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Chicago's Black Ghetto

Oddly enough we get along pretty good here in SC, working and often living side by side.

I've found the South to be far less segregated than cities in the North, both big and small. Places like Atlanta, Charlotte, Charleston, and Richmond are far more integrated than Boston, Hartford, the whole damned state of Indiana and, of course, the city in the OP: Chicago.
 
Fun fact: A neighborhood in liberal San Francisco chose to actively enforce their racist covenants until the mid-1980s when one resident successfully sued to overturn it. The neighborhood disapproved of the color of the kids that the resident adopted.

Most libertarians support legalizing public accommodation discrimination, so they probably approve of allowing racist housing covenants also.
 
Short answer: Read the article.

Long Answer: Trayvon was shot for venturing out of the Ghetto where his skin color and hoodie marked him as surely as the yellow star marked a Jew venturing out of Warsaw.


I don't think Martin was from Chicago. He wouldn't have done well in the black Chicago ghetto I lived in for over a decade. He was too much of a punk with not enough substance to back it up.

As for "white created," every big old city in the country was that way in terms of segregation and allocation of public services.

While I can not really speak about other cities, my advice concerning the ghettos of Chicago is simple. STAY OUT OF THERE. Don't go there.
 
Uh, refeshing your memory--
You asked what was Martin doing before he attacked Zimmerman.

I said, we don't know that he did attack Zimmerman.

um...no. as I tried to tell you earlier..it was Mason66 who posted that. you even quoted him.
 
Yeah...Blacks and whites live together in peace and harmony all over the country. Silly me. :roll:

they do in my neighborhood. hell, blacks and whites get along better with each other than they do with themselves in these parts
 
Yeah...Blacks and whites live together in peace and harmony all over the country. Silly me. :roll:

People of different ethnicity and race can get along just fine. Sorry to disappoint you.
 
I've found the South to be far less segregated than cities in the North, both big and small. Places like Atlanta, Charlotte, Charleston, and Richmond are far more integrated than Boston, Hartford, the whole damned state of Indiana and, of course, the city in the OP: Chicago.

In some cities, the African-American populations are so large - particularly due to white suburban flight, that African-Americans hold much of the inner city power. Other cities are younger prior to intense and legally enforced racial segregation.
 
I blame racism on Hobbits who arrogantly segregated themselves 10,000 years ago. It's their fault. Damn hobbits for all the trouble they cause.

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Yeah. Black kid in hoodie walks home from store at dusk, in the rain. Freaked out, not so bright, white guy in SUV, armed with a gun, decides to play cowboy. Shoots kid dead.


What "white guy" is that? :roll:

Too bad you weren't around when the Martin-Zimmerman incident was being fully debated.

You'd really enjoy going over those threads to catch up to where everyone else is at now on that topic.
 
What "white guy" is that? :roll:

Too bad you weren't around when the Martin-Zimmerman incident was being fully debated.

You'd really enjoy going over those threads to catch up to where everyone else is at now on that topic.
Yeah. Someone already made sure I was aware that Z was a Hispanic "non-white". I kind of enjoyed that little tangent along the path of crazy.
 
In some cities, the African-American populations are so large - particularly due to white suburban flight, that African-Americans hold much of the inner city power. Other cities are younger prior to intense and legally enforced racial segregation.

Yep. The article I cited in the op that has everyone so upset stated that Chicago initiated its segregation policies in the 1920's, and continued them, with the help of everyone from the housing authority to the banking sector and homespun militias, well into the 70's and 80's. I still remember when the good folks of Boston lost their **** when judges insisted they start busing.
 
People of different ethnicity and race can get along just fine. Sorry to disappoint you.

Yes, they can. However, we see that in too many cases they do not. DId you read about Miss America?
 
Yep. The article I cited in the op that has everyone so upset stated that Chicago initiated its segregation policies in the 1920's, and continued them, with the help of everyone from the housing authority to the banking sector and homespun militias, well into the 70's and 80's. I still remember when the good folks of Boston lost their **** when judges insisted they start busing.

Did you read the link about Chicago called the color line in America?
 
they do in my neighborhood. hell, blacks and whites get along better with each other than they do with themselves in these parts

I live in a mixed neighborhood that exists without any racial problems. However, I also live near a city frequently torn by them--Cincinnati.
 
I don't think Martin was from Chicago. He wouldn't have done well in the black Chicago ghetto I lived in for over a decade. He was too much of a punk with not enough substance to back it up.

As for "white created," every big old city in the country was that way in terms of segregation and allocation of public services.

While I can not really speak about other cities, my advice concerning the ghettos of Chicago is simple. STAY OUT OF THERE. Don't go there.
Sadly true. That is good advice.

Chicago tore down the highrise housing projects in an attempt to clean the mess up. But, as we see with their Murder statistics, the trouble simply moved into the neighborhoods.
 
Ignore the facts if you wish.

Read the transcripts from the trial, not somebody elses recount of the facts.
Martin was not peering into windows. Admit it if you want to remain credible.
 
Martin was not peering into windows. Admit it if you want to remain credible.

Det. Chris Serino of the Sanford Police Department went over what Zimmerman told him about the Feb. 26, 2012, incident that led to the death of Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed black teenager.

Zimmerman said he “observed Trayvon walking between two sets of town homes and looking into a window of a town home. It was about that time that Trayvon and George made eye contact with each other,” according to Serino’s testimony.

Every source on the internet and in the court transcripts records the same testimony. To be credible perhaps you should retract your statement.
 
Every source on the internet and in the court transcripts records the same testimony. To be credible perhaps you should retract your statement.

CB, this was GZ's testimony. That does not make it fact. We are limited to GZ's perception of TM's behavior. There were no other witnesses to substantiate it.
 
Martin was not peering into windows. Admit it if you want to remain credible.

Your refusal to admit the facts of the case are getting tedious.

Read the trasncript of the trial and you will see that is what Zimmerman said he was doing.
 
Yep. The article I cited in the op that has everyone so upset stated that Chicago initiated its segregation policies in the 1920's, and continued them, with the help of everyone from the housing authority to the banking sector and homespun militias, well into the 70's and 80's. I still remember when the good folks of Boston lost their **** when judges insisted they start busing.

The "Busing" ruling was really bizarre and few people really understand it. It wasn't about desegregation, it was about allocation of money. The Court decided it lacked jurisdiction to tell states and school boards how to spend their money as a state's rights matter. The issue was not racial segregation, it was about a massively disproportionate share of school money being spent on white schools. SO... the court decided if it can not move the school board's money, then it had to move the kids.
By eliminating white schools, there could no longer be disproportionate spending.

However, busing massively expanded "white flight" to the suburbs - although still using city services. This severely negatively impacted inner cities budgets and became a new form of segregation. However, whites leaving gave greater political power in inner cities - but lower tax revenue to use.
 
Your refusal to admit the facts of the case are getting tedious.

Read the trasncript of the trial and you will see that is what Zimmerman said he was doing.

You're getting worse with each post. Zimmerman did not even testify.

Admit you were wrong about Martin peering into windows.
 
Nobody "knows" what happened as nobody actually "saw" what happened..
Wrong!

Keep reading.


Please supply the name of one person who "saw" Trayvon attack George Zimmerman.....
George Zimmerman

Would you also like the name of at least one person that can put Trayvon on top of Zimmerman and engaged in activity that appeared to be hit ting him?

Stop with your silliness.

You did not answer the question....which was--name one person who "saw" TM attack GZ.......you can't...
Already stated. George Zimmerman.

as far as the grevious injuries sustained by GZ, I have hurt myself worse by running into the dam door.....
Highly unlikely.





He wasn't looking in windows. You made that up.
Just how do you think he was looking "into homes".
Through their walls?


Zimmerman said "into homes". Not through open doors or garages.
Nor did he report any open doors or garages that night.
The only appropriate thing to assume is he meant through the windows.


From Zimmerman's written statement.

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/22/us/21george-zimmerman-transcript.html
 
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Just a friendly Mod warning here folks. Keep the baiting down. In fact, don't do it. At all. Zilch. Nada. None. Zero. Get the picture? Good. Now, back to your almost regularly scheduled program.
 
You're getting worse with each post. Zimmerman did not even testify.

Admit you were wrong about Martin peering into windows.

Look at excons post and you will see you are wrong, of course you already knew that.
 
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