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Originally Posted by Harlem resident
It is my concern that he is a weak person, which we do not need.
Moreover ... increasingly, it is my sense that "stop and frisk" is the new, site-specific, opium of the people.
Anyone consider asking what ELSE might be going on ? Such as foreign investment in real estate, which came up above. Gee, wonder how that impacts blacks and latinos.
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The mayor of NYC cannot outlaw foreign investment in real estate, btw.
And I don't think foreign investment in real estate is all bad for Blacks and Latinos. You've had increased commercial development throughout the entire 5 boroughs, and places like the Bronx now have better grocery stores, more mainstream stores like CVS and WalGreens instead of whatever horrible busted up shops.
A lot of latinos work in the hospitality sector, which caters to business people and tourists, many of them foreigners.
If you attend a major university in NY, universities get donations from wealthy foreigners for their programs and facilities and anyone who is a student of any race benefits. Some of the donations they give even go towards financial aid.
I'm more than happy for the Bloomberg era to be over, but to say I haven't benefitted from foreign investment would be ridiculous. I even ethnic restaurants, which is a low level form of foreign investment (which often have better quality food than mainstream American places).
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