When a white rancher that thinks the idle negro was better off as a slave gets involved.

Curious, how do you read that article and get "another example of white America ****ing over black America. " ?

The article is talking about Pagedale a city that is 93% black, 6 out 6 city counsel positions are black, black mayor, and black police chief.

The article I posted was a summary of a much larger article I didn't think anyone would want to read but me. Pagedale isn't the only city doing this, it's widespread over STL Co.

The Mayor and City Council have no power over this. Using Ferguson as an example, The Mayor takes home 5k per year and the City Manager was taking home 120k per year. The Mayor is worthless, the City Manager's are responsible for setting this up and I'm willing to go out on a limb and say that most of them are white.


The Ferguson City Manager got canned for this practice of excessive fines.

BS The city council and mayor enact the city ordinances. They have complete control as to what ordinances are on the books.

ATC can you provide a link to your second quote so this guy can look dumb?

Yeah please give a link that city managers pass ordinances.

Google 'city manager sets fee schedule' real quick. I think you'll be surprised by the results.

Not really, The City Council and Mayor have the power to make, remove change city ordinances and the city manager. If they want to pass an ordinance giving up that or delegating that power to a city manager they can. They still set maximum and minimum fines in which the city manager is to operate. They have the power to run the city.

But again how is it racist where all towns in this area follow the practice, including those that are all black controlled? It makes it a financial survival thing and not a racial one. I would hope that the all black controlled towns are smart enough to recognize a racist ordinance and take action.

That many do is kinda the point.

The article was about Pagedale and My point is that you can't call the ordinances in Pagedale racist.

Just because there are black people in charge doesn't mean the affects can't have an outsized impact on minorities and be racist. Would you say the war on drugs isn't racist because Obama is president?

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...artment-report


I can and will.

Black people being "in charge" doesn't mean the laws aren't racist.


Dive in if you want to see how widespread it is.

To clarify he quoted things in Pagedale and blamed white people, do you agree?

So you think this practice, which he claims to be widespread, can't be racist because one town has black leadership?

EAT
SLEEP
DENY RACISM EVER EXISTS
REPEAT.

Blacks can recognize and deal with racist laws. I think that cities are cash strapped and need revenue and that enforcing ordinances brings in revenue, nothing in the article indicated that there was a racist enforcement. The fact that the bottom 25% income bracket can't pay fines is not new and an economic issue.

The laws are controlled by a black city council, if they are racist whose fault is it if they are racist? In addition you did not answer the question how do you blame White people for the laws in Pagedale? Though I do not see how city ordinance on grass weeds etc are racist, in fact the mayor indicated the vast majority of her 93% black city approve of these laws.

Nothing I quoted is from Pagedale. The article is about Stl Co.

Btw how fast did you race over to Pagedale's homepage and check on the racial makeup of the city council? Because it mentions nothing about it in the article.

edit: oh wait, i did. The article is still about Stl Co.

Sagging pants, ****ty yards, and basketball hoops are rampant in white neighborhoods. Ok, bro.

Really? Almost everything from the St Louis Dispatch is from Pagedale. The ordinances you cited has a linked to Pagedale ordinances.

Saggy pants is more a generational thing and yes I believe there are a ton of basketball hoops in white suburbs and a lot of time they push them out to the street.

LOL this dude

Like I always say, it's about the culture. Many white parents either don't care or are simply incapable of raising nonracist children.

Gee, I wonder if we check on who actually pays fines for these "non-racist" city ordinances whether we find out they are disproportionately levied on black people.

Lol, come on, the ordinances don't mention race, so they can't be racist.

More like we need to blame white people for the stuff black cities pass.

Oh, and this place is a black city just by accident?