Well I had been wondering why all the blacks are in one section and the messicans and whites in another. Come to find out our apartment complex specifically organizes the buildings for segregation when possible. The guy who lives below me said they've been making this transaction over the last 5 years (he works in the office). First off why would anyone wanna live here for 5 years and B, I like it.
Apparently its cut down on crime and police calls significantly. The figure is apparantly astronimical to the tune of over 80% less police activity. Its like a minature version of New York. All the black people live in Apt B,C and F. Messican and white folk live in A, D and G. Bible chuckers and yeah there are a few live in building E. I guess they figure people aren't smart enough to catch on with the one or two odd sore thumbs when a specific section is full and the tenant has to be set up in different building.
The three black buildings only have 2 hispanic families total.
There are 8 apartments in my building and 6 are white. 5 of which are Nascar fans.
The bible thumpers were calling left and right about some people smoking pot at night on the steps and when stoners lease neared the end they moved 4 families at a discount to a building where apparently they're are regular smokers and possibly a low end pot dealer (fingers crossed).
They were even smart enough to put all the religious types in the buildings closest to the street and gate so they don't end up having to drive though the complex to get home. This cuts down on all of their complaining based on the thought that they can't complain about what they don't see.
All this info is gathered during a short interview over the application masked with small talk before the lease is written.
This is what I call Managing a property.
everybody's just a little bit racist, no matter how much they want to deny it. It's best to embrace that and use it to our advantage.
We can have more peace & love amongst people of all colors as long as we admit that we like our own race a little bit better.
Oh, wow. I love racism. Not in the sense that I'm a racist, but in the sense that I think it's ridiculous and stupid almost to the point of being funny.
Ridiculous and stupid is people not being able to live amongst others.
Realist > Racist
I wouldn't want to live there.
So these apartment managers find a way to reduce crime & police calls, keep all their customers happy, and still treat everyone like equals, and you think it's "ridiculous" and "stupid"?
This, specifically? Not really. Racism as an abstract concept? Yeah.
I agree.
Everybody is NOT just a little bit racist. The suggestion that they/we are just acts as justification for some of the really ugly that happens in this country at a personal and ins utional level.
Keep tellin yourself that.
In a perfect world we wouldn't have to admit such things. But this isn't a perfect world. And I'm not talking "all white people think they're superior to all other races, and should go around telling everybody so".....i'm talking "white folk feel more comfortable around other white folk, black folk with black, etc."
I bet the NASCAR section get pretty rowdy with all that beer drinking & non stop Days of Thunder & Talladega Nights DVD's playing non stop…
I approve of the apartment management just like I approve of Affirmative Action. It's slight racism used to prevent larger, uglier racism.
I concur.
So then you'd be okay with segregated communities? Not that they don't still exist.
Don't want to turn this political though. I'm done.
so if he were to rent here, which building would Derek Jeter live in?
The "Herpes" building.
It depends on how segregated. Like these apartments aren't all that segregated, all races are still welcome to live there. They just use what they know of human nature to make things more peaceful.
It would be a lot trickier with entire communities tho. Probably impossible.
Unfortunately, that is true more often than not, but I personally know several people who don't feel that way.
The problem I have with the statement that "everyone is a little bit racist" is that it implies that racism is ingrained in our DNA -- that it is biologically determined, and biologically unavoidable. That simply isn't the case. Racism (sexism, ageism, heterosexism, ableism, and on and on) is a choice, and I don't think that fact should be swept under the rug and ignored.
Affirmative Action isn't slight racism, as it addresses issues outside of just race. I can't remember where I read this, so I don't have a link, but it's been shown that Affirmative Action policies have been overwhelmingly beneficial to women, rather that to any one particular race.
It may be a choice but I do feel we are all born with "sin" and how one is raised is the key. Racism, IMO, is formed by our surroundings and upbringing but I also feel that ALL of us will at one time or another have feelings that while we may not think they are racially biased they are. I know I'm guilty of it.
We all have the choice to do the right thing but that doesn't mean we have to.
Okay..now I'm done.
And I also don't believe that sexuality is a "choice". The sexual activity may be a choice but not being sexual.
Oh it's most definitely racist. Forcing employers to have a certain percentage of "minority" races regardless of if a white person is more qualified.....that's racism. But it's a small form of racism that helps prevent the large scale racism of the Good Ol Boy network.
If it addresses women too then it means it's also slightly sexist, along with racist. But again, it's the better of two evils.
No, we don't have to, but that doesn't mean I have to stop hoping for a day when we all strive to.
Neither do I, but I don't see how it's pertinent to the conversation.
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