Re:San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide
by masonic on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:21AM
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I don't know where this account comes from (none is from that page), but it makes no sense. I grew up there and had friends whose parents and older siblings worked at Ford Milpitas and GM Fremont. UAW members (e.g. those cut from Richmond auto plants) had first dibs; shipyard workers wouldn't have any advantage over others off the street.
"Many communities were white only" is a crock; in fact, Milpitas in the 1970s had higher black propensity than did Fremont to the north or NE San Jose to the south. Both Milpitas and Ayer High schools had more black students than Piedmont Hills to the south. The foothills tended to be pricey and almost exclusively white and Jewish, but that was economic rather than code segregation.
By the 1970s, production at the plant spiraled downward, shifts were cut, abd there were always more workers than hours.
"Many communities were white only" is a crock; in fact, Milpitas in the 1970s had higher black propensity than did Fremont to the north or NE San Jose to the south. Both Milpitas and Ayer High schools had more black students than Piedmont Hills to the south. The foothills tended to be pricey and almost exclusively white and Jewish, but that was economic rather than code segregation.
By the 1970s, production at the plant spiraled downward, shifts were cut, abd there were always more workers than hours.