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Published 9 years ago by AdelleChattre with 1 Comments
by AdelleChattre
9 years ago 1

The Baton Rouge flooding proves just how little coastal elites care about the rest of America

This is what decades of poverty, corruption, and abandonment found in many majority-black cities throughout the Midwest and South looks like. By Sarah Kendzior.

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    A Milwaukee native, McFadden goes on to describe the problems facing what she calls “rust belt communities:” a lack of reliable transportation and jobs, widespread racism, segregated neighborhoods, and broken trust between citizens and police.

    The ever-present socio-economic angle.

    Great article.

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