Sorta reminds a person of what happens when the "colonial powers" leave an African country...
Yep.
My brother live in MI. Their neighbor is a women who grew up in detroit in the 1950's and 60's. Her parents sold their home in the late '70's or early 80's due to crime and moved to the suburbs.
She said she always cries when she goes back to look at her childhood home every so often. She said it was a wonderful place to grow up in and very safe with wonderful memories.
what it really shows is that to have a relatively successful society you need a stable and law abiding citizenry.......
IMO, when blacks move into middle class jobs enmasse, they will become a stable and law abiding citizenry.....
look at most immigrants to this country......they all started at blue collar jobs...railroads, construction, policemen, firemen, industry, bakeries, shoe repair, laundry mats.....
they didn't jump from having nothing to having everything....they were happy to get their foot in the door and have their children and grandchildren make the jump up into the professions.....
seems blacks have skipped that step....they seem to want to go from nothing to being highly paid which can happen to a few but not for most.....
speaking only as a dtr of a shoe-maker.....thanks to parents like mine, we children have been able to do a little better and our kids will do better still....
it takes generations to get to the top, usually , for most families...
I was trying to think of something to say but, you've already said it.