The concentric circle of people that drive their cars into my local park, leave swisher sweet wrappers wherever, and trash the park is just a circle.
Also, they& #39;re almost exclusively black people. Breaks my heart and infuriates the hell out of me. There& #39;s no excuse for trashing a park. At all.
This is the flip side of our racial issues. People also have to act right and we need to be courageous enough to call it out.
I can get the idea of years of racism resulting in segregation and disinvestment, which results in trashy environments, which results in thinking it& #39;s OK to leave trash everywhere. But I don& #39;t know an actual solution to it other than call it out.
It& #39;s a reinforcing piece of segregation. Who would want to live in a literally trashy environment when they have the option to not? I had two plastic bags with me and filled them both up while walking through the park. I& #39;m not having that where I live.
I mean, someone left a used diaper on a f**king picnic table. GTFOH. Until we all feel comfortable just being frank and honest about egregious stuff like this that, tragically, cuts pretty clearly along racial lines, I don& #39;t see much overall progress happening.
Being honest about this side of things is an important part of the overall solution, and the "woke" white liberals ain& #39;t touching this. It& #39;s just "Sorry, I see now via shared cell phone videos that we& #39;re racist. I& #39;ll tweet about it, and feel guilty!" Thanks.
One of the things I love most about my park is that it& #39;s the rare place in Milwaukee where you see multiple races in one place. It also has all the amenities you& #39;d want, including quick access to a beautiful trail along the Milwaukee River. It& #39;s an absolute gem.
I pick trash up when I see it, which isn& #39;t that often. I know others do too. A few pieces of stray garbage are inevitable. A whole area full of trash - all near actual trash cans mind you - no I& #39;m not going to excuse that.
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