Beautiful People, I too am from LP and am greatly concerned by the current devastation from the weather, long standing impoverished mindset, and perpetual lack of social efficacy to generate some/anything that would bring worth and value to our hometown. How many times have we shared the same dream of seeing something better for ourselves? I would love to brainstorm to actually make a difference. I'm not looking for debate or discussion, but plans to make a difference. Interested? Hit me back.
I still have some family in LP. My grandparents lived on 7th street which is now Jackson street. I grew up in CA and to me LP is a picture of the rural south that a lot of folks probably don't believe exist. General Trass was my mom's high school principal and we always try to see him when we are there. Interesting video.
this makes me so sad, this is my hometown. i was born in Monroe in 1972 but my family lived in Lake Providence I havent seen it in over 30 years. To me this is criminal, our country has failed these people we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
Am I missing something? That didn't really look like the poorest place in America to me. The first half looked quite poor, but the second half most certainly did not. I've driven through countless small towns that had a similar contrast of socioeconomic areas.
i think your video is so wrong im from lake providence and i had a great child hood its not that bad if people only would wake up and see the life still left in the town i love lp and you will never realize it till you leave and this video didnt show the good side of lp only the bad and run down
And try to make Lake Providence the nice little resort town it should have been by bringing in officials who care. Not ones who say its not that bad. Louisiana is a very expensive state, when we visit its cheaper to bring in grocery from home than to buy at Jongs or WalMart in Oak Grove,so I don't know how the ppl can afford to eat without assistance. Taxes on top of taxes its crazy. LP is too small to be as violent as it is. Something has got to give or that little town is going to disappear.
It llooks like to town that time forgot & realistically residents of both sides of the lake are to blame.Whites with ppl like Captain Jack who had no problem with wanting blacks to continue living in slavery & blacks who just gave up & moved away, became prosperous & never thought about making a difference in their little towns future.There r blacks living across the lake now & some attending Briarfield Academy but what about the town itself.We as adults black & white should really get together
Also the black residents had to make do by sending there kids to the fields in the summer to chop cotton for extra money to buy school clothes as well as pick pecans in the fall/winter to sell.There were no other jobs for teens. When they brought Sonics in some teens worked there So to the ppl who were being racist,u try chopping cotton in the hot sun with heavy shirts, heavy boots,long pants to protect yourself from snakes,bugs,poison while our parents worked as teachers, cooks,farmhands,etc.
I am originally from LP & this was poorly documented. I don't know what the point of this video was. I will say that the town is dilapidated & I was raised in the country thank goodness although I use to wish I lived in town as a kid.I would love to see the town restored to it's former glory but the residents both black & white would have to want that as well. I know growing up the whites seperated themselves by living across the lake & blacks were not allowed there for fear of being lynched
iT WAS ONCE THE POOREST COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION? ha ha shows everyone how good we have it in america. trust me that didn't look that bad. I've seen plenty of white communities where people lived in trailers, or cramped homes, etc. Come on, white trash is often interchangeable with trailer trash. trailers are common among white people lol.
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ur fuckin gay nigger ill beat ur little pussy up cuz i know u have one fag.... motherfucking ass crackhead piece of shit mother coking ass fuckin piss fuck
of complaining and making this video. the white people have the cars out of their yard because they are working!!!! and not sittin on their asses all day.
First off u dont go in fields with hoes and weed it its called round up... thats what the airstip is for and if u have a plane u can use it the boat launch is for anyone with a boat. You dont get paid $30 for 6-7 job thats stupid obviously uve never worked before ur prolly one of them niggers that sit on the couch with your 25 little nigger children runnin around the streets sellin drugs and killin each other waitin on a welfare check to get yourself high. You could have been workin instead...
the reason why the south side of LP sucks is because the ignorant ass niggers dont do anything for theirselves. They sit around on their lazy asses all day waiting on a welfare check just like this guy said.
UMMmm i live on that side of the lake the the air strip is for the fields there and there are plenty of black people that live over where i do on that side of the lake.... and the REBLE FLAG that everybody has in there yards is a maskcot that is for one of the schools over here... and the boat lounch is for anybody everybody swimmes there.....
But i kinda see where your comming from tho.. i think....
I still live in Lake Providence and it freakin sucks here there is nothin to do and everytime someone turnes around the danm cops in our town are tryin to put people in jail for anything andn everything...... they only good thing about lake providence is the lake we have here......... i cant wait till i get out of this stupid town....... AND OAK GROVE ISNT ANYBETTER!!!
"get pregnant and get on welfare"..wow.. plenty of my friends have gone on to do better things including myself and my family members. Like I said, I have been plenty of places and they all are the same. I live in Baton Rouge,La and I'm in Portland, OR for the summer. Same places just a different name. I'm disappointed in you but hey beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I appreciate where I came from and that's not the same place on your video.
Oh my God dude..I don't know where you've been but there are trailers everywhere. The hood is everywhere. There are some decent places. You were very selective in where you chose to film. Also, while you are talking about the rebel flags but the school over there, their mascot is the rebel not that that makes it ok.
Maybe this idiot might want to move into modern times. Cotton hasn't been manually weeded in 20 years. Cotton uses Round-Up (the same from WalMart)to control weeds; not labor. But as always it somebody elses fault.
is a good place to start. I do still have a fondness for LP. My Grandmother moved to Winnsboro, LA just after my Aunt did sometime in the late 70's. I go to Arkansas a few times each year and always pass through Lake Providence. Comeing home from AR we compete to say "I see the Lake first" I hope your video does bring some attention to the town, or at least inspire the young people there to end the cycle of poverty and strive to make their town great.
it has meant to me. And surely not all black people in LP fit into the stereotypical molds that you kept referring to. It seems that LP is a community like may small towns in the south where you basically have two classes. The very rich and the poor working class. There is not a lot of in between. The farming communities seem to be set up that way. This has always bothered me about places like LP and places like Gillet, AR. Unfortunatly I don't have any solutions but pointing out problems
I understood right away what you're trying to do with your video. I think though, that while your trying to shine a spotlight on the problems in LP try not to generalize the way "people are" so much. I'm one of those white people who have never associated the Reble Flag with Slavey or any kind of predjudice. I've always associeated it with Southern Rock and Roll and being proud to be from the South. Back in the days of Lynard Skynard. I suppose I could be naive about that but that is what
I found the video very interesting too. My grandmother lived in Lake Providence for many years and I have wonderful memories of visiting her there. My aunt lived just down the street in a trailer. They lived on what you were referring to as the black side. I never really knew there was anything on the other side of the lake or I guess as I kid it didn't concern me. We use to swim in the lake back then. And my Granny had an enourmous fig tree in her back yard that served as our playhouse.
Wow Davien, your video of Lake Providence is very interesting. In response to your statement about what we teach our kids, I have to strongly diagree with you. I,along with others raise our kids with respect, and pride. My husband and I try our hardest to guard our children from that "slave menatlity" you describe as being on wlefare and dropping our of school,and getting pregnant. What are u doing to help the very community you were raised in??? Don't talk about it....Be About it!!!
it was a blanket statement. i apologize if u were offended. my purpose for this video was to give the prospective of someone looking in from the outside. now if i'm wrong. correct me. i figured if enough people see this video, maybe a little change will occur. this is my point of view.
my mom also raised me not to have that "slave menatlity".
as for what i'm doing? i'm making people aware. hopefully this will inspire people still in LP to strive for something better and demand the town and state officials do their job and not just collect a check.
I think filming the video was a good idea. America needs to be informed of places like L.P. I wasn't offended by the statements, actually I was saddened to hear another black person speak about other black in that manner. Your statements were very stereotypical, and far from the truth in reference to most blacks in the community. As far as the town officals doing there job, it will never happen. Why? Because there is no unity.
We need to come together as a black people and stop thinking that "the man" is holding us down when in all actuality it is us who is keeping the shackles on our feet here in L.P. There is 2 things I have learned as an adult...White people stick together and take care of their own....and we do not. As long as we are divided we will never prosper.
bitch u black and ignorant listen at how u say your words u probably broke with no job and want to talk about lake providence they can't take the country up out your ass u better recognize
Hello I would just like to comment on your video of LP town. That is home for me and I feel you are one of those people who leave home and then think you are better than others. You must remember where you have been. I still have family there and no matter what is not there that is not important when you have family. Remember where you have come from. Do something about the situation if you don't like it.
Why would I think I'm better? Because I wanted more? I still have family and friends in LP. Don't take this as a personal attack... I'M JUST STATING THE FACTS.
And I am doing something about it... this video is a step in that direction, informing those that don't know...
Beautiful People, I too am from LP and am greatly concerned by the current devastation from the weather, long standing impoverished mindset, and perpetual lack of social efficacy to generate some/anything that would bring worth and value to our hometown. How many times have we shared the same dream of seeing something better for ourselves? I would love to brainstorm to actually make a difference. I'm not looking for debate or discussion, but plans to make a difference. Interested? Hit me back.
CBig42 9 months ago
I still have some family in LP. My grandparents lived on 7th street which is now Jackson street. I grew up in CA and to me LP is a picture of the rural south that a lot of folks probably don't believe exist. General Trass was my mom's high school principal and we always try to see him when we are there. Interesting video.
kurlicue 10 months ago
this makes me so sad, this is my hometown. i was born in Monroe in 1972 but my family lived in Lake Providence I havent seen it in over 30 years. To me this is criminal, our country has failed these people we should all be ashamed of ourselves.
starkweather444 1 year ago
Am I missing something? That didn't really look like the poorest place in America to me. The first half looked quite poor, but the second half most certainly did not. I've driven through countless small towns that had a similar contrast of socioeconomic areas.
uricehe4 1 year ago
just move to monroe or shreveport
sk8drumz 1 year ago
Thats my old house at 4:20 on schneider ln.
grgfraiser 1 year ago
i think your video is so wrong im from lake providence and i had a great child hood its not that bad if people only would wake up and see the life still left in the town i love lp and you will never realize it till you leave and this video didnt show the good side of lp only the bad and run down
MsAspen101 2 years ago
And try to make Lake Providence the nice little resort town it should have been by bringing in officials who care. Not ones who say its not that bad. Louisiana is a very expensive state, when we visit its cheaper to bring in grocery from home than to buy at Jongs or WalMart in Oak Grove,so I don't know how the ppl can afford to eat without assistance. Taxes on top of taxes its crazy. LP is too small to be as violent as it is. Something has got to give or that little town is going to disappear.
1leelei 2 years ago
It llooks like to town that time forgot & realistically residents of both sides of the lake are to blame.Whites with ppl like Captain Jack who had no problem with wanting blacks to continue living in slavery & blacks who just gave up & moved away, became prosperous & never thought about making a difference in their little towns future.There r blacks living across the lake now & some attending Briarfield Academy but what about the town itself.We as adults black & white should really get together
1leelei 2 years ago
Also the black residents had to make do by sending there kids to the fields in the summer to chop cotton for extra money to buy school clothes as well as pick pecans in the fall/winter to sell.There were no other jobs for teens. When they brought Sonics in some teens worked there So to the ppl who were being racist,u try chopping cotton in the hot sun with heavy shirts, heavy boots,long pants to protect yourself from snakes,bugs,poison while our parents worked as teachers, cooks,farmhands,etc.
1leelei 2 years ago
I am originally from LP & this was poorly documented. I don't know what the point of this video was. I will say that the town is dilapidated & I was raised in the country thank goodness although I use to wish I lived in town as a kid.I would love to see the town restored to it's former glory but the residents both black & white would have to want that as well. I know growing up the whites seperated themselves by living across the lake & blacks were not allowed there for fear of being lynched
1leelei 2 years ago
iT WAS ONCE THE POOREST COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION? ha ha shows everyone how good we have it in america. trust me that didn't look that bad. I've seen plenty of white communities where people lived in trailers, or cramped homes, etc. Come on, white trash is often interchangeable with trailer trash. trailers are common among white people lol.
chaoticsweetnesss 3 years ago
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ur fuckin gay nigger ill beat ur little pussy up cuz i know u have one fag.... motherfucking ass crackhead piece of shit mother coking ass fuckin piss fuck
hcf5 3 years ago
of complaining and making this video. the white people have the cars out of their yard because they are working!!!! and not sittin on their asses all day.
lpcitizen23 3 years ago
First off u dont go in fields with hoes and weed it its called round up... thats what the airstip is for and if u have a plane u can use it the boat launch is for anyone with a boat. You dont get paid $30 for 6-7 job thats stupid obviously uve never worked before ur prolly one of them niggers that sit on the couch with your 25 little nigger children runnin around the streets sellin drugs and killin each other waitin on a welfare check to get yourself high. You could have been workin instead...
lpcitizen23 3 years ago
the reason why the south side of LP sucks is because the ignorant ass niggers dont do anything for theirselves. They sit around on their lazy asses all day waiting on a welfare check just like this guy said.
bpbaseballer88 3 years ago
UMMmm i live on that side of the lake the the air strip is for the fields there and there are plenty of black people that live over where i do on that side of the lake.... and the REBLE FLAG that everybody has in there yards is a maskcot that is for one of the schools over here... and the boat lounch is for anybody everybody swimmes there.....
But i kinda see where your comming from tho.. i think....
gahton21 3 years ago
I still live in Lake Providence and it freakin sucks here there is nothin to do and everytime someone turnes around the danm cops in our town are tryin to put people in jail for anything andn everything...... they only good thing about lake providence is the lake we have here......... i cant wait till i get out of this stupid town....... AND OAK GROVE ISNT ANYBETTER!!!
gahton21 3 years ago
By the way what are you doing now? Hopefully, you've accomplished some things that you poor hometown people can look up to. I am...
nallen007 3 years ago
"get pregnant and get on welfare"..wow.. plenty of my friends have gone on to do better things including myself and my family members. Like I said, I have been plenty of places and they all are the same. I live in Baton Rouge,La and I'm in Portland, OR for the summer. Same places just a different name. I'm disappointed in you but hey beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I appreciate where I came from and that's not the same place on your video.
nallen007 3 years ago
Oh my God dude..I don't know where you've been but there are trailers everywhere. The hood is everywhere. There are some decent places. You were very selective in where you chose to film. Also, while you are talking about the rebel flags but the school over there, their mascot is the rebel not that that makes it ok.
nallen007 3 years ago
Maybe this idiot might want to move into modern times. Cotton hasn't been manually weeded in 20 years. Cotton uses Round-Up (the same from WalMart)to control weeds; not labor. But as always it somebody elses fault.
handerson8 3 years ago
really, ever been to LP?
hellifikare2 3 years ago
All the time, I am in the agriculture business.
handerson8 3 years ago
is a good place to start. I do still have a fondness for LP. My Grandmother moved to Winnsboro, LA just after my Aunt did sometime in the late 70's. I go to Arkansas a few times each year and always pass through Lake Providence. Comeing home from AR we compete to say "I see the Lake first" I hope your video does bring some attention to the town, or at least inspire the young people there to end the cycle of poverty and strive to make their town great.
JFritsch62 3 years ago
it has meant to me. And surely not all black people in LP fit into the stereotypical molds that you kept referring to. It seems that LP is a community like may small towns in the south where you basically have two classes. The very rich and the poor working class. There is not a lot of in between. The farming communities seem to be set up that way. This has always bothered me about places like LP and places like Gillet, AR. Unfortunatly I don't have any solutions but pointing out problems
JFritsch62 3 years ago
I understood right away what you're trying to do with your video. I think though, that while your trying to shine a spotlight on the problems in LP try not to generalize the way "people are" so much. I'm one of those white people who have never associated the Reble Flag with Slavey or any kind of predjudice. I've always associeated it with Southern Rock and Roll and being proud to be from the South. Back in the days of Lynard Skynard. I suppose I could be naive about that but that is what
JFritsch62 3 years ago
I found the video very interesting too. My grandmother lived in Lake Providence for many years and I have wonderful memories of visiting her there. My aunt lived just down the street in a trailer. They lived on what you were referring to as the black side. I never really knew there was anything on the other side of the lake or I guess as I kid it didn't concern me. We use to swim in the lake back then. And my Granny had an enourmous fig tree in her back yard that served as our playhouse.
JFritsch62 3 years ago
Wow Davien, your video of Lake Providence is very interesting. In response to your statement about what we teach our kids, I have to strongly diagree with you. I,along with others raise our kids with respect, and pride. My husband and I try our hardest to guard our children from that "slave menatlity" you describe as being on wlefare and dropping our of school,and getting pregnant. What are u doing to help the very community you were raised in??? Don't talk about it....Be About it!!!
Scorpio0823 4 years ago
it was a blanket statement. i apologize if u were offended. my purpose for this video was to give the prospective of someone looking in from the outside. now if i'm wrong. correct me. i figured if enough people see this video, maybe a little change will occur. this is my point of view.
my mom also raised me not to have that "slave menatlity".
hellifikare2 4 years ago
as for what i'm doing? i'm making people aware. hopefully this will inspire people still in LP to strive for something better and demand the town and state officials do their job and not just collect a check.
hellifikare2 4 years ago
I think filming the video was a good idea. America needs to be informed of places like L.P. I wasn't offended by the statements, actually I was saddened to hear another black person speak about other black in that manner. Your statements were very stereotypical, and far from the truth in reference to most blacks in the community. As far as the town officals doing there job, it will never happen. Why? Because there is no unity.
Scorpio0823 4 years ago
We need to come together as a black people and stop thinking that "the man" is holding us down when in all actuality it is us who is keeping the shackles on our feet here in L.P. There is 2 things I have learned as an adult...White people stick together and take care of their own....and we do not. As long as we are divided we will never prosper.
Scorpio0823 4 years ago
bitch u black and ignorant listen at how u say your words u probably broke with no job and want to talk about lake providence they can't take the country up out your ass u better recognize
dontellwright 4 years ago
thats rather rude......at least he took the time to film this and show what lake providence has turned into
Psychomorgan 3 years ago
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bigtuck71245 3 years ago
Hello I would just like to comment on your video of LP town. That is home for me and I feel you are one of those people who leave home and then think you are better than others. You must remember where you have been. I still have family there and no matter what is not there that is not important when you have family. Remember where you have come from. Do something about the situation if you don't like it.
JazzyJLuvzU318 4 years ago
Why would I think I'm better? Because I wanted more? I still have family and friends in LP. Don't take this as a personal attack... I'M JUST STATING THE FACTS.
And I am doing something about it... this video is a step in that direction, informing those that don't know...
hellifikare2 4 years ago
This video was great......thank you for showing us this..... My dad was in lake providence prison and I think L.P could use some work =] lol
Psychomorgan 3 years ago