Interesting article.
Funny. I thought it was a case of more d more whites being crowded into black victimhood.
"Safety first." /S
Problem right in the headline. They are not “pushing” anybody.
Hipsters.
well, i guess that’s what happened in Ferguson. the detritus left St louis chased away by millenials to Furfguson
Democrat cities will soon be offering blacks free homes, cash bonuses, tax rebates and other incentives to entice them to move to their ghettos.
Liberal cities have to keep a certain percentage of blacks in the population to maintain their liberal credentials and be accepted as equals by other liberals.
Imagine how embarrassing it would be for a liberal from a city with a shortage of blacks to face liberals from another city with an abundance of blacks.
It could damage their self esteem not to mention their standing in the liberal community.
I think of it as freeing them from entrapment in the bad-school, high-crime, food-desert, deprivations of their previous life.
Demographically, this just means that the gimmedats are polluting more conservative areas, diluting the strength of the responsible bloc. It’s what happened to Colorado when the California refuse moved there. And Washington. And Oregon. The only way to contain it is at the state level.
One word: economics.
The problem exists greatly in Brooklyn, NY — my neighborhood in particular, which was heavily comprised of middle class (as well as “ghetto”) blacks. Hipsters attracted to the brownstones are arriving in droves; real estate prices have gone through the roof. Some African-Americans have sold for hefty sums & moved elsewhere. Unfortunately that leaves the rest fretting about the erosion of their demographic.
Theoretically, I support gentrification. Better coffee bars than vacant lots with roving gangs. The problem, though, is those of us, black or white, who are on modest incomes. We can’t afford to stay in the city, period.
I predict mass migration of a lot of low- or modest-income people to the smaller towns. There might be a positive outcome — these places will be revitalized, as these people are family-oriented. The city will become a haven for the wealthy, the singles (especially gays), and maybe some leftover public housing projects.
Compton is no longer Black majority.
I’ve noticed this as well. Especially San Francisco.
I did not know the converse was true, but am not surprised.
It’s just another example why conservatism is best for blacks, and best in general and the liberals are at the best blind hypocrites.
Well the blacks just need to do more “rioting” to keep the neighborhood from those “honkies”.
Nothing that couldn't be cured by "lower-income African Americans" imposing a "tax" on the recent college graduates.
They could collect it daily on the streets, and call it a "reparations donation".
Liberals do not cherish divrrsity.
“How do we make sense of the fact that America’s most progressive cities, the ones that cherish diversity, are losing African Americans?”
Hey Eric, it’s called the failure of The Welfare State and other “progressive” policies
Dem constituents running from their own politics. I’d bet you one of those too.
Ooh, ooh, I know the answer to that one:
Progressives are liars, and the claim that they 'cherish diversity' is just another one of their lies.
I was right, wasn't I...
Biggest controversy is Hollabackgate from some ditz who walked thru a vibrant neighborhood full of mopes who cat called here while they filmed it, libtards fighting libtards and I’m loving it.
