Comments on: The New Sundown Towns and Racism in Modern America.

By: Robert Earl Coppage, Jr

Robert Earl Coppage, Jr — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 05:10:18 +0000

Incomes small town in west Texas started school Anand we (that to be Black)would be placed in a class as the only child that to be black…I had no white boys to play with and the three girls that played with me the had a meeting with their mother in my face in hope at the would tell children not to play with me like the boys did but the mothers all did not do that but told too leave us alone. I lived next to one and the mothers worked with mine mom.I still can remember that and been only 6yrs old…I have not forgot that part of my life 52yrs later.

By: Me Thinks

Me Thinks — Mon, 16 May 2016 00:36:04 +0000

I think people should be free to live as they please and if that means they want to live around their own ethnicity then that’s fine. I am reminded of what happened to whites in South Africa when the switch between whites in charge to blacks in charge occurred and all that happened at the time. Racism occurs on both sides with equal viciousness. If this was a perfect world well then it wouldn’t matter, but it’s not a perfect world. I think it says it all when people want to force blacks into white neighborhoods. It says a lot about the one trying to impose themselves on another group and it says a lot about why a group does not want to live around another group. And it says a lot about the group that others don’t want to hang around, which in this case appears to be whites. Maybe the real problem is simply blacks themselves and they just don’t want to face up to it.

By: Al Davis

Al Davis — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 03:33:14 +0000

I am born and raised in Erie, PA and after reading this book my eyes opened WIDE.

By: Tandi Easterling

Tandi Easterling — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:34:24 +0000

I worked in Elwood, Indiana from 2014 to 2016. I’d drive there daily and my shift didn’t end until after dark. A coworker even offered me a home to rent so I could be closer to work and eliminate my 100 mile a day drive. I never experienced any form of racism.. Yes, I’m African American, and there are others that are employed there. I’ve also seen interracial couples that live in town, as well as interracial teens working at other companies throughout. At this point in time I’m sure it’s more about how you carry yourself there, because I have many friends native to Elwood that I’ve come to know through work. Sadly I feel safer in that area after dark than Gary or Detroit South Bend or parts of Chicago anytime of day. I have since found employment closer to home but I still go visit my friends.

By: Queen

Queen — Tue, 26 May 2015 15:59:08 +0000

I live in a bigot filled town Wilkes Barre Pa there are new breed bigots harassing me since I moved here because I am a headstrong African American woman that won’t bow down to master I rather die first I have had everything done to me except a cross burning in front of the rental. I will not allow these ignorant bigots to intimidate I or my three BLack sons that are an endangered species that are being shoot down daily I need assistance dealing with this God knows i do please contact me I am about to all Al Sharpton maybe he can help with these bigots they need to be exposed. Slavery is over don’t they know or they don’t care.

By: James Davis

James Davis — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:45:21 +0000

Of course black people have not arrived … And get this it is not because of white hatred!

It is because of us! We are our own worst enemy. All white people are not racist!! Again, I say all white people are not racist!! Sure there are people within the United States who are racist and we must not limit these feeling to whites, because there are some blacks who do not care to be associated with white folks either. My point is this and it is rather simple, when blacks have come up with a plan of advancement which non-racist whites could rally around, they have done so. Let’s name some: The Pell Grant legislation adopted in 1965; Separate but equal laws struck down by the Supreme; The 1954 Surpreme Court decision to desegregate schools; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; The Voters’ Right Act of 1965 and a legislative Act signed into law by Republican President Richard Nixon in 1972 called the Equal Employment Act. Those who oppose black advancement did not just disappear after the enactment of the above legislative acts, they organized. We see the results of their labor in the majority of judges on the Supreme Court and in legislative acts such as “Stand your ground law.” But brothers and sisters those whites who rallied to the cause of liberty and freedom for all men and women have not gone anywhere either. It is we who are being persecuted!! Why should the burden and the weight of coming up with a solution not be put on our backs. After all, we as a race know what we want and that is economic freedom. Why should we not be responsible for presenting an “acceptable solution” that all freedom loving men and women can rally around and support. That’s what the brothers and sisters demanded and presented in 1960’s and 1970’s. Whites who actually believed in freedom as written in the U.S. Constitution crafted those suggestions and means into legislation. Look, the bottom line is that we need to have risk capital made available to us that doesnot depend upon the capricious nature of white racists. We need to move to discussing doable solutions that can be reduced to legislation. Come on brothers and sisters, we know we should about the business of coming up with solutions – why will we not get to it! http://www.Jobcreationnow.com

By: Terrance Amen

Terrance Amen — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 07:24:40 +0000

Great article that proves once again, we need to start working together to solve our own problems. This is not only true in housing, but in the work place. Just recently some of the top tech companies admitted the lack of people of color working for their company. But we can change this by creating opportunities within our community. Remember, it doesn’t take a lot of money from the individual to make positive changes in the community, but it does take a lot of unity.

Black Unity means financial independence and happiness