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"When whitey comes back Detroit will find itself on secure footing."

Really?...I have a few questions

1. What would make whitey come back to Detroit?
2. Why did whitey leave Detroit to begin with?
3. Will the people who caused the conditions which prompted whitey to leave Detriot be open-minded and sensitive to whitey's needs, should whitey return?
4. Should a race-based initiative be instituted to ensure there is no disparate impact on whitey if he or she return?
5. Should whitey get affirmative-action for hiring and contract preferences?
6. Will whitey vote for the politicians who prompted their departure?
7. Will the Detroiters who enabled and supported the politicians that prompted whiteys departure vote for politicians who will secure whiteys civil rights?
8. Should all of the delusional people who believe whitey left Detroit because they were all racists be forced to move to Detroit and stay there?

All I know is that I grew up in Flint (a smaller version of Detroit in almost all aspects) when it was a really nice town to be from. At one point, Flint had the highest per capita income for a town its size. To be a policeman in Flint you had to have a four year degree. Our community style school system, based on excellence in the classroom, was recreated throughout the country. We had a top notch arts community which was unusual for a town of only 130,000 people.

I have nine brothers and sisters. When we graduated from high school and/or college we found that their were no jobs anywhere in the city of Flint. So we high-tailed it out of there. Now, I have two brothers who have moved back to Michigan but not to Flint. Our family represents a typical dynamic for people impacted by lack of jobs.

Jobs are the thing that attract and keep people in any one place. Don't need any affirmative action, just good jobs.

Both Detroit and Flint have suffered from democrats as mayors, most of which have been crooks. Some of which have went to prison for their crimes.

If Detroit were to help small businesses to open within the city limits using Jack Kemp-style tax incentives, it would be a true renaissance for the Motor City.