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Anyhow, comments like the below do not bode well for race relations:
“Our black bodies literally have less economic value than the body of a white person,” she said. “As soon as a white body moves into the same space that I occupied, all of a sudden this place is more valuable.”
While it's extremely sad that someone actually thinks that, it's even sadder that a news outlet would publish it. Not only is it untrue, but it creates tension. I question the motives behind the article.
I personally have about had it with WRAL. You have to wonder if it's this kind of stuff that is why so many good people are leaving the company.
Yes, it is sad. But whats even sadder is attitudes like yours perfectly reinforce the basis for that person's comment.
And that person's opinion doesn't create tension. The actual racism that led to that person holding that opinion creates tension. Do some people overplay the race card? Of course. Does that mean racism doesn't exist? Of course not.
I think what gets lost in all the hand-wringing over gentrification is that what is happening is mostly good. Whenever change happens, it is hardest on those who are weakest. That's unfortunate and it is worth talking about, but despite all the hand-wringing, nobody seems interested in doing anything to address the root causes of poverty. How do we get these people involved in the prosperity happening around them?
We need to get past housing costs going up. You're not going to be able to continue living there at the price you could previously. That is reality. Now what?
Yes, it is sad. But whats even sadder is attitudes like yours perfectly reinforce the basis for that person's comment.
And that person's opinion doesn't create tension. The actual racism that led to that person holding that opinion creates tension. Do some people overplay the race card? Of course. Does that mean racism doesn't exist? Of course not.
I don't understand what you're saying. Black people can, will, and should live in these gentrified neighborhoods. There are people of all colors that will not be able to afford to - but that is not race related, it's economics related.
The anti-gentrification narrative seems to suggest we should be preserving slums and segregation. Whites moving into black neighborhoods is a positive. Investment coming into depressed neighborhoods is a good thing. Yes, the displacement this causes is unfair. But it also creates opportunity.
WRAL ran this article and I didn't notice the NYT credit. Makes more sense now. It didn't read like it was written by locals. At one point they reference someone who moved to "a diverse suburb east of the city" and I was like wtf why not just say Garner or Knightdale this sounds corny.
No mention of the new SE Raleigh YMCA complex which will also include mixed-income housing, a new school, and middle-income shopping and dining.
You could replace every use of "race and color" in that article with "income", and it would read very similarly.
I agree. If you go behind the headline it really is all about economics. They even speak about how minorities have been moving into typically "white" neighborhoods for decades and now we are starting to see the reverse happening as well. The media just likes to perpetuate and foster this racial divide. But don't get me wrong, I still believe we have some work to do as a country but I don't feel it is as bad as the media makes it out to be.
I also agree with Bull City. For the most part I see this as being a good thing. Do we still have an issue around here with poverty and affordable housing....sure. But we can't just keep putting a bandaid on a wound unless we treat it first. Otherwise that bandaid won't ever come off.
I agree. If you go behind the headline it really is all about economics. They even speak about how minorities have been moving into typically "white" neighborhoods for decades and now we are starting to see the reverse happening as well. The media just likes to perpetuate and foster this racial divide. But don't get me wrong, I still believe we have some work to do as a country but I don't feel it is as bad as the media makes it out to be.
I also agree with Bull City. For the most part I see this as being a good thing. Do we still have an issue around here with poverty and affordable housing....sure. But we can't just keep putting a bandaid on a wound unless we treat it first. Otherwise that bandaid won't ever come off.
Sorry I can't give you and Bull City more rep!!! Apparently, we agree too often!
At least people can find out which realtors might be a little bit racist, so that's a plus for this thread
Keep calling people racists. You're only empowering actual racists.
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