It's hilarious how many white people grow up in the suburbs and see these people and how they speak and idolize it so much that they start speaking like that too.. it's actually more sad than funny
I'm trying to figure out why you didn't stop in Greenwood MS. Morehead name does not ring bells in Mississippi with crime rate. Greenwood and Greenville are some of the most dangerous towns that you can go to in Mississippi. People are killing people mamas and daddies because of street beef
Love your work brother. True artists working with people to find us the real life stories an how governments put each an every one of us in it under control . Respect
My old coworker is from Jackson. She went to college in Mississippi and has a finance degree. She's sweet as can be. Her husband is from Jackson too makes $100k+ legally working offshore... don't let this video fool u. There are resources available and choices. Jackson has a lot of wonderful black people there.
I don’t think this video is meant to fool anyone this is educating people on the hoods of each state and which ones are deemed the most dangerous, I was born in California but grew up in Georgia, never really went to Atlanta until I got older now drive around there for work everyday, great schools, hbcu GT GA state, still a dangerous city
I was raised in Jacktown. My family still lives there. The MAIN difference between myself and these young brothers is, I had a strong father in my home that stayed active in my life, and stayed married to my mother. When I graduated HS, they told me you're getting the eff outta here to go to college. Off to VA I went.
As a Mississippian born and raised, grew up and graduated in the public school system, had a lot of firsts with black folks, who'll probably have a few carrying my casket as pallbearers, that is THE ONLY variable that matters for ALL MEN: WAS THERE AN INVOLVED DADDY IN THE HOME?
Anyone reading what Ced just said, hes 100%. Its not even debatable. A 2 parent household, and graduated highschool. These are the 2 best predictors of success for a man OR a woman, but more relevant for a man. Ced, God bless your parents. Best of luck in Virginia!
There are Many neglected children who get up and go to work. Your attitude can be change or you can act Violent and Stupid and reap those consequences.
😢😢😢everything about this documentary made me want to literally cry…these young men are so lost and they feel helpless and hopeless…I have a son and several nephews and I can not imagine this being their outlook or future. We are so blessed and don’t even know it.
just make sure your boys have a father figure. Whether its a godfather, and uncle, a dad or all three. The sad truth is these boys didn't get that opportunity. Either death or institutionalized they didn't have a healthy male role model and its sad. The flip to this is young girls ending up pregnant because they don't have a strong foundation either. They come from a state that's 70% below the poverty lines. They don't hand out scholarships or any sort of money to help get them started. This isn't a color biased thing in Mississippi. Unfortunately this level of poverty sees no race. Jackson is just mostly POCs. It's sad to see, just like Pine Bluff Arkansas. There's so much African American history there to preserve, but money corrupts all.
There is no real streets in the US that's a fake mindset you guys have over there over here in Mexico and PR there is real Heat 🔥 and real streets. Where police don't lead shit.
@@Chupacabras0707 those streets are real. Sorry Mexico has suck bad gang activity but it doesn't change how bad the Jackson area is. Your comment makes you look ignorant.
My momma this my momma that. Ur momma this. That explains enough. No father figure. Having a father is brutally underrated and good fathers are under appreciated.
lol Why are you blaming moms? At least they stuck around. why don’t more fathers stick around and raise their kids then? Too many run off. All you have to do to be considered a good father is stick around. Bar is on the ground.
It is like that. They are saying kids are going to be able to do whatever they want. But that is not how it is in my culture in country of Slovenia. Fathers will guide you on the right path, yes we also rebel in teen years, but at the end of the day we listen to our fathers and if we dont, they whip our ass. How a mama gonna discipline this strong as dudes... but father has to be around, raise you. I see how these kids can rebel even more if there is some dude that just comes to spank your ass when its to much for your mama.
Im from a 3rd world country. You guys dont know what poverty is. Poverty to me, living in a country with no government assistance, no welfare to buy food, if you're poor, you have no hot water, no running water, no AC, no electricity, no health care, no free school, no free lunch, no public transportation, no red cross, no food banks, no 911, no ambulance, no police or anyone coming to help you, no parks, no sports league, no assistance from blacks in America. The poverty you talk about every day is a luxurious world to me.. This is why many people risk their lives to get here and can't understand your plight being born here. You choose to waste it. Man up, woman up.
You could say the same thing for Universal Health Care. But that’s available in all other Western countries but the U.S. And these other countries you talk about, in the comment sections of many TH-cam videos like about China or India or any of these other places, they brag all the time about how much better their countries are and call America 3rd world and on the decline.
This is triggering. Coming from a college educated wife and mother of 3. 🥰 My husband and I were both born & raised there. We praise god we were able to move our kids away and show them a different lifestyle. They shouldn’t have to choose between a future and the streets at a young age. They should just be kids. I kept telling people while living there that this is not normal behavior.
But also based on your comment, you have absolutely no idea what it's like to be born and raised in such an environment. I know because I was born into it. Lived it. Not to the extreme of others but poverty sucks. My mom always told me "your environment doesn't make your future" here I stand after 26 almost 27 years of living paycheck to paycheck doing my best to find a good job. I am who I am today because I knew at a young age my parents cared about me and wanted to see me succeed.
Otherwise I'd be dead or like these guys in the video. Because I was headed that direction. I just chose to forgive and use it for what it is and move on. Let go. Pain is pain but holding to pain that should be let go has lead to this gang nature.
Born and raised in Jackson, MS. Many people accept that they are a product of their environment. I grew up in the hood. Beyond blessed that my parents kept us out of the streets and our heads in the books. From my parents down to their grandkids, none of us were in gangs, went to jail, or had any conflicts. We all graduated high school/college, and have good jobs. Most of us have left the city, but it is still home. When I go back, there are certain areas I do not stay in for long. Some people look for $$$ or a come up in the wrong way. I see Jackson differently than most. And I pray that one day my people wake up.
I was born and raised in Jackson and I have the same prayer. Watching Jackson deteriorate has been one of the saddest things of my life. The people I grew up with would move back in a second if they would get the crime under control but no one will address it for fear of being called racist by the national media.
I’m from Yazoo city Mississippi. I’m 39 years old. I left that place when I was 21 years old and haven’t looked back. I moved to Orlando where you can make something of yourself. It’s really nothing to do in Mississippi and this video brought back memories. No jobs,gym,places to hang or anything. Prayers to these young boys.
@@trell_money7789 every city has its tough spot but Orlando is 100 times better than yazoo city LMAO. You’re comparing a metro area to a hick town. Buddy I can tell you ain’t got a dollar to your name with that way of thinking
As a mother I wouldnt dare have my sons acting and looking like this. They know their dad but I didnt play the bullcrap. Discipline and consequences started early.
@@XTRABIG stop believing the lies that the government keeps pushing to the black community to keep them down. The "reparations" that they are supposedly giving these inner city black communities especially, create compliance in mass. Lyndon B Johnson is quoted as saying during the civil rights movement "We've got to give them (black people) a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference" If you think that ideology within the government has changed or been phased out, you could not be further from the truth. It just looks a little different.
@@MoonDoggie-hs2se No doubt that's not the only way you "take it", given your username. I'm merely making an observation, ragazzina...you've no reason to be that confused.
I lost a friend from this area he was found in a ditch off the highway... I served in the Military with him a while back in 2011.. i dont know why he went back.. i mean i understand he had family.. he was a great guy I mentored him and i felt like he was my blood brother.. hurts my heart.. but it takes a strong mind to CHANGE and move away from certain people and environments.. it all starts on how you percieve things in your mind..... he def dint deserve that..he was only 29-- RIP Lorenzo Halthon🕊
They failed to mention he was a veteran.. I’m also from the same area.. Lorenzo was killed in Columbus they found his body along side burns road.. i think this is Jackson and it’s 2 1/2 hours away
Been in Jackson my whole life…it really get deep round here when you involved in the streets. I thank God everyday for making a way for me, lost so many friends and I remind myself daily it could’ve easily been me. Stay on the porch young man, lot of yall ain’t cut from what come with this 🤬. Anybody can pull that trigger, everybody can’t sleep behind it. Guard your life.
I agree. It’s much easier to get a job and stay busy than to stay in the streets in order to commit crimes, go to prison, or dodge bullets to eventually get hit by one. In life we all have choices. Those who choose the wannabe “hood” life route are either mentally incapable of making good choices, lazy as hell, or want to mimic what they see on tv & music videos. Either way, it’s sad way to live.
Yep! I grew up in Jackson most my life too! Was homeless there for a little while jumping house to house staying with friends but most the time sleeping outside. Turned my life around and now I’m married with a son working as a first responder. These kids need to stay on the porch for sure and rethink their lives for the good.
@@cantbreakme1660Exactly. Congrats! All these grown boys fighting over government streets, property they don't even own, living with their elderly grandmother's. & Shooting each other over perceived disrespect, & They've never had any fathers to teach them how a respectable, moral, hardworking providing man conducts himself. Starting with using a gun instead of fighting like a man should be something to be embarrassed of. & I'm very pro second amendment
Nah 80's , 90's are way different than today . Big difference is they already gone back in 80 , 90 you still had chances and more O.G back then today No O.G 's also no morales, no loyalties , nothing to fight for this generation of kids is dead back then you dying over something real today they dying over pssy big difference
But, damn SM has made it a hell of a lot worse. This world is backwards af. What’s good is bad vice versa! Sick! Elites & the ds trying to twist the minds of innocent children. Good Lord I was a little kid who didn’t like wearing dresses, played with my brothers toys.. But I also liked my Barbies & playing dress up. Now, If back in the late 80’s when I was a little kid, and some weird ass nosey perve teachers started asking me if I wanted to be a darn “BOY?” All because I didn’t wear dresses or skirts to school? My folks would’ve gone in & given them a “who and a what for!”😂 Dammit man I miss the Normal days.. This world now is some evil BS! Js Sry I ranted. 😆
Desoto county. 662. I went to kindergarten all the way to highchool there. The reason there's no arcade's or basketball courts is because these exact people cause problems in those settings. Notice you spoke with two rival groups. Suppose they both want to play basketball on the same day. The one guy literally said "that's their store, this is our store." They can't share a store with civility. Much less anything else.
@@lawrencerobinson659 white county? Maybe in horn lake and walls. Not Southaven. Lol. You gonna try to tell me tunica is a white county too? I was just down there in March. I've seen the state of things recently. You do have a point about the basketball goals tho. They simply don't want them because they attract black people, not necessarily gangs. The cops are way too eager to escalate things down there, and Memphis is right down the road.
I’m from Memphis and have family in Jackson. I love Jackson. It has its problems but the people are polite, the kids still believe in addressing elders as “sir” and “maam”. They are just rough kids in a rough environment.
They do that on their own. Whites didn’t “set them up” to act how they act. We could find alternatives to incarceration, as there are surely cheaper ways 💉
I'm a 40yo married black man with my own kids. I grew up in the hood in north NJ. I wish I could adopt one of these kids when they were 5 years old so as to raise them right. Remove him from that environment. Nurture him in a nuclear family setting and give him a sense of direction and purpose. This system is so broken. These kids have almost no chance to succeed in that environment.
@@openranks4519they’ve been brainwashed by the last generation who were also brainwashed. Almost can’t blame ‘em, especially not the ones around 12-16 y/o.
I'm from MS and Jackson is a disgrace. The roads are terrible the infrastructure is terrible, the people act like they never been taught respect. They say the crime problem is because of racism but its mostly black people in Jackson, so that don't make sense to me. If u go to the predominantly white places like Richmond MS, Biloxi Ms, and others we don't have those same problems. We all get along and don't have to be worried daily about getting robbed or carjacked by young black males. Jackson is ran by mostly black leaders so are they racist to their own people? Other parts of MS aren't like this, not even close. These kids aren't being honest about Jackson not having cinema, stores, or things to do. It's a decent size city with tons of things to do, it's just governed horrible. As soon as u leave Jackson to any city close, u will think u are in a different world. The people of MS have been saying this about Jackson for a long time. It's the 1 district in MS run by democrats and its by far the worst. Most people in MS are like 1 big family, no matter race
Man if you think that was eye opening then you are part of the problem. What is and should be eye opening is the fact that each one of these young men CHOOSES to be right where they are at.
Cus u don’t know, It’s GOIN on , body for Body Fr Mississippi dnt care bout that, U kill somebdoy blood here Mfs on Yo A$$ ya family friends etc, now it’s smoke between 2 sides Yall jus dnt know How often them small towns Be Killing bra like every other Week Fr
im from jackson, thank you for presenting this documentary in a way where these are people and not caricatures. i see my family in these young men, and i cry at the people i've lost to the street. my cousin six feet under rn and it hurts bad
I’m from Mississippi I’ve been to Jackson countless number of times and never ran into a rude or crazy situation everyone comes off nice. If you do no wrong they won’t wrong you. Love all people all races I don’t see color
That is very sweet of you but that just isn’t the truth. Jackson is a very dangerous place. As for race, if you don’t see color you are just lying to yourself. If black people are the ones in Jackson committing the crimes then it is what it is.
I'm from Jackson MS. (west Jackson) to be exact. I have lived here my entire life. I moved away and I moved back here because there is nothing like it. There is a lot of opportunity and a community that needs the love of locals. Everyone in the comments demeaning this beautiful place and speaking bad about it, I guarantee never tried to do anything to make the city better they, chose to run and complain from a distance. I have lived out of the country and I still will always choose the culturally rich city of Jackson over any other place. Instead of allowing people to only highlight the bad of your city try pushing videos that highlight the good and the good people that still call this place home! I'm back here and I plan to make a difference! Mark my word when I say that you will see the beautification I plan to bring to this place.
I'm from Jackson as well. Shady Oaks, Georgetown, Sunset, all home to me. I moved away but this is still home. The way they're speaking so bad about it is sad. Yes there are some run down bad areas but the people are wholesome. It's unfortunate the kids that have fell victim to their environment but it's in every city. I've lived in Charleston, S.C., now in Fresno Texas and they all have their hoods and poverty stricken neighborhoods. It breaks my heart when I visit home but it's still home and always will be. Looking forward to your new groundbreaking movement to make it better.
Breaks my heart knowing this is home for me. I moved away and coming home to visit beings me a sad feeling so see the degradation of so many neighborhoods. The schools systems aren't what they use to be so its failing our children. It hurts me to see these young men succumb to the streets and think there's no other options. Sometimes you have to move away. There's a better way and a better life outside of those walls of Jackson
Born in raised in Jackson, MS. All the Everything you see in this video is our fault. We always pointing the blame but we never take accountability. I worked hard to get where I’m at. If you’re smart, surround yourself by smart and get away from Jackson. It hurts me to the core to say that but it’s the truth. The youngins aren’t going to listen.
Some of these kids don’t have money to relocate cmon let’s not act like times haven’t changed in the sip didn’t u hear the kid say they have 3 stores and no boys club for the youth no football basketball or track programs no amenities bullshit school system hiv rate highest in amerikkka
FACTZZ, GENERATIONS STILL TRYNN,,9 SECOND 4 FAMM THAT HAD THAT DREAM AN THE 45 HAD A NOTHER, WHERE DO YOU GO WHAT TO.DO IF ALL YOU HAVE IS GOD & U IF YOU DONT BALL U FALL IF YOU TRAP XSPECT A CAP OR JACK AN 40 YRS LATER 47 FUNERALS LATER,STILL TRYNN HOME IZ HOME ,ZONE IZ ZONE WHERE ELSE 2 CALL HOME IT TAKEZZ BREAD 2 GET AHEAD ,JOBS ARE 500-1
I’m from Jackson Mississippi we don’t glorify nobody all us stars and sons and daughters of God that’s why they had the most and worst slaves in Mississippi cause we are the lost tribe of Judah the 4th tribe of the 12 tribes of Israel brought low but restoration for us is months away our 400 years of bondage is almost up
Memphis TN is home to me. Born and raised. I’ve lived all over MS including Gulfport,Biloxi,Olive Branch and currently Hornlake MS. No harm no foul. I have worked as a landscaper all over Memphis, Bartlett,Raleigh,Frayser,East Memphis and South Memphis area since I was probably 12/13 yrs old. I am now 30. Never had any trouble. If you respect them they respect you back. You disrespect them and they could quickly become your worst enemy! If you ever get invited to the cookout you better go! Some of the best food you will ever eat! PERIOD! I love my black communities and I couldn’t be more thankful for them! You watch out for them when they ain’t around and they will look after you as well in return!🫡
I agree completely!! It all about respect. I got invited to eat, smoke, and hang out in south Memphis around 2008 or so, in whitehaven. I got out my car and almost immediately had my wallet stolen. I told my peoples what had happened, and about 10 minutes later, my wallet was returned with everything still in it. They said they ain’t gonna let nobody fuck with me like that.
I went to Jackson,MS for school - I went to Jackson State. I essentially hated everything outside of campus. It killed me to see black people so complacent with such a terrible way of life, the people had such an enslaved mindset. I couldn’t wait to leave. Don’t get me wrong it’s not every single black person. But the majority in Jackson, yes. I graduated left and I haven’t been back and don’t plan on it.
@@deede0151 I did yes, and I agree. Which is why I said this was not true of all the people in Jackson. There were pockets of nice areas and some good people
@@elliot2177it ABSOLUTELY makes all the difference. A father would show them how to conduct themselves as moral, respectable, hardworking men & to show them how to remove themselves from the situation. And get them moved away or to create opportunities.
My people are from Mississippi. My uncle used to be the fire chief in his smaller town. The older ones are all gone now (RIP), and the rest have left the state.
I love Mississippi, I am from the Caribbean but half Mississippian, I now live in London UK and I miss the 601, I go to visit every few years and my cousins who are my age (now 40) askes me why I keep coming back and I keep telling them, its home, its a calling from my ancestors to always come back home, no matter how hood or dangerous it is in Jackson, I love it dearly. I went high school there (Provine High School) I always make sure I get my soul food when I visit, and although I don't have a close relationship with my Mississippi family (my dads side) I will always enjoy the time with them and also the time and energy there in the Ssipp. Its like no other place, its something about the 601 I love dearly, I also tatted MISSISSIPPI on my knack when I was 18 but I was in the Caribbean cause I was always between the islands and Mississippi through out my life. The last time I was in Jackson MS was last year Feb 2023 for 2 months, and before that I was in Mississippi in 2016, I will be back soon maybe this winter! MISSISSIPPI IS HARSH, THE STREETS ARE DIRTY, IT LOOKS LIKE A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY BUT THAT STILL DONT STOP ME FROM COMING HOME... FROM ENGLAND TO MISSISSIPPI OR FROM THE ISLANDS TO THE SSIPP I WILL ALWAYS COME BACK HOME, I AM PROUD TO BE HALF MISSISSIPPIAN! BLESS UP TO ALL MY KIN FOLK IN THE SSIPP! 1 LOVE!
We are one my kinfolk. It’s always that ancestral calling….i always wondered what the feeling was on my aura every time I go home…..just the same it’s our ancestors letting us know who we are and where we come from….we built different…..I’m from the Mississippi Delta born and raised and this is where the gorillas play
@cd129 I left for a change of life culture and differences... Plus the US is wild & gone to shit all over so I'm here but I do miss the American life but safety 1st is always a plus... US isn't safe anymore, to much politics & bad energy there these days!
“Anything can happen at anytime.” Born and raised in JXN, this is true. I’ve been gone for three years and I still don’t travel at night, make sure, no one is around my car before getting in, and sacrifice the best foods because I judge neighborhoods harshly. I too have PTSD but glad my kids experienced little to none of it.
47 year old white male,born and raised in Jackson Ms,still live here. There are many nice areas,but some of the worst as well. Jackson is what you make of it,people around here are real good at knowing what you're about,by looking you in the eye. Some,If they feel you're soft,they will test you.
@@912yekim yeah but nobody deals with or stands up to the oppressors ..they only go after their own kind....which is easy work and rather cowardly imo...but then I'm of Jamaican roots (fire) so I see things in a different kind of Souljah way.🇺🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Cuz, do you really believe all that is going on in a city with a population of 1,900? That's some straight nonsense, cuz. I doubt it is even remotely true.
I would consider what all that time that they have that they work on their mind body and soul do they all look like they can use some exercise.. young people today don't work out they just pull triggers..
I’m from Jackson Mississippi my mom moved us to Cali, I have a MA in Electronic Engineering and in two years I will be retired. I own my own home on .5 acre of land and life is great. 🥂
I am 66 and I grew up in the Mississippi Delta and lived in Jackson for a while. As bad as this looks, it's pretty accurate. You think any of these guys would give up this life for a job where they had to show up five days a week at 7:30 am and put in 40 hours? None of them want that. Because they have been raised to believe this life they are living is the best life.
I don’t think they like the life, they’ve been conditioned to not see the benefit in that type of work… and sadly most people who work that way also hate their life.
I don't think any of these men believe this is the BEST LIFE ... they even stated that they don't want that life and wouldn't want it for their children but it's survival. Many if the have records which also prevent them from moving forward into a different direction. When u are born into a situation and have no other knowledge then this is the result
@@ralphholiman7401 I agree and as young as they are it seems most kids even with support don’t know what to do sometimes so I pray those boys make it out or are the change their current environment needs.
As a black man, this makes me so sad!!! When those young men talk about killin, they killin other young men who look like them. The crazy thing is that these men have talent, they can do something with their lives besides sell poison to each other. Notice no women in this group!
These guys are their own and each others worst enemy. I used to think that it was racist white people but thr truth is that in this day and age we hold ourselves back way more than they do. I promise you that none of these kids , their parents , their grandparents, and their great grandparents has ever read a book outside of school or even had any curiosity about anything beyond what's for lunch. Ignorance breeds ignorance. They're not much more mentally than farm animals. It pains me to say that but I can't lie.
I’m white, from NY, and drove through a run down part of Jackson at 2am on the way to a concert later that evening in Alabama. My wife and I got turned around while looking for a gas station and needed to know how to get back on the highway…we found a gas station with bars on the windows that looked open because there were people outside hanging out and some lights were still on. I got out and pumped my gas a little bit nervous because I was the only white person (besides my wife in the car) and it was 2am with a bunch of people drinking and smoking in a parking lot. I walked to the building because I needed a drink and the wife wanted smokes, and some guy said “They closed.” I looked over and the guy was all tatted up and had silver teeth. I tried the door anyway and a couple of people snickered. I felt like all the attention had shifted to me and I just said the first thing that came to my mind which was “Sick Grille man” and a bunch of people busted out laughing. After that I asked for directions and people started telling me different ways to get to the highway and cutting each other off…they asked where I was from and by that time my wife had joined me. We must have been there for :45 minutes talking to complete strangers at 2am. My wife ended up bumming a few cigs to hold her over and she had a beer too. I was offered a beer, but I declined due to having to drive still and being a lightweight. That was probably close to 20 years ago though. We moved to Oxford years after that and we went to Jackson several times and it always just seemed like a regular small city, some run down areas, some nice areas…my favorite BBQ place in MS too. Watching the news when I lived near there, I would say Memphis was the murder capital of the USA.
Yall can move smack dab in the hood and not be bothered anyone. Black Americans never bother you--they know better, and you know that. So cut the crap.
One of my best friends is from Jackson. He left and joined the army, went to hvac school, started his own business and is a millionaire with two making daughters and a great wife. He never knew his dad or any male in his family. They were all dead or in prison. He knew he had to get out and break the cycle. He did and he’s an amazing example of what could be for some of these young men. Hopefully they get out of that life and help to improve their community
I pray these young brothers live above there circumstances because there's a huge world out here and a simple beef can change a life that can't return.
Mississippi born and bred. I went to public school in MS, and when I graduated, I was 1 of about 12 white kids in that graduating class. That said, all those dudes are my brothers. That sort of segregation you still see in MS and a lot of southern states (really the whole US) is the result of public housing and zoning that took place during a very different and racist period of time. It's just like those young dudes in the video said - it ain't like they wanna be there, and they don't got that same hate/resentment the older generations have for white folks. Our history is what it is, but we've come a long way...but life ain't perfect, and we ain't there yet. It hits me at my core watching a documentary like this because it is my home, and I lived next door to this the majority of my life. I still do, but if every educated person with a good character leaves this state then it will never get any better. That's a net loss, so in a way, that keeps me here. It isn't easy to fix situations like this, and that's primarily because it takes decades and decades to see substantial results and change. My mother was a public school teacher in MS for years, and took in kids just like those guys all the time. We always had someone sleeping on the couch. It's all about your environment and life experiences. If you grow up in the projects and the only folks you see with money got it from slangin' dope then that's gonna be all you know. If your home life ain't stable and you got no role models, then that's what it's gonna be. It's going to take a lot more time and lot more love. The rest is down to industry and education. Jackson, MS just landed Amazon's two new data centers, and it is the biggest deal in the state's history I believe. That brings better jobs and a lot of money which ultimately leads to better education and opportunities. IDGAF if you're black or white or whatever. Just don't be a horrible person and things will work out. If you make mistakes, own them. I think people in most cases deserve second chances. There's some really cool places in Mississippi and some really amazing people. At the end of the day, we still have much work to be done, but I'm proud of how far we've come.
This is a great comment. I enjoyed reading it. What would you say needs to happen for things to improve? How do you encourage the young men here to admire and idolize healthy role models instead of unhealthy ones like the young man said in the beginning?
@@robertsmall1657 I think realistically, no matter what, it will take a long time. I work for the state government and a municipality, and it might sound ineffective, but things like having access to parks, youth sports programs, higher education, and such have a major impact. All of that aside, I think there is immense power in mentoring and sharing your story and experiences with those from that next generation. There will never be a perfect solution or quick resolution on these types of things. I think there is hope though, but we have to set aside our typical way of thinking. At first, it seems insurmountable, but what if you break it down like this: don't try to change everything at once. Try just making a difference in your community, your school, your neighborhood, or even just one person. If even 30% of people did this, the impact would be so profound after a decade or two. I don't know about ya'll, but I'd rather a kid hit a baseball through my window then fire a bullet through my window. If I had a pond, I'd rather teach those kids to be good fishermen and respectful of nature than to call the cops on some teens for trespassing. I wouldn't approach it like older generations and have that "get off my lawn" attitude. Just be a good example and don't sit idle thinking "oh, someone else will stop and help that person." Instead, be that person that stops and helps.
After living in Jackson for so much of my childhood im actually embarrassed as to where it has come today.. It used to be a place I would call home but now when I go back to visit family im immediately ready to go after a few hours of seeing everyone. All of the crime and corruption has overtaken the city and most of the residents have moved away for better. It's mostly abandoned buildings or houses and there is nothing to do outside of go to clubs. It's not a place for kids to grow up anymore because they all seem to turn to the streets. The sad part is that so many of these people have never left there and it's like they are mentally trapped. Im glad my mom moved us away before it became what it is now because I don't know what I'd be or be doing with my life.
@@cosmicrealm1567 it used to have all of that but when they elected all those politicians that stole millions from the city it was bound to go under. I grew up back & forth in Milwaukee and Mississippi.. there are no Malls or movie theaters inside the city of Milwaukee but it is a bigger city than Jackson and the education system is better but not by much and it seems like the city of Jackson has failed due to greed and corruption with no remorse for the people that live there.. There are no opportunities for the people there
Thank you so much for taking the time to document and tell the story of our communities! Would love if in the future you could come back and interview the mothers and grandmothers that were mentioned multiple times - it would be very powerful to hear their perspective and to tell their story as well.
I lived in Jackson for over 13 years. Paying attention to your surroundings at all times, understanding your surroundings at all times, and always appearing comfortable at all times, but READY! Stay ready.
😔 In the midst of adversity, in the heart of a rough neighborhood, there exists a community of resilient souls, striving to thrive despite the challenges that surround them. I pray for these souls.
I'm a single mother from Baltimore and I can relate to these young men so well. My boys no longer live with me cause just like these guys said, children gonna do what they want. I was a baby raising babies but have grown to be a responsible mom but peer pressure and trauma created by the family play a huge role in our young black men ending up this way. I made a vow to better myself to be able to teach what I didn't know when I was younger. My heart goes out to every young person growing up impoverished. Still working to become the example they need, male or female. I Love them all the same as I love my children. I pray for them and vow that whether they live with me or not to always protect and teach them!
The documentary maker Aarron actually grew up in a rough inner city area in Birmingham in the UK, but as impoverished as some of the neighborhoods in inner city areas in the Uk are, its nothing compared to places like Baltimore, and Im someone who has lived on both sides of the Atlantic. Having said that, the tourist brochure can give a false impression that all of UK looks like Buckingahm Palace, Oxford and like Harry Potter, and it definately doesnt. A lot of areas of cities in the north of England look very similar to Baltimore and Philly with the boarded up row/terraced houses and poverty, but we have nowhere near your gun violence, unfortunately knives are an issue here and young kids are stabbing each other on a regular basis.
@@rjflores438 Yes, I did see what's considered the hoods of UK and I was shocked to find that even there you have poverty and violence. There's a channel on TH-cam I just started watching where they do experiments. They'll have a wealthy person stay with an impoverished family for a certain time giving them insight as to how it is to live under such conditions. What we need to do as a human race is ban together with like minds and build our own communities where we all bring services and skills we can barter and share. It's only gonna get worse. People are beginning to realize that no matter the color of skin or the area you are from what matters is the content of the character. The elite cares about none of the little people and it's heart breaking. I wish everyone well.
I stay overnight in Jackson Mississippi. I wasn't scared or afraid at all. Everyone I met are good people. Polite, courteous and well mannered. Treat anyone them with respect and they do the same in return. The streets are the streets. There's a code these guys live by to survive. They're not worried about you or family. They worry about the rival gangs with beef with them or who they affiliate with. They live in a life or death world. Your just a visitor in their world. Respect who they are as a person and don't judge.
Bro you stayed one overnight in Jackson and act like you are a know it all expert. Tell you what, walk down the street with your family with anything expensive jewelry, electronics, purse, wallet and let’s see if you leave with those things.
It just depends on who you happen to run into that day. Most people anywhere are decent people, it’s the bad ones that affect the perceptions of the ignorant.
This is so demonic. When dude in the blue shirt was rapping and they were clapping, they were so hype over that evil lifestyle, it’s sad, and I truly pity them. I hate that as an African Americans I have to watch some of my people living like this.
@@ossoduro7794they know right from wrong, so I have no empathy for them. Their circumstances are one thing, but committing crime and killing each other will never get any reasoning from me, never. This has got to stop.
They need a environment change.. I promise you majority of them never been out of Mississippi. All they know is poverty. It's sad bro, but alot of them enjoy this lifestyle unfortunately.
@@doughty_vee7824 It's a generational domino affect. Nobody has a vision for change. I don't blame any of them, it's not their fault.. It started long ago before their parents became parents. Mississippi is the poorest state in the world, it doesn't surprise me.
@@AndreGuidryJr-er6vc I 100 percent agree with you. We already know what time it is in America. Its systematically. I don’t judge them, but pray for us all.
i was born and raised in jackson and watched as the city slowly became worse and worse until it eventually became neglected and abandoned. it was a beautiful place, i loved my school, and met so many amazing people there. so sad to see how it turned out
When I visited Natchez, MS in 2000 it was definitely as dangerous as Jackson. Folks were cool but you could tell they felt trapped. I wish there was more we could do to break the cycle of violence not just in Mississippi but everywhere.
truth is even if there was a way to break the cycle , it wouldn’t break … like they said too much blood shed .. im from natchez , stay 15 minutes from it in Roxie ms and i personally know how it gets
Being from MS I can tell you, EVERY city has this. From top to bottom, there isn’t a city, town, or community down here that doesn’t have this environment and energy. Only safe place out this way is YOUR OWN LAND, and the only reason that feels safe is because you moved out of the hood at 3am and never show your property on social media.
You ever been to Madison, Brandon, or Pelahatchie? There are definitely some safe places in MS. I will agree that they are few and far between. They all have one thing in common. DEMOGRAPHICS I live outside of Greenwood now. Greenwood is a pretty small town, but they have shootings every week. They even shoot at the Walmart and McDonald's. 😅 But yeah, I live on 30acres in the woods now. I can leave my cars and house unlocked no problem. We have neighbors pretty close on one side, but they are old white people and they have lived out here longer than me. On the other side, my closest neighbor is about a mile away, and he's a retired electrician. We have plenty of gunshots, but that's usually me shooting at coke cans. Lol I love it out here. I take my trash down to the road in my tractor loader. 😅
I’m from Jackson and lived there all my life until a year ago.. These young brothers glorify the rap/gangster lifestyle just like many black young brothers in America.. Life is about choices and instead of choosing the right path they just choose wrong.. White guy hit it on the head 💯💯💯💯💯
Friends dad taught in D.C public schools. His dad said anytime a student excelled they were ridiculed and bullied. Make $, sell drugs, steal, play sports or through music not education I don't know how you fix that? How many young brothers and sisters know who Ben Carson is? Values?
I grew up in poverty, Chose to do something different, they making a bunch of excuses, I know they can choose to do different, They just choose streets
Everybody situation and circumstances are different. Just cus u made it done mean Everybody will and u should know that and u could have easily not made it
Everybody circumstances are different and it's even harder to make it from small town poverty cus there's no jobs and if u luck up and get one u better have a car cus ots no public transportation and the school system is the worst
Well, for one Jackson Mississippi population is 146,000 people. And Jackson Mississippi has 5 movie theaters. The problem with the violence and the gang atmosphere is due to ignorance and lack of education. That is caused by the lack of stable families.
I’ve lived in Mississippi most of my life and live a little over an hour southeast of Jackson. I don’t go unless I absolutely have to. My doctor’s office used to be on Woodrow Wilson……used to be. I changed cities and my niece and her husband and my great nephew live there. Scares me to even think about it. 40 years ago you could go to Jackson and spend the day there with your family and worry about nothing. Now you are playing Russian roulette. Fortunately homicides have declined the last two years. It has been a ticking time bomb for years. Downtown is a ghost town to what it was years ago and many businesses have moved to other parts of the city. It’s truly sad because in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s this city was a very nice place. Pearl and Brandon are about the only places I will visit anymore.
His face is in disbelief when he talks to these young dudes about squashing the beef and 95% said it’s not even a option. This isn’t the UK these dudes are different and he quickly realizes that. I think he had some cognitive dissonance from having all these conversations earlier that would point to them saying yes but when he really looked for the human element in the scenario he Esaú it wasn’t there. These are young dudes, they do have ptsd, they are suffering but at the exact same time, they are dangerous, unethical and love the retaliation deep down. It almost gives them meaning. It was interesting to see the interviewers face bache thought for sure they’d all say yes. The cycle won’t stop for a very long time unfortunately.
I'm from the UK Gangs don't squash beefs here, Gang wars between London Gangs go back to the late 80s ,and the same for Birmingham to get your facts correct
@@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew it’s an entire different world. Uk gangs are marshmallows compared to the us gangs. We have more murders in one big city in the Us than the entire UK does in a year. In 2023 there were 584 homicides in the Uk- in 2023 in Chicago alone we had 617 with over 2500 shootings. Not even close. Not bragging either but you can’t compare them.
@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew point is they arnt as reckless bold and even ruthless as the ones in america. You got kids young kids over here toting weapons your military probably doesn't even have and they are using them.
I was born and raised in Jackson, you have the choice whether or not to live the street life man. It's up to the individual at the end of the day. I'm proud of where I'm from, but glad I moved and outgrew my environment.
BIG UPS TO OUR GUY AARON FROM THE UK. Your documentary, film, and interview skills are NEXT LEVEL. And LOVE to my southern fam in Mississippi from a CA boy
The guy with the Nike shiesty on and his guys should be the ones taking steps to help the youth. Those guys have seen enough and it's built a better outlook for kids coming up in the same circumstances.
Im in Jackson as we speak and I come here often. Let me tell you something ain't shit sweet here. Mind your business,be respectful and be cool and stay busy and you'll be alright.
am an EMT in jackson.. man fun times.. and by fun I mean not fun. The stuff you see here is truly from another world. It is so crazy you cant make this stuff up, and you dont have to because its happening every day. When they say third world country they mean it, water worse than Flint, the streets are not even drivable because of holes in the roads and I have been on calls to houses in the dead of winter with no electricity, no power, and the windows busted out. These arent abandoned houses, they are houses families live in - just thats the state of some of the neighborhoods.
At 12 years old I spent an hr or 2 in Jackson MS and couldn’t wait to leave. My energy was disturbed being there. Smh hope these young men can turn their lives around
He spoke real shit.....but i wonder the police listen to the way they laying mfs down.....y'all heart about the killing fields that the cops were putting their bodies.... telling the parents that their looking for but already know where they where bc they killed him and put him there...
Exactly. They'd just rob those places, shoplift , and shoot each other in the entertainment venues. I live in Southaven , Memphis is not much different, just bigger.
I Highly Believe in Prayer there is Good in every one of these young man...We must pray everyone that's the only way this cycle will break, "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them" (Matthew 18:20). Be Blessed 🙏🏾❤️
They're about the 13 generation born out of slavery my granny was born out of slavery her father was a sharecropper and her grandfather was a slave she told me that when I was little
So... All of you people blaming ancestors.... You just don't want to or don't care to take any personal responsibilities for the PRESENT day and age? I mean, I haven't seen white people raising a gang of black guys. Did they miss an opportunity when they're given free education, free lunches, free transportation, and if they go to college, they get minority scholarships! But nah, it's not THEIR life choices, it's the ghost of the unknown slave owner oppressing them. Give me a break! Complete lunacy not to take personal responsibility for your own life in the world today. These people aren't being sex trafficked and held against their will! They have nothing there, so what do they have to lose to walk out and better themselves.
Who’s black child is working for that old man, he automatically does exactly what he says when he say it. It low key pissed me off. Then for Mississippi to still be very divided with racism in some areas, how did our people get to a point to where they are having wars with each other. I hate to see it, it makes me sad.
Ayee fr that’s some bs that child has no business what’s so ever round that mf this shit really pissed me of if I stay in Jackson an that definitely wasn’t here
Im tired of folks that’s not from here commenting on shit. Where the lil boy daddy? We ain no “cracka” haters , the man said the boy come to his house clearly voluntarily clearly his folks know clearly the black folks around jactown know him. Yall ain’t never been down here only speak on what yall see shut the fuck up , not everywhere a sundown town here
That is overly wild I thought I was the only one …. Maybe the lil boy screaming for help I know signs when I see them . He ask the lil boy how would he feel if he called him the n word . Shorty 25:20 said “mad “ does he ? No , white farmer no sir to the lil boy with a tone in his voice , kid: No sir he was scared I pray for y’all man this all jack up😢😢
Born & Raised in West Jackson, it’s all about how you move around and your crowd you be with. I know street guys to politicians so it’s all about how you move and mind your business.
Im from MS. I got my education, packed up my wife, and left as soon as I graduated college. We live in a suburb in Missouri now. I can confidently say that MS is reaping the effects of lack of education, justice, opportunities, and racism that has failed black people for generations. And even knowing this still doesn't make it any easier to watch
I’m from Meridian, Mississippi. Grew up around there and Jackson. Now I live and work in Memphis, TN. It’s the same everywhere. There are good, smart, hard working people in all 3 of the cities. There are those who were brought up in poverty and made it out. There are others who succumbed to the street life. People that I grew up with. It’s the same story across all of America’s inner cities.
@@airborneinfantry23 "it's the same everywhere" powerful statement..not only because it's true but it gives some insight on what the true issue is..how is it possible to have the same exact problems everywhere? It's not possible,so something from the outside is making this happen..
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It's hilarious how many white people grow up in the suburbs and see these people and how they speak and idolize it so much that they start speaking like that too.. it's actually more sad than funny
Yo ass need to go mosspoint ms an gulfport ms
I'm trying to figure out why you didn't stop in Greenwood MS. Morehead name does not ring bells in Mississippi with crime rate. Greenwood and Greenville are some of the most dangerous towns that you can go to in Mississippi. People are killing people mamas and daddies because of street beef
Love your work brother. True artists working with people to find us the real life stories an how governments put each an every one of us in it under control . Respect
@@r.ccustomtruckingsydneyaus4632 appreciate you!
My old coworker is from Jackson. She went to college in Mississippi and has a finance degree. She's sweet as can be. Her husband is from Jackson too makes $100k+ legally working offshore... don't let this video fool u. There are resources available and choices. Jackson has a lot of wonderful black people there.
EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT STRUGGLES BUT ITS DEFINITELY UP TO U TO CREATE YOUR DESTINY
I went there 6 years ago to visit family I was gone before midnight 🕛
What u mean with that? U left cause u felt was dangerous? Or was just time to go back home? I dont get you @@Novi903
They say the same thing about Memphis😂
I don’t think this video is meant to fool anyone this is educating people on the hoods of each state and which ones are deemed the most dangerous, I was born in California but grew up in Georgia, never really went to Atlanta until I got older now drive around there for work everyday, great schools, hbcu GT GA state, still a dangerous city
I was raised in Jacktown. My family still lives there. The MAIN difference between myself and these young brothers is, I had a strong father in my home that stayed active in my life, and stayed married to my mother. When I graduated HS, they told me you're getting the eff outta here to go to college. Off to VA I went.
As a Mississippian born and raised, grew up and graduated in the public school system, had a lot of firsts with black folks, who'll probably have a few carrying my casket as pallbearers, that is THE ONLY variable that matters for ALL MEN: WAS THERE AN INVOLVED DADDY IN THE HOME?
Boom!
Anyone reading what Ced just said, hes 100%. Its not even debatable. A 2 parent household, and graduated highschool. These are the 2 best predictors of success for a man OR a woman, but more relevant for a man.
Ced, God bless your parents. Best of luck in Virginia!
Yep, you hit that nail. A good dad is needed, stop glorifying the stressed out single grandma too old to be raising kids
Your father is a good man, make him proud.
There is a African Prroverb that says this " A neighborhood that Neglects a child, that Child will soon Neglect that neighborhood " its the truth.
There are Many neglected children who get up and go to work. Your attitude can be change or you can act Violent and Stupid and reap those consequences.
damn right
@@larrycarter3285 neighborhood neglects you by not handing you free money ? That’s crazy
@@scottwolf6234 That's why I called it an African Prroverb. Has nothing to do with a handout. You wouldn't understand
Because the ones that didn't fall are kings and queens@@veryfinepeopleonbothsidesb62
Praying for them. This the type of place you gotta leave and never go back. If you can survive there you can survive anywhere.
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😢😢😢everything about this documentary made me want to literally cry…these young men are so lost and they feel helpless and hopeless…I have a son and several nephews and I can not imagine this being their outlook or future. We are so blessed and don’t even know it.
True
just make sure your boys have a father figure. Whether its a godfather, and uncle, a dad or all three. The sad truth is these boys didn't get that opportunity. Either death or institutionalized they didn't have a healthy male role model and its sad. The flip to this is young girls ending up pregnant because they don't have a strong foundation either. They come from a state that's 70% below the poverty lines. They don't hand out scholarships or any sort of money to help get them started. This isn't a color biased thing in Mississippi. Unfortunately this level of poverty sees no race. Jackson is just mostly POCs. It's sad to see, just like Pine Bluff Arkansas. There's so much African American history there to preserve, but money corrupts all.
😂😂😂 crying about fake streets, Mexico and PR laughing about you 😂😂😂😂😂
There is no real streets in the US that's a fake mindset you guys have over there over here in Mexico and PR there is real Heat 🔥 and real streets. Where police don't lead shit.
@@Chupacabras0707 those streets are real. Sorry Mexico has suck bad gang activity but it doesn't change how bad the Jackson area is. Your comment makes you look ignorant.
My momma this my momma that. Ur momma this. That explains enough. No father figure. Having a father is brutally underrated and good fathers are under appreciated.
lol Why are you blaming moms? At least they stuck around. why don’t more fathers stick around and raise their kids then? Too many run off. All you have to do to be considered a good father is stick around. Bar is on the ground.
@@Dino22440 where did i ever blame moms? Learn to read
@@Dino22440he wasn't blaming moms,he was blaming the lack of fathers being there for their kids
@@buddyflood6761he wasn't saying that either. He said father's are underrated and good father's are unappreciated.
It is like that. They are saying kids are going to be able to do whatever they want. But that is not how it is in my culture in country of Slovenia. Fathers will guide you on the right path, yes we also rebel in teen years, but at the end of the day we listen to our fathers and if we dont, they whip our ass. How a mama gonna discipline this strong as dudes... but father has to be around, raise you. I see how these kids can rebel even more if there is some dude that just comes to spank your ass when its to much for your mama.
Im from a 3rd world country. You guys dont know what poverty is. Poverty to me, living in a country with no government assistance, no welfare to buy food, if you're poor, you have no hot water, no running water, no AC, no electricity, no health care, no free school, no free lunch, no public transportation, no red cross, no food banks, no 911, no ambulance, no police or anyone coming to help you, no parks, no sports league, no assistance from blacks in America. The poverty you talk about every day is a luxurious world to me.. This is why many people risk their lives to get here and can't understand your plight being born here. You choose to waste it. Man up, woman up.
You could say the same thing for Universal Health Care. But that’s available in all other Western countries but the U.S. And these other countries you talk about, in the comment sections of many TH-cam videos like about China or India or any of these other places, they brag all the time about how much better their countries are and call America 3rd world and on the decline.
90% of what you said is a reality for people in America except for free school, government assistance, and 911/ ambulances ESPECIALLY Mississippi
I cannot say you are wrong
That’s what they’re going through despite living in America.
Facts, well said. This people would die in a 3rd world country
This is triggering. Coming from a college educated wife and mother of 3. 🥰 My husband and I were both born & raised there. We praise god we were able to move our kids away and show them a different lifestyle. They shouldn’t have to choose between a future and the streets at a young age. They should just be kids. I kept telling people while living there that this is not normal behavior.
Wife of 3? 😅
@@misocriallo4379what is your comment to suggest?
But also based on your comment, you have absolutely no idea what it's like to be born and raised in such an environment. I know because I was born into it. Lived it. Not to the extreme of others but poverty sucks. My mom always told me "your environment doesn't make your future" here I stand after 26 almost 27 years of living paycheck to paycheck doing my best to find a good job. I am who I am today because I knew at a young age my parents cared about me and wanted to see me succeed.
Otherwise I'd be dead or like these guys in the video. Because I was headed that direction. I just chose to forgive and use it for what it is and move on. Let go. Pain is pain but holding to pain that should be let go has lead to this gang nature.
Born and raised in Jackson, MS. Many people accept that they are a product of their environment. I grew up in the hood. Beyond blessed that my parents kept us out of the streets and our heads in the books. From my parents down to their grandkids, none of us were in gangs, went to jail, or had any conflicts. We all graduated high school/college, and have good jobs. Most of us have left the city, but it is still home. When I go back, there are certain areas I do not stay in for long. Some people look for $$$ or a come up in the wrong way. I see Jackson differently than most. And I pray that one day my people wake up.
@@honeybee0307 In addition to praying for strong family also pray the stop voting based on COLOR. The elected are nothing but crooks.
Facts
What happened with dude who got his skull cut opened ??
I was born and raised in Jackson and I have the same prayer. Watching Jackson deteriorate has been one of the saddest things of my life. The people I grew up with would move back in a second if they would get the crime under control but no one will address it for fear of being called racist by the national media.
That’s every hood in America for a reason literally how you keep money in government at all times wit no worries
I’m from Yazoo city Mississippi. I’m 39 years old. I left that place when I was 21 years old and haven’t looked back. I moved to Orlando where you can make something of yourself. It’s really nothing to do in Mississippi and this video brought back memories. No jobs,gym,places to hang or anything. Prayers to these young boys.
Stop it.... Orlando have their rough spots too....
@@trell_money7789 every city has its tough spot but Orlando is 100 times better than yazoo city LMAO. You’re comparing a metro area to a hick town. Buddy I can tell you ain’t got a dollar to your name with that way of thinking
@@Phuong_Nguyen_ thank you. Nigga just talking just to be talking. Nothing I said was wrong and I’m talking about my experiences smh.
As a mother I wouldnt dare have my sons acting and looking like this. They know their dad but I didnt play the bullcrap. Discipline and consequences started early.
I’m from Yazoo, still live here. All about who you hang around if you ask me… Run with dogs, get fleas.
Jackson Ms here born n raised. Stay in your lane and always stay prayed up . Anywhere stay prayed up and live life.
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And strapped at all times
@@Knowledge.Seeker100no CAP
How can the culture change so people and families can thrive instead of walking on eggshells and living in fear? Peace brother.
@@XTRABIG stop believing the lies that the government keeps pushing to the black community to keep them down. The "reparations" that they are supposedly giving these inner city black communities especially, create compliance in mass. Lyndon B Johnson is quoted as saying during the civil rights movement "We've got to give them (black people) a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference" If you think that ideology within the government has changed or been phased out, you could not be further from the truth. It just looks a little different.
Knowledge is Freedom... Ignorance is Bondage!!!!
IGNORANCE IS SO POWERFUL
They revel in it.
YES 👏
@@ossoduro7794that is such enlightening commentary! I take it that you "wallow" in it, while they "revel" in it? Is that the correct terminology?
No TF it’s not.
Knowledge is the only power
@@MoonDoggie-hs2se No doubt that's not the only way you "take it", given your username. I'm merely making an observation, ragazzina...you've no reason to be that confused.
I lost a friend from this area he was found in a ditch off the highway... I served in the Military with him a while back in 2011.. i dont know why he went back.. i mean i understand he had family.. he was a great guy I mentored him and i felt like he was my blood brother.. hurts my heart.. but it takes a strong mind to CHANGE and move away from certain people and environments.. it all starts on how you percieve things in your mind..... he def dint deserve that..he was only 29-- RIP Lorenzo Halthon🕊
So sad
Just said that...ppl at college...army who return n go to a party n end up shot
What happened to the guy who got his Skull Cut open??
They failed to mention he was a veteran.. I’m also from the same area.. Lorenzo was killed in Columbus they found his body along side burns road.. i think this is Jackson and it’s 2 1/2 hours away
Sorry for your loss! 💔🙏🏽 glad they caught his killer. I read the info they had online. So sad and senseless and he was a veteran at that. SMH
This is a result of broken homes , rap music, guns , drugs and government 😢 our people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
Rap music is to blame!
Nope once you reach a certain age you know right from wrong that's why I have no sympathy for them they end result is either death or jail
@@djgreenhornet2892this shit has been happening before rap
Yall did it to yourselfs none of that shit is a excuse to not succeed smh
@@user-xn8nt6yh7w Children never "do it to themselves."
Been in Jackson my whole life…it really get deep round here when you involved in the streets. I thank God everyday for making a way for me, lost so many friends and I remind myself daily it could’ve easily been me. Stay on the porch young man, lot of yall ain’t cut from what come with this 🤬. Anybody can pull that trigger, everybody can’t sleep behind it. Guard your life.
I agree. It’s much easier to get a job and stay busy than to stay in the streets in order to commit crimes, go to prison, or dodge bullets to eventually get hit by one. In life we all have choices. Those who choose the wannabe “hood” life route are either mentally incapable of making good choices, lazy as hell, or want to mimic what they see on tv & music videos. Either way, it’s sad way to live.
Yep! I grew up in Jackson most my life too! Was homeless there for a little while jumping house to house staying with friends but most the time sleeping outside. Turned my life around and now I’m married with a son working as a first responder. These kids need to stay on the porch for sure and rethink their lives for the good.
@@cantbreakme1660Exactly. Congrats! All these grown boys fighting over government streets, property they don't even own, living with their elderly grandmother's. & Shooting each other over perceived disrespect, & They've never had any fathers to teach them how a respectable, moral, hardworking providing man conducts himself. Starting with using a gun instead of fighting like a man should be something to be embarrassed of. & I'm very pro second amendment
Let’s talk about the mosquitos though. Mississippi mosquitos are no joke
The mosquitos are the real opps
Them muthafuckas got teeth. Smmfh
@Chris-g6y I live in Mississippi, and the mosquitos here are VERY disrespectful. 😂😂😂
Yeah u know it's bad down there cuz the mosquitos got bodies and a few attempts
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We not gon mention the white guy with the black kid
Facts
That dude was a real one.
This feels like those 80s/90's "inner city" documentaries... NOTHINGS CHANGED but the time and place 😮💨🤦🏾
What did you expect, Black DNA to change?
@@WesternBlur “Black DNA”? Fix your dummy…
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Nah 80's , 90's are way different than today . Big difference is they already gone back in 80 , 90 you still had chances and more O.G back then today No O.G 's also no morales, no loyalties , nothing to fight for this generation of kids is dead back then you dying over something real today they dying over pssy big difference
But, damn SM has made it a hell of a lot worse. This world is backwards af. What’s good is bad vice versa! Sick! Elites & the ds trying to twist the minds of innocent children. Good Lord I was a little kid who didn’t like wearing dresses, played with my brothers toys.. But I also liked my Barbies & playing dress up. Now, If back in the late 80’s when I was a little kid, and some weird ass nosey perve teachers started asking me if I wanted to be a darn “BOY?” All because I didn’t wear dresses or skirts to school? My folks would’ve gone in & given them a “who and a what for!”😂 Dammit man I miss the Normal days.. This world now is some evil BS! Js Sry I ranted. 😆
Desoto county. 662.
I went to kindergarten all the way to highchool there.
The reason there's no arcade's or basketball courts is because these exact people cause problems in those settings.
Notice you spoke with two rival groups.
Suppose they both want to play basketball on the same day.
The one guy literally said "that's their store, this is our store."
They can't share a store with civility. Much less anything else.
Desoto county is a white county bro stop it, ain’t no basketball goals there cuz them folks don’t want it to be, it ain’t cuz of no gangs.
@@lawrencerobinson659 white county? Maybe in horn lake and walls. Not Southaven. Lol.
You gonna try to tell me tunica is a white county too?
I was just down there in March.
I've seen the state of things recently.
You do have a point about the basketball goals tho. They simply don't want them because they attract black people, not necessarily gangs. The cops are way too eager to escalate things down there, and Memphis is right down the road.
What happened with dude who got his Skull Cut open??
As a black woman I can tell you it is a genetic flaw. They can’t be taught or reasoned with
@@J.Strantzdc is bout 50/50. Hernanando is the white county and walls too. Tunica mostly black.
I’m from Memphis and have family in Jackson. I love Jackson. It has its problems but the people are polite, the kids still believe in addressing elders as “sir” and “maam”. They are just rough kids in a rough environment.
These young brothas don’t realize they are being under-educated and socialized to be “inventory” for the private prison industry.
I'm sure most people they went to school with have jobs and normal lives.
Then you don’t understand systemic racism and oppression
45k per prisoner!
They do that on their own. Whites didn’t “set them up” to act how they act. We could find alternatives to incarceration, as there are surely cheaper ways 💉
Facts!
I'm a 40yo married black man with my own kids. I grew up in the hood in north NJ. I wish I could adopt one of these kids when they were 5 years old so as to raise them right. Remove him from that environment. Nurture him in a nuclear family setting and give him a sense of direction and purpose. This system is so broken. These kids have almost no chance to succeed in that environment.
It's not the systems fault. Raise your fkn children or keep your legs together
They made it that way. Everyone has the same access to education and basic opportunities in America
@@openranks4519they’ve been brainwashed by the last generation who were also brainwashed. Almost can’t blame ‘em, especially not the ones around 12-16 y/o.
I'm from MS and Jackson is a disgrace. The roads are terrible the infrastructure is terrible, the people act like they never been taught respect. They say the crime problem is because of racism but its mostly black people in Jackson, so that don't make sense to me. If u go to the predominantly white places like Richmond MS, Biloxi Ms, and others we don't have those same problems. We all get along and don't have to be worried daily about getting robbed or carjacked by young black males. Jackson is ran by mostly black leaders so are they racist to their own people? Other parts of MS aren't like this, not even close. These kids aren't being honest about Jackson not having cinema, stores, or things to do. It's a decent size city with tons of things to do, it's just governed horrible. As soon as u leave Jackson to any city close, u will think u are in a different world. The people of MS have been saying this about Jackson for a long time. It's the 1 district in MS run by democrats and its by far the worst. Most people in MS are like 1 big family, no matter race
Always blaming the system, even after your alleged success, makes the validity of your story come under scrutiny.
Leaky saying they'd probably just die if they tried to avoid the violence was truly eye opening.
Man if you think that was eye opening then you are part of the problem. What is and should be eye opening is the fact that each one of these young men CHOOSES to be right where they are at.
In a town so small there is no MF excuse to have "opps" unless you just insist on doing city shit.
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Big facts
Cus u don’t know, It’s GOIN on , body for Body Fr Mississippi dnt care bout that, U kill somebdoy blood here Mfs on Yo A$$ ya family friends etc, now it’s smoke between 2 sides Yall jus dnt know How often them small towns Be Killing bra like every other Week Fr
There’s nothing to do there they are bored and high
Exactly I live in Mississippi and tbh this group exaggerated everything I’ve been to Jackson many times it’s really nice in some areas
im from jackson, thank you for presenting this documentary in a way where these are people and not caricatures. i see my family in these young men, and i cry at the people i've lost to the street. my cousin six feet under rn and it hurts bad
I’m from Mississippi I’ve been to Jackson countless number of times and never ran into a rude or crazy situation everyone comes off nice. If you do no wrong they won’t wrong you. Love all people all races I don’t see color
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Ur white
That is very sweet of you but that just isn’t the truth. Jackson is a very dangerous place. As for race, if you don’t see color you are just lying to yourself. If black people are the ones in Jackson committing the crimes then it is what it is.
Did you color in the coloring book?
I'm from Jackson MS. (west Jackson) to be exact. I have lived here my entire life. I moved away and I moved back here because there is nothing like it. There is a lot of opportunity and a community that needs the love of locals. Everyone in the comments demeaning this beautiful place and speaking bad about it, I guarantee never tried to do anything to make the city better they, chose to run and complain from a distance. I have lived out of the country and I still will always choose the culturally rich city of Jackson over any other place. Instead of allowing people to only highlight the bad of your city try pushing videos that highlight the good and the good people that still call this place home!
I'm back here and I plan to make a difference! Mark my word when I say that you will see the beautification I plan to bring to this place.
I'm from Jackson as well. Shady Oaks, Georgetown, Sunset, all home to me. I moved away but this is still home. The way they're speaking so bad about it is sad. Yes there are some run down bad areas but the people are wholesome. It's unfortunate the kids that have fell victim to their environment but it's in every city. I've lived in Charleston, S.C., now in Fresno Texas and they all have their hoods and poverty stricken neighborhoods. It breaks my heart when I visit home but it's still home and always will be. Looking forward to your new groundbreaking movement to make it better.
Breaks my heart knowing this is home for me. I moved away and coming home to visit beings me a sad feeling so see the degradation of so many neighborhoods. The schools systems aren't what they use to be so its failing our children. It hurts me to see these young men succumb to the streets and think there's no other options. Sometimes you have to move away. There's a better way and a better life outside of those walls of Jackson
Youre not from the hood
Born in raised in Jackson, MS. All the Everything you see in this video is our fault. We always pointing the blame but we never take accountability. I worked hard to get where I’m at.
If you’re smart, surround yourself by smart and get away from Jackson. It hurts me to the core to say that but it’s the truth. The youngins aren’t going to listen.
Awe man 😔
Some of these kids don’t have money to relocate cmon let’s not act like times haven’t changed in the sip didn’t u hear the kid say they have 3 stores and no boys club for the youth no football basketball or track programs no amenities bullshit school system hiv rate highest in amerikkka
That statement was very well said. I grew up in Louisiana. God bless you 🙏❤️🙏!
If you moved out then you know outside forces made places like jackson how it is .
FACTZZ, GENERATIONS STILL TRYNN,,9 SECOND 4 FAMM THAT HAD THAT DREAM AN THE 45 HAD A NOTHER, WHERE DO YOU GO WHAT TO.DO IF ALL YOU HAVE IS GOD & U IF YOU DONT BALL U FALL IF YOU TRAP XSPECT A CAP OR JACK AN 40 YRS LATER 47 FUNERALS LATER,STILL TRYNN HOME IZ HOME ,ZONE IZ ZONE WHERE ELSE 2 CALL HOME IT TAKEZZ BREAD 2 GET AHEAD ,JOBS ARE 500-1
Nobody brought up Lil Lonnie? The biggest person t come out of Jackson...
Facts bro I think they forgot!
It’s not all Jackson das why foo
I’m from Jackson Mississippi we don’t glorify nobody all us stars and sons and daughters of God that’s why they had the most and worst slaves in Mississippi cause we are the lost tribe of Judah the 4th tribe of the 12 tribes of Israel brought low but restoration for us is months away our 400 years of bondage is almost up
@@theholyoneofisraeljr Bro what?
@@theholyoneofisraeljryup were from the tribe of Judah the same tribe as David
Memphis TN is home to me. Born and raised. I’ve lived all over MS including Gulfport,Biloxi,Olive Branch and currently Hornlake MS. No harm no foul. I have worked as a landscaper all over Memphis, Bartlett,Raleigh,Frayser,East Memphis and South Memphis area since I was probably 12/13 yrs old. I am now 30. Never had any trouble. If you respect them they respect you back. You disrespect them and they could quickly become your worst enemy! If you ever get invited to the cookout you better go! Some of the best food you will ever eat! PERIOD! I love my black communities and I couldn’t be more thankful for them! You watch out for them when they ain’t around and they will look after you as well in return!🫡
I agree completely!! It all about respect. I got invited to eat, smoke, and hang out in south Memphis around 2008 or so, in whitehaven. I got out my car and almost immediately had my wallet stolen. I told my peoples what had happened, and about 10 minutes later, my wallet was returned with everything still in it. They said they ain’t gonna let nobody fuck with me like that.
I made it out of Greenville, MS many years ago and it was the best decision of my life. The Delta is rough; praying for those still there.
He need to come here
I'm from Greenville, Ms also, moved to Jackson, MS and it's wild here.
Southside baby 4s up Greenville Ms 🗣️🖤
I’m from right up the road .. Grenada , Ms
Clarksdale Is Getting Rough With This Generation!
I went to Jackson,MS for school - I went to Jackson State. I essentially hated everything outside of campus. It killed me to see black people so complacent with such a terrible way of life, the people had such an enslaved mindset. I couldn’t wait to leave. Don’t get me wrong it’s not every single black person. But the majority in Jackson, yes. I graduated left and I haven’t been back and don’t plan on it.
What year were you at jstate
Did you go beyond lynch St! Your comments do not align with the entire city of Jackson..
@@StreetSouljaz1 2010 - 2013!
@@deede0151 I did yes, and I agree. Which is why I said this was not true of all the people in Jackson. There were pockets of nice areas and some good people
@@ashlinychole I was there in grad school studying criminology around that time.
Junior and the farmer is a perfect example of what these communities need. Fathers and Father figures. Boys are hurting bad for dads. Girls too
Man I was going to say that. Racism is alive but combatting it takes men like that real talk.
Most of them can't read this.
jesus cant they speak english??
Not sure if a father makes a difference when there are no opportunities
@@elliot2177it ABSOLUTELY makes all the difference. A father would show them how to conduct themselves as moral, respectable, hardworking men & to show them how to remove themselves from the situation. And get them moved away or to create opportunities.
Damn this so so pure of quality it feels like you’re watching a cinema movie
respect bruddah, aaron
nahhh frrr intro was insanee
@@TheTabooRoomWithAaron Few seconds in and cinematography is beautiful as always. This is real high quality journalism
Fr it's gritty
I've seen better.
My people are from Mississippi. My uncle used to be the fire chief in his smaller town.
The older ones are all gone now (RIP), and the rest have left the state.
It’s every state not just Mississippi
This video is deep . These boys are not dumb and know exactly what is going on .
I love Mississippi, I am from the Caribbean but half Mississippian, I now live in London UK and I miss the 601, I go to visit every few years and my cousins who are my age (now 40) askes me why I keep coming back and I keep telling them, its home, its a calling from my ancestors to always come back home, no matter how hood or dangerous it is in Jackson, I love it dearly. I went high school there (Provine High School) I always make sure I get my soul food when I visit, and although I don't have a close relationship with my Mississippi family (my dads side) I will always enjoy the time with them and also the time and energy there in the Ssipp.
Its like no other place, its something about the 601 I love dearly, I also tatted MISSISSIPPI on my knack when I was 18 but I was in the Caribbean cause I was always between the islands and Mississippi through out my life. The last time I was in Jackson MS was last year Feb 2023 for 2 months, and before that I was in Mississippi in 2016, I will be back soon maybe this winter!
MISSISSIPPI IS HARSH, THE STREETS ARE DIRTY, IT LOOKS LIKE A 3RD WORLD COUNTRY BUT THAT STILL DONT STOP ME FROM COMING HOME... FROM ENGLAND TO MISSISSIPPI OR FROM THE ISLANDS TO THE SSIPP I WILL ALWAYS COME BACK HOME, I AM PROUD TO BE HALF MISSISSIPPIAN! BLESS UP TO ALL MY KIN FOLK IN THE SSIPP! 1 LOVE!
@JG-st5tp Great to hear how well you are doing and your desire to return to your home. What made you move to the UK?
We are one my kinfolk. It’s always that ancestral calling….i always wondered what the feeling was on my aura every time I go home…..just the same it’s our ancestors letting us know who we are and where we come from….we built different…..I’m from the Mississippi Delta born and raised and this is where the gorillas play
@cd129 I left for a change of life culture and differences... Plus the US is wild & gone to shit all over so I'm here but I do miss the American life but safety 1st is always a plus... US isn't safe anymore, to much politics & bad energy there these days!
@@gklazzof2009 yes facts I'm with you on all that! Big up cousin!
I’m in Scotland!!!! Is bomb
“Anything can happen at anytime.”
Born and raised in JXN, this is true. I’ve been gone for three years and I still don’t travel at night, make sure, no one is around my car before getting in, and sacrifice the best foods because I judge neighborhoods harshly. I too have PTSD but glad my kids experienced little to none of it.
47 year old white male,born and raised in Jackson Ms,still live here. There are many nice areas,but some of the worst as well. Jackson is what you make of it,people around here are real good at knowing what you're about,by looking you in the eye. Some,If they feel you're soft,they will test you.
Right, Jackson Mississippi not that bad. My people are the Keyes we all over Mississippi but a lot of us still in Jackson Mississippi.
My whole family is from Jackson though I liv in Savannah. I have some of my greatest memories in Jackson
@@912yekim yeah but nobody deals with or stands up to the oppressors ..they only go after their own kind....which is easy work and rather cowardly imo...but then I'm of Jamaican roots (fire) so I see things in a different kind of Souljah way.🇺🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
@@lifewithpaypay4243Marcia Keyes , lachelle keyes , lendale keyes ?
Exactly, this video acts like you will be killed for nothing ,,,,, and everyone should be scared . This is not so .
one of the better gang documentaries made. Very impressed how good this was put together
That left hook changed the mind of anybody plotting on the camera equipment 😂😂 🤜🏽💥💢
Naw fr 😂
Definitely 😂
U sound crazy ain’t nobody fenna fight. That left hook can’t beat a left trigger finger
@@orlandoallen4449 pure puss
@@orlandoallen4449word
This should be a Netflix documentary 🔥
Cuz, do you really believe all that is going on in a city with a population of 1,900? That's some straight nonsense, cuz. I doubt it is even remotely true.
all his episodes could be a series
I would consider what all that time that they have that they work on their mind body and soul do they all look like they can use some exercise.. young people today don't work out they just pull triggers..
Gutter T.v
@@Sawdust-f4p yes LOL at its finest..
I’m from Jackson Mississippi my mom moved us to Cali, I have a MA in Electronic Engineering and in two years I will be retired. I own my own home on .5 acre of land and life is great. 🥂
I am 66 and I grew up in the Mississippi Delta and lived in Jackson for a while. As bad as this looks, it's pretty accurate. You think any of these guys would give up this life for a job where they had to show up five days a week at 7:30 am and put in 40 hours? None of them want that. Because they have been raised to believe this life they are living is the best life.
I don’t think they like the life, they’ve been conditioned to not see the benefit in that type of work… and sadly most people who work that way also hate their life.
I don't think any of these men believe this is the BEST LIFE ... they even stated that they don't want that life and wouldn't want it for their children but it's survival. Many if the have records which also prevent them from moving forward into a different direction. When u are born into a situation and have no other knowledge then this is the result
@@RedDawnReadiness , well, no one is coming to save them. They are going to have to save themselves if they want out.
@@ralphholiman7401 I agree and as young as they are it seems most kids even with support don’t know what to do sometimes so I pray those boys make it out or are the change their current environment needs.
Must people would rather not go to work but being broke homeless and hungry sucks lol
As a black man, this makes me so sad!!! When those young men talk about killin, they killin other young men who look like them. The crazy thing is that these men have talent, they can do something with their lives besides sell poison to each other. Notice no women in this group!
These guys are their own and each others worst enemy. I used to think that it was racist white people but thr truth is that in this day and age we hold ourselves back way more than they do. I promise you that none of these kids , their parents , their grandparents, and their great grandparents has ever read a book outside of school or even had any curiosity about anything beyond what's for lunch. Ignorance breeds ignorance. They're not much more mentally than farm animals. It pains me to say that but I can't lie.
I’m white, from NY, and drove through a run down part of Jackson at 2am on the way to a concert later that evening in Alabama. My wife and I got turned around while looking for a gas station and needed to know how to get back on the highway…we found a gas station with bars on the windows that looked open because there were people outside hanging out and some lights were still on. I got out and pumped my gas a little bit nervous because I was the only white person (besides my wife in the car) and it was 2am with a bunch of people drinking and smoking in a parking lot. I walked to the building because I needed a drink and the wife wanted smokes, and some guy said “They closed.” I looked over and the guy was all tatted up and had silver teeth. I tried the door anyway and a couple of people snickered. I felt like all the attention had shifted to me and I just said the first thing that came to my mind which was “Sick Grille man” and a bunch of people busted out laughing. After that I asked for directions and people started telling me different ways to get to the highway and cutting each other off…they asked where I was from and by that time my wife had joined me. We must have been there for :45 minutes talking to complete strangers at 2am. My wife ended up bumming a few cigs to hold her over and she had a beer too. I was offered a beer, but I declined due to having to drive still and being a lightweight. That was probably close to 20 years ago though. We moved to Oxford years after that and we went to Jackson several times and it always just seemed like a regular small city, some run down areas, some nice areas…my favorite BBQ place in MS too. Watching the news when I lived near there, I would say Memphis was the murder capital of the USA.
“Sick grille man” boy u was almost a full course meal. Dnt ever do that again
reddit brain
Rule #1 of the black gas station scenario. Don't show fear, they smell it.
Cap
Yall can move smack dab in the hood and not be bothered anyone. Black Americans never bother you--they know better, and you know that. So cut the crap.
My family is from Mississippi, and it was fun to go there each summer. This is sad.
This is heartbreaking. Most of these are simply lost children. No fathers in the home. No positive role models. So very sad.
And no dreams 😔
One of my best friends is from Jackson. He left and joined the army, went to hvac school, started his own business and is a millionaire with two making daughters and a great wife. He never knew his dad or any male in his family. They were all dead or in prison. He knew he had to get out and break the cycle. He did and he’s an amazing example of what could be for some of these young men. Hopefully they get out of that life and help to improve their community
I pray these young brothers live above there circumstances because there's a huge world out here and a simple beef can change a life that can't return.
Mississippi born and bred. I went to public school in MS, and when I graduated, I was 1 of about 12 white kids in that graduating class. That said, all those dudes are my brothers. That sort of segregation you still see in MS and a lot of southern states (really the whole US) is the result of public housing and zoning that took place during a very different and racist period of time. It's just like those young dudes in the video said - it ain't like they wanna be there, and they don't got that same hate/resentment the older generations have for white folks. Our history is what it is, but we've come a long way...but life ain't perfect, and we ain't there yet.
It hits me at my core watching a documentary like this because it is my home, and I lived next door to this the majority of my life. I still do, but if every educated person with a good character leaves this state then it will never get any better. That's a net loss, so in a way, that keeps me here. It isn't easy to fix situations like this, and that's primarily because it takes decades and decades to see substantial results and change. My mother was a public school teacher in MS for years, and took in kids just like those guys all the time. We always had someone sleeping on the couch.
It's all about your environment and life experiences. If you grow up in the projects and the only folks you see with money got it from slangin' dope then that's gonna be all you know. If your home life ain't stable and you got no role models, then that's what it's gonna be. It's going to take a lot more time and lot more love. The rest is down to industry and education. Jackson, MS just landed Amazon's two new data centers, and it is the biggest deal in the state's history I believe. That brings better jobs and a lot of money which ultimately leads to better education and opportunities.
IDGAF if you're black or white or whatever. Just don't be a horrible person and things will work out. If you make mistakes, own them. I think people in most cases deserve second chances. There's some really cool places in Mississippi and some really amazing people. At the end of the day, we still have much work to be done, but I'm proud of how far we've come.
I agree 100%
You get my *RESEPECT* ♥️🖐🏾
Moss Point childhood
This is a great comment. I enjoyed reading it. What would you say needs to happen for things to improve? How do you encourage the young men here to admire and idolize healthy role models instead of unhealthy ones like the young man said in the beginning?
@@robertsmall1657 I think realistically, no matter what, it will take a long time. I work for the state government and a municipality, and it might sound ineffective, but things like having access to parks, youth sports programs, higher education, and such have a major impact. All of that aside, I think there is immense power in mentoring and sharing your story and experiences with those from that next generation.
There will never be a perfect solution or quick resolution on these types of things. I think there is hope though, but we have to set aside our typical way of thinking. At first, it seems insurmountable, but what if you break it down like this: don't try to change everything at once. Try just making a difference in your community, your school, your neighborhood, or even just one person. If even 30% of people did this, the impact would be so profound after a decade or two.
I don't know about ya'll, but I'd rather a kid hit a baseball through my window then fire a bullet through my window. If I had a pond, I'd rather teach those kids to be good fishermen and respectful of nature than to call the cops on some teens for trespassing. I wouldn't approach it like older generations and have that "get off my lawn" attitude. Just be a good example and don't sit idle thinking "oh, someone else will stop and help that person." Instead, be that person that stops and helps.
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After living in Jackson for so much of my childhood im actually embarrassed as to where it has come today.. It used to be a place I would call home but now when I go back to visit family im immediately ready to go after a few hours of seeing everyone. All of the crime and corruption has overtaken the city and most of the residents have moved away for better. It's mostly abandoned buildings or houses and there is nothing to do outside of go to clubs. It's not a place for kids to grow up anymore because they all seem to turn to the streets. The sad part is that so many of these people have never left there and it's like they are mentally trapped. Im glad my mom moved us away before it became what it is now because I don't know what I'd be or be doing with my life.
Bless king keep prospering and moving forward reach one teach one 🫡💪🏿
@@LovePeace1804 I’m literally nominated for 2 Emmy awards right now. I would’ve never saw this for myself back then
Its a slum.. no education, no mall or movies. Wht you expect?
@@cosmicrealm1567 it used to have all of that but when they elected all those politicians that stole millions from the city it was bound to go under. I grew up back & forth in Milwaukee and Mississippi.. there are no Malls or movie theaters inside the city of Milwaukee but it is a bigger city than Jackson and the education system is better but not by much and it seems like the city of Jackson has failed due to greed and corruption with no remorse for the people that live there.. There are no opportunities for the people there
Understand it was designed too b like dis
Thank you so much for taking the time to document and tell the story of our communities! Would love if in the future you could come back and interview the mothers and grandmothers that were mentioned multiple times - it would be very powerful to hear their perspective and to tell their story as well.
I lived in Jackson for over 13 years. Paying attention to your surroundings at all times, understanding your surroundings at all times, and always appearing comfortable at all times, but READY! Stay ready.
Respect to the young fellas saying stay out and do better 😁👍
😔 In the midst of adversity, in the heart of a rough neighborhood, there exists a community of resilient souls, striving to thrive despite the challenges that surround them.
I pray for these souls.
They are the problem
You pray for murderous sociopaths
@@MrBobbo18lmao I was gonna say this sounds like a white liberal lol
I'm a single mother from Baltimore and I can relate to these young men so well. My boys no longer live with me cause just like these guys said, children gonna do what they want. I was a baby raising babies but have grown to be a responsible mom but peer pressure and trauma created by the family play a huge role in our young black men ending up this way. I made a vow to better myself to be able to teach what I didn't know when I was younger. My heart goes out to every young person growing up impoverished. Still working to become the example they need, male or female. I Love them all the same as I love my children. I pray for them and vow that whether they live with me or not to always protect and teach them!
The documentary maker Aarron actually grew up in a rough inner city area in Birmingham in the UK, but as impoverished as some of the neighborhoods in inner city areas in the Uk are, its nothing compared to places like Baltimore, and Im someone who has lived on both sides of the Atlantic. Having said that, the tourist brochure can give a false impression that all of UK looks like Buckingahm Palace, Oxford and like Harry Potter, and it definately doesnt. A lot of areas of cities in the north of England look very similar to Baltimore and Philly with the boarded up row/terraced houses and poverty, but we have nowhere near your gun violence, unfortunately knives are an issue here and young kids are stabbing each other on a regular basis.
@@rjflores438 Yes, I did see what's considered the hoods of UK and I was shocked to find that even there you have poverty and violence. There's a channel on TH-cam I just started watching where they do experiments. They'll have a wealthy person stay with an impoverished family for a certain time giving them insight as to how it is to live under such conditions. What we need to do as a human race is ban together with like minds and build our own communities where we all bring services and skills we can barter and share. It's only gonna get worse. People are beginning to realize that no matter the color of skin or the area you are from what matters is the content of the character. The elite cares about none of the little people and it's heart breaking. I wish everyone well.
Children don't do what they want when they have a parent/parents to not allow them to do what is wrong.
Who is church? And why they in the streets?
Respect to that old white man.
I stay overnight in Jackson Mississippi. I wasn't scared or afraid at all. Everyone I met are good people. Polite, courteous and well mannered. Treat anyone them with respect and they do the same in return. The streets are the streets. There's a code these guys live by to survive. They're not worried about you or family. They worry about the rival gangs with beef with them or who they affiliate with. They live in a life or death world. Your just a visitor in their world. Respect who they are as a person and don't judge.
honestly! they really just victims to their circumstances .
Bro you stayed one overnight in Jackson and act like you are a know it all expert. Tell you what, walk down the street with your family with anything expensive jewelry, electronics, purse, wallet and let’s see if you leave with those things.
Thank you sir. I have been in the trenches with hugs
It just depends on who you happen to run into that day. Most people anywhere are decent people, it’s the bad ones that affect the perceptions of the ignorant.
Man please😂
This is so demonic. When dude in the blue shirt was rapping and they were clapping, they were so hype over that evil lifestyle, it’s sad, and I truly pity them. I hate that as an African Americans I have to watch some of my people living like this.
Youre not African American. Us foundational black americans aint africans.
Facts
They revel in the vileness to celebrate it in the most vainglorious way, then blame all their issues on others that take a different path.
@@ossoduro7794they know right from wrong, so I have no empathy for them. Their circumstances are one thing, but committing crime and killing each other will never get any reasoning from me, never. This has got to stop.
These are your people?!
It's time to separate.
It’s sad to see our youth so enthusiastic about death… GODBLESS those kids and GODBLESS the chat.. AMEN
They need a environment change.. I promise you majority of them never been out of Mississippi. All they know is poverty. It's sad bro, but alot of them enjoy this lifestyle unfortunately.
It’s so sad seeing this . I almost cried when he said we still a slave . Thats how f minded they are.
@@doughty_vee7824 It's a generational domino affect. Nobody has a vision for change. I don't blame any of them, it's not their fault.. It started long ago before their parents became parents. Mississippi is the poorest state in the world, it doesn't surprise me.
@@AndreGuidryJr-er6vc I 100 percent agree with you.
We already know what time it is in America. Its systematically. I don’t judge them, but pray for us all.
i was born and raised in jackson and watched as the city slowly became worse and worse until it eventually became neglected and abandoned. it was a beautiful place, i loved my school, and met so many amazing people there. so sad to see how it turned out
When I visited Natchez, MS in 2000 it was definitely as dangerous as Jackson. Folks were cool but you could tell they felt trapped. I wish there was more we could do to break the cycle of violence not just in Mississippi but everywhere.
Trapped. Good word. I get that.
Ain't no part of Mississippi fucking with Jacktown
cap foh mane dat shii bonk asl i went to alcorn its so mf country out there,,,now port g is different but it crack from jackson to pearl river county
@@EddieColeman-m3mMayne damn near the whole SIP dangerous! All the way up to the delta they got it on they mind.
truth is even if there was a way to break the cycle , it wouldn’t break … like they said too much blood shed .. im from natchez , stay 15 minutes from it in Roxie ms and i personally know how it gets
Being from MS I can tell you, EVERY city has this. From top to bottom, there isn’t a city, town, or community down here that doesn’t have this environment and energy. Only safe place out this way is YOUR OWN LAND, and the only reason that feels safe is because you moved out of the hood at 3am and never show your property on social media.
Totally Agree , I’m frm Meridian,Ms 601
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You ever been to Madison, Brandon, or Pelahatchie?
There are definitely some safe places in MS. I will agree that they are few and far between.
They all have one thing in common. DEMOGRAPHICS
I live outside of Greenwood now. Greenwood is a pretty small town, but they have shootings every week.
They even shoot at the Walmart and McDonald's. 😅
But yeah, I live on 30acres in the woods now. I can leave my cars and house unlocked no problem.
We have neighbors pretty close on one side, but they are old white people and they have lived out here longer than me.
On the other side, my closest neighbor is about a mile away, and he's a retired electrician.
We have plenty of gunshots, but that's usually me shooting at coke cans. Lol
I love it out here. I take my trash down to the road in my tractor loader. 😅
Ever heard of south haven and olive branch MS. There is nothing like that going on
clearly you've never left your home town
I’m from Jackson and lived there all my life until a year ago.. These young brothers glorify the rap/gangster lifestyle just like many black young brothers in America.. Life is about choices and instead of choosing the right path they just choose wrong.. White guy hit it on the head 💯💯💯💯💯
Yes, the YT man was spot on. A Damn shame that he knows more about our demise than these young brothas do..
Friends dad taught in D.C public schools. His dad said anytime a student excelled they were ridiculed and bullied. Make $, sell drugs, steal, play sports or through music not education I don't know how you fix that? How many young brothers and sisters know who Ben Carson is? Values?
That´s what I call a rocksolid authentic documentary! Kudos
Born and raised in the Jack. Been around the world but I always come home.
Excited to check this video out ⭐️
I grew up in poverty, Chose to do something different, they making a bunch of excuses, I know they can choose to do different, They just choose streets
It's hard to see pass your environment when that's all you've even seen . I'm from SIP 2 hours away from Jackson.
Just because you made it doesn’t mean it’s easy to escape. You are the unicorn
@@PantherParty84Adams County here
Everybody situation and circumstances are different. Just cus u made it done mean Everybody will and u should know that and u could have easily not made it
Everybody circumstances are different and it's even harder to make it from small town poverty cus there's no jobs and if u luck up and get one u better have a car cus ots no public transportation and the school system is the worst
Well, for one Jackson Mississippi population is 146,000 people. And Jackson Mississippi has 5 movie theaters. The problem with the violence and the gang atmosphere is due to ignorance and lack of education. That is caused by the lack of stable families.
Jackson has 1 movie theater, and that's the Capri Theater in the Fondren with one screen. All the other theaters are outside of Jackson.
What the movie theatres have to do with it tho
You sure it's not more than that?
@@HerbertMoore-n1d nope
Natchez has no movie theater
I’ve lived in Mississippi most of my life and live a little over an hour southeast of Jackson. I don’t go unless I absolutely have to. My doctor’s office used to be on Woodrow Wilson……used to be. I changed cities and my niece and her husband and my great nephew live there. Scares me to even think about it. 40 years ago you could go to Jackson and spend the day there with your family and worry about nothing. Now you are playing Russian roulette. Fortunately homicides have declined the last two years. It has been a ticking time bomb for years. Downtown is a ghost town to what it was years ago and many businesses have moved to other parts of the city. It’s truly sad because in the 70’s, 80’s and early 90’s this city was a very nice place. Pearl and Brandon are about the only places I will visit anymore.
His face is in disbelief when he talks to these young dudes about squashing the beef and 95% said it’s not even a option. This isn’t the UK these dudes are different and he quickly realizes that. I think he had some cognitive dissonance from having all these conversations earlier that would point to them saying yes but when he really looked for the human element in the scenario he Esaú it wasn’t there. These are young dudes, they do have ptsd, they are suffering but at the exact same time, they are dangerous, unethical and love the retaliation deep down. It almost gives them meaning. It was interesting to see the interviewers face bache thought for sure they’d all say yes. The cycle won’t stop for a very long time unfortunately.
I'm from the UK Gangs don't squash beefs here, Gang wars between London Gangs go back to the late 80s ,and the same for Birmingham to get your facts correct
this is the results of feminism, the welfare system, and mainstream media depicting bad images of black men in movies and TV shows.
@@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew it’s an entire different world. Uk gangs are marshmallows compared to the us gangs. We have more murders in one big city in the Us than the entire UK does in a year. In 2023 there were 584 homicides in the Uk- in 2023 in Chicago alone we had 617 with over 2500 shootings. Not even close. Not bragging either but you can’t compare them.
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@Taharqo.saved.the.Hebrew point is they arnt as reckless bold and even ruthless as the ones in america. You got kids young kids over here toting weapons your military probably doesn't even have and they are using them.
great film work ...who ever does your editing is a beast
I was born and raised in Jackson, you have the choice whether or not to live the street life man. It's up to the individual at the end of the day. I'm proud of where I'm from, but glad I moved and outgrew my environment.
Exactly right. They act like this is their only option. But honestly, this lifestyle will never end with all the glorified music they listen to.
😢that’s not true though….its not an option
@@jtt1928we all have choices.
BIG UPS TO OUR GUY AARON FROM THE UK. Your documentary, film, and interview skills are NEXT LEVEL. And LOVE to my southern fam in Mississippi from a CA boy
You know we love Cali
The guy with the Nike shiesty on and his guys should be the ones taking steps to help the youth. Those guys have seen enough and it's built a better outlook for kids coming up in the same circumstances.
Im in Jackson as we speak and I come here often. Let me tell you something ain't shit sweet here. Mind your business,be respectful and be cool and stay busy and you'll be alright.
It has changed from when I lived though 😢
Yep. Seems to be full of a bunch of hood wannabes who do not have anything else to do but mimic what they see in movies & music videos… lol
I grew up in the streets of Mississippi... Jackson, Canton, Meridian, Vicksburg.. and many other cities. People truly don’t understand
Yep. These videos seem to highlight a bunch of hood wannabes who do not have anything else to do but mimic what they see in music videos… lol
I’ve been to Meridian
Born and raised in Vicksburg, pops was from Jac-town… word
Oh we know jobless military aged men
Every one of those cities you named are well known in the state! Pretty tough towns
I stay on NorthSide Jackson. Im from Detroit so im use to it, but its da worst dangerous place to be🤦🏿♂️ Pray for JackTown. Home of da tigers
@@rtre_870870 is my second; 601 my 3rd. I love Jackson. Just stay out the way.
You went from one sh*thole to another. Congratulations.
@@jamescash887shut yo scary ass up. You living in a rental home while ours paid for with land😂
And folks saying in the comments saying it has opportunity but it's still lowkey dangerous
@@jamescash887The whole country is does look 👀 at Moscow compare it you way down the pecking order
am an EMT in jackson.. man fun times.. and by fun I mean not fun. The stuff you see here is truly from another world. It is so crazy you cant make this stuff up, and you dont have to because its happening every day. When they say third world country they mean it, water worse than Flint, the streets are not even drivable because of holes in the roads and I have been on calls to houses in the dead of winter with no electricity, no power, and the windows busted out. These arent abandoned houses, they are houses families live in - just thats the state of some of the neighborhoods.
When a society rejects God .this is what you get
Yup Godless
True fact you make your own bed you heard dude say u can't tell them what to do when parent tell them otherwise I was the same especially male
We rejected the government not god
Well said and amen
@@realestcomment9622what good has the Gov done for us. They caused this and they played our people own ignorance
I had my F250 and RV stolen in Jackson. Thank God I survived. This town is horrible but may God soften their hearts and bless them.
I hate thieves
“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed” (Genesis 9:6).
buy a gmc next time
@@Alejandro-mv1lh😂😂 smj
Not from Jackson but I was born and raised in the jackson metro. Jackson is the epitome of “what can go wrong, will go wrong”
At 12 years old I spent an hr or 2 in Jackson MS and couldn’t wait to leave. My energy was disturbed being there. Smh hope these young men can turn their lives around
Around the 22 minute mark, the white man said the realest thing that black people hate to admit
Real talk Real shit Tru Story Aex La Boot Life
He spoke real shit.....but i wonder the police listen to the way they laying mfs down.....y'all heart about the killing fields that the cops were putting their bodies.... telling the parents that their looking for but already know where they where bc they killed him and put him there...
We don't hate to admit it ...the shit true who can't see that if you live in this world....
@@kevinhamilton8464 318 Alexandria huh?!?!
U made a point fr, that's some real ish
They complain about not having stores, places to eat, or other entertainment but people like them are the reason they don't have those things.
I can bet You are not there and living good. Did You not watch the whole thing. Wow You are without a Heart. Keep living.
Exactly. They'd just rob those places, shoplift , and shoot each other in the entertainment venues. I live in Southaven , Memphis is not much different, just bigger.
Best one so far, keep up the good journalism
Great journalism
Journalism at its finest
Man, thank You for sharing, im West Coast, but 🙏🏼 i had bo choice but to lift yall all up in 🙏🏼 prayer.
I Highly Believe in Prayer there is Good in every one of these young man...We must pray everyone that's the only way this cycle will break, "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them" (Matthew 18:20). Be Blessed 🙏🏾❤️
Praying is just talking to yourself.
Jack Town Stand Up Jackson State Respect From a Jamaican Been here years ago I love down south 🇯🇲
I knew my people was lost but i didnt know how deep this TRULY runs in Mississippi
This shite goes on in every hood in the US.
They're about the 13 generation born out of slavery my granny was born out of slavery her father was a sharecropper and her grandfather was a slave she told me that when I was little
These are your ppl? Yikes!
So... All of you people blaming ancestors.... You just don't want to or don't care to take any personal responsibilities for the PRESENT day and age? I mean, I haven't seen white people raising a gang of black guys. Did they miss an opportunity when they're given free education, free lunches, free transportation, and if they go to college, they get minority scholarships! But nah, it's not THEIR life choices, it's the ghost of the unknown slave owner oppressing them. Give me a break! Complete lunacy not to take personal responsibility for your own life in the world today. These people aren't being sex trafficked and held against their will! They have nothing there, so what do they have to lose to walk out and better themselves.
The south is ground zero. That’s where it all started…
Dam I was close to going through Jackson. MS but I am from Chicago my mother and grandmother they migrated from Mississippi
Born and raised in Mississippi people really do not understand... S/N the cinematography is superb
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What part u from?
Who’s black child is working for that old man, he automatically does exactly what he says when he say it. It low key pissed me off. Then for Mississippi to still be very divided with racism in some areas, how did our people get to a point to where they are having wars with each other. I hate to see it, it makes me sad.
Ayee fr that’s some bs that child has no business what’s so ever round that mf this shit really pissed me of if I stay in Jackson an that definitely wasn’t here
Did you hear him say the little boy had a, "pretty little smile"? I found that to be an odd comment to make.
Im tired of folks that’s not from here commenting on shit. Where the lil boy daddy? We ain no “cracka” haters , the man said the boy come to his house clearly voluntarily clearly his folks know clearly the black folks around jactown know him. Yall ain’t never been down here only speak on what yall see shut the fuck up , not everywhere a sundown town here
That is overly wild I thought I was the only one …. Maybe the lil boy screaming for help I know signs when I see them . He ask the lil boy how would he feel if he called him the n word . Shorty 25:20 said “mad “ does he ? No , white farmer no sir to the lil boy with a tone in his voice , kid: No sir he was scared I pray for y’all man this all jack up😢😢
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Born & Raised in West Jackson, it’s all about how you move around and your crowd you be with. I know street guys to politicians so it’s all about how you move and mind your business.
i live about 10 minutes away from jackson and this is so true, there was a shooting so close to my church and its genuinly scary
it's so inspiring to see all these future doctors and engineers.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Im from MS. I got my education, packed up my wife, and left as soon as I graduated college. We live in a suburb in Missouri now. I can confidently say that MS is reaping the effects of lack of education, justice, opportunities, and racism that has failed black people for generations. And even knowing this still doesn't make it any easier to watch
Couldn’t be the parents couldn’t it?
Cuz Missouri don't have hoods right😂😂y'all say any ole stupid thing.....every state have good and bad areas
@@trell_money7789Wow!
This is so IGNORANT! Tell us you can't reason without telling us you can't reason. 😂
@@BLOCKBOI3RD
Quite so. Between the parents and their society.
@@truthtorpedo4068 naw u ignorant if u believe otherwise 🤡
I’m from Meridian, Mississippi. Grew up around there and Jackson. Now I live and work in Memphis, TN. It’s the same everywhere.
There are good, smart, hard working people in all 3 of the cities. There are those who were brought up in poverty and made it out. There are others who succumbed to the street life. People that I grew up with. It’s the same story across all of America’s inner cities.
It’s not the same everywhere. You just like living around people on section 8
@@airborneinfantry23 "it's the same everywhere" powerful statement..not only because it's true but it gives some insight on what the true issue is..how is it possible to have the same exact problems everywhere? It's not possible,so something from the outside is making this happen..
@@BLOCKBOI3RD the lower socio economic section of society everything is the same..which is not normal.
@@seantimmons5955 that’s a lie. It isn’t the same in the mountains where people are just as poor.
You better be a Justin Scott fan being from meridian
The intro felt like a trailer for horror movie. I love it.🔥🔥🔥