Detroit News CyberSurveys

Zip:

Is the improvement in black/white relations permanent?

Is the current thawing in black/white relations in Metro Detroit (as measured by a January Detroit News/WDIV poll) likely to be permanent, even though many social scientists say such a scenario would be unprecedented? Why or why not?

Yes	33%	This poll has closed but your feedback is still welcome
No	66%	This poll has closed but your feedback is still welcome

Add your comments on this topic by clicking here

Posted: Mon. Jan. 14, 2002 at 5 :09 AM
From: andy v
City: hazel park, mi
E-mail: panimo@beer.com
Subject: segregation_easing
Comments: Ha! So whats the answer? Make rules forcing cities to intergrate? Thats as good as cultural imperialism! The fact of the matter is that there are no laws forcing cities to be segregated and if you ask any anthropologist he'll tell you that generation to generation our society gets better, its only natural for segregation to take longer to fade away than racism, so before we let political correctness get into this issue we should just be patient. Just because the neighbourhoods aren't changing faster doesn't mean that the people aren't.

Posted: Mon. Jan. 14, 2002 at 4 :16 AM
From: Richard Red Hughes
City: Troy, Mi
E-mail: Rednone@man.com
Subject: segregation_easing
Comments: All five question's lead to the same answer's. this is a hard question to answer, why, because perhaps I am white. a light skinned American, who burn's easy when in the sun. but i am called white. then there are those who are called blacks. Yhe same in one respect as I, some light and some real dark. If only we had some kind of glasses to make us all the same. If we are to get along, and end this segregation it is up to us. But i don't have that much time left. like the young people do. I think a good start would be to get the chip off of our shoulder's. do we have a chip on our sholder's? i think we do. let me explain, Most of us living here today are born American's. I could call me a German, Irish american. But I prefer just plain American. On the other hand, being black one thinks they should be called Afro, Black Americans. to me this seems to be a chip. So as i see it we need to come to some kind of understanding's that today most of us are Born American's. I don't know if my point has come over very clear, as i intended it to. I feel all of us are created equal in the sight of God. but some of us in this life has been dealt a bad hand, and a lot of healing needs to take place, and a lot has. We can make it work. but it will take all of us, and that is what we do not have at this time. But it is coming. Sometimes it has to be forced on us. I don't know if anyone but me can understand what I am saying. We have come a long way in the last 100 and some years, but we have a long way to go. I have been trying to love everyone regardless of race color creed. Sometimes it is real hard to love everybody. Event's like Sept 11, make it hard. we have to learn to seperate the good from the bad. Maybe Trusting in God will help make it work. Red from Troy

Posted: Sun. Jan. 13, 2002 at 9:43 PM
From: John Kusch
City: Westland, MI
E-mail: jtkusch@yahoo.com
Subject: segregation_easing
Comments: I think that people are starting to realize that we are all more alike than we are different. Once you get to know people of different races and nationalities you realize that they aren't that much different than yourself.