Justin Schwartz:
> 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.
I seem to be a lifestyle leftie and I live in a mostly Black- Hispanic slum, but of course it's a _nice_ slum, so maybe it doesn't count. (I'm cheap, and I don't like being around upper-middle- and upper-class people in large groups; they're okay as individuals, but when a lot of them get together, bad attitudes and behavior seem to break out.) I've noticed smattering of what might be lifestyle lefties lately in Harlem, as well, of varying degrees of pigmentation. I think maybe y'all don't know what's going on with lifestyle lefties. I sure don't assume I do. Maybe someone should conduct a survey -- I'll ask the _I_Ching_ after I get done tuning my pyramid tonight.
-- Gordon