Well, at lease these minorities aren't killing, burning and driving out the whites, like the whites did to the Natives of this land.
Sorry, but when there are complaints of neighborhoods changing, I feel no sorrow. 1) given the history of this country and 2) (which is much more relevant) how the majority of the time, it changes for a reason - that reason is;
it was asked to change, usually by new neighbors.
In my neighborhood, there has been a huge jump in home robberies. And, the majority of the new people in my neighborhood are white - not black. We have always had black people in the area - even projects - but, this latest spike in robberies are committed by whites. Usually white kids who use to live in Manhattan or Brooklyn up until 5 years ago, that can no longer afford the rent. So, they move into Queens. With their bed bug ridden furniture, they are bringing their drug appetites as well. And, illegal drugs can be quite expensive. So, they resort to stealing to keep their habits up. I guess mom and dad got tired of sending money to live a chic life of partying, drugs and being all urban?
Now, these white kids who are stealing for their drugs aren't the only ones committing crimes. We have drug turf wars as well! Just a month ago, a crew of dealers started gunning one another down a few blocks from where I live. And, they were black.
Oh, and here is the kicker - these white kids were not born and raised in NYC,.. they moved out here from the midwest, west coast and south. Growing up in Queens, I did not see this type of violence occurring. And, of course there were plenty of black people here - I even lived in the same projects for a short time when I was younger. But, these turf war shoot outs did not occur. These home robberies by addicts, did not occur.
All of this is from a demand - and that demand is established by,... tada,... white folk in my neighborhood. This does not make the drug dealers innocent, or people "just trying to get by". They are guilty of committing crimes as well.
But, to think that non-whites moving into a white area drives up crime, well, I don't see that. I had black neighbors for quite a while - and, I've never seen this type of crime occur,.. up until the white kids moved in.
For the most part, living in a very diverse neighborhood was OK. We had a wide mix of every culture, race, creed and society. And, things were just fine - because everyone just wanted to work and live life.
Queens is the most diverse place on Earth,...
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...laces-earth-new-figures-show-article-1.430744
,... and we got along just fine, until strung out druggies from the "better" parts of the US started showing up trying to be bohemian and urban. This didn't happen at the rate it does now when Mexicans, Brazilians, Croatians, Greeks, Italians, Jamaicans, Haitians, Pakistani, Egyptians and Turks showed up. The problem came from the very 'victims' that claim this kind of diversity is 'taking over this country'.