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In general, many blacks in this area are disproportionately new arrivals to the middle-class. Often they had to struggle to claw their way up the ladder. The rewards for this are things like big suburban homes, a nice car, nice clothes, etc, etc... Look at large African American churches on Sunday--people aren't arriving on bikes, instead there are a ton of shiny (and huge) SUVs.

I'm struggling with this. Since we are online it is hard to discern its meaning. Is this sugguesting that there are many blacks "east of the river" new to the middle class or are blacks "in DC" new to the middle class. IMO, neither is accurate.

I am glad the correction was made to the original post and it seems that other than Veronica's initial post, the only other person who seems to have it right is Anacostiafinest. They also happen to be residents "east of the river" which explains a lot. Also, while i agree with the perception angle, I think the belief that "what white people do" is one of the last reasons CabiShare lacks support. There is something to be said about things that "white people have access to" or "white people can afford" or "what white people like" that may affect our behavior HOWEVER this cabi thing isn't one of them.

On race: one thing we should have recognized during the last election is that the residents east of the river do not like to be told "because we like it, so should you." We like having an opinion.

Ironically, the current cabi locations are within the same area as the proposed streetcars. And here, many of our DC friends west of us are content with telling US why we should want them.

by HogWash on Jan 31, 2011 2:02 pm • link • report

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