Joe Louis & Legacy Naming

[Danny]

Joe Louis was a transcendent figure: a real hero in sport and also in life. He should be honored for being a great black man, a legendary boxer, and an excellent and patriotic American.

Too bad that Olympia Entertainment is not going to name the New Red Wings Arena after a famous black boxer. When white folks built their properties thew will name it from whoever is white and famous or leave it as a corporate name.

You have to remember this. When White folks built Detroit, they named their places [[mostly) after famous white people.

When black folks took over Detroit and occupy its neighborhoods and turn most if it into instant blighted ghetto hoods, they would named it after famous black leaders.


White folks are slowly coming back to Detroit to contribute and commit to its regional infrastructure. Sooner or later. You will not see most famous African American names. Other than Martin Luther King Blvd, John Conyers Blvd, Berry Gordy Blvd, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Rosa Parks Blvd, William L. Bonner Blvd, and Rosa Parks Transit Center.