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Biden resurrected the idea that segregation was "for their own good" and that Blacks were grateful for it.

Biden resurrected the idea that segregation was "for their own good" and that Blacks were grateful for it.

{{Quotebox-float|“I think the concept of busing … that we are going to [[integrate]] people so that they all have the same access and they learn to grow up with one another and all the rest, is a rejection of the whole movement of black pride, a rejection of the entire black awareness concept, where black is beautiful, black culture should be studied; and the cultural awareness of the importance of their own identity, their own individuality.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/read-the-transcript-of-the-october-1975-npr-interview-with-sens-joe-biden-and-edward-brooke</ref>}}

{{Quotebox-float|“I think the concept of busing … that we are going to [[integrate]] people so that they all have the same access and they learn to grow up with one another and all the rest, is a rejection of the whole movement of black pride, a rejection of the entire black awareness concept, where black is beautiful, black culture should be studied; and the cultural awareness of the importance of their own identity, their own individuality.”<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/read-the-transcript-of-the-october-1975-npr-interview-with-sens-joe-biden-and-edward-brooke</ref>}}

 

[[File:Baltimore rat infestations.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Baltimore rat infestations. ''Source: Baltimore Sun.'' Experts rank Baltimore "the fourth most corrupt city in the nation."<ref>https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/15-most-corrupt-cities-in-america-for-2018.html/</ref> Baltimore's last Republican mayor was elected in 1967, followed by [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s father, Thomas D'Alesandro who erected [[Confederate]] monuments.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-confederate-baltimore-20170822-story.html</ref>]]

[[File:Baltimore rat infestations.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Baltimore rat infestations. ''Source: Baltimore Sun.'' Experts rank Baltimore "the fourth most corrupt city in the nation."<ref>https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/15-most-corrupt-cities-in-america-for-2018.html/</ref> Baltimore's last Republican mayor was elected in 1967, followed by [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]]'s father, Thomas D'Alesandro who erected [[Confederate]] monuments.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-confederate-baltimore-20170822-story.html</ref>]]

{{See also|Democrat plantation|Democrat urban issues}}

{{See also|Democrat plantation|Democrat urban issues}}

"Urban America" became a [[dogwhistle]] for Democrat-controlled cities with large African American populations after the 1965 Civil Rights Act.  By 2020, seventeen of the twenty most violent cities in America had Democrat mayors, 2 had "Independent" mayors, and only 1 had a Republican.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/06/29/washington-post-only-17-of-20-most-violent-cities-are-run-by-democrats-so-trump-is-wrong/</ref> In most cases, the most violent cities had not elected a Republican mayor or Republican controlled city council in 50, 60, and 70 years.  The [[Democratic party]] became the norm, or system, in these urban enclaves.

"Urban America" became a [[dogwhistle]] for Democrat-controlled cities with large African American populations after the 1965 Civil Rights Act.  By 2020, seventeen of the twenty most violent cities in America had Democrat mayors, 2 had "Independent" mayors, and only 1 had a Republican.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/06/29/washington-post-only-17-of-20-most-violent-cities-are-run-by-democrats-so-trump-is-wrong/</ref> In most cases, the most violent cities had not elected a Republican mayor or Republican controlled city council in 50, 60, and 70 years.  The [[Democratic party]] became the norm, or system, in these urban enclaves.