Housing Discrimination: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The woman who said ".. I realized, I was the thing that devalued my house..", That was absolutely heartbreaking.

“I’m the thing that was devaluing my house”… that’s downright heartbreaking.

If that town historian was genuinely that shocked, he wasn't a very good historian. Signed, Another historian

In case nobody knows, or hasn’t gone to look it up yet… THE BRUCES GOT THEIR BEACH BACK! In July, 2022 the county finally returned it to the family, and that shit is dope to see. Now, we just need to do it a few million more times 😅

"Pardon me, Angie. These are not my words." Oh, god bless this woman.

While the rascism is obscene I am just as amazed at how easy it was for boomers to settle down in life. No down payments, low or non existent interest rates, and very low monthly payments. And now that same generation keeps insulting everyone nowadays with their sermons on hard work.

"If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound. They won't even admit the knife is there." MALCOLM X

Two and a half months after John talked about it, Manhattan Beach finally returned "Bruce's Beach" to it's rightful owner

People forget we gave reparations to slave owners, not the slaves themselves after "abolition".

"If you stick a knife in my back 9 in and pull it out 6 in, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. The progress is healing the wound that the blow made. They won’t even admit the knife is there" - Malcolm X

I just want to say thank you to HBO and LWT for making these available on Youtube for free.

As others have said, Rose proves that the 'they're from an older generation' argument is nonsense. Rose seems like such a sweet woman.

Mitch just said out loud that the Civil War was about slavery.

My dad was a black police officer. I remember being really young, like 4, and my mom, who was white, crying in the car one day because we got turned away from buying a house in a nice neighborhood because my dad was black. My mom was just so shocked and upset, and my dad, who was driving, felt so bad for her, but he wasn't really angry or upset, it was just something he was used to at that point. That was one of my earliest memories, and I wish it wasn't, but at least my dad got a little leeway, being a cop. I can't imagine the memories other black and mixed kids have in the back of their heads.

My dad bought our house in the 70s in a predominantly black neighborhood when he had almost no money. People around him said, “You don’t want to move in that neighborhood with THOSE PEOPLE.” My dad simply said, “ hey. If they’re giving away houses, I’m getting in line.” We loved our neighbors growing up.

Ben Sharpiro "There is no historical systemic racism in America which has lasting effects today" John Oliver and History "Ahem..."

If my family had $20m worth of land taken from them, and decades later people thought that the way to make up for it would be to spend $350k on things like a plaque detailing the story of how they ripped my family off, I'd be burning some shit to the ground. Believe it.

John missed an opportunity to say "Do you want Snoop snooping?"

I love that one woman's response when people tried to fearmonger her out of her home. "Hell, I'm gonna join 'em". That's nails, that is. Love it.

This man is a treasure. The best thing about YouTube is you can get direct and concise facts from people who do the research.