re: Hollygrove residents oppose new community center over racial differences

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why are eyebrows raised when a black family moves into a middle class white neighborhood

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why do you give one single frick about "Raised Eyebrow"?

What the frick does a raised eyebrow have to do with anything?

You are just making shite up again.

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might want to keep small community based and local churches run by local pastors

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And lawyers too huh?

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Actually jt is the haters who see blacks as a homogeneous group, ridden with crime and drugs.

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I'd argue that it's not so much "black people" as "good people".

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classism is alive and kicking. But let's not pretend that discrimination based solely on skin color is not alive and kicking too.

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Maybe it's because, dude to demographics and the ignomious stain of history, in some areas class and color intertwine to a high degree.

Let's not pretend that black professionals who comport themselves with class are seen as the same as some ghetto trash walking around in curlers and bunny slippers with a little chocolate rainbow of kids behind them buying boiled crawfish with an EBT card.

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While this is true, why are eyebrows raised when a black family moves into a middle class white neighborhood and the residents know nothing about this family other than their color?

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Conditioning. There is a very basal, subconscious primal instinct that kicks in when an "other" comes into our "territory". That's with almost any animal species. Until the unknown is a known all we have to go on is appearance and experience.

Same reason one might lock their doors in a neighborhood that looks like it's out of "thuggin' it and lovin' it", even if they've never been there. It's a natural reaction. That reaction will either be vindicated or proven false.

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Also, has it occurred to you the folks from the area do not want a mega-church. But instead might want to keep small community based and local churches run by local pastors that are reflective of their own religion and values?

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Sure, but that's not what was communicated.

no, Lucasp likes to troll. This guy has a vendetta.

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why are eyebrows raised when a black family moves into a middle class white neighborhood and the residents know nothing about this family other than their color?

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You enjoy making up bullshite scenarios to fit your narrative?

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But instead might want to keep small community based and local churches run by local pastors that are reflective of their own religion and values?

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Has anyone said these have to go?

Had anyone echoed this sentiment before you decided to make it up out of thin air?

Ok, believe it or not, the residents sort of have a point. You have to understand exactly where this center would be located....



That area is tucked in between NOCC, Airline, & I-10. While still low income, I wouldn't even consider it Hollygrove. It is far more stable, secluded, and with less crime than real hollygrove on the other side of airline. Within the red circle, there are actually a couple blocks of very expensive "white folk" homes bordering I-10 near the entrance of NOCC.

The bottom line is that while a community center is never bad, i think the residents know that their tiny neighborhood doesn't need it nearly as much as the real hollygrove areas nearby. They probably see the interest of outsiders as early attempts to redevelop their neighborhood, which because of the unique location, is ripe for the taking.

Easy solution: don't invest and let the neighborhood continue to go to shite

I'm a 17th ninja, got that hollygrove in me..