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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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survive_los_angeles t1_jamthnz wrote

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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TizonaBlu t1_janjrp7 wrote

I mean, Hispanic are 18% of US population, blacks are 12%. Black people were always over represented in NYC. If anything, it makes sense there are more Hispanics in NY now.

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TheAJx t1_jao7m4e wrote

I don't have any comment on what group should have what percent on all that. Live and let live.

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TizonaBlu t1_jao7ybz wrote

I mean, I didn't say any race should be any percentage. If anything the person I was responding to is talking about racial quota more. I'm simply stating that decreasing in black population doesn't seem out of the normal in terms of national demography.

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TheAJx t1_jao9ni7 wrote

I agree with you. It's not exactly a surprise that population demographic are shifting. And its not always evil rich white people's fault.

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