Cabbage Patch
The Media scene in V is for Vendetta is the clue
http://sfbayview.com/2014/02/black-and-thinking-of-moving-to-san-francisco-dont-do-it/
and then this gem
You cats who like to cozy Al Sharpton's nutsack against your chin, read between the lines on this paragraph and how it applies to Al -- and how it used to apply to Jesse Jackson before he completely fell off after one baby mama coming forward to demand a check, too many. Then read the rest of the article.
Another Black History Month with pomp, circumstance and countless hollow speeches has been taking place all over San Francisco. Does anyone notice it is only a matter of time until Black people living in San Francisco will become history?
The 1970 Black population of “everyone’s favorite city” was a hundred thousand, according to city records. The latest census says Blacks account for just under 47,000 of the city’s 825,000 people.
Cost of living is blamed for Blacks leaving but, as a longtime resident, I am skeptical. This has been going on for more than 40 years. I see cleverly camouflaged racism, a condescending attitude towards Black residents, disrespect and a pattern of marginalization coming from City Hall as the root causes of so many to pack up and leave.
When the San Francisco Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in the 1950s, of all people, Willie Mays was denied the opportunity to purchase a home in the neighborhood he preferred simply because of the color of his skin. For the same reason, my father in 1963 had to purchase his San Francisco home in the name of a White female friend....
and then this gem
On Jan. 1, 2014, the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce threatened a boycott of the city’s travel and tourism industry due to the lack of Black business participation in that industry. Call me cynical, but history tells me that all it takes is a few crumbs thrown at the Black chamber and they’d roll over and call the threat of boycott a success after hearing a take-it-or-leave-it statement from White business leaders. So far, however, they’re standing strong.
You cats who like to cozy Al Sharpton's nutsack against your chin, read between the lines on this paragraph and how it applies to Al -- and how it used to apply to Jesse Jackson before he completely fell off after one baby mama coming forward to demand a check, too many. Then read the rest of the article.