Chicago people protest against Obama library, preferring city investment in neighborhoods

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

mainly this about the fear that the Obama library will be used to displace residents, similar to the 606 on the northside



and black workers also bringing up the 95$ million being used to open a police academy


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[datnigDASTARDLY]

Honestly, I think Obama would be pleased

 

[levitate]

I'll not mad at this.

 

[goatmane]

Federal government should paying the bill anyways

 

[EBK String]

a black president library being used to gentrify an historically black neighborhood

 

[I Really Mean It]

Why are they opposed to a library? Black people need to start placing more value on literacy in our community.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

i dont see why they cant have all of that library, police academy, and neighborhood investment if they spread the money. in the city i live libraries are a haven for community members and kids especially those on lower incomes. smh

 

[invalid]

Them nikkas are plants and getting paid by Friends of The Park to obstruct building of the library in Jackson Park. FOTP is pissed off because they don't have a seat at the table of decision making so they are trying to get the plans nixed like they did with the George Lucas Star Wars Museum.

FOTP is made up of cacs from the North Shore, who don't come down to the south side at all, trying to decide what's best for black south side residents. They have been launching south side "grassroots" organizations that they are funding to make it appear like there is all this opposition to the museum from black residents when it's not.

I personally worked on a campaign to get Jackson Park Golf Course and South Shore Country Club connected as well as restored so that it can be Chicago's only tournament quality course and FOTP has been nothing but bytches. They don't know shyt about the south side and they want decision making power.

 

[loyola llothta]

Samething happening in lil Haiti. Investment for art and culture for the community aka gentrifying

 

[loyola llothta]

Also thread title is sus

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Samething happening in lil Haiti. Investment for art and culture for the community aka gentrifying

Doesn't the community use the resources?

City libraries are a treasure trove. They got digital tech hubs now and even studio spaces in my city. But it's always like 100 Asians to 1 person of any other race in there. Folks be sleeping. You could shoot professional grade content there and even record in those spaces. Plus the study and work spaces.

I'm not versed on Chicago but I don't get why a Library is an obstacle... It has to be more to do with what it's taking away from.

 

[Ya' Cousin Cleon]

even if this is the case to act like the museum won’t be used to further gentrify the area is still a problem

I’m not for cacs meddling in our affairs

but to act like this isn’t gonna change the demographic of the neighborhood is disengeniois

Them nikkas are plants and getting paid by Friends of The Park to obstruct building of the library in Jackson Park. FOTP is pissed off because they don't have a seat at the table of decision making so they are trying to get the plans nixed like they did with the George Lucas Star Wars Museum.

FOTP is made up of cacs from the North Shore, who don't come down to the south side at all, trying to decide what's best for black south side residents. They have been launching south side "grassroots" organizations that they are funding to make it appear like there is all this opposition to the museum from black residents when it's not.

I personally worked on a campaign to get Jackson Park Golf Course and South Shore Country Club connected as well as restored so that it can be Chicago's only tournament quality course and FOTP has been nothing but bytches. They don't know shyt about the south side and they want decision making power.

 

[FlimFlam]

Ive been hearing about this....

Where exactly in the park is this going? That park big as hell and touches all kinds of neighborhoods that arent just working class

 

[AsTheWorldBurns]

I've yet to see a black person in real life say they don't want the library in Jackson Park. Hell, we need it for the jobs it will bring to immediate area alone.

 

[Losttribe]

i dont see why they cant have all of that library, police academy, and neighborhood investment if they spread the money. in the city i live libraries are a haven for community members and kids especially those on lower incomes. smh

They have tons of libraries all over that city.

That money is needed in urban programs that dont gentrify

 

[invalid]

even if this is the case to act like the museum won’t be used to further gentrify the area is still a problem

I’m not for cacs meddling in our affairs

but to act like this isn’t gonna change the demographic of the neighborhood is disengeniois

People have been talking about the gentrification of the south side for years. It's NOT a thing. The south side, in fact, lacks a lot of the things that become the catalyst for gentrification such as density.
If there has been any type of gentrification in the area, it has been middle-class professional blacks, replacing lower income blacks. Lower income blacks are being pushed to the formally middle class black south suburban suburbs.