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Originally Posted by Keith P.
So the city should have ignored people living in squalor?
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Ignoring would have been better than the destructive solution that was executed, I think.
But no, you're right, the living conditions in Africville were terrible and merited attention. But that attention shouldn't have come in the form of destroying a longstanding community and forcibly relocating its residents with barely a thought to what people in the community itself desired. It's not like the residents or even leaders of the Africville community were consulted about what might be done to improve conditions. It was entirely directed and executed from city hall.