The author is sadly right that the path we are on will take us to the state of affairs Detroit suffered. I grew up in the "black bottom" of Detroit. My father was a metro police officer there for many years. The racial situation there was such that police officers from outside Detroit were not allowed within the city limits on duty because the racism was so rampant that flint recieving a 1/4" more rainfall after a storm was "racially motivated." This led to my going to sleep to not only random small arms fire (my cat took a .38 through the guts when I was 3 and our garage did an amazing impression of swiss cheese) and ghetto blasters (boomboxes) but the police rolling up lights & sirens going to pick up the neighbors kids who made a living going across the Detroit city lines and snatching purses and then retreating to the "safety" of Detroit. My father was popular on the force as he was not one of the officers who would come on shift, park his cruiser and then wait for the end of his shift, he actually went out and did his job. He eventually took an early retirement because he did not feel that he could trust his life with the other officers he was forced to work with (thank you affirmative action, how else could excellent officer candidates be told to take a hike while others who could not even meet the requirements to be hired be welcomed with open arms on the sole basis of the color of their skin?) Their health benefits were also axed because of the practice of the black officers (no racism here, just the facts) to add on every neice nephew and cousin they could as dependants to take advantage of the city's once excellent health care plan. The corrupt Coleman Young was finally deposed and the city has started to make a comeback, I saw that the Joe Louis (always holds a special place in my heart) had a beautiful renovation and a computer company built a headquarters downtown and three casinos have opened their doors. No thanks to mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. My brother Michael who works for the Detroit Free Press has long specialized in uprooting political shenanigans engaged in a campaign which resulted in Mr Kilpatrick being brought up on several federal charges. He may be a stark raving mad liberal, but he done good!
People need to stand up and realize that racism goes both ways and put a stop to the shit these political shysters are pulling if we are to avoid a similar fate.