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Old 05-07-2018, 05:11 PM   #11
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Re: The wrong question

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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop View Post
You just took race completely out of the equation. Did you mean to, or was it unconscious?
Do you need me to say, explicitly, "To affluent whites, blacks = lower property value"?

This isn't White Club. I can say it. But did I need to? I mean, it's fucking St. Louis, for Christ's sake.

ETA: To "southern" affluent whites. But also a lot of northern affluent whites (just much less overtly). And a lot of otherwise tolerant ones. You'd be surprised how that surgeon you know who supports gay marriage feels about the non-white neighborhood encroaching on his place.
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