😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢Are you still there

I have been here for 20 years and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

upload again!

I’m thinking of moving to nd please give me feed back

Hi, are you still there in North Dakota? I'm thinking about moving there next year, I'm from Philly and thinking of a changing. You're video was extremely helpful

Great video! Thank you for your vulnerability.

i love your show

I want to live very close to the Canadian border and I noticed affordable houses there. Have you been to the border areas of ND?

I have been in and out of North Dakota, from 1971-1975; 1978-1979; 2012-2019; and finally from 2021-now. It is time for me to move on too. I have accomplished so much here though. I earned a B.A., B.S., and a Doctoral degree all from UND in Grand Forks. It has been one of the nicer places I've lived.

Where are you living in ND? I have lived in Grand Forks for a total of 15 years from 1971-75, 78-80, 2012-2019, and 2021-2022. It has changed a lot since the early 70s. I was always involved in all of the Multicultural activities for Black students as well as other students of color. I have many White friends too. I especially liked meeting and learning about all of the foreign students and their cultures. ND is not as crowded as many other places so it is much friendlier in general. I do not think that any city in ND is good for young Black children because often they are the only ones in a class and that is too stressful for young children.

This woman is a blithering asshole. Looking for red herrings. Why is it she fled to a white neighborhood? Could it be life in a black neighborhood is less attractive? Don't want to live in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, East N.Y. S. Bronx, S. Chicago, Watts? Me either.

N. Dakota has nothing but ppl of color. Most are white. Buy a box of crayons, white's in there. Put all the various light spectrums together & low & behold you get white. So white is the color of universality. Why in the world are you so wrapped up in color distinction? Why don't you just take ppl on as they are instead of concerning yourself with color? Shame on you! You are the problem.

Great video. I just moved to North Dakota from North Carolina. Better job market, get better financial stability, no state auto inspections which is great.

U couldn't pay me enough to live in that part of the country

Hello, I hope you’re doing well and great! Would love to hear your progress. I hear myself in you as I’m going through my moment. It’s challenging yet beautiful.

you're still living in northern Dakota. I'm moving into that state in December, I'm from Puerto Rico

you're still living in northern Dakota. I'm moving into that state in December, I'm from Puerto Rico

you're still living in northern Dakota. I'm moving into that state in December, I'm from Puerto Rico

i have been thinking of moving to North Dakota from Maryland Near Washington DC...Too crowded and Too expensive

How refreshing girl! It’s exactly the same when whites are in more black areas. I’m glad you feel welcomed here. We are all really the same except whites typically are less concerned about skin color and sexual orientation than blacks.

Thanks looking for something calmer but my kids are mixed Hispanic and it's hard just being in NC small town people racist here in Rockwell and faith NC and police are corrupt and a lot of drugs looking for something better for my kids

This was so interesting to me. First of all, there's a giraffe in the room, not an elephant. But anyway, the way you describe trying to find people to connect with is exactly the way it is for most of us trying to connect with people when going somewhere new or with people we don't know. Except for one difference.... i'm white and most of the people I'm around are white and so race isn't one of the variables. But white people don't look at other white people and think Oh we have a shared experience! It's more like uh oh, extreme hesitancy, like I hope this dude isn't a jerk or whatever. It's not easy, people are complex animals. I get that being a POC in the midst of all whiteness would be an added issue that is probably impossible to ignore. It's a semi-weird situation for a white person too, me for instance, in that oh hey here's a POC, I should make sure they feel comfortable and know I'm not a racist because these days we keep hearing we're racists even when we don't believe we are. It's confusing, it's an added layer of anxiety, truthfully it's kind of a pain in the ass to have to deal with, but on the other hand most of us want all the races to blend and be smooth together. I mean literally blend, like the races need to intermix and then within a few generations we'll ALL be people of color and race can become a non-issue. Because really we as humans DO have a shared experience, lots of shared experiences.

Same skin don't make you kin . Connection comes from within . I'm a POP , person of people .

Hi I am a Filipina and I’m thinking of moving to Oakes ND. Is Oakes a racist town?

I feel like whites are a minority in Fargo .Fargo is a huge immigration city

Absolutely, Nothing to do with skin color Period!!! It's all about attitude and character.

Are you still there Sis? I am a Speech Language Pathologist and considering taking a school position in either Grand Forks or Fargo. I stopped in Fargo and Minot while relocating from Boston to Alaska in 2019 and was a bit enamored by it. I have lived all over the States and in Sweden. I've also traveled in West Africa. What I have learned is that racism is EVERYwhere...it just comes in different flavors lol

North Dakota is great with black people, I'm black Latino from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 ( williston nd).

Lol, what if a white person did this in Alabama it would be called “racist”. Who cares about your race just live your life😂

Hello . Thanks for sharing.. do you have any updates.. am really ready to relocate.. am in Oklahoma.. it's been good to me an my family. But need to move forward now and been looking into ND for a while

Dana do u like south Dakota?

That’s what your problem is you separate yourself it’s a you problem

Any soul food in Fargo?

Ty my friend lives in a big city whr it's bad ...n he tryna change n I shared this wit him cuz iam trying to break down north Dakota living to him

This is called being paranoid. People don’t care what color you are, they care about their character.

So inspiring. Going through something similar

Yup, the roads are much better than Illinois except for the toll road.

When does it start to get to like the 30’s or 40’s

Oh no. I can't rely on whites. I can be friendly with them but they are never really friends.

Sounds like you're in a nice place.

LOL you must be the only one in ND !

Is 4wd a must have?

Where did you end up? Are you doing well? What town/cities did you live in when you were in ND? What faith communities where you a part of? We are looking at moving to ND. we are in Portland Oregon now, prior to that, the Silicon Valley in California so hearing you came from a city out of state makes me think it was from a more densely populated area. Are there any things you think we should be aware of? Things that might take adjustment to people from bigger areas. Thanks for your videos, Dana.

Notice yr following is pretty shabby. Try being less critical & increase it.

I c in comments all the praise u get from black people. Lots of black racists out there. U think because you are polite in giving your views that the content may b ignored. Stop assuming that all white people r out to get u. You'll find how well received u can b.

What's a person of color? Isn't white a color? Buy a box of crayons; you'll find a white one in there. Why do u even refer to color? U approach a black woman simply because she is black. Why not a white person? You want to b treated like everybody else, but gravitate to black people. U need to examine yourself. You remind me of the McCarthy era. Only now it is "are u now, or have you ever been a racist" try color blindness. It's great. U obviously don't realize that u, madame r indeed a racist. I'm a 65 yr. old white guy n have many friends of all shades, but we don't harp on that.

Please email me we can speak I would love to speak to someone that can guide me

I want to move to North Dakota from Oakland California within the next 2 months and I'm on the Section 8 program could you give me some type of guy that can make my move quicker

How about Californians stay in California. THE REST OF US DONT WANT YOU.