Posted by 33girl:
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Personally, I thought he just meant that he doesn't want the area to be so gentrified with rebuilding to the point that blacks cannot afford to live there.
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I think he could have said it the way you just did if that was what he really meant. As a public figure and the mayor of a city that is represented by all types of people, despite the disproportionate numbers of black americans, he should never have said that. I would feel the same way if a white politician made comments like that. If you are the mayor, you MUST remain objective and make statements and actions that represent your entire city. I could see how other people would feel really isolated. Especially if the other people were supporters of Nagen. Its the way I feel about Bush too, to draw a comparison. He continuously speaks to audiences that have 1 or 2 black people in the audience; small towns all over the country or in places that only have a select type of people. That does not represent the country that he is supposed to be charged with leading and representing and that bothers me too. I don't like either scenario and as I said before he insulted a lot of people and he should not only apologize but do the responsible thing and not run again or even step down. Hell, its what a lot of black people would call for if the "colors" had been reversed.
Posted by coramoor:
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You get what you pay for. Cheap rent = cheap buildings.
If you take a person that has money/wealth and rip that away from them...who would be more likely to recover first?The poor person who stays poor, or the rich person that worked their ass off once to make their money and probably more likely to do it again?
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You're ignorant.