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survive_los_angeles t1_jamthnz wrote

Reply to comment by TheAJx in NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds by Ice_Business

why does it have to be blame? housing problems can be fixed without always trying to turn it into an ethnic blame game -- that just clouds things and makes things hard to fix.

Things change, people move and migrate as their needs want or dreams dictate or economic realities come into view.

It be alot easier to navigate this without painting it as ethnic struggles - when of course.. its always been just a transitional class undulations in housing.

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Double-Ad4986 t1_jams16q wrote

Reply to comment by marketingguy420 in Ban Corporal Punishment in Private Schools, New York Lawmakers Say by _Maxolotl

it was the "what we do isn't our business" like yeshivas aren't even part of all jewish culture—it's only ONE part of one particular jewish community.... just like the taliban/islamic extremeism is it's own culture within the larger muslim community. you can't say some of that stuff isn't culturally part of the larger community when it especially when it directly involves that religion & has so much support within certain countries in the middle east. the same way jewish people, especially those who run yeshivas, are just a cultural part of the larger jewish community. jewish & muslims aren't a monolith

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TheAJx t1_jamreqn wrote

Reply to comment by HEIMDVLLR in NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds by Ice_Business

> So you think it’s okay that transplants move into a neighborhood and consciously not acknowledge their neighbors or even try to get to know anyone from the community? >

People should generally try to get to know their neighbors, of course. But that shouldn't be a precursor to getting to live somewhere. People need a place to live. The same comments you make about "transplants" not acknowledging their neighbors is the same one that white suburbanites make when minorities, immigrants or low-income people move into their neighborhoods. It's bullshit.

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TheAJx t1_jamot32 wrote

Reply to comment by cC2Panda in NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds by Ice_Business

Was it white people that killed this housing development in Harlem??

The facts remain. The white population in NY has declined every decade. The hispanic and Asian population has increased. Ergo, if you want to claim someone is driving out black New Yorkers, then you need to actually look at the populations that are growing.

But putting blame on anyone for moving in and out is stupid and backward as fuck.

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TheAJx t1_jamoa24 wrote

Reply to comment by Rottimer in NYC is more ethnically diverse, less racially segregated, report finds by Ice_Business

> Now how many of those new neighbors speak to the people in the community? Won’t even make eye contact with you…

"Now how many of those new neighbors speak to the people in the community? Won’t even make eye contact with you…"

You realize that white suburbanites make the exact same comment when minorities or low income folks move in to their neighborhoods? It's bullshit then, it's bullshit now. This is America, we share this place together.

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