MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
In America's most segregated city, some communities live with security, others in constant fear of violent crime.
By Noah Berlatsky, The Atlantic, Sept. 26, 2013
[....] Segregation is so ingrained, and so much taken for granted, that people, or at least white people, don't even notice it. A couple months ago, for example, Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn wrote an editorial in which he argued that, based on murders by population, Chicago isn't actually all that violent a city. And he's sort of right. Chicago can be thought of as a bunch of different cities, and some of them are quite safe. Unfortunately, some of them aren't. And a lot of effort goes into making sure that the folks who have to live in the less safe parts of Chicago don't trouble the sleep of the folks in the safe areas [....]
Comments
When I was last in Chicago, I walked what seemed to be about 14 blocks, in the early AM. and didn't see a need to have my trigger finger at the ready.
I take that back ... when I passed some darkened alleyways, I had a heightened sense of awareness, because you never know, who lurks there in the darkness, looking for an unarmed victim.
by Resistance on Fri, 09/27/2013 - 7:00pm