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Posted on 04/12/2012 1:44:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Even as the national debate over race relations continues to simmer in the Trayvon Martin shooting, a poll released Thursday found most Angelenos believe the city is safer and more racially harmonious than it has been in decades.
The survey conducted by the Loyola Marymount University’s Center for the Study of Los Angeles found nearly seven in 10 residents felt racial and ethnic groups were getting along well in the city.
Many also say Los Angeles is unlikely to see future rioting like the uprising after the 1992 acquittals of four white police officers in the beating of black motorist Rodney King.
The Center’s director Fernando Guerra told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO that public perception has changed significantly from the days of the L.A. riots in which 54 people were killed.
“There’s been a tremendous demographic shift in terms of the number of people who moved from one neighborhood to the other, so you have many more multicultural neighborhoods,” said Guerra.
Almost four in 10 residents say the city is safer now than in 1992, while three in 10 say it is about the same. Three in 10 say it isn’t as safe as 20 years ago.
The Feb. 1 to March 2 telephone survey — which questioned 1,605 residents who self-identified as Latinos, blacks, Asian Americans and whites — found that dialogue is one reason for the improvement in relations.
“We’re much more comfortable talking about race, not completely comfortable, it’s still a challenge, but much more comfortable than we were 20 years ago,” said Guerra.
Correct. There is a very, VERY thin veneer of civilization over such heavily “multi-cultural” cities. The first hint of a disaster or crisis....that veneer instantly crumbles into so much dust.
and then
Almost four in 10 residents say the city is safer now than in 1992, while three in 10 say it is about the same. Three in 10 say it isn’t as safe as 20 years ago.
Say what?
Almost four in 10 residents say the city is safer now than in 1992, while three in 10 say it is about the same. Three in 10 say it isn’t as safe as 20 years ago.
Six out of every ten people feel the city is the same or worse than 20 years ago.
Yet the reporter claims the poll says "most" people believe the city is safer than 20 years ago.
Is the reporter a product of the Los Angeles government school system?
The charging of George Zimmerman is riot control Florida style. I hope he has a deal in writing.
Or when that volcano off of Wilshire blows
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Was living in LA at that time, and yes the veneer of civilization can disappear in a flash.
But don’t tell projecting CBS.
Was it NBP Michelle? she said this couldn’t happen in LA, this couldn’t happen in St Pete? Too late media and NBP, you struck the match...
Yep, those pink people, those pruple people, those crackers, those Colonel Sanders, those honkies, those Aryan evil blue eyed, sometimes brown eyed m’n f’rs...
They belong in the New Red Sea— of blood...BLOOD... NOT the Middle East but rivers of BLOOOOOD NOW. Time to boot up and suit up. We gonna kill.
Listen to most rap music for about a damn minute—what is that but degrading and disgusting. All for a damn dollar.
KMA—enough! I am done with good will and paitence. I am DONE.
Few, very few, have stood up to this racist BS. Those who have are called every uncivil thing imagined. I am tired of it!
Some of us want peace, equality —it is within reach—all we need is to reach for it. To hell with those who refuse. I am done playing dead. I fight back forever more.
“There is a very, VERY thin veneer of civilization over such heavily “multi-cultural” cities.”
I’m sure there is much less diversity in areas impacted by the riots; “multi-cultural” now means Hispanic & black. There are improved race relations because two of the races (whites and Asians) don’t go near the place anymore.
We have racial harmony here in NJ; we’re segregated, so we rarely deal with other races.
Who the hell answered this poll?
I’d wished they’d asked ME.
One flash point and this city (LA, I live here) and this city will explode — after the Rodney King riots, more Hispanics were arrested for looting than blacks — they didn’t even KNOW who Rodney King was! All they saw was broken windows leading to free stuff. There is high unemployment here and a lot of young males loitering around on corners, at 7-11, hanging out at malls, everywhere.
You don’t think they’d join in massive riots? They would barely need a reason to start rioting.
After the Panama Canal is expanded in 2014, there is going to be a lot more unemployment here in LA as ships from Asia bypass LA and go straight to the East Coast.
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