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You've expanded the meaning of 'segregation' considerably, to apply to individual residence choices and freedom of association. Choose wrong, and the government

You've expanded the meaning of 'segregation' considerably, to apply to individual residence choices and freedom of association. Choose wrong, and the government will correct your choice.

cherry_tree 3y ago
From your first link: > “four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation.”
- SenAnder 3y ago
  four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation. For refusing to follow the court order, the city of Yonkers was crippled by heavy, possibly bankrupting fines [..] Basic services stopped and parks and libraries were shuttered [..] Wasicsko was forced to comply. [i.e. the housing was built such that it broke up white neighborhoods] It should be noted that this ruling creating a precedent that all pubic housing had to follow, and was not the only such ruling [1] or executive order to that effect, as my 2nd link [2] from that post shows. A few more publications reporting on it, if you don't trust the NYPost: [3,4,5,6] [1] The lawsuit was finally resolved with a verdict mandating that the Chicago Housing Authority redistribute public housing into non-black neighborhoods. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_United_States#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_Unit... [2] https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-suburbs-to-be-less-white-and-less-wealthy/ https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-su... [3] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-administration-announces-fair-housing-rule-n388871 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-administration-an... [4] https://www.today.com/tmrw/what-obama-biden-affh-rule-why-did-trump-rescind-it-t188654 https://www.today.com/tmrw/what-obama-biden-affh-rule-why-di... [5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/biden-to-restore-two-obama-era-fair-housing-rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/biden-to-... [6] https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/obama-hud-fair-housing-rules-mandates-neighborhood-diversity/ https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/obama-hud...

You've expanded the meaning of 'segregation' considerably, to apply to individual residence choices and freedom of association. Choose wrong, and the government will correct your choice.

cherry_tree 3y ago

From your first link: > “four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation.”

SenAnder 3y ago
four councillors – a majority – refused to vote to uphold the law, consistently opposing any limited desegregation. For refusing to follow the court order, the city of Yonkers was crippled by heavy, possibly bankrupting fines [..] Basic services stopped and parks and libraries were shuttered [..] Wasicsko was forced to comply. [i.e. the housing was built such that it broke up white neighborhoods] It should be noted that this ruling creating a precedent that all pubic housing had to follow, and was not the only such ruling [1] or executive order to that effect, as my 2nd link [2] from that post shows. A few more publications reporting on it, if you don't trust the NYPost: [3,4,5,6] [1] The lawsuit was finally resolved with a verdict mandating that the Chicago Housing Authority redistribute public housing into non-black neighborhoods. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_United_States#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_Unit... [2] https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-suburbs-to-be-less-white-and-less-wealthy/ https://nypost.com/2016/05/08/obamas-last-act-is-to-force-su... [3] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-administration-announces-fair-housing-rule-n388871 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-administration-an... [4] https://www.today.com/tmrw/what-obama-biden-affh-rule-why-did-trump-rescind-it-t188654 https://www.today.com/tmrw/what-obama-biden-affh-rule-why-di... [5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/biden-to-restore-two-obama-era-fair-housing-rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/biden-to-... [6] https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/obama-hud-fair-housing-rules-mandates-neighborhood-diversity/ https://www.investors.com/politics/policy-analysis/obama-hud...