Dominetrius Chambers: Part 1 - FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty
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- Опубликовано: 6 апр 2021
- In this episode, college and an apartment have eluded Dominetrius.
See the rest of Dominetrius' story and much more at interactive.wttw.com/firsthan...
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About Dominetrius
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Dominetrius Chambers seemed to be poised for success: the 20-year-old graduated third in her high school class. But the next steps that a middle-class woman her age might take - college, career, an apartment - have proven elusive. Then Dominetrius was introduced to My Block, My Hood, My City, a nonprofit that introduced her to mentors and exposed her to neighborhoods around the city. Will the excitement of new people and places lead to greater opportunity?
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About FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty
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In Chicago, your birthplace often determines your destiny. Children born in one West Side census tract between 1978 and 1983 grew up to have a median annual household income of $16,000, according to Opportunity Insights. Does the American Dream exist in Chicago? In FIRSTHAND: LIVING IN POVERTY, WTTW explores intergenerational poverty in Chicago in a documentary series, reported stories, expert talks, and community discussions.
FIRSTHAND: Living in Poverty is part of the award-winning FIRSTHAND multiplatform, multi-year initiative focusing on the firsthand perspectives of people facing critical issues in Chicago.
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College isn’t for everyone and people underestimate how hard it is for many poor kids to leave home to go to school emotionally.
The problem is she says she wants to leave the hood but she doesn't want to leave her family. If that's where her family is, she'll never leave and never break the cycle. Education is key - whether it's college or a specific trade school. She can't just talk about it, she has to be about it.
True because sometimes you gotta leave family behind to achived
I LEFT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!!! I DONT LOOK BACK!
Trade school would be an excellent option for her. Less debt and a much quicker entrance into the work force. I went to a trade school at the age of 17 and then started working. I went back to school and graduated with a bachelors at the age of 40. Paid cash for my college education. No debt.
Facts
yes education but it doesnt have to be college it can be from traveling through south america europe and learning about the world which can help you start a business also a person in the situation doesnt have an option to quit if you have been giving the opportunity for college.... YOu can start a cookie business in the hood and slowly bit bit turn into bakery just an example, personaly i think the people in this places should focus on small businesses unless you have drive the will and intelligence AND the money to finish college than do so....
This is why mental health counseling is crucial
I’ve always been a grateful person but I’d loose my 💩 living in a home with 20 ppl.
Damn! That woman was an inspiration. That was beautiful, my little songbirds. She wants nothing but the best for them. They really should listen to their elders.
If a four year college was too overwhelming for her she can go to community college and later transfer.
2 of our kids went this route and went on to complete bachelors degrees
I started at a Junior College and now have a Master’s in Business Administration. I did it while working full-time and raising two kids. It’s definitely possible.
@@marriejames01 I am almost done with my masters and I went the same route while raising my two... it's possible.
I did and got a Masters Degree!
It's also a great way to knock down the collective cost of obtaining a 4-year degree.
Is her twin still in school? That was her support right there. You have to want more out of life. It is difficult when you start from nothing but it is possible to make it. Young lady build your confidence. If you believe you will achieve.
Why everyone thinks they can rap? Smh I don’t get it!! I want young black boys to aspire to be more than just rappers…they have so much potential if they really look deep within!
The Chicago Basketball American tend to have rather masculine looking girls that are ever so confused about their sexuality as they age
I don't judge people. I grew up in Chicago. But i lived in the burbs. I didn’t have that kind of stress on me. I pray for this young lady to find her way.
Wishing these beautiful sisters all the best that life has to offer ❤
@Kate Ellison yes they are beautiful black sisters
@Kate Ellison and nobody care about your race and you ugly too.
@Kate Ellison You are so racist and proud. God will show you the real life. Money isn't everything. Had a neighbor like you who just died at young age of terrible cancer. All the money and pride in the world didn't keep her cancer from taking her life.
@Kate Ellison God will see that you need someone you hate to treat you while your cancer is consuming your body.
@Kate Ellison They look beautiful to me accept that shaved off hair but lots of females are doing that.
I hope these girls break the cycle... I was brought up in the same neighborhoods and i must say i have came a long way.
Go be a master plumber, electrician, nurse, housing preservation.
Each generation should be doing better than the last.. you have to lead by example...stop saying it's HARD.. just say it's CHALLENGING but I'm up for the CHALLENGE!!!
Lots of jobs don't need college. College can pull you into deep debt. Junior college is okay though since it's cheaper if can live at home still with a parent. Learn languages on duolingo app for free if someone in the family has an appointment internet connected phone. There are lots of good jobs for bilingual or multilingual speakers. Learning proper English first would be good also like what Clarence Thomas did when he was their age. He realize how important proper English was to becoming successful, even if just in something like elderly care which is a fast growing field with no college required and decent pay.
Clarence Thomas is a joke, no one's example.
This is so sad because the Mother wants something for her progeny which she has not prepared them for success.
There are many colleges of all sorts nearby. It's very hard and I hope she is successful. I transferred from one school to another and I am soooooo glad I finished. These kids have a ton of support as well as good grades. Their choices are many. I wish them all great things!
These girls will make it out! Wishing them all the best and I hope they continue to make steps forward even when they're uncomfortable.
FINALLY somebody in their sitch due to no fault of their own. No drugs or jail (like others in the series). The good thing is, she's young without kids. But this issue is GENERATIONAL, and that can be even harder to break out of.
Why do ppl come here to watch proverty first hand just to make judgments. Sometimes you can watch something and not judge it. Everyone's experiences are different. What you would do is why you are where you are.
So true.
Thank you!
THANK YOU!!!!
Not to judge but to offer advice. I didn’t grow up in poverty nor were we well off. I went to community college and it took me forever to graduate. But I had a full -time job and used my employer’s tuition benefits to pay for my bachelors degree. And then I paid my way through two graduate degrees. It’s all about perseverance.
The point is this just listen and pay attention to someone else's walk in this life it has nothing to do with your life your thoughts and advice use them yourself live and do better for yourself this not about you it is these people walk look and learn and shut up what's in your closet
This video reminds me of my sailing days. I went to sailing school and sailed for many years as a fun hobby. It was a blast. I had to move to another state for career reasons. I now take piano lessons via zoom as a hobby.
She ought to check out some courses at a community college so she can continue towards a degree but stay with family and have support.
Why keep having kids and you're unable to take care of them. No fathers in site smh. When you get grown you should be really getting your own place .all these cramped in one place makes no sense. Black families need to making this a ok thing to be a baby mother what about a career and being a wife. This is why we can't get a head because it's like alot of the black community is addicted to struggle lifestyle.
Same thing i was thinking. The cycle needs to be BROKEN! This is what keeps people in poverty forever!
The "Black community is addicted to the STRUGGLING LIFESTYLE " are you serious 😳
What video were you watching? She doesn’t have kids.
Wrong
First step in avoiding poverty is to not have kids until you are financially ready to. Why do people have to spit out kids by the dozens and then complain they are so poor. This is a broken system of propping up people who refuse to take responsibility for their actions. Then they expect the rest of us who were responsible, to provide for them through all these programs and credits funded by tax dollars they never contributed to at all.
Or better still, also have a partner who has demonstrated a willingness and desire to be a parent and has PROVEN they are able to help provide and nurture a child.
I only feel sorry for the kids damn shame.
Life happens
@@sarahsimpkins1311 no bad choices and decisions in life happen. Life is how people decide to make it, everyone has the option to make good choices or bad and all have consequences.
@@sarahsimpkins1311 with your attitude no wonder these people’s lives are a mess 🤦🏾♂️
God Bless these young ladies , I wish them the very best life..
If school isn’t for you why not go be a fire fighter or police officer . He’ll join the military . I would do anything possible to get away from that area. I’m wondering if the girlfriend is the reason she doesn’t want to go back to school.
It’s not always that easy fool
@@zopound7688 Oh its easy stop making excuse's
This was a sweet video a lot of Love. 😊♥️👍
i love this...
Good luck & get that education..you're family will be there . Wishing the best for the twins...
From what I see, she is not going to get a college degree. The things that she is spending her time on is not helping her get there. She needs to be spending most of her time reading and studying. Really training for college starts at infancy. Education is a given, not something that just might happen. Books not braids are at the forefront of what is important. If her home is not quiet enough, she needs to make her local library her secondary home. A community college in her area might be ideal for her first years of college. She also needs to really want a college education for herself first and to please others second. They seem to be nice young ladies and I hope all of them do whatever it takes ( legally) to lift themselves out of poverty..
Could you clarify the “ books not braids” comment? I’m assuming it meant spending time/ money on education vs appearance but seem to be directed to black women which is not ok
@@laurahill4862 grow a spine. The woman in the video is black, it’s perfectly acceptable to comment specifically to something that pertains to her. If this video was of a white woman who goes every week to get a tan, I doubt you would have a problem if someone said she should spend more time reading than tanning
Let’s look at it this way. Up there in your head is a money maker. Spend a few years putting some work in enriching that money maker, get the degree or piece of paper that tells people about what’s in the money maker, and you are all set. It takes some work, but at the end of the day it’s worth it.
Go to military ,go to junior college sitting on that door stoop not going to get u out the hood
Much respect for you. Never give up.
Right now there is a shortage of people to take the position of dish washer in restaurants in Chicago. Some individuals in North Lawndale could start as a dish washer and ask to be trained as a line cook. Some line cook jobs have health insurance available with the job. The Blue Line CTA train runs through Lawndale. Also, during the day a bus runs east on Ogden Avenue to Franklin Street downtown. Franklin is a few blocks from downtown but it's walkable. City of Chicago colleges are a possibility for a lot of people in Chicago. I am not saying these young ladies should try to become line cooks. Just telling about this because it might help some people in Lawndale.
Where is the talk of the books she has read? when was the last time they visited a library? Talking about college is just more hoping wishing and dreaming, without the work! Where is the wonder about the planet they live on? How do things grow? How to build something? Where is the imagination? yes she wants to get out of the hood, but where is the work require to do this? she threw away her first chance to do better, for what? To stand around taken selfees? The city bus can take her to different places such as parks on the other side of town, museums, places of Interest, not just more fashion crap. She can learn about other cultures without leaving her bedroom. The TV can be a great leaning tool rather then just clothes, bad music, who can sing, and who can act the crazy's. And who is sleeping with whom? in this Video, not one thing she is doing to change her life, is presented. Talking is not doing something. I'll bet she spent more time on her hair then reading a good book? Her block, what is she doing to leave it? Her hood what is she doing to change it? Her city what is she doing to make it better? Talk Talk Talk!
Did you think this comment was going to be productive?
@@0619kittykat It would be productive if folks follow some of the suggestions? Talk is always cheap. Enough of the excuses now days, so many folks have. Maybe if you learned what the word productive means, there would not be a problem of poverty. Folks coming of of slavery with nothing, did more then this young girl did with the world at her feet. "I have discovered in life, that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you reality want to go" Langston Hughes.
You right, people like to say things they are going to do to avoid the reality they ain't really doing anything. It's basically a defense mechanism to dodge criticism.
@@0619kittykat That comment is facts and should be heeded.
Is this where The Chi was filmed? I feel like so much of the landscape looks very familiar.
Yes The Chi is mostly shot on the westside of Chicago
She needs to go to community college instead. so that way she can get a certification for a trade
They are Beautiful!!!!
Same thing !!! Dick !!!!
Resilient beautiful people living in a war zone . SMH
HI beautiful family I don't know if we are related to we should be I have a identical twin sister too we look just a like we are 62 yrs old wt a blessing 💞💐🙏
People growing up poor means shit my family was very poor growing up. But now I make 6 figures no college just work really hard.
(REHAB TIME!) OVERCOMBING POVERTY IS NOT A TASK OF CHARITY. IT IS AN ACT OF JUSTICE! FACTS OVA FEELINGS!
Were you able to interview the father?
@Jarod Armstrong stfu
This is such an important question. These mini-documentaries are great, but incomplete without interviewing the fathers. The fathers should be held accountable. It's wrong for people in the comments to blame everything on the single mothers.
How does someone interview Houdini?
Oh, please bless them, Universe. This is how you do it, people. Keep getting up and trying again. Again and again. One day at a time and one foot in front of the other. You know, a humans needs are pretty basic, we ALL should have our needs met and equal opportunity. Our people desperately need help and support. These are special people with so much to offer! They deserve safe homes and to be to earn an honest living without so much freaking sacrifice.
It’s probably 3 or 4th generations under one household. I thought the twins were going to make it in college.
She can go to college online.
Where y'all Dad at?🤔
They have the resources and they seem nice but they’re all talk and no action.
a future student debt slave...
Sex education.
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First thing the girls will have to do is learn how to speak...use proper English, bot slang and shortened words like ain’t, aks, sometine, know what I’m sayin
Maybe they know how to switch it up
@Kate Ellison Kate, this is not your country; We are all citizens of this country. What an ignorant person you are!
This is actually valid..although we speak differently when amongst our peers or family
No it's the truth they do this intentionally and it sounds ignorant
@Kate Ellison awkward..'your' is the correct form in this case since it's being used as a possessive. 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are', as in 'you're incorrect'...
Why go to college? Just drop out, go home, and squeeze out some keeeds in da hood. Dats da way to succeed..
I hope your joking
@@shoryacione5175 Yes, I was being facetious. Too many people say they want to do better, but then aren't willing to do the things they need to do to succeed. Then, after making all the wrong choices, they look for someone to blame. This girl was doing the right thing, then threw it all away because it made her feel a little uncomfortable. If people take the easy way out, avoiding any discomfort, they are doomed to do no better than what they came from.
@@libertarian4323 I think you need to learn the difference between generational poverty vs generational wealth and the culture of many of these poor people as residue of that generation lack of wealth, lack of knowledge and lack of resources affecting them today before you say people complain and want to do the right thing but don’t and blame others ( who’s ancestors provided the majority of them with generational wealth/foundational resources and a culture of how to make it in a society they dominate while simultaneously hindering others from doing so).
@@spetit7981 My parents were immigrants who came here with nothing. Basically, peasants from the former Soviet Union. My wife is an immigrant from a third world Asian nation. She also had nothing. We don't come from generational wealth, we come from poverty- our parents/grandparents/etc were dirt poor farmers from impoverished nations. Yet both of us have done extremely well, as have many other first and second generation immigrants of all races (including many from Africa). Watch what successful people do, then emulate them. And even more importantly, don't do what unsuccessful people do. That's the secret to doing well in the USA, not a rich grand daddy handing you an inheritance (neither my wife nor I has ever received a penny in inheritance).
The girl in the video knew what she had to do to be successful. She knew the path to success, was on that path, then threw it all away because she got a little homesick. That's sad and tragic.
@@spetit7981 smart she was in college and drop it
I see a lot of people in these series with masks and still huging and getting close to each other. Or with their mask under their nose. What's the point wearing them then?
Real family is Important, BUT, If You get out!!! Then you can help, Get them Out 🫠MB