http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2009/06/17/whats-the-most-racist-city-in-missouri Comments On: What's the most racist city in Missouri? by CJ Janovy en-us Copyright 2013 Pitch. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Pitch readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Pitch. neilk@atiba.com (Pitch Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by robertt forester]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:50:02 -0500 Pitch Posted by Justice]]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:13:55 -0600 Pitch Posted by SimpleTruth]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:21:51 -0500 Pitch Posted by Dessica Albertson]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:59:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by Heide]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:44:00 -0600 Pitch Posted by robert]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:54:00 -0600 Pitch Posted by robert]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:52:00 -0600 Pitch Posted by robert]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:50:00 -0600 Pitch Posted by robert]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:48:00 -0600 Pitch Posted by alan]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:23:00 -0500 Pitch why would a person moving into this city with kids subject himself and his family to what's going on East of Troost

A former manager of mine moved here from Canada. He wasn't at all familiar with the city, and bought a house near 40th and Virgina.
Posted by Realist]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:11:00 -0500 Pitch
The first and main reason we chose the Kansas side over the Missouri side when moving here was for the schools.

If it was just my husband and I, we'd have looked at a place in KC.
Posted by Christina]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:42:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by I live on Troost]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:20:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by CJ]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:18:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by meesha.v]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:23:00 -0500 Pitch
As the population of the KC area expanded in the last 100 years, those extra people had to go SOMEWHERE.

Many of them chose (for varied reasons) to buy home in various suburbs.

Maybe they liked having a new home and a big yard on a quiet cul-de-sac without traffic racing thru; instead of aging houses with deteriorating plumbing and plaster, crammed together in the core of the city.

Maybe one of the other factors I previously mentioned was a motivator.

You seem to assume that unless they remained confined within the city limits of kcmo that MOST of them must be racists.

You argue the kc is THE most racist city in Missouri.

It is your broadbrush approach that is offensive, and it is racist.
Posted by TJ]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:23:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by smh]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:31:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by Mathee]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:24:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by CJ]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:14:00 -0500 Pitch
Maybe they didn't like:
KCMO's long history of political corruption
poor quality schools
noise and congestion
high levels of crime
high taxes (KCMO is one of the few cities in the country with it's own income tax)

CJ, are you saying that blacks caused those things?

Now THAT'S racist.
Posted by TJ]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:52:00 -0500 Pitch Posted by THC]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:30:00 -0500 Pitch
I never saw any actual cards, but I did notice that any black person walking down the street up there would be rapidly stopped and checked out by the local cops. Walking white people, for some strange reason, managed to avoid the same treatment.

Kansas City is just as racist as Selma or Birmingham or Little Rock - it's just better at keeping it covered up.
Posted by Realist]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:39:00 -0500 Pitch