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This gives me so much pleasure , because its simple..Elementary My Dear Man Mr. Watson...its because of the COL out here in CALIFORNIA that the reason why the African-American Community is being moved out...
Why is the cost of living so high in Cali? Is it because you gotta spend so much on gas. Away from the coastline, its a barren desert, dirt cheap.
Yes... DC is soooo much better for race relations... Oh, what did that Marion Barry say about the Asians? He's done it again. His comments defending the "Dirty" Asians make it very clear that there's some divisions within race relations and that its not all sunshine and kisses. This man used to be the Mayor... talk about a bad mark.
Yes... DC is soooo much better for race relations... Oh, what did that Marion Barry say about the Asians? He's done it again. His comments defending the "Dirty" Asians make it very clear that there's some divisions within race relations and that its not all sunshine and kisses. This man used to be the Mayor... talk about a bad mark.
You can say stuff like this about every city. Things like Rodney King and the riots in Los Angeles can make people think LA is horrible for a Black person. It might have been 20 years ago but it does not leave some people's minds.
You can say stuff like this about every city. Things like Rodney King and the riots in Los Angeles can make people think LA is horrible for a Black person. It might have been 20 years ago but it does not leave some people's minds.
Exactly. This is what people don't get.
People say things all the time, but the last major racial disturbances took place in Los Angeles. It doesn't matter how much progress had been made since then, it will always remain and we will never forget, and the city will always be held responsible for that. There is nothing that LA can do, short of burning history books, that will make us forget.
There hasn't been something like that in the DC area in...forever.
Yes... DC is soooo much better for race relations... Oh, what did that Marion Barry say about the Asians? He's done it again. His comments defending the "Dirty" Asians make it very clear that there's some divisions within race relations and that its not all sunshine and kisses. This man used to be the Mayor... talk about a bad mark.
He's definitely being racist. The sad part is how much of a cultural disconnect there is between DC and its metro... DC is very much a black and white city that race-relation wise is stuck in the 1980's. Despite that the metro is diverse, it doesn't really contribute to the cosmopolitanism of DC itself as much as you'd think it would.
You can say stuff like this about every city. Things like Rodney King and the riots in Los Angeles can make people think LA is horrible for a Black person. It might have been 20 years ago but it does not leave some people's minds.
By that logic every city in this thread is terrible for black people.
25 years ago, Philadelphian police dropped a bomb on residents of their own city and ordered the PFD to not put out the resulting fire to cause the maximum amount of damage. I'd sure love to be black there.
... All the terrible **** that's happening in the country right now and you single out LA for something that happened 20 years ago as if the same couldn't be done to every major city in America? smh
Do you feel like you could become an insider if you lived there long enough became an active member of the community or do you feel that there's a limit to the acceptance? I'm not asking that to spark argument, I'm asking that sincerely.
Also, I didn't know you were a minority.
I feel if a person is willing to step outside of their comfort zone and try new things, they can adapt to any environment well (i.e. becoming an insider). I'm a guy from Bed-Stuy now living happily in Astoria (Queens, though eventually I want to live back in Brooklyn). I'm not saying people should conform just to fit in, but if you're moving into a neighborhood you should try to learn about the people who occupy it. This also goes both ways and in NY usually it's mutual. It also has a lot to do with class and the way someone carries themselves.
On another note what did you think I was? I've always said I'm Black and Latino when people bring up race and stuff. Maybe more so in the NY forum though.
Actually the Black population in Northern California is not shrinking, in fact its growing.
What is happening is the same thing that is occurring with other races, they are moving inland to find cheaper homes while maintaining higher wage jobs in the Bay Area.
And the Bay Area's net loss was actually under 1,000 which means that thousands of Blacks moved in from out of the region and was almost enough to equal the number that left for the valley.
Also, the Bay Area has the highest percentage of multiracial persons of any large metro region, it stands to reason that many people who we might identify as Black identify themselves as 'two or more races' on the census survey.
I knew the number that moved out of state was actually minimal--even before the census results came in.
But the census data proves that the number 1 destination of Blacks who left the Bay Area was one of the Metros that border the Bay Area.
And that makes total sense considering the astoundingly high supercommuter numbers for the Bay Area from 2000.
I feel if a person is willing to step outside of their comfort zone and try new things, they can adapt to any environment well (i.e. becoming an insider). I'm a guy from Bed-Stuy now living happily in Astoria (Queens, though eventually I want to live back in Brooklyn). I'm not saying people should conform just to fit in, but if you're moving into a neighborhood you should try to learn about the people who occupy it. This also goes both ways and in NY usually it's mutual. It also has a lot to do with class and the way someone carries themselves.
In other words, you're saying that you wouldn't get strange looks in Astoria for being black/latino but you would if you were an unexposed suburbanite of any race wandering around Astoria. Sounds the same as the flatlands here in East Oakland.
Are there any neighborhoods in NYC you would fear being permanently seen as an outsider in if you moved there? Are there any neighborhoods in NYC you wouldn't move to at all because of racial tension?
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On another note what did you think I was? I've always said I'm Black and Latino when people bring up race and stuff. Maybe more so in the NY forum though.
I tend to assume a poster is white before they say otherwise. I don't post much in the NYC forum so yeah I wouldn't have seen it there.
SF, LA and SD(along with Miami) have the higher minority proportion of $200,000+ households than the Northeast and elsewhere.
That's not surpising. Those cities have a lot of Asians (who tend to be more affluent) and far fewer blacks (who tend to be less affluent).
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