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  1. /\Ahhh….I get it now. So becuase you got it on with a Black man, you’re now a civil rights expert. I see…..

    I never said white people don’t do drugs. They do a lot of them. That still doesn’t explain what happened during that period. And Crack was certainly far more local. And arson?

    …Oh, right “Anger and Resentment” burned down the bronx. No, how ’bout more like Section 8 fraud. But of course, it’s not like “stop snitching” or “cash money” cuases ills, it’s always “white people”.

    Believe me, there are many wonderful people living in these communites, but I think I’ll take my chances with a hippie than Tony the pusher.

    As for me, I was on Eastern Parkway and New York ave. I got a front row seat to the festivites that was the 1977 blackout. Where were you? Riverdale?

    Thought so…..

  2. Have big news for you Pal- I was here. I have seen. I lived through it. I was born here- in the Bronx, raised here- in the Bronx and lived here- in the Bronx and Brooklyn. so please stop spewing platitudes and assumptions like you really know anything. You were here, staying strong? – oh, well, my hero.

    “Well, I too have dated Black people, so that’s kind of a lame point.”- if you read my post ( obviously Life is your only degree because you didn’t learn to read), dating isn’t exactly the same thing as my experience is it? So if that’s your best shot, you just lost the pissing contest.

    You seem to think putting a starbucks on fulton St. will improve the community. No- it will improve the quality (?) of coffee available in the area, but gentrifyiers are not trying to improve the quality of life for the community. they are trying to improve the quality of their investment by changing that neighborhood to suit themselves.And that causes anger and resentment- the same anger and resentment that burned the Bronx and Harlem and Brooklyn. And it was stoked by landlords who committed arson to empty their buildings. Your version of what happened in NYC is the white person’s media history. Where did you live in the 70’s? Harlem? Bed-Stuy? the Bronx?

    Drugs that destroyed Harlem? Do you think dealers got rich selling to poor people in Harlem? No- they got rich selling to rich white folk who loved to throw coke parties and pill parties- it was the 70’s. remember? And if you really did know anything about NYC, you would know that heroin was a “white thing” too. When it comes to drugs, it’s an equal opportunity addiction.

    Still and all, common sense- your hissy fit was amusing. Your little manly chest must be quite puffed up with the self importance of having stayed in NYC while the fake ass pussies fled.You are just so special.

  3. “Maybe if some of you had seen the horror and destruction of the 1970s up close you would understand where I come from. Nobody, and I mean, nobody, gave two shits when much of what we now consider “Brownstone” territory was up in flames.

    Where were you during the Crack era? How about “The Bronx is burning”? I know where I was, here, in NYC. Staying strong while fake-ass pussies fled for Nassau and Jersey. Which is exactly where I’ll find you when you come face-to-face with the harsh relaites of urban life.”

    I was here too, and I stayed while I watched many folks flee for the ‘burbs…
    Do our new neighbors have
    the gumption and guts to stick out
    the roller coaster “good times bad times” in NYC… I’m not too sure when I read some of the posts… it would be great if they did… the city could use an infusion of compassionate, bright, creative and brave spirits… again…