I agree. When I was a kid we lived in a neighborhood that was nice but then a nun got raped by a black man and then a bunch of activist types started moving into the neighborhood. My father got sick of it and we moved and we’re still able to get a decent amount of money for that house.
Now when you drive through that neighborhood its sad to see all the overgrown yards and blight. I’m not a big fan of people leaving their cities but I know why they did it in Birmingham. They did it so they could keep local control of schools and avoid busing. Can’t really argue with them either.
In about 1950 my mom shot and killed a black guy while he was breaking down her door. She was home alone with my oldest brother(a little baby at that time)The black guy had multiple arrests and convictions for burglary and one for rape. The local cops wanted to give her a medal. Blacks drove by yelling and screaming, waving signs, calling her a murderer, etc. My mom was an immigrant from Germany. The local prosecutor was jewish. First question out of his mouth was to ask my mom how many jews she had killed. My dad almost killed his first, and only jew at that point. The cops held my old man back.
That was 59 years ago. Nothing new under the sun.