"How come Bolton Hill is white?"

[RulerRa7]

You're a happy Slave!! A lot to happy slaves in Mary's Land.

This black man is forever greatfull for the segregation of Baltimore's neighborhoods. I moved into guilford 17 years ago and life has never been less stressful for me! I don't have to worry about the neighbors having their troubled cousin(s) move in, loud rap music blaring, kids out in the streets at all hours of the night, grandma next door doesn't have 8 people living with her in the house....I can go on and on and on.

[RulerRa7]

Who you?!! Please include yourself in this equation.

Did you expect something different from the usual suspects?

[demopublican]

Is self segregation intrinsically negative?

Obviously any laws/rules that discriminate based on race, religion, sex, sexual preference, etc... Are bad and should always be opposed. And obviously there were lots of real estate practices in the past that were harmful, illegal, unethical, and just plain wrong. But is there any reason for people NOW to actively work to stop self segregation?

[LarryN]

I love Bolton Hill. When we were looking at our first home my wife and I narrowed our choice to Bolton Hill or Northern Baltimore County. We ended up buying up here in the Hereford Zone and we do love our spot in the country.

I really do still love Bolton Hill and my wife was active in Corpus Christi (where we were married) for a long time. I attended out of respect for my wife and to allow my children to form their own opinion on religion and the Catholic Church.

I think my favorite block

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=JOhn+S...,,0,11.81&z=16

You guys can argue over causes and racism all that you want. But if more of Baltimore looked like this Baltimore would be one of the premier urban areas in the world.

John Street is gorgeous. My daughter lived at MICA for four years. I loved walking through that little section.

[TruthLies]

I agree that Bolton Hill is a great community.

[The Astute Reader(tm)]

Translation: I don't know how to Google even when given a reference point, 'cause I stoopid

If you had said that the sky is blue he would be demanding a link.

[Baltimatt]

http://fairhousingbaltimore.eventbrite.com/

Antero Pietila’s landmark 2010 book Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City tells the story of how discrimination molded housing patterns in the Baltimore area, from Baltimore’s 1910 residential segregation ordinance – later struck down by the U. S. Supreme Court – to redlining and racial covenants and real estate practices that were lawful until passage of the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968. Given the impact of historic housing discrimination, the Fair Housing Act requires local and state governments that receive federal housing funds to affirmatively further the law’s goals.

Join Antero Pietila; moderator Carol Payne, director of the Baltimore field office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. executive director Robert Strupp, and Baltimore Housing's Amy Wilkinson to discuss the roots of residential segregation in the Baltimore metropolitan area and efforts to overcome present-day barriers to fair housing choice.

Enoch Pratt Central Library
400 Cathedral Street
Wheeler Auditorium
Baltimore, MD 21201

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)

[bmore_ken]

matt

Thanks for posting that. I loved his book and plan to attend

[Spot72]

http://fairhousingbaltimore.eventbrite.com/



Enoch Pratt Central Library
400 Cathedral Street
Wheeler Auditorium
Baltimore, MD 21201

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)

Thanks!

[Baltimatt]

Ken, Spot--

Use the link I gave to register.

[bmore_ken]

I did matt, thanks again

[Baltimatt]

I'll be at the registration desk.

[bmore_ken]

Cool, it'll be cool to meet you

[RavnFreek]

Drugs that one race of people introduced to those neighborhoods to make money

So only black people did drugs?

[RavnFreek]

Is self segregation intrinsically negative?

Obviously any laws/rules that discriminate based on race, religion, sex, sexual preference, etc... Are bad and should always be opposed. And obviously there were lots of real estate practices in the past that were harmful, illegal, unethical, and just plain wrong. But is there any reason for people NOW to actively work to stop self segregation?

self segragation is as old as this country and is human nature. People want to be with their "own kind". Little italy, Little China, Pikesville .. nothing wrong with people wanting to live together.

[bmore_ken]

So only black people did drugs?

Where did I say that?

[sigmalady]

http://fairhousingbaltimore.eventbrite.com/



Enoch Pratt Central Library
400 Cathedral Street
Wheeler Auditorium
Baltimore, MD 21201

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)

I am so sorry that I have a previous commitment for that time period.

[RavnFreek]

Where did I say that?

You implied that the down fall of the black community was directly related to drug use created by the white man.

My response was simply that everyone was doing drugs in the 60's (or so i'm told) why would only the black community be so affected by it and not other communities?

[bmore_ken]

You implied that the down fall of the black community was directly related to drug use created by the white man.

My response was simply that everyone was doing drugs in the 60's (or so i'm told) why would only the black community be so affected by it and not other communities?

Poor people are more subceptable to drug abuse. Do I really need to post a link to that fact? I never said only black people do drugs. You can't compare weed smoking in the 60's to the crack era, it's not even close.

[RavnFreek]

Poor people are more subceptable to drug abuse. Do I really need to post a link to that fact? I never said only black people do drugs. You can't compare weed smoking in the 60's to the crack era, it's not even close.

Being poor does not make you more subceptable, just more likely to do drugs based on statistics alone. Is it poverty or a weak personality? Lack of family upbringing? Lack of discipline? Lack of morals? All these things expose you to drugs, you still have a choice. Making the right choice is key. Plenty of poor people that don't do drugs and rich people who do.