[Kngkyle]

Originally Posted by JK47

It's not just the racism on display in this post but just the casual nature of it that is shocking. To conclude, due to ignorance on your part, that no other reason exists for supporting this project OTHER THAN the race of the community it impacts is racist.

Furthermore, to declare that you are for "helping disadvantaged communities" but not when doing so "wastes" precious funds is not only racist but an example of how systemic racism is self-perpetuating. Yes, as it turns out, decades of racist policies that dictated how how the fabric of our community was laid out, in terms of infrastructure, funding, services, loans, etc, has had an impact. To the extent that making corrections and attempting to improve the local infrastructure is significantly more expensive and less convenient than bolting on projects to areas that were more..."fortunate"...in terms of how resources were allocated. Richer and whiter communities have had resources lavished on them for decades while other areas are neglected.

Penalizing neglected communities, by steering funds away from them, because the neglect has made improvements expensive is just utter bullshit.

I knew someone would come at me with this baloney. Others have already since responded with further evidence as to why this project makes zero sense and how the entire sales pitch for it revolves around race and nothing more. And while it may be partially funded by the federal government that doesn't make it any less of a waste of taxpayer dollars.