Urban Planning, Community Development and the Systematic Abuse of African- American Communities

Urban Planning, Community Development and the Systematic Abuse of African- American Communities
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Download or read book Urban Planning, Community Development and the Systematic Abuse of African- American Communities written by Matthew Stelly and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, like all of my texts, offers critique and commentary of those institutions and cornerstone organizations that play pivotal roles in impacting upon the black community. Most books about these institutions are descriptive and consist of fluff pieces outlining the well-meaning "programs," and "projects" that are employed that are aimed at helping the disadvantaged but for some reason always fail. But of course, any failure is immediately attributed to the people and never to the institutions. In other words, those who are ghettoized are victimized twice: one for being victims and a second time for being stupid enough to believe that the system really gives a damn about them. This book, Urban Planning, Community Development and the Systematic Abuse of African-American Communities: Contextual Appraisal, Commentary and Critique, hopes to inspire and evoke change in the existing approaches, paradigms and praxis being created and promoted by urban planners, developers and contractors. It is because of these groups, following the decisions and "master plans" laid out by mayors and others, that have under-developed black communities all over America. With the help of handpicked lackeys and ministers, this is the best way to describe how on-going abject poverty has been perpetuated and maintained. The book consists of chapters made up of papers that I have written over the years. When combined I believe that this is about as comprehensive a work that has been written that addresses race, urban discrimination, code enforcement and related issues that deal with the on-going segregation and compartmentalization that continue to plague this society and as a result, continues to do harm to minority communities (ghetto, barrio, reservation) all over America. The first section, "The Social Aspects of Urban Renewal: From 1958 to 2012" is essentially a review of an article that provides the history of a program that did much harm to black areas in the name of "development." The second section, "Legal Aspects of Urban Planning," shows the role that laws have played in buttressing the segregation, redlining, steering, blockbusting, restrictive covenants and other ploys that were used to create and maintain the ghetto. Also in this section is important information on the role of zoning and code enforcement, and various "housing programs" that made tens of millions of dollars for developers and planners and left black communities oftentimes too weak to do anything but wander. The third sections deals with so-called "minority participation" in these various programs and how planning departments pimp and placate the masses through various "master plans" on their way to maintaining racial segregation. The target city is Omaha, Nebraska, a hick town that has bilked its black community of 50,000 out of just over $250 million dollars since 1975. . Section four is titled, "Keys to Empowerment," and defines the term "empowerment" because it is a buzzword that is often used by those who are encroaching (invading) black communities in the name of "development." Various long-term urban planning models will also be explained. The fifth and final section addresses what I call "anticipatory repudiation." In a nutshell, it is also known as an anticipatory breach, and is a term in the law of contracts that describes a declaration by the promising party to a contract that he or she does not intend to live up to his or her obligations under the contract." (Wikipedia, 2017). In this context the various cities that receive Federal funding and then refuse to do right by black communities are in violation and as a result should be "repudiated" by both the funding source as well as the neglected victims.


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