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You're absolutely right! Participating in local governance does not inherently making a person crazy, selfish, or racist. I do think it's perhaps possible that
by Kalium 6y ago
You're absolutely right! Participating in local governance does not inherently making a person crazy, selfish, or racist.
I do think it's perhaps possible that in some cases people participating in local governance might advance and adopt policies that have outcomes that benefit them financially or have disparate impacts on people of different races. Though I confess I found few references to or even accusations of racism in the article. Perhaps you can help me?
- throwawaysea 6y agoThe accusation of racism is in the opening line: > We’re all familiar by now with Right-NIMBYs — conservatives who block transit and housing development in order to keep poor people and minorities out of their quiet white-flight suburban neighborhoods. People who are against increased density are almost never holding that position to keep minorities out of their neighborhoods. To me that comes off as a convenient demonization, using charged rhetoric to attack the author's adversaries.