Good Reads, pt 4: Memphis is most assuredly not Detroit but there - TopicsExpress



          

Good Reads, pt 4: Memphis is most assuredly not Detroit but there are lessons to be learned. To wit: "politics was defined by continued resentment of the departed white occupier. White and black politics were locked into mutually reinforcing pathologies. Whites fled the city, blamed blacks for its destruction and, in many cases, gloated in its failures. Hostility toward the white suburbs shaped Detroit’s politics, which frequently amounted to race-to-the-bottom demagogic contests to label the opposing candidate a secret tool of white interests, with the predictable result on the quality of government. The worse Detroit got, the more whites hated and feared, fueling black racial paranoia, which made the city worse still.": nymag/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/how-detroit-really-is-like-america.html
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:21:18 +0000

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