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***Harry Boy*** · 02-16-2011, 05:51 PM

NPR calls Wash DC Chocolate City, NPR is left wing, watch how the liberals cover for them.
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chicowalker · 02-16-2011, 06:38 PM

harry still doesn't know what racism is (and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead)

The Brandon Five · 02-16-2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry Boy

NPR calls Wash DC Chocolate City, NPR is left wing, watch how the liberals cover for them.
NPR's Take on D.C. Angers Locals | NBC Washington

Remember Don Imus

And Ray Nagin!

***Harry Boy*** · 02-16-2011, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chicowalker

harry still doesn't know what racism is (and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead)

Some of the people that live there (Wash DC) are on my side, guess who they are.

chicowalker · 02-16-2011, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry Boy

Some of the people that live there (Wash DC) are on my side, guess who they are.

sure, some are -- Republican pols and their staffers who pine for the imaginary "good ole days" and think white Christian men are persecuted

***Harry Boy*** · 02-17-2011, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by chicowalker

sure, some are -- Republican pols and their staffers who pine for the imaginary "good ole days" and think white Christian men are persecuted

I wonder what they'd do to Mel Gibson or Glenn Beck if he called DC "Chocolate City" but the big one is imagine Limbaugh saying it.......

chicowalker · 02-17-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Harry Boy

I wonder what they'd do to Mel Gibson or Glenn Beck if he called DC "Chocolate City" but the big one is imagine Limbaugh saying it.......

You might want to read the article you linked...

***DarrylS*** · 02-17-2011, 12:05 PM

It is not racism this is classic gentrification.. the author is quoting what he was told it was called.

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In the online version, Kellogg wrote, “For decades Washington, D.C., was known affectionately as ‘Chocolate City’ to many black Americans, because it was predominantly African-American.” But D.C. “has quickly become one of the most expensive cities in America, and one of the only cities in the U.S. where property values continue to rise despite the economic downturn.”

Kellogg wrote that “in recent years, even areas like Anacostia -- a community that was virtually all-black and more often than not poor -- have seen dramatic increases in property values. The median sales price of a home east of the river -- for years a no-go zone for whites and many blacks -- was just under $300,000 in 2009, two to three times what it was in the mid-'90s.” After profiling one black resident who moved out, Kellogg spoke with David Garber, a “newcomer” among those who “see themselves as trailblazers fighting to preserve the integrity of historic Anacostia

.”