Interesting, Detroit is still showing the effects of their black mayor in the 1970s who instituted policies that caused the Curley Effect. Policies that work to keep the politicians voting constituency frozen and force out others. It was named after a longtime early 20th century Boston mayor who used such policies to shore up the Irish vote while moving the Brahmins out to the suburbs.
That’s Chicago. I used to say it was the most racist city in the North; but after spending as much time in the New South as I have, I can comfortably say that it is the most racist city in the USA.
This March I was passing through Nashville, Tennessee on my way to Shootrite and I had dinner with friends from Chicago. My friend, attorney from Chicago, expressed how relaxed people of different races were around each other. Here we were in a former slave trading hub talking about the lack of racial tension–a through the looking glass moment to be sure.
September 24th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Interesting, Detroit is still showing the effects of their black mayor in the 1970s who instituted policies that caused the Curley Effect. Policies that work to keep the politicians voting constituency frozen and force out others. It was named after a longtime early 20th century Boston mayor who used such policies to shore up the Irish vote while moving the Brahmins out to the suburbs.
September 24th, 2010 at 11:23 am
That’s Chicago. I used to say it was the most racist city in the North; but after spending as much time in the New South as I have, I can comfortably say that it is the most racist city in the USA.
This March I was passing through Nashville, Tennessee on my way to Shootrite and I had dinner with friends from Chicago. My friend, attorney from Chicago, expressed how relaxed people of different races were around each other. Here we were in a former slave trading hub talking about the lack of racial tension–a through the looking glass moment to be sure.