Why is Milwaukee the nation's top segregated metro? One reason: Scott W.

[iwishiwas]

The MSM did a poor job in educating the public to Walker's deeds.

http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/why-milwaukee-nations-top-segregated-metro-one-reason-scott-w

Why is Milwaukee the nation's top segregated metro? One reason: Scott W.
Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:23pm |

In an article for Salon.com, Philadelphia journalist Daniel Denvir examines recent US Census data and reports that on a scale of 1 to 100 where 100 is complete segregation, Milwaukee's number is highest among all larger US urban areas, with a tally of 81.52. And former Milwaukee County Executive Walker is one of the factors, according to a UWM professor interviewed for the piece.

Excerpt:

Nationwide, blacks have been concentrated in the inner city, far away from where new jobs are created. Yet the case of Milwaukee is extreme: 90 percent of the metro area's black population lives in the city. Making matters worse, suburban whites are notably hostile to building any form of public transit to connect city people to suburban jobs, further exacerbating segregation's ill effects.

If you're wondering if this can somehow, some way, be blamed on union-busting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the answMKE red zoneMKE red zoneer is yes. Walker took the lead in a campaign against public transit to connect the suburbs to the city during his time as county executive. He thought the funds would be better spent on highways.

"There is virulent opposition in these exurban counties to any kind of regional transit system, particularly a regional rail system. There have been proposals over the years, but they're always DOA," says Levine. "Governor Walker's big issue as state representative and county executive was 'Over my dead body light rail,' and he fought with Milwaukee's mayor over funds for regional rail. He very much represents that suburban and exurban base."

More at Salon:




http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/03/29/most_segregated_cities

[Blue Owl]

1. The GOP has identified the enemy, and it is rail travel

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[calimary]

2. The GOP has identified the enemy and it's anybody BUT the koch brothers and their ilk.

If you're not a member of the Chamber of Commerce or the American Enterprise Institute or C Street or that ridiculous "Americans for Prosperity" or some such, you're just not worthy.

[HereSince1628]

3. I think historic redlining by realtors has been more a factor than the

lack of mass transit. People up here fairly openly supported segregation of blacks and hispanics until the late 1980s. That's a lifetime for some, but not long enough to solve the problem.

It's definitely true that Walker bought a home in a mostly white community that has mostly segregated its minorites on the town's east side. It's got such a reputation for race hatred that my black nursing students feared police while travelling from the college across town to the medical college.

[former9thward]

4. That theory fails very quickly when you find the other cities

which are the most segregated are all in the Midwest or Northeast. In fact nine of the top ten segregated cities are in the Midwest and Northeast. Milwaukee has been segregated since before Walker was even born.