Anonymous
Post 09/07/2023 14:04     Subject: how christopher newport wrecked a black community (and ditto for other higher ed)

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Plenty of white people have land taken by eminent domain. It happened to friends of our family. It’s not a race thing. Sometimes individuals have to sacrifice for the greater good.


And plenty of Black communities have been deliberately destroyed— decisions made by committees composed of white people. DC, for example, had no home rule or representation when SW communities were destroyed.
Just because things also impact some white people sometimes — that doesn’t in any way negate the fact that Black communities were deliberately targeted for destruction by white people.

“Greater good” is almost always a convenient synonym for white people with power.


This.