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I've always seen this kind of unhinged NIMBYism as a backdoor passive aggressive way to implement housing discrimination, though more based on class than race.

by api 9y ago

I've always seen this kind of unhinged NIMBYism as a backdoor passive aggressive way to implement housing discrimination, though more based on class than race. It's a way of making sure the "wrong people" (poor people, usually minorities) can't live there. I almost have more respect for all the neo-fascists who are just openly racist and elitist. At least they're being honest about how they feel.

lstyls 9y ago
Class is often backdoor racism too. Structural racism is a huge driver of class division in the US.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
  Is there a good place to read more about that? I haven't seen a good study on teasing apart cultural, class, and racial discrimination in terms of contribution to outcomes.
  - lstyls 9y ago
    Ta-Nehisi Coates covered it in both depth and breadth in this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-cas.... Class divisions due to race were cemented by slavery, jim crow, redlining, and the criminal justice system. Nimbyism parallels redlining in certain ways now that I think about it.
exclusiv 9y ago
This hidden racism is rampant among the leftists. They start their policy-making by assuming that minorities can't do certain things. They make themselves feel better by telling themselves they are helping out the disadvantaged. But they really have a disdain for minorities. They don't see them as capable citizens, even when those things are basic. Example: they think Voter ID laws are racist because they think black people and other minorities can't find or get to a DMV or don't have internet [1] They want artisanal-everything, Whole Foods and similar which is also a way to push out those that can't afford those things. I hear them talk about moving to these hipster places that are "up and coming". I know what they really mean. A gentrifying place where they can be surrounded by people just like them, with the same views, the same interests, similar occupations and similar social status. [1] https://pjmedia.com/video/what-berkeley-liberals-think-of-voter-id-laws-vs-what-actual-harlem-black-people-think/#comments https://pjmedia.com/video/what-berkeley-liberals-think-of-vo...

by api 9y ago

lstyls 9y ago

Class is often backdoor racism too. Structural racism is a huge driver of class division in the US.

SomeStupidPoint 9y ago
Is there a good place to read more about that? I haven't seen a good study on teasing apart cultural, class, and racial discrimination in terms of contribution to outcomes.
- lstyls 9y ago
  Ta-Nehisi Coates covered it in both depth and breadth in this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-cas.... Class divisions due to race were cemented by slavery, jim crow, redlining, and the criminal justice system. Nimbyism parallels redlining in certain ways now that I think about it.

exclusiv 9y ago

This hidden racism is rampant among the leftists. They start their policy-making by assuming that minorities can't do certain things. They make themselves feel better by telling themselves they are helping out the disadvantaged. But they really have a disdain for minorities. They don't see them as capable citizens, even when those things are basic. Example: they think Voter ID laws are racist because they think black people and other minorities can't find or get to a DMV or don't have internet [1] They want artisanal-everything, Whole Foods and similar which is also a way to push out those that can't afford those things. I hear them talk about moving to these hipster places that are "up and coming". I know what they really mean. A gentrifying place where they can be surrounded by people just like them, with the same views, the same interests, similar occupations and similar social status. [1] https://pjmedia.com/video/what-berkeley-liberals-think-of-voter-id-laws-vs-what-actual-harlem-black-people-think/#comments https://pjmedia.com/video/what-berkeley-liberals-think-of-vo...