Roy Wood Jr. Explores Gentrification in Brooklyn | The Daily Show
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- Roy Wood Jr. follows a trail of succulents and Wes Anderson DVDs deep into gentrifying Brooklyn to explore how the increasing white population affects the Black community. #DailyShow #Comedy
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"Just being kind" is soo true. Knowing your neighbors is Super important. When everyone in the neighborhood knows one another it reduces crime.
*In the suburbs! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🖕🏼*
Exactly...and criminals hate neighborhoods that look out for each other...
yes not getting 50 dollars out of people
but most crimes are committed by someone you know though? I say only know your neighbors enough to inform them of your security cameras and gun collection
@@elaineburnett5230 exactly, it's the reason there less crime per capita in less densely populated areas. That and people on top of eachother only leads to crime. I'm not saying to be friends with your neighbors but you should know the names of the people who live around you. Even me one day and I was so thankful to him, I had my hood up and had forgotten my keys to my house so I hopped my side gate to get the spare. My neighbor immediately stopped me and I was just super thankful that I have neighbors I can rely on.
Roy Wood is a great comedian. His presence at the daily show enhances the flavor of the show.
Totally agree with you 💯
spiiiiiiicy
facts
It adds some color.
I agree.
Daily Show better protect Mr. Holley now that y’all showed his name, face, and how much his house is worth! That dude’s got a great spirit & deserves some peace!
@Chet Muggins I advice expanding your resources beyond Wikipedia. Gentrification is when wealthy developers move to where land is cheap, then force owners out with low offers by creating issues through legal loopholes, then develop so called “luxury” condominiums which increases the cost of living drastically by bringing in wealthy outsiders. We can also get into the impacts racism has on wealth distribution and generational wealth traced back to slavery, but that’s a whole other can of worms. White Fragility
by Robin DiAngelo is a great book in my opinion to show you misconceptions you might have.
-1!
@Chet Muggins if you think developers and landlords aren’t forcing people out through illegal means then I’d like to have what you’re smoking
@@kayarashkarami1784 I just got "White Fragility" from the public library. Now I will up my reading time.
He didn’t say anything crazy lol he’ll be fine, hope he doesn’t sell.
Roy is one of the best personas on TV right now. He and Jordan Klepper are bringing levels of quality to the Daily Show I haven’t seen since Colbert was a corespondent. How he is able to interview these folks with a straight face and also with sincerity is something to behold. He also is able to talk about Black culture and headlines in the Black community without sounding like he is pandering
Lets not forget about Trevor now.
Can't forget Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic and Ronny and Dulce
@@darkchild4neverever I'm ngl, I find this guy way funnier than Trevor Noah. I really respect Trevor as an advocate, but man, he shouldn't advertise himself as a comedian.
@@BrownRicePaddy comedian do you mean his Netflix specials, daily show, or both
3:21 "ah you got to go." was the part that had me on the floor!🤣
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Riiiight
I mean, we gotta fight gentrification but if someone offered me that I might gotta pick my battles and take the money. 😂😂😂
I mean, I would totally sell my home for 2 or 3 million bucks. lol But on a serious note, it's harder for blacks to relocate just anywhere. We have to make sure the area we move to is inclusive, because most white Americans do not want to live next to black people no matter how liberal they claim to be.
I lived in Brooklyn my entire life, and what this man said at 1:14 is the truth. They treat people of color and people who have been here for decades like they're the ones moving in like they're the ones destroying the neighborhood. And what the ladies said too we've gotten 311 called on us a few times too. It makes sense since this guy is deadass filming in my neighborhood too
Kaila…I gotta say, I’m lost. I don’t get it. So far the only thing I can tell that’s going on is black people are mad they gotta live with white people now, but saying it’s the white people being mean and stuff. And if someone wants a $9 cup of coffee…they can have a $9 cup of coffee…
Edit: I’ve watched about 5 more vids now and I think I get it. This video is pretty much useless in explaining gentrification. It really starts back when the gov decides this area is not worth investing in. No banks, grocery stores, police stations, libraries, etc. and without that stuff, property taxes are puny. This doesn’t allow them to keep-up their neighborhood. BUT! When a bunch of wealthier people (often white) buy up the place, suddenly the people are worth having education and public safety that the people who have lived there for decades weren’t granted
@@OAT86 in my neighborhood in Flatbush, the black owned coffee shop is the MOST expensive. Maybe it's an outlier or maybe no one really enjoys paying that kind of scratch for a cup of coffee. IDK, I went there once, prefer a different coffee shop, which, if you enter will have people of all different races, enjoying their time, because idk I think people in the neighborhood like having a place to go to eat and hang out.
Grew up in Brooklyn, the Crown Heights area in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's. Would've never imagined how fast Brooklyn would change like this.
@@cameronschmit6472 I agree with you the government is causing the issue however why is it that the folks born and raised in the neighborhood decide to move away as soon as they start earning more than 6 figures? How about they don’t move away, advocate for all the things the neighborhood needs, and invest in the place they love so much.
I’m sorry but I’d rather live in an area that is safer and make my own coffee at home than to live in a run down neighborhood where there is a higher possibility of violence just so I can get a cheap cup of coffee. Smh
I heard Spike Lee speak on this, the calling on his father for playing his trumpet. He was their first.
This is a serious issue but Roy had me smiling the whole time, especially getting that $50.
The issue is declining white population in rest of America
@@nikhilkavia9613 They are not declining, they are just moving to black neighborhoods.
@@TouchofShunshine moving to black neighborhoods? I thought they usually moved when even one black family moved in. You mean it's been reversed?
@Nikhil Kavia just google what gentrification means
@@lucycan6363 It's been reversed but this time black people are coerced out by prices.
“That’s not a bodega cup” 😂😂😂💀
Hahah laughed at that to! I was thinking the samething. It’s like him pulling out a taco or a tuna wrap lol. I would be like that’s not a roast beef hero sandwich, or egg and bacon on a roll😂😂😂. So she caught him in the act 😂😂😂. We know the difference lol
They move to one of the most diverse cities in the world, then spend most sat/sun @ the new "artisan vegan coffee house", soon the Bodega's will sell coffee for $5! ☕
I'm a real estate photographer in NYC, and I literally just shot a absolutely tiny and awkward 2 bedroom apartment in Crown Heights that is being listed for... $1.15 million dollars. I almost laughed out loud when the broker told me the price. "Ridiculous" doesn't even begin to describe what's happening.
@Chet Muggins Desirable for who? There are people already living there, why can't you bother somebody else?
Gentrification, as well as many other aspects of life, really puts things in a sad perspective. When you're a lower income individual, you're essentially only allowed to have things because other, wealthier people don't want it yet. Once they do, you're out of luck.
Yep
Yep
You are saying nothing but the truth.
Nail on the head
I don't understand why a person who is struggling wouldn't want a richer more genrified negihborhood to grow up around them. It's cheaper to have the money move to you than for you to move to the money. Just as the old man said, he bought his house many years ago for $26,000, it's now worth $ 2 million. If i were him I would stay and transfer partial ownership to my kids NOW to avoid inheritance taxes, and I would set up a life estate allowing me to live there the rest of my life preventing the kids from selling the house out from under me until I'm dead. The problem is the old man still thinks of himself as the person who paid $26,000 for the house rather than the MILLIONAIRE he is now. It's all a mindset. And wealthy people have a mindset that keeps them wealthy. That's why they're polite to neighbors but don't want to have the neighbors know too much about them. The more you know your neighbors the more they ask of you.
Roy: "You tired of racism"
Thomas: yeah
Roy: then you don't go to Florida
Me: truest words ever spoken.
Conservatives make it racist in fl.
Many races in fl are racist towards eachother. Horribly. I spent my teen yrs in fl. My childhood in brooklyn where im from and my family.
Im from brooklyn and lived in fl. Im white.
Race isnt how we have homophobia or trans hate. It isnt race. Its conseevatism, islam, zion that cause racism, sexism, homophobia etc.
Lol. Dude has no idea. The grass looks greener I guess.
@@seattlerain4809 I've never really been to Florida much myself just Disney world as well but I know that generally the south are some of the more racists States cuz my mom told me she went to South Carolina and they nearly lynched her. That was way back in the days though before the anti-lynching bill. She said she went to teaching school there. I don't really know how racist Florida is probably like 8 or 9 I would imagine
@@tyrellcobb4665 I have an idea of how racist it is but not a full idea cuz I've never been around Florida long enough. So from what I know it falls within some of the more racist States just generally the south tends to be like that. My mom told me many many years ago probably like in the 90s or the 80s she went to school in South Carolina and they nearly lynched her. So that's to give a perfect idea of like how racist the south is but in terms of Florida specifically I think it's probably an 8 I would imagine
I was born in FL and in my experience, Ive seen (and experienced) more racism living in blue state of Connecticut, where I live, than in Florida.
Desantis is crushing it right now in Florida. You get more your dollar down there also.
Great segment! What I'd love to see more of is research on corporate buy-ups of neighborhoods. It's harder to put a face on, but it's a much bigger problem than individuals buying single family homes. There's a whole market for companies buying up "distressed property" that low-income families can't afford to renovate.
Goldman Sachs Backed Firm bought out $45 Millions worth of homes elsewhere in Florida
john oliver covered that
You are right that more attention needs to be paid to that aspect. It's akin to the hysteria raised against federal financial aid given to individuals compared to the silence generated by corpoarate welfare.
@@vladtepes97 can you provide a link?
The problem of buying up property isnt unique to USA, its happening in all capitalist countries. And it doesn't have to be "distressed property". My brother works in construction, where they build apartment blocks. He says that there are business people walking up to the construction sites and just asking...how many apartments you still have available for purchase. Whatever number they are told...they just reply " cool, ill take all of them please". There was an older couple that bought 20+ apartments without even checking them out first. The idea of home ownership for new families, single people, working-class people is over. The end stage of capitalism is strict higher/lower class society, where higher class citizens own everything and lower, working class citizens subscribe/rent everything. Soon, you wont own your car or your phone. You will subscribe to a "car" service.
Those gentrifiers are getting parental help - a new survey revealed that as much as half of millennial buyers receive financial support from parents so yes if you're wondering how your friend was able to afford the new million dollar build while holding a seemingly average job it's very likely he or she received some help from bill the dad who happens to be a partner in his law firm and rightfully so considering prices parents will naturally help children make such a step in their lives if they are capable.
-About nine in ten investors under 38 attributed their success to “inheritance” and “family connections”. The rest is recent boom in Silicon Valley.
The richest Americans are using complex estate planning techniques to transfer wealth to their children, grandchildren, and beyond.
This makes all the sense!!!
inheritance! I remember when cabs wouldn't go to Brooklyn, that's why I don't feel sorry for those who were duped into thinking medallions would always be worth a million dollars, welcome to America. It's hard to follow rules that change at will.
That's what integenerational wealth is for and how it is protected. If I had kids and they wanted to buy in an up an coming neighborhoood, I could wait until I died and pass along my resources as inheritance, or I could help them live a better life and protect my assets from inheritance tax by giving it directly to them WHILE they're young enough to use it.
@@christophermckinney3924 - Inter vivos gift.
That's great! The previous generation helping out the next. I like it. I mean the older generation could just hoard all of that for themselves but they are giving.
What’s bad about this is that the people moving in feel the need to “get rid” of the people who are there and erase the neighborhood. What they should be doing is integrating into the community that’s already established. But the white people going there wouldn’t be caught dead around most of the historical residents. That’s the issue. But overall it’s not bad to have artisanal coffee shops or boutique nail salons. Just respect people. It’s that simple
They don't think to make our neighborhood nice until the gentifiers come in. American St, 2blocks from me,hasn't had a trash can on the street in 20 years. Now there's one on every block.
@@MadameWesker its because they don't see those communities as worthy of investment. The people who live there have no worthy to them. Pretty black and white I guess
It's just a house. People don't have a responsibility to blend in.
@@abbymerchant2069 This is about really economics, not about people liking you. But they are highlighting that most of these gentrifiers act like trash.
White ppl have a history or moving in and feeling the need to get rid of the ppl who are already there. The native Americans are very familiar.
This is happening everywhere. There has to be some kind of balance because where are the people who originally from these areas supposed to live? My daughter lives in a little house in an area that many turned their noses at and now it’s the “ hot” spot. Most of the residents rent and the rent keeps going up. If it continues they’re not going to be able to afford to live there and there are no other areas for them to live.
And it's not just white people who are gentrifying either. There are plenty of Blacks and Hispanics moving in these areas too depending on the city.
Problem is the people moving there often don't have anywhere else they can afford to live either
Regulating or ending foreign investment in residential real estate would go a long way in helping people stay in or get affordable housing.
@@Bella-mx7rl - Lol! Don’t know about white hispanics but for the black people, NOT. How is that even remotely possible when it’s the black neighborhoods that get gentrified? That has AWAYS been the case. Please stop making up stuff. Sure, there will always be a black family here and there in a white neighborhood but for these new million dollar developments, the percentage is probably less than -1% and even as the numbers might increase, they will rarely reach double digit percentages. Other than athletes and entertainers, where in your world are everyday black people purchasing million dollar homes? Heck, $400k is the average price right now and even with a fairly decent job, which is what most of us will have, if employed at all, we can’t even afford it. Just please stop with the false narratives.
That's the plan.
I love Roy's work. His advice is spot on.
I moved to my 'hood because it was; a) diverse, and b) more affordable than the rest of Portland, OR. Property prices (not values in my mind) have tripled since then. When my place gets to $2M, I'll go looking for a new diverse community of displaced millionaires. But not Florida.
I hear you even in the Midwest housing prices have become unaffordable and unsustainable. My wife and I just returned from Costa Rica in March where we bought a lovely house in the mountains or less than a hundred thousand dollars. We will quietly watch the collapse of American civilization and democracy from a fairly remote place with the beautiful view of the valley below us
@@oneirishpoet 🤣
@@oneirishpoet Try not to gentrify Costa Rica please. Try to embrace the culture. Pura vida ✌️
@@raphaelhuddlestonflores2706 we are far away from the gringos!
Right on!!!!
Rich people take.
They take what they want.
I'm white in a place where the rich have decided to take. My neighborhood is mostly hispanic. They are wonderful people. They have block parties and are so friendly.
And they are pushing us all out if we need low cost living. It happened in California. I lived there in Anaheim in the 70s and it was amazing. Now we'd be homeless if we tried to live there. They took it.
To be black and have your community taken would be so awful. This makes me cry.
This is how it's always been for us. Every time we get a piece, it gets taken away
Its called thriving and flourishing. This segment is pretty racist actually. Just because the black community failed in making their community thrive and flourish doesnt make white people racist.
By the way, the whites who relocated to Brooklyn and ‘snitching’ are more than likely Joe TaliBiden supporters.
Reform, make a union of lower income home owners, take back what’s yours and show them rich people you’re not leaving
I hate to say it but poor white people are the first sign of gentrification. I have noticed that wealthy white people do not care for their fellow white neighbors if they are not the same economic level as them, causing poor white people to move to poorer neighborhoods with people of color. Meanwhile many Black neighborhoods tend to have large economic backgrounds in a single neighborhood. This is mainly because wealth increase doesn't change real estate in black neighborhoods because at the end of the day, it is a black neighborhood and we still have red-lining in this country.
@@ambersunnyamber CZcams needs a quoting feature for posts like this.
That shot at 3:34 was great. Roy moved to the right & the white guy behind him appeared in the shot to the left. A representation of the gentrification in Brooklyn maybe. Not sure if it was intentional but if it was, that was genius.
Lol
It was! And he had luggage as if he was just moving in. It seems too perfect for it to have not been staged, but I have witnessed moments with incredible timing before.
They found one of the palest dude for this shot LOL
And what is with those shorts, he and the apartment guy both ha e those 1978 race shirt shorts.....oy yeah, that is not a Bodega cup, my husband's been selling to Bodegas for 25 years.......
The camera is in the middle
“Give the closest black person $50” 😂😂😂 the way he was just standing there looking LOL
I was born and raised in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. I feel homesick and I haven't left my home. It's not the same.
MISSION #1 when I moved into my neighborhood in Bedstuy 2015: GET TO KNOW MY NEIGHBORS. RESPECT THE SPACE because it has a history. Some folks on my block GREW UP here, have seen it change. I've always tried to advocate for this. A significant part of the problem with gentrification is, among several, that it is also an attitude. One that can be rectified on the meso level.
Community should be valued over the dollar.
In a capitalistic society money is king.
"Are you tired of Racism?"
"Yes i am"
"And you're moving to Florida?!"
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oh man..theyre in for a rude awakening
I mean New York still has segregated schools
Fun Fact: Bed Stuy was a black neighborhood before it was even called Bed Stuy. Central Park was a Black and Irish neighborhood.
Remember this the next time the reparations conversation comes up amongst your "friends". It's much deeper than slavery. Some of the most valuable real estate in America was black neighborhoods that were taken away, often through eminent domain, which is still legal today.
Before Bed-Stuy was black (in its most recent iteration), it was Jewish and Italian. Before that, it was upper-middle class German and Irish. Before that, it was mostly countryside with a village/community of free black people (probably what you're referring to). Before that, it was Dutch and before that, it was Native American (apparently Canarsie Indians). And if this video is a sign of the future, it is about to become white. And then some time in the distant future, it will become something else. And then something else again.
I appreciate this SO MUCH! As painful as a topic this is as I see my city currently being gentrified, Roy made my full of joy and laughter. All while getting out the message. THANK YOU ❤️💕
Roy deserved that $50 & then some for this segment. Great work yet again Daily Show!
Even funnier is Roy is wealthier than she is
@@theyrealltaken3 And white people still make things harder for those around them literally wherever they go, your point?
Yup. When I lived in Crown Heights the entitled trying to be cutting edge white demographic moved in and and had no regard for manners. No please, thank you or excuse me- walking barefoot to the overpriced taco spot, and throwing their trash n dog poo on the sidewalks. So rude to my Nigerian local bakery owners/friends that they closed shop and left. They were like my family. I eventually left too.... So sad. But it's happening everywhere.
You know this sounds a lot like racism’s..replace white with “ arabs” and read through lol…
Those “please and thank you” encounters and knowing your local shop owners make us smile and make our lives so much more pleasant. This is serious loss you’re talking about. The tragedy of our time.
Walking barefoot to the taco spot??? That’s nasty
@@euenfheiejrj Or in pajamas. Or whatever other out-of-place stuff.
😂😂😂 Roy said he followed a trail of succulents 🤣🤣🤣
I know, as a white chic who grows succulents, I’m a little butthurt, lol. But hey, I do live in the desert, where they are native. New York? Maybe not so much…
@@down-to-earth-mystery-school 😄
There is a "special pride" when u see then walking on the street, bags, hands full of succulents, apples, carrots & sprouts from the artisanal, organic markets!🤣🤣
lol I was thinking the same thing "you're tired of racism but you want to go to FL...?"
I think he was joking.
Which direction does racism flow in? From which groups to which groups? Think about that.
@@X2LR8 ok Yoda. Wasnt aware that I needed to look at racism like a river. But if we're going to go all Confucius with this then it flows from within and throughout ones self. Ones self though can be influenced and manipulated by other currents and streams to change their own flow though.
People theorize that all flows start off innocent and pure and along the way the influence of other streams changes that innocence. So if you're raised by racists then they could have an influence to make you into one too. But some people have very strong inner streams and choose not to be racist.
I'd like you to think about what outside forces and groups can help to change a person from not being a racist to a racist and what outside forces and inner forces can keep one from becoming a racist when racism is all around them.
Think about that.
Florida has a lot of parts that aren’t racist.
Roy is wonderful! I first found out about him after seeing him on Conan years ago when I first moved to LA. I laughed so hard that I immediately bought tickets to one of his shows. Ran into him in the bathroom but didn't say anything until we got out because, the bathroom, he told me to hit him up after the show. Saw him in the parking lot and told him how his Conan set made me laugh so much I immediately bought a ticket. He was so happy he took down my info and mailed me some swag and a comedy cd. Dude is legit!
Caused an increase to "I want to speak to the Manager"...Classic!!!!
I just had to watch 5 other videos on gentrification to answer all the questions I had after watching this video. What I learned was the gentrification doesn’t start at the buying process. It starts way back when the gov decides that the area isn’t worth investing in. They don’t put libraries, police stations, groceries stores, or banks there….until wealthier people come buy up the place. Then all of a sudden it’s worth educating and caring for the community that lives there. The “being nice to your neighbors” angle this is taking is such a small and pointless part of the conversation
I'm a high school US History and American Government teacher. Reading this made my heart so happy! You did your research to look for the root cause of the problem and how it affects people. Please, continue to do this and share with other people that you do. Encourage it, too.
I'm working on my master's thesis about how to use the education system to improve society. Understanding what you've found, what do you think your role in society is? How can you help make a difference in society? Also, why don't you think being considerate of others (being nice is only one aspect of it) is pointless?
Cameron, A lot of us that have experienced gentrification already understood the information you received, therefore, I thought that was the joke of it 🤷🏾♀️
@@StrongnBeautiful totally valid!
And that is US govt policy that affects all cities over the last century. Disinvestment in black people, specifically, ghettoization. They don't allow black people to get loans or when they do, charge extra. Makes it harder to buy a home here and instead have to rent. But then, they've also made it hard to have a well-paying job for blacks, overall, from history. Education and economics. And so, when home values are low, it makes it that much easier to buy up the land for wealthy whites who will then drive up rents because they own it. When government sees enough whites in the area, that's when they decide to drive up taxes and in turn, invest in those amenities such as schools, emergency services, etc. The commercial interests such as developers, businessmen with service and offices, they come later to basically reinforce the system. You won't see heavy industry with all of its pollution and noise move in once they've agreed it is too white and valuable.
How does the government force banks and grocery stores to move into there? We are having a problem in Chicago where grocery stores in Englewood keep closing because the companies are losing money due to theft and the residents not buying there. I get the sentiment, but its way more complicated than just "putting a grocery store"
Genius. Addressing such a real cultural issue and still made it funny. Loved it.
@Chet Muggins That is such a bigoted and racist statement.
@Chet Muggins Please use what buzzwords? What buzz words are you referring to?
@Chet Muggins I didn't say your statement which was " I don’t think African Americans understand supply and demand economics" is bigoted and racist for no reason.
If every time you see a tree and you call it a tree, that doesn't take away from the meaning of the word tree. You can't be that ignorant can you?
What you wrote is bigoted and racist. The reason is as clear to me as the image of you wearing a pointy hat and bed sheets.
To say an entire race of people do not understand supply and demand economics is unfair and absolutely incorrect. How do you explain people like Michael Jordan, Barack Obama, Michel Obama, Opra Winfrey, Erving Johnson, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Thurgood Marshall, Colin Powell, Glen Loury, Daymond Johnson, and so many more.
@Chet Muggins Go sling your hate on someone else. I'm not interested.
She Venmoed him $50… rolling! 😂 Roy Wood is a freakin’ comedy GENIUS!
If they actually buying houses for $2-$3 million, $50 is nothing
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@AnonNameless they're renting for 2k a month with roommates
@@AnonNameless They aren't. Buildings are being bought by real estate companies, turning single and two-family homes into apartment buildings, renting to millennials. She could never afford to buy an apt, let alone a house. Families buying houses to live are contribute to the neighborhood much more often than the transient renters.
Or pretended to for the story ... 🤷♂️🤷♂️
I knew Bed-stuy was done the moment that I saw a bunch of night joggers and pilates studios. I walk in places I've been going for years and the new customers look at me like "how'd he get in here?".
That's gotta cut deep.
Because you know nobody is crazy enough to be running at night through the ghetto unless they are really not afraid cops are going to shoot them arbitrarily. Plus, who is jogging at night except somebody who clearly wants to be harmed? Stay in your house and run in place to stay safe.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, funny, not funny, wow, I've seen it too!
I’m a real estate broker and I live in Crown Heights, not a native but came after college and been here 16 years. I’ve witnessed Brooklyn’s gentrification as a tenant and broker and it’s heartbreaking. The older gentlemen was absolutely correct about prices. The smaller 2-family brownstones and limestone go for $1.6-$2.2M, (I’m selling one now for $1.9M), the larger 3-4 family ones go for $2.5M+, specifically in Bed Stuy and Crown Heights. It’s a great thing for the owners that have lived there for decades, the real estate is working like the wealth generating tool that’s it’s supposed to be. The problem is not too many black can afford to buy it. So the buyer is usually a white couple. I have a few on my block, nice people and they speak to us but many other white people in the neighborhood don’t. They have a colonizer mentality, they move into a neighborhood with no respect for the culture that’s already there, hence the 311 calls. The government not caring about these neighborhoods is also true. I remember really bad winters when we’d get snowed in for days because the city wouldn’t send plow trucks to clear until all the white neighborhoods got cleaned first. Now all of a sudden white people move on and the city cares about the neighborhood. Or the racist appraisers that undervalue a home just because it’s occupied by people with black skin. Same house gets occupied by white now it magically has a million or more in equity. It’s just flat out racism.
There are so many amazing majority-Black, majority-Latin, and majority-Asian neighborhoods in the U.S. that I would absolutely consider moving to, but I have a deeply rooted fear about becoming one of these gentrifiers and ruining what makes the neighborhoods so great in the first place. I love the idea of more racial intermingling in our nation and the better relationships and understandings that could come of it, but we can't do that at the expense of the people who've invested into building up these existing neighborhoods for generations already. Thanks for another excellent piece!
Go to sleep. You clearly need it.
This is America! Move wherever you want. However, if you are moving into a red state, dont bring any liberal voting tendencies 😅
@Censored Opinions tell that to communities that are pushed out for gentrification.
@Censored Opinions sweetheart, there are white communities in this country right now that fight hard not to have any people of color in their neighborhoods and win. For you to deny deep rooted history from the many different races this country inhabits is simply a matter of ignorance. Kicking black people out of their homes and raising the rent on the disenfranchised in favor for yuppy hipster Caucasians is a timeless tale. Seems like you are just fine with it, but that doesn't make it fine.
@@MajorHenryL. Man, you need some liberal tendencies in your area otherwise you all the same, and that’s boring. Lol
“The world is in more peril from those who tolerate evil or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.” -Dr. Albert Einstein, 1953
What evil? Or is that just a rando quote?
@@always_markb The video is about a specific social evil. Play it again and listen carefully. You'll hear the answer to your question.
Great quote! We have evil all around us. That is why we need to vote them out.
@@dontaylor7315 What is the exact evil being "inflicted" here? I think that these nuanced words like "forced" out do nothing more than provide a soapbox. It is hyperbole. NO one is "forced" out. They simply cannot afford their life. Right or wrong is irrelevant. Progress will happen and it will steamroll principles every time. The true issue is systemic poverty. Why can't these people afford their lifestyle anymore? Money. You cannot live in areas that are seeing upgrades while having a static flow of income. SS won't cut it. Again, choices made earlier in life, such as: retirement from jobs, pensions, educational levels, etc. All of these are variables that determine how someone will be able to provide for themselves later in life. That one dude owns a home that is now worth 2 MILLION. Right? He isn't complaining about anything except new neighbors that haven't said "hello". He doesn't care, He said himself he is moving to Florida!!!! That was funny.
@OBVIOUSLY IMRIGHT Super cute btw. Snappy and snarky. I bet you're super popular with the kids :) It was a legit question. Cool quote for sure, but its relevance to the topic of discussion? Is gentrification "evil"? Are the new residents "evil"? Is that what is being said? Is systemic poverty the real issue perhaps? Are people scared to broach that topic? Hyperbole?
Can we get a copy of that gentri-flyer? 🤣🤣 Gotta pass 'em out haha.
"Masterpiece" that!🤣🤣🤣
I really thought Roy was pulling out a brown bag to hide his uppity coffee in on the Streets😂😂not a flyer
Yep, me too. That's what I thought.
😂 I'm looking at the flyers like, "Why are the flyers DONE?? They're BRAND NEW!!" 😂
Yes my hometown. It doesn't feel the same when I go back. I agree with everything Roy said and I love his Gentri-Flyer genius
I’ve never seen someone with my name 👋🏾
@@ShavanaRaven me either nice to meet you
Same happening to my Neighborhood. Its just strange people who would NEVER give you the time of day, now move near you with the SAME attitude and act as if I moved next to them.
Lol
My gawd, this is a perfect summation. 😮👏🏾👏🏾
That is "the rub", why move if ur still only interact with people who only look like u?!🤔
That Gentri-Flyer was BRILLIANT!!!! 🤣🤣
I think NOT speaking to your neighbor because skin tone is DEMONIC & heinous.
That's not it at all. Hipster types are never friendly to strangers. I lived in Brooklyn for many years but I live in manhattan now and my white neighbors almost never even say hello, both here and back in BK. Meanwhile my puerto rican neighbors and I were tight back in the day.
@B Babbich My friend u have a lot to learn
@B Babbich Yes, they’re as racist as anyone else. They grew up in this toxic
stew called America also.
Yeah it sure would be wonderful to talk to neighbors who think your very presence there is racist and you're a scheming racist planning to "destroy" their neighborhood... Fun
@@RingoLoadagain I'm skeptical because you probably had Italian or jewish friends cause we influenced each other As far as like fashion and dialect. Sergio tachinni, gucci, fila are Italians brands that lots of blks wore back in the day
That's not a bodega cup 😂
I love this piece, I am from Brooklyn and I agree with every word. They just taking away what make Brooklyn Uniquely beatiful
Really love Roy Wood Jr. This segment was awesome!
If I lived next to that old man I would talk to him every day!
My favorite elderly neighbors moved away - one to Florida. And just this week, I had a new young neighbor move in & both her & her very botox'ed mother were so rude. What ever happened to just say a nice hello to your new neighbors? I'm a WOC, so I dont appreciate when someone bashes the neighborhood right off the batt -cause they couldn't buy in their affluent area.
@@solegonz762 I'm a middel aged white dude and I feel the exact same way. I don't expect everyone to want to come over and hang out every weekend. But a wave and a smile don't cost anything. We can all afford it each common courtesy......
I was just told that they clicked administrative fees for up to $200 even though they made neither person the apartment it’s legalise theft and their increasing rent $150 and more on top of what they’re paying which is well over $1000 nearly 2 grand or more something should be done about this because they’re creating a homeless population and they’re getting away with harming peoples livelihoods or ability to thrive
I visited my old childhood neighborhood last year. Fort Greene, Brooklyn don't look the same no more. Also they are closing the elementary school on that block too. SMH.
So sad. Ft Greene/Clinton Hill was the artistic black Mecca.
Remember when 96th St. was the stop that you would be able to get a seat all the way to WH? Now the 1, 2, 3, 4 buses are crowed all the up to the Heights. 🤣🤣🤣 If you don't grab a seat, you will be standing all the way home.
As I life long stap hanger, I agree. Use to stand in front of them on the 2 train knowing they wouldn't venture past 96th St! Amazing what's happening now. They did the same to Harlem. The Boogie Down South Bronx is next! 🤨
@@dianegreen1937 The area across the 2nd Ave bridge to The Bronx.. gentrified. Loft apartments and artist lofts. You know you are gentrified when the planters are put outside the stores. I used to go to antiquing in that area.
@@terryedwards171 Yup, I knew the area well.
There should be more stories about this.
“Just be Kind”. I love that dude.
Been happening in Chicago too (which is already the most segregated city in the United States). The south side (that's supposedly infamous for being sooooooo dangerous (which is a generalized stereotype)), has had a LOT of gentrification. And I feel the same way - no respect for who was already there.
Milwaukee is right up there as a contender for the most segregated
Newsflash- white people built these places but were chased out. Ever heard of blockbusting?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting
Why didnt the previous generations of blacks who were there do anything to make the communities flourish?
@@MajorHenryL. Have u ever heard of that thing called systemic racism? If you're black we will definitely not be overcoming soon if more of us don't start playing chess as opposed to checkers.
@@andreabrown4541
You dont believe that elevated black on black crime and poor city leadership has anything to do with it? Im discussing strictly Chicago in this case.
I am familiar with certain areas of Atlanta where this is happening, but the neighborhoods which were previously slums and financial dead weight when they were overwhelmingly black, are now clean and prosperous under the white demographic.
yeah they are all here. I can't afford my rent and all of us who have been raised here are being pushed out. It's terrible
I stayed at an economy Airbnb in Bedstuy a few years back and I have to say that for just the few days I was there, I felt incredibly welcomed by the old school folks from the neighborhood. As a white person from a small midwest town, this isn't an issue I fully understand yet but I appreciate hearing from these long-term residents.
Because we are welcoming. But history shows that other populations take advantage of it and decide to colonize. It happens over and over.
being that you actually stayed in Bed Stuy you probably know more than 1/2 these so called "experts"
Sad but true. The end part had me rolling. “you gonna go to Florida?!” Lololololol. I was born in Do or die BedStuy, and lived my earliest years in East New York (Pink Houses)…we left there long ago, but it still bothers me to see how kind standing communities of homeowners are being gentrified. Like Harlem. Same thing!
Yes, especially Harlem
It's ridiculous
They all just tryna get as close as they can to Manhattan. Williamsburg's been completely taken over. Bed-Stuy is well into the process. They even gentrifying Bushwick and Brownsville, which, as someone also born and raised in Brooklyn, is just crazy to hear.
@@Phyoomz Someone’s gotta pops some rounds into the air every other week to keep them from coming in😂
@@lanxy2398 🤣🤣 forreal (DANGER)
"I'm sorry for cussin" respecting the ol school.
Hilarious. Unfortunately, Roy is about 25 years too late. The gentrification wave in Brooklyn begin in the late 90s, and there are some who would say that it began in the mid 70s depending on the neighborhood. Fortunately, Brooklyn is a massive borough (at one time the fourth largest city in the country) and there are still many pockets of Brooklyn that are not gentrified, and are unlikely to be gentrified anytime soon.
Right. Gentrification has arrived in East New York and Brownsville.
@@nicolaf5484 Yep. Not surprising.
Brooklyn was 92% white in 1950, so it started when blacks moved to n and displaced whites. Blacks are the original gentrifiers.
@@nicolaf5484 BROWNSVILLE?!!!!! Where?!!!
@@DDELE7 Yes, Brownsville Brooklyn. Buildings are going up like crazy. Homes are being purchased.
The thing about gentrifiers not being friendly with neighbors isn't just a new york thing. I think they are all reading from the same playbook nationwide. Gentrifiers starter kit:. 1) they don't speak 2) they have a HUGE dog that they walk daily. 3)female jogger who wears Sarah Connor style combat gear and hat. Anyone else notice these characters?
My Apartment Building in Manhattan NYC, has 12 units which where occupied by hispanic families in the past. Now my building has 3 hispanic families left and the rest of the units are occupied by white anti social's. They pass by you in the hallway and it's like your not even there. I was thought to hold the door open for your neighbors, but I had to stop doing that. These white neighbors, wouldn't give you the same courtesy, or say thank you when you held the door open for them. These people come in late to the neighborhood and disrupt our living conditions with their rudeness and karenicity.
I don’t know, maybe they actually have to work ridiculous hours to pay these insane rents because they don’t have rent-stabilization. Also, do you consider subsidizing the losses that landlords have by having rent rent regulated units and paying for all of the social services that lower income New Yorkers use through taxes to be disrupting your living conditions? Look, I live in a very similar building to yours in Manhattan, and while I’ll always hold the door and say thanks, I don’t always have the time for any more interaction, not that any of the older residents are trying to initiate it anyway.
And those white anti socials are all Joe TaliBiden supporters
@@MattSezer Not all Hispanics live of the government we have careers, so don't get it twisted, that was very bias of you, your true colors shined through. If we couldn't afford the rent we wouldn't still be living there. think before you speak don't assume. I'm just saying my white neighbors are rude. Did I hit a nerve< are you a rude white tenant where you live? Sounds like it to me.
@@DonaBlancas If you work enough that you make as much money as the people moving in, then by definition they're not gentrifiers. You don't have a right to tell me where I can and can't live, just like I don't have a right to tell you. Stop acting all entitled, and maybe the reason why people aren't treating you with respect is that you're not treating them with respect?
@B Babbich being interverted is way different from being snobbish. The difference is very clear.
hating the snow, hating shoveling the snow, and hating gathering up all the leaves are exactly the same reasons why my boomer dad would love to move to Florida 🤣🤣🤣
“ The money is great but it’s not everything.” Well said. Though it seems like a lot it is not. Ownership is worth so much more. Too bad most of the people who sold their homes/property did not see the value in ownership, community & legacy.
gotta love Mr. Roy Wood Jr. 😂
this was amazing
I love when Roy do his skits...true, on the money and funneeee af!!🤣🤣🤣
The “you got to go” sent me 😂😂😂😂😂
Not gonna lie, that lady in the end has one of most beautiful and sincere smiles I’ve seen in a minute.
I was choosing
She looks so evil in the thumbnail though! Haha
Average
@@ms.bubs4fun506 to each his own
Love Roy and sympathize for the people he interviewed. That said, this problem can only be solved if we build and develop more walkable urban places with public transit. People want cities and neighborhoods, not just suburbs, which is why they are moving to Brooklyn. Locally and nationally we need to recognize the need for more and denser housing that is built on a human scale.
Exactly, this is the solution, instead of restricting growth we should increase it.
A lot people want trees and clean air!
I agree with you & we’d also love
a place for young white people to live happily before they come and ruin the communities we already have. Saying this from the DC area.
pls give Roy his own show already....the man is a treasure
Regulating or ending foreign investment in residential real estate would go a long way in helping people stay in or get affordable housing.
Nicely done segment that was both humorous & insightful.
Historically, some folks have been continuously invading other people's lands & communities and making them their own. Either with guns & smallpox or with leveraged capital. (Note that property laws conveniently arrived after the lands occupied by Native Americans were stolen from them.)
So, yeah, there is a pattern here. And a System that cleverly perpetuates the pattern and now makes it look like "the invisible hand of the market" at work. But guess what color the invisible hand is...
I just appreciate the fact that he literally was like give $50 to your closest neighbor and he literally goes up closer and she's just like yeah you clearly want $50
I was rolling! 😆😆😆😆
can we talk about how stunningly beautiful she is!?? i mean wow, hmu 🤙!!!
@@jjm2233 Average
She was scared and he took advantage of that
@@ms.bubs4fun506 probably
I love Roy Wood Jr's work . All of it
Love this guy 😂
Same here. Mostly white, though the difference being wealth and age. I can’t afford the restaurants here anymore, and those hipsters run through as if I was invisible.
Yeah, no respect for people already living there. Too much "out with the old in with the new" laissez-faire attitudes. Where is our humanity?
And they come in with their self entitlement, nose in the air, not caring about the history of the place or its original inhabitants ..... I resent these gentrifiers ! And in a few years it be a just another bland white neighborhood with no character and no color and no vibe.
@B Babbich Ok bot, thanks for your misinterpretation. No mention of owning, but pointed out communities respecting each other. Have a nice day
@B Babbich Wow, what company owns you?
“So 311 is the snitch line and the police don’t come right away” 😂 😂 😂
They doing the same to Philadelphia... It's so bad they shutting down schools & turning them into luxury apartments. It makes My heart ache & make Me tear up. Bc from them shutting down schools they put the displace children in other neighborhoods which causes overcrowding which cause friction which causes more gun violence. Im talking about all the way down to middle school. Sometimes when I drive by an big construction site where I know there were row homes now it's one big luxury apartment building or condos My heart breaks. Like when will this stop
My tribe sista, I can see by your name that you are in the spirit. It's hard out here, they make it so hard for many! If we keep Gods commandments & live righteously, there is a reward in the end! APTTMHG!
I gotta start going live in my Lyft!!! Very interesting conversations go on on my car!!!
Go Roy! The hero we didn’t deserve but needed ✊🏿
This is genius ! Love these videos.
His sarcasm is hilarious 😂
I'm not from new york, but I love to see people studying home life, city living, realty, neighborhoods, things of this nature, civilian studies. I want more of this in other areas of the state or other cities. I am fascinated to know now about the 3-1-1 line.
Dat girl who paid is 🔥
Yes! Yes! Yes!. It is absolutely ridiculous that homes bedstuy are going for millions of dollars. They've always been beautiful homes, they have always had value the people who reside in them don't give them the value they are architectural gems. And the gentrification is foolishness!. I lived on Utica Avenue right at Fulton street and would hang outside my window every morning and watch for the B46 bus to come down the street. I would then run downstairs and hop on to take 2 busses To my high school. The Bodega I lived on top of carried wonderful fresh fruit and flowers that I would get.
Blackfolk-my brothers, my sister's please stop throwing your money away , wearing your money on your back and learn how to save. Save and re invest. Do not be shortsighted be in it for the long haul that's how we will save our neighborhoods!!!
Hate gentrification but if someone hit my line saying they will pay me $2M RIGHT NOW for my house they got it. 😂😂😂
@@williehardiman6766 at the point in time all you have to do is refinance your house with those low interest rates in the last two years and invest that money 'til it stacked to the moon. $2M with a conservative 6% yearly return to pay back interest less than 3% is a no brainer imo
I have a friend who recently bought in an older, quaint neighborhood here in the Central Valley of California. The lady who sold it to her held on to the property- waited until she could sell to someone who wanted to live there and enjoy the community (this was in spite of many offers for Much More than the asking price that seemed to be from corporations). I thought that was a brave and thoughtful thing to do. The seller was trying to keep a way of life intact. Gentrification is tearing us apart here in California and a major reason for homelessness.
Blaqqs carry their wealth around their necks - is there a more foolish, insecure and immature people- I think not
@Willie Hardiman
Only difference is you would’ve sold at 750K - as most did. Once whytee moved in the prices started skyrocketing…
Roy is THE BEST!!!! HILARIOUS!!!!.....and brilliant.
love how he finessed that $50 😆
That’s wrong
Love that. The world would be a better part if everyone could "just be kind."
great video!! and educative, sometimes we forget about our history in the urban areas, thanks for that
@peter g The word “educative” is defined in Merrimack/Webster online as:
Tending to educate : instructive // an educative experience
: of or relating to education
Very timely remark on your part- just the snobbery that is underlying this discussion.
Merriam/Webster I have corrected this autocorrection three times!
Just back to Brooklyn after a few years travelling, so shocked & dismayed to see all the changes, going into my friend's Brownstone & getting looks from the "newbies"!
The $50 thing had me howling!
That was gold 😂😂😂😂
Agree Florida def not the ideal place to avoid racism… but the $2M+ should help
No, disappearing acts really happen in South Florida. There are racist islanders living there too.
Old brother needs to find a working accent to live there without looking over your shoulder daily!
As long as you got the millions, people WILL serve you.
Roy Wood Jr. and Jordan Klepper do such incredible field pieces-hilarious, thoughtful, and informative.
My home town is being gentrified in order to appeal to the middle class overflow from Raleigh. The haves are forcing the have-nots out of their generational homes. The county has raised property taxes 41% in one year. They've began putting money into the infrastructure in the hood, cleaning and upgrading the community parks, bike lanes, cross walks, etc. The county Hasn't spent a dime on the east side of Sanford NC in 30 years...now we have bike lanes and stop lights? Gtfoh leave these families be. These homes are often times the only thing these people have. Besides, they need their houses for when they are profiled, arrested, and can't afford a bondsman. Collateral works where cash isn't an option.
I would feel a whole lot safer if I knew I had a Black wizard in my neighborhood.
I was born in BedStuy and my parents moved us to Queens when I was 10 yrs old. My new husband who never left Brooklyn wanted to live in Brooklyn. So we moved back to that same BedStuy neighborhood you are reporting from. Loved that there were generations of Black homeowners there. Thirty four years later my husband and I sold our Brownstone in Stuyvesant Heights on Stuyvesant Ave for almost 2 million because we got tired of all the whites who moved in and arrogantly succeeded in changing the flavor of the neighborhood. And by the way the younger generation of Blacks were always inviting their white friends to BedStuy. Everything you are talking about was happening. They wanted to move in Black Bedstuy but not really with Blacks! Owners of Akwaaba Mansion on MacDonough were instrumental in bringing a lot of whites to the neighborhood. 2017 we moved to Virginia in a predominantly Black neighborhood on a lake and love it!! But unfortunately we have noticed whites driving around and checking out the neighborhood. Deja vu???? Surely hope not.
Lol, I hear that!!
My dad grew up in Greenpoint which I have no memory of because he took a job in Poughkeepsie in '56. We often went down to Brooklyn to visit family. Have some great memories of Brooklyn in the early '60's.
I am Bklyn born and bred...this was spot on!! 💯
I was born and raised in crown heights and it’s sad I can’t even afford to live there anymore
Thats not a bodega cup! 😅
This was EXCELLENT
That woman is a vibee😹😹
This is also happening in Philadelphia in the Northern Liberty and Old Kensington sections of the city. When yoi are going through the neighborhood they act as if you're the new comer in the neighborhood. In Puerto Rico their buying up all the beach front properties and then try to make the beaches in their area private so the locals would be bared from entering after centuries of public use.
Doing same in Jamaica & other Islands, in Haiti, they can dock from a cruise ship , enjoy private beaches & only interact with the "locals" as servants!