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>> the same difference. racist, occasional rationalist, these guy laments the time where neighborhoods were black. i grew up in central harlem and i don't lament those days. i got the heck out. we blacks used to complain about white flight, whites are coming back to the cities, they want diversity, it is good. >> white people are moving -- >> they can't win, can they? >> minority areas. does that say -- >> you would think that diversity -- >> when the rent started going up, that is why they love -- >> is it racist? what do you think? >> i think the way to answer that question if a white person...

>> the same difference. racist, occasional rationalist, these guy laments the time where neighborhoods were black. i grew up in central harlem and i don't lament those days. i got the heck out. we blacks used to complain about white flight, whites are coming back to the cities, they want diversity, it is good. >> white people are moving -- >> they can't win, can they? >> minority areas. does that say -- >> you would think that diversity -- >> when the rent started going up, that is why they love -- >> is it racist? what do you think? >> i think the way to answer that question if a white person...

First of all, last night i spoke at pratt institute. i was invited to speak there for black history month. and people there have a very short memory. there's a thing called white flight where with the decay of urban cities, white americans left these cities. flee away from taxing, crime, whatever. and went to suburbia. it followed them. they said why are we spending three hours a day on the long island expressway? let's move back into these cities. so for me it's about people get displaced. where the black population of new york city has declined. the hispanic or puerto rican population has de...

People have moved into the neighborhood? or could it be a function of pure economics? like it or not in this society the more money you make the louder your voice is heard, the more politicians and police pay attention? >> i think it's a combination of the two. but i don't think you could deny the fact that race takes a part. now, i'd like to say first of all, last night i spoke at pratt institute. i was invited to speak there for black history month. and people there have a very short memory. there's a thing called white flight where with the decay of urban cities, white americans left these ...

A neighborhood starts to gentrify. to you is that because white people have moved into the neighborhood, or could it be a function of pure economics? like it or not in this society the more money you make the louder your voice is heard, the more politicians and the more police pay attention? >> i think it's a combination of the two. but i don't think you could deny the fact that race takes a part. now, i'd like to say first of all, last night i spoke at pratt institute. i was invited to speak there for black history month. and people there have a very short memory. there's a thing called white...