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I’ve recently been thinking about disparities in wealth between “white families” and “black families” in the context of both a documentary I just saw (Race: The Power of an Illusion) and in planning to buy our first home. Obviously, this is not our main concern (that would be money), but we are somewhat deciding between a put-together tiny house in a desirable town (very integrated) — not necessarily in the best part of this town, but not a bad street by any means– and a large, needs some work home in a less trendy (read: integrated)area. I keep thinking about how much more money the large house will be worth once it has had some (relatively low key) work done to it. AND its on a very nice street. Diversity is not a huge factor here, because both places are relatively diverse. For me, the main thing is: do we go for easy or do we go for a potentially better investment that could assist in our son’s future?
Good column on the myth of the gay lifestyle by LZ Granderson. None of the gays and lesbians I’ve known have been different from anyone else. I work at a Southern university and it has been interesting to see the gradual increase in acceptance of the LBGTQ students, faculty and staff.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/06/granderson.gay.lifestyle/index.html?hpt=C2
@E: I like the bluntness of the article you posted. I’m always surprised at how many people think that LGBTQ folks have some kind of unified “weird” culture or lifestyle. Lots of people are totally shocked that my best friend– a gunslinging, registered-Republican, cattle-herding Texan– is a lesbian (“No way! She’s not gay! She voted for McCain!”). Someone even told me that I was too “normal” to be bisexual (this still makes me chuckle).
@Montclair Mommy: I don’t know a lot about house-buying, but I know my parents and I lived in a “fixer-upper” house for much of my childhood. We would put in a few hours of work every weekend (toddler me “helped” until I was old enough to actually make a contribution beyond getting paint on the cat). And the investment paid off.