Blockbusting in Baltimore (1970)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- 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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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!
Christopher Gaul is my grandfather, this is amazing to watch!
Very cool
He is/was handsome.
When the news was really about the news.
The media making racists out to be victims ain't nothing new about that.
Nothing has not changed😡 they’re using the same tactics... trying to get Middle Branch Waterview Property Out CHERRYHILL😡🤬😡
Heys Jerry Turner
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 .
Way more independent owned news stations around the country
That white lady neighbor was truly amazing. She made friends with her new black neighbors vs being scared and selling.
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.
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.
Thanks for these channel I much appreciate it your vids are awesome finds. Thanks for all your hard work "reelblack"
Wow..its great to see the way folks thought back then. It explains why things are the way they are now. Smh
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
I appreciate your channel! FACTS don't lie!!! damn shame!!
I usually hate commercials but it was very interesting to watch commercials from the 1970s
I love these vintage commercials.
So awesome to see Dristan. Sad day 20 years ago when they tried to pull it off the shelves. They tried a comeback a decade later but that seemed to fail. Even the later stuff was great.
Christopher Gaul, the anchorman, passed away of lung cancer in 2012 at the age of 72.
He did a great job of on depth reporting on block busting. RIP Mr. Gaul.
He is my grandfather, really amazing to see this!
I'm proud to have learned from him. He's my uncle and I loved him dearly❤️
White lady sounds like a modern day Baltimorean taking your food order at Pappas 😆 That accent tho
Yes! Almost made me forget this is 50 years old. She reminds me of many people. Her cat eye glasses make me remember.
"sure thing, hun"
I'm here from John Oliver's segment and this bit almost made me cry
I’m so sad for the family’s that thought they were buying but instead renting.
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.
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?
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
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.
Nothing ever has been done to stop injustice in Baltimore. It’s a sad cycle
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.
Renting houses and told they were buying? Disgusting.
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
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
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.
Some things never change
My dad use to talk about seeing this growing up.
FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET 🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑🌑🌑🌑🌑
If they fear us,why did they leave caucas mountain,and came where melanated people was at.
Facts!!! Thank you.
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!!!
Regardless of the ethnicity of the buyer, seller and realtor; the effects and affects of "white racism NEVER GOES AWAY.
I read about this in a book name the color laws. This was going on everywhere smh.
Wow! Good to see Jerry Turner, and Wally Daniels again.
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.
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.
WE BALTIMORE ONE THING 4 SURE WE GOING 2 SURVIVE IN THREW ANYTHING💯💯💯
Through*. And look how Baltimore turned out.
I doubt they suffered equally
4:14 some forces are working there
My family was the first black family on their block on Edmonson Ave. They’re still there to this day!
Richard Rothstein’s ‘Color of Law’ dives deep into the de jure segregation of our troubled nation’s past
I used to live in this neighborhood 2015 east 31st street WOW!! almost 40 years ago
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.
Ground rent is very common in and around Charm City.
Yes, in 2005, we had buy the ground tent out. And because I’m an intentional MF’et?! Also yes.
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.
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
I am sure theses neighborhoods are immaculate and very productive now...
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.
I remember the name Goldseker (sp.). He would evict a person very quickly.
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!!!!🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒🤒😒😒😒😌😌😌😌😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
yep 100% true it happened everywhere in the city never heard the rhetoric of the real estate people
How can I share this? Thank you!🙏
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
game the white man, then game the black man. move on to the next neighborhood and repeat.
What’s past is prologue
@ 08:08 LWT J. Oliver brought me here
I grew up in the Montebello area...wow
Never forget.
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
What's with the blank screens between reports?
Morris Goldseker = VAMPIRE!!!
*I'm black but look at how Baltimore turned out, they weren't completely wrong for this practice*
You need to do some visiting, reading and research.
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
Sounds like you're slow
That puddling in a can did not lool good.
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.
@@standaman1963 ....yep!
My girl! The white lady.
8:51 i love her god bless her
00:00:00 to 00:02:00 was like loan sharking
man this pissis me off😡😤😡
Mrs. Rose Mason is my type of neighbor.
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
Any real estate agents here?
My goodness ...
1970 wow
A shame such practices occur
Based
$31 a week??! 🥴
8:30 the good part
2:02
#Tangibles2020
So they did rent to own in a predatory way to force integration
Why he say niggas though ctfu