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[Cincy-Rise]

I'm not sure there is even a city that existed in the 50's that didn't have racial tensions? Is there one out there that I don't know of? Please do tell!

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by Cincy-Rise

I'm not sure there is even a city that existed in the 50's that didn't have racial tensions? Is there one out there that I don't know of? Please do tell!

I was thinking the same thing earlier. Birmingham and Montgomery come to mind the most. In Birmingham you see the police with those water cannons spraying them all over the place.

[HWilliams77]

Originally Posted by Traveler87

People need to get over this segregation and take a visit to Cincinnati today. I am so tired of people basing opinions' on cities they knew 2 3 or even 4 decades ago.

The racism and segregation that I and others are speaking of (well The Reeds and I anyway) is recent. As in 2008. And the other thing...for Cincy Rise..you're so caught up in people not living in the city. I was looking for places to live down Beechmont, which I guess is Anderson and it was where I was getting all the crazy stares and that address is Cincinnati. So, don't get all frustrated with us who aren't from Cincy and don't understand how you natives have separated the neighborhoods. If the address says Cincinnati, I'm going to consider it that.

[Cincy-Rise]

Originally Posted by HWilliams77

The racism and segregation that I and others are speaking of (well The Reeds and I anyway) is recent. As in 2008. And the other thing...for Cincy Rise..you're so caught up in people not living in the city. I was looking for places to live down Beechmont, which I guess is Anderson and it was where I was getting all the crazy stares and that address is Cincinnati. So, don't get all frustrated with us who aren't from Cincy and don't understand how you natives have separated the neighborhoods. If the address says Cincinnati, I'm going to consider it that.

As you can see (or you could've found out by an easy google search) Anderson is not at all in the city of Cincinnati.

You complained and mentioned Cincinnati, therefore I corrected you. If you want diversity, then you should avoid areas such as Anderson. You have Anderson and you have Cincinnati ... that's it. As I pointed out, Cincy is 43% black, so this would back up what I'm saying ...

http://cincyimages.com/site/images/s...orhood_map.jpg

[Traveler87]

Originally Posted by HWilliams77

The racism and segregation that I and others are speaking of (well The Reeds and I anyway) is recent. As in 2008. And the other thing...for Cincy Rise..you're so caught up in people not living in the city. I was looking for places to live down Beechmont, which I guess is Anderson and it was where I was getting all the crazy stares and that address is Cincinnati. So, don't get all frustrated with us who aren't from Cincy and don't understand how you natives have separated the neighborhoods. If the address says Cincinnati, I'm going to consider it that.

Also, why are you judging a major city on just a few neighborhoods NOT even in the city that you visited for a couple of days or so? If that even. Every major city has its problems, but Cincinnati is doing much better, and has got consistantly better over every year.

[SpaceCowboy]

Mr. Reed, so sorry that this has happened to you, I wish the suburbs of Cincy weren't this way but my experience has been that they are! It is one of the things that is terrible about this area. There are definitely areas of Cincy more diverse and accepting than the area you have chosen though. If you had asked me before you moved I would have told you not to move to an affluent suburb in Cincy..perhaps you can find it in your strength though to stand up in the face of this and be an affluent black man in Anderson. Make a statement. You have every right..and your neighbors need to learn to open their minds and change their attitudes. I know it won't be easy but perhaps you can help them.
I wish you the best.

[magicgreen]

Anderson township for black people? No way Jose! And Norwood and Mariemont is out too!!!!!! Your best bet is somewhere like ummm.......North Advondale, Walnut hills,Silverton,or maybe even snobby E. walnut hills. At least these places wont dislike you because you dont look like THEM!!!!!

[CincyExpert]

Originally Posted by magicgreen

Anderson township for black people? No way Jose! And Norwood and Mariemont is out too!!!!!! Your best bet is somewhere like ummm.......North Advondale, Walnut hills,Silverton,or maybe even snobby E. walnut hills. At least these places wont dislike you because you dont look like THEM!!!!!

Very true, the only minorities I've ever seen in Norwood are immigrants. I'm sure they wish they read this site before they chose to live there!

[nutraveler]

I understand where you are coming from. I live in Cincy now and I found that there is an undercurrent of racial tension here that I did not find in Virginia (at least the areas I lived in). When we first moved here, almost 8 years ago, my husband was pulled over at a United Dairy Farmer's store because a cop thought the car my husband was driving was stolen. The car was a rental and the cop ran the tags and found they did not match the car. My husband was parked in front of the store looking at a map trying to find where his new job office was located, when this happened. I can only assume they ran the tags because he was a AA man driving around Ross/Hamilton.

There was also a time when I was looking for a wedding dress and went to the western part of cincinnati to find a store. While I was walking around, many people were staring and watching at me. It made me feel very uncomfortable at the time. Areas like Cleves are known for being intolerance of AA's.

I also worked at local hospital in Northern Kentucky and found the staff resistant to AA or other minorities working there, especially if they were in position of power. The AA employees seemed to be taken less seriously and held by a different standard.

I know not everyone here is racist but there are quite a few areas where AA's are not as welcomed. I have been here for almost 8 years and I am finding that it is very, very slowly getting better. I think some people from Cincy have a difficult time accepting people outside their social group. I remember I went to a co-worker's wedding and found I was the only person of color (no asians, hispanics...nothing other than me) out of 500 guess. I was the token Black/minority person. If you are not from Cincinnati, it is kind of hard to make friends. This includes the AA community too. Like a previous poster said, the AA's in Cincy really don't acknowledge other AA's like in other cities (please, acknowledging other AA's is lot a way to exclude other groups. It is just a traditional way of greeting other AA's).

I found areas like Sharonville, Springdale, some parts of Fairfield, Forest Park, Wyoming, Kenwood, Colerain, and Clifton to be good diverse areas.

Sorry this so long. After that long rant, I would say don't allow anyone to make you feel as if you don't belong there. Because you have a nice job and some money, folks may be threaten by that. For all of its problems, the city is very nice. They have great parks and museums here. It can be a nice place to raise a family.

[HWilliams77]

Nice post nutraveler. Thanks!