Interracial family looking to move to Middle Village Queens. Are we crazy? (Alabama: fit in, 2015)
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Hi Everyone,
My wife and I are considering moving to Middle Village Queens. We've been priced out of Greenpoint and most of Brooklyn, and want something a little more family-oriented now that we have a baby. Middle Village Queens looks like a great place with good public schools, somewhat affordable single-family homes (though small) and access to green space and the M train. Our only hesitation is the apparent lack of racial diversity. I come from Canada where I didn't experience much in the way of racist attitudes toward non whites, but I guess in retrospect the population was pretty much white where I grew up (Italians, Greeks, Serbs, Irish, etc.) I am white and my wife is black hispanic. I read the thread about the infamous Middle Village bakery not hiring a black woman, but I am curious if any middle villagers can share their opinion on how accepted an inter-racial family will feel in the Village?
Thanks to anyone who cares to respond.
An Hispanic wife would not have a problem there. She might just love it. Good community feel in Middle Village. However, the southern protestant American with their rural behavior pattern - i.e. violence towards the weak, bizarre matriarchal anything goes family structure, rampant infanticide, over consumption of salt laden fast food, etc.... Those that exhibit this protestant southern behavior pattern will not fit in here. Hispanic ladies have absolutely nothing in common with Southern protestant rednecks. These protestants -white or black they are all the same- have destroyed urban centers such as Detroit- people from this cultural background are not fit for urban life and may not mesh well with the ethnic urban population of Middle Village. The ruling class no longer sees the urban ethnics of middle village as a threat, and will not fund the movement of southern protestants to northern cities anymore. The media fires of the past that were stoked in ethnic urban neighborhoods like Middle Village are no longer a ruling class topic. Should be no issues in Middle Village.
For cultural subversion the ruling class prefers the homosexual as the agent of social revolution. Back to the original point - an Hispanic Latin is much more civilized than a southern american and will fit right in around middle village more so than anywhere else in the NYC area.
ok, I think I get what you are saying. To most people my wife looks black and not necessarily hispanic. But I think you are saying we will be fine, unless the people of Middle Village think that she is a southern protestant, in which case we will not be fine.
She should be fine. The people of middle village will know the difference between a Latina and a southern protestant and all will be fine. The first hint is there is a spouse! Southern protestants don't get married very much - so when they see a spouse they know that she is not the tip of the violence spewing ice berg from Alabama. Not too sure how they feel about Canadians however, are you a nice person? Do you know how to properly fold your pizza? Can you speak honestly and directly? Work on small things like this and you will love it there. Even the people of Middle Village will accept a Canadian.
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Originally Posted by CanadianInTheMidst
ok, I think I get what you are saying. To most people my wife looks black and not necessarily hispanic. But I think you are saying we will be fine, unless the people of Middle Village think that she is a southern protestant, in which case we will not be fine.
Middle Village is awesome. It's like going into a time warp.
It really is, and you'd be surprised at some blocks. My family used to live on 82nd Street near 58th ave off Elliot and the block had Jamaicans, Chinese, Colombians, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Polish, and a bunch of other ethnic cultures. It was a nice mix of hard working families just trying to get by. And they would have block parties in the summer all the time. I'm talking maybe 3-5 years ago. Not every street is like that but it isn't bereft of diversity. I think circa 2015-2016 the demographics are something like 65-70% White 15-20% Hispanic 5-10% Asian 1-3% Black... You'll be more than fine there.
An Hispanic wife would not have a problem there. She might just love it. Good community feel in Middle Village. However, the southern protestant American with their rural behavior pattern - i.e. violence towards the weak, bizarre matriarchal anything goes family structure, rampant infanticide, over consumption of salt laden fast food, etc.... Those that exhibit this protestant southern behavior pattern will not fit in here. Hispanic ladies have absolutely nothing in common with Southern protestant rednecks. These protestants -white or black they are all the same- have destroyed urban centers such as Detroit- people from this cultural background are not fit for urban life and may not mesh well with the ethnic urban population of Middle Village. The ruling class no longer sees the urban ethnics of middle village as a threat, and will not fund the movement of southern protestants to northern cities anymore. The media fires of the past that were stoked in ethnic urban neighborhoods like Middle Village are no longer a ruling class topic. Should be no issues in Middle Village.
For cultural subversion the ruling class prefers the homosexual as the agent of social revolution. Back to the original point - an Hispanic Latin is much more civilized than a southern american and will fit right in around middle village more so than anywhere else in the NYC area.
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