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> The other unspoken value of nimbys is racism-- that's a value, not a calculation of self interest. This is a shocking claim, and I consider myself a strong Y
by DiggyJohnson 4y ago
> The other unspoken value of nimbys is racism-- that's a value, not a calculation of self interest.
This is a shocking claim, and I consider myself a strong YIMBY type. I worry that you are ascribing the worst possible reason to an observation of others that hold opinions or behave different from yourself.
“It’s hard to tell when you’re being discriminated against.” —IASIP
- giraffe_lady 4y agoIt's a strong claim, I don't see how it could be shocking unless you're unaware of the recent history of housing policy and urban-suburban dynamics in the US. Or think that, uniquely among all things in history, that ended at a specific recent time with no consequences carried forward into the present. The civil rights era is in living memory, people who were children for white flight are retirees and homeowners now. They're not all or even largely racist or strictly motivated by racism, but some of them are, somewhat. No one identifies as a racist and if asked could probably find marginally acceptable euphemisms for who they do and don't want in their neighborhoods and why. But come on.
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- arrosenberg 4y agoIt's only hard now because we've spent 100 years fighting discrimination. Back in the 1920s land deeds would have restrictive covenants on them that explicitly spelled out that only white Christians could buy that land.