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The tensions unfolding in the Woodlawn neighborhood, whose population is more than 80% Black, underscore the sensitive politics that cities such as Chicago and New York are having to navigate as they work to deal with an influx of migrants, many bused north by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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Take the resources being expended on these illegals and buy tickets for them to be be returned to their homeland.
Now, THAT would be a program most Americans could get behind.
It would definitely be less costly than supporting this invading horde.
Oh my heavens can we assume there are racists living in that area?
No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists”
The term “racism” must be understood within the context of an anti-Black American polity.
https://truthout.org/articles/no-black-people-cant-be-racists/
— Because housing illegal immigrant latinks in historically black neighborhoods is just another form of white supremacy perpetuated to destroy black spaces. Doesn’t matter if it’s black people making the decisions. It’s still white supremacy.
“On a recent day, Franklin Zapata, a 22-year-old carpenter from Venezuela who is staying at the former Wadsworth school in Chicago, was heading out on a bike to look for work. He said he is happy to have a place to stay and the ability to take a shower but that being in an area with few speakers of Spanish makes it hard to find a job… Mr. Zapata, the carpenter, said he was optimistic now that he was in the U.S. after a three-month journey. Wages in Venezuela were terrible, he said. He hopes to make enough money in the U.S.… Read more »
In part, because the locals are hostile to the values Zapata represents.
I’m hostile to Zapata’s values too. This illegal immigrant just shows up in America, without permission or authorization, in the middle of a massive housing slump, to take carpentry jobs away from Americans. Then he wants to remit his earnings money back home to buy his madre y abuela a nice house. What a nice guy. Along the way, Zapata will cheat on his taxes, he won’t buy any kind of car or health insurance, will probably impregnate one or more women and be unable to support them, and he may even end up in the wrong crowd of degenerate… Read more »
Is Zapata looking to improve himself and contribute to society? Probably not. He’s just bringing his third world values to America to turn it into the third world. The hispanic neighborhoods in Chicago have some of the lowest household and per capita incomes in all of Chicago right on par with the black neighborhoods. Keep in mind, that the original immigrants settlers who actually built those neighborhoods – the italians, the czechs, germans, polish, bohemians, and so on, built the housing themselves, using their own money. 100 years ago they built the businesses and homes these these new immigrants occupy… Read more »
Large parts of Chicago are starting to look like Caracas.