The poor in America are punished by the Democrat Party in many ways. A disproportionately high proportion of the poor are Black.
This is not a political blog.
When I was young in San Francisco, the black population was 11%, today it is 3%. Then there was a thriving Black scene with black music, food, churches and community life. I enjoyed it. Today, the remaining parts are desolate, dangerous and hopeless.
I was the business manager of a black church for 13 years and created a park for street people-winos, most of whom were black. The park was destroyed by the City politics. Diane Feinstein was mayor. I went to many black parties and could understand black English and speak a little of it.
I played a role in getting blacks on the police force in high proportions and similarly in the fire department. Blacks were never given decent promotions in either department. I once got an article in the New Yorker, by Jeffrey Toobin, absolving a rising black officer, falsely charged. The racist persecution ended promptly.
The municipal bus service in San Francisco, was a good source of black jobs. The top management was and is terrible, with poor political oversight, making the bus service, heavily used by blacks, a total failure.
Since 1965 the control of the National Democrat Party has passed from the Dixiecrats to Unions. Unions have meant that public schools are totally inadequate for black children.
Let's start with a direct assault on blacks by the local San Francisco Democrat Party. Menthol cigarettes are banned in San Francisco. Nearly all menthols were smoked by blacks.
All low income sources of retail and fast food has been banned or driven out of San Francisco. Banned: Walmart, an urban haven for blacks.
Vast urban renewal destroyed black neighborhoods and drove most blacks out of the City. Drive-in food has been zoned against: McDonald's, Popeye's, Burger King, KFC and others.
Low income housing was and is the most corrupt City department with the result being stolen funds for repair and maintenance. The Department of Public Works is now the most corrupt. Was a source of black jobs.
The highest minimum wage laws of any major city are in force in San Francisco. Fewer part-time jobs for blacks.
Zoning has long been against industry even in desolate parts of the City. A major source of jobs for blacks. Open government hostility to all shipping and the port industry; another source of black jobs. Open discrimination against Home Depot and Lowes, more loss of black jobs. The only location allowed for either was much too small to be successful.
Aggressive legal destruction of gas stations with lower prices and extensive favoritism for bicycles with bicycle lanes only to non-black neighborhoods.
Laws and zoning that drove out an extensive network of second hand stores with especially harsh rules against children's toys.
I can't ignore the Democrat national policy of getting rid of 'Pay-day-loan' businesses. Almost 100% used by blacks. This isn't such a big issue because these networks are built into the black community and just migrated away from business outlets. Now it's more expensive for blacks. I personally ran a similar operation for my black fellow soldiers in the Army. Everyone repaid every loan at the next pay day and borrowed again immediately.
And the worst anti-black policy: aggressive school busing in a very geographically small city. Busing drove whites out of the City. The population in low income neighborhoods were replaced with Chinese, Filipinos and other Asians. I played an active roll in school busing, as a liberal, and I have publicly apologized many times.
All of this in a Democrat run and controlled city. with figurehead black officials far out of proportion to their local population.
The Democrat Party is hard on the poor and especially poor blacks.
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