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❤❤❤I’m so excited for the release of this series. My husband’s family is from this area and eventually moved to Saint Louis and now California. Love to keep these stories alive! Critical for my sons. Part of their beautiful history.
Love your videos Peter but i found it really weird that you, who makes these awesome videos to bring people of different cultures and backgrounds closer together, to participate in this strange trend of capitalizing ''Black'' (and i havent looked it up but probably in other videos groups like'' Asian'', ''Latino'' etc too) but not ''white'' in your subtitles. As i said i love your vids but this is just something i negatively noticed and didnt expect you to do.
That's the south. People are like this where I'm from for the most part always giving out bomb food and just hanging out drinking coffee and talking about the old days. Simple but courteous people.
That’s the hallmark of a “clan” family, (not that type of CLAN obviously) vs the modern creation of the “nuclear” family. Anyone that reads this, I suggest you do some research into the societal and familial degradation of many westernized countries because of the abandonment of the clan family dynamic. It will change your whole world view.
@pawpawthebeagle9442 I understand what you said but I'm not an anthropologist or a very well educated man,I just know good people,family,etc. I don't care about race,sexual preference, or whatever Good people are good people and from my experience having done 54 laps around the sun Humble working class are my friends and my family without judgment
@@anthonypawnee611 It's not just the south. People in most of the rural US are like this. I'll agree that many areas in the south definitely live up to the "southern hospitality" thing though. It's very noticeable. I'm a truck driver, from northeast PA, and the first time I went to southern Tennessee, near the Alabama state line, I was immediately struck by a different level of "friendly" than I'd ever experienced. Like I said, it was really noticeable in a way that anyone not from there could have seen.
I'm from Mississippi and I can definitely say that Booker T did us proud! I am an hour from him and I hope one day to run into him and his wife and say hello! Wonderful people showing the world some of interesting things we do here in the South- hopefully people will watch this and know we aren't all racist or ignorant, either! Thank you, Booker T for taking the time to do this and do it right!
BEN Franklin did NOT own slaves!!!!! EVERYONE did NOT own slaves only 3% of white Americans owned slaves!!!! The SAME number (nearly) of blacks owned slaves!!! There are MORE slaves in Africa NOW than then. Saudi Arabia has an estimated 740,000 slaves NOW!!! Today!!!!
My Dad is from Mississippi but I was raised in California. When he retired after serving 20 years as a military police officer for the Marines we moved to South Carolina. I always wondered what it was like in Mississippi. The stories I heard about Mississippi as a child and the movies I saw honestly always made me scared of the South, especially Mississippi. I love your interviews/short documentaries. I also would love to meet Mr BookerTJR and family. At least to shake his hand.
@@ruffcrowdkennels9529 remember Hollywood wants to tell us a story. So they embellish a lot. I’m glad they put a light on the blight of slavery, I found I gained more knowledge and insight from books written before Hollywood. Have a blessed day ❤
@@scclifThere are many of us yet still bound by the effects of Jim Crow. Such ashame America would rather support illegal migrants, Israeli and Ukraine wars with billions of our tax dollars.
As a guy from Poland 🇵🇱 , i think this is most interesting channel about America I've ever seen. Places and stories of those people are gold. Keep up the good work, greetings from Poland.
We are a big country with a lot of variety. This area in this video reminds me a lot of Eastern North Carolina. You have a lot of small rural farming communities mixed up with country white and country black people. It's not like the cities, you all just live your lives and get along because you have to.
As a European who’s now an American through and through, these people are why we are passionate and patriotic about this country. They are the backbone and the humanity of this great nation! ❤🇺🇸
Here's the thing, I am a black male from the Deep South. My extended family still owns portions of the plantation where my ancestors were enslaved. That is very common in the south. I tell people that when I was a kid, we shopped at the Co-Op and everything was cheap or done on the barter system. My Grandparents had livestock and would put a Notice at the Co-Op for any local farmers who wanted to trade or barter Wheat, Grain, Corn, Potatoes, Onions, etc for chicken, beef, or pork.
I live out west. I’m an oldish white woman. We need to hear your stories, so far removed from my life … I’m low to middle income, trying to get by with my kid and grandkids. All they see is the political crap on tv and gang life. My elders died the same year Bobby Kennedy and Dr MLK … Our country needs to be schooled.
@@shellymusgrove3328 I sure do agree with you about, "Our country needs to be schooled." And, right, all kids see today is "political crap" in the media and social platforms.
That is very AWESOME , and Exactly how we should be living now . The reason we don't is because corperations have Insidiously made us believe that we can't do without them , BUT , It just is not true . We need to take back OUR Sovereignty. ❤ Thanks for sharing 😊
This video is a wonderful depiction of us southerners . Compassion , kindness , happiness, family . It’s in our DNA. Comes naturally . God Bless you for these wonderful memories I’ve had growing up Southern . Love it !
If Mr. Booker was so inclined, he should open a small school to teach welding. He would make a superb teacher, and passing on his knowledge would be a great legacy.
@@jrhackman7414Technically his namesake was his father, his father’s grave says he was also named Booker T. I’d imagine his father was named after Booker T. Washington though
This is the type of content we should ALL be subjected to daily vs. the crap that we are spoon-fed via the news and online. THIS is reality TV as it should be. It feels inviting & familiar... yet it is raw, emotional, & eye-opening, too. This is us! MOST Americans wake up every day and live their lives, work hard, and take care of their families just like Booker T. Pop culture, politics, and the media would have us all believe that we are different and that we hate each other. But thankfully, documentaries like these help to remind us that we are so much more alike than we realize. I agree 100% with Booker T's sentiment: As long as you treat me well, I'll treat you well. White, Black, Brown, Green, or Purple... we are all human beings. Thank you for your work, Peter!! 🙏🏽
You would be surprised how much people all over the world are more alike, despite colour/language/religious beliefs/etc., and share the same hopes and fears. The difference between huge cities and the countryside everywhere the same. The difference between people of a rich background compared to someone from a poor or middle-class background everywhere the same. I could count up more and more examples all the same. Ask someone who had been blessed to travel a few countries on three continents. Greetings from good ol' Germany
59-year-old from the west coast of Canada. I have learned more about people and culture from your videos than I ever learned in school. Your videos are awesome! Thank you, Mr Booker T. and your family for sharing!
i get that down south and in so much of the states its really poor and towns fade away but the bet the real estate is cheap, i also live in west coast of canada and am 32 years old, i'll be lucky to afford a shoe box to live in 15 years.
I'm agnostic but I agree all those kind hearted and willing people be blessed, blessed Peter and blessed all people reading this comment. Amazing the grandma. She probably encountered some hard times but look at her all smile. Such a lesson of humility and forgiveness and making the best of life. Alleluia.
@@posseeANNA jesus, brothers, sisters, fathers, ma, daughters, sons, cousins, neighbours and you. Keb Mo singing "God trying to get your attention" is a gospel make happy feet. I wish there was one universal wisdom based on respect regardless believes but all we see is clash Catholic 💣Protestant, Musulmans 💣Christians, Jews 💣Musulmans... So I avoid giving Names. Jesus, Mahomet, Zeus, Bouddha...
What a great video of Mississippi! 😃 I am a 70 year old white woman, born and raised in MS. Mr. Booker T. gave a VERY realistic view of MS! He said it all, when he said you treat others like you want to be treated! When this happens, life is good! I was taught to live like this, too! Things are not perfect in MS now. However, it’s much better than when I was growing up in the 1960’s. Most of my family grew up in lots of the same ways as Mr. Booker T. We didn’t have wealth handed to us, either. I am a retired teacher of 27 years. For most of those years, I taught in all or mostly black classrooms. I loved my years of teaching! I was so blessed to teach and work with all of the precious black children and people that I was with! Thanks for making this video and showing the MS of today!!! ❤
I bet …. At 70 you are still living off of the proceeds from the slave trade & if not then white privilege 🤔 I am happy for BT too difference is my direct mother and father is not responsible for all they have done to him and all us alike 😔
Teaching our kids a European education from whites was set in place when slavery was so called abolished which transition into a modern day slavery as we see it today 💁🏼♂️ It’s sad we were stripped of our true education our land and history 😞
Yes, lots of things to be sad about in our history. 🙁 The way I see it, I can only strive everyday to be the best person I can be, and love ALL people. 😊
@prosperityboy50 i wanna see the school that you are creating to cure blacks of mental slavery...crickets i hear...if all you do is talk and not doing anything about it you may as well fall in line...
I’m from Louisiana…born and raised. I’ve lived in Utah for the past 8 years. I grew up with down home folks like these. These are our friends and neighbors. Good, God fearing, hard working, Americans. Thanks for showing the real southerners. Booker T and his family were so warm and inviting. The way he told you that you were at home while having dinner with his family… That just warmed my heart. This is how southerners are. We want to invite you in, share our stories with you, show you our home town, and hear about yours. I could not think of a more perfect representative of the south than Booker T and his amazing family. What loving and genuinely kind people. Contrary to what the movies and the media try to make us southerners out to be, we’re not all back woods and ignorant and filled with hate. We’re more alike than we are different. But MSM, and politicians divide us. We need to stand together, remember our history, both good and bad. Break bread together, learn together, pray together, and live together in peace. Thank you Peter for making this documentary. I feel blessed to have seen it. God bless you.
Im from Europe and when i watch your videos i feel like im traveling to those places. There is no other channel on youtube that can bring out that expirience of real america like you do.
My family grew up poor in Alabama. Booker’s story reminds me of us. We never grew cotton but farmed. My daddy passed away at age 50. My mother had been a mother and homemaker never worked. Wee had a real hard time. No inside toilet until I was 13. My brothers had big paper routes at ages 13 and 9 on bicycles. Iy was very hard living.
Dutch here, this is indeed the great South, I hope one Day to visit the south of the USA, i don't care about New York, LA and other big cities. Love cajun food, love the music, like the folks. God bless you all. Howdy from the Netherlands 🤠
Great video. I’m from Asia and this is the America we will never get to see if not for these videos. America is much more than those big cities and politics we see on TV everyday. Keep up the good work!
Very true. Even in big states like California, where I live. There are places like this all over the country. It's just too bad all the media covers are the big cities and crime.
There are more places like this in the US than the stuff they show on TV. Every city has a suburb, and every suburb has a rural area outside of it but it's always ignored and often the heart of our country.
Mr Booker T is a hell of a guy. Worked his azz off to get where he's at. You can outwork poverty. I did. He did. God bless him and his family. Peter, this is one of my favs.
I've watched hundreds of RUclips videos. As a matter of fact, earlier today, I was talking with some family members how my father use to read encyclopedias every night before sleeping. I am the next generation, now 75 , I watch RUclips before sleep. I say that only to highlight my following comment. I too, am from the South. South Carolina to be exact. Mush of what Booker T has described, was mirrored here in South Carolina. We owned a General Store, that would be compared to a small walmart today. My father came up during the Great Depression, and wore many hats, during his life. He was shot twice, briefly farmed, full time magistrate and retail store owner. My mothers' family were 'Sharecroppers' and hard working good people. Her brothers, we all verterans. One was shot down twice in WWII. I just want to say to Booker T , thank you for sharing your life story with us, it brought back wonderful memories . Those were days of hard work, but a much better America than now !
This video brings back so many memories. I was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. At the tender age of five, I remember picking cotton and working on the family farm. My dad didn’t care that we were little girls. We had to work. I joined the Marine Corps my senior year in high school and I left for boot camp a week after graduation. That was 44 years ago. The moral values and work ethics that I learned from my parents laid the foundation for future success. Today, I am a retired Marine with four college degrees and will be retiring again soon from the public school system in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in two years. God bless the people of the Mississippi Delta.
What an amazing woman because our people had to work hard too get anything in America systemic Racism against us very proud of you Sister through God I'm from Detroit Michigan born an raised in happy my parents left the south for us to get an better life an education it was well worth it.
Booker and Lodine! So good to see you guys. You guys were great neighbors here in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Snowed today and I know you probably do not miss that. Miss the moonshine and the great company. So glad we got to see this documentary by mr. Santenello.
Booker T is an American icon! And living the American dream. Came from very humble means but he’s building his legacy daily! This guy would never let anything or anybody hold him back!👍🏽
Paying „reparations“ would be exactly the wrong thing to do. Just keeping people from engaging and striving to achieve. Advertise guys as Booker T. Provide infrastructure and stepstones that allow people to more easily follow his example.
@@pwa8453Bullshit this country needs to pay what it owes......you don't get a 500 year headstart then get mad when the very ones you keep down with just a few basic laws applied even almost catch up and in some instances surpass the very entrenched ones who wish to " make this country great again" stop with the pandering that's where YOU should begin.
This channel is a reminder of how we are all not so different. Refreshing perspectives and glimpses of everyday life in these different regions. Appreciate your work!!!
Booker T is the kind of guy I’d love to sit down and have dinner with and listen to his wisdom and his stories. Seems like a good, hard working, family loving, genuinely great dude. Would love to see more video with Booker T.
I love that you did this documentary on Booker T! This is better than any documentary on mainstream tv! The way that you took the time to let Booker T relive the memories of “back in the day” was outstanding. The fact that his family will forever have these memories captured. Thank you for using your platform to showcase people like Booker T! 👏🏽💪🏽
As a Scotsman I found this fascinating. Always been interested in American history...any American people reading this - your history is as rich as any. "Scotland 🏴 not a lost cause. A cause not yet won" John Steinbeck. I would add of the USA 🇺🇸 'greatness...not yet fully fulfilled. Her best days are still ahead. Together you will help each other, and the world - get there.'🎉
Evening cousin....our history is your history as well. Many Scotch-irish in the Southern Appalachian. My family (at one point) came from County Down Ireland via Scotland.
Scotland not yet lost? Damn, you can’t even see that you’re won. Even after 300 years of union and a massive subsidy from England. The whole country has a population the size of a large English City. You can’t go it alone.
Hello, I am from Czech republic, middle europe. I ve always wanted to visit usa, never happened yet. Your documentary is so interesting to me. I know usa just from pop culture, movies. You are showing me hidden corners of usa and it is so interesting to me. All those stories, people. What i really apreciate is that you allow your guests to talk without interuption and you are asking great question. Thank you for amazing work.
@@jjjhnmjThe food the people the culture the history and much more. It’s unique just like every other part of the world. If you have to ask then you need to expose yourself to more.
Can’t believe Booker T’s wife is 66 and her sister is 72. They both literally look like they’re in their 40s. Incredible! Their mom is looking great too at 96.
And a lot of physical hard work helped them stay young too. But yes, good genes go a long way! They are definitely fortunate in some respects. The country life definitely has its benefits, having grown up in Notth Carolina myself
I decided to subscribe to your channel Peter because of Booker T and his family episode !!! I am all the way in Manhattan Beach California!!! This story was so amazing and inspiring for me , keep up the great work Peter !!! 🥰👌🏽💯
When I think about America, Americans and American values I picture people like these…kind, resourceful, intelligent, decent, hard working and funny!!! Really enjoyed this video…..
@@ksm1985Mississippi is increasingly becoming home to migrants( I'm sure of all types). Even our small towns are starting to have entire crews of immigrants, it used to just be a construction crew or two, but now there are endless crews in all types of industries that are 100% immigrants. The south is full of people like Booker, though, Black, White, Brown , and red. We tend get a bad rap online and in the news, etc, but the vast majority of folks are simply just living their lives, working and trying to make a living. Racism certainly exists on both sides, but you'll mostly only encounter it through a lens of some sort.... most folks get along just fine.
Almost all the generations are illegal from a moral standpoint...there were only natives there on Turtle Island...and it only changed quite recently...kick out the immigrants...and there would be no-one left...I wonder how many pure blood natives there are...those mentioned in this video were mixed...@@ksm1985
That's 100! I was born an raised in Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama. Wonderful folks like these are the norm. It's literally a bubble of hospitality. Every Southern woman is another mother by default. We say Yes Mam, Yes Sir, Thank you, and most of all "'hey ya'll!"
Peter, this interview was so outstanding, heartwarming and historical. Booker T, what can I say? Booker T was the perfect host. You can just feel how genuine he is and his kindness was just amazing. This interview had so many layers. As an african american, the stories that were told, the expericence, the family, the food, all of this is all of our families if you are born black in America, this is the story of our history. Thank you so much for this interview, I am so grateful to have watched this and Thank You Booker T for your warm hospitality. God Bless you and your family.
@@braniefanie4938 Well, our history is as old as America. Duh! If you are talking human history for Africans, well, they were first, so I am not sure what you are referring too.
I served a 2 year mission for my church in Mississippi and I'm so glad you showed this part of the deep south. The Black folk were so kind and gracious to me (a 19-21 year old white boy) for the entire two years that I was there. I love these people, the world needs to know how good these people are.
The lovely 97-year-old mother has an amazing memory! She is so sweet! I loved this episode so much. Booker T has a wonderful community and family surrounding him.
@@Z-MyAwwww my condolences 🙏 what an blessing to live to 103 ,My dad just passed recently he was 96 I miss him so bad R.I.P. Daddy George love you see you in the new world 🌎 Amen 🙏 your baby girl.
Booker T- a true American. I loved watching this and hearing his stories. He is proof that hard work pays off. His perspective is priceless! So thankful to you for meeting him and his family, and sharing him with us! I hope Booker will start his own vocational school for the youth in his area. ❤
Wow Peter, what a experience you had here. And I hope you and Booker T stay in contact and hopefully hang out again. His family seemed to enjoy having you around and opening their lives out to give you that Mississippi experience..., 57:50
This is amazing to see! A Black mans success and hard work in America and how that has paid off. Booker T has a heart of GOLD and a personality to talk to people and care for people! Thanks for documenting his family! You earned this SUBSCRIPTION
Yes. It’s just sad that it takes 3-4 times the hard work and perseverance to gain success for the average black man. But, he’s a testament that there are some who have what it takes to battle everything that’s put up against him and succeed. Much respect.
@@Fony_turgeson Yep! In America it does. Black people have always been hard working, honest, friendly, supportive, family-oriented, culture rich people but we don't get half the opportunities that others are handed down in America. Look what this country has become since a BLACK person was given an opportunity by the people to govern it. Obama was almost excellent in his job position. Unfortunately another BLACK person won't get that opportunity for decades to come.
@iffiffins-ui5yy sure. Keep lying to your self. I live in the hood and I see the truth. Where is all the violent crimes and robberies coming from?..........let's wait for it the one reply u have.....
I came across Peter videos while first watching the West Virginia coal series to this I’m hooked to all his series now thank you so much for showing a variety
Hi Peter and fans! I just started watching this episode and wow, I was taken back to the cotton fields of Alabama! All of my brothers, sisters and me picked cotton with our Mom. The babies would ride on Mom’s sack. The smaller children used a flour sack to pick with. Momma would sew a strap on the sack for us. After the flour sack, we graduated up to the burlap bags. What memories! I’m really enjoying coming along with you Peter on all your adventures. It’s a wonderful distraction from life. Thank you!
This past month I have been extremely depressed due to a bad heartbreak. I came across one of your videos and it captivated me. Distracted me. Opened new pathways to my brain and encouraged me to learn more. The Native American ones are my favorite. I haven’t stopped watching. You are helping us more than you know.
You always crush it Peter. What a good dude Booker is. He opened his home and life to share his story with us. Really great to get that generational insight of life then and now. Well done boys!
@PeterSantenello Peter you and your audience would really benefit and appreciate speaking with people who really know and can discuss the Moorish history and influence if "america". Your ignorance, as with most "americans" regarding the true history of the country, its presumed "founding fathers" The "Black" aboriginal & "Black" European presence long before anything you referenced being taught in school. If you care, the documented information is all there. Good job.
@@PeterSantenellobooker is one cool dude. And his family and friends are equally cool. Especially the grandma at 97. She’s a firecracker . Reminds me of my mom who lived until she was 95 and a firecracker as well. Booker t does need to open a welding shop and training center to pass on his knowledge to the younger generation . He also has ALOT of life skills he could pass along as well.
My husband worked as a reporter/anchor in the Greenville area. Loved watching these videos. It was a rough time when he lived there...I could never find a job to relocate. But we loved exploring the Delta!
I missed her name, but the 97 -year old mother-in-law is sharp beyond belief. Oh my goodness, she's delightful and she just made my day! What an amazing family ! So thankful and glad for this documentary. Thank you so much.🙏♥️✝️
What is Peter’s process to pick who will be showing him around? Every time…every guest is incredibly knowledgeable of the culture/area. And they seem to be the most wholesome people…so engaging. Absolutely phenomenal, Peter. The grandma was so sweet. 🥲
They always pretend they are hard of hearing and a little vacant...but like the old native Indian tribe chiefs...they see and hear all...wise old birds
I usually see him making a post before he does his videos about asking who is from an area or know people for particular videos he is doing and to email him
Shoutout to Booker T for being such a great tour guide and for having so much knowledge of the history of his area of the south. This was informative and very inspirational.
An hour from my home. Mississippi is beautiful, depressing, and respectful. Our past is tragic. Our future hopeful. And our present determined. Thank you for your spotlight on this awesome family and land.
@@fremontpathfinder8463 The State of Mississippi was gonna send state troopers to Jackson to help out because they had 3 Black detectives and _so much violent crime_ it was overwhelming and a huge backlog. Relatives would call detectives to ask what was being done to bring justice for their loved ones. Nothing. Cops were swamped with the number of man-hours it takes to do a thorough investigation. Leftist critics with no connection to Jackson or people of Mississippi denounced the Governor and the state as if helping the citizens obtain justice and more future security was Jim Crow oppression and racism. Point is, I slowly learned the Left DOES NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT BLACK LIVES, except when it's convenient for some political virtue signaling. Hardcore Leftists *HATE BLACKS* who become successful or become cops or become employers or who in any way defy the stereotype of being helpless and downtrodden by Whiteness. Same as George Orwell said, trad communists don't love the poor, they hate the rich.
I fully hope for the best of the residents of MS, but unfortunately your political situation is so corrupt and backwards, and MS citizens continually vote against their own interests. That's really one of the biggest things holding MS back.
He'll be back. No worries. You can't just roll into Mississippi, then roll out. The State, land, folks, pride, hospitality, and respect sticks with folks. 🫶🏻
Removing statues is not an attempt to erase history. Erecting statues is not how we record history, it’s how we glorify people. For instance if you grow up in Germany today you will learn a lot about fascism and the holocaust etc, but they don’t have a statue of Hitler in the town square.
Peter Santanello is a national treasure. He is a vessel for unification, a solution against division. He is a way for us all to find common ground and come together.
Booker T is a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing. Ancestors who came from Italy, understood the grind and were happy to join in the work. Amen. God bless 🙌 .
Another masterpiece Peter! My wife and I don’t agree on what we usually like to watch but on your vids we put our phones down and watch intently. Booker T and his beautiful family are inspiring. Just love this.
What a great man, Mr Booker T is. I’m a South Asian immigrant living in Deep South (South Alabama)myself and l am so looking forward to videos in this series. Simply awesome.
That is cool! I am from Lower Alabama and never met anyone who wasn't Black, White, or Latino until I joined the Army. I go back all the time to visit family and am glad the area is getting is getting more diverse. I hope you you are having a good experience in Alabama.
@@rachelrolltide3106 you should visit new york city. there are people and eateries here from every corner of the planet. we even have aliens here ,although, you wont know when you come in contact if you arent familiar.
@@suzannes5888 I guess you don't know what states comprise the Deep South. All of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana are the Deep South. You could include northern Florida and east Texas.
Love the way Booker T is dressed all fancy with his Cadillac sign, his pants creased and ready for the interview. I really appreciate it. Reminds me when I was growing up in Czechoslovakia every time we went groceries shopping or to town, mom would make us wash up and put a clean nice cloths on. Another awesome story Peter !
Hey Peter, good work. I'm from Pelahatchie Mississippi. Love the Delta. Booker T and family are folks just like my own family. Hard working, hard loving people. Much Respect!!!!
I'm watching this sitting in Germany. So interesting to see how other real people live and to listen to their stories. I really apreciate the way how Peter is filming producing this. So open-minded. Thanks for that.
I was born and raised in Mississippi and now living here in California. I found myself sitting here smiling as I listen to Lodine's mom talk. I was lucky enough to be a paramedic in Mississippi and had the chance to routinely find myself in the homes of every race, color, and creed. While transporting elderly patients to the hospital we would often talk about their lives and how things have changed. I was 20 years old at the time, hearing the different versions and experiences first hand helped me grow significantly and see the world and people for what they are. I have no idea how I stumbled upon this video, but so glad I did. Thank you Peter for showing Mississippi for what it is, good and bad. And thank you Mr. Booker T., you are a excellent representative.
This was really enjoyable to watch. I’m a 36 year old woman born and raised in California but my mothers side is from Louisiana. I love the south’s people and its history. Booker T was a great host and had a great story.
My husband & I watched from Ireland. A fascinating program & what an interesting gentleman Booker T is. We thoroughly enjoyed his tour, so interesting & sad in parts. Thank you.
Hey Booker T, from one American to another, you sir are a legend! It’s people like you who make our communities great. Thank you for all your contributions to this great country!
This brings back my childhood near New Albany, Mississippi. We lived in a backroads area and farmed with mules. Our only transportation was a wagon drawn by those mules. Each fall when the crops were brought in (our whole family picked and chopped) we went to Blue Mountain Drygoods and I got three new sets of bib overalls and a new pair of shoes. I might be wrong but I believe my father, having borrowed money for the mules and emplements, had to farm for half shares. We ate what we grew and hunted and I didn't find out what a potato chip was until we moved to the Chicago area in 1953. Many people remembered the Civil War and many still fought it. I knew an ex slave who walked two miles to the store when he was 95. It's hard to believe that I, essentially, lived in the horse and buggy days and lived to see the moon landing and intellegent machines. My, but those cotton rows were endless when stooped over, dragging a cotton sack with the brutal Mississsippi sun beating on your neck and feeling your fingers near bleeding from the boll burrs. There WERE NO good old days unless you were rich. When I was 15 I spent the summer with my Aunt and Uncle on their little cotton farm in the same area. My Uncle had a tractor but we still chopped and picked by hand. Our neighbor was still farming with mules.
I’ve made homemade Maple Syrup including using a hand auger to drill little holes & hang buckets to collect the Maple Water throughout the woods. It takes two days to cook it down, being very careful not to burn it, using huge iron antique cauldrons on an outdoor steel slab on cinder blocks with wood burning underneath. We would take turns camping out & watching the fire, making sure it never went out & stirring & gently cooking the Maple Water down into syrup. It’s so delicious, it’s unbelievable!
Evidently you're just sn old grouch talking about no good ole days ever existed. This lady alone proves you wrong. Sounds more like your parents, and you, had a spiritual vacuum going on. Fyi , if you'd been rich, you still would have been discontent.
It's insanity to actually think there were good old days. We were kids in the 60s. What's good? Stay away from any broadcast, newspapers tracking the unrest. That slap from In The Heat Of The Night, we stood up straight. Real life somebody's gonna pay you a visit. We knew what was going on. As soon as we left home, here we go again. In the early 80s we saw guys riding in pickups with cotton in bundles. It's the 80s for chrissakes! On our way to Moss Point Mississippi there they were. We were gobsmacked. It only went downhill from that. I just remember no grass, all of the front yards were sand. Close to a cannery that made the entire area smell like hot garbage. It was crazy.
@@barbaraholman6129 yes, there were alot of good times in the past. Heck, before the 60s black communities had low crime, lower divorce than whites, virtually no teen pregnancy and a very high number of blacks graduating with PhDs . That all went awry after the 60s and expanded welfare.
Thank for taking Booker T's request. You introduced us to a gem. God bless you and your beautiful family Booker T and God bless Peter to open his heart to people. Safe travels, Peter.
I love listening to older generations talk and show their old stomping grounds. My grandfather is 89 and would drive me around town showing me houses and buildings and had a story for everything and seemed to know everyone like this gentleman. Love it
This might be my favorite episode so far! Adding the people and their story makes it so interesting and enjoyable. (Im still watching) How nice of Booker and his family to welcome you in their homes and share their home cooked food with you.I was raised in a very similar fashion.
Thank you, Booker T for bringing us into your wonderful family. You have a great attitude. Love how you've pulled yourself up to such a high level. You are a great example to all of us. Made my day.
Thanks Peter and thanks Booker T for sharing your family and heritage with us all. I really enjoyed getting to meet your family and friends. What a nice community to live in. That's the way it should be. Hey I've had raccoon before that my mom cooked for us but I didn't really like it, probably because we were used to eating deer meat. 😅 Thanks again! It's always nice to learn about different areas of the country and world.
My husband and I are Canadians. We spent last October driving through the south eastern states. We fell in LOVE with the people and the area. This video emphasized what we learned - thank YOU! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Well.. considering how Canadians accepted and permitted blacks to escape persecution from the prejudice of the United States,I'm not surprised how nice and great you are.. 😢 THANK YOU CANADA!!
@@newhamp2 What a lovely thing to say. I have to say, however, that Canada is not at all exempt from hateful racism. People are people wherever you go. It's our outlook that brings us together
Thank you Peter and Booker T - this whole damn country needs to view this and open their minds. I am so convinced now that many of our so called leaders want us divided. In 2009, I was on a family vacation and flew into Nashville. Rented a car, drove south into Alabama and Mississippi and then to St Louis, MO. Somewhere west of Tupelo, MS, I became thirsty (middle of summer and hot/humid). So I decided to stop into this corner store/deli in this small town for some cold drinks while my family slept in the car. I walked in and the place was full for lunch. Guess what? I am a white guy from southern New Jersey and everyone else is black. Yes, I stood out and everyone looked at me. I kept my composure, grabbed 4 cold drinks and went to pay for them. The attractive woman behind the counter said, "Where are y'all from?" - as she knew I didn't live locally with my northern accent. I said NJ and she smiled and asked me a few questions because she never met anyone from NJ. After that, a few others joined me at the counter and just talked away. After about 20 minutes, my wife came in looking for me. She joined in for another 10 minutes. I swear, if we had more time, I would have stayed there the whole afternoon just talking with all the folks. It was fun, refreshing and changed my biased perspective forever.
What a beautiful family. Booker T has such a big happy heart, and Miss Emileem has such a positive attitude, " I enjoyed myself" 😆🫶 I can see why she is still chugging along at 97, bless her, bless them all. Thank you Peter, Booker T and family for showing us a part of the US, i would probably never get to see. ❤🇦🇺
Thank you for sharing the South that I grew up in. The families in the South are integrated, both black and white, and our histories are woven together just like the fabrics our cotton produces. Thank you Booker T. You are a gift from MS to the world. Love from: Pelahatchie, MS
So nice to see this - I worked at the same hospital as Lodine Beckum in Wyoming in the 1980's. She was known as an excellent nurse and an all-around good person. I remember every time I saw her she was smiling! Thank you Peter, really enjoyed this.
What an absolutely lovely family. Thank you Booker T and family for hosting all of us and showing us around your beautiful area. God is so good and has clearly blessed your and yours. ❤
Does Peter show up in town and ask where the most interesting person lives? He must because he always finds them. In every country in every town. Amazing. Booker T is a gem ❤
Mr. Broker T., thank you for sharing your family history. My second husband is from Mississippi. I am a 66 year old black woman; born and raised in Portland, Oregon. I moved to Georgia 20 years ago. At first it was a culture but I soon came to love my new home.
That is so wonderful Lori. My family is from Winona MS. It was great to seeing what my ancestors could have experienced. Many blessings to you and your family.
23 minutes in and this has to be one of my favorite. BookerT is an absolute gem and what an upload full of history to someone from the UK! Good to have you back, Peter ❤
That was really good. Thank you Booker T and Peter. My mom passed the day after Christmas, so just over a month ago. She was 84. It's just me now, everyone else has passed. Booker T's family remined me so much of mine 30 years ago. It was like being home for a few minutes. Thank you for warming my heart.
I’m so sorry to hear that bro! I hope you’re keeping your head up! Your grandma is still out there with you and I bet you your family loves you. I lost my entire family on Monday night, October 27th 2014 when I was 14. I had no body left, and it wasn’t a big extended family, it was my mom, brother, sister and dad. And I’ve lost every one of them, I lost everyone at age 14, I was homeless at a point and fell down the addiction path trying to numb the pain, I’m better now! You’re not alone bro. Your family is still right there with you and they’re all living through you.
I loved this and enjoy the way you interviewed Booker T. Such a nice family. I am from Georgia which has more black millionaires than anywhere on earth (most in Atlanta). I am from a white family with no generational wealth. I inherited nothing but my parents helped my with college and taught me how to do things right. I am trying to leave a little for my sons, but also encourage them to work and save and buy a house. My daddy picked cotton as a teen in Louisiana, then joined the service and served in 3 wars. The Booker T family lives better than I live. Its all relative. My city of Savannah is 56 per cent black. I live in a 30 percent Black neighborhood near an historically black college. Our mayor is black as is the majority of the city council. My neighbors on both sides sent their kids to college and paid off their mortgages. They happen to be black. We all get along fine. We southerners have much in common what ever our color. Thank you for sharing this story. Booker T is cool. The south is the best part of the US in my opinion. I left for 40 years, but am back.
You got everything in common but privilege . Whites are exploited economically but blacks are exploited economically and culturally. And don’t try to pretend blacks in Savannah got any real power politically .
@@lapislazulii141that’s truly a despicable thing to say. I was born and raised a poor white girl. I am 63 years old. I picked cotton as a child. We raised chickens, cows and pigs. We ate beef, pork and poultry (meat and eggs) that we raised. There isn’t anything that tasted better. I was raised in an all white county. I am the least prejudiced person you will ever find! Act like you want to be treated and respected and life is wonderful. Our county integrated back in the late 60’s. Attitudes like yours are racist, prejudiced and downright hateful. 90% of the crimes here in the Deep South is perpetrated by people that are not born and raised here. Folks here - They know somebody will tell grandmama and you’ll get whipped with a keen hickory switch! So watch your mouth, grandmama is watching and listening to you
Thank you Booker T and family for meeting up with me and brining us into your home! And thank you all for watching!
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Would be amazing to get a fund going for booker Ts mother in law maybe get her a hearing aid? Lovely family ❤
❤❤❤I’m so excited for the release of this series. My husband’s family is from this area and eventually moved to Saint Louis and now California. Love to keep these stories alive! Critical for my sons. Part of their beautiful history.
Love your videos Peter but i found it really weird that you, who makes these awesome videos to bring people of different cultures and backgrounds closer together, to participate in this strange trend of capitalizing ''Black'' (and i havent looked it up but probably in other videos groups like'' Asian'', ''Latino'' etc too) but not ''white'' in your subtitles. As i said i love your vids but this is just something i negatively noticed and didnt expect you to do.
I would love to meet Mr. Booker. He reminds me of family.
A great family indeed ❤
When Booker T ,told Peter to fix a nice plate "your at home now" was so gracious, what a great man and what a great family!
That's the south. People are like this where I'm from for the most part always giving out bomb food and just hanging out drinking coffee and talking about the old days. Simple but courteous people.
That’s the hallmark of a “clan” family, (not that type of CLAN obviously) vs the modern creation of the “nuclear” family. Anyone that reads this, I suggest you do some research into the societal and familial degradation of many westernized countries because of the abandonment of the clan family dynamic. It will change your whole world view.
@pawpawthebeagle9442 I understand what you said but I'm not an anthropologist or a very well educated man,I just know good people,family,etc. I don't care about race,sexual preference, or whatever
Good people are good people and from my experience having done 54 laps around the sun
Humble working class are my friends and my family without judgment
Ps. When a man shows you and is willing to share homemade liquor, you have his trust and a friend for life
@@anthonypawnee611 It's not just the south. People in most of the rural US are like this. I'll agree that many areas in the south definitely live up to the "southern hospitality" thing though. It's very noticeable. I'm a truck driver, from northeast PA, and the first time I went to southern Tennessee, near the Alabama state line, I was immediately struck by a different level of "friendly" than I'd ever experienced. Like I said, it was really noticeable in a way that anyone not from there could have seen.
Worked with booker T as a young man in Wyoming. Such a solid dude! Taught me a lot!
That’s amazing! Where exactly in WY?
Oh, wow!
Washington?
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That's so cool !
I could listen to this man tell stories all day, that voice flows like warm molasses.
Lou Rawls sorta draw
like warm molasses😂 love it
Listen to some lightin hopkins
@@murepnot lou Rawls
That is how I feel. I could just sit back and listen to the family tell us their history and It is so interesting to see what is real in the South,
I'm from Mississippi and I can definitely say that Booker T did us proud! I am an hour from him and I hope one day to run into him and his wife and say hello! Wonderful people showing the world some of interesting things we do here in the South- hopefully people will watch this and know we aren't all racist or ignorant, either! Thank you, Booker T for taking the time to do this and do it right!
BEN Franklin did NOT own slaves!!!!! EVERYONE did NOT own slaves only 3% of white Americans owned slaves!!!! The SAME number (nearly) of blacks owned slaves!!! There are MORE slaves in Africa NOW than then. Saudi Arabia has an estimated 740,000 slaves NOW!!! Today!!!!
Take your ass on up to the North. We don't need braindead liberals down here.
My Dad is from Mississippi but I was raised in California. When he retired after serving 20 years as a military police officer for the Marines we moved to South Carolina. I always wondered what it was like in Mississippi. The stories I heard about Mississippi as a child and the movies I saw honestly always made me scared of the South, especially Mississippi. I love your interviews/short documentaries. I also would love to meet Mr BookerTJR and family. At least to shake his hand.
@@ruffcrowdkennels9529 remember Hollywood wants to tell us a story. So they embellish a lot. I’m glad they put a light on the blight of slavery, I found I gained more knowledge and insight from books written before Hollywood. Have a blessed day ❤
Booker T IS AMERICA. THROUGH AND THROUGH. TOP TO BOTTOM. LOVE BOOKER T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO PETER!!!!!!!!!!
Booker T: Can you dig it sucka?
He's a good man with a good family
@@scclifThere are many of us yet still bound by the effects of Jim Crow. Such ashame America would rather support illegal migrants, Israeli and Ukraine wars with billions of our tax dollars.
Ain't that the truth
As a guy from Poland 🇵🇱 , i think this is most interesting channel about America I've ever seen. Places and stories of those people are gold. Keep up the good work, greetings from Poland.
We are a big country with a lot of variety. This area in this video reminds me a lot of Eastern North Carolina. You have a lot of small rural farming communities mixed up with country white and country black people. It's not like the cities, you all just live your lives and get along because you have to.
He shows the real world not the kardashians ❤
any suggestions for like content in europe?would LOVE to learn.
As a European who’s now an American through and through, these people are why we are passionate and patriotic about this country. They are the backbone and the humanity of this great nation! ❤🇺🇸
This is not the real America. Don’t be fooled.
Here's the thing, I am a black male from the Deep South. My extended family still owns portions of the plantation where my ancestors were enslaved. That is very common in the south.
I tell people that when I was a kid, we shopped at the Co-Op and everything was cheap or done on the barter system. My Grandparents had livestock and would put a Notice at the Co-Op for any local farmers who wanted to trade or barter Wheat, Grain, Corn, Potatoes, Onions, etc for chicken, beef, or pork.
I live out west. I’m an oldish white woman. We need to hear your stories, so far removed from my life … I’m low to middle income, trying to get by with my kid and grandkids. All they see is the political crap on tv and gang life.
My elders died the same year Bobby Kennedy and Dr MLK …
Our country needs to be schooled.
@@shellymusgrove3328 I sure do agree with you about, "Our country needs to be schooled." And, right, all kids see today is "political crap" in the media and social platforms.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. Coming from immigrants myself , I appreciate the peoples history vs. American history books in public schools.
What a sweet family
That is very AWESOME , and Exactly how we should be living now . The reason we don't is because corperations have Insidiously made us believe that we can't do without them , BUT , It just is not true . We need to take back OUR Sovereignty. ❤ Thanks for sharing 😊
This video is a wonderful depiction of us southerners . Compassion , kindness , happiness, family . It’s in our DNA. Comes naturally . God Bless you for these wonderful memories I’ve had growing up Southern . Love it !
If Mr. Booker was so inclined, he should open a small school to teach welding. He would make a superb teacher, and passing on his knowledge would be a great legacy.
Yes, my husband and I would visit from AZ to ck it out.
Wonderful suggestion! My Father was a welder 43 years and provided a comfortable life for us. We need trade schools and apprenticeships.
Well, he has the perfect name for it. I didn’t really hear any mention of his namesake Booker T Washington
@@jrhackman7414Technically his namesake was his father, his father’s grave says he was also named Booker T. I’d imagine his father was named after Booker T. Washington though
I was thinking the same thing.
Booker T was such a great host, he really made me smile. What a blessed man, and surrounded by his beautiful family!
This was a fantastic episode
Booker T was awesome
Oh yeah, I smiled and LOL'd several times. He seems like a really great guy.
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Exactly I’ve been smiling the whole video; he’s like family
This is the type of content we should ALL be subjected to daily vs. the crap that we are spoon-fed via the news and online. THIS is reality TV as it should be. It feels inviting & familiar... yet it is raw, emotional, & eye-opening, too.
This is us! MOST Americans wake up every day and live their lives, work hard, and take care of their families just like Booker T. Pop culture, politics, and the media would have us all believe that we are different and that we hate each other. But thankfully, documentaries like these help to remind us that we are so much more alike than we realize.
I agree 100% with Booker T's sentiment: As long as you treat me well, I'll treat you well. White, Black, Brown, Green, or Purple... we are all human beings. Thank you for your work, Peter!! 🙏🏽
You would be surprised how much people all over the world are more alike, despite colour/language/religious beliefs/etc., and share the same hopes and fears. The difference between huge cities and the countryside everywhere the same. The difference between people of a rich background compared to someone from a poor or middle-class background everywhere the same.
I could count up more and more examples all the same.
Ask someone who had been blessed to travel a few countries on three continents.
Greetings from good ol' Germany
No that is not true the majority of these demons get up in the morning to put in place their evil plan that was dreamed up yesterday
Amen brother. I love southern hospitality
This is written so beautifully! ❤i absolutely agree 100%
Dude I would have Booker t over my house for dinner Abby day!
Thanks for taking us along. God bless Booker T and family! Grandma is about the cutest little lady anywhere.
59-year-old from the west coast of Canada. I have learned more about people and culture from your videos than I ever learned in school. Your videos are awesome! Thank you, Mr Booker T. and your family for sharing!
Ontario here and yes Peter opens up his country like no other.
Toronto here! Yes the content Peter makes is so interesting and well done! Theres nobody like him.
Exactly how I feel . Priceless stuff. Very appreciated
i get that down south and in so much of the states its really poor and towns fade away but the bet the real estate is cheap, i also live in west coast of canada and am 32 years old, i'll be lucky to afford a shoe box to live in 15 years.
Is there any particular reason we can't get this man nominated for a Pulitzer Prize at this point?
This wholesome, hard-working family represents the lifeblood of this country. It warms my heart. God bless them. Thanks, Peter.
Well said!
I'm agnostic but I agree all those kind hearted and willing people be blessed, blessed Peter and blessed all people reading this comment. Amazing the grandma. She probably encountered some hard times but look at her all smile. Such a lesson of humility and forgiveness and making the best of life. Alleluia.
@@lorenzoblum868 Sounds like you might be believin in the goodness of mankind, which is all Jesus Christ taught his short life here on earth.
@@lorenzoblum868doesn't appear like you will be agnostic for long. God bless you 🙏
@@posseeANNA jesus, brothers, sisters, fathers, ma, daughters, sons, cousins, neighbours and you. Keb Mo singing "God trying to get your attention" is a gospel make happy feet. I wish there was one universal wisdom based on respect regardless believes but all we see is clash Catholic 💣Protestant, Musulmans 💣Christians, Jews 💣Musulmans... So I avoid giving Names. Jesus, Mahomet, Zeus, Bouddha...
What a great video of Mississippi! 😃 I am a 70 year old white woman, born and raised in MS. Mr. Booker T. gave a VERY realistic view of MS! He said it all, when he said you treat others like you want to be treated! When this happens, life is good! I was taught to live like this, too! Things are not perfect in MS now. However, it’s much better than when I was growing up in the 1960’s. Most of my family grew up in lots of the same ways as Mr. Booker T. We didn’t have wealth handed to us, either. I am a retired teacher of 27 years. For most of those years, I taught in all or mostly black classrooms. I loved my years of teaching! I was so blessed to teach and work with all of the precious black children and people that I was with! Thanks for making this video and showing the MS of today!!! ❤
I bet …. At 70 you are still living off of the proceeds from the slave trade & if not then white privilege 🤔
I am happy for BT too difference is my direct mother and father is not responsible for all they have done to him and all us alike 😔
Teaching our kids a European education from whites was set in place when slavery was so called abolished which transition into a modern day slavery as we see it today 💁🏼♂️
It’s sad we were stripped of our true education our land and history 😞
Yes, lots of things to be sad about in our history. 🙁 The way I see it, I can only strive everyday to be the best person I can be, and love ALL people. 😊
@prosperityboy50 actually Trumps dad's buddy wrote up our education system.
@prosperityboy50 i wanna see the school that you are creating to cure blacks of mental slavery...crickets i hear...if all you do is talk and not doing anything about it you may as well fall in line...
Gotta say I loved seeing Mr.Booker T and his fam!! GOD BLESS U ALL
I’m from Louisiana…born and raised. I’ve lived in Utah for the past 8 years. I grew up with down home folks like these. These are our friends and neighbors. Good, God fearing, hard working, Americans. Thanks for showing the real southerners. Booker T and his family were so warm and inviting. The way he told you that you were at home while having dinner with his family… That just warmed my heart. This is how southerners are. We want to invite you in, share our stories with you, show you our home town, and hear about yours. I could not think of a more perfect representative of the south than Booker T and his amazing family. What loving and genuinely kind people. Contrary to what the movies and the media try to make us southerners out to be, we’re not all back woods and ignorant and filled with hate. We’re more alike than we are different. But MSM, and politicians divide us. We need to stand together, remember our history, both good and bad. Break bread together, learn together, pray together, and live together in peace. Thank you Peter for making this documentary. I feel blessed to have seen it. God bless you.
@wendywendy8379, well said.
Very well said, agree 100%.
Came here to say this. Thank you.
@calvinhobbes5524 what makes us think you are any better?
Lovely video, beautiful family! Thanks for sharing!!
Im from Europe and when i watch your videos i feel like im traveling to those places. There is no other channel on youtube that can bring out that expirience of real america like you do.
Brit here, Peters videos have dispelled so many myths for me especially the Appalacian vids
I felt similar to what you felt. It seems I was there experiencing the joys of an amazing family.
I’m American and never seen this side it’s beautiful to see different stories ❤
Born in Alabama, raised in Mississippi. These are salt of the earth people. Booker T and his family's stories are fascinating. God bless.
....born in Alabama, near Mobile, finished high school on the Mississippi gulf coast, in Moss Point, colleged in Atlanta, Georgia...!❤😊❤😊
I could listen to this gentleman for hours, talking about his family history and the surroundings. Great job by all thank you.
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My family grew up poor in Alabama. Booker’s story reminds me of us. We never grew cotton but farmed. My daddy passed away at age 50. My mother had been a mother and homemaker never worked. Wee had a real hard time. No inside toilet until I was 13. My brothers had big paper routes at ages 13 and 9 on bicycles. Iy was very hard living.
I was just thinking this!@@andrewmoore3491
What a beautiful family, you are an inspiration Booker T. Love from new zealand
Brit here. This is the America I love. Thank you Booker T, you have a lovely family. Thanks Peter.
Dutch here, this is indeed the great South, I hope one Day to visit the south of the USA, i don't care about New York, LA and other big cities. Love cajun food, love the music, like the folks. God bless you all. Howdy from the Netherlands 🤠
I'd recommend Natchez, Mississippi. It's the oldest city on the Mississippi River. It's where I live!
@@Dutchcowboy13come to Alabama
Kiwi (New Zealander) here!!
My mum lives in Wyoming with her American hubby....loved spending time over there!
Did you notice anything funny about the sky
Great video. I’m from Asia and this is the America we will never get to see if not for these videos. America is much more than those big cities and politics we see on TV everyday. Keep up the good work!
Very true. Even in big states like California, where I live. There are places like this all over the country. It's just too bad all the media covers are the big cities and crime.
100% true.
There are more places like this in the US than the stuff they show on TV. Every city has a suburb, and every suburb has a rural area outside of it but it's always ignored and often the heart of our country.
America is insanely diverse my friend
True history illustrated by real citizens who witnessed the history themselves.
Mr Booker T is a hell of a guy. Worked his azz off to get where he's at. You can outwork poverty. I did. He did. God bless him and his family. Peter, this is one of my favs.
Double spacing after a period is not necessary. That was done on typewriters, and the habit carried over to computers for some reason.
I'm old school. Sorry. Back in the day we took "typing" in HS to be in a class with all the girls.
I'm old school sorry. Back then, we took typing in HS to be in the class with all the girls. lol. @@belly_nelly
@@belly_nellyWhy would you even bring that up? It was a good , insightful comment.
@@katboss4886 Because it’s good info to have for the future.
I've watched hundreds of RUclips videos. As a matter of fact, earlier today, I was talking with some family members how my father use to read encyclopedias every night before sleeping. I am the next generation, now 75 , I watch RUclips before sleep. I say that only to highlight my following comment. I too, am from the South. South Carolina to be exact. Mush of what Booker T has described, was mirrored here in South Carolina. We owned a General Store, that would be compared to a small walmart today. My father came up during the Great Depression, and wore many hats, during his life. He was shot twice, briefly farmed, full time magistrate and retail store owner. My mothers' family were 'Sharecroppers' and hard working good people. Her brothers, we all verterans. One was shot down twice in WWII. I just want to say to Booker T , thank you for sharing your life story with us, it brought back wonderful memories . Those were days of hard work, but a much better America than now !
This video brings back so many memories. I was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. At the tender age of five, I remember picking cotton and working on the family farm. My dad didn’t care that we were little girls. We had to work. I joined the Marine Corps my senior year in high school and I left for boot camp a week after graduation. That was 44 years ago. The moral values and work ethics that I learned from my parents laid the foundation for future success. Today, I am a retired Marine with four college degrees and will be retiring again soon from the public school system in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in two years. God bless the people of the Mississippi Delta.
Wow! 4 degrees, a vet and teacher?! Amazing 🤩🇺🇸🥰❤️
Tk u for your service...in all your fields!
God bless you and yours and thank you for you service! 💓
What an amazing woman because our people had to work hard too get anything in America systemic Racism against us very proud of you Sister through God I'm from Detroit Michigan born an raised in happy my parents left the south for us to get an better life an education it was well worth it.
Booker and Lodine! So good to see you guys. You guys were great neighbors here in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Snowed today and I know you probably do not miss that. Miss the moonshine and the great company. So glad we got to see this documentary by mr. Santenello.
How cool is that? Great people. Just glad I get to see them on RUclips. 👍🏼
awhhh omg! I love that you know them! I just stumbled on this video and watched the whole thing. This is honestly a beautiful perspective. love it.
Booker T got me wanting to move to Wyoming, like really!!
@@Reese8531 Right !!!
Booker T is an American icon! And living the American dream. Came from very humble means but he’s building his legacy daily! This guy would never let anything or anybody hold him back!👍🏽
we have to be nicer to black people and pay them reparations, they really did built this country! one million per black folk minimum
Nope don’t think so.@@amandaburleson2035
Paying „reparations“ would be exactly the wrong thing to do. Just keeping people from engaging and striving to achieve. Advertise guys as Booker T. Provide infrastructure and stepstones that allow people to more easily follow his example.
@@pwa8453well with your logic. Let's take away the wealth of all those families that benefit from slavery. And reset.
@@pwa8453Bullshit this country needs to pay what it owes......you don't get a 500 year headstart then get mad when the very ones you keep down with just a few basic laws applied even almost catch up and in some instances surpass the very entrenched ones who wish to " make this country great again" stop with the pandering that's where YOU should begin.
This channel is a reminder of how we are all not so different. Refreshing perspectives and glimpses of everyday life in these different regions. Appreciate your work!!!
Booker T is the kind of guy I’d love to sit down and have dinner with and listen to his wisdom and his stories. Seems like a good, hard working, family loving, genuinely great dude. Would love to see more video with Booker T.
I agree with you 👍
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Absolutely! We only know our lives through our lived experiences. I love how Peter asks direct questions with compassion and a will to understand.
I would love to see a video of him taking a trip back to Wyoming and showing Peter around the same way he did in Mississippi.
He is so beautiful despite all the injustice that's hurt his family. Evolved soul ❤
I love that you did this documentary on Booker T! This is better than any documentary on mainstream tv! The way that you took the time to let Booker T relive the memories of “back in the day” was outstanding. The fact that his family will forever have these memories captured. Thank you for using your platform to showcase people like Booker T! 👏🏽💪🏽
Hi Sister please Help
@@ShejunMalik009 Are you African?
As a Scotsman I found this fascinating. Always been interested in American history...any American people reading this - your history is as rich as any. "Scotland 🏴 not a lost cause. A cause not yet won" John Steinbeck.
I would add of the USA 🇺🇸 'greatness...not yet fully fulfilled. Her best days are still ahead. Together you will help each other, and the world - get there.'🎉
Thata's very nice of you. Big Scots fan here!
Thank you buddy. I appreciate this.
Evening cousin....our history is your history as well. Many Scotch-irish in the Southern Appalachian. My family (at one point) came from County Down Ireland via Scotland.
Scotland not yet lost? Damn, you can’t even see that you’re won. Even after 300 years of union and a massive subsidy from England. The whole country has a population the size of a large English City. You can’t go it alone.
As an American that’s totally drained over what’s going on in America thank you for you wonderful comment it definitely helped this American 🇺🇸
What a blessing to have your mom for such a long time. Such a sweet woman
As someone from Louisiana, I know that food is good and people take care of you by feeding you. The love is in the food. It feels like home.
Absolute truth, born and raised on the south east coast of Louisiana, all people want to do is help each other and have good times
Hello, I am from Czech republic, middle europe. I ve always wanted to visit usa, never happened yet. Your documentary is so interesting to me. I know usa just from pop culture, movies. You are showing me hidden corners of usa and it is so interesting to me. All those stories, people. What i really apreciate is that you allow your guests to talk without interuption and you are asking great question. Thank you for amazing work.
Movies and pop culture is not like 90% of the country
Watch his Appalachia series too.
The South is amazing. You won’t regret visiting.
@@jjjhnmjThe food the people the culture the history and much more. It’s unique just like every other part of the world. If you have to ask then you need to expose yourself to more.
@@Jawbeezie from a Belgian perspective it doesn't look great
Can’t believe Booker T’s wife is 66 and her sister is 72. They both literally look like they’re in their 40s. Incredible! Their mom is looking great too at 96.
I thought the same thing! Amazing genes.
And a lot of physical hard work helped them stay young too. But yes, good genes go a long way! They are definitely fortunate in some respects. The country life definitely has its benefits, having grown up in Notth Carolina myself
It's the food
Black don’t crack unless you’re doing it
I think it's the slower lifestyle down there. No pressure, peace and quiet
I decided to subscribe to your channel Peter because of Booker T and his family episode !!! I am all the way in Manhattan Beach California!!! This story was so amazing and inspiring for me , keep up the great work Peter !!! 🥰👌🏽💯
When I think about America, Americans and American values I picture people like these…kind, resourceful, intelligent, decent, hard working and funny!!! Really enjoyed this video…..
For sure. I've visited the USA many times but what puts me off is the amount of illegals entering. Glad some places are untouched by such issues
@@ksm1985Mississippi is increasingly becoming home to migrants( I'm sure of all types). Even our small towns are starting to have entire crews of immigrants, it used to just be a construction crew or two, but now there are endless crews in all types of industries that are 100% immigrants.
The south is full of people like Booker, though, Black, White, Brown , and red. We tend get a bad rap online and in the news, etc, but the vast majority of folks are simply just living their lives, working and trying to make a living. Racism certainly exists on both sides, but you'll mostly only encounter it through a lens of some sort.... most folks get along just fine.
Almost all the generations are illegal from a moral standpoint...there were only natives there on Turtle Island...and it only changed quite recently...kick out the immigrants...and there would be no-one left...I wonder how many pure blood natives there are...those mentioned in this video were mixed...@@ksm1985
That's 100! I was born an raised in Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama. Wonderful folks like these are the norm. It's literally a bubble of hospitality. Every Southern woman is another mother by default. We say Yes Mam, Yes Sir, Thank you, and most of all "'hey ya'll!"
@weirdmood8102 ah damn that's sad to hear as it's really got to be affecting the country but it gets swept under the carpet like here in the UK
Peter, this interview was so outstanding, heartwarming and historical. Booker T, what can I say? Booker T was the perfect host. You can just feel how genuine he is and his kindness was just amazing. This interview had so many layers. As an african american, the stories that were told, the expericence, the family, the food, all of this is all of our families if you are born black in America, this is the story of our history. Thank you so much for this interview, I am so grateful to have watched this and Thank You Booker T for your warm hospitality. God Bless you and your family.
Yes! This all of our families as African Americans! Thank you Peter and thank you Booker T!
@@braniefanie4938 Well, our history is as old as America. Duh! If you are talking human history for Africans, well, they were first, so I am not sure what you are referring too.
@@braniefanie4938 Care to explain what you mean and what's your point?
@@braniefanie4938 Whose history "isn't that old?" You must be joking 😂
I served a 2 year mission for my church in Mississippi and I'm so glad you showed this part of the deep south. The Black folk were so kind and gracious to me (a 19-21 year old white boy) for the entire two years that I was there. I love these people, the world needs to know how good these people are.
Simply, amazing documentary , what a great family! and Peter, thanks Man! really!
The lovely 97-year-old mother has an amazing memory! She is so sweet! I loved this episode so much. Booker T has a wonderful community and family surrounding him.
Seeing her warmed my heart. She made me think of my great grandmother, who passed last year at 103 in Ludlow, MS.
My dad passed away recently he was 96 I miss him so bad I am his baby girl.
@@Z-MyAwwww my condolences 🙏 what an blessing to live to 103 ,My dad just passed recently he was 96 I miss him so bad R.I.P. Daddy George love you see you in the new world 🌎 Amen 🙏 your baby girl.
Booker T- a true American. I loved watching this and hearing his stories. He is proof that hard work pays off. His perspective is priceless! So thankful to you for meeting him and his family, and sharing him with us! I hope Booker will start his own vocational school for the youth in his area. ❤
I was thinking the same thing about Mr. Booker starting a vocational project ❤
Wow Peter, what a experience you had here. And I hope you and Booker T stay in contact and hopefully hang out again. His family seemed to enjoy having you around and opening their lives out to give you that Mississippi experience..., 57:50
Now ask him about the hard working Blacks that had their land taken or lynched !
@@XoxoMootthey won’t
This is amazing to see! A Black mans success and hard work in America and how that has paid off. Booker T has a heart of GOLD and a personality to talk to people and care for people! Thanks for documenting his family! You earned this SUBSCRIPTION
Yes. It’s just sad that it takes 3-4 times the hard work and perseverance to gain success for the average black man. But, he’s a testament that there are some who have what it takes to battle everything that’s put up against him and succeed. Much respect.
why do you have to mention that your "black" all the time does your race need to be commended on every little thing you accomplish?
@@Fony_turgeson Yep! In America it does. Black people have always been hard working, honest, friendly, supportive, family-oriented, culture rich people but we don't get half the opportunities that others are handed down in America. Look what this country has become since a BLACK person was given an opportunity by the people to govern it. Obama was almost excellent in his job position. Unfortunately another BLACK person won't get that opportunity for decades to come.
@@AGreen-ug9oi exactly!
@iffiffins-ui5yy sure. Keep lying to your self. I live in the hood and I see the truth. Where is all the violent crimes and robberies coming from?..........let's wait for it the one reply u have.....
I came across Peter videos while first watching the West Virginia coal series to this I’m hooked to all his series now thank you so much for showing a variety
I worked with Booker for years. What a cool deal to see 1 of my favorite youtubers interview a friend. Hey Book!!!
is he as cool and laid back to work with as he seems in the video? I'll bet working with him with pure pleasure and lots of information.....😊😁
Hope he brought some if that cornbread to work. Spread the love.
Small world.
@devinhyde1139 he was always a proper gentleman. A true stand up kind of guy. It was/is and honor to know him.
I really enjoy these rural american vlogs. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇸
Hope all is well across the pond! Greetings!
I loved Poland when I was there! Wish I could visit again
As do I from the UK
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Watching from Ireland. What a lovely family God bless them all.
Hi Peter and fans! I just started watching this episode and wow, I was taken back to the cotton fields of Alabama! All of my brothers, sisters and me picked cotton with our Mom. The babies would ride on Mom’s sack. The smaller children used a flour sack to pick with. Momma would sew a strap on the sack for us. After the flour sack, we graduated up to the burlap bags.
What memories! I’m really enjoying coming along with you Peter on all your adventures. It’s a wonderful distraction from life. Thank you!
This past month I have been extremely depressed due to a bad heartbreak. I came across one of your videos and it captivated me. Distracted me. Opened new pathways to my brain and encouraged me to learn more. The Native American ones are my favorite.
I haven’t stopped watching. You are helping us more than you know.
❤
Been there Kelly. One Love!!
I’m glad your feeling a little better. I too love these videos 💞
Hang in there Kelly. So many great days ahead. This is just one tiny snapshot in time. It will pass. Sending you love and light. 🙏❤️
Forgive yourself Kelly. Maybe try Meditation and the other 7 pillars 🙏
You always crush it Peter. What a good dude Booker is. He opened his home and life to share his story with us. Really great to get that generational insight of life then and now. Well done boys!
Thank you Broski! Much appreciated.
🈴Booker T for Governor 🈴. He knows everyone 😅
@PeterSantenello Peter you and your audience would really benefit and appreciate speaking with people who really know and can discuss the Moorish history and influence if "america". Your ignorance, as with most "americans" regarding the true history of the country, its presumed "founding fathers" The "Black" aboriginal & "Black" European presence long before anything you referenced being taught in school. If you care, the documented information is all there. Good job.
@@PeterSantenellobooker is one cool dude. And his family and friends are equally cool. Especially the grandma at 97. She’s a firecracker . Reminds me of my mom who lived until she was 95 and a firecracker as well.
Booker t does need to open a welding shop and training center to pass on his knowledge to the younger generation . He also has ALOT of life skills he could pass along as well.
@@Covfefe_and_Chaos Booker T for vice president
My husband worked as a reporter/anchor in the Greenville area. Loved watching these videos. It was a rough time when he lived there...I could never find a job to relocate. But we loved exploring the Delta!
Nik Beckum here.. I love my family.. Great episode 🙌🏾
Your family is wonderful ❤
I missed her name, but the 97 -year old mother-in-law is sharp beyond belief. Oh my goodness, she's delightful and she just made my day! What an amazing family ! So thankful and glad for this documentary. Thank you so much.🙏♥️✝️
What is Peter’s process to pick who will be showing him around? Every time…every guest is incredibly knowledgeable of the culture/area. And they seem to be the most wholesome people…so engaging. Absolutely phenomenal, Peter.
The grandma was so sweet. 🥲
I'm guessing people reach out to him and his team and they talk on the phone or something.
It's the grandma who arranged it all...she is like Marlon of the Carleones...
They always pretend they are hard of hearing and a little vacant...but like the old native Indian tribe chiefs...they see and hear all...wise old birds
I usually see him making a post before he does his videos about asking who is from an area or know people for particular videos he is doing and to email him
This guy is acknowledable
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Thank you so much. Peace and blessings to you sir and Booker T and his family and friends. ❤
Shoutout to Booker T for being such a great tour guide and for having so much knowledge of the history of his area of the south. This was informative and very inspirational.
100% agree!!
100%. Thank you Booker T, his family and the people of his hometown.
An hour from my home. Mississippi is beautiful, depressing, and respectful. Our past is tragic. Our future hopeful. And our present determined. Thank you for your spotlight on this awesome family and land.
No hope with your racist governor.
Not everyone in Mississippi is now or ever has been a racist.
@@fremontpathfinder8463stop
@@fremontpathfinder8463 The State of Mississippi was gonna send state troopers to Jackson to help out because they had 3 Black detectives and _so much violent crime_ it was overwhelming and a huge backlog. Relatives would call detectives to ask what was being done to bring justice for their loved ones. Nothing. Cops were swamped with the number of man-hours it takes to do a thorough investigation.
Leftist critics with no connection to Jackson or people of Mississippi denounced the Governor and the state as if helping the citizens obtain justice and more future security was Jim Crow oppression and racism.
Point is, I slowly learned the Left DOES NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT BLACK LIVES, except when it's convenient for some political virtue signaling. Hardcore Leftists *HATE BLACKS* who become successful or become cops or become employers or who in any way defy the stereotype of being helpless and downtrodden by Whiteness.
Same as George Orwell said, trad communists don't love the poor, they hate the rich.
I fully hope for the best of the residents of MS, but unfortunately your political situation is so corrupt and backwards, and MS citizens continually vote against their own interests. That's really one of the biggest things holding MS back.
Heart-warming. All my respect to you Booker T. and Peter for showing the world.
Greetings from Belgium.
I was so sad I didn’t stop to say hey. I seen you talking to him on the square. Thank you for visiting our town and learning more about us
🙋🏾♀️ hope you feel better and you're no longer sad.
Wish u could've stopped I would've bought lunch love ❤️ ❤❤
He'll be back. No worries. You can't just roll into Mississippi, then roll out. The State, land, folks, pride, hospitality, and respect sticks with folks. 🫶🏻
@@ResinAlchemist2024 Don't forget Elvis.
Removing statues is not an attempt to erase history. Erecting statues is not how we record history, it’s how we glorify people. For instance if you grow up in Germany today you will learn a lot about fascism and the holocaust etc, but they don’t have a statue of Hitler in the town square.
Peter Santanello is a national treasure.
He is a vessel for unification, a solution against division.
He is a way for us all to find common ground and come together.
Booker T is a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing. Ancestors who came from Italy, understood the grind and were happy to join in the work. Amen. God bless 🙌 .
Another masterpiece Peter! My wife and I don’t agree on what we usually like to watch but on your vids we put our phones down and watch intently. Booker T and his beautiful family are inspiring. Just love this.
Same here!
Thanks so much!
Same!
Peter is a genius…. Glad I found him
Same in my family! The one thing we can agree on. ❤
What a great man, Mr Booker T is. I’m a South Asian immigrant living in Deep South (South Alabama)myself and l am so looking forward to videos in this series. Simply awesome.
That is cool! I am from Lower Alabama and never met anyone who wasn't Black, White, or Latino until I joined the Army. I go back all the time to visit family and am glad the area is getting is getting more diverse. I hope you you are having a good experience in Alabama.
I love Alabama....but according to this video the "Deep South" is northern Mississippi😅
@@rachelrolltide3106 you should visit new york city. there are people and eateries here from every corner of the planet. we even have aliens here ,although, you wont know when you come in contact if you arent familiar.
@@suzannes5888 yeah northen mississippi is in the deep south.
@@suzannes5888 I guess you don't know what states comprise the Deep South. All of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana are the Deep South. You could include northern Florida and east Texas.
Love the way Booker T is dressed all fancy with his Cadillac sign, his pants creased and ready for the interview. I really appreciate it. Reminds me when I was growing up in Czechoslovakia every time we went groceries shopping or to town, mom would make us wash up and put a clean nice cloths on. Another awesome story Peter !
Yeah Booker T is styling for sure!
@@FromwythnThat is not the same Booker T
Czechoslovakia, what a football team they were.
And I love that country name.
Nice comment, Bohemian Gypsy.
@@healthnurture8025 It used to be Czechoslovakia, now it's two small countries - Czech Republic and Slovakia. We split in 93.
@@Fromwythn 🤣😂 That is not "The" Booker T. come on man LOL you know better than that
Thank you Booker T and Family ❤❤
Hey Peter, good work. I'm from Pelahatchie Mississippi. Love the Delta. Booker T and family are folks just like my own family. Hard working, hard loving people. Much Respect!!!!
I like that ---hard working, hard loving people.
Pelahatchie is a great little place in my opinion. Plus yall got a WARDS 😂
I'm watching this sitting in Germany. So interesting to see how other real people live and to listen to their stories. I really apreciate the way how Peter is filming producing this. So open-minded. Thanks for that.
How’s Germany?
Und ich dachte immer, Ich wäre der einzige deutsche hier😂
@@Daniel-p3o7j
No mames,
Booker T and his family are real Gold 🙌🏼 such humble beautiful people. Makes me feel good knowing that there are great people still out there. From 🇬🇧
I was born and raised in Mississippi and now living here in California. I found myself sitting here smiling as I listen to Lodine's mom talk. I was lucky enough to be a paramedic in Mississippi and had the chance to routinely find myself in the homes of every race, color, and creed. While transporting elderly patients to the hospital we would often talk about their lives and how things have changed. I was 20 years old at the time, hearing the different versions and experiences first hand helped me grow significantly and see the world and people for what they are. I have no idea how I stumbled upon this video, but so glad I did. Thank you Peter for showing Mississippi for what it is, good and bad. And thank you Mr. Booker T., you are a excellent representative.
What an amazing genuine gentleman Mr. Booker T is! God bless him and his family!❤
Salute to you Mr Booker T for sharing your wisdom and your background. You have a beautiful family. Peace and love to you all in Grenada Mississippi ❤
Yes!!! Thank you to the whole family.
I'm thankful for Booker T bringing us in❤
super cool people in the video
I'm from South Carolina, this man represents America to me. Excellent job Peter
That’s so nice how you show a map of the places you’re talking about. Much appreciated.
This was really enjoyable to watch. I’m a 36 year old woman born and raised in California but my mothers side is from
Louisiana. I love the south’s people and its history. Booker T was a great host and had a great story.
History not so great. Visit Money Mississippi for a sad story.
My family came out of Mississippi in the 50s to California and from Louisiana to California
My fiance and I are from California. We moved out here to Ocean Springs, Mississippi 3 years ago. Love it out here.
My husband & I watched from Ireland. A fascinating program & what an interesting gentleman Booker T is. We thoroughly enjoyed his tour, so interesting & sad in parts. Thank you.
I watch it from Germany. You don’t learn this at school so I really appreciate we get to see it and learn from each video😊
Hey Booker T, from one American to another, you sir are a legend! It’s people like you who make our communities great. Thank you for all your contributions to this great country!
Am from Lagos Nigeria... This channel makes me understand more about American history
I wish more Africans would learn what happened to us after we left our home 😢
The backbone of this country. Thanks for sharing your life story👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾
This brings back my childhood near New Albany, Mississippi. We lived in a backroads area and farmed with mules. Our only transportation was a wagon drawn by those mules. Each fall when the crops were brought in (our whole family picked and chopped) we went to Blue Mountain Drygoods and I got three new sets of bib overalls and a new pair of shoes. I might be wrong but I believe my father, having borrowed money for the mules and emplements, had to farm for half shares. We ate what we grew and hunted and I didn't find out what a potato chip was until we moved to the Chicago area in 1953. Many people remembered the Civil War and many still fought it. I knew an ex slave who walked two miles to the store when he was 95. It's hard to believe that I, essentially, lived in the horse and buggy days and lived to see the moon landing and intellegent machines. My, but those cotton rows were endless when stooped over, dragging a cotton sack with the brutal Mississsippi sun beating on your neck and feeling your fingers near bleeding from the boll burrs. There WERE NO good old days unless you were rich. When I was 15 I spent the summer with my Aunt and Uncle on their little cotton farm in the same area. My Uncle had a tractor but we still chopped and picked by hand. Our neighbor was still farming with mules.
I’ve made homemade Maple Syrup including using a hand auger to drill little holes & hang buckets to collect the Maple Water throughout the woods. It takes two days to cook it down, being very careful not to burn it, using huge iron antique cauldrons on an outdoor steel slab on cinder blocks with wood burning underneath. We would take turns camping out & watching the fire, making sure it never went out & stirring & gently cooking the Maple Water down into syrup. It’s so delicious, it’s unbelievable!
Evidently you're just sn old grouch talking about no good ole days ever existed. This lady alone proves you wrong. Sounds more like your parents, and you, had a spiritual vacuum going on. Fyi , if you'd been rich, you still would have been discontent.
Did you notice anything funny about the sky
It's insanity to actually think there were good old days. We were kids in the 60s. What's good? Stay away from any broadcast, newspapers tracking the unrest. That slap from In The Heat Of The Night, we stood up straight. Real life somebody's gonna pay you a visit. We knew what was going on. As soon as we left home, here we go again. In the early 80s we saw guys riding in pickups with cotton in bundles. It's the 80s for chrissakes! On our way to Moss Point Mississippi there they were. We were gobsmacked. It only went downhill from that. I just remember no grass, all of the front yards were sand. Close to a cannery that made the entire area smell like hot garbage. It was crazy.
@@barbaraholman6129 yes, there were alot of good times in the past. Heck, before the 60s black communities had low crime, lower divorce than whites, virtually no teen pregnancy and a very high number of blacks graduating with PhDs . That all went awry after the 60s and expanded welfare.
Thank for taking Booker T's request. You introduced us to a gem. God bless you and your beautiful family Booker T and God bless Peter to open his heart to people. Safe travels, Peter.
That elder lady seems so sweet! I bet she has all the greatest stories. What an honor it was to watch this. Thank you for sharing.
I love listening to older generations talk and show their old stomping grounds. My grandfather is 89 and would drive me around town showing me houses and buildings and had a story for everything and seemed to know everyone like this gentleman. Love it
He’s has won in life, blessing from Argentina Mr Booker!
As a native Alabamian, I’m Looking forward to the rest of the Deep South series. Enjoyed meeting Booker T’s family!
War Eagle
Same.
Alabama here also. I enjoyed watching.
This might be my favorite episode so far! Adding the people and their story makes it so interesting and enjoyable. (Im still watching) How nice of Booker and his family to welcome you in their homes and share their home cooked food with you.I was raised in a very similar fashion.
Thank you, Booker T for bringing us into your wonderful family. You have a great attitude. Love how you've pulled yourself up to such a high level. You are a great example to all of us. Made my day.
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Thanks Peter and thanks Booker T for sharing your family and heritage with us all. I really enjoyed getting to meet your family and friends. What a nice community to live in. That's the way it should be. Hey I've had raccoon before that my mom cooked for us but I didn't really like it, probably because we were used to eating deer meat. 😅 Thanks again! It's always nice to learn about different areas of the country and world.
Yes., thank you Booker T.❤❤❤❤❤
My husband and I are Canadians. We spent last October driving through the south eastern states. We fell in LOVE with the people and the area. This video emphasized what we learned - thank YOU! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Well.. considering how Canadians accepted and permitted blacks to escape persecution from the prejudice of the United States,I'm not surprised how nice and great you are.. 😢 THANK YOU CANADA!!
@@newhamp2 But you aren't black 😂 what do you mean thank you
@@Hr-dy1xvyou don’t have to be black to appreciate people protecting other people. Simple as that 😊!
@@newhamp2 What a lovely thing to say. I have to say, however, that Canada is not at all exempt from hateful racism. People are people wherever you go. It's our outlook that brings us together
Thank you Peter and Booker T - this whole damn country needs to view this and open their minds. I am so convinced now that many of our so called leaders want us divided. In 2009, I was on a family vacation and flew into Nashville. Rented a car, drove south into Alabama and Mississippi and then to St Louis, MO. Somewhere west of Tupelo, MS, I became thirsty (middle of summer and hot/humid). So I decided to stop into this corner store/deli in this small town for some cold drinks while my family slept in the car. I walked in and the place was full for lunch. Guess what? I am a white guy from southern New Jersey and everyone else is black. Yes, I stood out and everyone looked at me. I kept my composure, grabbed 4 cold drinks and went to pay for them. The attractive woman behind the counter said, "Where are y'all from?" - as she knew I didn't live locally with my northern accent. I said NJ and she smiled and asked me a few questions because she never met anyone from NJ. After that, a few others joined me at the counter and just talked away. After about 20 minutes, my wife came in looking for me. She joined in for another 10 minutes. I swear, if we had more time, I would have stayed there the whole afternoon just talking with all the folks. It was fun, refreshing and changed my biased perspective forever.
Thank you for that comment! One reason we love the South, people are friendly and like to talk. Glad you had a good time
Sleepy Joe and the democratic party along with their fake media is whats dividing the people
I'm from Tupelo. Great story. Mississippi is not perfect by any means, but I still call it home.
Open my mind to what? Higher obesity, poverty, lack of education, shorter lifespan, etc? That's what happens in this region.
Damn you're dumb.@@davidsuch8942
Getting long in the tooth and planning my retirement. I could see myself hunkering down in the south with these down to earth folks ❤
What a beautiful family. Booker T has such a big happy heart, and Miss Emileem has such a positive attitude, " I enjoyed myself" 😆🫶 I can see why she is still chugging along at 97, bless her, bless them all. Thank you Peter, Booker T and family for showing us a part of the US, i would probably never get to see. ❤🇦🇺
Thank you for sharing the South that I grew up in. The families in the South are integrated, both black and white, and our histories are woven together just like the fabrics our cotton produces. Thank you Booker T. You are a gift from MS to the world. Love from: Pelahatchie, MS
Your comment should really have more thumbs.
Bye the way: Great Comment! ❤
lol complete bs and total lies
So nice to see this - I worked at the same hospital as Lodine Beckum in Wyoming in the 1980's. She was known as an excellent nurse and an all-around good person. I remember every time I saw her she was smiling! Thank you Peter, really enjoyed this.
American's could learn a lot from this family. Wonderful people and family.
Someone up above worked with Booker in WY!!
What a man!! I bow my head to such a human being. Very few exist nowadays.
What an absolutely lovely family. Thank you Booker T and family for hosting all of us and showing us around your beautiful area. God is so good and has clearly blessed your and yours. ❤
Does Peter show up in town and ask where the most interesting person lives? He must because he always finds them. In every country in every town. Amazing. Booker T is a gem ❤
I think people usually reach out to him and/or suggest others
Yeah he asked if anyone had an interesting person or story in the beginning of December in a RUclips post. Someone probably wrote in booker t lol
Mr. Broker T., thank you for sharing your family history. My second husband is from Mississippi. I am a 66 year old black woman; born and raised in Portland, Oregon. I moved to Georgia 20 years ago. At first it was a culture but I soon came to love my new home.
That is so wonderful Lori. My family is from Winona MS. It was great to seeing what my ancestors could have experienced. Many blessings to you and your family.
23 minutes in and this has to be one of my favorite. BookerT is an absolute gem and what an upload full of history to someone from the UK!
Good to have you back, Peter ❤
This was a wonderful documentary. Mr. Booker T and his family were a delight to experience. Best wishes from Denmark.
That was really good. Thank you Booker T and Peter. My mom passed the day after Christmas, so just over a month ago. She was 84. It's just me now, everyone else has passed. Booker T's family remined me so much of mine 30 years ago. It was like being home for a few minutes. Thank you for warming my heart.
I’m so sorry to hear that bro! I hope you’re keeping your head up! Your grandma is still out there with you and I bet you your family loves you.
I lost my entire family on Monday night, October 27th 2014 when I was 14. I had no body left, and it wasn’t a big extended family, it was my mom, brother, sister and dad. And I’ve lost every one of them, I lost everyone at age 14, I was homeless at a point and fell down the addiction path trying to numb the pain, I’m better now! You’re not alone bro. Your family is still right there with you and they’re all living through you.
That's my worst nightmare I am sorry for the loss of your mom and your family.
I loved this and enjoy the way you interviewed Booker T. Such a nice family. I am from Georgia which has more black millionaires than anywhere on earth (most in Atlanta). I am from a white family with no generational wealth. I inherited nothing but my parents helped my with college and taught me how to do things right. I am trying to leave a little for my sons, but also encourage them to work and save and buy a house. My daddy picked cotton as a teen in Louisiana, then joined the service and served in 3 wars. The Booker T family lives better than I live. Its all relative. My city of Savannah is 56 per cent black. I live in a 30 percent Black neighborhood near an historically black college. Our mayor is black as is the majority of the city council. My neighbors on both sides sent their kids to college and paid off their mortgages. They happen to be black. We all get along fine. We southerners have much in common what ever our color. Thank you for sharing this story. Booker T is cool. The south is the best part of the US in my opinion. I left for 40 years, but am back.
You got everything in common but privilege . Whites are exploited economically but blacks are exploited economically and culturally. And don’t try to pretend blacks in Savannah got any real power politically .
May you survive
@@lapislazulii141that’s truly a despicable thing to say. I was born and raised a poor white girl. I am 63 years old. I picked cotton as a child. We raised chickens, cows and pigs. We ate beef, pork and poultry (meat and eggs) that we raised. There isn’t anything that tasted better. I was raised in an all white county. I am the least prejudiced person you will ever find! Act like you want to be treated and respected and life is wonderful. Our county integrated back in the late 60’s. Attitudes like yours are racist, prejudiced and downright hateful. 90% of the crimes here in the Deep South is perpetrated by people that are not born and raised here. Folks here - They know somebody will tell grandmama and you’ll get whipped with a keen hickory switch! So watch your mouth, grandmama is watching and listening to you
You married?