- Sep 12, 2009
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by Glen Ford
The disenfranchisement of Detroit and other largely Black cities in Michigan has gone so
well – for corporate and banking interests – former emergency manager Kevin Orr is
hiring himself out to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Orr’s next target: Atlantic City,
an ailing gambling town whose residents are overwhelmingly non-white. Seaside
property can be quite profitable – once you chase the poor folks out of town.
Christie and Orr – What a Team!
Detroit is right now preparing to evict 100,000 people from their homes for being
behind in taxes; that’s two and a half times the total population of Atlantic City. Detroit
authorities have cut off running water to 40 percent of the city, and are shutting the
valves on 3,000 homes every week. The United Nations calls that a “human rights
violation,” but its not even an issue for the Democratic Party or the First Black President.
Read more:
http://www.blackagendareport.com/node/14657
The disenfranchisement of Detroit and other largely Black cities in Michigan has gone so
well – for corporate and banking interests – former emergency manager Kevin Orr is
hiring himself out to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Orr’s next target: Atlantic City,
an ailing gambling town whose residents are overwhelmingly non-white. Seaside
property can be quite profitable – once you chase the poor folks out of town.
Christie and Orr – What a Team!
Detroit is right now preparing to evict 100,000 people from their homes for being
behind in taxes; that’s two and a half times the total population of Atlantic City. Detroit
authorities have cut off running water to 40 percent of the city, and are shutting the
valves on 3,000 homes every week. The United Nations calls that a “human rights
violation,” but its not even an issue for the Democratic Party or the First Black President.
Read more:
http://www.blackagendareport.com/node/14657
