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Old Posted Jan 6, 2017, 6:13 PM
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You have no freakin idea what you are talking about. Read Arnold Hirsch's "The Making of the Second Ghetto". Hirsch argues that in the post-depression years Chicago was a "pioneer in developing concepts and devices" for housing segregation. It is well documented that Chicago's racial housing patterns were created by design, and now we have a serious problem because of it. The city is losing African Americans that it should be keeping. The ones that are leaving are the most productive. Those who are staying can't afford to leave, and in some cases are the trouble makers.

I'm done with this site and refuse to get into a discussion with people who only see things based upon their life experiences. I hope the moderators edit this discussion
another good read about the history of institutional segregation in Chicago:

https://www.amazon.com/South-Side-Po.../dp/1137280158
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Slums occur naturally on their own, they do not appear because governments "fail to invest". What does that even mean? Did the government stop renovating the privately owned buildings and cause them to fall into disrepair? Did they close all the schools, police departments, and fire departments? Did they stop keeping local businesses up and running? No.
its not so much a matter of investment (although even today one can drive through certain neighborhoods and see the deferred maintenance and understand we live in an unequal city where services are not shared the same with all citizens. when one drives through Lawndale and sees burned out street lights and roads that look like lunar landscapes...yes, the government has failed to uphold its end of the bargain for these citizens). its a matter of the city literally held racist housing policies and wouldnt allow blacks to buy into white communities. redlining anyone? blockbusting? slums occurred because a segment of our population was ostracized from living in other communities, were denied the same opportunities available to others, and had no other options. the impact continues to today where homes in black neighborhoods appreciate at far lower rates than those in white areas, destroying generational wealth in these communities (home ownership is the the most significant form of equity for most of the working class) and locking them out of the housing recovery. to suggest that 200 years of inequality dont have an impact on the way that cities form or the lives people are forced into is a complete garbage opinion. to say nothing of other government factors like "tough on crime" mass incarceration, failed war on drugs, etc. Active denial of these facts is in effect a perpetuation of the problem. and now we have a president who he himself was sued by the federal government for racial housing discrimination.

Last edited by Via Chicago; Jan 6, 2017 at 11:05 PM.
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