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Originally Posted by ocman
starting dismissing the idea that all ethnicities should be living side by side (usually championed by white folks who "don’t see color").
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Yeah, I guess white people are the only ones who championed the cause against segregation? LOL
I am told that white flight was racist. The government helped this flight. This flight, therefore, hurt black urban residents. Now white people moving back in the city is racist because it's hurting black people. But these neighborhoods lack investment. They are now getting investment, but its hurting black people, so its bad investment. Segregation was bad when whites liked it, but now that some minorities like it, it's good. Being colorblind(as much as is humanly possible) is now racist, because white people are promoting it more.
This is what is so annoying about racial politics in this country. At the end of the day, it's basically white people are bad. There is NO WAY to appease racial hucksters.
If we move out the city=bad
If we don't invest in city neighborhoods because we dont live there=bad
If we move into those cities again(usually moving into neighborhoods our great grandparents could have lived in)=bad
If we invest in poor minority neighborhoods=bad
If we try to be color-blind=bad
If we think segregation is good=bad
If we think segregation is bad=bad
Stop it people. I know this conversation is waaaay more nuanced than I am making it. But at the end of the day you have to face reality on the ground and stop having a perpetual claim of grievance against one race of people.