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Adam D · 05-07-04, 05:20 PM

A serious response:

Dallas has a lot of problems. Like many other large cities, it ignores the problems in poorer areas and tries to appeal to it's wealthier constituents. That results in angry minority groups with little outlet for anger or any agency for change. If you look at what the most important issue in Dallas is right now, it's appeasing the Cowboys and trying to figure out a way to take city revenue and privatize it into the hands of a very wealthy man. There's no real talk about fixing some of the necessary and more salient problems in the city.

It's been that way for a long, long time.

The city has responded by treating the entire issue as a criminal matter and ignored the real problems at hand. To appease some of the minority groups, they have given token bureaucratic positions to some of their leaders, but nothing ever changes. Within the communities, much to the disliking of the rest of the city hall, there are a few outspoken members such as John Wylie Price who talk a good talk to their constituents but are complete shitbags when it comes down to it. Not because they are trying to advance real concerns for the area, but because they are trying to advance their own personal political power by tapping into that anger and giving empty promises. Price may have been a legit activist decades ago, but now he's just a corrupt politician.

I don't think the poor communities and minority communities do not deserve a voice and equal representation, because they absolutely do. The problem is that the only people outspoken enough to get their attention are self-serving. It's either go with these people or get fucked without any sort of voice. I don't blame them for picking the leadership that they do. But I think people also realize that their leaders aren't doing much either, so you end up with these sorts of militant activist groups popping back up.

It might not be the 60's again, but there is a lot of injustice and inequality handed down to them, and they certainly deserve better than what they are getting. The wealthier neighborhoods are used to better treatment so when these people show up demanding equal treatment, it looks a lot like a "shakedown" but until the poor areas start looking like Highland Park I'm disinclined to agree that it is. I'd rather see communities organizing themselves and working for change now than see things get back to the sort of injustice that existed before the Civil Rights Act.

05-07-04, 05:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
Adam D Feline Leukemia Survivor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Law School Posts: 7,750	A serious response: Dallas has a lot of problems. Like many other large cities, it ignores the problems in poorer areas and tries to appeal to it's wealthier constituents. That results in angry minority groups with little outlet for anger or any agency for change. If you look at what the most important issue in Dallas is right now, it's appeasing the Cowboys and trying to figure out a way to take city revenue and privatize it into the hands of a very wealthy man. There's no real talk about fixing some of the necessary and more salient problems in the city. It's been that way for a long, long time. The city has responded by treating the entire issue as a criminal matter and ignored the real problems at hand. To appease some of the minority groups, they have given token bureaucratic positions to some of their leaders, but nothing ever changes. Within the communities, much to the disliking of the rest of the city hall, there are a few outspoken members such as John Wylie Price who talk a good talk to their constituents but are complete shitbags when it comes down to it. Not because they are trying to advance real concerns for the area, but because they are trying to advance their own personal political power by tapping into that anger and giving empty promises. Price may have been a legit activist decades ago, but now he's just a corrupt politician. I don't think the poor communities and minority communities do not deserve a voice and equal representation, because they absolutely do. The problem is that the only people outspoken enough to get their attention are self-serving. It's either go with these people or get fucked without any sort of voice. I don't blame them for picking the leadership that they do. But I think people also realize that their leaders aren't doing much either, so you end up with these sorts of militant activist groups popping back up. It might not be the 60's again, but there is a lot of injustice and inequality handed down to them, and they certainly deserve better than what they are getting. The wealthier neighborhoods are used to better treatment so when these people show up demanding equal treatment, it looks a lot like a "shakedown" but until the poor areas start looking like Highland Park I'm disinclined to agree that it is. I'd rather see communities organizing themselves and working for change now than see things get back to the sort of injustice that existed before the Civil Rights Act. __________________ This is my signature.