Racial Tension in Baltimore (section 8, crimes, job market)

[boreatwork]

Originally Posted by LunaticVillage

But if you aren't black, walk through Mondowmin Mall and see how comfortable you feel with all the native black folk staring at you like "what the hell are you doing here?!!" written on their faces. I remember a white girl who I went to UMBC with, who was some kind of case worker in training, and she said that a black female worker at a kiosk in Mondawmin Mall asked her "What are you doing here?!! YOU'RE WHITE!". In the late 90's, white and black kids from the city at Cardinal Gibbons, where I went to school for one year, used to joke that "any whiteboy going into Mondawmin Mall is Rambo because he's strapped!" Back then black kids used to tell the white kids from the county to wear all their fresh urban clothes to Mondawmin Mall and see what happens. Better yet, walk the streets of Baltimore for a few hours (if you can last that long) if you are Asian or non-black Latino and see how that feels. Most people will leave you alone, but you will stick out like a sore-thumb and there is a strong possibility you might get robbed or assaulted or at the very least met with aggressive racist heckling by some young dumb criminally insane kids, crazy people or junkies.

This will happen if you are a well off looking black person lol

[Infinite_heights77]

Crabcakes,

You must live in never neverland, in denial or just plain crazy to make such a statement, especially if you're Black living in Baltimore, or anywhere inside the state of Mary's Land.

Originally Posted by Miss Crabcakes

I tend to agree with this.

I've been living in Baltimore City for the majority of my life and have experienced very little racial tension on the average day to day. And to be very honest, the majority of tension I have ever faced has always been black-on-black.

I have multi-racial friends, have dated interracially and besides some looks (which I hear about but have never really noticed), I've had zero issues. I've also hung out in racial diverse areas or areas where there were more whites than blacks and was met with welcome and friendly vibes. Same as in the workplace.

I also know several white teachers who teach in majority black inner city schools whose students love and respect them. I went to all-black city schools where we generally had no more than 3 white kids per class and I recall as a group, we were kind of protective of them, being the "minorities". We were curious of them but everyone was friendly and inclusive with them.

Just my personal experiences.

[Infinite_heights77]

It doesn't matter because Whites, Asians, Arabs, and other ethnicities run the economy of Mondawmin Mall, so all that jest thumpin' insanity is wasted projected energy. Black folks in Mondawmin don't run anything but their wallets and their hot-mouths.

Originally Posted by LunaticVillage

But if you aren't black, walk through Mondowmin Mall and see how comfortable you feel with all the native black folk staring at you like "what the hell are you doing here?!!" written on their faces. I remember a white girl who I went to UMBC with, who was some kind of case worker in training, and she said that a black female worker at a kiosk in Mondawmin Mall asked her "What are you doing here?!! YOU'RE WHITE!". In the late 90's, white and black kids from the city at Cardinal Gibbons, where I went to school for one year, used to joke that "any whiteboy going into Mondawmin Mall is Rambo because he's strapped!" Back then black kids used to tell the white kids from the county to wear all their fresh urban clothes to Mondawmin Mall and see what happens. Better yet, walk the streets of Baltimore for a few hours (if you can last that long) if you are Asian or non-black Latino and see how that feels. Most people will leave you alone, but you will stick out like a sore-thumb and there is a strong possibility you might get robbed or assaulted or at the very least met with aggressive racist heckling by some young dumb criminally insane kids, crazy people or junkies.

[Infinite_heights77]

This is very true!!!! Former Mayor Kurt Schmoke son was robbed years ago in Baltimore.

Originally Posted by boreatwork

This will happen if you are a well off looking black person lol

[Infinite_heights77]

I have a question for those who voted average in this poll?

How do you quantify average racial tensions in a city?

[Miss Crabcakes]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

Crabcakes,

You must live in never neverland, in denial or just plain crazy to make such a statement, especially if you're Black living in Baltimore, or anywhere inside the state of Mary's Land.

You know what, IH, you can deny your own experiences, but you cannot deny mine. I know what I have experienced but YOU do NOT KNOW what I have experienced.

Keep being insulting and smug. Its really working out great for you!

[Woodlands]

Originally Posted by LunaticVillage

But if you aren't black, walk through Mondowmin Mall and see how comfortable you feel with all the native black folk staring at you like "what the hell are you doing here?!!" written on their faces. I remember a white girl who I went to UMBC with, who was some kind of case worker in training, and she said that a black female worker at a kiosk in Mondawmin Mall asked her "What are you doing here?!! YOU'RE WHITE!". In the late 90's, white and black kids from the city at Cardinal Gibbons, where I went to school for one year, used to joke that "any whiteboy going into Mondawmin Mall is Rambo because he's strapped!" Back then black kids used to tell the white kids from the county to wear all their fresh urban clothes to Mondawmin Mall and see what happens. Better yet, walk the streets of Baltimore for a few hours (if you can last that long) if you are Asian or non-black Latino and see how that feels. Most people will leave you alone, but you will stick out like a sore-thumb and there is a strong possibility you might get robbed or assaulted or at the very least met with aggressive racist heckling by some young dumb criminally insane kids, crazy people or junkies.

Yeah Mondawmin today seems alot more tame from what it was in the 90s. Many white folks frequent the Target that is there.. though it may be questionable how many actually venture into the Mall. Those that do.. I dont believe get the "WTF.. a white person" look as much as say in the 90s. I have seen plenty of "white mikes- from Curtus Bayeeh" going in there as opposed to "white Michaels from- from the County" so it probably more of a cultural or class thing.. hip hop versus yuppie

[james777]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

It doesn't matter because Whites, Asians, Arabs, and other ethnicities run the economy of Mondawmin Mall, so all that jest thumpin' insanity is wasted projected energy. Black folks in Mondawmin don't run anything but their wallets and their hot-mouths.

WTF????!!! If black people go to Mondawmin and open their wallets, they run the mall, not all of those other ethnic groups that you stated.

In business, "those who have the money make the rules" and "the customer is always right".

[satchseven]

Originally Posted by tairos

Because white upper middle/upper class liberals use blacks as a weapon against the conservative white middle and working classes. "Let's you and him fight" is their credo here.

well those folks are the problems not the progressives

[santafe400]

Honestly, I don't think black/white relations in the city and for much of the region for that matter are all that great. However, I'm too lazy to go into any detailed explanation.