"Why I Hate Pittsburgh" East of Liberty "In Unlivable Times" 2/18/11 SCREENING IN PITTSBURGH!!

A young woman from the East End of Pittsburgh doesn't hold in her reasons for hating the most livable city in America.

FREE PREMIERE SCREENING- MAY 22nd August Wilson Center, Downtown Pittsburgh, 6pm. Come early for seating.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• east
• of
• liberty
• in
• unlivable
• times
• race
• class
• racism
• discrimination
• pittsburgh
• gentrification
• public
• school
• homewood
• larimer
• culture
• youth
• violence
• gang
• drug
• gun
• death
• dead
• north
• side
• hill
• district
• northview
• heights
• gardens

[NiggazInSpace666]

HAHAHA wtf was the point of this video? What whiny slut

[hyperboymedia]

@NiggazInSpace666 Dialogue. The clip is from a video series about the effects of gentrification, race and class. This film is an educational piece for African American youth to have an honest dialogue about being black in American and tackle issues such as the above mentioned and other issues such as: Black on Black Discrimination, Economic Disparities and Teen/Gang Violence to name few. The series is use as tool to help your black youth to help each other rise up and never put each other down.

[NiggazInSpace666]

@hyperboymedia And third, on the national level, this would get laughed at. Anyone who has spent time in areas like Detroit, like I have, understand what a priveledge it is to live in a city like Pittsburgh - white or black. I'm sure there are countless incidents of racism in this city...but there are still undertones of racism in the country in general. Definitely sad, but definitely not an area-specific thing. I commend you for your dialouge but I think it is 100% wrong.

[hyperboymedia]

@N####InSpace666 You're entitled to your opinion but I challenge you do something better than being a keyboard hero. It's so easy to sit here comment  but what are you/we doing to make things better? If you want to be a part of the dialogue for the next film when we tackle the word NIGGER (log name), by all means send an email with your contact info and let's talk about doing shit that's real instead of sitting around back and forth on here while everything is changing around us.

[hyperboymedia]

@NiggazInSpace666 Please reread my first response, rent the film at library and watch it at least before your next posting. I saw your CACTUS clip. If you got skills, go make something, do something. Until then, I don't want to waste my time while there is a lot of work to do. If we don't make changes for ourselves, someone else will. Good luck.

[PittsDick77]

Instead of focusing all of your energy on how unfairly you think you're being treated and how white people are the root to all of black's problems, focus your energy and frustrations towards making a difference for your people and yourself. I don't understand why blacks in general always look to white people to solve there fucking problems for them, and spoon-feed them through life. If you don't like the way we do things, take care of yourself. Stop crying about it!

[hyperboymedia]

@PittsDick77 You need to send me a message with contact info for an interview. I deleted your last comment because you did not respond. These kids are not looking for others to solve their problems... Just direction like any other kid in life. Send me your contact info in a message. Thanks.

[zackymcbrain]

It's hilarious how the Pittsburgh bashers of all races all love cities with much higher crime rates and cost of living. Baltimore has a crime rate that is much higher than the national average. I can also tell you right off the bat why this girl really hates Pittsburgh: Her home city, Baltimore, is predominantly BLACK (63%). Pittsburgh is 64% white. That's what this is all about. She feels uncomfortable because she's in the minority for once in her life. There is racism everywhere.

[Vandal49]

@NiggazInSpace666 I'm from Pgh, and I know as a working class city with a large black population, living there is a different experience than a lot of the country. But if you don't think the bizarre segregated neighborhoods of Pgh have their own unique problem with racism, I think you've missed the character of the city. And I think a class problem makes her feel this way as well--white and black working class in Pgh are faced more and more these days w/ concentrated gentrification & hostility.

[TYBECKHAM]

this woman is speaking the truth. I'm native here and I'm very anti-Pittsburgh. As a black man myself it makes me nod my head that black ppl can't even get themselves out of the negative stereotypes. I see whites look me at me like a f***ing martian. I co-sign everything to what she's saying.

[hgsnk333]

Pittsburgh IS a pretty crappy little city, she's not lying for the most part. I'm from Boston and Boston is so much better. If it were not for my love for U. Pitt and UPMC, I would have been out of this joke of a city a LONG time ago. Pittsburgh is sooo boringg, things only become slightly less boring after turning 21. About the racism, idk. i haven't experienced racism in my 3 years here (im black as well)

[CancerExl]

im from atlanta if a white person call me out my name i will beat the white off they ass period..im for real they will no longer be white they will be black and blue ive been to pittsburgh and i didnt experience that but if i did they would have got a taste of what a black person from atlanta will do too they ass if they ever disrespect me or any of my people...in atlanta caucasians are scared to walk up the street by themselves they a bunch of pussies alone but when its 50 of them they act tuff

[jayblac]

RACIST 4 SHO

[usabadone]

Take. Your. Nigger. Ass.  Back

[stormmoney]

@Fester3461, Pittsburgh Mills is a mall in a high class area the young lady was not speaking of the coal, coke, or steel mills @ Ray72982, it really does depend on where in Pittsburgh! for example Oakland vs North Hills Oakland is fine, North Hills has a lot of racism going on. @Everybody else that doesn't agree, pay more attention!!!!

[racheezy123]

Well lets be honest here...The burgh does hate them niggers lmfao

[Gi0vanniTheGreat]

Pittsburgh is great for a white nationalist.

[fester3461]

of course ppl look at you funny in the mills. pa is made up of philly, pittsburgh and then mississippi in the middle. the mills sits right on the edge of "mississippi", so you get some dumb hicks, some thugs from the bad parts of the area, and then only a few normal ppl. trust me i used to work in the mills.