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So, to me, stuff like this sounds like BLM advocating for... something... beyond criminal justice and enforcement reform. https://i.imgur.com/ZogoUBp.png But I can't figure out what that something is, specifically. And I'd very much like to know, not just because it's an important subject, but becau...

The degree of self-segregation in all aspects of life, whether it be in education and housing, or social circles and media consumption, is a difficult barrier to surmount. ... One cannot explain the cycle of poverty in a 10 second soundbite in an impactful way, and the dominance of punditry doesn't...

Tevlin is actually pretty liberal, it is just that he is to the right of this board. You all know it is ok to criticize BLM, right? Lots of black people don't agree with elements of BLM. The central thrust of their goals are laudable, but a lot of what they do is poorly thought out, and their Minne...

I meant larger-scale proposals with regard to ongoing disparities and discrimination, not with regard to the Jamar Clark shooting.

So did I.

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Well, what is it, then? I can't find much hint of anything on the facebook page or twitter feed. Is it a secret?

but because it directed those things towards concrete ends This is untrue and I suspect that those "leading" BLM know a lot more about the civil rights movement than you do. They definitely know more than I do. "This is untrue"? Wait, what now? The Civil Rights movement wasn't m...

Also, has BLM actually united around a package of changes it wants to see? Jesus Christ, how many times does BLM have to answer this question? Yes. YES. They've even managed to get some of them. They're a bit more than aimless loudmouths. I meant larger-scale proposals with regard to ongoing dispar...

And what's the alternative? What you're saying is true of every democratic protest movement, rude or not. Many have been good fights anyway. Yeah, and what happened to most of those movements? They faded away and pretty much are forgotten today. The movement's not the objective. You need substantiv...

Pretty sure polite, quiet disagreement wouldn't have changed the Council's decision the way their real protest did, so in one very important sense it seems like BLM's methods have been very effective indeed. Except Tevlin is right that the stuff will probably get done anyway -- it's not like they'r...

Also, has BLM actually united around a package of changes it wants to see? Just because the grievances are valid doesn't mean its members have a monopoly on solutions -- e.g., I've heard Nekima Levy-Pounds, its most prominent member, actually endorse segregated schools for black and Hispanic kids, w...

I gotta disagree here -- blowing up council meetings doesn't accomplish much and pretty much accelerates BLM's spiral out of popular sympathy, which, as a practical matter, doesn't help BLM very much. Citing centuries of oppression doesn't make those practical consideration disappear. And using it a...

The problem here is that after decades of distrust, this was the absolutely predictable outcome of a black man getting shot by police in North. The individual officer may or may not have acted wrongly but the fact is that the system has acted wrongly for decades and this is what it has wrought. Agr...

he ESPN reporter ignored their (actually quite reasonable) request to maintain a single safe and private location for students of color in the midst of racially-charged turmoil, a request he not only refused to honor but openly mocked. Since when is showing hostility to a rude journalist "viol...

Of course Edina and Woodbury (and southwest Minneapolis!) should have more affordable housing. But if this complaint went through, would something like South Quarter at Franklin and Portland have been possible? That's a lot of affordable housing plopped in an RCAP, but I think its benefits outweigh...

And to help bring this discussion back around to gentrification, I suggest everyone read this blog post that FISHMANPET linked to: http://cityobservatory.org/whats-really-going-on-in-gentrifying-neighborhoods/ Here's a summary: gentrification doesn't displace people (demographics change through a na...

various stuff So a few things: first, I get where VAStationDude is coming from. At best, you can say that Cano's ward is divided on this issue, but she has so far pretty consistently sided people representing affordable housing industry interests. And the industry manages to snake down into the deb...

So wait, did the adopted plan include the fee-in-lieu provision? It's certainly not mentioned in the mayor's statement.

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the policy as adopted?

There's a little bit of horsetrading happening with the eastern border: school districts are funded through a property tax levy, and the northern cutout includes Southdale, so that gives the Richfield a little bit of a financial boost. In exchange, Richfield also takes the southern cutout containing...

Actually, I might be able to get a better version made with all this information on one map (and maybe affordable projects marked too) -- I'll post that if I can.

Here's a fun activity related to Edina affordable housing. Here's a map of the Richfield School District: http://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/maps/SchoolDistricts2015/sd0280.pdf Here's a map of the Edina city borders: http://edinamn.gov/edinafiles/files/About_Edina/Maps/2014%20Edina%20City%20Map%20Sideb_4F...