how christopher newport wrecked a black community (and ditto for other higher ed)

[Anonymous]

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood

https://www.propublica.org/article/why-destruction-of-a-black-neighborhood-matters-to-me

extensively researched, part of our ugly history in the commonwealth

[Anonymous]

Wow, thanks for sharing. It’s important to grapple with these realities.

[Anonymous]

Fascinating and tragic article. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Thank you for thanking. Really tragic but unfortunately, not surprising.

[Anonymous]

History is important. But their own children graduated from there, it does change my opinion of the school.

[Anonymous]

I mean, we're all on stolen land. Everything we have is built on land that was never ours or meant to be ours.

[Anonymous]

Interesting history but hardly unique and it’s not only Black people who’ve gotten a raw deal when developers coveted their land for some project. And the citizenry as a whole is well served by CNU’s growth.

[Anonymous]

Happened 60 years ago, who cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happened 60 years ago, who cares.

People smarter than you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, we're all on stolen land. Everything we have is built on land that was never ours or meant to be ours.

How do you know this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happened 60 years ago, who cares.

People who lost the opportunity for generational wealth, ninny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.propublica.org/article/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood

https://www.propublica.org/article/why-destruction-of-a-black-neighborhood-matters-to-me

extensively researched, part of our ugly history in the commonwealth

This was common in almost all towns in the US in the 1950s and 1960s - I grew up in an all-white town next to Watts and saw it in action every day. It’s unfair to say this is a Virginia issue when it was, in actuality, nationwide

[Anonymous]

I don’t blame the university. This happened in many places, and I’m glad things are more equitable now. I bet many colleges and large company headquarters have similar beginnings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.propublica.org/article/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood

https://www.propublica.org/article/why-destruction-of-a-black-neighborhood-matters-to-me

extensively researched, part of our ugly history in the commonwealth

Sad and unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.propublica.org/article/how-virginia-college-expanded-by-uprooting-black-neighborhood

https://www.propublica.org/article/why-destruction-of-a-black-neighborhood-matters-to-me

extensively researched, part of our ugly history in the commonwealth

This was common in almost all towns in the US in the 1950s and 1960s - I grew up in an all-white town next to Watts and saw it in action every day. It’s unfair to say this is a Virginia issue when it was, in actuality, nationwide

Bingo. This is hardly unique to Newport News.