I did an expose for school on the Gentrification of Cabrini Green, The Jungles, The 5th Ward, and Hunters Point. It generated a lot of conversation (176k views) please check it out and let me know what you think.
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This video was great, both 1 & 2. by watching this you have the hearts of the people, meaning that you care so much. Thanks so much. It is a shame what's happening in our country as far as separation of culture,race,gender and class. All people are not the same. All Black people are not muggers and robbers. all puerto ricans don't carry knives. It's the media (TV news and news papers) that perpetuate this kind of evil. We are just as intelligent as anyone else.
I live in spanish harlem,and I find this viseo to be racist! When you said "You know who that is ..right"? "this is Harlem ,now C'mon"...So your sayin that you can only live in Harlem if your black??.. WHEN will this racism bullshit end??? If the white man wants to come in and clean up after your mess, ..then let "THEM" clean it up, because "YOU" aren't doing a damn thing but complaining about it on youtube!..Holla if you hear me!!
Yeah, can't have gentrification. KEEP THE TRASH IN THE STREET! KEEP THE MUGGERS AND MURDERERS AND RAPISTS FREE! SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON TACKY JEWELRY AND SAGGING PANTS AND RIMS! ABANDON YOUR CHILDREN! DON'T WORK HARD OR GET AN EDUCATION! GET THAT WELFARE AND FOOS STAMPS! THEN REMEMBER TO BLAME WHITEY!
racism does exsist its all in ur comments. blacks r very wealthy and have been since the begining of time . why u think africa naturally produces gold and diamonds ,and oil naturally , wake the fuck up ppl . gentrification is wrong period .
White people have had tremendous advantages in laying a foundation for economic empowerment that other minorities have not. I think gentrification is a hurtful reminder of this. However, many neighborhoods in NYC face this problem and must deal with it. Had several friends who have been force to move to New Jersey or Brooklyn as a result. Harlem will be no different in the end. Its Manhattan. 800k is way too much for 95 percent of people. This is not racial warfare but class warfare.
Gentrifiers= white people who got LOANS during the housing bubble (2003-2008) bought overproced houses, ruined cities everywhere and will soon default, foreclose, and return to their suburban gated shitholes. The white niggers will leave soon enough - white people have been fucking up for over 500 years - this time around will be no different.
Gentrification is great if you've been raised in the suburbs and only feel comfortable in the city if every single last bit of character, heart, and originality has been sucked dry from any neighborhood and replaced with the same plastic, boring fucking bullshit you'll find choking the sprawl of your typical edge city: Wal-Mart, Starbucks, etc.
Gentrification means closing up old-school butchers, bakers, and restaurants and replacing them with "artisanal" cupcakes yuppie gastropubs.
Even if they charged half that price ,the average resident couldnt afford it. And the wealthy mostly whites would just flood in faster. NY is out of control if youre low income its best to have an exit strategy.
capatalism. what the market will bare. Anyone selling a product will charge as much as they think they can get. Obviosly some are willing and able to pay this much. Should the corner bodega sell a cup of coffee for .25 when most are willing to pay dollar.
Great Video, but gentrification does not separate people based on race or sex. You can afford that 800k place if you want it. This is America. I bet that a black person has already purchased one of those condos.
Im 100% black, 30 yrs old. I lived in harlem all my life. I dont think their trying to push black people out by turning the a building or buildings around and increasing the rent. Some things change in time. Real estate is a business. Black people have money to, and they can get money legally if they dont have it, but if they cant afford the rent, then, they have to find another place. You shouldnt assume that they are trying to push black people out.
Racial make up of neighborhoods, job markets, housing schemes, job markets and ability for a grandfather or mother to pass down property and financial power to his/ her lil un's were etched in legal terms disabling non-whites from getting federally funded loans to create wealth for themselves and their families (the deed on my pops house said that this house shall not be rented or owned by anyone of African or Asian decent). It's an institutional legacy that has created what we see today..fin
i think gentrification has to deal with both race and income , because obviously a way more percentage of black areas are ebign gentrified then white areas look around the country , oakland , boston, chicago , d.c , even miami , and texas , they always choosing the black areas to gentrify , and let us all not forget about city hall promising harlem 50 percent affordable new housing , but when the day came , they had the nerve to say only 5 percent smfh
To those people sayings its a "money issue" and not "race".. How come all the new low-income apartments that blacks can afford are all being built in the bronx and other outer boroughs instead of harlem. we would welcome the change in harlem if we too were to benefit from it.
"people are using economics and financial ability to separate people by race"
you want an $800,000 house? get a job that will afford you one!!! until then, you are choosing to separate yourself by race. it's called class warfare and it's your choice. live with it.
Tonya were you alredy living with him when this video was taken? He looks crazy!!!! I see it girl I see it LOL!!! No but really I pray you get as far away from him as you can. I hope for all the good and wonderful things that God has for you finds you in his perfect peace wich passes all understanding. Amen and Amen.
i agree he does give a mentally ill vibe. he was definitely into you tonya!!! wow. i hope u really get out of this situation and u know what he will get what comes to him.
The guy does not look crazy or mentally ill. There's probably more to the story than what Tonya has told. I personally think it is dangerous for roommates especially of the opposite sex to have a relationship that is too friendly and too familiar. This is clearly the case and it is obvious that guy is very attracted to Tonya. Trying to maintain a platonic relationship under these circumstances and living in the same household is very challenging. A female roommate would have been better.
I was listening to the radio show that you were on last night and even though this guy is unbalanced and you'll get past him and this situation rather quickly but how did you 2 meet and was there any type of understanding into what kind of living relationship that yall would be getting into. To me it seems like he wanted more than you were offering and he got impatient but I can be wrong. Maybe you can do a show about this but take your time and get yourself together first youtube will be here
From the comments that I am reading here most of them don't really understand what you are saying. I do understand what you are saying very much so because its not that people of color can't live there what she is saying is that it's wrong to do this and uproot the people who already live there. They did not have to raise those prices that high, I'm sure they could have chosen a more median price range such as half of what they are asking but they wanted to be absolutely sure of the outcome.
Isn't it a little self defeating to say that only rich white people can move in there? I'm sure that there are affluent Black/Brown people that afford to live there... gentrification seems to only bother those who hold on to what they are "given"... go out and make your OWN. Don't be afraid of change. Race has nothing to do with poverty. Communities have everything to do with poverty.. black white hispanic whatever. Stick together and help businesses and property values up in your communities.
Gentrification... being economic bullies I agree is a bad thing... what I dont agree with is when you say people are being displaced "because of their race" this has nothing to do with race. If you are black, puerto rican, mexican, white, whatever... there will always be rich and poor in ALL RACES. Being minority doesn't mean you have to grow up to be poor.
lol these comments is crazy but black ppl dont want to work they sit on they ass and smoke weed all day. Im from new orleans niggars dont want to work they want someone to give they ass everything and then they turn around and kill ur ass cuz u didnt give them enough crazy. College is an important way to make money with a career not smokin weed on ur porch and having a million babies.
wow thats harsh to say... I from cali and here it's a mixture of ppl who does that not just blk ppl but there are alot of motivated and educated blacks in the work so lets not but blk ppl down after all can you tell me who pays so much money to look blk or pecan brown I am sure you can... so don't hate what you want or who your mother wants to be
what black people do you hang around? My Uncle is a genius he could be anything he wanted to be and he was one of the first people in our family that came from New York bad neighborhoods to go to college. So I don't know what black people you hang around but that's a blanket statement. And don't try to tell me it's true when I AM black
Thank you for this video(I know I'm late to it). I attend CCNY(in Harlem) and I am a Bed Stuy Brooklyn native, so I understand and see the impact of gentrification 1st hand.
yeah, i was apartment shopping online in new york and i this site was very upscale ($2000 apartments ya'll!) and they had apartments in bronx and brooklyn and i was like Bronx?! brooklyn?! really????!!!!!
i dnt think this would b as bad if it were more wealthier black ppl moving into da neighborhood rather than white ppl bcuz white ppl r taking away da culture of harlem
we need a revolution....again like the one we had 300 years ago....it will happen...maybe in 200 years ..every country goes through a cleanse...a revolution....look at history.....
James David Manning is chief pastor at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in New York City. ATLAH stands for All The Land Anointed Holy, which is God's name for Harlem.
The yuppie hipsters are taking over the cities all over the country. It's not just New York.
It's all about basic supply and demand--the yuppie hipsters want IN, and they're willing to pay any amount to get in (especially since most of them are using family/inheritance money, etc.).
As long as these shit-for-brains yuppies are willing to pay anything to live here, the working class will continue to get screwed and pushed out.
Don't you just hate when the 'white' man comes in and makes the neighborhood look nice? Drug dealers, prostitutes, and many other forms of decadence seem to disappear with new construction. 'Blacks' and Hispanics should have bought their neighborhoods when they were making millions from crack sells in the 80's. Don't cry now
In the 80's and 90's no one wanted to listen to the brothers who were out in the streets telling us empower our communities. Gentrification is the result of urban residents not purchasing homes and buildings in their own communities. I saw the BMW, Audi 5000, etc. being bought in the late 80's, but who in our communities were buying the properties that we occupied?
yes i agree! we get mad when others start to better up where they live and we see our hoods and want them to build it up our hoods but we have to do it ourselvs.
Hey its not about color, its about class. In the New Orleans area the poor white area of St. Bernard parish is witnessing the same thing. So, its not about race its about class. Plain and simple.
No my friend i still have to disagree with you. Nothing is plain and simple. I do think you are right to bring up the fact that this is a class issue but it is also a race issue. As the people in the video were trying to emphasize its complex issue that intertwines class-race relations. Although there definitely is poor whites in this country that doesn't discount the disparities in poverty among the races. Just as you cant ignore the class component you shouldnt ignore the race one either...
I can't speak for New Orleans, but in the case of Bushwick, Brooklyn, race and class usually go hand in hand particularly parts that are closer to the L train. Sad, but when I visited Brooklyn, I didn't hear as many people with the New Yorker accent I came to know since I was a kid. In fact it was infrequent.
Trust me race does play a role just as Battle Angel below indicated.
In a lot of cases it starts out unintentionally. When I spent a year at Penn, there was no way I could afford living closer to the University, so I ended up around 52nd St. Now I'm white and in 2005, at least, there were not that many white people in that part of Philadelphia. But as soon as it becomes--I don't know, 'acceptable'?--for a white person to live there, then the money follows (but not the jobs, except for min. wage at Cosi). Lack of affordable housing might often be a domino effect.
That's how it goes, doesn't it; always revising the POV. The system makes it so hard to really understand the consequences of our actions. I just moved to a city that I thought was way too expensive for my gf and me. But people said "don't worry, you've got degrees; you'll find good jobs in no time." I cannot pay next month's rent. How stupid do I feel? Pretty stupid, like all those suckers in subprime mortgages . . . .
I'd like to say that your videos are fantastic, by the way. Thank you.
Many women suffered medical problems as a result as well. A representative from the state said there was no money for compensation becasue it's cashstrapped due to hurricanes etc. Montel said they should take a loan and that these are things you only expect to hear about in Nazi Concentration camps not USA. There is still plenty of work to do against the injustices of Western "democracy". It nade me realise how small my troubles are compared to the suffering of many others.
I was searching for something I saw on the Montel Williams show that really shocked me but I couldn't find it so I thought I'd come and tell Auntie Tonya about it. The state of North Carolina carried out sterilistion of many women and many suffered .. to be continued
Many women continue to have medical problems because the "surgery" was badly done to add insult to injury. Watching that pogramme made me wonder how little my troubles are by comparison. Montel was arguing that surely these women deserve compensation but the North Carolina representative said the state is cash strapped because of huricanes etc. Montel said this is something you only expect to hear about in nazi concentration camps , not USA .
WOW! This is horrible, but you'd be surprised how much like a police state the US is seeming. Many things are no longe resembling what is supposed to be held true by 'the good ole US of A"
1 You make it sound as though every white person is rich and has inheritance not true. 2 the asking price is 800K that doesnt mean that they will get 800K the buyers in the market will decide weather the price is warrented. 3 the down payment isnt always 20% in some case it could be 0% (reason for market callapse). 4 You're on an island with 6 million people and land is scarse NYC has always had a tight r.e. market. 5 Gentrification is why u didnt get mugged for your camera.
im hollering because i do hear you girl: this is a problem in many cities, especially here in atlanta. once gentrifying begins in a neighboorhood things start to change. streets that were once pothole filled miraculously become repaired, etc....
No one is "making it hard for certain people to get an apartment" by bringing in higher class living. It is about economics, making money, and improving neighborhoods.
Not all white people are rich, and are equally "denied" these privileges. We need to realize, the degree and ratio of burden (work) and benefit (money) is what it is. Just because some have been born into wealth, doesn't mean everyone deserves that lifestyle automatically. If you work hard, you get money. Save=savings=wealth.
It would be nice if it were that easy. working hard does not all ways equal wealth. Most of the super rich worked "smart". even if they may have exploited a situation, or took resources by force, then turned that into some kind of profit. Its hard for the "working class" to save money due to the cost of living.
I guess we really don't get it. The reason that you are in a slum is for economic reasons to begin with. The reason that you will have to leave is the same. Except this time there was more opportunity and for what ever reason my people did not seize the moment. Who wants to live around crack heads, gang members, drunks, murderers, litter, delapidated houses, inconsiderate nieghbors (loud, nasty, lazy), and worst of all stick up kids with no remourse. This is not a community to be proud of.
Gentrification affects me also and I don't look like you. I have faced reverse racial attacks many times in my life on the basis that my skin is white. Never once did anyone stop to inquire on my racial origins. Part of me came from the African continent. Being of eight mixed races has given me an unbiased view. Genetict drift strengthens genectic immunity and decreases aggression in all mammals and it looks to me that it also decreases racism amongst humans. Stop hating you pure breads.
I dont belive that they will sell that unit for 800k to the right buyer. I think that they will give the desired buyer a great discount. but if an undesired buyer inquiers on the place, they will charge the full 800k
All white people have not been in the country for 400 years. All white people do not get money passed down from generation to generation. NONE of the white people I know could afford a $160,000 down payment for an apartment.
Green money has no race just money. Blacks and other minorities need to get educated to get better jobs real estate is about money it is a business just like everything else.
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I'm going to tell you why gentrification is a good thing. 'Blacks' and Hispanics made millions from crack sells in the 80's and didn't buy the properties in their own neighborhood. Why not buy and rehab abandon houses? Even HUD homes in the inner cities were as low as $1 in the 80's.
Race this, race that...???, it's about class. The people with money will be the ones moving in the $800,000 condos. People of all colors and races in that income level. White, Black, Hispanic, East Indian, Asian, etc.... A large number may be White, but there will be other races involved in this process too. A Black lawyer and an East Indian Doctor can afford that $800,000 condo too. Stop the racism people please. It's not good for the future of race relations in this country.
Cleaning up neighborhoods is good. The problem is that you're NOT cleaning up neighborhoods: you're displacing people with their problems regardless of what they are. Furthermore, just because you have money up your ass gives you no right to just decide you want to push out an entire community, PARTICULARLY when that community has existed for a good 30 or 40 years BEFORE ANYONE wanted to live there. Being an economic bully still makes you a bully
When the majority of a community are tenants, they don't have much recourse when gentrification rolls in. Imminent domain can be considered economic "bullying". Displacing homeowners is far worse than displacing tenants who do not own the property that they occupy. Property owners have the right not to renew leases. Property owners have the right to evict dysfunctional tenants. Property owners have the right to update/upgrade and sell their property.
oh by the way staten island is better to live in because you have a beautiful view of the v-bridge and the water so new york stand up chocha supports tonya tko i get hm sick when i leave newyork city i luv newyork! chocha...
i hate how NY looses it's flair ... all this wall street yuppies now wanna live in so called popular neighborhoods, in which they would have never ever put a foot down 10 years ago!
thats very true..and i dont like how the people who stuck it out when nyc was at its worst are being pushed out because these new people want to come when things get better
you were in both of the areas where i lived or where i have family!...in fact i kno ur friend..somewhat related!but im not going to say his real name on here!
You represent almost everthing that is wrong in the black community. Whilst you racistly talk of people moving in who "don't look like them", and preach a message of greviance and self pity, you will never succeed in society. If there is a problem with housing then it's one to do with companies making money and class, not race. Get that into your head.
If I pay 800k for any property, the weather there had better allow for me to wear shorts along with a short sleeve t shirt every single day of the calendar year.
Sweetie, the world as we know it is about to change DRASTICALLY, real talk. Before you pay 800k for an apartment, or even half that, please, come down to VA(we aren't far from the north or the deep south) and spend about 350k and live in one of the city's luxurious(I know I spelled it wrong) lofts! These apartments make the one you looked at look like the projects, and you will only spend about 1200 a month for the best one bedroom the city has to offer sweetie!!
Part 2..lol(I told u)We're being moved out so they(u know who) can be near the best hospitals, law enforcement, transportation, entertainment. Just everything. I live in AtL and it is happening major down here. All the famous Atlanta spots are changing. It is crazy. All these high price condos and lofts are being put near the train system. And putting the lower income people down in Clayton county were the police prey on us down there.
I love this Video Tonya!! Man I want one of those cupcakes. Get me a chocolate one please. lol. My sis, don't get me started on gentrification. I can write an essay on it for real. lol I'll just say a couple of things. You said it, with your question. You just didn't understand what this is coming(I think that's what you said :) No one has yet seen the big picture. I'm talking 20-30 yrs down the line. They are moving us out to areas of no value.
Although blacks in some areas have less money, no one is stopping them from getting more. Also, if we "loved" the neighborhoods so much, we needed to take care of them while they were ours and not make them looked run down. Now, you can walk through areas like Harlem and downtown Brooklyn without being robbed and the areas are starting to look nicer. We (blacks) had 50 + years to make an improvement, since we didn't, business goes on!
You have a good heart, but I have lived in some of the hoods in Brooklyn and then have moved on to other places. Some of da hoods are and were run down. Pee in the elevators, crack on da 80's, gangs, shooting at night, gettign robbed in the elevator. I don't think that gentrification is about race, it's about cleaning up a neighborhood. Anyone with the 800k for the place can move in regardless of color. It just happens to be that blacks tend to have less money.
they at least put it in the media there for harlem to know about " change" in brooklyn their eyes are being kept closed and when it is time to put notice, it will be too late for minority folk to act.
i LOVE this video. But on a side note as sorry as I am for the minorities that are being cashed-out of the neighborhood, I am holding them responsible for their situations. I think it is about time that the more prominent minorities get together and invest in affordable housing for their peers and I bet you they would feel up more than this new complex.
WOW. Aint this a BoutaBOOM, This ordeal reminds me of :: This is like putting perfume on Musk:: u just don't do that, u clean the armpits--clean the community up, then add a wonderful scent to it, then provide housing for all:: equality please. Damn shady ass people,dont know their priorities.
OMGGGGG Tonya!! You took me back home! I grew up in the Bronx (180th St. b/t Bathgate and Washington). I miss the Grand Concourse!! Lol @ slammin' salmon. AWESOME outfit sis. I bought that same $5 tub of shea butter on
125th. I don't use it too much anymore b/c I found an excellent unrefined shea butter on Nasabb (dot) com. Thats a BEAUTIFUL apartment!
---but lets shift focus for a second --this video brought a tear to my -eye just one --I was holding it back--its all plan --by design --years in the making in --it makes you think
what else they have in store for the poor---wait did I tell you how hot you look --dam! spade shaking his head --
i dont know anyone in my area who is white who makes over 60,000 a year. unfortunately in NY the standard of living is much higher than here in Oklahoma.
even in the "ghetto" here in my town, the people live in two story houses.
Brooklyn girl checking in. I live in Brownsville and i'm noticing a lot more people are being pushed out of crown heights, flatbush and bedstuy because of these high priced condos. its a damn shame. they are making it very clear where they want us to go and where we should stay.
I live in the South and i am stunned that anyone would spend that kind of money on that little space! 800,000 dollars! that is crazy. I just don't get it
after viewing this video, I decided to subscribe to this account as well...I didn't even know it was here, so thanks for sending the other video...giving me the heads up on this account. Keep up the EXCELLENT work girlie
GREAT VIDEO. 5 stars. However as a race Black people need to re-eVALUate VALUE. For some time our VALUE calibration has been off. How men & women VALUE one another. How we value our parents & past and our future & children. How we value health & freedom. How we value bling & things. As a 10yr RE investor & finance professional I understand the VALUE of ownership. HOWEVER I'm not really understanding your point. Who says that apartment is WORTH $800k ...to YOU? OR US? Really think about it.
Yeah... the only problem is the value is set by supply demand... and obviously at 800K as the last unoccupied apt in the building people are willing and able to pay that price...
as others have said, gentrification is a normal economic phenomenon - developers don't have to discriminate by race - the prices discriminate for them
the statistics you post are the more critical causal factors - whether or not the government should repay its debt to black america for generations of disenfranchisement is an issue that remains on the table - until then, equality, not just in housing, simply isn't a realistic option
Thank you. The camera is new, unfortunately its the best of its class and the zoom is too close. My sony is better, but I can't sneak it around with me in my purse. Sorry for the extreme close-ups
I have this theory about what is going in NYC.. I am starting to think this is all a grand scheme to get all the have not in to one section of brooklyn, one section of queens and so forth. That way the crime drugs, prostitution is all in one place.. No need to bother or worry about the have not, so to speak. They had an episode on the Wire (HBO series) where they did the same exact thing they put all the drug dealers and such in one place.. Something needs to be done. I am down for the movement.
Yes maam.. Good topic. I lived in Brooklyn most of my life and my neighborhood was a black middle class. Now it is nothing but high priced condo's some starting at 1million. We still have our house their but the dynamics of my neighbourhood is totally different, There are only 3 black families left and that is so sad. We need to wake up as black people.
This video gave me a new respect for Ms. Tonya Tko.
safaranyarai 8 months ago
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I did an expose for school on the Gentrification of Cabrini Green, The Jungles, The 5th Ward, and Hunters Point. It generated a lot of conversation (176k views) please check it out and let me know what you think.
Search "Urban Documentary"
I'll add a video response here, you can add yours to mine too.
alquincia 10 months ago
Wow!!!!! you are too much!!!!!!
This video was great, both 1 & 2. by watching this you have the hearts of the people, meaning that you care so much. Thanks so much. It is a shame what's happening in our country as far as separation of culture,race,gender and class. All people are not the same. All Black people are not muggers and robbers. all puerto ricans don't carry knives. It's the media (TV news and news papers) that perpetuate this kind of evil. We are just as intelligent as anyone else.
vikivale1938 11 months ago
will you marry me??
eliasnyc1 1 year ago
omg, the legend walked right by my house ....lol..where was i?
Badtrixx19 1 year ago
ask ACORN to help you finance it!
jackinla8 1 year ago
I'm confused. You said you're against gentrification, but your reactions in this imply that you may be open to the idea.
moriya2k2 1 year ago
@moriya2k2 Yeah, she'd be open if she could live there!
jackinla8 1 year ago
Yo why don't we all join together to stop this. I mean we ( all organizations )
ProActionCommittee 1 year ago
I live in spanish harlem,and I find this viseo to be racist! When you said "You know who that is ..right"? "this is Harlem ,now C'mon"...So your sayin that you can only live in Harlem if your black??.. WHEN will this racism bullshit end??? If the white man wants to come in and clean up after your mess, ..then let "THEM" clean it up, because "YOU" aren't doing a damn thing but complaining about it on youtube!..Holla if you hear me!!
UntouchableNYsee 1 year ago
Yeah, can't have gentrification. KEEP THE TRASH IN THE STREET! KEEP THE MUGGERS AND MURDERERS AND RAPISTS FREE! SPEND HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON TACKY JEWELRY AND SAGGING PANTS AND RIMS! ABANDON YOUR CHILDREN! DON'T WORK HARD OR GET AN EDUCATION! GET THAT WELFARE AND FOOS STAMPS! THEN REMEMBER TO BLAME WHITEY!
Skinnyjoeymerlino 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this video!
artistsassist 1 year ago
11:15 White people get the $160K in Cash from free lunch money Loans.
LondonBoy2006 1 year ago
its bringing tears to your eyes cause you cant afford it.
lexyota 1 year ago
racism does exsist its all in ur comments. blacks r very wealthy and have been since the begining of time . why u think africa naturally produces gold and diamonds ,and oil naturally , wake the fuck up ppl . gentrification is wrong period .
cubansrulenyc 1 year ago
White people have had tremendous advantages in laying a foundation for economic empowerment that other minorities have not. I think gentrification is a hurtful reminder of this. However, many neighborhoods in NYC face this problem and must deal with it. Had several friends who have been force to move to New Jersey or Brooklyn as a result. Harlem will be no different in the end. Its Manhattan. 800k is way too much for 95 percent of people. This is not racial warfare but class warfare.
MrYeton23 1 year ago 2
Gentrifiers= white people who got LOANS during the housing bubble (2003-2008) bought overproced houses, ruined cities everywhere and will soon default, foreclose, and return to their suburban gated shitholes. The white niggers will leave soon enough - white people have been fucking up for over 500 years - this time around will be no different.
personalfunfest 1 year ago
Gentrification is great if you've been raised in the suburbs and only feel comfortable in the city if every single last bit of character, heart, and originality has been sucked dry from any neighborhood and replaced with the same plastic, boring fucking bullshit you'll find choking the sprawl of your typical edge city: Wal-Mart, Starbucks, etc.
Gentrification means closing up old-school butchers, bakers, and restaurants and replacing them with "artisanal" cupcakes yuppie gastropubs.
illphilwolny 2 years ago 2
Even if they charged half that price ,the average resident couldnt afford it. And the wealthy mostly whites would just flood in faster. NY is out of control if youre low income its best to have an exit strategy.
wiseoldfool101 2 years ago
capatalism. what the market will bare. Anyone selling a product will charge as much as they think they can get. Obviosly some are willing and able to pay this much. Should the corner bodega sell a cup of coffee for .25 when most are willing to pay dollar.
wiseoldfool101 2 years ago
if you want to make it into an issue lets not forget places like harlem and brooklyn only turned black after white flght...
AlizeCiz 2 years ago
Tonya may not know it, but her comments are some of the most racist things that I've heard in some time.
Since when did being a person of color equate to being poor? Tell that to Oprah or our President. Grow up.
m015094 2 years ago
Great Video, but gentrification does not separate people based on race or sex. You can afford that 800k place if you want it. This is America. I bet that a black person has already purchased one of those condos.
bruce4041 2 years ago
Im 100% black, 30 yrs old. I lived in harlem all my life. I dont think their trying to push black people out by turning the a building or buildings around and increasing the rent. Some things change in time. Real estate is a business. Black people have money to, and they can get money legally if they dont have it, but if they cant afford the rent, then, they have to find another place. You shouldnt assume that they are trying to push black people out.
cityblueboy1 2 years ago 2
Racial make up of neighborhoods, job markets, housing schemes, job markets and ability for a grandfather or mother to pass down property and financial power to his/ her lil un's were etched in legal terms disabling non-whites from getting federally funded loans to create wealth for themselves and their families (the deed on my pops house said that this house shall not be rented or owned by anyone of African or Asian decent). It's an institutional legacy that has created what we see today..fin
felixicon 2 years ago 2
gentrifiers = people with jobs who raise their children and make positive contributions to society.
ProgressiveAction10 2 years ago
Sistah Love,
Make My Cupcake is Gentrification, like no other.
skuvet 2 years ago
i think gentrification has to deal with both race and income , because obviously a way more percentage of black areas are ebign gentrified then white areas look around the country , oakland , boston, chicago , d.c , even miami , and texas , they always choosing the black areas to gentrify , and let us all not forget about city hall promising harlem 50 percent affordable new housing , but when the day came , they had the nerve to say only 5 percent smfh
haitianzoezoe 2 years ago
To those people sayings its a "money issue" and not "race".. How come all the new low-income apartments that blacks can afford are all being built in the bronx and other outer boroughs instead of harlem. we would welcome the change in harlem if we too were to benefit from it.
TheOnlytash 2 years ago
Not one tree in sight.
srr2791 2 years ago
Is that guy your current roommate?
ckingcarey 2 years ago
"people are using economics and financial ability to separate people by race"
you want an $800,000 house? get a job that will afford you one!!! until then, you are choosing to separate yourself by race. it's called class warfare and it's your choice. live with it.
johnbourbon 2 years ago
Yes Harlem is definitely CHANGING!
HARLEMWOODRADIO 2 years ago
Tonya were you alredy living with him when this video was taken? He looks crazy!!!! I see it girl I see it LOL!!! No but really I pray you get as far away from him as you can. I hope for all the good and wonderful things that God has for you finds you in his perfect peace wich passes all understanding. Amen and Amen.
kellee24 2 years ago
i agree he does give a mentally ill vibe. he was definitely into you tonya!!! wow. i hope u really get out of this situation and u know what he will get what comes to him.
babyluv24 2 years ago
The guy does not look crazy or mentally ill. There's probably more to the story than what Tonya has told. I personally think it is dangerous for roommates especially of the opposite sex to have a relationship that is too friendly and too familiar. This is clearly the case and it is obvious that guy is very attracted to Tonya. Trying to maintain a platonic relationship under these circumstances and living in the same household is very challenging. A female roommate would have been better.
BubbaJohnIsKing 2 years ago 2
@BubbaJohnIsKing LOL.
visionimagify 1 year ago
I was listening to the radio show that you were on last night and even though this guy is unbalanced and you'll get past him and this situation rather quickly but how did you 2 meet and was there any type of understanding into what kind of living relationship that yall would be getting into. To me it seems like he wanted more than you were offering and he got impatient but I can be wrong. Maybe you can do a show about this but take your time and get yourself together first youtube will be here
1NobleGiant 2 years ago
just fuck him. sue sue sue!!!!!!!
PinoyBoyy 2 years ago
gentrification gets rid of the garbage, it makes things prettier!
ericnowcool 2 years ago
It's the harsh truth but it's correct. They try to make it a class war thing but who wants their neighborhood to remain a depressed shithole?
zenbyo 2 years ago
THATS NOT THE POINT SMH
haitianzoezoe 2 years ago
What a dork !! You need to get away from him!!
seventhstar 2 years ago
From the comments that I am reading here most of them don't really understand what you are saying. I do understand what you are saying very much so because its not that people of color can't live there what she is saying is that it's wrong to do this and uproot the people who already live there. They did not have to raise those prices that high, I'm sure they could have chosen a more median price range such as half of what they are asking but they wanted to be absolutely sure of the outcome.
athomas1124 2 years ago
Isn't it a little self defeating to say that only rich white people can move in there? I'm sure that there are affluent Black/Brown people that afford to live there... gentrification seems to only bother those who hold on to what they are "given"... go out and make your OWN. Don't be afraid of change. Race has nothing to do with poverty. Communities have everything to do with poverty.. black white hispanic whatever. Stick together and help businesses and property values up in your communities.
Volksman247 2 years ago
don't know where you got the idea that gentrification only affection those who have things given to them but you need rethink that assessment
yans21 2 years ago
Gentrification... being economic bullies I agree is a bad thing... what I dont agree with is when you say people are being displaced "because of their race" this has nothing to do with race. If you are black, puerto rican, mexican, white, whatever... there will always be rich and poor in ALL RACES. Being minority doesn't mean you have to grow up to be poor.
826stuy 2 years ago
lol these comments is crazy but black ppl dont want to work they sit on they ass and smoke weed all day. Im from new orleans niggars dont want to work they want someone to give they ass everything and then they turn around and kill ur ass cuz u didnt give them enough crazy. College is an important way to make money with a career not smokin weed on ur porch and having a million babies.
Alysha86 2 years ago 2
wow thats harsh to say... I from cali and here it's a mixture of ppl who does that not just blk ppl but there are alot of motivated and educated blacks in the work so lets not but blk ppl down after all can you tell me who pays so much money to look blk or pecan brown I am sure you can... so don't hate what you want or who your mother wants to be
HONEYBCRISSY 2 years ago
just a question: do you understand what she's saying?
FunnyKidsAreCool 2 years ago
SORRI wrong comment!!
FunnyKidsAreCool 2 years ago
what black people do you hang around? My Uncle is a genius he could be anything he wanted to be and he was one of the first people in our family that came from New York bad neighborhoods to go to college. So I don't know what black people you hang around but that's a blanket statement. And don't try to tell me it's true when I AM black
FunnyKidsAreCool 2 years ago
Thank you for this video(I know I'm late to it). I attend CCNY(in Harlem) and I am a Bed Stuy Brooklyn native, so I understand and see the impact of gentrification 1st hand.
bkstyle82 2 years ago
nice head wrap thing i like the desing
ferreteffect 2 years ago
Is everything expensive in Harlem?
changeishere2008 2 years ago
NOT THE HOUSING PROJECTS LOL
haitianzoezoe 2 years ago
My sister gave me shae butter but I didn'y like teh scent.
changeishere2008 2 years ago
why 800,000 ?
why in Harlem?
why so much?
changeishere2008 2 years ago
yeah, i was apartment shopping online in new york and i this site was very upscale ($2000 apartments ya'll!) and they had apartments in bronx and brooklyn and i was like Bronx?! brooklyn?! really????!!!!!
deionc 2 years ago
i dnt think this would b as bad if it were more wealthier black ppl moving into da neighborhood rather than white ppl bcuz white ppl r taking away da culture of harlem
rayswag 2 years ago
omg cry me a river.
Not2Shaby 2 years ago
"omg cry me a river." lol, yea i bet you can't afford 800k either.
rajsuperskunk 2 years ago
we need a revolution....again like the one we had 300 years ago....it will happen...maybe in 200 years ..every country goes through a cleanse...a revolution....look at history.....
intelin123 2 years ago
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James David Manning is chief pastor at the ATLAH World Missionary Church on 123rd Street in New York City. ATLAH stands for All The Land Anointed Holy, which is God's name for Harlem.
emilybarbar 2 years ago
The yuppie hipsters are taking over the cities all over the country. It's not just New York.
It's all about basic supply and demand--the yuppie hipsters want IN, and they're willing to pay any amount to get in (especially since most of them are using family/inheritance money, etc.).
As long as these shit-for-brains yuppies are willing to pay anything to live here, the working class will continue to get screwed and pushed out.
smackitupNflipit 2 years ago
The economy will get worse... I recommend these hipsters/yuppies move out as soon as possible from cities... It might get very violent...
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago 2
Don't you just hate when the 'white' man comes in and makes the neighborhood look nice? Drug dealers, prostitutes, and many other forms of decadence seem to disappear with new construction. 'Blacks' and Hispanics should have bought their neighborhoods when they were making millions from crack sells in the 80's. Don't cry now
Cynicalese 2 years ago 3
Too bad the economy is gonna get worse....
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago 2
In the 80's and 90's no one wanted to listen to the brothers who were out in the streets telling us empower our communities. Gentrification is the result of urban residents not purchasing homes and buildings in their own communities. I saw the BMW, Audi 5000, etc. being bought in the late 80's, but who in our communities were buying the properties that we occupied?
Cynicalese 2 years ago
yes i agree! we get mad when others start to better up where they live and we see our hoods and want them to build it up our hoods but we have to do it ourselvs.
deionc 2 years ago
@Cynicalese True true. They should've stood up for their neighborhoods instead of allow it to effect them. I agree 100 percent with this.
visionimagify 1 year ago
@Cynicalese wowwwww
kizzy4567 1 year ago
@kizzy4567 what's the wow about?
Cynicalese 1 year ago
@Cynicalese on your stupidity.,..read the fucking lines
kizzy4567 1 year ago
@kizzy4567 get off that pussy shit and add to the discussion
Cynicalese 1 year ago
Gentrification has destroyed NYC.
XxUltraViolencexX 2 years ago
Buena suerte, a los morenos
IslenoGutierrez 3 years ago
hispanic live in spanish harlem
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago
I think the girl in this video is very pretty.
IslenoGutierrez 3 years ago 3
It's not about race, its about class. The rich whites will be bringing thier rich black friends with them.
IslenoGutierrez 3 years ago
yeah... but how many rich black friends? two? its a RACE-class issue.
BattleAngel 3 years ago
Hey its not about color, its about class. In the New Orleans area the poor white area of St. Bernard parish is witnessing the same thing. So, its not about race its about class. Plain and simple.
IslenoGutierrez 3 years ago
No my friend i still have to disagree with you. Nothing is plain and simple. I do think you are right to bring up the fact that this is a class issue but it is also a race issue. As the people in the video were trying to emphasize its complex issue that intertwines class-race relations. Although there definitely is poor whites in this country that doesn't discount the disparities in poverty among the races. Just as you cant ignore the class component you shouldnt ignore the race one either...
BattleAngel 3 years ago
I can't speak for New Orleans, but in the case of Bushwick, Brooklyn, race and class usually go hand in hand particularly parts that are closer to the L train. Sad, but when I visited Brooklyn, I didn't hear as many people with the New Yorker accent I came to know since I was a kid. In fact it was infrequent.
Trust me race does play a role just as Battle Angel below indicated.
falconwings1982 2 years ago
GRRREEEAT video! I'd like to do the same thing about LA
tt247jer 3 years ago
In a lot of cases it starts out unintentionally. When I spent a year at Penn, there was no way I could afford living closer to the University, so I ended up around 52nd St. Now I'm white and in 2005, at least, there were not that many white people in that part of Philadelphia. But as soon as it becomes--I don't know, 'acceptable'?--for a white person to live there, then the money follows (but not the jobs, except for min. wage at Cosi). Lack of affordable housing might often be a domino effect.
sovietjoybuzzer 3 years ago
Very good point. I think in most cases its unintentional. I have since changed my POV since releasing this video
-TKO
TheTonyaTkoShow 3 years ago
That's how it goes, doesn't it; always revising the POV. The system makes it so hard to really understand the consequences of our actions. I just moved to a city that I thought was way too expensive for my gf and me. But people said "don't worry, you've got degrees; you'll find good jobs in no time." I cannot pay next month's rent. How stupid do I feel? Pretty stupid, like all those suckers in subprime mortgages . . . .
I'd like to say that your videos are fantastic, by the way. Thank you.
sovietjoybuzzer 3 years ago
Many women suffered medical problems as a result as well. A representative from the state said there was no money for compensation becasue it's cashstrapped due to hurricanes etc. Montel said they should take a loan and that these are things you only expect to hear about in Nazi Concentration camps not USA. There is still plenty of work to do against the injustices of Western "democracy". It nade me realise how small my troubles are compared to the suffering of many others.
utubnxxx 3 years ago
I was searching for something I saw on the Montel Williams show that really shocked me but I couldn't find it so I thought I'd come and tell Auntie Tonya about it. The state of North Carolina carried out sterilistion of many women and many suffered .. to be continued
utubnxxx 3 years ago
Many women continue to have medical problems because the "surgery" was badly done to add insult to injury. Watching that pogramme made me wonder how little my troubles are by comparison. Montel was arguing that surely these women deserve compensation but the North Carolina representative said the state is cash strapped because of huricanes etc. Montel said this is something you only expect to hear about in nazi concentration camps , not USA .
utubnxxx 3 years ago
WOW! This is horrible, but you'd be surprised how much like a police state the US is seeming. Many things are no longe resembling what is supposed to be held true by 'the good ole US of A"
-TKO
TheTonyaTkoShow 3 years ago
aunt jamaima,
Knockturnall1 3 years ago
get your money main
felixicon 3 years ago
hum u lafing at wihte pepol ? whys that
s3nsuella 3 years ago
This is a good video. I think it is important that you put the differences in income at the end of the video. It does make one stop and think.
SmileNow2 3 years ago
1 You make it sound as though every white person is rich and has inheritance not true. 2 the asking price is 800K that doesnt mean that they will get 800K the buyers in the market will decide weather the price is warrented. 3 the down payment isnt always 20% in some case it could be 0% (reason for market callapse). 4 You're on an island with 6 million people and land is scarse NYC has always had a tight r.e. market. 5 Gentrification is why u didnt get mugged for your camera.
babaracass 3 years ago
im hollering because i do hear you girl: this is a problem in many cities, especially here in atlanta. once gentrifying begins in a neighboorhood things start to change. streets that were once pothole filled miraculously become repaired, etc....
miamivicepastels83 3 years ago
No one is "making it hard for certain people to get an apartment" by bringing in higher class living. It is about economics, making money, and improving neighborhoods.
Not all white people are rich, and are equally "denied" these privileges. We need to realize, the degree and ratio of burden (work) and benefit (money) is what it is. Just because some have been born into wealth, doesn't mean everyone deserves that lifestyle automatically. If you work hard, you get money. Save=savings=wealth.
anyssa43 3 years ago
It would be nice if it were that easy. working hard does not all ways equal wealth. Most of the super rich worked "smart". even if they may have exploited a situation, or took resources by force, then turned that into some kind of profit. Its hard for the "working class" to save money due to the cost of living.
Soundation1 3 years ago 2
Yea, I hear you. But there is ways of saving and crawling out of a stifling financial burden. Working smart is the key.
I don't condone exploitation. Maybe I live in a fantasy land but I feel people can succeed without turning corrupt.
anyssa43 3 years ago
it's happening everywhere. you look beautiful BTW. I still have distant relatives in Harlem somewhere your video made me think of them.
Nexuszen 3 years ago
I guess we really don't get it. The reason that you are in a slum is for economic reasons to begin with. The reason that you will have to leave is the same. Except this time there was more opportunity and for what ever reason my people did not seize the moment. Who wants to live around crack heads, gang members, drunks, murderers, litter, delapidated houses, inconsiderate nieghbors (loud, nasty, lazy), and worst of all stick up kids with no remourse. This is not a community to be proud of.
wwkboss 3 years ago
Gentrification affects me also and I don't look like you. I have faced reverse racial attacks many times in my life on the basis that my skin is white. Never once did anyone stop to inquire on my racial origins. Part of me came from the African continent. Being of eight mixed races has given me an unbiased view. Genetict drift strengthens genectic immunity and decreases aggression in all mammals and it looks to me that it also decreases racism amongst humans. Stop hating you pure breads.
thedickiesman 3 years ago
I respect you! =)
...but stop talkin to them africans. lol
merob89 3 years ago
I dont belive that they will sell that unit for 800k to the right buyer. I think that they will give the desired buyer a great discount. but if an undesired buyer inquiers on the place, they will charge the full 800k
Soundation1 3 years ago 2
It doesn't work like that. Maybe in the 60's, but that is illegal now. Most people AREN'T racist. High class transcends color.
anyssa43 3 years ago
this was a damn good episode!
cutieerica 3 years ago
it really was!plus shes very attractive
jordan484 3 years ago
All white people have not been in the country for 400 years. All white people do not get money passed down from generation to generation. NONE of the white people I know could afford a $160,000 down payment for an apartment.
yayaya123 3 years ago
whatever.
doldromofthemerry 3 years ago
Green money has no race just money. Blacks and other minorities need to get educated to get better jobs real estate is about money it is a business just like everything else.
ejoliver2 3 years ago
awesome video! 5 stars!
JSpr3s3nts 3 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I'm going to tell you why gentrification is a good thing. 'Blacks' and Hispanics made millions from crack sells in the 80's and didn't buy the properties in their own neighborhood. Why not buy and rehab abandon houses? Even HUD homes in the inner cities were as low as $1 in the 80's.
Cynicalese 3 years ago
Go do it in your own neighborhood
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago
Race this, race that...???, it's about class. The people with money will be the ones moving in the $800,000 condos. People of all colors and races in that income level. White, Black, Hispanic, East Indian, Asian, etc.... A large number may be White, but there will be other races involved in this process too. A Black lawyer and an East Indian Doctor can afford that $800,000 condo too. Stop the racism people please. It's not good for the future of race relations in this country.
IslenoGutierrez 2 years ago
Why are you telling me this... I know...
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago
It is their neighborhood. You're nothing more than a tenant occupying their property.
Cynicalese 2 years ago
Cleaning up neighborhoods is good. The problem is that you're NOT cleaning up neighborhoods: you're displacing people with their problems regardless of what they are. Furthermore, just because you have money up your ass gives you no right to just decide you want to push out an entire community, PARTICULARLY when that community has existed for a good 30 or 40 years BEFORE ANYONE wanted to live there. Being an economic bully still makes you a bully
PhoenixOfNight 2 years ago 2
When the majority of a community are tenants, they don't have much recourse when gentrification rolls in. Imminent domain can be considered economic "bullying". Displacing homeowners is far worse than displacing tenants who do not own the property that they occupy. Property owners have the right not to renew leases. Property owners have the right to evict dysfunctional tenants. Property owners have the right to update/upgrade and sell their property.
Cynicalese 2 years ago
i have something to say, but im not going to because i am not going to stoop to your level 'tonya'
ibarem 3 years ago
oh by the way staten island is better to live in because you have a beautiful view of the v-bridge and the water so new york stand up chocha supports tonya tko i get hm sick when i leave newyork city i luv newyork! chocha...
ceeweezey 3 years ago
i wanna do a chocha video from the roof top of that bldg wow! that iz nice....
ceeweezey 3 years ago
p.s. love your style of dressing! nice skirt i'd get me one :)
mija2006 3 years ago
i hate how NY looses it's flair ... all this wall street yuppies now wanna live in so called popular neighborhoods, in which they would have never ever put a foot down 10 years ago!
mija2006 3 years ago 4
thats very true..and i dont like how the people who stuck it out when nyc was at its worst are being pushed out because these new people want to come when things get better
byronking2369 2 years ago
you were in both of the areas where i lived or where i have family!...in fact i kno ur friend..somewhat related!but im not going to say his real name on here!
ShyGirlUnique 3 years ago
"gentification" will increase as fuel prices and constricted highways force commuters to move into the city.
Even cities like Green Bay, WI are experiencing a gentrication of their older neighborhoods.
ShiekUrBooty 3 years ago
ummmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!
ayanna8278 3 years ago
You represent almost everthing that is wrong in the black community. Whilst you racistly talk of people moving in who "don't look like them", and preach a message of greviance and self pity, you will never succeed in society. If there is a problem with housing then it's one to do with companies making money and class, not race. Get that into your head.
Dangerman5 3 years ago
If I pay 800k for any property, the weather there had better allow for me to wear shorts along with a short sleeve t shirt every single day of the calendar year.
^ Not possible in Harlem.
BulletsBasketballDC 3 years ago
Sweetie, the world as we know it is about to change DRASTICALLY, real talk. Before you pay 800k for an apartment, or even half that, please, come down to VA(we aren't far from the north or the deep south) and spend about 350k and live in one of the city's luxurious(I know I spelled it wrong) lofts! These apartments make the one you looked at look like the projects, and you will only spend about 1200 a month for the best one bedroom the city has to offer sweetie!!
chrisdotwynn 3 years ago
congratulations!, you have nice videos :)
gr8lady 3 years ago
Wow is all I can say
ladybugtvl 3 years ago
I love that apartment...Thanks for bringing Harlem to my bedroom;)
darkryder2008 3 years ago
Part 3..It's slavery all over again.
Just think of a Plantation.
The closer you were to the Mansion, determined how well you were taken care of.
And the futher away..well you know what I mean.
likwid2kg 3 years ago
Part 2..lol(I told u)We're being moved out so they(u know who) can be near the best hospitals, law enforcement, transportation, entertainment. Just everything. I live in AtL and it is happening major down here. All the famous Atlanta spots are changing. It is crazy. All these high price condos and lofts are being put near the train system. And putting the lower income people down in Clayton county were the police prey on us down there.
likwid2kg 3 years ago
I love this Video Tonya!! Man I want one of those cupcakes. Get me a chocolate one please. lol. My sis, don't get me started on gentrification. I can write an essay on it for real. lol I'll just say a couple of things. You said it, with your question. You just didn't understand what this is coming(I think that's what you said :) No one has yet seen the big picture. I'm talking 20-30 yrs down the line. They are moving us out to areas of no value.
likwid2kg 3 years ago
Excellent video! I'm in love with that apartment too! It was truly amazing! :-)
SoulByDzyne 3 years ago
Great video! Really well done. This is better than most of the the stuff that I see on Public Access Television, you should try that forum as well.
Glitteratigoddess 3 years ago
Although blacks in some areas have less money, no one is stopping them from getting more. Also, if we "loved" the neighborhoods so much, we needed to take care of them while they were ours and not make them looked run down. Now, you can walk through areas like Harlem and downtown Brooklyn without being robbed and the areas are starting to look nicer. We (blacks) had 50 + years to make an improvement, since we didn't, business goes on!
BLife718 3 years ago 2
You have a good heart, but I have lived in some of the hoods in Brooklyn and then have moved on to other places. Some of da hoods are and were run down. Pee in the elevators, crack on da 80's, gangs, shooting at night, gettign robbed in the elevator. I don't think that gentrification is about race, it's about cleaning up a neighborhood. Anyone with the 800k for the place can move in regardless of color. It just happens to be that blacks tend to have less money.
BLife718 3 years ago 3
they at least put it in the media there for harlem to know about " change" in brooklyn their eyes are being kept closed and when it is time to put notice, it will be too late for minority folk to act.
downtown brooklyn is the new manhattan !
madfran6 3 years ago
i LOVE this video. But on a side note as sorry as I am for the minorities that are being cashed-out of the neighborhood, I am holding them responsible for their situations. I think it is about time that the more prominent minorities get together and invest in affordable housing for their peers and I bet you they would feel up more than this new complex.
windcu 3 years ago
Just like London - - what a rip off
garycordell 3 years ago
is this by the white castle restaurant
heymaria123 3 years ago
SUN BATHIN in THE HOOD--oh yea ;D
heymaria123 3 years ago
so lovely it put tears to my EYES--yes indeed.
heymaria123 3 years ago
WOW. Aint this a BoutaBOOM, This ordeal reminds me of :: This is like putting perfume on Musk:: u just don't do that, u clean the armpits--clean the community up, then add a wonderful scent to it, then provide housing for all:: equality please. Damn shady ass people,dont know their priorities.
heymaria123 3 years ago
Thanks for sharing-- i was visiting harlem, New York for tha first time--wish i coulda caught ^ with u ---are u from new York???
i went to tha Magic n mac store too--what movie u see?
heymaria123 3 years ago
OMGGGGG Tonya!! You took me back home! I grew up in the Bronx (180th St. b/t Bathgate and Washington). I miss the Grand Concourse!! Lol @ slammin' salmon. AWESOME outfit sis. I bought that same $5 tub of shea butter on
125th. I don't use it too much anymore b/c I found an excellent unrefined shea butter on Nasabb (dot) com. Thats a BEAUTIFUL apartment!
Smile2DayTears2Morro 3 years ago
Yeah, this is my old stomp. I used to live on 132 in Harlem when I was in college. I met so many interesting people with amazing accomplishments.
Great food and clothes found on 125th and vicinity.
sistalinda 3 years ago
---but lets shift focus for a second --this video brought a tear to my -eye just one --I was holding it back--its all plan --by design --years in the making in --it makes you think
what else they have in store for the poor---wait did I tell you how hot you look --dam! spade shaking his head --
Don't mean no harm turn around again---dam!
P.s I love you---Ma'at Oshun Yemeya Aset Harthor
Spade0007 3 years ago
i dont know anyone in my area who is white who makes over 60,000 a year. unfortunately in NY the standard of living is much higher than here in Oklahoma.
even in the "ghetto" here in my town, the people live in two story houses.
it all depends on what you do and where you live.
lollipopmom 3 years ago
It is what it is! Thanks for sharing.
flirtydiva 3 years ago
Do you think gentrification would be an issue if "some" Blacks had maintained their neighborhoods?
With gentrification on the rise, do think suburban areas will become the new "inner city"?
bkswann22 3 years ago
Brooklyn girl checking in. I live in Brownsville and i'm noticing a lot more people are being pushed out of crown heights, flatbush and bedstuy because of these high priced condos. its a damn shame. they are making it very clear where they want us to go and where we should stay.
loquacious85 3 years ago
Sometimes you just gotta call it like you see it is...Preach on!
TigerOnce 3 years ago
You look really pretty sistah...
That place was gorgeous...
interesting points...thanks for sharing...
msdrella 3 years ago 2
get your life together you can still eat your cake and ex cerise too girl
dont get discouraged
heres22 3 years ago 2
I live in the South and i am stunned that anyone would spend that kind of money on that little space! 800,000 dollars! that is crazy. I just don't get it
trellibelli 3 years ago
Well it's NY ,the only city more crazy is london or soem city's in switzerland
Galvatron7 3 years ago
after viewing this video, I decided to subscribe to this account as well...I didn't even know it was here, so thanks for sending the other video...giving me the heads up on this account. Keep up the EXCELLENT work girlie
vinylbitchie 3 years ago
Hapy Independence Day!
Astrid270718 3 years ago
What no rooftop jacuzzi?
What a ripoff.
It's a beautiful place but that's a lot of money.
Bigmada 3 years ago
GREAT VIDEO. 5 stars. However as a race Black people need to re-eVALUate VALUE. For some time our VALUE calibration has been off. How men & women VALUE one another. How we value our parents & past and our future & children. How we value health & freedom. How we value bling & things. As a 10yr RE investor & finance professional I understand the VALUE of ownership. HOWEVER I'm not really understanding your point. Who says that apartment is WORTH $800k ...to YOU? OR US? Really think about it.
maximusmarine 3 years ago
Yeah... the only problem is the value is set by supply demand... and obviously at 800K as the last unoccupied apt in the building people are willing and able to pay that price...
-TonyaTko
TheTonyaTkoShow 3 years ago
what is the name of the music played at the end of the video?
Not the tko thing but when you were stating those census facts
brightlights456X 3 years ago
some instrumental I found on a royalty free music website I would need to re-look it up, I don't have the name
-Tko
TheTonyaTkoShow 3 years ago
ok??
brightlights456X 3 years ago
as others have said, gentrification is a normal economic phenomenon - developers don't have to discriminate by race - the prices discriminate for them
the statistics you post are the more critical causal factors - whether or not the government should repay its debt to black america for generations of disenfranchisement is an issue that remains on the table - until then, equality, not just in housing, simply isn't a realistic option
hopeimfunny 3 years ago
very intresting, i live in ny, its happening all over parts of inner city communities..... maybe u should zoom out a lil next time lol :)
love112489 3 years ago
Thank you. The camera is new, unfortunately its the best of its class and the zoom is too close. My sony is better, but I can't sneak it around with me in my purse. Sorry for the extreme close-ups
-Tko
TheTonyaTkoShow 3 years ago
I have this theory about what is going in NYC.. I am starting to think this is all a grand scheme to get all the have not in to one section of brooklyn, one section of queens and so forth. That way the crime drugs, prostitution is all in one place.. No need to bother or worry about the have not, so to speak. They had an episode on the Wire (HBO series) where they did the same exact thing they put all the drug dealers and such in one place.. Something needs to be done. I am down for the movement.
embracinmyself 3 years ago
This is a very interesting theory. Get people into one contained area...
-Tko
TheTonyaTkoShow 3 years ago
Yes maam.. Good topic. I lived in Brooklyn most of my life and my neighborhood was a black middle class. Now it is nothing but high priced condo's some starting at 1million. We still have our house their but the dynamics of my neighbourhood is totally different, There are only 3 black families left and that is so sad. We need to wake up as black people.
embracinmyself 3 years ago