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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Oct 20 07:44:11 2011, in response to Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by MainR3664 on Thu Oct 20 07:40:27 2011. Back in September, we talked a lot about the loss of the East end of the Jamaica El. While I'm generally not one to cite racism, I can't help but thinking that Macy's, Mays, etc in the 1970s were really trying to cut the "wrong" people out of the neighborhood and bring in the "right" people. I myself would probably qualify as the "right" kind of shopper in their minds, but that doesn't mean I can't recognize a wrong (no quotes) when I see it.I doubt it, as in the case of Jamaica, the neighborhood ITSELF was turning non-white. The transportation of the el brought the "white" people IN to shop, so it's kind of the opposite of the scenario you propose. |
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