Quote Originally Posted by ridgeabilly View Post
For those who still have the inclination and ability to read, there are two books that inform one regarding the factors that led up to the so called riots and Detroit's decline - " Arc of Justice " by Kevin Boyle and Sugrue's" The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit " . When Snyder says things in the press like " Detroit's problems started in the 1950's " it exemplifies that fact that we set the bar so low when electing our leaders. The one tough nerd took lots of business classes, but he skipped the urban studies.
Urban Studies is based on what some academic thinks WAS. The nerd is thinking of what should BE.