What's The Matter With Low Income Black Neighborhoods?

 

What's the matter with Black neighborhoods?

Lack of enough income?

Black (African Americans) residents spending too much money outside of their neighborhoods?

Other Americans not spending money in Black neighborhoods?

Something else?

Marc Sims

Chicago

 

Marc Sims is a lifelong Chicagoan obsessed with presenting information that will reduce neighborhood crime.

 

What it means when movie theaters in Black neighborhoods close

The shuttered Showplace Icon theater in the South Loop (Chicago) will reopen, but other long-closed movie theaters in Black neighborhoods have yet to find a second life.

By  Alden Loury | WBEZ

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/12/07/movie-theaters-close-black-neigborhoods-alden-loury

Make C-SPAN Videos

 

I don't read as much as I should, but I enjoy watching C-SPAN videos. You can watch C-SPAN videos and make video clips. Here are a few of mine. 

 

 

Divergent Thinking & Education

Our inherent genius is schooled out of us.

Ruha Benjamin is  author of Imagination: A Manifesto

C-SPAN clip by Marc Sims   

https://beta.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/user-clip-divergent-thinking-education/5143945

 

 

The Trashing of Higher Education

Why are high educators so liberals?

Patricia A. McGuire

President Trinity Washington University

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5143815/user-clip-trashing-higher-education

Police killings & Myside Bias 

Steven Pinker cognitive psychologist and author of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters.

C-SPAN clip by Marc Sims

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5143828/user-clip-police-killings-myside-bias

The Reality of Rural America

Miami University (Ohio) Professor Steven Conn talked about his book, The Lies of the Land, in which he argued that the reality of rural America today is vastly different from the way it is often portrayed by politicians and the media.

C-SPAN clip by Marc Sims

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5144842/user-clip-reality-rural-america

Marc Sims

Chicago 

https://www.c-span.org/quick-guide

Too much Time On Social

 

I asked Google; does Marc Sims spend too much time on social media?  Here is the answer.

The formatting issues is not my fought.  

 

Google AI Overview


Here are some signs that you might be addicted to social media:
 
• You spend too much time on social media: You spend a lot of time thinking about or planning to use social media, and you check it frequently throughout the day. 
• You use social media to escape: You use social media to avoid personal problems or to cope with stress and discomfort. 
• You have trouble reducing your use: You try to reduce your social media use but are unsuccessful. 
• You feel restless or anxious when you're not using social media: You feel agitated or anxious when you can't access social media or when you're away from your device. 
• Social media negatively impacts your life: Social media interferes with your real-life connections and negatively affects your job or studies. 
• You're seeking validation: You continuously monitor your likes, comments, and shares, and you compare yourself to others. 
• You're posting compulsively: You feel like you have to post, or you plan your posts in advance. 
• You're upset when your posts aren't appreciated: You get upset when your posts aren't well-received online. 

 

 

 I need to spend more of my valuable time reading books.

 

Marc Sims

Chicago