Photo by Marc Sims
The Second
Great Migration of African Americans (Colored Negroes Blacks) ended in 1970. Since then African Americans, especially the
lower income African Americans have been hit hard by deindustrialization, Reaganomics, and mass incarceration, just to name three beat downs.
It was good
that are parents, grandparents, or great grand parents moved to Chicago for a
better life. It is also good if their descendants
want to leave Chicago for a better life. It is also good if their descendants want to stay in Chicago and create
a better life for themselves and their community. It’s all good.
A declining African
American (Black) population is not the problem, our challenge is to end the
distrust that most African Americans have for each other. If we can end that distrust, Chicago will have a smaller, but a more vibrant African
American (Black) community.
Marc Sims
Chicago
Since
2000, Chicago's black population has dropped by more than 250,000 people.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170914/near-west-side/census-white-black-hispanic-majority-minority-race-ethnicity-population-change-2016-2017-decline/?utm_source=South+Chicago-+East+Side&utm_campaign=b804e2e8bc-Mailchimp-CHI&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_27f8bbf613-b804e2e8bc-177651405
The economic costs of violence in Chicago
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/guns-and-dollars/economic-costs-violence-chicago
The economic costs of violence in Chicago
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/guns-and-dollars/economic-costs-violence-chicago
