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Originally Posted by Halsted & Villagio
Its fine. It is easy to have misperceptions about the Southside because it is so ridiculously segregated. That's one of the main reasons why after law school I moved away... then came back but moved to the Northside, Downtown, Naperville, etc. Everywhere but the Southside. Until ultimately deciding to move back south and purchase a home in Hyde Park. Needless to say, the lack of diversity on the Southside is a major detraction but it also leads to misperceptions like the one TUP showed. But one thing I have observed about TUP though - his heart is in the right place. In other words, I have no doubt at all that his misperception came from a good place.  |
Thanks, but there has to be at least a little ring of truth in what I'm saying. I do sense that there is a desire to keep certain "black" areas "black", just like in Latino areas they are fighting to keep these areas "Latino". I have a hard time believing that all of this is just my being a mean reverse-racism complainant.
You haven't seen black people complain about whites moving into their neighborhood because, well, there really isn't any significant example of that happening--anywhere in Chicago. You hear a lot more about Hispanics fighting displacement because places like Pilsen, Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Avondale are at the cutting edge right now of the gentrification war. And the discussions there are
FULL of racial undertones. That, to me, only suggests that some degree of racism is seething underneath all of the controversy.