Posted on 03/30/2015 4:53:38 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Apparently upset that “blocs” of Asians are taking over blocks of public housing in her district, a New York City councilwoman last week suggested “culture” be included when assigning people to public housing.
“There could be some benefit to housing people by culture,” Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo told the New York Post. “I think it needs to be discussed.”
lauriecumbo0330 Photo: New York Post
If Cumbo weren’t a black woman Democrat from New York City in 2015 – if she were, say, a white male Democrat from Alabama in 1965 – everyone would know exactly what she was talking about when she says “culture.”
She means language, ethnic origin and skin color. She means “race,” in a word. And by speaking it out loud she’s giving away again how liberal fixation with skin color affects everything they do.
Cumbo raised the issue Thursday during a city council meeting about the city’s Housing Authority, according to the New York Daily News.
She said two public housing projects in her district “have welcomed a sizable increase from the Asian population within a small window of time.”
It doesn’t sound like they were very welcome though.
“We want to understand, what the tenants want to understand, is how is it … that people from all ethnicities could be moving into the district, but that’s not actually the case,” she said. “They are having challenges in terms of understanding how one particular ethnic group, that speaks the same language across the board … has had the opportunity to move into a development in large numbers.”
In other words, Cumbo’s predominantly black constituents saw all those Asians moving in and thought, “there goes the neighborhood.”
Naturally, Cumbo’s been taking heat from New York’s Asian politicians, who are shocked – shocked! – that a Democrat could talk that way.
“This is New York City, after all, and it is our responsibility as council members to do everything in our power to bring our constituents together,” Councilwoman Margaret Chin said, according to the New York Observer.
But really, Cumbo was just taking liberal Democrat thinking a logical step forward. The progressive obsession with skin color — whether it’s separate dorms for blacks on college campuses, the “black lives matter” mob, the “black brunch” rabble, or the Congressional Black Caucus — has spent decades rotting at the core of liberal politics – and the beliefs of liberal Democrats.
It’s how we got Barack Obama in the White House.
The Cumbo story had the Twitter world buzzing.
UMMM, it all started with the 14th Amendment and other subsequent legislation such as the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Is she afraid the Asians are muscling in on her "peeps" gibsmedat racket?
It seems like I'm becoming more and more psychic these days.
Segregation?!
Aaand I was right again.
Why worry about them?
After all they won’t be there LONG, right..?
Urban people should learn by their great example.
Yeah, right.
Our side should be blowing up in offense to this the same way they blow up and boycott. But we don’t.
Are there any groups that Blacks don’t feel threatened by or feel they fall victim to? This is so tiring.
What goes around comes around.
“segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever,”-George Wallace back then, and Laurie Cumbo today.
You know the landlords are renting to Asians whenever and wherever. Like the former owner of the LA Clippers, Donald Sperling; he named his buildings “Korea Center” or similar to attract same. Then became a billionaire.
The New York guys want in.
It would be hard to claim discrimination.
So the City wants quotas in housing.
Sigh.
She could not stand the lack of crime and drugs?
Or the high scores in schools ( higher than Dorkbama)?
Forgot the /s, if she was talking about non-Asian Asians.
Did Donald S. really do that?
Sounds like “Jong Clow” lawz.
“... a New York City councilwoman last week suggested “culture” be included when assigning people to public housing. ....”
Corrected: a New York City councilwoman last week suggested “segregation by race” be included when assigning people to public housing.
See, they really do have those Jim Crow Democrats up North in NYC!
This 'human' I will say is one of Obama's people...
#AsianHousingMatters
I have lost faith in the black citizenry. Trash like this woman, Conyers, Sheila Jackson Lee, and any other black liberal are elected time and time again in black run communities. They keep voting them in regardless of the cesspools they create for themselves.
Sounds like Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo feels the ‘perks’ of poverty go to blacks first... She’s wrong.
The growth in the Asian population in the US is the biggest missed story of the 21st century.
The Asian population in the US is growing MUCH MUCH faster than the hispanic.
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