← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · Robbie
Thread ID: 4523 | Posts: 7 | Started: 2003-01-19
2003-01-19 18:02 | User Profile
But one Saturday, Legall, who was born in Trinidad, went in wearing a baseball cap and jacket and overheard the man who normally helped him warn a co-worker to ''Watch this guy.''
''I raised my cap up and said, 'Hey Tom, what are you talking about?''' Legall said. ''He said 'Oh, Derrick, I didn't even realize that was you. I was only joking.'''
Of the 26,187 people who live in Saratoga Springs, nearly 94 percent are white, according to the 2000 Census.
Of the respondents, 685 people identified themselves as black or African-American, 71 said they are American Indian and 270 are identified as Asian or Pacific Islander. A total of 568 people said they are of Hispanic origin
Breaking the cycle and increasing the amount of diversity in the city is something that will take the concerted effort of the entire community, and it's something many individuals and groups have been working on for years, Klotz and others said.
[url=http://www.saratogian.com/site/news..._id=17708&rfi=6]http://www.saratogian.com/site/news..._id=17708&rfi=6[/url]
2003-01-19 18:14 | User Profile
'This place is too white.' I've heard this one a lot. Perhaps the idea is that whites need to equally distribute the discomfort of having to live with a lot of non-whites? Or perhaps our great leaders plan to end the white race wont work properly if white communities exist that maintain an authentic white culture?
2003-01-20 00:45 | User Profile
Can anyone imagine the uproar if someone wrote an article claiming somewhere that was "too black" or "too mexican" and that there needs to be a concentrated effort to break up the "blackness" of a certain neighborhood?
2003-01-20 01:10 | User Profile
Oddly, liberals on the Continent do talk about breaking up black or Muslim neighborhoods. This is part of their program to 'integrate' foreigners.
There is nothing like this in the US, except from real estate agents, who will often smilingly say of a city neighborhood: 'More whites have been moving in, which is a good sign.'
2003-01-20 01:53 | User Profile
Rural Western New York retains itself as A Haven for Reason and Virtue in a World Gone Mad . . . .
That is why BREAKING ALL THE RULES maintains the only hope!
SARTRE :ph34r:
2003-01-20 09:54 | User Profile
Yes, let's increase the diversity and watch the crime rates increase as well. Brilliant. ;)
2003-01-20 16:21 | User Profile
If diversity is really what they want, all they have to do is copy the social services of Lewiston, ME. I know for a fact that in short order they would be up to their armpits in Somalis.
Of course we know who "they" are and why they want this. If they were to poll the township I have no doubt that an overwhelming majority would say hell, no.
What I would like to see happen is for all those influential folks who want to force diversity on to others is for all future Sec. 8 housing be placed where they live.