IDKMYDE: Epsy and Vero Beach
The Breakfast Club
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 14.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2025
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Summary
Todays episode of IDKMYDE is a sharp, humorous take on how Black families’ land and generational wealth have been systematically stolen, all while America pretends it’s just part of the game. From airfields to baseball teams, it’s history you didn’t learn in school, but you’ll definitely want to remember.
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| 0:00.0 | On today's episode, if I Didn't Know, maybe you didn't either, let's talk about land. |
| 0:05.2 | Because apparently, if you're black and you own some, everybody suddenly gets real interested in your property. |
| 0:12.5 | I didn't know, maybe you didn't need. I didn't know, maybe you didn't need. I didn't know, maybe you didn't need. I didn't't know Maybe you didn't need I didn't know |
| 0:22.2 | I didn't know |
| 0:23.5 | Take the Epsi family |
| 0:25.8 | For example |
| 0:26.5 | Back in 1942 |
| 0:27.8 | They was living the dream |
| 0:29.3 | In Viro Beach Florida |
| 0:30.5 | They had 147 acres of land |
| 0:33.1 | Now I had to do some homework on that |
| 0:34.7 | How much is one acre? |
| 0:36.5 | Well for easy math It's about three-fourths of a football field. |
| 0:40.3 | So let's just say one acre equals a football field. |
| 0:43.5 | Or 16 tennis courts. |
| 0:45.9 | Or one acre is larger than nine basketball courts. |
| 0:49.3 | They say you can fit five baseball fields in one acre. |
| 0:53.0 | Well, the EPSY family had 147 acres. |
| 0:56.3 | Now, that's just not land. |
| 0:57.8 | That's by your kids a pony and still got space for a ferris wheel land. |
| 1:01.6 | But then the U.S. government came knocking. |
| 1:03.8 | And it said, excuse me, we're going to need your land to build an airfield. |
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