▲ 954 ▼ Capitalism only helps those with capital (lemmy.world) submitted 4 months ago by K1nsey6@lemmy.world [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago (1 child) Seneca Village has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago I brought up Sweet Auburn because it was a particularly rich Black neighborhood and therefore an example supporting the point about what happened after "white people would get envious," specifically. If we're just talking about historical Black neighborhoods that were razed for public works projects, I could cite plenty more examples just in Atlanta alone (Lightning, Butttermilk Bottom, etc.) 'cause pushing out poor Black people like that happened all the time (and in fact still does, albeit somewhat less blatantly). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago I brought up Sweet Auburn because it was a particularly rich Black neighborhood and therefore an example supporting the point about what happened after "white people would get envious," specifically. If we're just talking about historical Black neighborhoods that were razed for public works projects, I could cite plenty more examples just in Atlanta alone (Lightning, Butttermilk Bottom, etc.) 'cause pushing out poor Black people like that happened all the time (and in fact still does, albeit somewhat less blatantly). permalink fedilink source parent