For decades, politicians have pandered to the poverty stricken and uneducated in hopes that votes will be cast in their direction on election day. Promises of help and prosperity are bantered about like wind through the Southside of Chicago in autumn. Without fail, the racial divide has been further perpetuated by those who promise much, but deliver on little.
The migration of former slaves, and children of slaves from the post-Civil War south to urban areas in the north created a dilemma for their northern counterparts--where to house them. As with most people, blacks moved to areas where jobs were more likely to be had, specifically manufacturing bases in more industrialized areas.
The Great Depression caused mass unemployment and homelessness. The 1937 Housing Act was put forth by the U.S. government to help those middle class families in the most need by granting them public housing until the financial crisis passed. To presume that only white middle class families were impacted by the Depression is illogical and inconceivable. Black families were hit very hard.
After World War II came to a close, whites in northeastern and mid-western states were given low interest loans, primarily through the Veterans Administration to help them purchase homes in surrounding suburbs. The loans were granted, primarily, to whites, which ultimately forced blacks to the inner cities. Public housing was launched and the American ghettos were born.*
Never to allow a vote to pass them by, politicians promised more and more money to those living in public housing, but the money rarely materialized into opportunity. Soon, alcohol and drug trafficking became the norm in the inner-cities, as those illegal activities provided a means of income for many poor blacks.
Liberal politicians continued to finance housing and other public assistance programs, rather than seek out potential business interests in those areas. Businesses refused to locate themselves in many of the low income neighborhoods as violence increased and other illegal activities flourished. Promises of continued financial sustenance assured votes from the most desperate to politicians who cared little for their well-being and more for their own personal public careers.
The herding of blacks to the inner cities, preventing them access to jobs, and furthering their plight into financial distress has been the worst form of racism perpetrated on a group of people since slavery ended in 1865. Ineffective liberal ideology has created what many refer to as the "nanny state." Local governments formed on the backs of those they claimed to help, but in reality kept from prospering and the votes rolling in their favor.
It is time that individuals begin understanding what REAL racism is. Moving beyond something as trivial as skin color is paramount for a country as diverse as the United States. Real racism creates a sense of hopelessness, and a lack of opportunity. How do we correct these problems?--businesses and job opportunities for the most qualified individual, regardless of race or gender. That is the simple and right fix.
Until such time that those left in poverty understand that their situation, in many cases, was forced upon them, they are doomed to continue down the same path. Electing officials who can offer tax breaks and security for new businesses in neighborhoods badly in need of opportunity will ease much of their burden.
My words of advice: Stand against racism and stop electing officials who want to keep you from rising from poverty! Demand from them true help, rather than recompense for your current situation.
Part seven of this continuing series will include further evidence of racism perpetuated by the liberal left.
*http://reengageinc.org/research/brief_history_public_housing.pdf
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