Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Lily-White Suburbs Make Region Most Segregated

We're number one, says a Journal Sentinel story quoting the prestigious Brookings Institution.

As has been reflected many times.

Years ago,

In the Journal Sentinel story, Mayor Tom Barrett's spokesman hits the nail on the head:

"Patrick Curley, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's chief of staff, said the data "reaffirms that the city itself is the most diverse city in terms of race, ethnicity and economics in the state of Wisconsin. We're proud of that."

But citing statistics from [a UWM think tank] that showed Milwaukee to have 73% of the poor people in the metropolitan area - most of whom are people of color - Curley added: "The powers that be, be it legislative or suburban and exurban, are very comfortable with the fact that Milwaukee is home to the region's poor population."
It's as close to apartheid as you can get in this country.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you "Progressives" ever get tired of playing the race/class/etc. card?

Apparently not.

James Rowen said...

If you are ccmfortable with the status quo, I guess you'd see the facts as a "race card."

gnarlytrombone said...

The NYT posted a great tool for visualizing this.

Steve Branca said...

Status quo? Are you kidding? Anonymous and his people would show up in droves to vote for James R. Crow if he were on the ballot.

James Rowen said...

Mr. Crow, through restrictive zoning,/building codes and transit disconnects has been busy in these here parts.

Anonymous said...

Strangely sounds similar to Jim Crow...