Comments about racism

There are 57 comments about "racism"

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

sick and tired: I personally am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am critically ill and i cannot find one doctor in Montreal to help me. I'm tired of all the racism and......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

RAY ALAN: I have lived in jacksonville fla. all my life 51yrs. to be exact.First I cant belive Jacksonville fla. is being called a small town because there est.800,000 people reside here and it is......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

BILROCK-161, RTW.: YET ANOTHER NEW-JACK, You are the same. It is obvious by the same imature insults you so freely hurl at someone you dont know anything about. I almost was going to be civil to you on......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Questioning: I have a question...I am a white non hipster brought up by a single parent working 2 jobs in brooklyn so i know what its like not to been the one looking for rent stabilization......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Polish in Derry: The polish people in derry have had a warm welcome in derry and find work in many places in town. we had problem in waterside, but people here had a concert in sandinos called love......

in response to: Cuban Solidarity Mural by Jamie

jack: quite a few things to read there, its sad when a child hates his father, when there is racism and hatred and yet God loves every one of us, even those who plot to destroy......

in response to: South Street Bridge by serlingrod

polish worker: i love the mural art but i cantunderstand why the loyalist art is so much better than the republican art.since we arrived from poland nearly four years ago we have lived in a loyalist area......

in response to: Cuban Solidarity Mural by Jamie

the university of chicago: ok.. i am reading the book, with mixed feelings. part of me sympathizes with the family, the other part enrages me...how the hell do you let your kids grow up like that? i mean......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

EvilGentleman: Georges, The predominant prejudice in Montreal is still language. As an English-speaker, I seldom notice anti-Americanism among the French Quebecers. This may be due in part to my not being to understand most of what......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Xavi: I live in Humboldt Park, in the Paseo Boricua commercial strip. Reading through most of these comments, I have this to write: In order to understand the state of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Manoj: So here we go... what was supposed to be a topic about cheap sex and stuff has turned into a debate on racism... and further worse - apartheid! Well, having lived for 2 years now in......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Sandra: I stayed in Northern Ireland for five years,and found the scenery beautifull,and house prices were cheap. The weather is awful,with rain most days,The people are friendly,However Racism does excist,and unless you are irish then you are......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

mac: Wow. I came across this by accident. As an Aussie I couldn't believe how much hatred there was here. Sorry but I can't understand how people can hate each other so much. All I can......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

jack: i have a lot of respect for you, you are a person who cares for humanity. the few mega wealthy don't give a crap for the poor, they figure whats the use, if the......

in response to: Housing Got You Down? Turn to History for Hope by upfromflames

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Dane: I have been conducting research on the Horner Homes since I read Alex Kotlowitz' book "There Are No Children Here." It is a fantastic book, however the stories are filled with grotesque images of anti-hope,......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

S: That was a pretty antagonistic and incoherent post JMJ, and I find it to be consistent with other white racist feelings that I some times experienced from some residents of Humboldt Park. ......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: phill - enough already. We get it. You are white, and cannot understand why there is anti-white racism. Racism is wrong, we all understand that, but it is a reality in a land where the......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Susannah : I know - I'm just as guilty as anyone - I want to avoid anyone with whom I have a conflict with and would rather live amongst people who understand my "boundaries". I think the......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

JG to AH: Report from the front 2006. Looks like our new plans are working mein Fuhrer. Now with America destroyed it won't be long before the whole of the free world is obliterated again once and for all!!! ......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

non-hipster: re: Bushwick. I'm dissapointed in several things I have read here. The fact that blame has been assigned to an entire part of the community (i.e. the whites) for driving out ethnic minorities. First......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

white boy: I live in bushwick. I'm a "white boy" and I'm reminded dayly by my neighbors on my way to work, the grocery store, the laundromat... pretty much every time i leave the house. I have......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

jeeff: elicar - how about the reservations up north where people continue to be stuck without clean drinking water and reliable infrastructure? how about the saskatoon police (to name only one notorious department)? the amount......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

1969-1984 : You call HP a beautiful place where racism exists and (although cleaner than before) is still much dirtier than many of the 'burbs. Have you people ever come out of your house to see......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

insightoner: Good stuff. A couple of things to keep everything in perspective: Humbolt was white untill the 70's. Don't you think the whites that lived there pre70's felt the same way when Puerto......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Rhatone Chocha: Humboldt Park = Racism If you're anything other than from PR, stay away.... everyone may say it's a friendly place but it's NOT! --Chocha Eater...

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

dp: There's also a SANE piece in the backyard at ABC No Rio on the lower east side (MN). SANE was in a few art shows at ABC during the 1980s. The piece is......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

EvilGentleman: TO: zazaster: 2nd Feb 2006 - 05:30 GMT Pettiness and mischief used as tools to right imagined slights is a childish endeavour at best. And for a person who is claiming to love the environment, it......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Craigy: " I believe that the "nothing has changed" mural is gone. Why are you guys scared of a painting on a wall? These paintings are in an inner city area. Just like any place in the......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

T K#3: Humboldt Park has more "Latino vs. White" racism than most anywhere I've been (except for some parts of France which I've been to! This is due mostly to the tight integration of neighborhoods and individual......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

onyxwolf: i wanna kno what exactly happened to the Kings. i mean they started out good, right? but now a lot of them are in jail and stuff. i kno some of them still......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Jamie: In reply to [[author:ian]] though, automatic hatred and distrust is a very very eloquent way of putting it. In a nutshell so to speak. And naturally, such narrowmindedness goes hand in hand with point-blank racism.......

in response to: The Waterside by Jamie

ian: It has eerie similarities with the "The South Will Rise Again" culture you see in parts of the US -- confederate battle flags on the backs of pick-up trucks, automatic distrust and hatred towards cities......

in response to: The Waterside by Jamie

Open your eyes a little wider: This forum definitely is an interesting one. I just want to let people who read this forum know something though. I had written a post on the 30th of October and submitted it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: lol... theyre the "tribes of benjamin" [[http://www.factmonster.com/spot/israel1.html]] theyre a pretty fringe element of folks who believe that theyre linked to the "lost tribes of israel" via their african heritage. they are renowned for standing in times square,......

in response to: purveyors of prophecy by vz

Peter: theres a TON more to "dis web site" than just gangs/HP/racism. take a look around. this is one of thousands of posts that all cover very different topics....

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Neck Face: Tonight I will show a-hauki how to fart on his hands and smell his fingers. early today I found a pair of my mother's dirty underwear and i activated the skid mark by licking it.......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Caine: Peter Lame- You street kids are real tuff. And if you new me, or any thing about the stuff I make you would now I have never called it art. Other people call it art.......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Lame: Hey Peter Caine, neckface might be toy but you sir are a tonka-built corn-dog card-carrying duck. After seeing your picture, all I can think is, "Who's the little dog making all that big noise?" Be careful,......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Confused: What is wrong with white people moving into the neighborhood?? It sounds hypocritical to say I hate racism or the way white people treat me then say I hate white people moving into the neighborhood......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: benrox--I appreciate your p.o.v. I can totally see eye to eye w/U on the whole reversed racism...I have a blond blue-eyed son. I have dark curly hair and medium skin tone--everyone always assumes......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

SadStateOfAffairs: Racism has many forms. It can be religiously based, as in the current JIHAD against all non-Muslims. Or it can be economically based. I agree it's not based on skin alone. Problems occur when different......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

benrox: Alright - I've read a good amount of these posts. Let me start off by saying that I am white. I've been living in "the hood" my whole life. I don't live in Humboldt Park,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: babelfish tells me (in really fractured english): manifest/listovka/zaveshchaniye/ob"yavleniye/anketa (necessary to emphasize) Explaining everything and simultaneously questioning WHY! you this make vyaloradikal'naya anarkhoterroristicheskaya proyevreyskaya counterrevolutionary group, band, gang, party, force WHY! It calls to deny everything and to......

in response to: Oktyabrskaya by piranha erem

mon nom: Jamie said "Dude don't come to Ireland. The Irish are the biggest bunch of racists you'll ever meet" Rofl. You don't even know what racism is. Browsing this site along with your comment "They seem... normal......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

elaine: to an extent. i was born in england, honeypot lane maternity hospital to be exact, of a scottish mother and english father, always and forever to be viewed as 'too english' when we repaired on......

in response to: Chips for Lunch by Jamie