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're} 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.
Under current leftist racism/sexism social engineering guidelines, racism not only exists but it is an incurable internal feature of white men. Over the past few years, urban leftist have indoctrinated urban white men to maintain a constant vigil of "penance" for sins they never actually committed. Racism will always be vetted in socialist cities, as it is the bedrock of leftist identity (along with 'consequence free' sex).
There is literally no niche that urban white men can carve out to be "okay" with their contemporaries, though its hilarious watching them try to find respect among peers that no longer want or need them. The NY Times and HuffPo are filled with soy boy journalists groveling to minorities and pseudo-oppressed white women.
I grew up in Flushing, Queens since the late 70's. I have nothing to prove to anyone regarding tolerance. We provided a template for equality and mutual tolerance but receive no credit. Instead we get accused of racism from skinny, white, suburban raised transients who showed up at JFK last week.
It's really the millennial left that has to prove to their tolerance, since all they do is gentrify everything they touch. This displaces thousands of minorities in the process. See: Bushwick. See also: SoBro, NoLita, Harlem, LES, Hoboken, Washington Heights, Hell's Kitchen, etc.
All the places where the leftist media lives - was probably a minority neighborhood a decade ago. That's racism. If leftist whites care about urban diversity so much - they should consider leaving NYC. Because we've always had it, until they showed up.
It has become a tiresome task to have to constantly disprove our racism (and sexism). It will always be there, because the left needs it to be there. The very existence of the left depends on it.
So we'll just leave:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/44...gate-culturally
