[JimRed]

It's only after what is derisively called "white flight" in the late 50s through the 70s that the Bronx became a hellhole-Whose fault is that? The whites left because the wonderful "people of color"-your vibrant ilk-were trashing their neighborhoods, and robbing, raping and killing them.

That was the net effect, but in many neighborhoods it started through our own bigotry. The first blacks to move into better neighborhoods were generally the doctors, lawyers, businessmen or other professionals; they could afford it. Some whites did not choose to stay long enough to see what kind of neighbors they would be, but sold in a panic. They accepted lower offers than prior sales, and paved the way for investors to convert formerly owner occupied homes to rental properties.

Then the misguided social programs that started in the 60's destroyed the black family and caused most of today's problems.

[bitterohiogunclinger]

“Then the misguided social programs that started in the 60’s destroyed the black family and caused most of today's problems.”
The destruction of the family and particularly of the “black family” definitely is one of the largest factors contributing to today's problems, but I take exception to the use of the term “misguided” in describing it. Some of the actions by those setting those social programs in motion might be attributed to naivete, but the vast majority were cold, calculated political moves designed to establish a voting block. Reading any of Alinsky’s writings or Cloward-Piven's, makes it abundantly clear that blacks and other minority groups have been pawns of the communists.