Tuesday, August 11, 2015

A Black Man In Whitopia

"As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA — and moved in."

Rich Benjamin



The video trailer for his book-
"Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America"

Official Website For Rich Benjamin


COMMENTARY
Although this book was written in 2009 it has become even more relevant in this election cycle as it ever was. Think in terms of Trump's ranting on immigration. So too the problems with the gentrification of our cities disguised as urban renewal in such places as Allentown or Brooklyn to name two. Then there's what's going on the in news right now in places like Detroit, Baltimore and Ferguson where the opposite is true.

In many of our cities the former majorities have become today's minorities. This is going continue whether anyone likes it or not. I think it's best to try and take a look at this as Rich has done. See if we can learn anything from his travels and try and resolve these problems festering in our communities. Either that or things are going to get really ugly rather fast over the next few years for everybody all the way around. I posted these videos because as we can see since 2009 the divide has gotten worse.

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