Comments on: Towards a New Vision of Detroit http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/08/02/towards-a-new-vision-of-detroit/ Intellectual discussions on pressing issues Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:30:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kspence http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/08/02/towards-a-new-vision-of-detroit/#comment-58 kspence Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:18:39 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=60#comment-58 the closest thing i've been able to find to detroit summer in baltimore is <a href="http://algebra.org" rel="nofollow">the algebra project</a>. in fact, if they have a chicago chapter you should get your son involved. parents can play a pivotal role--my politics come largely from my dad. but poor parenting doesn't have much to do with the problems today's youth face. it's a lot bigger than the parents... krisna i haven't been to the labor notes conference, but give me the dates, and if they coincide with my annual summer visit i'll fall through. i'm pretty sure that one of my mentors (adolph reed) goes though. if you're in kc you should check out the web dubois learning center. they're talking about building youth capacity by giving them the tools to be the media. the closest thing i’ve been able to find to detroit summer in baltimore is the algebra project. in fact, if they have a chicago chapter you should get your son involved. parents can play a pivotal role–my politics come largely from my dad. but poor parenting doesn’t have much to do with the problems today’s youth face. it’s a lot bigger than the parents…

krisna i haven’t been to the labor notes conference, but give me the dates, and if they coincide with my annual summer visit i’ll fall through. i’m pretty sure that one of my mentors (adolph reed) goes though.

if you’re in kc you should check out the web dubois learning center. they’re talking about building youth capacity by giving them the tools to be the media.

]]> By: Spedy http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/08/02/towards-a-new-vision-of-detroit/#comment-57 Spedy Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:48:40 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=60#comment-57 I thought about attending the Super Bowl in Detroit. Not sure if I'd been able to get into the "A-List" gigs, but I must say this. Dr. Spence, you and I are the Youth. We can make a change or, at least stir up the younger minds to build. I'm sure there is something in the Baltimore area. Isn't there a community there that's considered the richest black community per capita in the country? Development has to be there. As a native Chicagoan, I have some ideas that I believe I need to get brought about or at least put on the minds of some the Chicagoans. We currently have a state senator, Rev. Sen. Meeks, who wants to blame the Chicago Public School problem on the current mayor and the poor skilled teachers. I think he has serious flaws in his arguments. Particularly when he fails to mention the poor parenting. I thought about attending the Super Bowl in Detroit. Not sure if I’d been able to get into the “A-List” gigs, but I must say this. Dr. Spence, you and I are the Youth. We can make a change or, at least stir up the younger minds to build. I’m sure there is something in the Baltimore area. Isn’t there a community there that’s considered the richest black community per capita in the country? Development has to be there.

As a native Chicagoan, I have some ideas that I believe I need to get brought about or at least put on the minds of some the Chicagoans. We currently have a state senator, Rev. Sen. Meeks, who wants to blame the Chicago Public School problem on the current mayor and the poor skilled teachers. I think he has serious flaws in his arguments. Particularly when he fails to mention the poor parenting.

]]> By: Krisna Best http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/08/02/towards-a-new-vision-of-detroit/#comment-56 Krisna Best Thu, 03 Aug 2006 12:32:18 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/?p=60#comment-56 You know, its weird, I live in Kansas City, but I feel like Detroit is like a sister city because of the things they have both been through. KC was never as industrialized as Detroit, no city was, but they both walked a parallel development in terms of the breakdown of industry. After I saw Roger and Me, read Detroit: I Do Mind Dying, as well as read about CLR and Martin Glaberman's experiences in the city, I know that it has historically manifested some of the most advanced politics America has to offer. If I didn't live in KC, I would live in Detroit. It would be the closest to home I could feel in the Midwest. I'm planning on coming to the next Labor Notes conference next year. Do you ever attend? You know, its weird, I live in Kansas City, but I feel like Detroit is like a sister city because of the things they have both been through.

KC was never as industrialized as Detroit, no city was, but they both walked a parallel development in terms of the breakdown of industry.

After I saw Roger and Me, read Detroit: I Do Mind Dying, as well as read about CLR and Martin Glaberman’s experiences in the city, I know that it has historically manifested some of the most advanced politics America has to offer.

If I didn’t live in KC, I would live in Detroit. It would be the closest to home I could feel in the Midwest.

I’m planning on coming to the next Labor Notes conference next year. Do you ever attend?

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