Northwest Indiana Discussion

Northwest Indiana's Leading Discussion Forum
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:29 pm

All times are UTC - 6 hours




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: CHESTERTON, INDIANA - THE FUTURE
PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:51 pm 
Offline
Senior Member

Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:18 am
Posts: 124
In 1968, history was made in Gary, Indiana. Richard Gordon Hatcher, a law professor at Valparasio University was elected the first African American Mayor of Gary. The term, "white flight" was implemented. Some whites burned their businesses and homes to collect insurance money so they could leave as soon as possible.

Today's date, 2015: Because of "white flight", Chesterton is now 75% African American. The potential for economic development has deminished proportionately to the number of newcomers. The blacks who once resided in Gary now occupy Chesterton. Once again, Gary is predominantly occupied by caucasians. The attraction, the newly devoloped lake front. What a plan!

The same plan was, and still is being implemented to the infamous Cabrini-Green Housing Projects in Chicago, Illinois. The entire proximity of Cabrini Green is some of the most expensive real estate in Chicago. Only blocks from the Gold Coast area.

Fifty five percent of Cabrini Green has been replaced with $200,000 - $400,000 condiminiums, town houses and new schools. We all know who the new tenants will be. The dispplaced African American tenants are to be returned once the project is complete. What a joke!


Dwight Taylor


Last edited by Dwight on Thu May 12, 2005 9:47 am, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:15 pm 
Offline
Member
User avatar

Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 9:06 pm
Posts: 32
Cabrini Green did not work for a simple reason. When you stack a bunch of poor uneducated people of any race on top of each other you create a formula for failure. When people have no positive role models around them and all they see is despair you encourage the cycle of failure.

Tearing down Cabrini Green was a very smart idea. A crime-infested ghetto is now a productive neighborhood. The current plan is to integrate the unemployed poor former residents of Cabrini with working people. That makes sense to me.

The key to breaking the cycle of poverty is education. Most thinking whites don’t fear the working educated black man; it is the ignorant unemployed that they fear.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: TOTAL AGREEMENT
PostPosted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:33 am 
Offline
Senior Member

Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:18 am
Posts: 124
Ray Gun, I agree with you 100% concerning the structure for failure. Anytime you stack poor people together, regardless what color they are, you are absolutely right, you will inevitably have failure. Failure is exactly what was intended when the projects were built.

You echoed my exact sentiments concerning not only the physicality of poor people being jammed together, but the phychological effect the environment will have on them as well.


Dwight


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:27 am 
Offline
New Member

Joined: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:18 am
Posts: 5
chesterton is 96% white..dummie


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:36 am 
Offline
New Member

Joined: Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:18 am
Posts: 5
so how do u figure it could be 75% black by 2015.. portage i wuld say is the only town taking on real african american growthand that plan makes very little sence... and if the african americans have the money to move to chesterton now doesnt make it a bad town.. just an african american town..and gary will never be white.... africanamericans have been moving from west to east... there have n't been a sudden rise in caucasians west of chesteton


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Meanwhile...........
PostPosted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:29 am 
Offline
Banned

Joined: Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:43 am
Posts: 7401
While you guys are talking about the movement of white and color peoples in the area, the former Gary Housing Authority finance manager, Pat Bobo pled not guilty in stealing over $100,000 dollars from the GHA coffers. And she also had the gall to ask the judge for a public defender/lawyer! So this leech who allegely stole thousands of taxpayers dollars is still leeching us......we are paying for her defense now! Great system!

_________________
THE TRUTH, and NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, So help me GOD!


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 6 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group