Blockbusting in Baltimore (1970)

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5 жыл бұрын

White homeowners are conned into selling their houses for cheap because a Black couple moved in next door. Black families are told they are buying when they are actually paying rent in what they think is a suburban oasis. Within 3 years, the Montebello neighborhood changed from all white to all black. A great five part Investigative report from 1970 by WJZ-TV's Christopher Gaul.
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@bartdogggy 5 жыл бұрын

When the news was really about the news.

@tachometer-flac 4 жыл бұрын

The media making racists out to be victims ain't nothing new about that.

@clarahamlin8800 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing has not changed😡 they’re using the same tactics... trying to get Middle Branch Waterview Property Out CHERRYHILL😡🤬😡

@speedracer1945 3 жыл бұрын

Heys Jerry Turner

@speedracer1945 3 жыл бұрын

No , when the 80s came the news was censored and today centers on sensation like crime and disaster. Nothing racist since it told what really happened. Real estate companies got rich on both races and played us . Dont think with emotion but with wit .

@elguepo2677 2 жыл бұрын

Way more independent owned news stations around the country

@manestage5403 3 жыл бұрын

I picked up two books from the library a few days ago: "Not In My Neighborhood" and "Blockbusting In Baltimore". Here I am today, just combing through the internet for more information on the subject, and lo and behold I land here. I swear reelblack KEEPS us covered!

@nikkieiland4998 5 жыл бұрын

That white lady neighbor was truly amazing. She made friends with her new black neighbors vs being scared and selling.

@zTeaTheCoffee 2 жыл бұрын

rose mason is a legend and a true hero of the people. if someone approaches you trying to buy your house for development, using racist scare tactics, just tell them to fuck off. as i always say, in a garden full of karens, be a rose.

@clarko95 6 ай бұрын

One thing that I've noticed while watching these videos and reading so many books on these topics (especially Louis Rosen's "The South Side" about Chicago), is actually how many white and black people genuinely tried to make integration work. But at some point they are overcome by things like social pressure, blockbusting, the fear of violence and crime (real or perceived), declining schools, etc. and then it completely failed. I also notice that a lot of people who participated in white flight actually acknowledge it and feel bad about it, but not in like a personal guilt kind of way, but more of a "why did this have to happen/what went wrong" kind of way. A lot of them were genuinely open to integration and making things work. Sure, there were some nasty people, we've all seen the videos and photos, but I truly do believe that it was blockbusting and disastrous experiments like forced bussing that really doomed integration to failure.

@collinwesterlund 2 жыл бұрын

Christopher Gaul is my grandfather, this is amazing to watch!

@reelblack 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@micheleemcdaniel389 Жыл бұрын

He is/was handsome.

@sophiadavenport3959 4 жыл бұрын

I love these vintage commercials.

@sunshinegoddess1403 5 жыл бұрын

Wow..its great to see the way folks thought back then. It explains why things are the way they are now. Smh

@speedracer1945 3 жыл бұрын

We have a film of my older baby siblings in back of a house that was close to how old those homes were in the city even in the 50s

@tah-rehar-1802 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these channel I much appreciate it your vids are awesome finds. Thanks for all your hard work "reelblack"

@ronaldnorton4575 3 жыл бұрын

I usually hate commercials but it was very interesting to watch commercials from the 1970s

@ifs3 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your channel! FACTS don't lie!!! damn shame!!

@Riogi 5 жыл бұрын

Christopher Gaul, the anchorman, passed away of lung cancer in 2012 at the age of 72.

@solemandd67 5 жыл бұрын

He did a great job of on depth reporting on block busting. RIP Mr. Gaul.

@collinwesterlund 2 жыл бұрын

He is my grandfather, really amazing to see this!

@simply_me_xoxo54 2 жыл бұрын

I'm proud to have learned from him. He's my uncle and I loved him dearly❤️

@GreedomWorldwide 4 жыл бұрын

White lady sounds like a modern day Baltimorean taking your food order at Pappas 😆 That accent tho

@creepydoll2872 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Almost made me forget this is 50 years old. She reminds me of many people. Her cat eye glasses make me remember.

@danh367 3 жыл бұрын

"sure thing, hun"

@egezort 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here from John Oliver's segment and this bit almost made me cry

@quentinwilliams6354 3 жыл бұрын

He is speaking truth . Baltimore is fraction of what it was in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Most of the people (family members &Friends) have transitioned. Seems as if the best of us have moved on to the next faze of reality.

@bergenparis4719 4 жыл бұрын

At 14:45 Christopher Gaul states the homes were sold to black families for $12k. I checked the values for those homes... ●1801 east 31 st. was sold for $81,500 - feb 25,2019 ●1811 east 31 st. Was sold for $75k - mar 29, 2019 ●1710 east 31 st. Is valued at $93k The homes and the block looks well kept. Sad to mention that looking at the history of the homes show that families stay as long as 5 yrs and move out. Hey... im at work bored... i had nothing else to do lol

@Missvoicebox Жыл бұрын

I’m so sad for the family’s that thought they were buying but instead renting.

@dreamqueen317 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing ever has been done to stop injustice in Baltimore. It’s a sad cycle

@nate55dogg90 3 жыл бұрын

I like Mrs Rose back then...hopefully she stayed the same during the years...but history always repeats itself...great channel, really brings back memories

@midiresurrectedagain9340 5 жыл бұрын

MUCH APPRECIATION FOR THIS LOOK INTO OUR PAST!!! IMO #ADOS Needs To Start The FIGHT HERE (HOUSING DISCRIMINATION/BLOCKBUSTING WITH GOV APPROVAL) & Work Their Way Up Thru The Other Atrocities (HEROIN & CRACK BEING PUSHED via The GOV In Our Neighborhoods) That Are Documented That Affected US SO Negatively Till This Day.. #PEACE

@NatJac-gg3mv 5 жыл бұрын

I like the white lady at 9 mins. These realtors in Baltimore where all over the country. Im sure the man in the whitehouse and his father played a part in these type of deceitful acts in the New York area.

@creepydoll2872 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone needs to watch this! I can’t imagine this being openly discussed on the news today. I’m not shocked that this happen more shocked that it was being admitted back then and I doubt many people know about it now, especially those living in the community.

@zTeaTheCoffee 2 жыл бұрын

the problem is, a lot of people understand there is underlying racial discrimination in the us, but few people actually know to what extent, and who can blame them?

@briggsmaleakah 5 жыл бұрын

Some things never change

@briteidea08 3 жыл бұрын

My dad use to talk about seeing this growing up.

@wendell7173 5 жыл бұрын

Facts!!! Thank you.

@rainypuddz 2 жыл бұрын

Renting houses and told they were buying? Disgusting.

@bella_bella85 5 жыл бұрын

I read about this in a book name the color laws. This was going on everywhere smh.

@sandrah789 5 жыл бұрын

I doubt they suffered equally

@MemoGrafix 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I remember that pudding in a can, that shit always tasted spoiled to Me. My Mother taught Me how to make homemade pudding and not from Jello brand. Anyway, this news segment shows how Black People were duped out of what they thought they owned.

@speedracer1945 3 жыл бұрын

My Mom was bold she used a empty Cisco grease can to deep fry my french fries . One day it caught on fire lol . She took baking soda and tossed it on the can quickly.

@awillis244 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Good to see Jerry Turner, and Wally Daniels again.

@MickyTubbs1985 3 жыл бұрын

Regardless of the ethnicity of the buyer, seller and realtor; the effects and affects of "white racism NEVER GOES AWAY.

@CJu15 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Rothstein’s ‘Color of Law’ dives deep into the de jure segregation of our troubled nation’s past

@knowitall3892 5 жыл бұрын

4:14 some forces are working there

@GeminiZ_13 2 жыл бұрын

Being from Baltimore and still living here currently. It’s interesting to see how the neighborhoods looked backed then. With that being said, I cant wait to move out of Baltimore and never look back.

@falayonknight7904 5 жыл бұрын

WE BALTIMORE ONE THING 4 SURE WE GOING 2 SURVIVE IN THREW ANYTHING💯💯💯

@mplsridah 5 жыл бұрын

Through*. And look how Baltimore turned out.

@TeddyStrongBear 5 жыл бұрын

FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET 🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑

@vanessadoravhill9321 2 жыл бұрын

If they fear us,why did they leave caucas mountain,and came where melanated people was at.

@EyesofMichael 2 жыл бұрын

There was a system in place that even with great bootstraps, our people could be blindsided by unsuspecting plots against them. Build where we live first!!!

@julius0517 4 жыл бұрын

I used to live in this neighborhood 2015 east 31st street WOW!! almost 40 years ago

@clue.less03 3 жыл бұрын

@ 08:08 LWT J. Oliver brought me here

@heathergittings1191 4 жыл бұрын

I bought a house in 2005 in Towson, MD. Loch Raven Village townhomes off of Thetford Road. We had to pay to get the “ground rent” off the mortgage papers we were signing. Now, it was under $1,00 however, that was in 2005. This was taped in 1970.... pretty sure it was complete bull-ish.

@benbonham7861 3 жыл бұрын

Ground rent is very common in and around Charm City.

@heathergittings1191 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, in 2005, we had buy the ground tent out. And because I’m an intentional MF’et?! Also yes.

@manestage5403 3 жыл бұрын

Blockbusting goes way back to the 1910s in Baltimore City. Baltimore Sun Newspaper (The Sun then) was complicit way back then, so was the City Council. The Afro-American Newspaper countered fearmongering during that time. The roots of this ugly practice run deep, so the stories in the '70s were literally just history repeating itself. It had not ended at the time of this news report over 50 years ago, nor has it ended by now because, just like over 100 years ago, the powers-that-be do not really want it to end.

@jeffholt3841 4 жыл бұрын

I am sure theses neighborhoods are immaculate and very productive now...

@viralbuthow000 5 жыл бұрын

What’s past is prologue

@NatJac-gg3mv 5 жыл бұрын

That puddling in a can did not lool good.

@standaman1963 5 жыл бұрын

Some things never change. Notice they have one black kid in the group of the pudding commercial. Fast forward to 2019, same shit, different day.

@NatJac-gg3mv 5 жыл бұрын

@@standaman1963 ....yep!

@nate55dogg90 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up in the Montebello area...wow

@awillis244 4 жыл бұрын

I remember the name Goldseker (sp.). He would evict a person very quickly.

@niggaramos Жыл бұрын

Mrs. Mason was asked. "What are you gonna do when the N words are sitting on the porch drinking beer"? Her reply was ' I'm gonna join them, acknowledging the Blacks being N words. lol Oh, well.

@memeejefferson6835 4 жыл бұрын

These sort of PEOPLE will switch roles in their next trip back here in reincarnation, SO BE CAREFUL NOW, HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE. HOW YOU TREAT OTHERS NOW, LAYS OUT THE BLUEPRINT FOR YOURSELF AND YOURS IN YOUR NEXT LIFETIME. YOU 'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW YOU LIKE THE SAME TREATMENTS YOU JOYFULLY DISHED OUT TO OTHERS. SOME FOLK, DO NOT MIND INSTANT GRATIFICATION, AT ALL COST. THEY AIN'T EVEN NEVER SCURRRED!!!!🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒😒😒😒😌😌😌😌😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@jamesstewart4457 3 жыл бұрын

What's with the blank screens between reports?

@burtons828 Ай бұрын

How can I share this? Thank you!🙏

@clydertaylor3848 3 жыл бұрын

Green Boyd u wondering how that nabor hood has changed it changed a hole lot am from Baltimore MD still living here 1970 to now.

@conservativethought1460 3 жыл бұрын

game the white man, then game the black man. move on to the next neighborhood and repeat.

@rhonnichan 2 жыл бұрын

Im currently reading The Color of Law: A Forgotten History on How The US Government Segregated America And i wanted to do more research on this topic since he was brought up in the book This is a great video on this topic thank you for posting

@mikecinquen 3 жыл бұрын

Morris Goldseker = VAMPIRE!!!

@awillis244 4 жыл бұрын

My girl! The white lady.

@wandererpyepoudre744 3 жыл бұрын

yep 100% true it happened everywhere in the city never heard the rhetoric of the real estate people

@Rebekah_emeth 4 жыл бұрын

My goodness ...

@RexGanymede Ай бұрын

here's my question: was any legal action ever taken against the predators? and i mean, specifically, to the benefit of all the black people who were swindled, such that they were remunerated a multitude of what they'd lost? i assume, this was _not_ the case - not for a single one of ´em

@thereisonlyonewright3040 4 жыл бұрын

1970 wow

@kevinloving3141 5 жыл бұрын

00:00:00 to 00:02:00 was like loan sharking

@TheRTM 4 жыл бұрын

man this pissis me off😡😤😡

@MisterGoodDad 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH! US #ADOS NEED THIS! ITS THE FINAL STEP OF OUR PATH, IGNITING OUR INNER FIRE TO FIGHT FOR REPERATIONS...OUR HISTORY AND 'VISUALLY' SEEING HOW WE'VE BEEN FUCKED OVER! ADOS101.COM. LETS GET IT. #NOBLACKAGENDANOBLACKVOTE

@wooderdsaunders7429 Жыл бұрын

A shame such practices occur

@BaltimoreDank 3 жыл бұрын

Never forget.

@mauricethompson9112 Жыл бұрын

So they did rent to own in a predatory way to force integration

@JByrdJr 4 жыл бұрын

$31 a week??! 🥴

@Flores87Dr 4 жыл бұрын

8:51 i love her god bless her

@Flores87Dr 4 жыл бұрын

Any real estate agents here?

@Ggg12236 Жыл бұрын

Based

@invencible373875559 2 жыл бұрын

in those awful times where it was normal to be a racist piece of shit i want to remember that wonderful rose mason, we need to be more like that woman

@mplsridah 5 жыл бұрын

*I'm black but look at how Baltimore turned out, they weren't completely wrong for this practice*

@MasterGlam 4 жыл бұрын

You need to do some visiting, reading and research.

@Takwolf 3 жыл бұрын

Until you realize this practice was the reason Baltimore turned out the way it did. But it's always fun to hear the people that abandoned the neighborhood and drove down home prices because of the fear of integration, now complain about how the neighborhood turned out after they left