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31. Actually, racist leaning communities tend to commit civil torts
Tue Jun 2, 2015, 05:41 PM
Jun 2015

Last edited Tue Jun 2, 2015, 09:14 PM - Edit history (1)

on a regular basis. They also tend to flock together in many of these covenant-restricted communities, where they take over the boards and control the decision making to benefit their boys and gals, and undermine the rights of everyone else. They are pretty brazen in their efforts to push undesirable residents out of their insular societies.

I really don't understand why Civil Rights organizations have been so slow to recognize the correlation between these micro-cultures and economic opportunities. In small communities, job opportunities are directly derived from private-public partnerships programs that are government sponsored. Unfortunately, from what I can see, these jobs do not come without a hitch. City government not only can use jobs to dangle carrots to induce support for their programs, but they also can use these private organizations as a backdoor into the private communities. This can prove costly to homeowners who are not part of the inner circle, because it always feels like they are being sold out.

So it makes sense that if racists can push out minority homeowners out of these neighborhoods, they can also keep them from joining the very private organizations that could help them find jobs.

Of course, there's another reason to give minorities in these neighborhoods a hard time. Once they understand how the game is really being played, they would cry foul.

"these movements are different facets of one fight"... Romulox Jun 2015 #1
Excellent catch! ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #3
Your responses baffle me. There is virtually no connection between them and the broader context Romulox Jun 2015 #5
Ok. ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #7
"these movements are different facets of one fight" is a quote from the OP. Romulox Jun 2015 #8
Yeah I got that ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #9
It's also how the discussion has been "bifurcated in unnecessary ways." It's quoted *in your OP*. nt Romulox Jun 2015 #10
Yes I read the article ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #12
But you seem to disagree with it, or, disagree with the people who agree with it. Confusing. nt Romulox Jun 2015 #13
The article is about income disparities for POC ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #15
And why economic justice and social justice are one in the same. The so-called "conflict" is bogus. Romulox Jun 2015 #16
How do you propose addressing institutionalized racism and economic injustice? ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #17
I don't claim to have all the answers. I just know we need to do both or it's ultimately futile. nt Romulox Jun 2015 #18
Now we're getting somewhere ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #19
Exactly. whatchamacallit Jun 2015 #14
I have also found the social/economic split on DU surreal daredtowork Jun 2015 #2
That's my take on it as well. cui bono Jun 2015 #4
One can't be subsumed by the other however ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #6
They aren't dismissed daredtowork Jun 2015 #30
Er. Ok. ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #35
You don't think it's possible gollygee Jun 2015 #39
Of course it's possible daredtowork Jun 2015 #40
SAD Mr Dixon Jun 2015 #11
The more you understand how our society works, the more you see how Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #20
Well said ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #21
I couldn't be in more agreement. Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #23
Exactly, generational-time problems ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #24
Actually, racist leaning communities tend to commit civil torts Baitball Blogger Jun 2015 #31
plus 1 Liberal_in_LA Jun 2015 #22
I think racial economic disparity isn't fixable with laws LittleBlue Jun 2015 #25
are you really saying hill2016 Jun 2015 #26
They will keep a piece like every other immigrant community LittleBlue Jun 2015 #27
bs. black american culture is already popular and even dominant JI7 Jun 2015 #28
You mean the culture white music execs commercialized and made a fortune from? LittleBlue Jun 2015 #29
exactly .had nothing to do with cultural integration JI7 Jun 2015 #36
You lost me LittleBlue Jun 2015 #38
oh hill2016 Jun 2015 #32
No, because we caused it LittleBlue Jun 2015 #33
That's what I meant about the criminal courts ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #34
Reparations could help a lot LittleBlue Jun 2015 #37
Right wing economics and trade deals AgingAmerican Jun 2015 #41
Economics is used as a tool of racism BrotherIvan Jun 2015 #42
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