"It’s on education, however, where progressive hypocrisy shines brightest in the bluest areas...Johnny Harris looks to one of the bluest enclaves in the US, Cook County and Chicago, to see how the wealthy ensure that their tax dollars only go to the schools where their own children are being educated...Wealthier families send their children to private schools, while everyone else is consigned to failing urban school districts obsessed with social-justice indoctrination rather than focused on actual education."
I agree that blue states are not progressive uptopias however these types of articles miss the nuances. Blue states have high income inequalities with lots and lots of poor people. For example, Cook County has Kenilworth one of the wealthiest zip codes in the entire country, but on the otherside of the county, there is Ford Heights, one of the poorest zip codes in an urban area in the country. Both are blue yet there are wildly different outcomes.
Ex Illini
4 years ago
If you want to have fun, ask a Dem why Chicago and Crook County are in such bad shape despite being completely controlled by Dems for the last 70 years. Chicago is a fiscal disaster, highly segregated, extremely violent and poorly educated. The typical Dem will stammer and then scream something about Trump.
Illini, I think part of the reason why “systemic racism” has been discovered in the last few years is to try to cover for the obvious failure of their policies. It’s why the 1619 Project has gained so much attention. Can’t blame the leaders now, when our country was actually founded in racism.
When presented with irrefutable facts, Democrats stutter and stammer. Logic has no place as it’s aggravating. The just expect everyone to follow their narrative and group think.
ProzacPlease
4 years ago
NYT notices that progressive cities are the worst? Has hell frozen over?
Probably falling revenue and subscriptions to the point they may have to actually perform journalism. Nah, who am I kidding – they’ll quadruple down on the bolshevism.
I agree that blue states are not progressive uptopias however these types of articles miss the nuances. Blue states have high income inequalities with lots and lots of poor people. For example, Cook County has Kenilworth one of the wealthiest zip codes in the entire country, but on the otherside of the county, there is Ford Heights, one of the poorest zip codes in an urban area in the country. Both are blue yet there are wildly different outcomes.
If you want to have fun, ask a Dem why Chicago and Crook County are in such bad shape despite being completely controlled by Dems for the last 70 years. Chicago is a fiscal disaster, highly segregated, extremely violent and poorly educated. The typical Dem will stammer and then scream something about Trump.
Illini, I think part of the reason why “systemic racism” has been discovered in the last few years is to try to cover for the obvious failure of their policies. It’s why the 1619 Project has gained so much attention. Can’t blame the leaders now, when our country was actually founded in racism.
When presented with irrefutable facts, Democrats stutter and stammer. Logic has no place as it’s aggravating. The just expect everyone to follow their narrative and group think.
NYT notices that progressive cities are the worst? Has hell frozen over?
Probably falling revenue and subscriptions to the point they may have to actually perform journalism. Nah, who am I kidding – they’ll quadruple down on the bolshevism.