First Black People in Levittown (documentary)

[Waterstar]

Landmark documentary about residents' reaction to first black middle class family in (all white middle class area) Levittown (PA)

[Troy]

I pushed this one up to the top of my queue! I used to live near Levittown. When I worked for Grumman.

It will be interesting to see how the topic is approached.

[Waterstar]

It will be interesting to see how the topic is approached.

Yeah! I bet someone is just WAITING to play the race card on THIS one!!

[Troy]

I watched this video and found it extremely interesting.

The Levittown I lived near was in Long Island, NY. So I was not familiar with the community.

I really miss this type of interviewing. The interviewer never once inserted themselves into the question. No long winded preambles of what they thought or leading questions -- direct questions with follow up questions that probed more deeply. I really wish journalists worked this way today.

The people who answered the questions came across a little too articulate almost as if they were actors or at least very well prepped for their responses. If they were prepared with the question before hand I think this too is good as the responses would be better the responses given off the top of one's head.

The only complaint I had about this documentary was, and it is a big one, is why in the heck did they not interview the Black family that moved in?!!?! This defies all logic and calls into question the purpose of this video.

[Waterstar]

Exactly@ your only complaint.

That is precisely why I worded the description as I did.

Journalism is more often taken over by sensationalism. Ratings and marketing are norms and journalistic integrity is almost like an oxymoron.