As a Gen-x child that was bussed during this integration experiment, I can say first hand how horrific it was. My childhood was already horrible enough as it is. This made it 10 times worse! We were all guinea pigs - both black and white children, because the adults of the time could not figure out a more peaceful and more logical solution. I don't think this forced integration did anyone any good. Humans like to bond naturally. We were children with no understanding being thrown into a rat maze for the sake of a political agenda.
We come from two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT cultures. One values education and the other thinks it's hang out, playtime and they disrupt the classroom and Teachers which makes it difficult to learn.
By the time this aired in 1975, white enrollment at DISD was plummeting, as realtors steered families with young kids into suburban districts where there was no busing. The high schools were still graduating large classes of white students, but fewer and fewer elementary-age white kids enrolled in the district. By 1980 the lower grades were almost entirely minority, to the point where half a dozen elementary schools in North Dallas were closed down (all were later reopened as enrollment rebounded in the 1990s.) I'm surprised by how inarticulate the Hockaday student at 2:10 seems... the Hockadaisies I encountered in the 1990s were always terrifyingly intelligent and well-spoken.
@@jaylucien669 Not so much because it's not safe. Predators are more rampant. Plus; back then, kids didn't have smartphones and electronic tablets to keep them occupied.
My parents were in HISD at that time and to walk 7 miles to Sam Houston High School every day and back in the 1960s and 70s. So you do math. For every mile is worth 2000 steps, 5 miles is worth 10000 steps. To burn a pound, you would have to walk at least 35 miles a week. So if they walked 14 miles to and back alone every day over a five day work week. Then, by the end of the week, they would have at least burned off 2 pounds of fat per week on a constant moving basis 40 weeks out of the school year.
thats all you got from this video? I can tell you I’ve seen so many over weight people in the 70s-80s on pictures, People were not accepting of the bigger community back then either
We were. I was there then, one of those kids. We played outside from sun up until sun down and the food was real and homemade and damn good! We were always very active nonstop in those days.
@@edp3202 Yeah I didn't realize this was still a thing in the 70s, I mean I really don't remember the 70s in any detail, just vague cloudy memories. I know growing up as a kid in the 80s and 90s, the busing thing seemed like a thing from the distant past of the 1950s and 60s. Then you get older and realize 10-20 years back wasn't all that long ago. I'll turn 50 in one year, so there is that experience of life that you don't have as a child.
We went from riding our bicycles to school through the woods on cool bike paths with friends to standing on corner in dark waiting for bus to go to strange area with folks watching whity roll up for class in their school
Bussing kids was one of the silliest ideas to be thought of. Why put the strain of a longer commute on people just for the sake of diversity? It's nice for kids to actually be able to walk to and from schools in their neighborhoods. That definitely wouldn't fly now with gas prices.
I think the issue is that some of the schools in the black neighborhoods were not up to par...I can tell u this issue is very complicated to say the least. Many different layers.
The problem we had with this, is that it was forced upon us kids. Being a minority during this, we were opposed to it. We lived a couple of blocks from a school, but bussed to another school miles away. Why bus us to another school to be taught by White teachers, when we can be taught by White teachers at a school a couple of blocks away from us? They want diversity? Hire minority teachers and put them in majority White student schools instead of students. That was our argument.
Absolutely...we come from two totally separate cultures where one values education and the other thinks school is a place to hangout, have playtime and to be as disruptive as possible in the classroom which makes in impossible for our children to learn! George Wallace called it! He said this would happen if we went through with de-segregation!
3:43 Outside a TG&Y dime store, where we stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap. I remember shopping them more in their home state of Oklahoma, not knowing if they were in Dallas.
No ...they didn't want their children going to school with black children because we come from TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CULTURES. Our culture values and instills education and the other shuns education! The other thinks school is a place to hang out, have playtime, and to be as disruptive in the classroom as possible, which makes it impossible for our children to learn and for good teachers to teach! Hence why all black schools have a hard time finding good teachers...who wants to deal with a bunch of assholes who have no interest in learning and AGAIN use school as a place to hangout,get meal, and have playtime instead of learning! Desegregation was a HUGE mistake!
Rephrase this. It's not about who has money and who does not. It's about children being bussed miles and miles from home to unfamiliar places (both black and white children were effected by this) - children with no understanding of the political agenda at foot. None of us had a voice in this matter.
As a Gen-x child that was bussed during this integration experiment, I can say first hand how horrific it was. My childhood was already horrible enough as it is. This made it 10 times worse! We were all guinea pigs - both black and white children, because the adults of the time could not figure out a more peaceful and more logical solution. I don't think this forced integration did anyone any good. Humans like to bond naturally. We were children with no understanding being thrown into a rat maze for the sake of a political agenda.
We come from two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT cultures. One values education and the other thinks it's hang out, playtime and they disrupt the classroom and Teachers which makes it difficult to learn.
By the time this aired in 1975, white enrollment at DISD was plummeting, as realtors steered families with young kids into suburban districts where there was no busing. The high schools were still graduating large classes of white students, but fewer and fewer elementary-age white kids enrolled in the district. By 1980 the lower grades were almost entirely minority, to the point where half a dozen elementary schools in North Dallas were closed down (all were later reopened as enrollment rebounded in the 1990s.)
I'm surprised by how inarticulate the Hockaday student at 2:10 seems... the Hockadaisies I encountered in the 1990s were always terrifyingly intelligent and well-spoken.
She was probably nervous in front the camera and microphone; but yes, the ones I encountered in the '90s were sophisticated and intelligent.
Yea in the 90’s. This was the 70’s man. Plus she looked like a freshman. I’m sure once she got older she may have been more articulate.
3:40 - That lady 100% correct. Bless her heart.
100% stay in your own neighborhood!
look how fit and skinny everyone was. too many processed foods and sugar now
They had plenty of that back then too. Those kids were in better shape because they were active and went outside... a lot. Kids today, not so much.
@@jaylucien669 Not so much because it's not safe. Predators are more rampant. Plus; back then, kids didn't have smartphones and electronic tablets to keep them occupied.
There wasn’t social media and stupid video games 🎮 either
My parents were in HISD at that time and to walk 7 miles to Sam Houston High School every day and back in the 1960s and 70s. So you do math. For every mile is worth 2000 steps, 5 miles is worth 10000 steps. To burn a pound, you would have to walk at least 35 miles a week. So if they walked 14 miles to and back alone every day over a five day work week. Then, by the end of the week, they would have at least burned off 2 pounds of fat per week on a constant moving basis 40 weeks out of the school year.
thats all you got from this video? I can tell you I’ve seen so many over weight people in the 70s-80s on pictures, People were not accepting of the bigger community back then either
They look so healthy 😅
We were. I was there then, one of those kids. We played outside from sun up until sun down and the food was real and homemade and damn good! We were always very active nonstop in those days.
I was one of those kids.
Which one? I was shocked to see the young girls in the video, they look they could be from this generation
I was too. Younger, but still there in that exact place and time. I remember the girls like that and miss them everyday that I'm alive!
I was bussed in the early 80s; and it sucked. I missed walking to my neighborhood school.
Incredible that this was the world I was born into. I was born in July of 1975, this was filmed in June.
Born in '72. I went to neighborhood school. Wasn't bussed. Then my sister drove me.
@@edp3202 Yeah I didn't realize this was still a thing in the 70s, I mean I really don't remember the 70s in any detail, just vague cloudy memories. I know growing up as a kid in the 80s and 90s, the busing thing seemed like a thing from the distant past of the 1950s and 60s. Then you get older and realize 10-20 years back wasn't all that long ago. I'll turn 50 in one year, so there is that experience of life that you don't have as a child.
@@John-ct9zs my grandmother was seven when women got the right to vote in US.
I knew it 😯😯😯 it's hillscrest high school from here dallas in time travel to 70s
I went to a high school with a lot of whites. Hispanics were bussed in from west Dallas. We never talked about it. It just was what it was.
2:30 The girl's "Sweet Honesty" T-shirt looks like something girls would wear today.
We went from riding our bicycles to school through the woods on cool bike paths with friends to standing on corner in dark waiting for bus to go to strange area with folks watching whity roll up for class in their school
We lived in a mixed neighborhood and no one was bused! It was around 1976 or so.
Bussing kids was one of the silliest ideas to be thought of. Why put the strain of a longer commute on people just for the sake of diversity? It's nice for kids to actually be able to walk to and from schools in their neighborhoods. That definitely wouldn't fly now with gas prices.
I think the issue is that some of the schools in the black neighborhoods were not up to par...I can tell u this issue is very complicated to say the least. Many different layers.
No kids ride a bus anymore, ever go near a school when it's letting out? It's totally ridiculous.
The problem we had with this, is that it was forced upon us kids. Being a minority during this, we were opposed to it. We lived a couple of blocks from a school, but bussed to another school miles away. Why bus us to another school to be taught by White teachers, when we can be taught by White teachers at a school a couple of blocks away from us? They want diversity? Hire minority teachers and put them in majority White student schools instead of students. That was our argument.
@@turntableone4356 It goes back to the Plessy vs. Ferguson court case.
Well, now I’m hearing reports of bus drivers raping students on the bus. It’s terrible. They didn’t have cameras on buses back then but they do now
This was when our schools went to shit
Racist
Absolutely...we come from two totally separate cultures where one values education and the other thinks school is a place to hangout, have playtime and to be as disruptive as possible in the classroom which makes in impossible for our children to learn! George Wallace called it! He said this would happen if we went through with de-segregation!
2:28 hockaday wonder how successful she Is Now??
3:43 Outside a TG&Y dime store, where we stack 'em high and sell 'em cheap. I remember shopping them more in their home state of Oklahoma, not knowing if they were in Dallas.
They were all over the Texas Panhandle.
Like half the news stories throughout the 1970s was about busing kids to school.
Are there any plans to restore the films of the SMU collection much like older movies are?
2:15 pretty girl and nice texas accent.
She's probably a grandma in her 60s now.
@@lakebay972 She probably is
@@lakebay972 How is that possible?! I'll never understand that...
They don't want their Kids To Go To School With them Black Kids Because They Were Strong
No ...they didn't want their children going to school with black children because we come from TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CULTURES. Our culture values and instills education and the other shuns education! The other thinks school is a place to hang out, have playtime, and to be as disruptive in the classroom as possible, which makes it impossible for our children to learn and for good teachers to teach! Hence why all black schools have a hard time finding good teachers...who wants to deal with a bunch of assholes who have no interest in learning and AGAIN use school as a place to hangout,get meal, and have playtime instead of learning! Desegregation was a HUGE mistake!
Tampax were cheap back then lol
Ok boomer
1:05 wow, a Hispanic man speaking clear, unaccented English.... those were the days.
@@cj20080 sure
Are you from Texas?
If he was born and raised in Texas why would he have an accent?
Those type men are still around you fool.
@@Deuce75081 not as many as back then
Why should kids from good families and money be bussed to the ghetto?
Good question that didn't make any sense
Because so called good families had stolen money, and the ghetto was ghetto because whites stole luxury out of it?!!!
Rephrase this. It's not about who has money and who does not. It's about children being bussed miles and miles from home to unfamiliar places (both black and white children were effected by this) - children with no understanding of the political agenda at foot. None of us had a voice in this matter.
Bussed to the Ghetto" would be a great title for a rap song!😂😂🤣🤣