on the corner of Delmar and Belt. I guess they are trying to change the narrative. It seems like restaurants and offices will be there.

@edhcb9359 Год назад

@@kathleengamble9100 It’s really interesting to me because our son is in medical school there and is considering staying in that community afterwards so we may retire out there. I really like the community around the hospital but coming from CA I couldn’t believe how each neighborhood doesn’t bleed into the other’s at all!

@kathleengamble9100 Год назад

@@edhcb9359 You may be talking about Barnes Hospital area south of the Divide where the mansions, Forest Park and Wash U are located. I live north of the Divide where the abandoned hospital used to be has been remodeled, but there are plenty new houses built and historical homes remodeled in the last 20 years north of the Divide. I live in one of those. Good People, good community. No, sorry to say it is segregated, but various ethnicities are in every section of the city.

@Itsabluevibe Год назад

I am a dedicated public servant I am moving to St. Louis and I want to make a difference on these issues. Looking for opportunities in nonProfit

@tuckerc8375 26 дней назад

The line of Delmar isn't drawn on social or racial lines. It's a line between where crime is prosecuted and not prosecuted. No one wants a nice house in a neighborhood that they'll get robbed or murdered in.

@edhcb9359 Год назад

Forcing appraisers to appraise homes for more money will not magically make those homes worth more money. It will raise their debt levels(availability of HELOC’s).

@artmosley3337 Месяц назад

Homes in Black neighborhoods don’t sell.. they are stripped of copper pipes and wire in days after they are left vacant… if they are being rehabbed then they steal your tools too…

@belindadavis468 Год назад

My grandfather owned property on the 3800 block of Delmar . They bought it out from my aunt in the 90s. This was interesting

@stephensvoboda2162 6 месяцев назад

Race dynamics are certainly at play in Saint Louis. In my youth I attended Washington University. My first apartment was north of Delmar in University City. I wrote a whole bunch of text on Saint Louis race relations but then thought the better of it and deleted it before posting this. I hope things get better. In my experience people are people and there good ones and bad ones wherever you go. Education and hard work will set you free and my time at Washington University really helped me. I wish everyone had the same opportunities.

@cortwill4085 2 месяца назад

Segregation is very,very,very,very,very,very,VERY sad! I know because I am mixed (so I'm black⚫ and white⚪ ): my Mum is white and my Dad is black. And that means me, Cali S. Butler, and my sister, Nevaeh G. Butler, are mixed. P.S: I got hearassed in school, so Mum and Dad made me homeschool. And now that COVID -19 is around , I can't go back.🙍‍♀️ I had the best teachers! One was Miss. Dillon. She was a scientist.👩‍🔬😭 I was only 4 when I had to let go of her!😭 She passed away 2 years ago(I am 9 yrs old { it is April 26th, 2024}.[I was born in 2015]).🙍‍♀️ °~° ! ! Please type in " RIP, Miss. Dillon" if you get this message!!!! I loved her so much. 😭🤧😭😔 I'm going to cry! I'M CRYING! 😭 My cat, Sugercube {she's snowy white}, feels what I feel so she is crying, too!😿

@driverjamescopeland 4 месяца назад

People naturally gravitate to commonality.

@MitchDurfeeOfficial Год назад

@21:20 that’s exactly what happens! The city takes possession and is not doing anything for the buildings….so hire some protection services to drive out the crime for blocks at a time…

@jonpark6650 Год назад

Maybe Jussie could do something with this or maybe this could be a PBS Documentary Plenty of victims, just need more drama

@artmosley3337 Месяц назад

Its Whity that’s throwing trash on the streets,.. writing graffiti and stealing everything 😊

@cameroncolwell6032 2 года назад

Wsg Mr Wright

@jennmarie24Stl 9 месяцев назад

I live directly across from this new development I've been watching them from day 1..Been in the area for 20 yrs ive seen and experienced a change more diversity but I'm still not seeing interactions all the people working together. That's what is needed not only live and work amongst oneanother but to become friends and partners so we can truly learn and celebrate each other

@OanhSchlesinger 8 месяцев назад

Businesses found in poor neighborhoods, liquor stores, check cashing, pawn shops, rent to own, payday loans, bail bonds, and convenience stores. Businesses found in white neighborhoods, grocery stores, car dealerships, family owned businesses, eateries & restaurants, coffee shops, manufacturing plants / factories, and banking institutions. Location is everything.

@superhonky6290 Месяц назад

Because we are different species. Black as a collective cannot take care of anything. including each other

@bernlee6313 7 месяцев назад

North side of St Louis, use to be much better than today,one of the main problems is that you have people buying out home owners and these homes sit empty for years. The north side is surrounded with abandoned homes, most of the homes are dilapidated, weeds, nearly 5ft tall, the city allows this, you can call your local officials, they’ll tell you something just so you don’t keep bothering them, are they respond. I was born here in the fifties, and this north side is even worse.It’s to the point that homeowners are depressed the way we have to look at the eyesore in our community surrounding our homes! We can’t understand how they allow people to buy these homes and abandon them and the city does nothing

@doyleholloway1818 4 месяца назад

i was born in north st.louis on benton street.. i left st.louis when i was 22 years old and im sooo happy that i did...

@artmosley3337 Месяц назад

People just won’t admit or accept that Black neighborhoods are terrible because of the People who live there…

@johnreitz5676 10 месяцев назад

I lived in St. Louis for 50 years. Almost 10 years of that in the Loop, right on the corner of Delmar and Leland. I will be nice and just call this piece of work bunk. I dont live in St Louis any more.

@ssm1012 9 месяцев назад

I'm still here and I agree.

@artmosley3337 Месяц назад

Why is it We.. and not I should open a business, a vegetable food store, a local restaurant????

@Shahrdad 10 месяцев назад

Even the CWE was going the way of North City, but it was revitalized with a lot of investment by Washington University and it's medical complex nearby.

@gungaspot 6 месяцев назад

I just wonder why tyranna!

@adamwait1860 Год назад

Racial U-City is split by Olive not Delmar. Otherwise very good vid.

@MitchDurfeeOfficial Год назад

@24:10 you don’t need malls…shop online every mall in the country is going out of business…

@dennydowling2169 2 месяца назад

hey Tishaura, your father chose a bad place to build his home, she should have made a better choice. i doubt he would have been stopped from building his home several block south.

@funniful Год назад

I see an area where the residents don’t take care of their property. And I see an area where the residents do. I mean…. Stop breaking the windows, painting scribbles on fences, and throwing garbage into the yard. Maybe your property would be worth more. J S…

@Joe_J0e 10 месяцев назад

Then you will be guilty of "gentrification". It's really a no win situation.

@PerkpopperDotcom-qu3hk 9 месяцев назад

I have a bridge to sell you if you think rich people clean up after themselves

@antonhamilton1761 8 месяцев назад

Sounds like typical prejudice talk

@neonnoir9692 8 месяцев назад

@@antonhamilton1761yes, reality tends to be typical

@awjenning 7 месяцев назад

Yes. It's a matter of maintaining your property and your neighborhood.

@bettycold 9 месяцев назад

What’s its going to take to get the north side back on track, I have said we love the north neighborhood . I will love to come to beautiful city , but it not I don’t think the blacks want nice houses and home it’s not the government don’t work with the city to rebuild the neighborhoods and set regulations to protect the environment around the north side.🤔🤔🤔

@artmosley3337 Месяц назад

Im from StL.. they are the same homes, built by the same companies .. and they are valued by the city tax assessors as less… when White people buy houses the locals get mad about raising property values and taxes zz

@CallMeOpia 4 месяца назад

and why is the south side more diverse than the north side? latinos and asians are far more likely to live in the south side. this is no coincidence.

@MitchDurfeeOfficial Год назад

@14:35 the reason the values are different is because the house next door is trashed vs a house next to a house that is renovated…it’s not a color thing…Home values are based off what sells nearby… you want to move that same home near the ocean or to California and your house will be worth more… 😂 🤡…that’s how real estate works…

@dennydowling2169 2 месяца назад

Tough on the VICTIMS of crime: St Louis Democrat mayor blames convenience store owners for crimes that happen on their property and vows to hold them 'accountable' for lawbreaking. Good plan

@user-zw9ki6lk5t 9 месяцев назад

At Louis like pure Death 💀

@charliehorse543 6 месяцев назад

2023.Missouri is one of the most racist states from St Louis, to Kansas City. Racism destroyed them of them American cities.

@josephodell6529 Год назад

yawn

@notavailable1216 8 месяцев назад

Why is segregation wrong? Like fundamentally? People that are wanting to be around other people want to just be around those other people. Seems short sighted maybe, but wrong? I myself like a diverse place to emerse myself in, but I don't think you should force that on anyone. Why would people want to be around people who don't want to be around them? If the current infrastructure and government of an area doesn't seem fair, go somewhere else. Build the place you want to be in. It might be hard work, but if all people are created equal than surely it is possible to create a good place for yourself. Other people have accomplished this. The only way this isn't possible is if the people just aren't willing to work for that goal.

@runtoth3abyss 7 месяцев назад

You're asking why segregation is wrong and then telling people to just go somewhere else. Ignoring the fact that segregation was used to deny people the ability to do exactly that. You are the perfect example of the dunning Kruger effect

@notavailable1216 7 месяцев назад

@@runtoth3abyss well segregation is keeping people out, not keeping them in. It's the idea of isolating or separating, not including or mixing. So not sure how segregation keeps people from going somewhere where the segregationist are not around. Do you think segregationist are keeping people confined in like a prison? I'm pretty sure people are free to leave anywhere. Except a prison, of course. Not sure what that asking a question and stating the reason for the question has to do with overestimation of my cognitive abilities, seems the opposite rather. So not sure dunning Kruger was what you were looking for there. Maybe, ignorance would have been a better point to make, as I was seeking information that I was ignorant to. Also my question was not about the existence of segregation or what it is, it was about the morality of the act itself. The question was how it was wrong, as in wrong to do as a concept. Like what moral objections would a person have to it? Not what negativity results from segregation, but what fundamental tenet of social goodness it's breaking. It feels like it would be equally wrong to be able to decide who you are to be friends with. I mean if someone really wants to be our friend, do we have to be friends with them? Are we morally wrong if we exclude them? Do we morally have to let someone in our house simply because they want in?

@notavailable1216 7 месяцев назад

@@runtoth3abyss Any further thoughts or you just giving up?

@runtoth3abyss 7 месяцев назад

@@notavailable1216 Your point is stupid. There is no difference between segregation that excludes people and segregation that is just trying to include people of the same culture. They are two sides of the same coin

@notavailable1216 7 месяцев назад

@@runtoth3abyss Doesn't seem to track with the definition.

@juliefranco12 5 месяцев назад

U city and central west end are mainly college areas. I have lived all over the world and st Louis is the best. And having lived on Delmar and skinker for 10 years not as bad as you say. Sorry you gate such a good place and I am not even born here. I uave lived both north and south and nothing like these videos. These issues are in all cities