Considering a building rehab project in Mexicantown, Need input.

[DetroitPlanner]

Nowhere in his post did he imply that in any way, shape, or form.

Lets see....

"Will the place likely get scrapped again before it gets rented? Do ya think the tools would get stolen out from under us?
Is there much gang activity there? Are a couple of friendly white guys trying to fix up some blight likely to have much trouble?"

Maybe I am reading too much into this. Maybe I am not. Maybe in his mind white=rich?

[aj3647]

Lets see....

"Will the place likely get scrapped again before it gets rented? Do ya think the tools would get stolen out from under us?
Is there much gang activity there? Are a couple of friendly white guys trying to fix up some blight likely to have much trouble?"

Maybe I am reading too much into this. Maybe I am not. Maybe in his mind white=rich?

So now using the word "scrapped" comes with an implied racial connotation?

Let me ask you this, if a black person looking to move to a neighborhood in or near Howell asked a similar question, i.e. "would a black person have a problem here" [[given the area's history as the epicenter of the Michigan KKK), would you deem the question it to be racist? No you wouldn't, and please don't pretend otherwise.

It's not racist to acknowledge the reality that being a certain race in a certain area might make you stand out in a way that will attract "unwanted" attention. And that obviously cuts both ways. You and I both know that there are some areas of Detroit where a white person walking around is going to attract some attention, and not of the good variety. Don't be naive. Just ask the family of that white Australian guy who tried to be a landlord in the hood and got a bullet to the head for his efforts.

[DetroitPlanner]

So now using the word "scrapped" comes with an implied racial connotation?

Let me ask you this, if a black person looking to move to a neighborhood in or near Howell asked a similar question, i.e. "would a black person have a problem here" [[given the area's history as the epicenter of the Michigan KKK), would you deem the question it to be racist? No you wouldn't, and please don't pretend otherwise.

It's not racist to acknowledge the reality that being a certain race in a certain area might make you stand out in a way that will attract "unwanted" attention. And that obviously cuts both ways. You and I both know that there are some areas of Detroit where a white person walking around is going to attract some attention, and not of the good variety. Don't be naive. Just ask the family of that white Australian guy who tried to be a landlord in the hood and got a bullet to the head for his efforts.

This area has plenty of white people living in it. All sorts of people live here from all sorts of ethnic backgrounds. To equate it to Howell or to the point I was trying to make shows your naivete.

He was the one pointing out he was white and going to Detroit and had concerns. He was the one questioning trouble. I may have not given a liberal approved politically correct answer but my intention was to point out don't think that only blacks [[remember he was concerned as he was a white guy looking to go into Detroit) will give you trouble. You have to watch out for character in Detroit, not color.