Smiling Young White People Make App for Avoiding Black Neighborhoods

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54. This is actually pretty much chicken vs egg.

Areas that are "sketchy" are that way because the black urban underclass is trapped there. They ARE "sketchy" areas. If you think I'm going to hang out around Kenzo in Philly where there are more drug corners than gas stations, you are nuts. And, yes, its majority black there. But that's not why I avoid it. I avoid it because people are murdered there every day. The real question we should be asking is why are these high crime areas filled with black people? Lack of jobs, social mobility, a psychological trap in the cycle of hopelessness, etc. Its not implicitly "racist." It simply reflects the reality of the failed American dream for black people.

That's what this discussion should be about.

But, hey, this is DU. Sure, we could be talking about the American underclass. But let's not miss a chance to tell white people that they are all racists rather than simply wanting to avoid high crime areas. Imagine if the app was written by nothing but white men. My god, people on here would be drooling at the mouth.