Black Lives Matter: Philadelphia Super Bowl Riots Reaction Glaring Example of White Privilege

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120. Hi Steve!

Not assuming that all suburbanites are white, but the demos here in the Philly area suburbs (yes I am a Philly resident and multigenerational) include many whites who fled the city in the '60s & '70s (back when our city population was >2,000,000), and their children/grandchildren. I have sisters who live in Montgomery County and Delaware County.

The "metro" area (tristate, 5-county) is actually ~6 million, but the population of the city by itself is 1.5 million. So yes, white suburbanites can "swamp" the area and have done so in the past during other team championships. PA is only ~12% black and most are here in Philly (and a few suburban towns like Upper Darby or Chester, etc) and Pittsburgh (which itself doesn't have that many).

Most of the damage that made national news was done in a couple-block area downtown in Center City near City Hall and in the "theater district" - around the Kimmel Center and Academy of Music. The Macy's (which is across the street from City Hall) that had windows broken out, was originally the old John Wanamaker department store (that has the largest working organ in the world inside). That area is very easy to get to from out of town because of its central location, with all major rail lines passing through or near it including PATCO (which comes across the bridge from Jersey).

As I was watching the various local broadcasts here, most people were celebrating in their own neighborhoods. And although there is a very active residential population downtown in Center City, it's not really a "residential" area - it is a "business district".... And since it is well known due to the parades (Thanksgiving, Mummers), it is where out-of-towners will go for "gathering" events like this, particularly due to the restaurants and bars in the area plus the Reading Terminal market & Convention Center (the alternate spot is Penn's Landing by the Delaware River)... And the images showed the crowds THERE were predominately white. Other reporters in other neighborhoods showed much much more of the local population and demographics, depending on the neighborhood.

Right now, they are prepping the parade here in anticipation of having 3 million show up.