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What both the left and the right get wrong about my neighborhood in Baltimore (essay by John Blake, CNN writer/producer)


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In the aftermath of last week's (Jesus, was it REALLY ONLY last week?) racist barrage from the Klansman-in-Chief, I came across this article from John Blake who is a writer and producer for CNN.  Blake grew up in West Baltimore, the same neighborhood that became the focus of so much attention.  I thought this essay was thought-provoking enough to be shared.

 

What both the left and the right get wrong about my neighborhood in Baltimore

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Good read, touches on a lot of what I feel have and continue to exacerbate the systemic issues in the black community; personal responsibility (it’s someone else’s fault, pessimism) and black flight (separate and really equal would have been better).

 

Wouldn’t surprise me if his father thought Trump was not the president the black community deserves, but the one they need.  

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