[zeestephen]

Re: “Chicago has a lot of areas that are almost entirely black — the result of decades of deliberate policies of racial segregation.”

Bunk!

Both sides of my family lived within a few blocks of the University of Chicago from 1900-1960.

We were the only Germans in an overwhelmingly Irish neighborhood.

In 1960, all four of my grandparents gave up on the place they had lived their entire lives and moved to the suburbs.

Because their old neighborhood was being overrun by Blacks and the crime rate that comes with them.

[Petruchio]

In 1960, all four of my grandparents gave up on the place they had lived their entire lives and moved to the suburbs.

Because their old neighborhood was being overrun by Blacks and the crime rate that comes with them.

In 1961 my (late) neighbors did the same thing . . . for the same reasons. Funny thing, I know for a FACT that at least 2 of them were made members of the "Chicago Outfit".