But not all were Republicans basically making them racist none the less.

So what you're saying is Blacks are responsible for Detroits downfall?

Interesting, considering Democrats are the ones who love to use the race card, as you just did. It's always about party when race is involved. At least according to Democrats.

So what you are saying is that you spoke to every person in Detroit, you saw with your own eyes and heard with your own ears how everyone who left was because of racism and not necessarily because of the policies? Are you stating that Blacks don't know how to run a city? Are you saying without Whites cities will crumble? I'm curious, why did you chose to change this into a race issue when the article was about policies? As many here said, if the fact that race was what made people leave then wouldn't this have had a similar effect on onther cities and states?

Do you have anything to say about the policies themselves or is avoiding the errors another Democrat strategy?

I have to hand it to Democrats, they have really, effectively twisted the race issue around in their favor over the years so that many, especially and surprisingly minorities believe don't believe the truth of it anymore. It goes to show entitlements trump history. IMO it would be like the Jews believing Nazis have their best intrest at heart today. Maybe a little strong, but you get the gist.

I related party to racism first but you did not waste any time to claim it was the Republicans who were the racist. But here is my curiosity. Before these "Black" people caused this "white flight" issue to happen, please tell me were there more Black people or White people in Detroit when Democrats were voted in the 1960s? Because the more I think about it the more I wonder if this happened during the 60s and if the population was mostly White and they decided to leave due to the Black polulation growing and Democrat were in the Gov't, wouldn't that make them mostly White Democrats?

So far all my research shows that Detroit was mostly White during the 60s and 70s but eventually became even or less after that. Seems to me that for at least 15 years Democrats were voted in by a population either mostly White or of a large percentage. Of course I could be wrong.

Makes you wonder why he left then too.

He is probably doing a lot of childish things.  If Lucas had not already re-incarnated himself, I would swear his was now Mumblefratz.

Where's the beef?

It's what's for dinner!

It's sad what has happened to Detroit. I'm glad I got the hell out of Michigan and moved back to my wife's home-state of Tennessee.

Marv

Draginol never tires of orienting unions to entitlements and therefore all of whom are lazy, spoiled bastards. God forbid that anyone should want better healthcare and wages. 

I'm all for that Stevendedalus, but one must also recognize there is a fine line when the Union has more control over the company than really the execs who are hired to run the company.  The UAW has served it's purpose and needs to relinquish some of it's power and leeching off the dying company.  My Uncle (who works for Chrysler) complained to me about being sent home and told to take a week off even though he was still getting 2/3 of his salary while being off.  In most industries you go home with a severence paycheck (if you are lucky) and he essentially gets put on a type of leave where he still makes most of his salary.  He is being paid by the company to not work!!  Don't tell me these people are hurting like the rest of the working class.  I have many friends who is only getting by on odds and ends type of jobs just to make it each month and others who aren't because they've been laid off.  Many have moved back in with their parents (their whole family of 7 in one case).  In the case of the UAW I have to agree with Draginol about the union.  They've become spoiled fat leeches.  Unions can be just as greedy as them evil corporations but because they contribute to the DNC you won't hear that from them will ya?

if that was all it was Steven, then Unions would not have sucked their hosts dry like leaches.  Once they forgot they had a symbiotic and not a parasitic relationship with the companies, they lost all sight of benefits for the workers and became just another special interests that do not give a damn about the worker, only their own power.

There is simply no rational argument—you’re either for or against unions. The sucking action you heard is coming from both sides. Management wanted and got enormous productivity while willing to pay for it. The symbiosis came to an end when imbalanced trade came to our shores, and Reagan worked a deal with southern governors guaranteeing that no unions would make inroads in auto factories built by foreign companies. I do agree, however, that unions long delayed in making adjustments to the realities. It showed me that they have lost sight of priorities and why I no longer believe in unions. Instead liberals should be pushing for a viable bill of rights for labor.