Posted on 01/12/2025 3:56:42 PM PST by Angelino97
Pasadena and Altadena, two communities hit hard by the Eaton fire, have a rich history of Black community and culture.
Many homes go back generations and have been passed down for decades from parents to their children. Some say the areas were rare places where Black residents could afford homes, especially in the decades after the end of segregation...
About 18% of Altadena’s residents and approximately 7% of Pasadena’s residents are Black...
More than 4,000 structures were lost in the Eaton fire and more than 200 GoFundMe pages as of Saturday, Jan. 11, have shown the impact of the fire on the Black community in Altadena and Pasadena. Nearly 14,000 acres have been burned in the fire.
“This will (displace) a lot of Black people,” Foster said. “Some of them are elderly, some were barely holding on before the fire, trying to keep their property because it was going down from generation to generation up here.”
Many of Altadena and Pasadena’s Black residents came after the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, journalist and historian Michele Zack wrote in a piece for Altadena Heritage, a group that records historical buildings and events in the community. Zack also wrote a 2004 novel “Altadena: Between Wilderness and City.”
Schools forced to integrate, freeway construction and redevelopment conflicts caused “white flight” from Altadena during this time, which resulted in people of color taking the place of about half of Altadena’s former White population, Zack wrote for Altadena Heritage.
In 1960, Black residents comprised under 4% of Altadena’s population. By 1980, they made up 43% of Altadena’s population, the Altadena Heritage website states.
Homeownership is a major way to accrue generational wealth, of which Black people have historically been at a disadvantage because of the effects of slavery...
(Excerpt) Read more at dailynews.com ...
So 82% of Altadena victims of fire are not Black.
Is their pain less worthy of attention?
Keep voting for DemonRATS and it will only continue to get worse.
The RATS had to find a way out of their big “reparations” fiasco. This is it. ROTFL!
Pretty sure the area which burned is substantially black. Was already that way in the 90s.
I believe it, it’s been tough on everybody. Stop voting for incompetent boobs. It doesn’t matter that an official is black if they can’t do their job.
Send in the Dept of Justice
What? It's 2025.
It looks like Newscum was a greater menace than the Klan.
Wait, you mean slavery is over? Abolished? When? 😮
“Modern slavery is a global issue that affects every country in the world. The Global Slavery Index assesses the prevalence of modern slavery in 160 countries.”
“Some countries with the largest number of people in modern slavery include:
India: 11 million people
China: 5.8 million people
Russia: 1.9 million people
Indonesia: 1.8 million people
Türkiye: 1.3 million people”.
WalkFree Global SlaveryIndex
(this and the one Voice4Freedom allege low paid farm workers in the US-—1.1 million-—are in effect “enslaved” as they lack opportunities for better employment or are under the threat of deportation.)
Whites don’t matter.
Also, blacks voted for this. They got exactly what they wanted.
” farm workers in the US-—1.1 million-—are in effect “enslaved” as they lack opportunities for better employment or are under the threat of deportation.”
What kind of “slavery” is this if we don’t even get to sell them at auction?
Lol.
Rooskie Slavery?
Any good links?
[Not that I am not a Tax Slave to the Feds...]
I’m up for Jury Duty for my local County Overlords this month.
It’s total Day Slavery.
Are the Judges and Attorneys my Servants? I think not.
They make the Big Bucks daily and I get essentially nothing.
They claim that voting and Jury Duty are essential civic duty.
Other than getting Trump in, my Congress ‘critters in NO WAY represent me in any meaningful way.
It’s practiced exclusively in Dagestan, a mostly Muslim part of Russia.
Thanks.
I got it, Altadena, etc, were where the working folks of all colors lived. Many oldsters lived there because they had been living there for decades. It is all those people that I feel sorry for because they will not be able to afford to rebuild and live on the property that was once considered their residence.
It is a horrible situation.
Take Paradise California. Prior to the Camp Fire in 2018, some 28 thousand people lived there. 18,000 structures were destroyed. Even with a stream-lined process there are only some 8,000 people living there today. This tells you what will happen in these parts of Los Angeles County.
“ I got it, Altadena, etc, were where the working folks of all colors lived. Many oldsters lived there because they had been living there for decades. It is all those people that I feel sorry for because they will not be able to afford to rebuild and live on the property that was once considered their residence.”
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And many of them will own their property free-and-clear. Without a mortgage-holder mandating it, many of the mortgage free property owners will not carry fire insurance. They gambled and lost and now their only hope could be things such as ‘Go-Fund-Me’ campaigns.
No further word except for the Song of the Volga Boatmen.
Here sung by the Communist sympathizer during the era of Stalin, the black singer Paul Robeson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfsWoNpHg2s
On Robeson:
Throughout his life, Robeson supported various causes, including the labor movement and international peace. He also supported the idea of communism and was a member of the Communist Party in the United States for several years.
Robeson’s very vocal support of Communist countries and his outspoken political views, became a concern of the US government. Eventually he would have his passport lifted and spend eight years trying to win it back while being unwilling to sign an oath stating he was not a Communist.
Sixteen Tons and what do you get?
Asking for a FRiend....
Equity.
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