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Craig Ranch North Community Pool, the northern Texas swimming facility where police were called to break up a disturbance during the weekend, is in a city that was at the heart of a housing desegregation lawsuit in 2009. The pool is on the predominantly white west side of McKinney, Texas, where several African-American teens attended a pool party Friday to celebrate the end of the school year.
The Inclusive Communities Project, a Dallas housing and civil rights advocacy organization that grew out of a 1990 housing discrimination lawsuit filed in Texas against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, brought actions against the city of McKinney and the McKinney Housing Authority Aug. 18, 2009, after officials rejected a proposal to construct affordable and low-income housing on the west side.
Since the settlement, an application sponsored by ICP and the McKinney Housing Authority received tax credits for a 164 unit development on the west side of McKinney in 2013, Daniel & Beshara said. In 2014, the McKinney City Council passed a resolution supporting a second low-income housing project on the west side.
But those victories in housing equality advocacy for ICP have not alleviated tensions over racial segregation. Craig Ranch North Community Pool is part of a large, upscale subdivision with a centrally located town center and shopping district. While it is a predominantly white community, some of its amenities appear to be inclusive of minorities. The communitys indoor and outdoor sports training center was founded by African-American Olympic gold medalist and world record sprinter Michael Johnson.
http://www.ibtimes.com/mckinney-north-texas-city-center-pool-party-video-controversy-was-sued-over-housing-1955995
i guess the racist adults screaming at black kids to get out didn't have a problem with black people putting money into the community to build up the city .
Egnever
(21,506 posts)That cop had better be fired though. He was way more dangerous than any "situation" he was called for.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)the two other cops had not pushed him out of the way and stepped in front of him before he could shot a child.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)That guy was out of control for a long period. I actually think the crowds restraint may have saved someone from getting shot. I am not sure I could have been a witness to that.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)There were cops saying get down and get over there and it was difficult to figure out who they were talking to.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)gwheezie
(3,580 posts)Or rather what the majority of the country wants. The majority of the country has been convinced its PoC, women, poor, gay etc that threaten their well being. They want their country back and blame the changing demographic for the demise of their delusional system This is going to get uglier I believe.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)And if it still is it won't be for long.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/whites-becoming-the-minority-among-u-s-population-under-five
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)I had a long conversation with one of my siblings and 2 nephews. In many ways the 2 younger ones were light years ahead of me and my brother. Part of it was due to their time in iraq and Afghanistan. One of them said he saw tribal warfare taken to an extreme and was looking forward to this country having a minority majority. Both thought it was the right direction. When my brother worried about more and more people speaking Spanish here both nephews said so what, we'll just learn Spanish. Both said they made several Muslim friends while in the mid east and weren't worried about sharia law. So they are the future, the country is changing and no one can stop it.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Not anywhere near the majority anymore though.
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)That will change.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)Their take on the minority majority is significant because it does not embody one color ruling over all others. I so look forward to that day. In the mean time we are going to have to get our kids through today. Alive, educated and secure.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)These sorts of social conditions are the reason for such a strong divide in communities.