Looks like slaves quarters from the 1800’s that never been updated... god please help the poor people of Mississippi

@dorishedgeman6764

3 жыл бұрын

Poor people or every where

@Diamondartsbling

3 жыл бұрын

Doris Hedgeman but this video is about Mississippi tho’ .... so 🤫🤫🤫

@amandakelley1665

3 жыл бұрын

I knew a family in Seminary MS that lives in a house like this. It was an older couple and their kids and grandkids would live with them for awhile. Idk if it was to try and help the older couple or because the younger generation didn’t want to get their own place. What I can tell you is that the younger generations that lived there always had brand new Escalades, Camaros, Mustangs, fine pickup trucks. I remember it well because of the stark difference between the house and the cars. I was a young girl and I wondered why they didn’t get less fancy cars so they could afford a better home too.

@Terrence90.

3 жыл бұрын

It’s real

@uniqueorganicshaircare9880

3 жыл бұрын

We gotta help the people 🤷🏾‍♀️

This shouldn't be happening in America .

@MADNEWYORKER914

3 жыл бұрын

Amerikkka's 1% want people like that, so that they could look down at them, and seeing impoverished people lets them know how rich they are!!! Believe me, Amerikkka wants people like that.

@sonyaweinreis3658

3 жыл бұрын

But it does!

@devilshark6694

Жыл бұрын

Looks like africa where their from.

@khabdul93

Жыл бұрын

You must ve been dreaming, there are at least one city or small town like this in every single state

@brianjones7660

4 ай бұрын

@@devilshark6694 they are!

She is absolutely right. I’m living in Mississippi. I actually grew up in a home just a little bit better than this house. I use to look thru the floor and see the ground and look up and see the sky. It was freezing in winter and burn up in summer. I had to deal with the situation until I was able to leave. We, my family, didn’t want to live like this but we didn’t have any choice. I was raised in Lucas (Silver Creek, MS), Lawrence County and Jefferson Davis County. You don’t know how it is until you have to live in those conditions.

@sweets2thesweetshop

Жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Hell naw!

@aamazintribe

8 ай бұрын

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@brianjones7660

4 ай бұрын

What have you done with yourself since then.

I grow up in a house like this and it was full of love it was not pretty but it was a place to live

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Somebody understands, we may not have nice homes but we love each other.

@moth450

3 жыл бұрын

You can't help because the government takes your money through taxes. Your 30k a year becomes 24 after taxes. Its 12k a year in rent. So your 24k becomes 12k. Sat tv. 130 a month. Lights. Internet. Thats another 4k off. Car note. 400. Insurance 7k. Your working and broke.

@timbowalk

3 жыл бұрын

Me too but I work my ass off every day to never go back to it

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

@Jacqulyn Thompson that's the same with my family, money is a double edged sword..

There are homes like this all.over the rural south.

@TheMikearmy

3 жыл бұрын

All over the South and some people think keeping the Rural south underfunded for the sake of maintaining low taxes and some romanticized image of “Old Southern Pride-land” is some great thing.

@Yonnie2436

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN 🙏🏽 poor southern states that vote Republican..🙄

@mrrandom8050

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I left Louisiana because it was like we were living in the old times..m

@horsewithnoname12345

3 жыл бұрын

Duke Of Prunes so because one is black they *have* to vote for the democrats who want to keep everyone dependent on welfare and poor?

@TheMikearmy

3 жыл бұрын

La Reina del Sur Utilizing social benefits first and foremost is a choice. A choice many ppl find themselves in need of making or they may find themselves homeless, facing starvation, and myriad of other issues. President Truman and his wife were one of the first people to receive Medicare once it was signed into law. If social welfare was around President Thomas Jefferson’s daughter may not have had to live off charity after debt suck the vitality out of the Jefferson fortune. But you probably could careless.

The man who she interviewed is my childhood friend and still is to this day, a good man.

People in the comment section... STOP judging and HELP those in need! I can't believe the comment section😐. I am definitely contacting the makers of these videos and doing what I can to help. Instead of you all nit picking, DO the same and HELP.

@jamesaritchie1

5 жыл бұрын

You are a moron. People like you just ghelp kee them in poverty. You're enablers. Your "help" does nothing but make poverty comfortable, and that's the last thing it should be. I was raised in this kind of poverty, and on my own at age fourteen with nowhere tro go, and no money to get there. People like you did everything possible to keep me in poverty. What got me out of poverty was people who told me the truth, which was everything is hard, but that's like, so stop whining and get to work. They didn't offer handouts or hand ups, they just told me to stop being a baby and do what had to be done. Get an education, develop a strong work ethic, stay away from drugs and alcohol, and don't have kids you can't support. If you do this, you'll be fine. All of us who followed this advice were fine. Those who didn't were too stupid or too foolish to care about. Those who had enablers like you around are still in poverty. Why work your ass off when there are always enablers around who will "help" you. All these people have to do is stay clean and walk away. But they won't, and you'll just make sure of that.

@sarahpeters6116

4 жыл бұрын

@james Ritchie : you speak from wisdom and experience .. And you're right . If people continue to give those who refuse to get out and work and help themselves out of the financial and economical situations they find themselves in .. Good work ethics can and will bring you financial success , and it begins at an early stage in life while you are a youth .. My children have jobs and they aren't but teenagers and young adults .. So you are definitely right . There's no such thing as a person (or family) not being able to overcome they're circumstances .. Prayer , faith in God , and hard work and plenty of effort still works ..

@sheiladavidson7475

4 жыл бұрын

The people in the comment section God will give it to you but it can be taken away One pay check away and be living in your car. There are families living in their cars with children and said they never thought it could happen to them

@maddierosemusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@sheiladavidson7475 " There are families living in their cars with children and said they never thought it could happen to them" They planned poorly. DO BETTER. Or not. I don't care. You choose, you live.... Wasn't that a song?

@janiceharris6219

3 жыл бұрын

Wow folks!! Some stone cold hearts in the comments. But by the grace of God.... You can do everything you're suppose to do. Work, buy a home, raise your children and save a few bucks. Wh at happens if you lose your job in a tight economy? Your house burn down? Your child have a major medical problem. Insurance pays but you have a $5,000 to $10 000 payment for your out pocket and they-want it like yesterday. Pleas soften your hearts,I you never know what who or when you will help. Sometimes, you have to swallow your pride for a few moments to get back on foot.

Thank you my black sister for bringing these shameful conditions in this so called Hone Of The Brave and Land Of The Free. Please ignore the negative comments, and keep up the good work.

Where is Oprah so that she may help the people who reside in America instead of Africa?

@ValarieCole

7 жыл бұрын

Peppi Pea 👍

@commissaryarrick9670

6 жыл бұрын

Peppi Pea ironically Oprah was born in mississippi but she doesn't usually acknowledge that fact

@promisegrace2248

6 жыл бұрын

I think she feel like she would get more praise from African people than her own for helping them I guess and social media some people or just Wicked and the do not no it what better place to help than the place you come from and you no the struggle is real in Mississippi.

@pinkberrybishpinkberrybish955

6 жыл бұрын

Peppi Pea She only helps white ppl

@nonenone5247

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry that folks live like this....and I firmly believe that it is the fault of then authority, nobody should live like this. I'm black and I'm south African....my husband is Californian. even myself is appaled by this. my mum's house was fixed from scratch, I mean two years ago. it was bulldozed and built from scratch by the government and it was not even 20 yrs old. and she didn't have to pay nothing.this is not fair. they want to build a wall, well some of those bricks could build houses for these families

This is just about like my little grandmother's house...but I promise those ones living like this are Beautiful, Precious LOVING ,CARING PEOPLE....They know the meaning of TRUE LOVE .....My Grandmother's home was nothing...but it was a BEAUTIFUL HOME..PRECIOUS MEMORIES....Iwant to one day try to build it back..it burned to the ground....sad day....but I'm thankful for the LOVE we shared there...amen

@parkerpatricia

3 жыл бұрын

If the walls could talk. I was raised in a three room house my mother raised five of us. Three girls and two boys the first room was a bedroom I her baby girl slept with her the second room boys slept on one side and the girl on the other. The third room was our kitchen as the boys grow up in her words "the cover was standing up in the morning".So she found another three room house and they move it in her friend add it to the old house it gave us more room. The boys had there own room and the girls we had there's and bathroom and living room.Mother didn't have a lot of education but a very wise women. We was poor and didn't now it. I never was hungry she taught us to keep our house clean cook iron bed was all ways made up. Please don't look down on people's that don't have much. I bet there a lot of love in those home. It was in my home.

People should be ashamed to judge people. Judge not so you won't be jidged.

So far I see an able bodied man, who is able to tack up that metal cladding on the house, clean the overgrown brush off the house, clean up the junk around the house... Being poor doesnt mean you cant keep a tidy place...

@teresawicks-kq3bq

5 жыл бұрын

fstwrtr, I AGREE!!

@marquitarobertson8878

5 жыл бұрын

Yes yes 100

@wb2413

4 жыл бұрын

nails cost money and when shit is bad geting through it is a full time job

@etta537

4 жыл бұрын

And depression can make you feel like giving up. And for those who say it cant then you know really nothing about depression.

@kyaro5945

4 жыл бұрын

I agree but depression can be a curent business case of his wellbeing

People can be so cold refusing to understand that the circle of poverty isn't easy to break free of. Have you ever felt discouraged and there seems to be no answer? Well, most of these people have been in this trap for generations. No hope, no end to the sorrow. Even if you don't think you have anything to give, a kind word will go much further than you think rather than judge those less fortunate.

@panzerken

8 жыл бұрын

+Bochanable Well said. A lot of mean spirited people leaving dumb comments here.

@shirleyowens5702

6 жыл бұрын

Bochanable Some just can't see the change for themselves, they need help to see how too

@pamelaworley4122

6 жыл бұрын

And no one has brought up mental health issues. I know that if I had to face what they are facing, I just don't know.

@jamesaritchie1

5 жыл бұрын

Ah, poor babies. It's hard, so don't do it. Just make excuses. You're full of shit. "Fortunate" has nothing to do with it. Education and a strong work ethic is how you get out opf poverty. You don't get out by having babies you can't afford to raise, by using drugs and drinking alcohol, , or by sitting around whining. And you sure don't get out by having dumbasses like you making excuse, and telling everyone how hard these poor little babies have it. I was raised in pverty at least as bad as this video, and so were many of my friends. Nearly all of us got out, but we'd still be there if we listened to people like you. You are the worst kind of enabler. These people stay in poverty generation after generation because enablers make it possible.

@crestwoodpowerwash

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesaritchie1 Now you just have to work on your anger

No judgment, just a prayer!!

Would you believe Oprah is from MS. No jobs, no public transportation, no way out. There is not enough money to repair that home. It is a total loss.

"God Has not forsaken thee"

This would be what church and community groups should be doing here.

The real face of America, the greed of the corporates

@maureenhansen3308

3 жыл бұрын

Peter Reweti why stop at corporates? There’s greed in unions, in people who own stores, in contractors who overcharge people and do shoddy work, in car salesmen who tell a customer 4% interest on the loan and then put 6% on the paperwork, in people who embezzle from the companies they are working for. There is greed in the middle class and the rich.

This is a wonderful black lady trying to help her people. Thank you

I grew up in MS. Was on my way to work one day and stopped off at a gas station. There was a group of grown men in there bragging about how long it'd been since they had a job. BRAGGING. She may be right that people don't want to live that way but there are plenty of folks not willing to work in order to get out of there.

It's better then a lot of people who are getting evicted

I think it's a shame that people question the need to help people in poverty. This people want better for themselves but unless you're in their situation, which is very very bad, you would not know what they have to go through. Making it sound like each and every person can just pull themselves up from their bootstraps and just make their lives better is a facade that the rich want you to believe. These videos have opened my eyes to real poverty in America! Great reporting!

There is a lot of land around that house to grow some produce and raise some live stock............ Time to get to work.

@anytopicgoes4119

5 жыл бұрын

no only that..There are lots of trees and dirt they can use to make cement to rebuild the homes...It seems like these home were their slave ancestors first home, and turned into generation property, but no one cared to fix the property up since slavery was abolished... Blacks we need to do better, and learn how to help ourselves, stop always trying to wait for someone to rescue you. Even people in the poorest of Africa knows how to build a house out of dirt...Give me that property, and I will google how to make walls from dirt, and start piece by piece rebuilding my home.

@christophermonty5992

4 жыл бұрын

You dumbass.if they cant afford to fix their house how the hell can they afford to do what u suggest u arrogant shithead?give yr head a shake dumbass

@christophermonty5992

4 жыл бұрын

@robert howard yr an idiot

This makes me sad that there are people living here in those type of conditions, here in America in this day and age. No one should have to live like this. May God be smiling down on these people. May God help them. Stay strong, you are in my prayers.

We as black people should unite and take care of our own. I mean, these are our brothers an sisters down there living like this. To hell with the government and elected officials who really don't give a damn about us. Let's take care of our own!

@bonniehall3428

4 жыл бұрын

Now you are talking sister!

@alfredoelguezabal5445

4 жыл бұрын

floridamom1976. "Government dont GIVE a damn to us" ..what you want from the government to be given ?! A new house ? This is america !! And you have the right and freedom of pursuit happiness. In this country Democracy doesn't mean free stuff; you have to work and earn the good stuff !

This was 11 years ago, I wonder how it looks now?

@difencrosby

3 жыл бұрын

Looks the same

@Paulie1232

3 жыл бұрын

No change

No one chooses to live in poverty...... but there is no excuse for those weeds groing up on the back of that door, those can be cut down....

@pamelapaikopoulos2320

3 жыл бұрын

.......and you would know the circumstances of the family.

@garyflythe1362

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should contact the landlord and I think this is a bigger problem than some weeds. The Kennedy Brothers war on poverty in the 60 s was a failure. Please find something on James Baldwin

@lovie2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@pamelapaikopoulos2320 I meant what I said and I dont take it back.... if you have two working hands, you can pull up weeds if you have to..dont have to have a lawn mower, a knife or hands will work... at least try to keep your area safe..

@pamelapaikopoulos2320

3 жыл бұрын

@@lovie2000 you dont know their mental state of health. They cant find work , they wish they could , they live in poverty. For a lot of people depression ,anxiety, stress .....sets in. The first thing people look at is to put some food on the table , keep their children from bad influences, provide warmth inside the house, warm cloths ..... Pretty gardens come last. Survival comes first . This is the instinct of all .

@lovie2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@pamelapaikopoulos2320 My comment wasn't about them finding work. I simply said those weeds need to be cut down off that door... even people living in poverty with mental conditions keep their surroundings clean. Where are their neighbors, if they can't somebody should be lending a hand...that is what my comment was about....."somebody, anybody..." they needed to be cut down off that door and their area kept clean for their protection....but that man at the beginning is able bodied, he said he cant find a job, again theres no excuse not pulling them weeds down.. IJS

I grew up in Mississippi , the only thing on my mind growing up was getting the hell out of Ms as fast as I could.. Living west coast now and loving it ..Mississippi ain’t worth taking a dump in...

@MsTheJohnsons

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! My friend & I just said this recently. We're from Pascagoula and refuse to move back down there.

He is a young man he could clean up the yard I grew up in a house like this it was green tar paper But my granny believe in being clean yard our person ,dishes, clothes etc

@horsewithnoname12345

3 жыл бұрын

Cleaning up the yard is FREE. Being tidy and clean is FREE.

@horsewithnoname12345

3 жыл бұрын

As my best friend once said: it doesn’t matter if what you have is old, ugly or worn down, as long as it is tidy and clean. That says a lot about you as a person.

@petarmatej4633

3 жыл бұрын

@@horsewithnoname12345 When someone is poor then one usually doesn't have a running water and electricity. And poor people are usually depressed and anxious. I don't know for US, but I saw and experienced that in Europe, especially Balkan region countries, Africa, Asia...

@dottiscamprunamuck2830

3 жыл бұрын

He's young enough to fix it up and he could do it little by little, but maybe he don't want to fix it up. It's a free country.

@horsewithnoname12345

3 жыл бұрын

@@petarmatej4633 the poor in the US get free electricity and water

What you are seeing is poverty, it is a state of mind. Being poor is another issue. My family was poor, but we never lived like this, we had pride. We were clean and organized, even without much money.

How could anyone be so insensitive, as to think anyone would choose to live like this

@FNJ720

4 жыл бұрын

Victoria Mayo those are people that really don’t give a damn about others, especially the ones that don’t look like them.

How can I help! I live in Texas an would donate 2 rooms in my house to help until they get on they feet

@VictoriaNakaraKizer

3 жыл бұрын

Be careful with doing stuff like this. Make sure contracts are signed to prevdnt a squatters situation. You seem kind, and folks will abuse your kindness, so be careful.

I wish I could press the thumbs up for this statement a million times

@duaneleerussell157

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

It's been 10 years later, can somebody give me an update on the families?

@shungilmore7506

4 жыл бұрын

Mississippi Delta is worse

@shungilmore7506

4 жыл бұрын

No jobs at all mostly small restaurant jobs that pay minimum wage

@gracehinga2297

4 жыл бұрын

Its evil spirit that makes ppl send ruthless,stupit,hateful comments..ppl get there by mistake. No one like being there.

@horsewithnoname12345

3 жыл бұрын

Still able bodied looking for hand outs.

@0nlyNiya

3 жыл бұрын

I stay here this was my home and it looks way better

how is being poor preventing them from removing the vines that are growing on their house?

Bravo for you doing this video! It’s good for you to do something like this to help make people aware of the poverty in the US! So some people can help!!!

I just came across this page, I was born and raised in meridian Mississippi. It's breaking my heart to know that this is still happening.

Is this rental property? You need to make things clear.

This woman is doing the best she knows how to bring awareness to their situation. People are just cold these days and let's not forget, AA's are hated while our Culture is coveted (and always stolen). Kudos to this woman and to you for reposting this! Hopefully we can figure out how to make real impact.

I am from friars point Mississippi and this is sad I remember seeing homes like this as a child we moved away in the 70's God bless the state of Mississippi

Oprah please any billionaires Please send help !!!!! Thanks please!

They may be poor, but at least they can afford AC

Totally agree no one chooses to live in poverty...however... When these same people CHOOSE to bring children into the same situation that they're in... that is where they are wrong.

How can l help my people?

@beezafrocentricclothingacc2023

6 жыл бұрын

Tomika Washington I would write to directly.

@beezafrocentricclothingacc2023

6 жыл бұрын

I just called this agency and asked how do I make a donation of clothing and household items to families in MS and I got "what kind of donations" followed by "the problem with that are the fees". So I said do you mean shipping costs? I said I'm not concerned with that I ship stuff to shelters all over..that wasn't an issue...but I felt like a thank you here is the address should have come first..i really would rather donate directly to a family than a pass through agency that will give them what they want.

@stoneyburk9828

5 жыл бұрын

Tomika Washington 💓💓💓💕💞💞💖

@bonniehall3428

4 жыл бұрын

There is a group in the Delta of Mississippi called "but God" you can contact that is there and in Haiti helping.

@bonniehall3428

4 жыл бұрын

@Chuck Edward Or castrate the men. It takes two to make a baby. Some guys have two women pregnant at the same time. Where do you think all these babies of teenage mothers come from...not from the cabbage patch.

Just think , Jay-z wears a 2 million dollar watch, Mayweather owns a 19 million dollar watch, 50 cent just bought a 3 million dollar car & the list of ignorance from the black entertainers goes on. A fraction of that money could provide some sort of educational resources or a shuttle service that would assist them with traveling to & from work. I'm not suggesting they give them there money, however, don't give it away to meaningless items.

@1080terry

4 жыл бұрын

Sean D I fell you we as people need to help those that is unfortunately especially this who have made it

@doublejay991

4 жыл бұрын

They dont care

@Onemorgantolove

4 жыл бұрын

Sean D I agree a hundred percent they brag instead of assist in humanitarian efforts only them in Hollywood you'll seeing showing off and bragging forgetting where they're coming from. Even though thats strong grown man can still do better.

@sheiladavidson7475

4 жыл бұрын

Knock that area down and put tiny homes or habitat homes or something Oprah and the rest of you

@LordPrometheous

4 жыл бұрын

Just how much money are these random entertainers supposed to give to complete strangers? Why are you targeting black entertainers? You don't think white, Asian, and Latino entertainers blow money on bullshit? How about J-Lo and Benn Afleck buying two big ass mansions on the same damn island, just to get divorced right after? How about the retired baseball player Kurt Shilling, who damn near bankrupted Rhode Island (I think) getting 10s of millions in loans for a shitty computer game that failed? The celebrities donate to charities and pay taxes out the ass already. Where is the rest of these peoples' families? Where are all these bullshit black churches that should be helping? Why is the first person to blame always some celebrity who ain't got shit to do with this? Oprah grew up in a poor part of Mississippi and was abused by her own family members, and she made it out. She's a philanthropist, but that doesn't mean every celebrity is obligated to do anything. Families should be looking out for each other, first and foremost. Latinos do it--they will live 10 to an apartment and pool their money together. Two adults making minimum wage may not add up to much, but if you have even 8 people, that's nearly $60/hour * 30 hrs, that's $1800/week. That's how you come up. You live in the not so great conditions until you can to where you need to be. Now, if poor people keep having kids one after the other, then they make their own situation infinitely harder and sometimes impossible. But grown people working together could make something happen.

This absolutely uncalled for,why hasn't the mayor,Governor or someone stepped in and helped??? God Bless These Folks

We need update on conditions there it’s 2020...

@Paulie1232

3 жыл бұрын

No need its probably the same...

Without economic opportunities it's like having one's hands tied. It's truly like being a bird with a broken wing. America practice what you preach, love your neighbors as yourselves.

We are brothers from one black man to another black man ,my opinion, but much respect ,admiration and blessing! Dri Willie J.Jones, pastor &Counselor

Sis. Antoinette, Thanks for the work you and Bro. Walter continue to do on behalf of justice for our people. It's not the pretty picture too many want to see -- it's the ugly truth that too many people refuse to see. You are showing the world symptoms of the oppression African people still suffer in the United States. Stay strong!

My grandparents lived in a house like this. It’s a shame that people can’t get help!

No one chooses to live like this, sometimes life comes @ you hard. I lived like this when I was younger & it was hardest thing ever 😢

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Some of us just get bad hands in life with no leg up.

@dorishedgeman6764

3 жыл бұрын

So did i

God bless my Brother's and sister's in Mississippi America love you all there .

Why Americans love to compare themselves with 3rd world countries. From this lady's statement she has not stepped off the shores of America. She needs to travel and see for herself what the 3rd world is like before coming to such conclusion. The poor, the rich and middle-class is in every nation under the sun.

We have a lot of wealthy black people in America that can do something about the poverty of many black Americans but they do not. I hope this video have a tremendous effect on this situation. Oh god, I wish I was a wealthy man.

Thank you for showing.. I watch all your journeys

The community has an obligation to help and encourage people to do better.

I totally agree, no one wants or deserves to live in poverty... This is so sad. Praying for the families...

So true. Many of my friends lived in homes like this where I grew up in SC. The alternative is to leave their land behind and go to projects in the city. That IS the only choice they have. Live in the cities in poverty or live in the county in poverty. I lived in an old 2 story farm house down the street and there were about 5 or 6 little homes just like this. Farming is hard work.

I wasnt sure if this was a home that someone actually lived in until I saw the meters and air conditioning. Very real now. 2020 are there any changes in this town?

@jaypealoveliest5195

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, now all towns have people living like that or even wishing they had that much thanks to Trump.

she is telling the truth . farming is about the only industry in the area . and this is happening across the state .

I do not judge people! That could be ANY of us!! You get hurt and lose your job... sick... not blessed with an average IQ.. If you lived here would you be diligent about cutting weeds? Why cut them? makes your house look better? There's not much improving on this place!! They have junk around the house. If you lived here, with no money, would you pay the dump $20. to take it? When you need the 20 for an overdue electric bill? probably not!! Do not judge people!!!!!

@alfredoelguezabal5445

4 жыл бұрын

officerdepfife. "Why cut weed ?!" ..."That make the house looks better ?!" Man that people has the same mentality like you and ..look the way they live !!

It doesn't take a lot to remove weeds, vines and debris. Hopefully, these folks are doing better to this date. 🙏🏾

You can drive for hundreds of miles through any COUNTY in MISSISSIPPI and see UNLIMITED homes like this all day long. Most people tack PLASTIC on the outside walls to keep the weather out (no insulation). I've seen homes with parts of the roof missing, they could LITERALLY lay in bed and COUNT the stars then use PLASTIC on the roof when the weather turns inclement. I've seen homes with DIRT floors where everything simply ROTTED out and what was left of the flooring had to be removed for safety. The POLITICIANS in MISSISSIPPI should ALL BE FIRED and FORCED to do hundreds of community hours to improve the COUNTIES that they REPRESENT. Down south has ALWAYS been this way the POLITICIANS STEAL everything that is not nailed down, so there's nothing left for the people.

God bless you brother

I agree no one wants to live like this. I live here in quitman county Mississippi and have lived in Tallahatchie county Mississippi. We need our churches and craftsmen to help. Thank you for sharing this story.

Waiting on the government to give them something. Looks like this dude is able to be working somewhere to help himself. Sitting in the house with the air on watching tv, snacking ain't gonna get it done. Didn't say how much government assistance he is getting, welfare check, foodstamps, assistance with the electricity etc.?????...Now don't get mad at me...a picture is worth a thousand words and this video just proved it when she interviewed this dude.

@Ujeb08

4 жыл бұрын

I agree that on the outside this guy looks like he should be able to hold a job and climb out of poverty. But you can't tell if there is a mental problem (which I would be ton) preventing him. He sounded very slow minded.

there's people who like and dislike their conditions in all situations. I agree. Did you grow up in this kind of area? My family did & I spent most my child hood in 1. I actually grew up in a house similiar to whats shown. POVERTY is a lot of times a state of mind. There has to be money given to live but i just kinda get mad at people who look at the areas like this and look SO down on it. When you get caught in the material world you lose so much. I worked in the bean field once.

Places like Mississippi, Alabama i would never want to visit let alone live there . To deep rooted in slavery my my taste . An plz dont tell me its not.

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Mississippi and actually I live around tallahatchie. Its poverty stricken for whites and blacks. There are a lot of black people who have extremely nice homes and white people living like trash.. true slavery was awful but things change. Most of the time people live in these homes because the rent or price is low and they didnt have a good hand in life. We all get along down here and the ones that dont were brought up to hate each other, simple as that. The people I know take care of each other no matter the race.

@Yonnie2436

3 жыл бұрын

And Louisiana

@sayersaveRED

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yonnie2436 Yikes thats where my folks came from and they never went back .

@feliciagreen9511

3 жыл бұрын

Its not. All parts of Mississippi dont look like this.

@therealmccoy2004

3 жыл бұрын

Its not so stfu...

I'm soso sorry I'm from KY my dad lived in Mississippi until his death . IV been to Mississippi an if I had money to help you all I would but I do pray an pray a lot .I will pray an keep you in my prayers. IV been really sick stage 4 cancer an a stroke I will put out a message to see if I can send help

It's not just in that area in Mississippi it's many more towns and cities and country in Mississippi . Marlo Stanford commenting .

I live in Mississippi. People don't choose to live lime this. Jobs are scarce and then if you have one it's not paying good. North Mississippi is very bad off. Help alot of times isn't given to the people who truly need it.

My late husband was a supervisor for an electrical company. They were building a federal prison in a poor prodmitly black county. The local newspaper almost every week complained that the company didn't hire locals. What they didn't realize or didn't care about was they tried. People would come apply be sent for drug testing and couldn't pass it. This one guy hired on @ $10.00 an hour seven twelve. 7 days a week 12 hours a day. Anything over 40 hrs was time and 1/2. Do the math that's alot of money. After he got his 1st check he told them he had to quit because it cut his foodstamps in half. Sad but a very true story

Very interesting. Appreciate your work and dedication.

I know exactly where this is. I am from Tunica county Mississippi a dit looks like you’ve gone back on time. I pray for my state.

Thanks Ms. Harrell.. Most older people are set in their ways and refuse the help of the government and from their children. I think we need to stop settling for less. As people we need to reach back and help our family but some times they refuse the help. Trust Me... This guy is a young man that was afforded he opportunities to do better for his family. Some times you need to move out of the small town and stretch and allow God to lead you.

Thank You Madam for showing people the poverty that is affecting many, an inconvient truth for people to do nothing is blame these people...But it's harder to look away once you put faces, and names to their story...Youre right no one chooses to live in absolute poverty. God bless you for sharing this man's story...and please call Habitat for Humanity to see if they could help this family. God Bless you.

Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama this is what conservatives want to conserve. The status quo.

@alfredoelguezabal5445

4 жыл бұрын

Shamus Yasharahla. Conservatives NEVER have been pushing anyone dont get a education and dont get a job. Stop that mentality passed down for generation after generation; always blaming somebody else for your wrong choices: 'I'm broke because the conservatives', 'I'm hooked in drugs 'coz conservatives', 'I didn't get educate 'coz conservatives', 'I got pregnant 'coz conservatives', 'I got caught shoplifting 'coz conservatives', 'I sell drugs 'coz conservatives', 'I get divorced 'coz conservatives', 'I dont food 'coz conservatives', 'I dont have shoes 'coz conservatives', 'I dont have beer 'coz conservatives', 'I am poor and stupid 'coz conservatives' ..'I blame conservatives 'coz ..that make me feel better ..as if I hadn't done anything wrong' Yeah of course, I really believe you ! 😏

@shamusyasharahla8116

4 жыл бұрын

@@alfredoelguezabal5445 if the shoe fits wear it. Your obviously completely ignorant, or your just trolling. White people are to blame for the state of black's in amerkkka . Conservative, liberal, leftist doesn't matter. I just see racist. Systematic racism has kept black's in Amerkkka in poverty, and is the tool used to steal wealth from black's in amerkkka, and also used to keep us in a state of abject poverty. I don't have the time or patience to explain it to you, but you should educate yourself before you expose your lack of intelligence next time. After 400 years of slavery were still here, and WE GOT NEXT! We now know who Esau is. We know who the devil is. He is red, but no pointy tail and pitch fork. You can deny reality all you want to, but I won't. The bill is due, and reporations can't be paid in dollars. It can only be paid by the blood of the same people that spilled our blood. Prepare slaughter for their children ( Isaiah 14:21). You don't have to admit it acknowledge what slavery has done to my people, but slavery is coming back. We won't be the ones picking cotton this time. My advice get buffed. I hear slavery is hard

@shamusyasharahla8116

4 жыл бұрын

@@alfredoelguezabal5445 since you feel the need to defend racism I blame you. There is something good it of all this though. 2016 was the first year that more white people died than were born. Low birth rates, suicide, the great opioid cleansing, the Sun. It just means your leprocy infected asses are going extinct. Between now and extinctions is minority status. Your slavery will be double what you did us. We will reward you as you rewarded us. I hope you enjoyed your heaven, because that shit is over. Oh yeah Jesus is black, and we are the real Hebrew Israelites. WE GOT NEXT!

@maddierosemusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@shamusyasharahla8116 Don't some knocking on my white door with all tha blood spill shit, you will go home packing. - oops packed - in a crate. You are a vile racist. YOU WANT MY ADDRESS??

@msucds1

3 жыл бұрын

Shamus Yasharahla what does it feel like looking up from the bottom?

My pops just got up and bounced from rural Alabama at 19yo that was in 1967 he took a greyhound bus right up to Chicago and within 2 hours of stepping off of the bus he got a good paying job and lived very comfortable on after bought his first house in his mid 20's on the westside of Chicago and as he said he went through new cars like shoes he used to love to talk about the muscle cars he owned but anyhow I don't know why this video popped up my pops passed back in 2012 ✌️

Hi edagdwg thanks for sharing this story of what about us we need help a forgotten city we are still fighting blacks don't count pay attention Linda j peace to what you do to people never know what could happen to you Linda j peace 💯💯💯🌹🦋🦋🦋🐻😘

As someone who never lived in a rural area but grew up in conditions similar to this.. i would NEVER want to live like that again. Nor would I want any of my children having to drudge thru this existence. I don't understand how their are two sides to the argument.. Poverty is bad!

They may not choose to live in poverty, but I don't see them choosing to work 60hours a week not to either!

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

Actually that's not true I live there. I work in ems, I'm in and out of these homes day and night. Most do work long hours but have big families which include grandparents. Even I live in a slum of a home. There are people who go out and sell drugs and get into the gang life but most are good people who just needed cash and family. It's not easy to understand unless you have walked in these shoes.

@jacquelinegaines3322

3 жыл бұрын

I live in vermont, hell I grew up in tents and campers cause rent here is crazy, I'd rather live in that then a freezing winter in a 1970s 10 ft camper. They pay $125 a month to live there!! You cant rent land for less then 600 a month to pitch a tent on here! Talk about hardly any jobs, I live in a town with a tiny store and a post office, closest anything is 25 miles and that's another small town with just a price chopper and family dollar, for a walmart you gatta go another 15 to a bigger city, our city has 4 blocks! The next closest city is our biggest Burlington about 1.5 hours away, ow ya not to mention I live in a place without cell phone service cause in in the mountains, I know of poverty, I would of preferred that then sharing the table bed in the camper with my mom and walking every morning to the bathroom house with two feet of fallen snow to clean up before school!

@ashleeaustin358

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacquelinegaines3322 yeah, I've been in that situation as well. It's not easy.. but some of these people down here are sick, really sick and just cant do the things that are needed to help themselves but most of the young kids here are stepping up the game and going to school and changing their circumstances. It's to late for some but for the next generations there is opportunity. Proper education is essential for success. Sadly Mississippi is on the short end of the stick for public education. I was lucky enough to go to school in Tennessee and Florida but here I found myself 2 grades ahead of the kids in the best school in MS. These homes out here that cant pass a home inspection should be leveled and sold to investors who will build decent homes at affordable prices.

@jacquelinegaines3322

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashleeaustin358 a place like that up here would never pass inspection to be able to be rented out, do they need to pass inspections down there to rent to people? Theres no way they would pass here. The rent up here for a 1 bed rooms about 850 usually with nothing but there are very few places to rent, I rent a room, it's all I can afford being a server, and I absolutely hate living alone, I cant do it. My mom lives in Florida, my brother was homeless here and there, he chose there cause its much easier in the winter to be living in a car in Florida then Vermont.

I am from jones county Mississippi and if you live in Mississippi we are all poverty stricken and we don’t have enough jobs here I am a single mom of three and it’s hard before I got a divorce I had to sell my wedding ring to buy groceries to feed my kids and I am a white woman In Mississippi and I am not privileged I work so hard to keep the lights on I don’t choose to live like this but this is the hand I am dealt and I have Jesus in my heart that only by his grace I barely make ends meet but my kids are loved not on the streets and feed I am blessed for that I got took off food stamps when the stimulus money came and only make a little above minimum wage and having a hard time getting my food stamps back I got to make a appel

EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN PROPERTY, YOU STILL HAVE TO LIVE. STAY SAFE AND BLESSED BEAUTIFUL FAMILIES😢😔💕🙏🌹🫂😘❤

Who says people choose to live in poverty? I have never heard that. And by the way, I am white and lived in poverty, so I hope you don’t think only blacks are poor.

@theresaohman7187

3 жыл бұрын

What does your skin color have to do with anything.

So they should move then. No one is forced to live like that. Make a way.

In a country such as the USA, abundant resources for food, water etc. There is NO excuse EVER for this kind of poverty!!

Education is the key to end poverty.

Who are their elected officials and why aren't they voted out of office. THE people in Mississippi have to vote to get the elected officials out of office because they are collecting a check but doing nothing for the people in that state .Shame on the officials and this should be publicized on all news stations in Mississippi to show the world .I blame the elected officials in that state for this .

He seems healthy enough to at least get all the bushes and tress off of the house. That would be a good start don’t you think? I do feel bad of their financial situation for sure. We as a country could do better but if all I had was a cardboard box it would be the cleanest cardboard box around.

Nobody deserves to live like that.

Send this video to the Attorney General and your local news station.

I’m homeless and I don’t choose to like it.

Can you please do an update on this story? I just came across your story.

People that's not in poverty have alot to say. THE MOST HIGH has the power to change your life in an instant. We should be careful what we say about those that are struggling in this wicked world.

Thank you Madame for sharing this fact with all of us. We must face the truth.

Our Country needs to clean up our own cities states and towns before we can help other countries. This is why I like President Trump because he trying. And this is why the poor black and white people should vote for him. In 2020 and show him these bad living conditions.

@xoxxobob61

4 жыл бұрын

Trump is trying???? HOW? By proposing to cut off Food Stamps for Millions of poor people and kick 2 Million people off of SSI Disability?...Meanwhile Tax Cuts for the 1% and AMAZON & APPLE paid ZERO Corporate taxes last year !

@junemays8327

4 жыл бұрын

@@xoxxobob61 That is why you have to do your research before you say that about our president or anyone. You cannot trust the media especially CNN MSNBC and some others because you will be misled.

@xoxxobob61

4 жыл бұрын

@@junemays8327... I see you are a Trump supporter and I am not...We have a President who Lies all the time and you are worried about CNN misleading us?

Why is she going to abandoned houses???

Are there any updates?

I don't live in Mississippi but , I have been through there a few times it is truly amazing the poverty we see all over America . As you have said nobody in their right mind , would choose to line in these conditions .My question to you is , do these people actually own these homes , or are these homes a part of some large plantation and the owners of the land control these homes ?