but I CANNOT dispute anything by Oli or Hoodlum.
I'm willing to bet Olivant's Pittsburgh neighborhood wasn't as nice he or she romanticizes it to be.
That's the thing about racism. It's not just the negative things said about the group being targeted, it's the delusional, romanticized view that racists have of their own people and their own background. It's well documented that there was mob activity in Pittsburgh's Little Italy at this magical time in Pittsburgh's history. That means there were drugs. That means there were prostitutes. That means there was violent crime. Robberies. Muggings. Rapes. Olivant doesn't see this, because Olivant doesn't want to see it. Olivant chooses not to see it. Olivant would rather focus on how much worse things are now that black people are there. Racism isn't about any race being perfect. It's about emphasizing the flaws of other races in order to have pride in your own race. Most racists are delusional fools, they're not keeping it real.