kjumbe pushes a more nuanced view on Black displacement
4 Sep 21 12:36 PM · 2d ago · 7 comments · 1 source · development 4 of 6
Commenter kjumbe argues both sides have merit, describing how historic and ongoing displacement of Black residents from neighborhoods differs from general immigration debates, in a multi-part thread.
“There is an entire history of Black people claiming spaces that were often the only neighborhoods available to them, and then having a freeway built thru it...”
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yeah the thing is that you can either believe that people should be able to live where they want, or you don't.
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And the recipient's body tries to reject even a good match that is keeping it alive. Bleakly funny parallel tbh
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I think there is validity in both perspectives and quite frankly, I think people who are not African American could stand to listen better. There is an entire history of Black people claiming spaces that were often the only neighborhoods available to them, and then having a freeway built thru it...
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...across the country, for centuries. It destroys generational wealth and disrupts family support systems. Now, I believe migration is positive and that we should all want people to want to live and work in our cities. But that doesn't mean Black folks aren't experiencing real impacts.
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Or having developers gobble it up and displace them. Or having capital go to recently arrived transplants - be they immigrants or just folks from other parts of the city - while the community that managed to create something out of very little can't get a dime. And that pattern has been repeated...
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Even they came from somewhere else on a long enough timeline.
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ONLY diversity makes us stronger ONLY varied perspectives & ideas make us stronger the most dangerous thing in any living system is homogeneity fear is the mind-killer
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