Riot Breaks Out At Housing Assistance Event In Metro Detroit

CBS Detroit ^ | Jan 12, 2013

[L,TOWM]

Just because somebody is living in a crappy neighborhood, does not mean that they do not work and pay for their own stuff. I lived in some pretty sketchy neighborhoods in my younger days.

[Chode]

you said "To be fair, about 70% of african-americans in the US are in the middle class (or better)"

middle class or better do NOT live in a "crappy neighborhood", a better neighborhood is the definition of Middle Class not simply above the poverty line and paying your bills... that's more like blue collar

according to wikipedia,

Within capitalism, middle class initially referred to the bourgeoisie and petite bourgeoisie. However, with the immiserisation and proletarianisation of much of the petit bourgeois world, and the growth of finance capitalism, middle class came to refer to the combination of labour aristocracy, professionals and white collar workers.

[publius911]

Stereotypes suck, they aren’t always accurate, and we conservatives should be better then that.

What an infantile thought process!

Stereotypes exist based on numbers, nothing else.
That you have found one non-black family out of fifty, does not invalidate what everyone's eyes confirm.
Doesn't lack of video for these events confirm the obvious? How about the lack of statistical information to prevent absolute validation of the your hated "stereotype?"

[hoagy62]

Okay...I can see your point. I’ll give you that.

Let’s go at this from another angle. How many members of Free Republic do you think get Section 8 vouchers? (Note: The number may be higher than you think.)

[Lancey Howard]

yes...they’ll come....the feral yutes will steal cars, come out to have fun and cruising the countryside and when a homeowner has to face down these animals, he better be prepared....several of them coming at you is going to be scary.....

LOL!
I'm in rural Pennsylvania. If the situation you describe actually came to pass in my "neighborhood" - - highly unlikely, in my opinion - - their bodies would never be found. Trust me on that.

[Windcatcher]

I’ve been wondering for a while how many times there has been a nighttime drive up 322...

[Darren McCarty]

Taylor? I wonder how many came from Romulus or Inkster nearby.

[greeneyes]

That doesn’t happen here. No vouchers are handed out like that. People call in, get applications, fill them out and turn them in. The names go on a list.

When something’s available, the recipient is contacted and everything is then set up as to pick up or moving into an apartment.

[ronnie raygun]

Testing testing, planned or not they are gathering the results of this event and all are happy. With just a little push they can create mass hysteria and a stampede. Look at the Walmart holiday stampedes, the sneeker stampede. This is not a sustanance issue, one can only imagine when it comes down to food. Trial run is a success

[Chief901]

The takers just can’t get enough free-stuff....but Obama keeps rationing the amount, so the takers are so mistreated /s

[jughandle]

Moral decay, trained to grab what they deserve. Just a counter to this story, here in NJ after the storm and widespread power outage, we stood on a line in hopes of buying a generator. Lots of people there from all over and we all knew there were nowhere near enough generators for everyone. No riots, no shoving, no line cutting, no foul-mouthing....we all joked around, shared stories, ( ok at the end of the line we joked about who we will jump in the parking lot for their generator) one fellow even went out and brought back a few containers of coffee.
NO RIOTING NECESSARY!!!

[trebb]

Let’s analyze this. uring this game show, 25% or so of the contestants hit the jackpot, but it wasn’t 100% so a riot was in order. Wait until they find out how unbalanced the numbers are with the Lottery...If all those losers were to riot, it could make a really loud noise.

[L,TOWM]

OK, so we have a disagreement in defintions then. Fair enough. When I grew up, auto mechanics, welders, carpenters, factory workers, and clerks were all middle class persons. May be lower middle class, but middle class nonetheless.

May original post was to point out that comments on this thread which seemed paint ALL or TOO MANY african americans in this nation with a broad brush of government dependency and aberrant behavior are not completely accurate.

[Chode]

i'll agree to that...

[Nailbiter]

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