>the complaint is that many lefties--lifestyle or not--would never be caught
>dead mentioning that they would flee from living in the cultural tundra of
>the south bronx. that is a recognizably racist desire and urban flight has
>been a frequent focus of left critique
You're kidding, right? OK, put me on record as saying that I would flee from the tundra, cultural and otherwise, of the South Bronx--not because there are black people there, but because it is full of drugs and violence. What's racist about not wanting to live in such a place? Hell, my (black) first girlfriend moved out of NE DC, actually a pretty decent neighborhood, to the white VA burbs, because she didn't want her now 10 yr old son exposed to what you find in the DC neighborhood schools. I, and anyone who had a choice, would be happy to live in a neighborhood where there are people of any color like my 1st GF, a smart, civilized, lower middle class professional (a physical therapist). No one who has a choice wants to live theSouth Bronx or Cabrini Green.
jks
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