Racism In The DC Area

[Anonymous]

Despite the widely held notion of the DC Metro Area being liberal and progressive, are there traces of racism and hate bubbling under the surface? I have lived a sheltered life born and raised in North Potomac, a wealthy suburb, so I am genuinely clueless of how things really go in this place outside of my little bubble. I have taken an interest in the topic of race relations throughout America as of late, and it has really shaken me out of my sheltered slumber of how things really work in parts of America in the modern day. I for one was genuinely shocked when I learned that segregation was rife in MoCo before the 1960s, and that there were instances of cross burnings and vandalism of Black homes around the DC area when they started moving into White areas after desegregation. For POCs on this forum (especially Black Americans), have you ever experienced overt racism around the DC area? how deep does the rot truly go? I am also interested in learning more about the history of segregation and the Black experience in MoCo during the Jim Crow Era, as it seems they have tried to brush this dark chapter under the rug and it is very hard to find info regarding this on the internet. I fear these instances are only scratching a surface a tad bit.

https://moco360.media/2021/03/29/a-shameful-past/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/in-progressive-montgomery-painful-stories-of-racism-past-and-present/2015/02/24/f8a2c0e2-bc55-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/04/20/concern-spreads-as-cross-burning-grows-in-county/35b579cf-a502-4b43-ab90-bcbf3f7b4004/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1982/01/21/hate-incidents-rising-in-montgomery/d3014130-5f28-4625-a0eb-6c37919094ea/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/09/25/cross-burning/6429685c-6090-4026-b351-aa900c3a593e/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/09/13/3-md-men-charged-under-hate-crime-law/2be649cb-8c95-4af0-b262-a0799283b253/

[Anonymous]

Isn’t North Potomac just Rockville?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t North Potomac just Rockville?

No, its Gaithersburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Despite the widely held notion of the DC Metro Area being liberal and progressive, are there traces of racism and hate bubbling under the surface? I have lived a sheltered life born and raised in North Potomac, a wealthy suburb, so I am genuinely clueless of how things really go in this place outside of my little bubble. I have taken an interest in the topic of race relations throughout America as of late, and it has really shaken me out of my sheltered slumber of how things really work in parts of America in the modern day. I for one was genuinely shocked when I learned that segregation was rife in MoCo before the 1960s, and that there were instances of cross burnings and vandalism of Black homes around the DC area when they started moving into White areas after desegregation. For POCs on this forum (especially Black Americans), have you ever experienced overt racism around the DC area? how deep does the rot truly go? I am also interested in learning more about the history of segregation and the Black experience in MoCo during the Jim Crow Era, as it seems they have tried to brush this dark chapter under the rug and it is very hard to find info regarding this on the internet. I fear these instances are only scratching a surface a tad bit.

Growing up in Mt Rainier, my family wasn't allowed to join the local private pool because of our race. PG Pool was explicit that Blacks were not allowed. Today, my cousins can't join for the same reason, it's just implicit.

[Anonymous]

MoCo’s school boundaries are racist. I would encourage you to look into that and push for changes to those boundaries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo’s school boundaries are racist. I would encourage you to look into that and push for changes to those boundaries.

How would you change them? Other than some shifting of where the lines are drawn currently, there would be no real demographic change. Unless you are going to bus children from lower income areas to higher income schools, nothing changes...

[Anonymous]

The modern day racism in the DC area is the belief that we shouldn't give criminals tough sentences and should instead allow those criminals to repeatedly victimize black people and terrorize predominantly black communities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo’s school boundaries are racist. I would encourage you to look into that and push for changes to those boundaries.

If you haven't already, take a listen to the podcast series "Nice White Parents." A lot of it applies, here, and makes the argument about school boundaries a bit more complex. (i.e. changing boundaries likely won't have the impact we all think it will for struggling students of color.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The modern day racism in the DC area is the belief that we shouldn't give criminals tough sentences and should instead allow those criminals to repeatedly victimize black people and terrorize predominantly black communities.

Yes, if we are talking about systemic racism, I agree with you. Because intent doesn't matter, impact does. Many people think they are engaging in anti-racist policy and legal changes, and they are very well intended. I believe many (not all) have their hearts in the right place. But they are not subject matter experts and refuse to listen to SMEs. And who suffers most when systems are upended? The most vulnerable among us. And that, in our nation, are lower-income families of color.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite the widely held notion of the DC Metro Area being liberal and progressive, are there traces of racism and hate bubbling under the surface? I have lived a sheltered life born and raised in North Potomac, a wealthy suburb, so I am genuinely clueless of how things really go in this place outside of my little bubble. I have taken an interest in the topic of race relations throughout America as of late, and it has really shaken me out of my sheltered slumber of how things really work in parts of America in the modern day. I for one was genuinely shocked when I learned that segregation was rife in MoCo before the 1960s, and that there were instances of cross burnings and vandalism of Black homes around the DC area when they started moving into White areas after desegregation. For POCs on this forum (especially Black Americans), have you ever experienced overt racism around the DC area? how deep does the rot truly go? I am also interested in learning more about the history of segregation and the Black experience in MoCo during the Jim Crow Era, as it seems they have tried to brush this dark chapter under the rug and it is very hard to find info regarding this on the internet. I fear these instances are only scratching a surface a tad bit.

Growing up in Mt Rainier, my family wasn't allowed to join the local private pool because of our race. PG Pool was explicit that Blacks were not allowed. Today, my cousins can't join for the same reason, it's just implicit.

Tell them to join. Hopefully everyone will behave appropriately. Time for everyone to get over baseless fears. It’s 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The modern day racism in the DC area is the belief that we shouldn't give criminals tough sentences and should instead allow those criminals to repeatedly victimize black people and terrorize predominantly black communities.

Exactly. It's ironic how liberal whites are actually harming the people they claim to care about the most. There's also an implicit assumption among many liberals that you really can't expect black people to follow the law because they're so oppressed. That's textbook racism.

[Anonymous]

When I was growing up I would be threatened to get jumped for having white skin in the wrong place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Despite the widely held notion of the DC Metro Area being liberal and progressive, are there traces of racism and hate bubbling under the surface? I have lived a sheltered life born and raised in North Potomac, a wealthy suburb, so I am genuinely clueless of how things really go in this place outside of my little bubble. I have taken an interest in the topic of race relations throughout America as of late, and it has really shaken me out of my sheltered slumber of how things really work in parts of America in the modern day. I for one was genuinely shocked when I learned that segregation was rife in MoCo before the 1960s, and that there were instances of cross burnings and vandalism of Black homes around the DC area when they started moving into White areas after desegregation. For POCs on this forum (especially Black Americans), have you ever experienced overt racism around the DC area? how deep does the rot truly go? I am also interested in learning more about the history of segregation and the Black experience in MoCo during the Jim Crow Era, as it seems they have tried to brush this dark chapter under the rug and it is very hard to find info regarding this on the internet. I fear these instances are only scratching a surface a tad bit.

Growing up in Mt Rainier, my family wasn't allowed to join the local private pool because of our race. PG Pool was explicit that Blacks were not allowed. Today, my cousins can't join for the same reason, it's just implicit.

Tell them to join. Hopefully everyone will behave appropriately. Time for everyone to get over baseless fears. It’s 2023.

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[Anonymous]

Housing discrimination. Try to get an affordable dwelling apartment in DC. The waitlists are bogus and the developers give the apartments to their friends and employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Housing discrimination. Try to get an affordable dwelling apartment in DC. The waitlists are bogus and the developers give the apartments to their friends and employees.

DC is so corrupted. Poor people don’t have a chance. But they keep voting for corrupted politicians who do nothing for poor blacks. Or whites.