Re:Flint, MI: So much lead in children’s blood, state of eme...
by flubert on Tuesday December 15, 2015 @07:36PM
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>the urban blight there is exclusively a product of systemic racism against blacks in the United States.
https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&q=detroit+indus...
Re:Flint, MI: So much lead in children’s blood, state of eme...
by sedachv on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @08:16PM
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Median household income in Detroit: $26,325 83% black (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/2622000.html)
Walk a block over to Grosse Point: $89,492 93% white (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Pointe,_Michigan)
Royal Oak: $52,252 90% white (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Oak,_Michigan)
Livonia: $68,973 92% white (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/26/2649000.html)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_reserves_in_Can...
Most of those have towns in them.
> However, we don't tend to have the same level of urban blight and decay as you see in some American cities.
There are plenty of run-down areas and derelict industrial objects in and around Montreal. It is true you cannot compare Montreal to select cities like Detroit or Newark, but that is because the urban blight there is exclusively a product of systemic racism against blacks in the United States. This is why it makes more sense to compare Detroit to Native towns. Indigenous people in Canada face blatant and open discrimination today that is comparable to what blacks face in the United States.