This celebrated local book is probably too high brow for scumbag TKC readers but it's worth considering for those who haven't read it yet and can handle words without pictures that aren't written by talk show hosts or online pundits.
The author's recent social media forward on this review . . .
"In a year when systemic racism, racial covenants, and our city’s (and nation’s) history with them felt more relevant that ever."Read more:
Revisiting 'The King of Kings County' - KC STUDIO
Housing discrimination, as practiced for years by the J.C. Nichols Company, is one of the many issues highlighted by recent Black Lives Matter protests in Kansas City. Now, with the historic decision to rename the J.C.
Goddamn. It was decades ago, stfu. Dickless virtue signaling beta male.
ReplyDelete🤔 He wrote for Slate, NPR, and the Washington Post? Think I'll clip my toenails rather than read his book.
ReplyDeletelast 10 years have been shit bro.
ReplyDeleteand i wouldn't hesitate saying that to your face.
ReplyDeletePembroke/Hill lifers are the worst.
ReplyDeleteHousing restrictions went away a long time ago. Minorities have been free to move into those areas for decades. They haven't. Personal choice, not de facto segregation.
ReplyDelete"In a year when systemic racism, racial covenants, and our city’s (and nation’s) history with them felt more relevant that ever."
ReplyDeleteWHITE MALE
WEALTHY SOCIETY-CLASS UPBRINGING
PRIVATE The Pembroke Hill School EDUCATION
PRIVATE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Suffering the pangs of LIBERAL WHITE GUILT from the safety of a big house in a nice neighborhood, never having to worry about paying the bills.
Yep! KC needs advice from this guy.
I've known Terrell is a social way on and off for many years, and I used to live by him. He's a nice guy but he's one of those TOO nice white people who is full of white & privileged guilt. Spineless and a wuss, but he's a pleasant person to be around. His principles though are shaped by elite university values which are not real world values.
ReplyDeleteAttack the messenger much?
ReplyDelete+1000! It's always interesting to read comments by those who have no clue and haven't picked up a book since they dropped out of high school.
ReplyDeletewell read or not, it is easy to see this guy is all about the white guilt - go sell crazy someplace else...
ReplyDeleteIf you want to piss Corn Husker fans off then name Cleaver Blvd, Malcolm X Blvd
ReplyDeleteIs Terrell a homosexual? He has that look.
ReplyDeleteNo. You'll have to pursue someone else.
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