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RhaenyrasUncle t1_jdi6zu7 wrote

Yes, but they need to stop "blacking out" everything.

By the same logic that black folks claim they dont feel comfortable in white-majority spaces, white folks do not feel comfortable in black-majority spaces. If they want true economic benefit, stop segregating the neighborhood with labels like this.

Make it an inclusive and comfortable space for a diverse range of Bostonians.

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zumera t1_jdia2br wrote

>By the same logic that black folks claim they dont feel comfortable in white-majority spaces, white folks do not feel comfortable in black-majority spaces.

I'd argue it's not the same logic at all. The general reason black people might not feel comfortable is completely different from the reason white people might not feel comfortable.

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Kitchen-Quality-3317 t1_jdjmvaj wrote

It is the same logic. Black people fear they will be targeted by the police and white people fear they'll be victims of violent crime. Of course, that's an oversimplification, but it 's certainly one of the largest worries.

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TheChickenWasDry t1_jdjwgmp wrote

Black people aren’t afraid of being in white spaces, that’s something woke shit stirrers say to obfuscate the fact black people were priced out of their neighborhoods.

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Mt8045 t1_jdm0u75 wrote

The fact that this has been upvoted at all is disturbing and sadly not surprising. Is the name “Nubian” really that scary? Is Cape Verdean and soul food really that intimidating? Is the mere sight of too many black people really that intolerable to you?

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altorelievo t1_jdkwzkc wrote

Having frequented a lot of the neighborhoods from Blue Hill, MLK/Dudley, Washington, Seaver, Columbia, Morton, Dorchester, Talbot, Norfolk (my street knowledge flex 😏)

While yes their are events that are literally called "The Black Out" & "The Black Affair" are people really asking for for their community to stop/change these? Having far fewer areas where the community is able to put these together coupled with the issues of growing positive cultural identity after years of abuse. Finally being allowed to be promote pride (70yrs one generation) thus stepsaking progress, hopefully addressing broken family patterns and gun violence. We can't have both? Where events that are more mixed and feel more welcoming and then maintain other events the way they are? Honestly that's subjective anyways, just don't but fr experience you can go.

About safety too, as long as you're not selling fetanyl or crack or whatever you should be fine. I'm positive that there are troubled areas for every ethnic group where if you flaunt wealth or are selling narcotics you are opening yourself up to a wide range of trouble.

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Puzzleheaded_Okra_21 t1_jdj78pz wrote

"white folks do not feel comfortable in black-majority spaces" Only racists would make such claim.

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TheChickenWasDry t1_jdju7ah wrote

Or somebody honest, why is a city as progressive as Boston still so segregated? Why aren’t you living where the rent is cheaper if safety and comfort is not an issue? And I mean before the area is gentrified.

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BobbyBrownsBoston t1_jdnl365 wrote

Market rate Rents not cheaper in the black neighborhoods. There no available housing for anyone that isn’t already plugged into the social ecosystem of those neighborhoods

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-cochise t1_jdnvmdn wrote

It’s not just Boston, people willfully self-segregate just about everywhere you go.

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