Reply #20: when I lived in DC in the mid-eighties - the Metro system was [View All]

[salin]

partially in place - but the last "line" to go in (not in by '87) was the "green line" which went into much more communities that was less white than the other lines. Moreover - at least back the georgetown area did not have a metro stop anywhere near - why? The general consensus among those I worked with - was that the to "Toney" Gtown community there was no desire to make commuting easier to folks from the "less desirable" parts of the metro area.

My point is that this attitude of superficial concern - but not only no real reaction, but an actual aversion to makte access to one's own community - has not lessened much since the Jim Crow era - in many communities.

Will we ever, as a society, grow up?

And will we ever acknowledge the human tragedies allowed to unfold daily?