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Honestly don't believe that. Good racism is secret. Somebody just yelled N------ really? I assume you're a tourist so you're not in Mattapan, so you're in the Back Bay and somebody dropped an N bomb. I don't believe it.
I had a coworker who grew up in the South (and had lived in Chicago and SF) who told me the same thing
Oh, of course. A black man was literally choked to death by a white police officer two years ago on the streets of New York City, but Boston is the one with the more severe racial problems.
Oh, of course. A black man was literally choked to death by a white police officer two years ago on the streets of New York City, but Boston is the one with the more severe racial problems.[/b]
Boston has been as good as any city since the 70's, it's just the legend keeps living. Many cities have had race riots since the 70's look at the black vs. brown gang wars in LA, isn't that racial intolerance?
List of Cities (incompete) that have had Race Riots since 1975 (Boston Bussing Crisis)
Houston
Miami (twice)
New York
Los Angeles (52 died, so thats kind of a big deal)
Chicago
Seattle
Atlanta
Oakland (twice)
San Francisco
Tampa
Cincinnati
Cleveland
St Louis
Baltimore
However, Boston is super racist, and these cities are not.
List of Cities (incompete) that have had Race Riots since 1975 (Boston Bussing Crisis)
Houston
Miami (twice)
New York
Los Angeles (52 died, so thats kind of a big deal)
Chicago
Seattle
Atlanta
Oakland (twice)
San Francisco
Tampa
Cincinnati
Cleveland
St Louis
Baltimore
However, Boston is super racist, and these cities are not.
Do not conflate lack of explosive racially tinged conflicts with lack of racial tension. Most of these have been reactions to police brutality. Boston's was white citizens attacking minorities. Big difference.
Do not conflate lack of explosive racially tinged conflicts with lack of racial tension. Most of these have been reactions to police brutality. Boston's was white citizens attacking minorities. Big difference.
Riots aren't about one person being shot.
You're a fool if you believe that.
Riots happen only if there is underlying Racial Tension. Believe it or not there has been cases of Police Brutality in Boston since 1975 but the African American community doesn't end up rioting because there is less tension.
Los Angeles is a great example. There is a ton of racial tension in that city still.
There is several orders of magnitude between the LA riots and the Bussing Crisis, even if the triggers were different the causes are the same
Riots aren't about one person being shot.
You're a fool if you believe that.
Riots happen only if there is underlying Racial Tension. Believe it or not there has been cases of Police Brutality in Boston since 1975 but the African American community doesn't end up rioting because there is less tension.
Los Angeles is a great example. There is a ton of racial tension in that city still.
There is several orders of magnitude between the LA riots and the Bussing Crisis, even if the triggers were different the causes are the same.
Again, you're conflating institutional racism with a culture of racism. LAs black community has been brutalized by the police for decades, and reached a boiling point. The busing riots were closer to a lynching; racist vigilantes attached minorities.
I lived in New York in the 90s, and I remember New York's racial tension. I remember Crown Heights and Bensonhurst. I felt about is comfortable in Southie in 2011 as I would have in Bensonhurst of the 90s. Boston is what, 26% black? Does Boston even have a black radio station? It didn't when I left.
Oh, of course. A black man was literally choked to death by a white police officer two years ago on the streets of New York City, but Boston is the one with the more severe racial problems.
Suuuuure.
A huge chunk of the NYPD lives outsides of NYC limits
Again, you're conflating institutional racism with a culture of racism. LAs black community has been brutalized by the police for decades, and reached a boiling point. The busing riots were closer to a lynching; racist vigilantes attached minorities.
I lived in New York in the 90s, and I remember New York's racial tension. I remember Crown Heights and Bensonhurst. I felt about is comfortable in Southie in 2011 as I would have in Bensonhurst of the 90s. Boston is what, 26% black? Does Boston even have a black radio station? It didn't when I left.
WILD 1090 used to be the traditional Black radio station, but is now an Asian station.
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