One reason for Gentrification

[MegaManX]

What do you mean "once again" lmao?
State funds don't just fall from the sky, local governments are the ones that request, form a budget, and then allocate the given funds into different projects.
And local governments also do a good portion of the funding and contracting.
I legitimately just did this for the local suburb of Cleveland 2 months ago, updating the waterlines and gas-lines for Cleveland Heights-UH, as well as road replacement.
Please don't pretend you know more than me, I actually had to provide proof of other local district and city budget allocations, and contact the contractors.

"a couple of months ago"

Your empirical evidence of decades of black gentrification is well established. Who could possibly refute your "extensive" history with gentrification.

 

[Yinny]

Most people dont get a check. In Harlems height, white people owned most of it. When your rent gets too high have to leave and a lot of the problems that people complain about get fixed for the genetrifiers.

Not to mention police seemingly resolve more complaints and do 'watching' for the white people.

 

[Rawtid]

Ownership is the key to everything. How come this is foreign to black folk for generations on end?

But black folk being put in the boondocks cause of lack of insight is just absurd. But since being relocated in spaced out areas, goons nikkas gotta plan before they rob/kill.

Guess down south is our last chance to own property for cheap.

Ownership is key but another issue we face is discriminatory lending and we don't often have the cash to buy out right. We get fukked on all ends.

 

[Rawtid]

once again, you are wrong.

There are more black rich people in poor black communities then black rich people in mixed communities. Yet, those neighborhoods in atlanta still dont get shyt because the legilatures are white. Are you really that stupid? All these upgrades to infastructure and amenities are STATE funds, not local. The governor decides and they are usually white and in atleast half the country, republican.

People of the communities lobby for those updates through their local and state local representatives.

 

[MegaManX]

Its true, but its not just about land its about resources.

Look at Detroit with its regional control with water now instead of it being just Detroit. That was a major reason why Flint got so fukked over because the last thing the wanted was the best water treatment in the hands of Detroit voters (i.e. Black folks)....

But don't just look at your neighbors for the answers, look at your successful aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings who all moved out to the burbs and took all their money (power) out of the cities and left the cities devastated.

In middle class black folks desire to keep up with white folks they opened the door to all this...we HAD power in many of our cities and we gave it up the minute we bought into suburban life....

Virtually EVERY civil engineer will tell you suburban life is practically unsustainable with a failing city center, so when we moved out there in the 90's we started (or at least exacerbated) the death knell.

If the government wanted to, they could fix things in every major city in 5 years. They just don't want to. Guilliani wanted white folks visiting new york to feel safe so he flipped manhattan in record breaking times.

Black people leave black communities because there are very REAL dangers to raising children in them.

1. Not having state funds regardless of income.
2. Not being able to get a loan regardless of credit.
3. police arresting your IVY LEAGUE son simply because he is black and in the neighborhood where cops have free reign.
4. shytty ass public schools.
5. Homelessness and the crime that comes with it.
6. Not being able to have control over the police force recruitment or budget (due to low black voter turn out because of systemic disenfranchisement. 25% of all black males have been to prison in their lives,.)


When history proves that no matter how much the black community proves themselves, whites will not allow them to be successful, the best defense is a got damn offense.

As the Vietnamese said when they beat the fukk out of the americans even though they were severely outgunned, outmanned, and outresourced....

"Grab them by their belt straps."

You can't systematically crush black people unless they are seperated. If they are right in those communities, they can't be obliterated by the constant shelling of the black community in fear of blowing away whites as well.

White flight is not as rampant as it once was so blacks are taking every chance they can to assimilate into communities where the government helps, not hurts them.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

If the government wanted to, they could fix things in every major city in 5 years. They just don't want to. Guilliani wanted white folks visiting new york to feel safe so he flipped manhattan in record breaking times.

Black people leave black communities because there are very REAL dangers to raising children in them.

1. Not having state funds regardless of income.
2. Not being able to get a loan regardless of credit.
3. police arresting your IVY LEAGUE son simply because he is black and in the neighborhood where cops have free reign.
4. shytty ass public schools.
5. Homelessness and the crime that comes with it.
6. Not being able to have control over the police force recruitment or budget (due to low black voter turn out because of systemic disenfranchisement. 25% of all black males have been to prison in their lives,.)


When history proves that no matter how much the black community proves themselves, whites will not allow them to be successful, the best defense is a got damn offense.

As the Vietnamese said when they beat the fukk out of the americans even though they were severely outgunned, outmanned, and outresourced....

"Grab them by their belt straps."

You can't systematically crush black people unless they are seperated. If they are right in those communities, they can't be obliterated by the constant shelling of the black community in fear of blowing away whites as well.

White flight is not as rampant as it once was so blacks are taking every chance they can to assimilate into communities where the government helps, not hurts them.

I'm not denying the real dangers we face in the communities. However, I feel that narrative is played out and was made worse by not having black money, business, job creators and IDEA makers in the cities. We know the problems that white supremacy placed on us...banks won't give you a loan? If more blacks with money were in the city and had accounts at black banks (like they did at one point) then we make our OWN loaning practices. State Legislature not supporting you, get those people out of office with voting and lobbying. Homelessness and The police a problem, reform mental health and or change the demographics of your police force.

I know I am grossly understating these solutions, but I think we often OVERestimate the power that white supremacy has in our day-to-day. We never tried the model that worked in Tulsa or Black Bottom again.....I'd rather us have it for another 100 years and be better prepared for the next battle when it comes. MUCH rather than then just resigning to the scourge of white supremacy. Our people are better than that.