A Segregation Wall Has Stood In Detroit For 80 Years. Residents Don't Want it Taken Down.

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A Segregation Wall Has Stood In Detroit For 80 Years. Residents Don't Want it Taken Down.

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In 1941, a developer in Detroit built the Birwood Wall, a barrier meant to separate Black residents from white residents. Eighty years later, it’s now believed to be one of the last physical relics of segregation in the North, and it is leaving behind a legacy much larger than its original intent.
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@51WCDodge 3 жыл бұрын

A lady like this is the cornerstone of any community anywhere. The memory of it, the peacemaker, the person you can go to. They are an essential part of why a community works.

@Bea_B 3 жыл бұрын

@Karl Childers WTF are you talking about. You can strive for changes while preserving the history! None of the monument should be taken down, confederate flag, this wall, none of it! This is America and people need you understand what America is throughout its generations.

@mlw237 3 жыл бұрын

@Karl Childers what you on about now?

@mlw237 3 жыл бұрын

@Karl Childers lol, yeah. I'm the one who doesn't get it hahaaaa. Yes sir, Mr. Projection. 🤣🤣🤣

@mlw237 3 жыл бұрын

@Karl Childers oh, and yes. You are quite ignorant. Silly, even.

@WoodysAR 3 жыл бұрын

@@Bea_B I am so glad to hear someone point out the hypocrisy of being supportive of 'remembering' one thing but not another, as if a woven Tapestry could remain intact with a bunch of its long threads pulled out!

@MrSwaggonten 3 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of stuff they don't want taught in schools across America.

@antoniocruz7792 3 жыл бұрын

do you know what is going on in NY ??

@fitawrarifitness6842 3 жыл бұрын

@@antoniocruz7792 Yeah they are still paying more in taxes ,than they receive in federal funding.

@randal_gibbons 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 57 and stories like this tell me I have so much more to learn. And the sooner we learn, the better.

@freshencounter 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! The last thing they want is to know is that we were once United and why and how we are where we are now. It’s shocking more and more white people everyday.

@bradcanning875 3 жыл бұрын

I was just about to say exactly the same thing until I scrolled down and saw your comment. I am a white Canadian living 3 miles from the border. I find the opposition to telling the truth about history is a dangerous thing. Especially when the fear-mongers wrap it in teaching people to hate themselves, America is really struggling right now. As Canada is effected by America I hope the majority are able to prevail.

@Ay-B 3 жыл бұрын

There was segregation everywhere - not just the south. How do people not know that?

@papovka 3 жыл бұрын

they don't teach it in school, they put a narrative instead that most people were anti-racist & that only the south is bigoted

@R.R.Z. 3 жыл бұрын

@Ay b Many people in Joliet and other places in Illinois don't acknowledge that fact

@Ay-B 3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyrobinsin5578 So that wall appeared out of nowhere? Lol! Sometimes it is by choice, and that's fine. When it's forced contrary to the Constitution, that is unlawful.

@roblee4480 3 жыл бұрын

Of course there was 70 years ago

@opalessence4818 3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyrobinsin5578 What are you referring to when you say “one’s own kind?” Race is an artificial construct. We are one human race.

@kerrylwash 3 жыл бұрын

I'm happy she has gotten to live in her community for 62 years. We all can be that fortunate. I have lived in four different states, always following work, never by choice.

@TruckTaxiMoveIt 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you had a choice even if you didn't feel like you had a choice

@mlgcpe1918 3 жыл бұрын

I overstand.

@amy675fly 3 жыл бұрын

I feel this way too...

@killiun55 3 жыл бұрын

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt dunning kruger effect much? You know nothing about this person. Peace and Blessings.

@genxnomad1978 3 жыл бұрын

I believe she misspoke/miscalculated somewhere. 🤔 She said they have been there since 1979. I was born in late 1978, and definitely not 62.🤷🏾

@Hakulanni 3 жыл бұрын

This is History, living History. This Lady is absolutely right to want to stay. There are Witnesses in that Wall.

@katlopez6124 3 жыл бұрын

They took a lot of statues down here in philadelphia during the blm protesting and riots. Some here feel the same it's part of history they should have stayed.

@allicebrown6093 3 жыл бұрын

I feel her , at 61..yes let the history be told, all across the National. Stay Blessed America

@ayayron7776 3 жыл бұрын

TAKE THE WALL DOWN!! History is racist.

@mannynavarrette5715 3 жыл бұрын

@Louloo gffg

@banks5162 3 жыл бұрын

@@katlopez6124 It's part of honoring slavery and racism. It should have been taken down. There's a difference, and most people are not stupid enough to not know the difference!

@peteallyn412 3 жыл бұрын

You’ll be surprised at the things you notice if you just look around.

@BlackNightJack 3 жыл бұрын

In 2045 White folks will be the minority. That's when America dies.

@bluelee6700 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackNightJack BLACK PEOPLES IS. THE. LARGE. RACE. ALL. OVER. THE. WORLD 🌎🤣😂👍🏽

@BlackNightJack 3 жыл бұрын

@@bluelee6700 Go back to history class, you DOPE.

@quotidian5077 3 жыл бұрын

America is made up of immigrants who all had a part in making America what it is today. America won't die if white folks become the minority. America will die because we become so divided that we won't be able to bounce back from it.

@MisterUrbanWorld 3 жыл бұрын

@@BlackNightJack I don't know why you'd tell him to go back to history class when blk people are one of the largest groups on Earth, if not the largest. The San people of southern Africa, who have lived as hunter-gatherers for thousands of years, are likely to be the oldest population of humans on Earth. That's a history lesson for you, lol.

@charleslowe1106 3 жыл бұрын

This wall is not old. Don’t let that go over your head.

@NolaDarling333 3 жыл бұрын

Period only 51 years old

@charris1ful 3 жыл бұрын

Right! When people say that I say that wasn't that long ago!

@kayla7562 3 жыл бұрын

@@NolaDarling333 it was 80 years ago, 1941 is the year they built it. But yeah still crazy because it’s not long ago!

@TRUEROOTS2022 3 жыл бұрын

My grandmother is 11 years older than this wall.

@bricebarker3487 3 жыл бұрын

Is that bad? How old is old enough?

@curanderoverde 3 жыл бұрын

Instead of tearing down the wall Detroit needs better roads & education

@JohnDoe_88 3 жыл бұрын

Some point well weed out the greed and start taking much better care of people across the board

@kepop98 3 жыл бұрын

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@darkgoddesstantra9999 3 жыл бұрын

That's the entire state of Michigan. There are lots of non melanated communities in Michigan that need better education.😒😒😒

@kepop98 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkgoddesstantra9999 the entire state of Michigan students are 3 classes behind.

@darkgoddesstantra9999 3 жыл бұрын

@@kepop98 Which classes?

@marcelopepinho 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't we have more educational news like this?

@mrs.cherry550 3 жыл бұрын

@You Tube hates freedom of speech Facts💯

@mrs.cherry550 3 жыл бұрын

@You Tube hates freedom of speech That is so true also and that’s why the black community has a high rate of single parent household which is 70% with the government’s help (welfare) and it might just be higher than that now

@akapczyn 3 жыл бұрын

Information suppression and general ignorance.

@WeezyJeffersonYo 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrs.cherry550 so you've just stolen some black woman's photo and you're using it as your avatar? Why?

@WeezyJeffersonYo 3 жыл бұрын

Because the USA wants to erase atrocious history of this country. There are plenty of educational news programs like this but you have to seek them out because they're not mainstream

@lawrencemckissick9680 3 жыл бұрын

This beautiful lady has a beautiful soul we need more people like her who care about community and people that make communities work.

@StealthTheUnknown 3 жыл бұрын

The younger people who have a spirit like hers, they get so much resistance and hatred because people have just accepted the status quo ways of thinking without actually THINKING about it. This woman and the people like her will often be labeled one label or another, like “alt-right” or whatever. Particularly if they’re not foaming at the mouth to tear down a reminder of our history. But we have more people like her in this generation than you know, those who see things from unique and possibly helpful perspectives. And the more society shuns them, the more they will find each other and grow

@harrietjohnson1930 3 жыл бұрын

We ALL can follow her lead wherever we are. Let’s do what is ours to do in our neighborhood or a neighborhood in need.

@shanetowne6530 3 жыл бұрын

I liked her advice about taking care of your space. Making the neighborhood nice and her home to shows she cares about the community.

@user-tw6bj4xx1l 3 жыл бұрын

I really did too because that's something that I teach my kids just because we live in the ghetto area of our neighborhood does not mean that we contribute to making a ghetto I make my kids pick up trash all over it regardless if he's there they're not... Good example to respect ur hood. Kids need that.

@carolinerogers1012 3 жыл бұрын

People have lost that pride...my mother said when they were little living in Harlem, the ladies of the building would take turns Cleaning and sweeping the stoop and front area. When did we loose it???

@sandraandrews7342 3 жыл бұрын

I always tell people, it's not where you live it's how you live. People should take pride in the communities. Don't always wait for the city. Sweep , cut and pick up people. Take pride.

@KnowledgeSeeker78491 3 жыл бұрын

@@carolinerogers1012 People work too long of hours at outside jobs to be coming home and taking care of neighborhoods…they can only take care of their personal space

@latonyaanderson1405 3 жыл бұрын

@Caroline Rodgers When we stopped caring about each other. We stopped realizing that we need each other to survive.

@Ms-er1bq 3 жыл бұрын

Born and raised in Detroit on the West Side. Didn't know about this at all. Parts of Detroit need attention. The love and commitment of people like this is what's needed to turn everything around. Sista, I see you!

@liastorm795 3 жыл бұрын

Same, I was born in raised on the West Side also💪🏼 I feel like if we can really build Detroit back up, bring jobs, and get the crime out, if we work as a community to truly care to make a difference🙏🏼

@winstonmarajh991 3 жыл бұрын

@@liastorm795 care to say where y'all will start from ?

@mr2hard2see 3 жыл бұрын

@@liastorm795 so have you had a chance to see the wall in person yet?

@viec726 3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@bumblebeebumblebeebumblebe7747 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in Southwest Detroit and the west side went to Codyhigh School still have family in Detroit Jackie

@lani4043 3 жыл бұрын

Ms Teresa is a walking history book. I would love to hear her life stories.

@sophiawilson3723 3 жыл бұрын

Taking down the wall will not erase our history. Matter-of-fact, it should be renamed "The Burwood Segregation Wall." Leave it right there, Please. Thank you.

@joeywho534 3 жыл бұрын

Does the same apply to statues?

@opalessence4818 3 жыл бұрын

@@joeywho534 Does the wall glorify racial segregation the way confederate monuments glorify the desires to secede and to keep people enslaved? Or is it rather a reminder of progress made against racist policies?

@joeywho534 3 жыл бұрын

Good to know that this wall is the reason Detroit sucks. Take it down so it fixes everything.

@joeywho534 3 жыл бұрын

@@opalessence4818 that’s what this story is saying. That is precisely what it’s saying. 🤣 Hypocrites. Take it down like everything else.

@joeywho534 3 жыл бұрын

@@opalessence4818 you’re either leaving up monuments to victimhood or taking them down.

@thetruenova2172 3 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in Detroit. I never knew this existed.

@RushitTahiri 3 жыл бұрын

Same 🤯

@YTT718 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@mzlady1128 3 жыл бұрын

I lived on Monica and 8 mile for 10 years and never heard or knew of its existence.

@suzycarmichael933 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I had no clue

@JohnDoe_88 3 жыл бұрын

Same. It's been up 80 years let it be exposed although walls of separation are meant to be broken. I'd rather get rid of the Mexican wall and learn to appreciate each other without borders than have a history of a hateful wall for Mexicans to teach younger generations. If only we were so occupied in taking care of everyone in present and future with unconditional love that we didn't have time to remember the hate of the past. War and oppression will always be part of the past but try not to let it occupy your mind when the future has potential to be indefinitely bright

@Braider_on_the_run 3 жыл бұрын

“”It was to keep people like you away from people like me”. 2:07 man that’s deep.

@ChristopherInTexas 3 жыл бұрын

I love this lady. She's a pillar of her community. God bless her.

@verlinden80 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad she won't leave and I hope she never leaves. Every neighborhood in Detroit needs a woman like Ms Teresa Moon watching over it and keeping safe. God Bless her. The wall looks beautiful now despite it's history. #luvmycity

@nikkirockznikkirockz8551 3 жыл бұрын

They need meN (real ones) as well!!!!

@greyrabbitcottontail1479 3 жыл бұрын

She may as well stay in Detroit forever yes.

@verlinden80 3 жыл бұрын

@@nikkirockznikkirockz8551 agree

@johnnguyen6159 3 жыл бұрын

There is another massive wall in Detroit called 8 mile. There is constant tension between the suburbs and the city. For example there are no Kroger, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, actual malls, there is 1 multiplex movie theater on 8 mile, but no regional or national movie chains like Emagine or AMC in the city, but those exist in the suburbs.

@danielles.3574 3 жыл бұрын

Now c'mon and tell the whole truth....I grew up on Birwood right down the street from this wall. This wall is not nearly as obvious as the contrast between the city of Detroit vs the suburbs. The most clear racism IS that there are none of these businesses in Detroit til this day. The ONLY store in the city for less than 10 years now I believe, is Meijer, 2 locations that's it(which came as a result of Michelle Obama calling out the food deserts in the inner-city communities). It's very apparent ain't much changed. Thank you for pointing this out...I had this conversation with other residents of Detroit earlier this year. There has always been a requirement for most residents in Detroit to take their hard earned money right out of the city to the suburbs all around it for most daily necessities. This is the REAL reason there is a difference in what you see in the city vs the suburbs. #JUSTICE

@WayBackWhen777 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder why??? 🤷

@johnnguyen6159 3 жыл бұрын

@Lady Liberty It has been changing in the past decade, stores such as Whole Foods, Nike, Under Armour, H&M, etc have been opening stores in the city. In 2020 Detroit was lucky enough to not have stores damaged and looted unlike Minneapolis, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, etc. Even recently Target stores in San Francisco had to close early due to theft.

@Mykidsaresmarterthanyours 3 жыл бұрын

Don't be ignorant.... You know why those businesses are not in that area.

@savory9082 3 жыл бұрын

GROSSE POINTE IS ANOTHER.

@DreaDrea-bg2mu 3 жыл бұрын

We are still being Redlined this year. I called a plumbers, pizzia delivery places, and electricians this year. Once I told them that I lived in Detroit they couldn't help me because I lived in Detroit which is only 10-20 minute's away from me.

@liastorm795 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!! I remember a few years back I tried to order pizza and mind you I live in the Detroit-Dearborn area, so anyways I ordered pizza from a place that was less than 10 minutes away but since they were in "Dearborn" they couldn't deliver🤨🙄 From that day I KNEW people were still prejudice about certain neighborhoods in Detroit😑

@markcortez5685 3 жыл бұрын

@@liastorm795 no that ain't it they probably lost delivery guy in that area from robbery .

@onenationunderground2360 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I worked for a pizza place that wouldn't deliver to certain areas either because our driver got robbed, nobody tipped and a few people just took the pizza and shut the door without paying.

@mscardioqueen 3 жыл бұрын

"A hazardous area." Makes it sound like a chemical wasteland. Geesssh!

@liastorm795 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly 🤦🏽‍♀

@the-based-jew6872 3 жыл бұрын

It is a chemical wasteland now lol

@ygflexb1237 3 жыл бұрын

It deff is a hazardous area tho lol

@edwardstarling1835 3 жыл бұрын

New jersey is a chemical wasteland. Dubbed dirty jersey or the arm pit of america, has more superfund sites than any other state. Probably how i got colon cancer in my mid 30s

@gouloune1 3 жыл бұрын

This is how they REALLY feel about you. Stop acting BRAND NEW. Such display of repulsion did not stop the Sydney Poitiers from "Going to dinner".

@embracethesuck1041 3 жыл бұрын

A good example will go a lot further than a good lecture. This lady is an example for her community that should be emulated.

@microtasker 3 жыл бұрын

My father was a real estate agent and he helped people in Detroit all the time that made $80k a year working at the auto factories that had no idea that they were even allowed to buy a home north of 8 mile. This was in the 1990's.

@candyc4713 3 жыл бұрын

Wow my grandparents moved to Southfield in 1978. People didn’t know they could or were allowed to? Very interesting.

@microtasker 3 жыл бұрын

@@candyc4713 Not everyone, but some.

@marywilson6354 3 жыл бұрын

Been in Detroit all my life and never knew or heard this before smh .

@gouloune1 3 жыл бұрын

I bet you did not know about slavery and Jim Crow a d the KKK etc. either!

@nettewatson985 3 жыл бұрын

Life long Detroiter and I've only heard this wall mentioned 1x in 30+ years. I never knew the story and have never seen the wall. It's know on my bucket list! Thank you Ms. Teresa & NBC for educating me today. It's a lesson I'll never forget.

@moniquejackson9582 3 жыл бұрын

There’s invisible walls all over the world, segregation, still exist. Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean you can’t feel it.

@chriswil5919 3 жыл бұрын

Yea 8mile the street in Detroit !! Invisible wall ……#Detroit

@charris1ful 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct!

@natashaiyamu734 3 жыл бұрын

You said that perfectly

@SoulSheIS 3 жыл бұрын

Automatically, thought of "Women of Brewster's Place" with "The wall." God Bless, Miss Theresa.

@belizegal29 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!!! Yes, that was my first thought.

@SupernovaX72 3 жыл бұрын

Me too I just posted that and then I saw your comment

@TexRose956 3 жыл бұрын

Keep sharing the history, a lot of us are listening and willing to learn.

@starlaks588 3 жыл бұрын

We need to stop trying to live amongst other people and take care of our neighborhoods! Just like the lady talked to the youngsters about cleaning up, that's what we all need to be doing. Let's start taking care of ours.

@jazuripinto5998 3 жыл бұрын

It’s all about the mentality of the people in the communities. If there is a mentality of abundance you will take care of your neighborhood. If there is a scarcity mentality u will not take care of your neighborhood because you tell yourself that you don’t own your home or apartment and it’s ok to live in squalor.

@emilycarter8315 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@starlaks588 3 жыл бұрын

@@jazuripinto5998 that's true, but we have to change our mindset. Even if we don't own it, we love there so we should maintain it and start saving our money so we can own ours.

@arielskys8727 3 жыл бұрын

Dont demolish the wall, just make a door or gate that people can pass through. The wall looks Beautiful 😃

@marksullivan6319 3 жыл бұрын

I commend this lady. We shouldn't just tear things down because they offend us. We need to have these things up to learn from, so we don't repeat our mistakes.

@fistandpen2505 3 жыл бұрын

Literally nobody says things should be torn down "because they offend". You must be white. Things are torn down because of what they symbolize. A monument to a white racist literally symbolizes celebration of white racism. A wall that was built to divide and now has murals depicting the vibrance and resilience of a black community symbolizes the black community turning hate to love. Either way THEY did the work, not the hateful community: that should be something for you to learn from.

@charleneblack2792 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you had that same opinion when they were tearing down historic statues.

@JohnSmith-ct5jd 11 ай бұрын

So the statue of Robert E. Lee should be torn down, but a wall-whose only purpose was to segregate a community-should still stand? Seems hypocritical.

@randal_gibbons 3 жыл бұрын

Im 57 and stories like this tell me I have so much more to learn.

@W3Slots 3 жыл бұрын

*I shed a tear seeing her cry*. I wouldn't leave either if that's the place I know.

@edwinacaparelli9911 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting perspective on the wall. My first thought was that it should go but upon listening to her perspective, it's interesting to think about it from a different point of view as a reminder.

@latonyaanderson1405 3 жыл бұрын

Love this comment, because I thought the same. I’m sure shes happy for us putting the shoe on the other foot. This is how we pay in forward in the world, by seeing another perspective. We don’t have to agree with it, just SEE it. Stay positive Edwina.

@BeAmbitiousNotContent 3 жыл бұрын

It’s sad to see the once vibrant homes now in a state of disrepair. Literally, if these walls could talk”

@cindyparra5751 3 жыл бұрын

People people people take notes on what this woman is saying the GOVERNMENT may want to keep the people fighting over nonsense it is up to US to come together as a community and country and fight against unjust political policies and unjust laws.

@comingsn2519 3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@nlibby5549 3 жыл бұрын

Truth

@northernprepper6981 3 жыл бұрын

History, especially that that shows our worst as a people, needs to be left alone. Without that knowledge of the bad, we are doomed to repeat it. We have to learn the bad so that we can continue to improve ourselves and our country together.

@DD-qr7ft 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@ErroneousMonk1 3 жыл бұрын

Confederate statues, anyone?

@annejackson9123 3 жыл бұрын

@@ErroneousMonk1 no because those were only put up to terrorize and control black people. Not the same thing. Those statues are linked to racism and racially motivated murder. A lot of them started popping up in the 20th century as response to black people's progress in society. Segregation affected both races for the most part. Segregation was not meant to be a deadly thing to black people but it did contribute to inequality at times. It's completely different.

@bricebarker3487 3 жыл бұрын

@@annejackson9123 the wall represents the same thing. If they were put there to keep black people down just like this wall means it should stay under your own definition. History will not be destroyed period.

@ErroneousMonk1 3 жыл бұрын

@@annejackson9123 So, Democrats put up confederate statues, instituted Jim Crow, enforced government-backed segregation and defended slavery with their lives. But now Democrats (sorry, but I have to assume you’re one) want to pick and choose which of their memorials are an abomination and which are not. Got it.

@MrCdnBeef 3 жыл бұрын

She's right. We need to continue telling our stories. Share our experiences. Or our people are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. Such dedication to heritage made me weep.

@JohnDoe_88 3 жыл бұрын

Let past hate be a springboard for present and future indefinite love and appreciation that's the true path that's within us

@tysparks598 3 жыл бұрын

If that’s the path… but then people need to be taught something other than a victim mentality… because you have overcome, we’re one of the least racists societies in the world, and that’s because we used to aspire toward a melting pot. Multiculturalism has limits. There has to be some common culture. Each generation that comes along gets further & further in practice from the past. Or had been. I just fear we are regressing.

@marcelopepinho 3 жыл бұрын

Agree... however there is a wave of right-wing extremists and white-wing evangelicals that is polarizing America and Europe. Brazil is a perfect example, now we have a president who hates indians, women, blacks, gays, poor people among others. Instead of progressing we are going backwards for decades.

@DamnitJanet529 3 жыл бұрын

The love in this woman's heart is contagious.

@kaarlimakela3413 3 жыл бұрын

This is the only remaining physical wall of quite a few built around town as the city expanded ... I learned young what was going on. I remember To Rent Apt signs in windows, that said Whites Only. So when MLK Jr came to march, we went too.

@obsoleteprofessor2034 3 жыл бұрын

Ever see the signs "Irish need not apply"?

@QueenQueen-np2sm 3 жыл бұрын

@@obsoleteprofessor2034 what does that have to do with his story or the story he is commenting on? Please try not to deflect and make your woes are worse then your woes scenario, respect what he has to say and move on comment on the Irish vlog .

@obsoleteprofessor2034 3 жыл бұрын

@@QueenQueen-np2sm Its like the story of the blind men discribing the elephant. If you don't get the whole picture one can easily claim they are the only and most oppressed which in itself is deflecting away from all others who have suffered.

@willieleelump-lump7608 3 жыл бұрын

@@obsoleteprofessor2034 : Really 🙄😒?! Troll much 🤔?❗

@willieleelump-lump7608 3 жыл бұрын

@@QueenQueen-np2sm : Exactly ❗

@lovemyalaskaful 3 жыл бұрын

First impression of the wall...it's bright, colorful and full of hope✌

@BrendenDrivesMeCrazy 3 жыл бұрын

Lipstick on a pig

@lemostjoyousrenegade 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. It’s beautiful.

@BrendenDrivesMeCrazy 3 жыл бұрын

@@lemostjoyousrenegade let me paint ya a masterpiece then

@BlackNightJack 3 жыл бұрын

White Lives Matter.

@QueenQueen-np2sm 3 жыл бұрын

Bright and colorful to cover up the lies and hate that goes with it let it stand to represent the true history of the soil that cries out of the blood of the innocent which died before, durinng and . after the wall was made. That wall represents hate get a clue nothing beautiful about it😏

@ms.ashland1239 3 жыл бұрын

Beubien middle school didn’t mention this , wow I grew up on Sorrento and Chippewa and they never said nothing , wow

@axtaxt8372 3 жыл бұрын

No surprise….white history is definitely selective

@theusa4052 3 жыл бұрын

@@axtaxt8372 I mean. This isn’t that well known and many people on the other side of the city didn’t know about it.

@candyc4713 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up on Sorrento near W. Outer Drive and I don’t think I ever recall seeing this wall or if I did i did not pay it any attention. Wow.

@theusa4052 3 жыл бұрын

@Klein Mitch And the slave owners didn’t care enough to write it down. So…

@theusa4052 3 жыл бұрын

@Klein Mitch I’m supporting your argument. Look at that sentence again.

@mattkehn6848 3 жыл бұрын

This isn't the only wall in Detroit. There is a bigger one at Kercheval and Alter.

@mzkittym.5450 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, true.

@RockStarDidit 3 жыл бұрын

We Were All Human Until Race Disconnected Us, Religion Separated Us, Politics Divided Us, & Wealth Classified US....... MAKE SURE TO TELL SOMEONE YOU LOVE 💞THEM

@stanleyyelnats1313 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow.....VERY well said!!! ✌🇱🇷

@spreadlovenothate5017 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful statement.

@ruthsantiago363 3 жыл бұрын

They live in the past, the government likes this division that has been created and if you are white you will not be saved if they continue to create division because many blacks are resentful of all those who are not of their race.

@katherineirving7189 3 жыл бұрын

👍🥰🌎🌍🌏

@texan-american200 3 жыл бұрын

So why not just make a series of openings to natural pathways and leave the fence up for the sake of history?

@defco89 3 жыл бұрын

Good question... probably because people on both sides like things just the way they are !!!

@texan-american200 3 жыл бұрын

@@defco89 Good point

@defco89 3 жыл бұрын

@@texan-american200 urban planners should do a mini impact study to determine how modifying the wall would affect property values, school and public bus routes, crime rates, postal and pizza delivery times and other zoning issues that might benefit from economies of scale.

@prof.scheere6933 3 жыл бұрын

Im surprised no one has knocked down parts

@comingsn2519 3 жыл бұрын

Thats a good idea actually.

@cassidysmith3743 3 жыл бұрын

Don't have to tear it down. Just attach doors on the wall so anyone can walk through on either side. It's like opening a door to a new beginning. We both can cross over to each side without climbing a wall.

@lemostjoyousrenegade 3 жыл бұрын

👌🏽 An archway would look beautiful.

@katherineirving7189 3 жыл бұрын

🥰🤗

@goldengram3865 3 жыл бұрын

I know right where that is, having grown up so close to there. I must track that beautiful soul down and give her a hug!

@bp4lghost311 3 жыл бұрын

When she said I'm not going anywhere she probably has never been so right

@user-tw6bj4xx1l 3 жыл бұрын

What am amazing woman. A real pillar of her community... True example an i will be showing her example to my kids. Our kids deserve to know this info

@spritepage 3 жыл бұрын

Detroit will always be home to alot of ppl even if they've relocated to other places. There's nothing like the "D"!

@kipperlane8959 3 жыл бұрын

So true. I miss Belle Isle and driving up the Grosse Pointe coast, beautiful places.

@rubyparchment5523 3 жыл бұрын

I'm forever boasting about my French-Swedish great-grands who settled there in late 1800s. Can't trace easily, as there were thousands of men named Charles Carson.

@treasurethetime2463 3 жыл бұрын

A lady who gets it. Removing statues and symbols of evil allows the evil doers to "forget" their actions.

@shawnwebb9502 3 жыл бұрын

a true definition of systematic racism..

@blakrumba 3 жыл бұрын

I love this lady. She deserves a huge grant. How can we connect her with a grant writer? She is a single person non-for-profit movement.

@savlosavage 3 жыл бұрын

It’s like the opposite effect the Berlin Wall had …

@comingsn2519 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking this exact thing.

@GURILLAPUD 3 жыл бұрын

While the devil Ronald Reagan asked to bring down the Berlin Wall, America had their own segregation wall that he completely ignored. Seems about right. 😂😂😂

@erinjordon829 3 жыл бұрын

More places and neighborhoods need people like her. She is a modern day historian

@kevin-vn9mr 3 жыл бұрын

The lady said it best it was just a fence to us. It's part of the community. It's not a wall of racism it's just a wall

@eman3414 3 жыл бұрын

It's a wall of racism that white people created. It should be knocked down.

@MrSwaggonten 3 жыл бұрын

What ever makes you sleep better at night. It was obviously built out of racism by white racist 🙄

@kevin-vn9mr 3 жыл бұрын

Have a feeling that everyone in the neighborhood would like the wall left up.

@cocofluff 3 жыл бұрын

Conservatives would have us believe things like this NEVER happened. Even as they work to build NEW literal and figurative walls between races.

@robertnorris1808 3 жыл бұрын

I have never met ONE conservative that said things like that. You must just be another blame game person. Did you notice where this wall is? It's in the NORTH and in another democrat controlled area. So who is doing what to this area both in the past and now? You need to actually open your eyes and mind and really see just who was what and who did what to people of color. Seems to many blacks want to continue to use race baiting to make a untrue statement. If you vote then maybe next time before you check that box for another democrat maybe really see which party has done more to open the door for people of color and which party would rather keep them on the government payroll. IMHO

@thunkjunk 3 жыл бұрын

Why conservatives?

@GhostlyGhille 3 жыл бұрын

no we wouldn't. It existed real racism existed. Conservatives just say stop crying about it, 95% of people alive and responsible for that are dead. Now people cry racism whenever someone disagrees with them. Work for better lives follow the law and usually you'll end up having a better life and no bad run ins with the cops.

@jacquesminor6781 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertnorris1808 I'm a black man myself and I say Amen to that ‼️

@cocofluff 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertnorris1808 Conservatives are the ones who claim institutionalized racism does not exist. They rail against critical race theory like Jim crow never existed. Like banks still to this day are not denying loans to black business owners or black homeowners to keep them out of certain neighbourhoods and markets. And an area being democratic or republican is irrelevant. Racism permeates every state in our union.

@joycewilliams9801 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful caring story about such a LOVING SPIRIT living in DETROIT

@CPeetG 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like America will never fully overcome its dark history, unfortunately.

@officetechtyping 3 жыл бұрын

And she will pay for it.

@loriannrichardson7644 3 жыл бұрын

Especially since it refuses to own the wrongs done.

@Raiche58 3 жыл бұрын

We don't always have to overcome it, but we must learn to live in awareness of it.

@pepmintpatty1764 3 жыл бұрын

Never...

@evolvedanimeisland 3 жыл бұрын

Never

@dannybaldwin7343 3 жыл бұрын

🇺🇸 Another example of Americas Sinful Past Which America Ignores To This Day. 🇺🇸🤔🤫

@kelvintorrence5994 3 жыл бұрын

Rite on

@miawarren8735 3 жыл бұрын

That what it is ,the past. Leave it there.

@katherineirving7189 3 жыл бұрын

Not all Americans. Stop Stereotyping.

@OGMann 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Leave the statues and southern flag alone. They stand as reminders of what should never happen again. They stand as the public embarrassment of a way of life that lost, and a mindset that continues to lose. They stand as a representation of the triumph of good over evil. Like any icon, they only mean what an individual chooses for them to mean...

@bsboggyboy5432 3 жыл бұрын

Now that's awesome, don't rewrite history learn from it.

@leahneal6981 3 жыл бұрын

Lived in Detroit my whole life and never knew 🤷🏽‍♀️

@dickwhitman4743 3 жыл бұрын

To anyone who thinks we don't need critical race studies in our schools: This is what systemic racism looks like. It's real. It's painful. Acknowledge it exists.

@werenotfree4841 3 жыл бұрын

No... this is what systemic racism look like 50 years ago.

@BlackNightJack 3 жыл бұрын

We need more diversity in the Detroit schools. Therefore, more white students is appropriate. Keeps everything in check. White Lives Matter.

@rickreynolds9306 3 жыл бұрын

explain CRT to us.

@kris348ka8 3 жыл бұрын

@Mutton Chops that stuff already gets taught. Things are taught the way they are. Crt isn’t about teaching history it’s about “white man bad” and “America bad”. That’s why people don’t want crt in schools, because it’s not about teaching the truth it’s about playing the victim.

@kaarlimakela3413 3 жыл бұрын

The term is misused anyway. It's only taught in law courses and doesn't mean what the far right wants it to mean ... You are correct ... to move forward these are exactly the facts that must be faced ... Not 'whitewashed' ...

@Maasai-El 3 жыл бұрын

Being born and raised in Detroit. It took Years for me to realize that the "D" is segregated by design. For those of us on the Eastside of the city, we were prohibited from crossing ALTER RD (BORDER LINE BETWEEN DETROIT AND GROSSE POINTE). *although quite a few black people reside in G.P. When you still ride through G.P. some white folks still give you the side 👁!

@kelgreen99 3 жыл бұрын

Upsouth is another name for cities like Detroit who are and have been deeply segregated and deeply impoverished.

@rodneyperez566 3 жыл бұрын

This was imotional and great for helping people like her

@msware0104 3 жыл бұрын

She's a beautiful woman and I enjoyed watching every bit of this video. I believe too that the way should stay. I wouldn't want any of America's history to be hidden under the rug. Too much already has. I'm happy to see that they turned the wall from something unfortunate to a lovely mural.

@Santos-ek8md 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great eye-opener for us all. I wish the wall hadn't ever been built. Although I see the symbolism in that she wants the wall to remain. I feel that this woman is very proud & I could sit & chat w/her for hrs. Blacks & Whites need to remember we're both americans. The more we can talk about life the better we will be for the greater good of our country.

@juliaweber212 3 жыл бұрын

I agree but the wall divides the people we should be together

@thisisit333 3 жыл бұрын

She’s a shining example of what a good neighbor should be like. And they help keep their communities strong. It’s what every neighborhood needs.

@christelleking4295 3 жыл бұрын

She's the epitome of what The Village should look like. Gently teaching, constantly showing & earning respect. We've GOT to get back to this because This is Us!!!!

@ironyelegy 3 жыл бұрын

Now that's how to teach history using physical objects. No stupid statues representing fantasy. Just proof of facts.

@TruckTaxiMoveIt 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you mean well

@therussiangamer5579 3 жыл бұрын

The wall is beautiful. It served its purpose, and now stands as a reminder of how far we have come from a time when segregation was accepted. Taking it down would serve no purpose.

@comingsn2519 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@danyelleterry2138 3 жыл бұрын

Very touching story. I love how the woman takes care of her neighborhood park. Beautiful how she LOVES her home. Shout out to Detroit!

@Runndeep 3 жыл бұрын

Big Respect to Ms Teresa, beautiful soul, bless

@nicolehunter5927 3 жыл бұрын

I am learning EVERYDAY . I do seek information. Thanks.

@shanecharles4589 3 жыл бұрын

i have amnesia EVERDAY. I do forget information. Thanks.

@Yermom22 3 жыл бұрын

I love this woman. She’s exactly right.

@donricolife1861 3 жыл бұрын

Protect this Queen Woman at all costs and keep up your neighborhood Detroit.

@b.3940 3 жыл бұрын

In the absence of systemic racism, I prefer living in an all Black neighborhood.

@billrobbins5874 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, 64 years old now, did not know this wall even existed.

@charlesmcgregory6163 3 жыл бұрын

Guess whose still controlling the narrative.

@Umstead2011 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful old pictures and awesome history, it's painful but much needed to be told, I had no idea ❤

@arriecarter5354 3 жыл бұрын

Not surprised it lasted this long! The caucasity is unbelievable!

@damonmoore8741 3 жыл бұрын

So proud of you sister…blessings to you and your family …🤜🏾🤛🏾✨✨✨💯💯💯🙏🏾

@detroitmidunkin2138 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew anything about this. You learn something new everyday.

@MattCouzensMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Literal walls coming down seems far less important than taking down metaphorical ones.

@reeree4735 3 жыл бұрын

She's a blessing to that neighborhood. Those little kids will always remember her as a part of their childhood days at the park.

@VikkiTG 3 жыл бұрын

Awe she is so sweet 💜 She seems like she'd be an absolute pleasure to be around and talk to....

@einsteindarwin8756 3 жыл бұрын

She reminds me of my Aunt’s commitment to Cleveland, Ohio. I wish I had moved there after college.

@cle-chi 3 жыл бұрын

Cleveland used to be really nice. left it in 1992. Funny cause I cant get my 76 yr old dad to leave the ghetto on east cleveland city

@campbellde 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Rothstein talks about this wall in his book called "The Color of Law."

@JoseMorales-lw5nt 3 жыл бұрын

For those curious about this history, there's a film called THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE from the 1980's. Albeit fictional, the stories incorporated in the film center around a similar racist barrier. Check it out...

@jirt87 3 жыл бұрын

Yes when I read the headline, I thought about that movie.

@anewemail94 3 жыл бұрын

America is now suffering than real life TWILIGHT ZONE effects of Karma.

@alexisfelice 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I never knew these things existed. I'm sure there has to be others in different cities in America. I assumed only Berlin did this. Crazy. Keep it to remember the injustice and to educate the younger generation/everyone.

@2000wattz 3 жыл бұрын

Every community needs a lady like this!

@jaimiesmith9502 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to this woman & her commitment to her community and sharing her message to everyone else. We need more people like her in this world. ♥️

@shellyohh5711 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like some "WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE" to me!!!!! Somebody get Oprah on this, STAT!!!!!!!!

@suzycarmichael933 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much!!!! 😂 😂 😂

@dontcare8197 3 жыл бұрын

Other coloreds are dealing with the same thing like in South Africa it's a part of everyday life

@finding-my-trueself704 3 жыл бұрын

Wow lol that’s the first thing came to my mind while watching this!

@juliaweber212 3 жыл бұрын

I think from my prospective that’s not the reason at all they hear violence going on in your area a lot of people getting shot at night it’s never t the racial it’s the violence that makes people worried I’m white and going in a area unarmed seemed scary unless I’m prepared so I always believed that the separation is choice not based on history the wall divides the community and if Martin Luther king was alive I bet he would take it down because he believed in unity and that we are all brothers and sisters no matter our color or race.