Community Garden in Capri 501 c 3 Department of Housing and Urban Development to come in there give funding. The American communities must get together start a 501 c 3 community development organizations and you will get grants Community block grants also grants from the government but you got to start a 501 c 3. This is America afro-americans are the only people that live in America that don't know how to use the system..
I dont understand people living like this in. America where are the fathers what are they doing. I had 3 kids i paid over 3005ooo. Dollars in child support i suffered just so my children could live comfortable. God is blessing me for that today. God bless them in this video brothers get involved with your kids show them a better life.
@@ernestwaiters7137 what you are saying is essential....So many parents bring children to this world and don't follow-up how the kids are doing. Congrats man, is the way to go.
who has a better chance of creating a good life a Mother in Afghanistan or one in America? There are reasons for being poor, some of them created by the person. Sorry.
@@renkanazawabluedot never that! Makes too much sense, instead make the masses pay higher taxes and create division amongst the people with a false narrative that all poor are “lazy”.
My Grandparents lived this same way in North Carolina. They never did have indoor plumbing. My granny did not see the need to spend the money when the water was right outside. Rest their souls. ❤🙏🏼
Queen honey,access on CZcams and view Samadhi (Maya the illusion of the self) as well as Samadhi two.Your life will change forever,trust what I'm suggesting.Your comment tells me your ready,have a great life.
I feel the same way. Sometimes I have a lot of nerves! If some of those people heard me complain about bullcrap would think I was nuts, & I would feel them.
Herb Walker I got a neighbor on the reservation lands that still uses an outhouse, collects rain water for washing people and things and hauls drinking water from my pump house. He'll never see the 20 grand it would take to put water and sewage in and as long as no one says anything about it no one is going to shut his current situation down. Still a dire way to live, to feel beholden to your neighbor for safe drinking water.
@@fetengineer9151 you don't know anything about him (like how do you know he improved himself? Or how he did it? Or if his circumstances were the same as theres? He had a pump like a lot in the south, didn't mention much else) or the "people you have no pity for." You sound like the type of person (that doesn't understand nuance) who seeks out videos of people who are less fortunate to make yourself feel better. Like seriously, guy, no one asked for your "pity." You're not important. Edit: the other comment you left on the video confirms my suspicion. "They're poor because they want to be poor."
@@fetengineer9151 their not asking for your pity. You heard the interviewer say that she won't ask for help. She probably owns the house and the land it sits on. Which means she's probably doing better then a lot of us. Yes I have running water, lights, gas, and a brand new bed to sleep in, but I'm a renter. A lot of people look like they have it together, but in reality they have no assets.
Ppl really don’t know the struggle. I loved it. Out house hand fed washer clothes line to dry. We had a tin tub to bathe in the middle of the kitchen floor. Had to heat water to bathe. Thank God I don’t live like that anymore. I take nothing for granted.
The people shown have a home and are not homeless. In LA, Hawaii, and many other US areas, there is a lot of homelessness. I see some of those people have enough money for enough food to make them fat. Perhaps that extra money would've been better spent on things that last longer.
@@genkiferal7178 they choose too to be homeless the people in delta literally live on about 200-300 week if they work so I’m sure your soft self would survive
I grew up down south me and my family lived in a house like that I feel her pain I don't know why they haven't torn those house's down and build new ones it's a shame I'm praying for all these families 👃
im viewing this dec 2019. i live in a small town in alabama. my next door neighbor doesnt have running water in his house and gets water from my water hose. we live in a decent neighborhood but he lives on a small $500chek and $150EBT. and cant afford to have his plumbing fixed. i paid for it one time but im on a fixed income as well. we never know how close someone is to us that dont evn have plumbing or food to eat.
I'm from Chicago and my dad who was from Mississippi would take me to his hometown of Fayette, MS to see relatives. This a a result of sharecropping and living conditions in Mississippi passed down from one generation to the next. Ndwspaper would be used to block out cold air, etc. These conditions were forced upon our ancestors. However, we made the best of whatever the situation was. And, as the lady who once lived in the house, "Still I rise." It is not the unbelievable if you have already been exposed to this.
I was born in Chicago in 1958, but I grew up in Memphis, TN, and visited relatives in Mississippi often. I've seen both whites and blacks living in horrid conditions. Many of them refuse to leave because that's all they know and that's home.
I grew up in MS in similar conditions. Was born wile family was in sharecropper’s house. Bed was a dresser drawer until little sister came along. I was moved to mattress on floor in LR. This is generational welfare & they aren’t taking personal responsibility.
Sadly probably not. People who have lived in this state of being become "institutionalized" for lack of better word. They're so accustomed to living in poverty it becomes the norm. A new mentality MUST be learned. As why I feel like the ones who do "get out" and find better living STILL carry themselves low, no value for property or things and trash and tear down everything. Sometimes it's the system. Most times it's a state of mind. Not WHERE you live but HOW you live. ❤
This is bigger then a mindset. This is a lack of resources. Since the lady said she grew up there and has since moved on I would wonder why not get my relative out of this....
Since when have you know anyone go to apply for section 8 today and be in a house tomorrow.... People wait for YEARS for the list to open up to even be able to apply.. and then once they get on the list, it could be YEARS before their case comes up for review!.. I know this because I worked with the Section 8 program.
I waited for over 13 years for section 8 and I removed myself from it because you're kinda forced to stay within an income range to stay on it. I'm glad I made the decision to get off section 8, hopefully someone else has been able to benefit from the program.
My father born and raised in mississippi and when he got married to my mother and moved to philly (not mississppi), he showed his old habits by washing all his clothes by hand with bucket and bar of soap and sweep the carpet with a broom. He also still washed up in bath tub rather than shower. I couldnt wait to turn 18 yrs old to move my ass out the house. Both my brother and sister did the same thing. We were all born in philly and we couldn't understand why he was doing this. Then he took us down to mississippi when i was young to see where he was raised and it was exactly the same in the video. He had money and we were upper middle class but he was really conservative with his upbringing. RIP POPS!
@@sharhondajohnson.allofever2780 I know this is an old comment; but I have a Dyson V12 for my carpet area and an iRobot for my hardwood floors but I STILL use a broom and dustpan when I want to get a real good sweep and clean in 🤣and it's mental therapy for me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We live good in Africa. Don't compare us to that please. Your TVs have denied you exposure about the real Africa for so long. They don't want you to know the best of Africa. Keep being in that illusion.
I’m truly at a loss for words, how can an elderly lady live in such a run down home with out even the convenience of a flushable toilet... yes there was a time when this was a natural part of life but we have come a very long way! No one around to help out ? No agency to rebuild a small cabin with all updated necessities, oh how her life could change if only an agency would realize the level of support this lady needs. This video is not brand new and yes maybe things have changed for the good!!! But we all know without a doubt there is so many ladies living the exact same way, alone, no family and no support from anyone.😢
I had to shit in the woods behind the house, but first dig a hole a foot deep. Marking the spot with a tent peg was a must. Winter nights were a bitch. We had the most beautiful flowers in the spring.
It's like this all over the south, that's why people got the hell out the south, yeah the civil war was won but the southern prejudice bastards maintained their way of governing the southern states, you would never find this type of bullshit in Northern states, people ain't shit!!!
My dad was born and raised in Alabama and some of the houses were like this when I went to visit as a child . My grandmother had neighbors who had a house almost as bad as this . It made me appreciate growing up in LI NY .. I’m amazed people still live this way and they need to be helped 😢I can’t imagine prayers for them
I live in mississippi and it is not half that bad were I live. you can't just judge by just one person in bad condition and say the entire state is like that
Very true! While there are poor here in Mississippi, a lot of it is concentrated in the Delta region as many of these videos are filmed. I also have friends that live in the Delta and DO NOT live like this.
Kimberly Scott what areas of Mississippi are poor like in the video? Could you give some towns in Mississippi where you might find conditions like that?
In reference to public housing, in the 70's I lived in ph with my mother. They had apartments broken into about three categories. People who made 0-200 per month, 201-400, and 401-600.(These are example figures). All the apartments were filled in our income bracket so we had to lie and say we made more than we actually did in order to get a apartment. As soon as I graduated high school I went full time at the job I worked while attending school. My grandfather gave us a 1/2 acre and we bought a mobile home and never looked back. I tell this to encourage those who may be in a bad situation.
Mississippi was steeped in slavery, one of the worst slavery states. All of the states that were part of slavery, or as Mississipi! They never healed as well! These are the reprocussions of slavery! Yes even the White areas are just as bad! Many White's moved far away to other States, Texas, etc in the late 1800's so as not to have any connection to their horrible past, yet keeping their prejudice mentalities! Leaving their homes after the Civil War, as the South never returned to it's former glory. Instead of slavery they should have just focused on having laborers for pay and they south would never have been like this! This looks like the remnants of an old share cropper farm. This is how many of them were left!
I grew up in houses, one house with an outside pump that you had to prime with water to even get it to work with old newspaper for insulation, no bathroom but with just an outhouse and using propane gas and wood to cook with and also oil/kerosene lamps for light to study homework by and read and candles and the power would go out for days on end and no television for years. I survived.
Warring to anyone traveling through mississippi the police are insanely crooked. They will pray of any weary travelers, drive straight threw don't stop!!!
There is a part of Georgia that does that - almost their entire revenue comes from traffic-related tickets from the highway. They even stoop to entrapment to get truckers to buy drugs from them in a sting or set-up (trap).
This is saddening. I live in Mississippi, but not this part. We are a LOT more fortunate than this. But, I listen to what the lady said, that her mom...."Won't ask' for any help. This is what I use to have to tell my aging mother way back, "Ask for help, nobody can't read your mind and don't know what you need. You've got to reach out. God is trying to HELP you, ....LET HIM!!!" Sometimes we stand in our own way when it comes to blessings. smh.
@@ruthmorr6767 Her great-grandparents may have been sharecroppers and owned the house & it was passed down through generations to someone without means to care for it... That is prevalent in the south. Many of the house were just a step up from slave quarters. Hopefully, some caring black folks with "the means" will reach out...
Is it better to condemn that house, tear it down, and force the inhabitant to either be homeless or pay higher rent elsewhere? Would the inhabitant be okay with that? Probably not.
The better question would be, how much would property taxes increase once the old home is gone and a prefab house is put in. People always want to give nice things like homes, and cars away to the less fortunate. That's all good and great, but just look at what the government does to these people after your good deed is done. Taxes, insurance, regulations....again puts them back in the same place, except now they owe even more to the government.
+J. Lewis Not a great argument. For all the reasons of poverty in the US, big government is near the bottom of the list. The truth is that things have gotten a lot better ever since we expanded the welfare state. Just look at the poverty rate before Johnson's Great Society and after.
MIKE SCHUMACHER How hard would it be to get off their fat lazy welfare whore asses and get a job. Beg Beg Beg , that’s all they know. FREE STUFF IS NOT THE ANSWER dumb ass.
Poor lady, wish we could just have a nice modular deliver while someone took her out for the day..God help her. Also there are PUR brand tablets that can be dropped into that water that will cleanse it and even make it drinkable. We send millions of them to Africa and other countries (which is good!). We need to help our people too.
God doesn't need to help (and wont). Government can though, this is the result of fiscal conservatism that has robbed poor Americans of much needed assistance. We need to give them more money and put these people in a housing project.
AmericanLeftist give them more money? thats what started this crap we are in now.we have given rise to a few generations that want everything given to them.welfare is not the anwser.its part of the problem...
RandomAmerican how's about some descendant paying jobs and good school system to educate people so society can advance.since slavery black people have not been given equal opportunity.
You just keep living and see where you end up before you leave this life! you don't know WHAT might happen to you... Be careful what you say about things that you don't know anything about.. God can fix it so that you are in a worst off condition than this before you leave here JUST to show you something about yourself.
Exactly how my grandmothers house was....but we all tried to put new rolled siding on it...but IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL HOME...IT WAS LOVE THERE...It isnt the money ..and what u have...it what u make of what u have and be grateful & thankful...I bet the old soul that lived in this house had or has a HEART OF GOLD like my Grandma....ITS PRECIOUS....THE LOVE THAT IS THERE.....the way it was...I remember my Dee Dee's washing machine ..ringer washer...YOU CANY BEAT THESE PEOPLE HEARTS...GOD BLESS THEM ALL...I KNOW I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER...when my Grandma died we used her ZHOME as a gathering place for all the family like we always did....never wanting it changed....until one day it burned to the ground...Sad...But We kids still have Beautiful memories there....no one can take away....amen
This is beyond heartbreaking, seeing people live in these conditions... the government in this evil state should be ashamed of themselves, but I know they're not
It's because they choose. There are many ways to get help, but many do not want to give up the alcohol and drugs, or letting their boyfriends live with them and not pay Bill's. There are many churches and programs, but you have to make an effort to better your life or this is what happens
@@beverlymccaffrey6259 You could have did without all of the generalizations of people you don't know. Like "letting their boyfriends live and not pay bills"?! And what ways are there to get help in that area (I assume that you live there, seeing how confidently you speak)? Do these programs (I'll just call them that since never named anything) do on the ground advertising for these people that have no internet and live in the middle of nowhere (were watching the same video, right?)?
I lived in a trailer in ky with no water or electric. It was a friends spot. It was turned off and the smell of the rotten food in the fridge became unbearable. I'm currently staying in Mississippi and there's not many good paying jobs, there's one near me. Eastern Ky is the same if not worse. At least Mississippi is kinda flat, some of the people in Appalachia live in tin shacks on the side of mountains. And i couldn't imagine being in a tin shack with no insulation during a cold Kentucky winter with the wind whipping through the holler. Both Mississippi and Kentucky are beautiful states but its ashamed we can't help our people in America. Oh if anyone cares, those places might not have running water but the people of Flint, MI still have POISONOUS WATER IN 2020. We need to help our people....
Although this was heart-breaking to know that someone lives like this in the US. It was a very ignorant statement to say "this isnt Africa this ia America" i.e. I read your headline and all of Africa isnt as destitute as a national georgraphic cover may suggest.
My question is how the hell are these landlords able to get away with renting out houses like this, without any kind of reprimand from the government or state??? This is bullshit!!!
+Pria Plush I am pissed off at these slumlords and their system over there. They need to move more into the city areas where there is more opportunity. SMH
They not speaking up, though. You know how that goes, you don't say anything, or at least vote with your feet (move away), nobody else is gonna care, because they're acting as if they're ok with it.
It is astonishing that we spend so much on the military and space programs which I am in favor of but it seems nobody in power apparently have not made a concerted effort to help people steeped in poverty and struggling in Mississippi. Sad and tragic indeed. This is unacceptable.
The land of the Free and the home of the Working Poor. America is turning into a joke. A minimum wage of $7.35 is a poverty wage. The Minimum wage in Australia is $16.26. Keep in mind that a Big Mac in the US is only $0.40 cheaper than what it is in Australia.
Unfortunately, the top 1% of the country like to keep the poor poor. Those below the poverty line work hard, often work multiple jobs and cannot keep their heads above water. It is a tragedy.
krisscouture I am in total agreement!. Please read my comment above about the well-off people who take housing away from America's poor by "gaming the system". The truly poor cannot get this housing since it is taken up by mostly upper middle class people who "hide" their money and make themselves "poor on paper". Then, these wealthier people can rent out their original home and thus increase their income. HUD does not count rents on an original home as income, so that it is done with impunity. I know. I worked for HUD. I witnessed this every single day! It is the US Government's fault for allowing this! But I shouldn't be surprised; the gov't is in the hands of the wealthy ,as we know.
BanLiveExport 16.26 in sydney is around $8.08 per hour if you use the national average for the cost of living adjustment. Though there are great disparities between different parts of the US Manhattan is a 220 and harlingen texas is a 70
It's not limited to Black folks ... Whites live the same way ... not uncommon at all for Mississippi. There is a way out although learned behavior is hard to over come.
Seeing this brings tears to my eyes!!! This is really sad. I was born in Mississippi and moved at an early age to Manhattan NY with my family. I never thought the state of Mississippi was great, but really didn't think it was ever this bad.
People have gotta stop waiting for a handout. People that owns houses like this have gotta use reclaimed materials, think about a cheaper siding or another alternative.
We should start with the ultra rich. Let them have to worry about starving for once while giving the poor and middle classes enough money to actually have decent educations, healthcare, etc
Kinda smells like fake news to me. If your that poor the long leather boots are a clear give away. Also water quality up in the open would have algae growing inside. Tadpoles grow in warm water . no algae growth.
its a choice to some extent. In many such poor homes, the yards are filled with trash, yet they choose not to clean it up. They grow no veg even though they have the space to. If there is a will, there is a way. Perhaps someone needs to help them with the _will_ . Perhaps their preacher or teachers or other leaders need to encourage and teach people how to be self-sufficient. Every one has a duty to _self_ to make his or her own way. Nothing is given to a person for free.
See this is the problem, these people are making it. They've got food, water, and shelter. Why have the government steal more from others, to just redistribute it to those who were put in the "poor house" by the government.
@@JLewis-uz5tn Maybe the criminal banksters and those corporations that get government help through bribery and subsidies, not hard work, could cough up a few bucks for those living in fifth world living conditions in places like this
I’m from MS. I must say I don’t remember seeing anything like this personally. I think had I drove pass a house like this, I would have assumed it was still standing because it’s historical. But on another note Jackson, MS. 2020, is a horrible city.
yet they keep having kids. instead of spending money on kids, it seems smarter to save the money to either move or to dig a well and make other improvements. They can have kids _after_ the foundation for a better life is set in place. Its up to _them_ . Asking others to help is almost always asking others to _control_ you and that is a wretched situation.
Education is not the key. It's only relevant if you have money. They are poor. There's a strong, positive correlation between wealth and the quality of the schools. I guarantee you the schools ain't much better.
The key is people who raise their children right, who don't get pregnant before they can afford to support their children, and who stay off drugs and alcohol.
So she would like to see this woman, the woman we never saw, have running water and a nice bathroom. Well honey child, there's nothing stopping you from having a well drilled and have a plumber come and put that bathroom in for her. Where is her family, her kids? Where is her Church that can come and help repair her home? Where are the neighbors that drive by and see this every day? Whats wrong with these people....?
Although I have never lived exactly like this, I do not believe that it takes money to clean up your place and keep things in decent working order. People throw out countless, usable items every day that could go to a home like this. Filter the rain water, grow a garden, feed 3 or 4 dairy goats ( not dogs! ) and a few chickens. There are hundreds of people each day that are "going off the grid" to live in a simple way. It can be done MUCH better than these impoverished people are attempting to survive.
Give me a break, I was raised in a house without a bathroom, an out house, a well for water, wood burning stove, fireplace. We made do until we could do better. Which we did, we worked hsrd, sacrificed, we did without. We moved away, all over the United States.
@elizabethfranke194 i agree what u said but the only one point that u mentioned i dont agree is about not dog. Actually the dog is benefits to someone house not only as a company but at the same time especially at the night time at least he dog could help up to guard the house.
Wish I lived down there just to help these poor people, I could use some pallet wood...... I could make these old houses look really nice with some refurbished wood.
There is a movement of thousands who are choosing to live more simply. Catching rainwater, compost toilets, solar power and woodburning stoves are very popular amongst those in the movement. It is a greener lifestyle. She just needs updating of her lifestyle. Not necessarily full indoor plumbing, but a watcher catchment system that will give her potable (drinkable) water, etc. It's a greener life that many urban dwellers are unaware of.
Notice her poverty?? What does that even mean. I noticed she didn't take out the trash that's in her rain collection buckets. I notice no "for sale" sign. So that must mean she like where she's at, right? You can say what you want about the green lifestyle, but that just shows your ignorance. Sure there are plenty of weird greenyweanies out there, but obviously they are living off of less and doing more with their land than this lady is. All it takes is understanding how your house and property can work for you. And that just take time. Time she obviously has since she doesn't seem to be working.
Agreed. I know people who live completely off grid and one lives in Mississippi. He doesn't worry about heat the way we do in Canada though. My parents grew up without running water and my dad had no electricity. But their parents owned those little houses so there was more they could do.
10 years later I would like to know the outcome of this home and the family please update us it's been 10 years we're in 2021 now please let us know what happened to his family
very sad, thank God my father left poor rural Sc,, wasn't any jobs back then, 1950, he started our family, he left for a better life, and people are still living in houses like we have no running water, with an outhouse.pump and well water,,thank you Jesus for giving him the strength and will power to get us out of Sc. We had lights, and a wood or coal stove.
They want you to believe these states are impoverished.....they want minorities to experience this....mississippi , Alabama Arkansas are very rich in resources and farmlands......the state of Mississippi alone has 8 natural mineral healing springs.....there were many native tribes that settled in those states Mississippi,Alabama,Arkansas etc... before colonialism...... The conditions of those states were made to be miserable for a reason for certain folks.....to keep yo ass out of those states....livability and lack of affordability and racism.😔
My great grandmother raised my mother and the from the stories I hear about my grandmother (my moms mom) she lived somewhat like this. And after watching these videos and the lee kin documentary made me realize that this could’ve been my moms life and possibly my life
I live here. Anybody can go to the lousiest shack in the county and start filming and playing like people lives in there. Show some of the houses with the new cars sitting outside and filled with electronics. The government has section 8 housing where poorer people live. There is plenty of poverty around here but I know of no one without running water, electricity or food. It might be government food but it’s food. They are living in the streets around here like in California. This whole deal looks staged to me. There is enough real poverty that there is no need to stage it.
Jimmy Cain You're absolutely right. It does look staged. The only reason to not have basic amenities in this country is generally if someone is too ill (mentally or physically) or stupid to draw from the welfare system, or perhaps is just content to live in poverty.
One thing this illustrates is how few things have changed in regards to poverty in the United States since James Agee wrote his book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men". It illustrates that "Justice" is only just for the privileged.
How is poverty injustice, though? We each need to make our own money. If they sent their kids to the city to make money and send a portion back, they'd be able to fix up their house. Mexicans coming to the USA to work are said to send 60% of their paycheck back to their families in Mexico - at least for the first several years and then may send a smaller percentage in the later years. Why can't Americans do the same? If dirt poor Vietnamese can come here and gradually work their way up in society through hard work, smart money habits, and education, why can't these people? Whose job is it to _teach_ them and don't ya think they'd resent being taught/told such things? They want a hand-out and don't want to change. They _must_ change their mindset!
Far more than being racist, the big cities are falling down too. Government corruptness, no tax base for goods and services needed for availability of public assistance.
Why don't she have at least section eight there is free housing almost every where unless you have a felony something is wrong here I know I am poor myself
WE lived in Columbus, Mississippi in 1965. I've lived in many places since. Many in Mississippi accept how things are, they do not strive for changes and still live like it's the early 1900's. Opportunity for change/improvement is available if they want it, but many are comfortable as things have always been.
Red states are the most impoverished states in the country, Mississippi being the most conservative and most impoverished with 3rd world conditions. Meanwhile blue states are the wealthiest. Seems like the further right you go, the worse and more poor it gets. im not saying a straight up liberal government is great either, even though it's states are much better than this. history will tell us that an in between is the best government to serve all areas.
You do realize the most impoverished parts of Mississippi are controlled by Democrats? You're right in the second half of your comment, though. A government where both sides have equal say is the best. Going too far right or left leads to disaster.
Forever Undying lol, California has a $6 billion surplus thanks to governor brown...he fixed the deficit that the REPULICAN governor Arnold S. created Kansas = deep shit thanks to republicans tax cut policy, the same crap that Arnold did to California
Yes. I have been looking at these videos and decided to look at the year posted. OMG. This is America. Noone should be living in these conditions in this country. I'm a Human Service major. I chose that major for these reasons here. We must vote and write our politicians. Enough is enough!
I grew up in a house similar to that. We had good parents. I took a bath in a washing tub. We had an outhouse. It was fun being a little kid. We had land to grow our food.
Most people in Mississippi do not live this way. I am a Mississippian and do not know people who live like this. Home ownership is extremely important where I am from. Please don't take this as the face of our state.
Ya I understand that, but why should every one bury thier head in the sand to avoid seeing thr poverty that exists in your state as well as others just because it makes you feel uncomfortable. Identifying a problem is the first step to solving it
If these type of vids had gone mainstream folks would've lost the scarce homes they have.i hope,by some miracle of faith,everyone in these depleated(not a strong enough word)areas have been bleesed with better living situations,adequate clothing,sufficient food.Yah bless them all.i am humbled
+Dick dickerson my point wasn't to point out whites or single them out,but to MAKE A POINT THAT NOT ONLY BLACK PEOPLE BUT EVERY RACE IN AMERICA HAS THIS PROBLEM.
Dick dickerson you are SO WRONG with your “facts”! I am from Mississippi! You have NO IDEA what the facts are! This is bad but there are worse! Mississippi WAS a Democratic State for a long time. This is the culmination, fruits and results of a liberal/democratic leadership! Democrats are KILLING America!!! Sad....very, very sad 😕
Atlanta has people living underneath almost every I-20 overpass from the east to the west of the city. Larger overpasses are tent-cities full of homeless people and they beg for money when traffic is backed up on the highway.
My guess is there was no man around to fix the problems around the house. Someone could have easily repaired the outhouse, or built a new one and fixed quite a few of the problems with relatively little supplies... Living without running water, and without you know, a bathroom is not too bad. I think my first house will be like that too. I do not mind none.
This is why I count my blessings because I got a decent home to live in
Community Garden in Capri 501 c 3 Department of Housing and Urban Development to come in there give funding. The American communities must get together start a 501 c 3 community development organizations and you will get grants Community block grants also grants from the government but you got to start a 501 c 3. This is America afro-americans are the only people that live in America that don't know how to use the system..
Sherry Ruffin uhujopr hope just
I dont understand people living like this in. America where are the fathers what are they doing. I had 3 kids i paid over 3005ooo. Dollars in child support i suffered just so my children could live comfortable. God is blessing me for that today. God bless them in this video brothers get involved with your kids show them a better life.
@@ernestwaiters7137 what you are saying is essential....So many parents bring children to this world
and don't follow-up how the kids are doing. Congrats man, is the way to go.
Agreed
That’s why I don’t agree with foreign aid when we can’t even take care of our own citizens!!
Don't you mean America WON'T take care of their own?
Corporate welfare. Make them pay taxes at higher bracket and stop subsidies.
Real Talk
who has a better chance of creating a good life a Mother in Afghanistan or one in America?
There are reasons for being poor, some of them created by the person. Sorry.
@@renkanazawabluedot never that! Makes too much sense, instead make the masses pay higher taxes and create division amongst the people with a false narrative that all poor are “lazy”.
My Grandparents lived this same way in North Carolina. They never did have indoor plumbing. My granny did not see the need to spend the money when the water was right outside. Rest their souls. ❤🙏🏼
Some people still believe it's wierd to shit inside the house.
people if u bless with a home or apartment just thank god for your blessing amen
Amen thank you Lord Jesus
YES, Thank GOD......I Wish I Could Help her out of That Situation she is in.
Yes definitely gotta be thankful& grateful to God for it, Amen!
I really must stop complaining about *my* life, today!!!
Queen honey,access on CZcams and view Samadhi (Maya the illusion of the self) as well as Samadhi two.Your life will change forever,trust what I'm suggesting.Your comment tells me your ready,have a great life.
Stay close to God in prayer. And be thankful everyday.
Amen me 2
Like the song said
*"Lord I Won't Complain"*
Your right about that
I feel the same way. Sometimes I have a lot of nerves! If some of those people heard me complain about bullcrap would think I was nuts, & I would feel them.
Man I grew up in MS in the 1960s. We had a PUMP in the yard and an OUTHOUSE and I HATE to see people STILL living like this. So sad! :( God Bless yall
Herb Walker I got a neighbor on the reservation lands that still uses an outhouse, collects rain water for washing people and things and hauls drinking water from my pump house.
He'll never see the 20 grand it would take to put water and sewage in and as long as no one says anything about it no one is going to shut his current situation down.
Still a dire way to live, to feel beholden to your neighbor for safe drinking water.
And that's why "you" improved yourself... to get yourself out of your situation... I have no pity on these people.
@@fetengineer9151 you don't know anything about him (like how do you know he improved himself? Or how he did it? Or if his circumstances were the same as theres? He had a pump like a lot in the south, didn't mention much else) or the "people you have no pity for." You sound like the type of person (that doesn't understand nuance) who seeks out videos of people who are less fortunate to make yourself feel better. Like seriously, guy, no one asked for your "pity." You're not important.
Edit: the other comment you left on the video confirms my suspicion. "They're poor because they want to be poor."
@@fetengineer9151 their not asking for your pity. You heard the interviewer say that she won't ask for help. She probably owns the house and the land it sits on. Which means she's probably doing better then a lot of us. Yes I have running water, lights, gas, and a brand new bed to sleep in, but I'm a renter. A lot of people look like they have it together, but in reality they have no assets.
that is _their_ fault! They can add a pump and outhouse. Many people (whites) today _want_ to live off-grid.
Ppl really don’t know the struggle. I loved it. Out house hand fed washer clothes line to dry. We had a tin tub to bathe in the middle of the kitchen floor. Had to heat water to bathe. Thank God I don’t live like that anymore. I take nothing for granted.
We lived like that for three years from 1986 to 1988.
how you gon say you loved it but then say you thank god it ain’t like that no more?
Watching in 2019 and this breaks my heart
Mississippi is a nightmare for black people that's why a lot of people left there no opportunities.
Sometimes The Real Truth Hurts Eh?
The people shown have a home and are not homeless. In LA, Hawaii, and many other US areas, there is a lot of homelessness.
I see some of those people have enough money for enough food to make them fat. Perhaps that extra money would've been better spent on things that last longer.
@@genkiferal7178 they choose too to be homeless the people in delta literally live on about 200-300 week if they work so I’m sure your soft self would survive
Watching this shack in 2024 and it saddens me 😔🙏
In the blood of Jesus I am praying for him to fix this unfortunate situation!
Amen
I grew up down south me and my family lived in a house like that I feel her pain I don't know why they haven't torn those house's down and build new ones it's a shame I'm praying for all these families 👃
im viewing this dec 2019. i live in a small town in alabama. my next door neighbor doesnt have running water in his house and gets water from my water hose. we live in a decent neighborhood but he lives on a small $500chek and $150EBT. and cant afford to have his plumbing fixed. i paid for it one time but im on a fixed income as well. we never know how close someone is to us that dont evn have plumbing or food to eat.
I live in Mississippi. Thankfully I don't live this way but the rural areas are underserved.
Its safer, quieter, and possibly more healthful to live in rural areas. Its a trade off.
I'm from Chicago and my dad who was from Mississippi would take me to his hometown of Fayette, MS to see relatives. This a a result of sharecropping and living conditions in Mississippi passed down from one generation to the next. Ndwspaper would be used to block out cold air, etc. These conditions were forced upon our ancestors. However, we made the best of whatever the situation was. And, as the lady who once lived in the house, "Still I rise." It is not the unbelievable if you have already been exposed to this.
I was born in Chicago in 1958, but I grew up in Memphis, TN, and visited relatives in Mississippi often. I've seen both whites and blacks living in horrid conditions. Many of them refuse to leave because that's all they know and that's home.
I grew up in MS in similar conditions. Was born wile family was in sharecropper’s house. Bed was a dresser drawer until little sister came along. I was moved to mattress on floor in LR. This is generational welfare & they aren’t taking personal responsibility.
Ok....where is the update??? Its 2020, a whole decade had passed. These folks MUST be living and doing better than this.
UPDATE>>>>PLEASE!!!!!!
I'm asking myself the same question. There must have been some improvement.
Sadly probably not. People who have lived in this state of being become "institutionalized" for lack of better word. They're so accustomed to living in poverty it becomes the norm. A new mentality MUST be learned. As why I feel like the ones who do "get out" and find better living STILL carry themselves low, no value for property or things and trash and tear down everything. Sometimes it's the system. Most times it's a state of mind. Not WHERE you live but HOW you live. ❤
She said its been that way 40 years. And doesnt ask for help
UPDATE PLEEEASE
This is bigger then a mindset. This is a lack of resources. Since the lady said she grew up there and has since moved on I would wonder why not get my relative out of this....
Since when have you know anyone go to apply for section 8 today and be in a house tomorrow.... People wait for YEARS for the list to open up to even be able to apply.. and then once they get on the list, it could be YEARS before their case comes up for review!.. I know this because I worked with the Section 8 program.
I waited for over 13 years for section 8 and I removed myself from it because you're kinda forced to stay within an income range to stay on it. I'm glad I made the decision to get off section 8, hopefully someone else has been able to benefit from the program.
@@vilmacamacho9402 yea. That's the point. Benefit from it while bettering self then move on up.
My father born and raised in mississippi and when he got married to my mother and moved to philly (not mississppi), he showed his old habits by washing all his clothes by hand with bucket and bar of soap and sweep the carpet with a broom. He also still washed up in bath tub rather than shower. I couldnt wait to turn 18 yrs old to move my ass out the house. Both my brother and sister did the same thing. We were all born in philly and we couldn't understand why he was doing this. Then he took us down to mississippi when i was young to see where he was raised and it was exactly the same in the video. He had money and we were upper middle class but he was really
conservative with his upbringing. RIP POPS!
ejones9924 u don’t use a broom?🤦🏽♀️
@@sharhondajohnson.allofever2780 not on carpets, never use a broom in a house you just lift the dirt up
@@sharhondajohnson.allofever2780 I know this is an old comment; but I have a Dyson V12 for my carpet area and an iRobot for my hardwood floors but I STILL use a broom and dustpan when I want to get a real good sweep and clean in 🤣and it's mental therapy for me. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I feel so bad for them and I can't complain feeling greatful and I'm praying things get better for them🙏
We live good in Africa. Don't compare us to that please. Your TVs have denied you exposure about the real Africa for so long. They don't want you to know the best of Africa.
Keep being in that illusion.
True, some in Africa live well better than the rest. Not all though .
sarah freethinking notrump noleftysjw Africa is a continent not a single nation what the hell are you talking about
So please tell me which country in Africa that has surpassed America lol what a joke
@@artysnfltake5848 Come on lost one.. 😄
No, Africans don't want them to know how good Africa is because they don't want them moving back and bleeding them dry for the next 150 years!
I’m truly at a loss for words, how can an elderly lady live in such a run down home with out even the convenience of a flushable toilet... yes there was a time when this was a natural part of life but we have come a very long way! No one around to help out ? No agency to rebuild a small cabin with all updated necessities, oh how her life could change if only an agency would realize the level of support this lady needs. This video is not brand new and yes maybe things have changed for the good!!! But we all know without a doubt there is so many ladies living the exact same way, alone, no family and no support from anyone.😢
This is so sad. Only in the US the government should be a shame of themselves . Very 😥
I had to shit in the woods behind the house, but first dig a hole a foot deep. Marking the spot with a tent peg was a must. Winter nights were a bitch. We had the most beautiful flowers in the spring.
It's like this all over the south, that's why people got the hell out the south, yeah the civil war was won but the southern prejudice bastards maintained their way of governing the southern states, you would never find this type of bullshit in Northern states, people ain't shit!!!
No agency, only you.
My dad was born and raised in Alabama and some of the houses were like this when I went to visit as a child . My grandmother had neighbors who had a house almost as bad as this . It made me appreciate growing up in LI NY .. I’m amazed people still live this way and they need to be helped 😢I can’t imagine prayers for them
Mostly all southern states are like this, they could care less about poor black and white people living in the rural areas, it's really f'd up!
This house needs to be torn down and rebuilt. 😞
I live in mississippi and it is not half that bad were I live. you can't just judge by just one person in bad condition and say the entire state is like that
Very true! While there are poor here in Mississippi, a lot of it is concentrated in the Delta region as many of these videos are filmed. I also have friends that live in the Delta and DO NOT live like this.
Thank you.
I agree, I have friends that live in those areas as well.
D and C Entertainment So true also live in Cleveland Mississippi area and our area is not in that condition.
Kimberly Scott what areas of Mississippi are poor like in the video? Could you give some towns in Mississippi where you might find conditions like that?
In reference to public housing, in the 70's I lived in ph with my mother. They had apartments broken into about three categories. People who made 0-200 per month, 201-400, and 401-600.(These are example figures). All the apartments were filled in our income bracket so we had to lie and say we made more than we actually did in order to get a apartment. As soon as I graduated high school I went full time at the job I worked while attending school. My grandfather gave us a 1/2 acre and we bought a mobile home and never looked back. I tell this to encourage those who may be in a bad situation.
Mississippi was steeped in slavery, one of the worst slavery states. All of the states that were part of slavery, or as Mississipi! They never healed as well! These are the reprocussions of slavery! Yes even the White areas are just as bad! Many White's moved far away to other States, Texas, etc in the late 1800's so as not to have any connection to their horrible past, yet keeping their prejudice mentalities! Leaving their homes after the Civil War, as the South never returned to it's former glory. Instead of slavery they should have just focused on having laborers for pay and they south would never have been like this! This looks like the remnants of an old share cropper farm. This is how many of them were left!
I grew up in houses, one house with an outside pump that you had to prime with water to even get it to work with old newspaper for insulation, no bathroom but with just an outhouse and using propane gas and wood to cook with and also oil/kerosene lamps for light to study homework by and read and candles and the power would go out for days on end and no television for years. I survived.
Where the hell did you live? In 2018 you lived like that? So sad
Sounds like your poverty didn't help you to become more compassionate
my prayers are with them this is heart crushing
Warring to anyone traveling through mississippi the police are insanely crooked. They will pray of any weary travelers, drive straight threw don't stop!!!
*through
There is a part of Georgia that does that - almost their entire revenue comes from traffic-related tickets from the highway. They even stoop to entrapment to get truckers to buy drugs from them in a sting or set-up (trap).
People living in prisons would have better conditions😱🤔.
So sad, I pray this lady received help!
This is saddening. I live in Mississippi, but not this part. We are a LOT more fortunate than this. But, I listen to what the lady said, that her mom...."Won't ask' for any help. This is what I use to have to tell my aging mother way back, "Ask for help, nobody can't read your mind and don't know what you need. You've got to reach out. God is trying to HELP you, ....LET HIM!!!" Sometimes we stand in our own way when it comes to blessings. smh.
Amen my friend
Why the wont do some thing for Jesus?like build houses?
you don't have to read minds to know this woman needs help
What human would rent a house like that to another human, where is the owner of this house, are these "sharecroppers"? How awful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You really are a moron, aren't you? No, they aren't sharecroppers. Sharecroppers actually work. These people don't even know what work is.
@@ruthmorr6767 Her great-grandparents may have been sharecroppers and owned the house & it was passed down through generations to someone without means to care for it... That is prevalent in the south. Many of the house were just a step up from slave quarters.
Hopefully, some caring black folks with "the means" will reach out...
White people, that's who
Is it better to condemn that house, tear it down, and force the inhabitant to either be homeless or pay higher rent elsewhere? Would the inhabitant be okay with that? Probably not.
How hard would it be to build prefab homes and deliver them to these places. Very low cost if any? For all colors.
MIKE SCHUMACHER and you don't need basements, just slabs
Mick Funny western platform system...no slab needed
The better question would be, how much would property taxes increase once the old home is gone and a prefab house is put in. People always want to give nice things like homes, and cars away to the less fortunate. That's all good and great, but just look at what the government does to these people after your good deed is done. Taxes, insurance, regulations....again puts them back in the same place, except now they owe even more to the government.
+J. Lewis Not a great argument. For all the reasons of poverty in the US, big government is near the bottom of the list. The truth is that things have gotten a lot better ever since we expanded the welfare state. Just look at the poverty rate before Johnson's Great Society and after.
MIKE SCHUMACHER How hard would it be to get off their fat lazy welfare whore asses and get a job. Beg Beg Beg , that’s all they know. FREE STUFF IS NOT THE ANSWER dumb ass.
Poor lady, wish we could just have a nice modular deliver while someone took her out for the day..God help her. Also there are PUR brand tablets that can be dropped into that water that will cleanse it and even make it drinkable. We send millions of them to Africa and other countries (which is good!). We need to help our people too.
God doesn't need to help (and wont). Government can though, this is the result of fiscal conservatism that has robbed poor Americans of much needed assistance. We need to give them more money and put these people in a housing project.
AmericanLeftist give them more money? thats what started this crap we are in now.we have given rise to a few generations that want everything given to them.welfare is not the anwser.its part of the problem...
RandomAmerican housing projects don't work in the bigger cities...also a lot of folks get screened out
Gotta find better ways to do things...we CAN do it if we try.
RandomAmerican how's about some descendant paying jobs and good school system to educate people so society can advance.since slavery black people have not been given equal opportunity.
You just keep living and see where you end up before you leave this life! you don't know WHAT might happen to you... Be careful what you say about things that you don't know anything about.. God can fix it so that you are in a worst off condition than this before you leave here JUST to show you something about yourself.
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Exactly how my grandmothers house was....but we all tried to put new rolled siding on it...but IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL HOME...IT WAS LOVE THERE...It isnt the money ..and what u have...it what u make of what u have and be grateful & thankful...I bet the old soul that lived in this house had or has a HEART OF GOLD like my Grandma....ITS PRECIOUS....THE LOVE THAT IS THERE.....the way it was...I remember my Dee Dee's washing machine ..ringer washer...YOU CANY BEAT THESE PEOPLE HEARTS...GOD BLESS THEM ALL...I KNOW I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER...when my Grandma died we used her ZHOME as a gathering place for all the family like we always did....never wanting it changed....until one day it burned to the ground...Sad...But We kids still have Beautiful memories there....no one can take away....amen
This is beyond heartbreaking, seeing people live in these conditions... the government in this evil state should be ashamed of themselves, but I know they're not
It's because they choose. There are many ways to get help, but many do not want to give up the alcohol and drugs, or letting their boyfriends live with them and not pay Bill's. There are many churches and programs, but you have to make an effort to better your life or this is what happens
@@beverlymccaffrey6259 You could have did without all of the generalizations of people you don't know. Like "letting their boyfriends live and not pay bills"?!
And what ways are there to get help in that area (I assume that you live there, seeing how confidently you speak)? Do these programs (I'll just call them that since never named anything) do on the ground advertising for these people that have no internet and live in the middle of nowhere (were watching the same video, right?)?
I live In ms....this is true
I lived in a trailer in ky with no water or electric. It was a friends spot. It was turned off and the smell of the rotten food in the fridge became unbearable. I'm currently staying in Mississippi and there's not many good paying jobs, there's one near me. Eastern Ky is the same if not worse. At least Mississippi is kinda flat, some of the people in Appalachia live in tin shacks on the side of mountains. And i couldn't imagine being in a tin shack with no insulation during a cold Kentucky winter with the wind whipping through the holler. Both Mississippi and Kentucky are beautiful states but its ashamed we can't help our people in America. Oh if anyone cares, those places might not have running water but the people of Flint, MI still have POISONOUS WATER IN 2020. We need to help our people....
Although this was heart-breaking to know that someone lives like this in the US. It was a very ignorant statement to say "this isnt Africa this ia America" i.e. I read your headline and all of Africa isnt as destitute as a national georgraphic cover may suggest.
This is sad. My family is from Peru and even in Peru the conditions are way better.
Because Peruvian people have work ethic and common sense.
There are many resources in America, you just have to have the know how to get them, maybe this person was content.
coupleofbeers31 not in the slums especially in Lima and the countryside
lol no,im from south america and i know people that live far worse than those of this video.
@@bobhailey1290 Thank you. That is true. I do live in the US and was raised here but those old Hispanic values were instilled in me.
somebody need to get a go fund me going for the poor people of mississippi.
lainey wright wv to
Get a jobfu
The Higher Ups are Pocketing the Money , No Way In Hell with all this Funding ❗❗❗ What are they doing What is going on ???
My question is how the hell are these landlords able to get away with renting out houses like this, without any kind of reprimand from the government or state??? This is bullshit!!!
Mz Feisty
Mz Feisty it a plantation they don't want to build and these poor ppl only can afford 100.00 a month it really sad
+Pria Plush I am pissed off at these slumlords and their system over there. They need to move more into the city areas where there is more opportunity. SMH
Mz Feisty these people been doing people like this for years God willing it will be soon over.
They not speaking up, though. You know how that goes, you don't say anything, or at least vote with your feet (move away), nobody else is gonna care, because they're acting as if they're ok with it.
Thanks to my mom and dad for leaving Pittsburgh, to move to California. I have never known what it’s like to live like that.
omg.t his w thy my family migrated to l.a.ca to escape
from this life. now we have no.land. u can rebuild that
property. don't sale your land.
Took your Mississippi edumacation w/ u to. Shows u didn't further ur education when u got to L.A., CA.
It is astonishing that we spend so much on the military and space programs which I am in favor of but it seems nobody in power apparently have not made a concerted effort to help people steeped in poverty and struggling in Mississippi. Sad and tragic indeed. This is unacceptable.
we each need to help ourselves. Almost every mammal or creature on the planet takes care of his/her own self and their own kids.
The land of the Free and the home of the Working Poor. America is turning into a joke. A minimum wage of $7.35 is a poverty wage. The Minimum wage in Australia is $16.26. Keep in mind that a Big Mac in the US is only $0.40 cheaper than what it is in Australia.
Unfortunately, the top 1% of the country like to keep the poor poor. Those below the poverty line work hard, often work multiple jobs and cannot keep their heads above water. It is a tragedy.
krisscouture I am in total agreement!. Please read my comment above about the well-off people who take housing away from America's poor by "gaming the system". The truly poor cannot get this housing since it is taken up by mostly upper middle class people who "hide" their money and make themselves "poor on paper". Then, these wealthier people can rent out their original home and thus increase their income. HUD does not count rents on an original home as income, so that it is done with impunity. I know. I worked for HUD. I witnessed this every single day! It is the US Government's fault for allowing this! But I shouldn't be surprised; the gov't is in the hands of the wealthy ,as we know.
Absolutely! I'm in total agreement! Housing should be a right, NOT a for-profit entitiy.
***** we have federal housing projects. we have had that for 50 years.
BanLiveExport 16.26 in sydney is around $8.08 per hour if you use the national average for the cost of living adjustment. Though there are great disparities between different parts of the US Manhattan is a 220 and harlingen texas is a 70
It's not limited to Black folks ... Whites live the same way ... not uncommon at all for Mississippi. There is a way out although learned behavior is hard to over come.
Exactly, and so are alcohol and drugs.
Is there a reliable way to help someone living
like this, rather than just shaking our heads
about how bad things are?
Seeing this brings tears to my eyes!!! This is really sad. I was born in Mississippi and moved at an early age to Manhattan NY with my family. I never thought the state of Mississippi was great, but really didn't think it was ever this bad.
The music though..really sets the mood 🥺😫😢😭
People have gotta stop waiting for a handout. People that owns houses like this have gotta use reclaimed materials, think about a cheaper siding or another alternative.
These shacks are probably owned by someone else and is a rental (i.e. slum-lord)
dale85300 That's exactly what they are!
We should start with the ultra rich. Let them have to worry about starving for once while giving the poor and middle classes enough money to actually have decent educations, healthcare, etc
latishabrown801 they don’t have any money to rebuild.. they can’t even find jobs . Unless they drive 2 hours away.i get tired just driving 30 min .
Angela Stewart If you don’t have a JOB , how do you own a car. Bunch of hyped up shit. You find a crack head and sell him off like a poor family.
Thank you for shedding light on this...now how can we help?
There r "houses" like that in Detroit!. That's in America to. That's just known as "Po." Too poor to afford the "or."
Damn!
Mercy Lord How Good We Got It
*no running water since 1970.*
Is there any update on them? How are they doing?
Bless their hearts but I wanna know how they have satellite 📡 tv but no bathroom?
Why do you ask? They are entitled to have some enjoyment if life. I'm sure the cost of running water lines and building a bathroom is prohibitive.
Priorities. Entertainment is affordable and important.
Kinda smells like fake news to me. If your that poor the long leather boots are a clear give away. Also water quality up in the open would have algae growing inside. Tadpoles grow in warm water . no algae growth.
U do know a antenna is only around 20 bucks and it’s free for whole time u have it
Plumbing is expensive.
This is UNREAL!- don't these families have descendants that live in the 21st century - How can they let them live like this?
No kidding...ur seriously gonna let ur family live like this ? I mean some of em ...I'd have no problems lojk😉😅 but come on now
its a choice to some extent. In many such poor homes, the yards are filled with trash, yet they choose not to clean it up. They grow no veg even though they have the space to.
If there is a will, there is a way. Perhaps someone needs to help them with the _will_ . Perhaps their preacher or teachers or other leaders need to encourage and teach people how to be self-sufficient. Every one has a duty to _self_ to make his or her own way. Nothing is given to a person for free.
uless ur wealthy, or have someone to help you, it is hard moving, especially broke..i grew up there, tg I had family to help me
Okay, so you mean to tell me, there is still someone living in this home in 2010. There should be government funds to help.
See this is the problem, these people are making it. They've got food, water, and shelter. Why have the government steal more from others, to just redistribute it to those who were put in the "poor house" by the government.
@@JLewis-uz5tn Maybe the criminal banksters and those corporations that get government help through bribery and subsidies, not hard work, could cough up a few bucks for those living in fifth world living conditions in places like this
judie Graham no trump and his family/cohorts siphon off $ for American citizens an immoral crime
There are, but it takes effort.
There are people that don't have "indoors"!
If you pay 400 dollars to get a 125 gallon propane tank filled you got ripped off.
No, you didn't. That's just about average in most of the south.
I’m from MS. I must say I don’t remember seeing anything like this personally. I think had I drove pass a house like this, I would have assumed it was still standing because it’s historical. But on another note Jackson, MS. 2020, is a horrible city.
yet they keep having kids. instead of spending money on kids, it seems smarter to save the money to either move or to dig a well and make other improvements. They can have kids _after_ the foundation for a better life is set in place. Its up to _them_ . Asking others to help is almost always asking others to _control_ you and that is a wretched situation.
Great videos thank you for that, but it would be nice to see the inside of the homes
The Key is education, education,education, or another revolution or both
Education is not the key. It's only relevant if you have money. They are poor. There's a strong, positive correlation between wealth and the quality of the schools. I guarantee you the schools ain't much better.
The key is people who raise their children right, who don't get pregnant before they can afford to support their children, and who stay off drugs and alcohol.
@@dawudabdullaah8077 You don't need money to get a high school education. What is the dropout rate in these counties?
@@stevehady915 25%
Thank you for sharing.
So she would like to see this woman, the woman we never saw, have running water and a nice bathroom. Well honey child, there's nothing stopping you from having a well drilled and have a plumber come and put that bathroom in for her. Where is her family, her kids? Where is her Church that can come and help repair her home? Where are the neighbors that drive by and see this every day? Whats wrong with these people....?
dabprod do you have any idea on how much all this would cost? Tens of thousands of dollars , and its not likely they have this kind of money
Although I have never lived exactly like this, I do not believe that it takes money to clean up your place and keep things in decent working order. People throw out countless, usable items every day that could go to a home like this. Filter the rain water, grow a garden, feed 3 or 4 dairy goats ( not dogs! ) and a few chickens. There are hundreds of people each day that are "going off the grid" to live in a simple way. It can be done MUCH better than these impoverished people are attempting to survive.
Give me a break, I was raised in a house without a bathroom, an out house, a well for water, wood burning stove, fireplace. We made do until we could do better. Which we did, we worked hsrd, sacrificed, we did without.
We moved away, all over the United States.
@elizabethfranke194 i agree what u said but the only one point that u mentioned i dont agree is about not dog. Actually the dog is benefits to someone house not only as a company but at the same time especially at the night time at least he dog could help up to guard the house.
Wish I lived down there just to help these poor people, I could use some pallet wood...... I could make these old houses look really nice with some refurbished wood.
you do the best with what you have. even if its not much. period.
There is a movement of thousands who are choosing to live more simply. Catching rainwater, compost toilets, solar power and woodburning stoves are very popular amongst those in the movement. It is a greener lifestyle. She just needs updating of her lifestyle. Not necessarily full indoor plumbing, but a watcher catchment system that will give her potable (drinkable) water, etc. It's a greener life that many urban dwellers are unaware of.
+nzinga zindua Tell me more about it? It's intriguing
Infinite Sky Look up tiny houses on youtube.
Notice her poverty?? What does that even mean. I noticed she didn't take out the trash that's in her rain collection buckets. I notice no "for sale" sign. So that must mean she like where she's at, right? You can say what you want about the green lifestyle, but that just shows your ignorance. Sure there are plenty of weird greenyweanies out there, but obviously they are living off of less and doing more with their land than this lady is. All it takes is understanding how your house and property can work for you. And that just take time. Time she obviously has since she doesn't seem to be working.
I'm not sure why you're thanking me. I think your comment was retarded. But you're mighty welcome either way.
Agreed. I know people who live completely off grid and one lives in Mississippi. He doesn't worry about heat the way we do in Canada though.
My parents grew up without running water and my dad had no electricity. But their parents owned those little houses so there was more they could do.
10 years later I would like to know the outcome of this home and the family please update us it's been 10 years we're in 2021 now please let us know what happened to his family
very sad, thank God my father left poor rural Sc,, wasn't any jobs back then, 1950, he started our family, he left for a better life, and people are still living in houses like we have no running water, with an outhouse.pump and well water,,thank you Jesus for giving him the strength and will power to get us out of Sc. We had lights, and a wood or coal stove.
They want you to believe these states are impoverished.....they want minorities to experience this....mississippi , Alabama Arkansas are very rich in resources and farmlands......the state of Mississippi alone has 8 natural mineral healing springs.....there were many native tribes that settled in those states Mississippi,Alabama,Arkansas etc... before colonialism......
The conditions of those states were made to be miserable for a reason for certain folks.....to keep yo ass out of those states....livability and lack of affordability and racism.😔
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My great grandmother raised my mother and the from the stories I hear about my grandmother (my moms mom) she lived somewhat like this. And after watching these videos and the lee kin documentary made me realize that this could’ve been my moms life and possibly my life
I live here. Anybody can go to the lousiest shack in the county and start filming and playing like people lives in there. Show some of the houses with the new cars sitting outside and filled with electronics. The government has section 8 housing where poorer people live. There is plenty of poverty around here but I know of no one without running water, electricity or food. It might be government food but it’s food. They are living in the streets around here like in California. This whole deal looks staged to me. There is enough real poverty that there is no need to stage it.
Jimmy Cain
Jimmy Cain You're absolutely right. It does look staged. The only reason to not have basic amenities in this country is generally if someone is too ill (mentally or physically) or stupid to draw from the welfare system, or perhaps is just content to live in poverty.
One thing this illustrates is how few things have changed in regards to poverty in the United States since James Agee wrote his book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men". It illustrates that "Justice" is only just for the privileged.
Gustavo Arreola yes you are so right
How is poverty injustice, though? We each need to make our own money. If they sent their kids to the city to make money and send a portion back, they'd be able to fix up their house. Mexicans coming to the USA to work are said to send 60% of their paycheck back to their families in Mexico - at least for the first several years and then may send a smaller percentage in the later years. Why can't Americans do the same?
If dirt poor Vietnamese can come here and gradually work their way up in society through hard work, smart money habits, and education, why can't these people?
Whose job is it to _teach_ them and don't ya think they'd resent being taught/told such things? They want a hand-out and don't want to change. They _must_ change their mindset!
i wanted to hear this but volume is so low cabnot hear a word . shame .
Uhhhh, I turned it up a bit...
This is Bennie Thompson’s district. While he has became a millionaire from being in congress his constituency suffers
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Far more than being racist, the big cities are falling down too. Government corruptness, no tax base for goods and services needed for availability of public assistance.
Why don't she have at least section eight there is free housing almost every where unless you have a felony something is wrong here I know I am poor myself
Megan Collins the lady said, she won’t ask for help... 🤦🏽♀️
WE lived in Columbus, Mississippi in 1965. I've lived in many places since. Many in Mississippi accept how things are, they do not strive for changes and still live like it's the early 1900's. Opportunity for change/improvement is available if they want it, but many are comfortable as things have always been.
I am ashamed of the US government and the wicked people's renting these hazardous shacks! Thank God for I live in the UK 🙏
Red states are the most impoverished states in the country, Mississippi being the most conservative and most impoverished with 3rd world conditions. Meanwhile blue states are the wealthiest. Seems like the further right you go, the worse and more poor it gets. im not saying a straight up liberal government is great either, even though it's states are much better than this. history will tell us that an in between is the best government to serve all areas.
You do realize the most impoverished parts of Mississippi are controlled by Democrats? You're right in the second half of your comment, though. A government where both sides have equal say is the best. Going too far right or left leads to disaster.
Bamidele Abena That doesn't explain Detroit and Chicago though...
Bamidele Abena You know California is nearly bankrupt right?
Forever Undying lol, California has a $6 billion surplus thanks to governor brown...he fixed the deficit that the REPULICAN governor Arnold S. created
Kansas = deep shit thanks to republicans tax cut policy, the same crap that Arnold did to California
Bamidele Abena yea . Just look at California's tent cities ! Get real .
every state has these homes, nj dose
Yes. I have been looking at these videos and decided to look at the year posted. OMG. This is America. Noone should be living in these conditions in this country. I'm a Human Service major. I chose that major for these reasons here. We must vote and write our politicians. Enough is enough!
I grew up in a house similar to that. We had good parents. I took a bath in a washing tub. We had an outhouse. It was fun being a little kid. We had land to grow our food.
Reparations are due! Sincerely! Mic'19 ADOS get involved!
Agreed.
Forget reparations
I knew a family that regardless of what the house looked like on the outside , inside was hooked up . Everyone knows somebody and something ‼
I remember living in a house like this in Arkansas .. My mother left Chicago and went back south .. To the struggle to be near my Granny
lot of places don't have jobs n there town
Most people in Mississippi do not live this way. I am a Mississippian and do not know people who live like this. Home ownership is extremely important where I am from. Please don't take this as the face of our state.
Mrs. Riley Teaches True,My family don't live like that,
Ya I understand that, but why should every one bury thier head in the sand to avoid seeing thr poverty that exists in your state as well as others just because it makes you feel uncomfortable. Identifying a problem is the first step to solving it
I'm from Mississippi I never grew up like this my mom was well off but allot of my friends did, and outside of the city . Starkville #hailstate
People are very poor in your state though!
Hmmmm....tell the truth
Ms. Riley 🤨
Well done. Thanks for sharing.
If these type of vids had gone mainstream folks would've lost the scarce homes they have.i hope,by some miracle of faith,everyone in these depleated(not a strong enough word)areas have been bleesed with better living situations,adequate clothing,sufficient food.Yah bless them all.i am humbled
go to eastern Kentucky near west Virginia and there are poor whites struggling too.
+Dick dickerson my point wasn't to point out whites or single them out,but to MAKE A POINT THAT NOT ONLY BLACK PEOPLE BUT EVERY RACE IN AMERICA HAS THIS PROBLEM.
Why doesn't the media show them ?
Great question. The media is propaganda
That's cuz of declining coal industry jobs
Dick dickerson
you are SO WRONG with your “facts”!
I am from Mississippi!
You have NO IDEA what the facts are!
This is bad but there are worse!
Mississippi WAS a Democratic State for a long time. This is the culmination, fruits and results of a liberal/democratic leadership!
Democrats are KILLING America!!!
Sad....very, very sad 😕
I am very sorry.My heart is broken and I am very sad...... why !!!
Start a go fund me page, for them. Its our government, go figure! Do we own jets?and go to fancy balls? Hello!
I have seen people living in card board boxes in Baltimore and Memphis. You can find things like this in the country or in the big cities.
Atlanta has people living underneath almost every I-20 overpass from the east to the west of the city. Larger overpasses are tent-cities full of homeless people and they beg for money when traffic is backed up on the highway.
My guess is there was no man around to fix the problems around the house. Someone could have easily repaired the outhouse, or built a new one and fixed quite a few of the problems with relatively little supplies... Living without running water, and without you know, a bathroom is not too bad. I think my first house will be like that too. I do not mind none.
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My mom was the man around the house. She taught me. Dad died in the mines when I was 5.
You know as bad as it all looks, it beats living on the cold deadly streets of Philadelphia !
What the hell you mean help that man's family, because, "they were put off the plantation?" Plantation???
Hahaha
Share cropper. He works someone's farm and a proceed of the profits is his. Usually they can live in these farms/ plantations for free.