An American Girl: the Problems of Prejudice (1958)

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  • This film, made by the same folks responsible for All the Way Home, show us the underside of the "nice, simpler time" of the 50s, this time from a teen's perspective. Teenaged girl Norma gets a pretty silver charm bracelet for her birthday from her little sister, who bought it in a second-hand store. When Norma returns to the store with her friends to get the storekeeper to decipher some foreign characters on one of the charms, she finds out it is a Jewish bracelet. When the storekeeper shows her a star of David charm that goes with it, Norma has it put on the bracelet, despite the protests of her friends, who think it is "weird." Norma does it because she thinks it's pretty, but she finds that wearing a bracelet with Jewish symbols on it is "not done" in her neighborhood and it leads to ostracism by most of the kids at school, including her best friends. One of her friend's mothers actually accuses Norma of hiding a Jewish identity and insists that she should make friends with "her own kind." Fortunately, Norma's parents are unusually intelligent and thoughtful in this matter. They realize that they cannot shield their daughter from the ugliness that is showing in their "nice" neighborhood after the bracelet scratched its surface, and they allow Norma to make her own decision about what to do about it, according to her own conscience. Norma chooses to confront the PTA with her experiences by reading her diary aloud to them. This film is a good counterpoint to the social guidance films made during this period, most of which stress "fitting in." What those other films failed to show was that some people were not even given a chance to "fit in" and that conforming to the group is not always a good thing. The fact that the filmmakers didn't actually make Norma Jewish just shows how pervasive the problem of racism was, and how it was covered up with innuendo and hints, in order to maintain the facade of "niceness." Again, this is a film that is necessary viewing in order to get a more complete version of what the 50s were like, and the price that was paid for its "niceness."
    Producer: Anti-Defamation League Of B'nai B'rith
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  • @HaHaHaLMFAOtv
    @HaHaHaLMFAOtv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    What stood out to me the most was how smart she was. The way she think and write - it all shows that Norma is more intelligent than friends around her. And I think it's a very beautiful gesture to wear a bracelet. She red the diary of Anne Frank, became aware of what have happened in Europe and choose to support Jews by wearing a bracelet in time when racism was all over the place. I think she was very brave for her age. And reading her personal diary to a huge audience also takes a lot of courage.

    • @lynetteh824
      @lynetteh824 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it's very commendable to not be racist & accept, see the good in all peoples from different ethnicities, cultures, traditions, religions & all backgrounds in life. But it has to work both ways. You see, let's just use one example. If Norma was to meet a Jewish boy, fall head over heels in love with him, he wouldn't nor couldn't accept Norma as she is & go steady with her. There would be so many problems & marriage would definitely be out of the question. It's wonderful to praise Norma for her strong beliefs & values, but what about the negative values of others towards her?

  • @versacegang4140
    @versacegang4140 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I wish I could find a boyfriend as considerate and kind as Jack.

  • @Silent157
    @Silent157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "I'm just not an enemy of anybody"
    Love how this video ended

  • @RememberRox
    @RememberRox 8 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    7:02 "Mother is that going to be too short?". It really was a different time wasn't it!

    • @gabs-vz6re
      @gabs-vz6re 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @terieber
      @terieber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      She didn't mean too short for modesty. She was talking about the current style for dance dresses. Mom assures her "They're wearing them shorter!"

    • @enobongekong1112
      @enobongekong1112 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RememberRox seriously i ask that question all tge time😂i feel old now

    • @momento_mori_carpe_diem7998
      @momento_mori_carpe_diem7998 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Enobong Ekong same and Im 16

    • @17spyguy
      @17spyguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      "is that gonna be too short"
      Me: "na you can shave a few feet off"

  • @QuietlyCurious
    @QuietlyCurious 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I really like the dad, he's so gentle and wise :)

  • @riggs20
    @riggs20 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I watch these vintage old documentaries because they usually present a cutesy, idealized version of postwar America. But this one really surprised me! It was very inspiring. I don't know if I would have been as brave as Norma. I'm really glad I stumbled upon this. If I ever have a daughter, I hope she is this courageous. If Norma were real, she'd have gone on to be a tremendous woman.

    • @KateGladstone
      @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or she would have decided to change and be like her friends. I know some men and women who are about the same age that Norma would be today, and they were like her when they were her age, and they aren’t now, “Oh, yes, when I was young and idealistic, I believed that there was such a thing as ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ... what a little fool I was!”

  • @mrengulfeddirector
    @mrengulfeddirector 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "i'm just not an enemy of everybody." holy shit praise the fucking lord this girl had it right all along i love it

  • @simw7232
    @simw7232 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "Things like this dont happen any more" "the nazis are finished" ...I beg to differ 🙄

  • @TheRatDiaries
    @TheRatDiaries 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is how I feel in today's world, where everyone seems to be divided and anything can be taken offensively. If we all just chilled a second, took on the innocence of a loving child, and walked a mile in the other side's shoes, maybe we'd start moving in the right direction again. As Norma pointed out, change starts with the individual.

    • @TheRatDiaries
      @TheRatDiaries 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In other news, Norma looks like a 1950s Demi Lovato.

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said, and lovely ratty, by the way :-)

    • @Lucailey
      @Lucailey 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want to hug you!

  • @hannahtruesdale4479
    @hannahtruesdale4479 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When Jack bought her the book😍😍😍 ok jack😍😍😍

  • @rebeccaherschman3069
    @rebeccaherschman3069 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why are people giving bad comments towards this...I don't see anything wrong with telling kids not to be prejudice.

    • @user-tk5yh1ig5e
      @user-tk5yh1ig5e 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      that one person hello fellow emo

  • @theshunnedBandersnatch
    @theshunnedBandersnatch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Watching this again, it does seem odd that Norma isn't Jewish in this storyline. The way her father reacted when she asked what language was on the bracelet made it seem like he could've been hiding his heritage in order to protect his family.

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was what I was expecting. I thought at the end she was going to say to the school that her parents finally told her that she was really Jewish.

  • @randomnyc8494
    @randomnyc8494 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "No one thought there was anything wrong with this bracelet when we thought it was Arabic..." My how times changed!

    • @phoenixgrove
      @phoenixgrove 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Random NYC and now they'll be fine with a Hebrew message and get shocked over an Arabic one. Times have changed a lot.

    • @KateGladstone
      @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If anyone re-made this film today, they’d have the girls thinking the bracelet might be in Chinese or Japanese. Otherwise, the hate is still there - only the fashions change.

    • @kim_fd8938
      @kim_fd8938 ปีที่แล้ว

      Back then they was happy with jim crow

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 ปีที่แล้ว

      "They WAS?! What sort of English is that?

    • @julianakleijn9254
      @julianakleijn9254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOLOLOLOLOLOL. GIVE IT A COUPLE DECADES GUYS LOL

  • @saphopoem
    @saphopoem 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Also the mother is played by Audra Lindley, who was otherwise known as Mrs.Roper on Threes Company.

    • @bridgieoh9326
      @bridgieoh9326 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's who she is! I was wracking my brain trying to place that voice and face. thx!

    • @dominiquepilon4429
      @dominiquepilon4429 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hijinxx She's was beautiful when she was young

    • @troynov1965
      @troynov1965 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn if it aint LOL

    • @needles1987
      @needles1987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought she sounded familiar.

    • @beerborn
      @beerborn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are most absolutely correct that is her. Good observation. I wasn't even paying attention.

  • @jbtex784
    @jbtex784 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When I was about 12 years old and going to school In Houston which looked a lot like school in Leave It To Beaver days, there was a boy who, if he saw you reaching down to the floor to pick up a penny, he would call you a 'Jew.' I didn't understand what that meant but about 15 years later I would learn. That was the only time I can remember anything negative spoken about Jews in my childhood.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      My dad often said I was J'ish. Which meant just a little bit Jewish. I won't get into all the reasons but picking up a penny (which I still do today) was one of them.

  • @caitlin8628
    @caitlin8628 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    This inspires me. I would of gotten a soda with her.💚

    • @aashanabhandari
      @aashanabhandari 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Caitlin Livingston why do i see 'would of' everywhere by native english speakers?it's would have for lord's sake

    • @thecatspyjamas1309
      @thecatspyjamas1309 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I notice a lot of Americans say "would of" it may be from would've, the way you hear "would've" is close to "would of" so that's probably why it is said like that. When you are a native speaker you're not learning grammar and English like someone who doesn't speak English and who is learning it.

  • @Aport418
    @Aport418 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Am I the only one who teared up when her dad said the Nazis were finished? I can't believe whats happening right now...

    • @QuartzDiamond86
      @QuartzDiamond86 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And you hated this time period because there were no drugs or sex change surgery.

  • @dwilloughby13
    @dwilloughby13 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Wow, this is like a twilight zone or something , she's being treated like she's an alien from a different planet, so scary.

    • @soft_serve_666
      @soft_serve_666 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope. Just good ol' fashioned prejudice!

    • @KateGladstone
      @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s quite realistic. These things have also happened to me and to others like her, and continue.

  • @kathberry8
    @kathberry8 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    very good story, actually

  • @nerdnul
    @nerdnul 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Message is very relevant.

  • @nerdybookluv1312
    @nerdybookluv1312 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Aw, Norma is sweet. She was born in the wrong time.

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know about that. There has been anti-Semitism in every era, including our own.

  • @EllotusFreeholy
    @EllotusFreeholy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    'I didn't think people could do such things' ~ She didn't know her so called 'friends' very well ~ And if she had just 'gone along' she never would have, or worse yet, she would have become just as shallow and unthinking as them.

  • @EricBrownBey
    @EricBrownBey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am so shocked this is Dearborn Michigan I literally live less than 10 minutes away from Dearborn

  • @theshunnedBandersnatch
    @theshunnedBandersnatch 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really enjoyed this; thanks for posting it!

  • @armorybrunotjr.3204
    @armorybrunotjr.3204 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Patty Duke as the little sister? Amazing. Patty's first TV claim to fame is
    that she was the spokeschild for Remco Toys ("Every boy wants a Remco Toy and so do girls.") during the 1950s. As a teen she starred with her own sitcom in a dual role as cousins (1963-66). RIP.

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She was the original Helen Keller in THE MIRACLE WORKER on Broadway and in the movie version.

    • @armorybrunotjr.3204
      @armorybrunotjr.3204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@detectivefiction3701 Excelled there, too.

    • @megan2176
      @megan2176 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!! I knew I recognized her, but couldn't figure it out. What about Norma- she looks familiar too. 🤔

  • @tj921able
    @tj921able หลายเดือนก่อน

    After reading The Diary of Anne Frank, I was inspired to keep a journal & I am proud that I do. I constantly pray people will stop being prejudiced. They need to learn we are all the same on the inside. Thank you again for sharing this. God Bless You & stay safe.

  • @chetyoubetya8565
    @chetyoubetya8565 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    LOL you have to love at the end how she makes sure she says she is not a friend of the Jews.One step forward 20 back.Yes I have to read you diary to make sure they all know i'm not Jewish.God forbid. I do wonder when I was watching this if she wanted to speak to the class to let them know she wasn’t Jewish rather than she thinks it’s wrong to be prejudice.

    • @cherrycola3604
      @cherrycola3604 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Chet youbetya she didn't say that she wasn't a friend of the Jews, she said that she didn't do it because she was a friend of the Jews. Meaning that she didn't do it because she really liked Jewish people,doesn't mean she hates them or anything.

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No, you misunderstand.

    • @EyeLean5280
      @EyeLean5280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think what she meant was that she wasn't trying to claim to have Jewish friends, since she didn't. Nor was she trying to aggrandize herself by claiming the title of "ally." She simply didn't believe in hatred, and that's what the bracelet stood for.

    • @versacegang4140
      @versacegang4140 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      She meant that you don't have to be a 'friend' of someone or something, you shouldn't have to be to not be prejudiced as you should just do it automatically.

    • @chetyoubetya8565
      @chetyoubetya8565 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If that was the case why did she need to say it at all??

  • @DanMan869
    @DanMan869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't think anyone noticed that Audra Lindley (probably best known as Mrs. Roper from "Three's Company") is playing Norma's mother here. Plus, as has been mentioned, Patty Duke is playing bratty younger sister, Augusta.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it's her cousin Cathy. Look close.

  • @Pablo123456x
    @Pablo123456x 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Golly, Norma sure is a swell girl.

  • @lilioracle1584
    @lilioracle1584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cool how she believes in thinking for herself

  • @rebeccaphlly7916
    @rebeccaphlly7916 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The insanity of ignorance

    • @janetoconnor3636
      @janetoconnor3636 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People have a right to think and say what they want EVEN if it is being done in America FREE SPEECH. USE IT OR LOSE IT.

  • @Lulu7898
    @Lulu7898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this!! Thanks for sharing!

  • @rareoro
    @rareoro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "I'm not an enemy of anybody"

  • @MizzWGGrrrl
    @MizzWGGrrrl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I have this uncomfortable curiosity to know what incident/s this film's story was based on. Actually wondering now how I could go about the information search to find out.

    • @KateGladstone
      @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’ve tracked down the factual source of the story: books.google.com/books?id=aDw4AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL1-PA778&dq=story+bracelet+%22jewish+symbols%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZw5XCsc3qAhW8hHIEHQSmD6oQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=story%20bracelet%20%22jewish%20symbols%22&f=false

  • @IcarusReborn
    @IcarusReborn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was powerful.

  • @renapoole7742
    @renapoole7742 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just not an enemy of anybody!!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @timweatherill3738
    @timweatherill3738 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    At 11:42 my blood began to boil at the girls' thinly veiled anti-semitism, and their shocking rudeness of speaking in that manner in front of the shopkeeper. I have no tolerance for anti-semitism, so forgive me if I rant.

    • @dusterdude238
      @dusterdude238 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree totally! the question remains if the tact of this film was to show how wrong Antisemitism is, or to make it seem the norm, and that you would not be accepted if you did not agree with it. it is just sickening to think that they might be trying to instill prejudges on young impressionable minds.

    • @TheRatDiaries
      @TheRatDiaries 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      In the video's info, the poster wrote the video was made by an anti-defamation league. I think its purpose was the former. The 50s weren't all bad.

    • @GeorgiaGeorgette
      @GeorgiaGeorgette 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      DUSTERDUDE238, it isn't trying to instill prejudices, it's trying to discourage them. It's obvious by the way the protagonist is against prejudice, as she states.

    • @timweatherill3738
      @timweatherill3738 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think for my part I just gave up on the film too quickly, since I have no tolerance for bigotry, anti-semitism, etc.

    • @IlhamHaru
      @IlhamHaru 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      tim weatherill the same thing is called now Islamophobia

  • @carstellamoore8425
    @carstellamoore8425 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really good episode best one yet the girl is strong minded

  • @MichiganHoney
    @MichiganHoney 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm amused at all the comments about how times have changed. The only change is the target.

  • @docdave1994
    @docdave1994 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm actually surprised Americans can tell there is a difference between Jews and Arabs

  • @girlinabox1943
    @girlinabox1943 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I like you very much, dear; but, get out of my house Jew! "

  • @JaylenPotts-zs2qw
    @JaylenPotts-zs2qw 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Love the vintage videos.

  • @gabs-vz6re
    @gabs-vz6re 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I never realized how different things really were. all this drama because of such a simple thing? that's awful

    • @gabs-vz6re
      @gabs-vz6re 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never in a million years thought Americans would behave this way. I thought we helped end the war, against the Nazis! things really were different

    • @okiedokie2804
      @okiedokie2804 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Zabi Gee It's very unfortunate, but it's true. In America and even here in Canada, antisemitism was very much alive back then :( before and even after the war. It was a rotten time.

    • @gloriajacques9207
      @gloriajacques9207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Zabi Gee do you not know how they treated black people ie:hanging burning men women and children bombing black churches, taking their kids to have a picnic while watching amen get hanged for fun?

    • @kittylissiegirl9162
      @kittylissiegirl9162 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait, you never realized how different things were? Are you from America? Do you ignore when black people talk about this and the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s? Or have you just never been educated on this? I can't understand how anyone can be shocked by this.

    • @psychedelicpython
      @psychedelicpython ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately antisemitism is still going on. Its sad.

  • @tj921able
    @tj921able หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It seems like Norma is finding out what Anne Frank went through. Now, people are reacting the same way the Nazis did toward Jewish people. I lost many relatives during the Holocaust. It's sad this sort of thing was alive during the 1950s. Norma did NOTHING wrong. TY for sharing this video. It's as important today as it was then.

  • @daisypester4561
    @daisypester4561 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My left ear loved it!

    • @miker.9138
      @miker.9138 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Daisy Pester I have hearing loss in my left ear, so I had to switch my headphones around.

    • @user-tk5yh1ig5e
      @user-tk5yh1ig5e 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

  • @2degucitas
    @2degucitas 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's Patty Duke as the younger sister. RIP

  • @EyeLean5280
    @EyeLean5280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ooooooh, that Mrs. Draper is so EVIL.

  • @yulay5d263
    @yulay5d263 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hermosa actuación! Lástima questions tantas décadas después siga vigente el tema

  • @Lola-re6ny
    @Lola-re6ny 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really like this :)

  • @VicvicW
    @VicvicW 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very interesting film. An interesting look into the anti-semitism of the time. One must accept the fact it is done very much through lightly vied metaphor however, as it is odd how Norma is not Jewish.
    Still rather relevant today!

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was expecting her parents to tell her that they were really Jewish. Some Jewish people have done that in fear of prejudice. That would have been a better ending, if she had told them about what happened to Anne Frank and then tell that that she had been told she really was Jewish.

  • @stoneinyan2070
    @stoneinyan2070 8 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    what a lovely short. honestly, sometimes I've wished middle class whites could see things from our side (cultures and races still experiencing covert racism). this girl was lovely in the first place though! if only the bigoted, closed minded (who rarely recognize that they are racist) could spend a moment in our shoes!! then tell us to "just forget" our history!

    • @momento_mori_carpe_diem7998
      @momento_mori_carpe_diem7998 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      stone inyan the thing is that even tho I am white people always act racist when they hear my mum's Russian accent or know that my last name is Italian.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Racism? Hon, it's CULTURISM. People have pretty much got over the fact that some people look different. It's how some act that turns 'em off.

    • @nobodyuknow6337
      @nobodyuknow6337 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm white and was a victim of prejudice as a child for being poor. The bullies were black, white, Asian, Native American and whoever else. They didn't look at the color of my skin just the holes in my shoes.😖

  • @gloriajacques9207
    @gloriajacques9207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    funny how norma is shocked and appalled at what happened to Anna and her family when right there in her city black and brown were being killed for the color of their skin and for wanting to be treated equal

    • @BadWolfSilence
      @BadWolfSilence 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Don't you think that prejudice against Jews is just as important to talk about? Why should everything have to be about racism against black people?

    • @gloriajacques9207
      @gloriajacques9207 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +BatgirltheRobin inm saying shes acting like she never seen anyone treated badly for being who they are

    • @YooTuba
      @YooTuba 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Maybe she hadn't. Kids were more sheltered back then, schools weren't integrated and civil rights wasn't all over the news.

    • @ballinangel3231
      @ballinangel3231 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ikr!! like racism was such a big thing why was she so surprised???

    • @SixthDream
      @SixthDream 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That was only in the south. There was plenty of black police officers and detectives in the North. Comparing 6 millions of jews starved and murdered to blacks being discriminated against at stores is pretty hilarious.

  • @nancyrussell2349
    @nancyrussell2349 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Did anyone else notice the little girl was played by Patty Duke?

    • @hedgemist691
      @hedgemist691 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought it was Patty Duke. I liked Patty, I was sorry to hear of her passing.

    • @Ronbo710
      @Ronbo710 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I though it was Jerry Mathers.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Norma, in some shots, looked a little like Mary Tyler Moore.

    • @EyeLean5280
      @EyeLean5280 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you sure?

    • @dma124
      @dma124 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joe Kaye She definitely did. I thought I was the only one who saw the resemblance.

  • @Heynicetie
    @Heynicetie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love that little sister.

  • @robertchandler5055
    @robertchandler5055 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Huge plot hole-they would have been seen in a church in 1958

  • @kennethbritton601
    @kennethbritton601 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This seems more like a Twilight Zone episode than something real. I'm 67 and I've never known anything close to this..maybe this is a regional thing that I've never come to know about. What State is this supposed to be happening in?

    • @halcaannen
      @halcaannen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Another video says Dearborn, Michigan.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This was shot in Dearborn, Michigan. Jews generally were not allowed south of Fenkell or east of Woodward in the Detroit area in those days.

    • @KateGladstone
      @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This happened all across the country. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_antisemitism_in_the_United_States

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dearborn, Michigan--which is fitting as it was the birthplace of Henry Ford, a big admirer of Hitler.

  • @mistybuttercup110
    @mistybuttercup110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video 👍🏽✌🏽
    Luv these thank u!!!!!!!
    I ahve A teenage daughter 😡

  • @TheMaceymacreary
    @TheMaceymacreary 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Things haven't changed. The names, faces and cultures, changed but religious prejudice is alive and well in United States. Life would be a lot better off if people wouldn't force their beliefs and attitudes about things on one another

    • @melissaadami3144
      @melissaadami3144 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Macey MacCreary not religious here but agree I don't like when people push religion on me but dont like the gay agenda or now the freak trans-whatever agenda ..that's just as bad

    • @mistybuttercup110
      @mistybuttercup110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Macey MacCreary
      For it is written 📖📖✝️

    • @sofiabravo1994
      @sofiabravo1994 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Melissa Adami “ Push their religion on me” translation: I don’t wanna know Jesus because I believe it means sacrificing my happiness and desires

    • @psychedelicpython
      @psychedelicpython ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think the hate for Jewish people is strictly a religious thing but that for their nationality.

  • @ew1usnr
    @ew1usnr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am not an enemy of anyone either.

  • @dameaustel
    @dameaustel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Which actress plays Norma?

  • @kathyflorcruz552
    @kathyflorcruz552 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thats Patty Duke!

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you sure it's not Cathy?

  • @BeauSC4Ever
    @BeauSC4Ever 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine....not a single girl twerking at the party!

  • @KateGladstone
    @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The movie’s opening includes an on-screen statement to American teens, telling them that they have “an unerring instinct for juvenile DECENCY.” The rest of the movie is about the majority of teens acting horribly to the one that they decide to hate.

  • @mistybuttercup110
    @mistybuttercup110 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Subscribed 👍🏽

  • @grofys
    @grofys 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    is her younger sister played by patty duke?

    • @shaggylocks
      @shaggylocks  7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yup. This was just before her film debut as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker."

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you sure. She doesn't look like her to me.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think its the cousin Cathy. Look closely.

  • @versacegang4140
    @versacegang4140 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:54 nothing has changed, except now it's old houses too.

  • @robertchandler5055
    @robertchandler5055 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Little did she know she would be marrying a future CIA analyst. JACK RYAN...

  • @mark-xx1lt
    @mark-xx1lt หลายเดือนก่อน

    There's a few million people who might benefit from watching this film today and reading The Diary 0f Anne Frank.

  • @MintStew1
    @MintStew1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If she had gone without her friends to the shop no one would have even have known, they would have just seen her with a pretty new bracelet. Don't ask don't tell or Nunya business

  • @versacegang4140
    @versacegang4140 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if Bea Benederet was prejudiced growing up?

  • @redhood1228
    @redhood1228 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember in high-school read The Diary of Anne Frank at first I didn't understand it but the more I read it the more sadness I felt how people would cast a part just because they worshiped were they were different I have a friend who is Jewish and a couple of teachers I know I still talk to them I'm Catholic and I have a couple friends who were Christian people get us confused and tell as we believe in the same thing of course we do but Christians don't believe in Mary bit by bit people would change over time I didn't like the lady how she was think of the young girl was Jewish you have to love everyone no matter what religion or what they believe in but sometimes people just assume things and don't really take the time to listen we have to love and respect everyone but now the times of change and all now we can still love I would never hurt a person

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you are Catholic you are a Christian. If you believe in Jesus you are a Christian. I think you mean Protestant. I am Protestant. We know that Mary was Jesus' mother, but we do not pray to her, because it says in the Holy Bible to pray to Jesus. It does not say to pray to Mary, or to any "saint."

  • @tiffanyc7729
    @tiffanyc7729 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG im exactly like her!!!!

  • @LisaSimoneMaria
    @LisaSimoneMaria 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is the type of personality that against all odds rises above all ignorance. Her character teaches a selfish world with selfish ways for selfish gain what the definition of authentic love, courage, strength and bravery truly means she embodies the personality of a positive leader this is what a positive leader does in an unfair world against all odds ! do they upset the opposing party of course ! But to be a leader you have to embrace the entire journey and make up your mind to do so in hopes others can experience fairness, balance and equal treatment without the snares and uneasy looks from those raised to think otherwise. The people who think otherwise have never created balance they haven't accomplished harmony not even for themselves because the energy they use to live from day to day can't manifest the ability to do so. We are partially living in their ways of thinking Today it's not intricate science for things to become better you just can't stay silent or live your life like everything is just fine because in your world meaning in your life everything feels just fine you have to look into another's world with selfless eyes to see how much has really been accomplished and then see if they have been given the same exact privileges as you without the dirty Thoughts/Looks and smart remarks then be honest with yourself about how much you've contributed to help or hinder the situation I can connect with a heart like hers because I live my life in a selfless way I take care of those who can't take care of themselves and they are all races and all cultures they have Cancer, Leukemia, Parkinson's, Sickle Cell ,diabetes and are war veterans some have family members that didn't like me at first because I'm not the same race as them some even made comments that reminded me we still have a ways to go but love unites and it speaks it's own language that can cancel out any learned ignorance and with me taking care of their loved ones they couldn't stay in that mind frame to long and I didn't give up good actions make good changes and selflessness unites 🌟 I love this thanks for uploading this and will save it to my favorites ❤️

  • @bartenationalbart-email-na3284
    @bartenationalbart-email-na3284 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    people are racist. Kids used to yell the N word to black kids on my brothers school bus in the 1990's. so many racists out there ... most don't say it now, but they still are out there. A real tell is when someone tried to convince you they aren't racist. Like "I have many black friends." Why would anyone say that unless they saw those friends as somehow different?

  • @colossus112785
    @colossus112785 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The dad looks like Commissioner Gordon lol

  • @psychedelicpython
    @psychedelicpython ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There is still a lot of hate for the Jews today. The same goes for other nationalities. We can't choose our nationality or skin tone. Sad that prejudiceness exist. Each person is an individual which makes everyone interesting and special.

  • @itsthatingallsgirl704
    @itsthatingallsgirl704 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Notice Jack never paid for that book, he just walked right outta there. Hmmm.

    • @terieber
      @terieber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      he paid. watch it again.

    • @terieber
      @terieber 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He paid. Watch it again.

  • @cmeves
    @cmeves 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Can someone explain this to me? I found myself confused the entire time. Were the Jewish people not liked, adored and felt extremely sorry for after the horrors of WWII were shown? I mean even before the war, they weren't shunned to that level at all were they? (In the U.S. obviously). I could be showing my extreme ignorance here but I had no clue AFTER the war, Jewish people were still looked down on? Why??

    • @julienielsen3746
      @julienielsen3746 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you want to know the truth Jewish people have been hated it's because they were/are God's people. Satan has always hated God's people. The Jews from the beginning, and later Christians who are adopted children of God. Satan talks people into hating those who are God's people, and those who are different from themselves, because that is one of his tools to try to destroy people, by causing strife between them. God is love, satan is hate.

    • @KateGladstone
      @KateGladstone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, these things happened, all over the USA. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_antisemitism_in_the_United_States

  • @Pistachios36
    @Pistachios36 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Wow. This sadly hits close to home these days. We could remake this today with a hijab instead of a bracelet..

    • @Lucailey
      @Lucailey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      indeed! When will we ever learn to see the beauty I other cultures or religions. I am a Catholic but, I have seen and admired some very pretty hijabs. But, I know that if I were to wear them people would look at me oddly or make a remark. I really don't want wear one anyway but, I do see the beauty in them and so no reason that someone couldn't wear one if they wanted to - a long as they understood the meaning behind it.

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They wipe their asses with their left index finger you know. Allah insists on it. Still think they're "cool?"

    • @meadeskelton3350
      @meadeskelton3350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Marie Islam is a murderous cult, nothing like Judeo Christian values.

    • @meadeskelton3350
      @meadeskelton3350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whatsup Buttercup take your globalist multiculturalism some place else.

  • @perrywilliams4593
    @perrywilliams4593 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    At 17:10 in this video the father says: " you could make things a lot easier on yourself if you gave in and went along with the crowd". 😦
    I wonder if that all so applies to jumping off bridges? 🤔
    This is why it takes so long to rid the world of injustice. 😕
    This dad is a real profile in courage! 😠
    But after all father knows best. Although I'm not entirely sure he does. 😒

    • @LadyCoyKoi
      @LadyCoyKoi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      " you could make things a lot easier on yourself if you gave in and went along with the crowd"
      But isn't that what we all do everyday when we wake up and go be a good wage slave... errr... I mean debt slaves?. You may criticize what the dad says, but go ahead and stop working, lets see how far you will go without following the economic system of our current nations. You and I are victims and associates of this corrupt, broken social system that relies on us being debt slaves. Go against the crowd and you will be threaten with starvation, homelessness and lonesomeness. These are facts.

    • @Lucailey
      @Lucailey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is right sadly but, that is taking the easy way out. He wanted his daughter to know that it was her choice to keep the bracelet or to take it off.

    • @etheladdams2562
      @etheladdams2562 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think as a father, he was in a complicated position. He did not want to see her daughter suffer, so he told her there was an easy option. But he also said he was not going to tell her what to do and let her make her own decision because he also knew she was fighting against prejudice. I think he did the right thing. He gave choices and was supportive. People in the town probably still looked down on the girl and the parents as well, but the parents kept their promise and respected the girl's choice, which was to choose justice over easiness. Now if he had said decisively, "keep on doing what you're doing because it's the right thing to do" some people would have questioned that, because he knew that was making her daughter segregated, lonely, and sad. It must have been difficult for the whole family.

  • @virginiagirl6628
    @virginiagirl6628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's ok to be a friend of the Jews. I certainly am. My Savior was a Jew!

  • @ucimyy4u
    @ucimyy4u 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Make America NICE Again!

  • @ClayLoomis1958
    @ClayLoomis1958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If, as the intro says, American teen-agers have an "unerring instinct for juvenile DECENCY", why does this film show so many kids who don't?

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well, because it's a drama. You can't have drama without conflict, and you can't have conflict if most of the characters are nice.

    • @ClayLoomis1958
      @ClayLoomis1958 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@detectivefiction3701 I think it has more to do with trying to change people's view on a subject. Must have worked, because in the 1960's, I saw nothing like what is depicted here. But this is California, and I never saw a trace of racism of any kind. Could have been wildly different in say, Alabama.

  • @OakhillSailor
    @OakhillSailor 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Apparently people don't take their shoes off

  • @teresaj.4103
    @teresaj.4103 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The more things supposedly change...the more they stay the same. All of this drama over a bracelet her little sister gave her for her birthday. Just because the symbols are Jewish??? This is so stupid....but still it continues to this day. I'm sure the hateful mom in this would've dropped dead on the spot if her daughter brought home a friend that happened to be black.

  • @lolabigcups7121
    @lolabigcups7121 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whats funny is this video is showing how a white girl was subjected to this kind of treatment because she wore a bracelet that calibrated another group of people who by the way were being discriminated against.

  • @JulietteZephyr
    @JulietteZephyr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She asks 'do you think the Jews are going to object' about wearing the bracelet. Hmm, I think that'd be cultural appropriation these days!
    I have this cool satin jacket I got in Chinatown when I was in middle school. I don't wear it out of the house 'cause of haters. Also had an awkward experience at the local art show as a high schooler when I was selling some origami trinkets - two old ladies came by my booth and remarked, 'You don't look Oriental!'
    When it is done respectfully, I see no issues with borrowing food, attire, et cetera from another culture.

  • @collinsje5
    @collinsje5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Charlottesville VA 2017: Alt Right marchers with torches chanting: "The Jews will not replace us", and the President of the United States fails to soundly and definitively condemn their actions. We live in dangerous times.

  • @Lucailey
    @Lucailey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    this is very similar to the Muslim situation today. I remember writing once that every time you use the term Muslim in a derogatory way, imagine you are using the word Jew instead. Do you sound like a Nazi? Well, if you do then don't say it about any other religions either.

    • @phoenixgrove
      @phoenixgrove 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      MidnightFlower13 fuck you bitch!

    • @moviestarmemories630
      @moviestarmemories630 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanx soooo much PC police.This is still the USA.Free speech.Suck it up buttercup, or go to your safe space.

    • @psychedelicpython
      @psychedelicpython ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Years ago I had a friend who was a Muslim. We were going to be married. One of my brothers best friend is Jewish and he hated me for my fiance. At 22 years of age I didn't understand what was going on with the Muslims and Jews and my brother and his friend refused to explain it to me. I ended up not marrying the man who was Lebanon and Muslim, but to this day my brothers Jewish friend has never forgiven me...and I could care less. I don't hate my brothers friend nor anyone because of their nationality or religion.

  • @JV-eh3lh
    @JV-eh3lh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now I guess it could be the opposite. Hebrew would be cooler than Arabic :( Times change but prejudice always finds a new target

  • @Unknown0ne
    @Unknown0ne 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    People on the thread keep saying that time have changed but they HAVE NOT. To see what I mean try this experiment with a group of acquaintances. Casually say "I was thinking about the Palestine/Jewish homeland problem. I think that it is great that the Jewish people have got their homeland back but I am really not sure if I have got it right. What do you all think?" Then stand back and watch the venom flow.

  • @mwa1252
    @mwa1252 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is that Patty Duke?

    • @shaggylocks
      @shaggylocks  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is indeed: good eye!

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrong! That's her cousin Cathy.

  • @FreeAimDog
    @FreeAimDog 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    people acted different back then

  • @corvus1374
    @corvus1374 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do kids attend PTA meetings?

    • @detectivefiction3701
      @detectivefiction3701 ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasn't a PTA meeting but more like a school assembly with parents present.

  • @Cooltea1983
    @Cooltea1983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How does a Mexican guy get a Jewish guys attention? The Mexican guy's yells " Hey Jew!" really loudly...

  • @tadstrange1465
    @tadstrange1465 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, "hot chocolate".

  • @chonkershahn307
    @chonkershahn307 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    6:30 Of course what happened in Eisenhower's death camps wasn't common knowledge back then.

  • @ArmpitStudios
    @ArmpitStudios 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only one channel? How can people post videos with such obvious and easily fixable problems!

  • @adamgrace7976
    @adamgrace7976 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "You can say whst you want to just dont say it out loud"
    WTF kind of logic is that!

    • @moviestarmemories630
      @moviestarmemories630 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's what we are seeing now, PC censorship.And it's worse in the UK and some parts of Europe.

  • @BlueLeopard200
    @BlueLeopard200 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone for a swell Soda?