Anyone ever notice that the louder white, urban liberals scream for diversity, the less diverse these cities become?
Case in point: Queens, NY
For decades, the 2.2 million inhabitants of Queens could boast of having the most diverse "town" in the US. We didn't need a roadmap, mentorship from the media, a cultural revolution, or intrusion from universities. We just "made it work".
Now, formerly diverse neighborhoods like Woodside, Long Island City, Jackson Heights, Ridgewood and Astoria are being mowed down by the Real Estate industry who erect luxury condos for young, liberal minded white people.
In turn, the white liberals ignore the (very) recent cultural history of their own neighborhoods, slap up a Black Lives Matter poster in the window and throw historic tantrums for diversity and inclusion. Ironically, they are the ones who are eliminating the diversity.
It's the same in Chicago. Gentrification is being put forth by liberal whites, displacing blacks in large numbers. But no one points out the paradox of this.
This is all very true, I've seen it throughout my life in my own neighborhood that's become gentrified and it can be very infuriating. However, what does this have to do with whether racism exists or not? It seems more like you just voicing your distaste for liberals, which is your right but not the topic here. This shouldn't turn into an identity politics thread. Then again, something tells me nobody is going to have their mind changed in this thread anyway.
Times like these I miss my boy Get These Nets. Would have appreciated his input here.
