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re: The Gentrification of New Orleans
Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:32 pm to undecided
Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:32 pm to undecided
In the 50's and 60's, white people leaving New Orleans for the suburbs = bad.
Today, white people moving into New Orleans = bad.
I get the guy that's struggling at a poorly paying job in the back of a restaurant. I really get that. Feel for the guy.
But this idea that there's some secret white agenda to "push out the poor folks" is disingenuous at best, and retarded at worst.
In New Orleans' entire history, it has been a majority white city. But there's some revisionist history going on that it's always been 68% black.... and needs to stay that way. And that every black person in New Orleans is a kid who plays a horn.
LaToya Cantrell's thoughts on the issue was that, basically, don't come into a black neighborhood and complain about the kids playing horns in the streets. In other words, if you're white and you move into a neighborhood that's not currently all-white, disturbing the peace and noise ordinances don't apply. Don't be coming in here with all your laws and civil expectations and stuff.
Today, white people moving into New Orleans = bad.
I get the guy that's struggling at a poorly paying job in the back of a restaurant. I really get that. Feel for the guy.
But this idea that there's some secret white agenda to "push out the poor folks" is disingenuous at best, and retarded at worst.
In New Orleans' entire history, it has been a majority white city. But there's some revisionist history going on that it's always been 68% black.... and needs to stay that way. And that every black person in New Orleans is a kid who plays a horn.
LaToya Cantrell's thoughts on the issue was that, basically, don't come into a black neighborhood and complain about the kids playing horns in the streets. In other words, if you're white and you move into a neighborhood that's not currently all-white, disturbing the peace and noise ordinances don't apply. Don't be coming in here with all your laws and civil expectations and stuff.
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Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:35 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
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But there's some revisionist history going on that it's always been 68% black.
We should keep with this and ask why they financed a huge project of all the Confederate statues.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:49 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
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Fontainebleau Dr.
All of these historical trends led to a weird result where there are barely any poor/working class white people in the city of New Orleans. The working class whites got pushed off to St Bernard, Jefferson, or the West Bank, and the only white folks left are the middle aged law partners who can afford Uptown or Lakeview. So within NO itself, white almost automatically = well off, and poor almost automatically = black. This makes these issues doubly difficult to deal with since they are charged on both sides.
Posted on 8/3/15 at 7:30 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
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LaToya Cantrell's thoughts on the issue was that, basically, don't come into a black neighborhood and complain about the kids playing horns in the streets. In other words, if you're white and you move into a neighborhood that's not currently all-white, disturbing the peace and noise ordinances don't apply. Don't be coming in here with all your laws and civil expectations and stuff.
Whats wrong with assimilating to the norms of a neighborhood? Especially if they have to assimilate to our societal norms?
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