{"id":103187,"date":"2020-08-03T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=103187"},"modified":"2020-08-03T16:29:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:29:53","slug":"blm-issues-series-of-demands-from-businesses-in-louisville-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=103187","title":{"rendered":"BLM issues series of demands from businesses in Louisville neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another example of the crazy times in which we live, this time coming from Louisville’s NuLu neighborhood. It seems that this part of town has been gentrifying for the last several years. Here’s how Google describes the area;<\/p>\n

The hip, affluent East Market District, also known as NuLu, is a dining hub with eateries spanning upscale New American cuisine to casual BBQ, plus stylish bars pouring craft beer and bourbon. Shops sell vintage clothing, women\u2019s fashion, gourmet eats or restored furniture. Contemporary galleries stay open late for the monthly First Friday Hop street party, with art shows, live music, shopping and street food.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why would BLM take issue with an area of town improving by most objective measurements? We’re told that moving back into the major cities is good. It’s even supposed to be great for the environment.<\/p>\n

BLM says;<\/p>\n

The residents of Louisville, Kentucky are standing strong, educated, and together to express the destruction your business has caused to low-income communities, specifically those with majority Black residents. We therefore demand representation and reparations in the NuLu business district of Louisville for the gentrification that has taken place. The policies and processes of the revitalization of NuLu has displaced marginalized people from homes their families have often resided for generations, single-handedly progressing the gentrification of Black neighborhoods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why are they against gentrification?<\/p>\n

Gentrification is a palatable term that sugar coats one more aspect of an oppressive system targeted at Black Folx<\/em> [sic] for 400 Years. <\/em>(Emphasis theirs)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a six-page Marxist screed<\/a> filled with veiled racism, BLM makes a series of demands on local businesses. After a business owner signs a statement (a contract, in front of a witness) accepting responsibility for many slights in the neighborhood against black people (that they likely had absolutely nothing to do with), they’re told;<\/p>\n