Jump in, the water’s fine

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Discussing “the end of white flight” from major cities including Boston, Seattle and San Francisco, with resulting proportional increases in whites, Wall St. Journal has this:

As neighborhoods grow more multicultural, conflicts over home prices, taxes and education are opening a new chapter in American race relations.

Welcome to Oak Park 30 years later.

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Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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One thought on “Jump in, the water’s fine”

  1. I think the race issue is actually more cultural- than color-based. I have more in common with people of any color who share my beliefs and background than I do with people who are my color, but who hate what I love.

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