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In reply to the discussion: This is so disturbing! #Ferguson: Black vs White [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)students there. Today there are none. Or if they are not many. I was one of the poor white students and there are not many of us around either. The church itself has a black ministry because that is where the volunteers on the street in Ferguson MO came from so they seem to still be involved some.
As to moving the black community out that was most likely deliberate. The value of the school goes up!
I don't know but I do agree with those who say that the poll would look different in blue states.
I may live in a rural area but I visit Duluth and the twin cities and have family living in both. Our communities do not use their police to make money for the city. Our police do not have a whole bunch of military equipment etc.
I am not saying the there is no racism. Our community is made up of white people, black people and First Americans. We all go to the same schools, churches, play on the same teams, intermarry and visit with each other. Our police are as likely to arrest a young white male as any of the other races. And one of the big differences is that they do not run around enforcing little dinky laws like jaywalking or selling cigarettes from an open pack. We do not have gated communities with untrained bullies policing them. There are a lot of reasons why our poll would be different than the Ferguson MO poll.
Well as you can tell I am still upset. Thanks for answering.