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Putting out the welcome mat at Roslindale stores
By adamg on Fri, 12/23/2016 - 9:14am
A number of stores in Roslindale Square now sport these signs, the work of the new Roslindale Is For Everyone group (using one of these designs).
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Excellent!
On a morning when Trump is advocating a nuclear arms race, some in Roslindale are advocating love and tolerance. I would like to see these signs in every store in Boston.
proud to be a resident of Rozzie
been here for most of my 23 years of life , Phineas bates elementary , irving middle , many 3am drunk walks to Dunkies , summer baseball games at Healy , arboretum in any season , but its a humble generally quiet section of the city the obviously has many other proud residents. Would rather live here than anywhere else in the city for sure .
Nice idea
Any in the window at the police supplies store on Belgrade? Or did that close?
Police supply store?
Huh! Where on Belgrade?
Gone anyways
I thought it was still there but happened to just drive down Belgrade and noticed it is gone, no doubt in anticipation of that block being developed. It was next to the Newport Cleaner's building and was call Northeast Rescue Systems. However, it...
1) moved to Dedham
2) has more fire/ambulance/safety gear than police gear it seems
So in summary, my original post was basically a dud.
I remember the women who
Ran it/worked there. They were open when MJs was still across the street as was the Greek cafe/bakery and (can't recall the name) ice cream shop.
That police supply store
That police supply store doesn't sell to non law enforcement.
Belgrade, really?
There was that one on Spring St in West Roxbury, but that closed many years ago.
I was not aware Roslindale
was a hot bed of fascisim, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, etc., etc., etc.
When I lived as a kid and teen in JP well before gentrification and the extreme levels of socioeconomic stratification that exist today, it was more diverse in the true sense of that word than it is today.
That would be because it isn't
But no neighborhood is an island, and people here are, amazingly enough, aware of what goes on on the other side of the parkways.
And as somebody who moved here in the 1990s, I can tell you Roslindale today is more diverse than it was back then (and back then, yes, it was still pretty diverse for a Boston neighborhood).
Well
Ward 1, precinct 15...
Back then there were many diverse
(socioeconomic, 'race', ethnicity [American born and foreign], etc.) By far, the most noticeable issue today is socioeconomic, but I'm curious why Democrats and self described progressives seem far more obsessed with 'race', sexual identity, gender, etc. We are today, in 2016-2017, in the midst of, imho, probably the most severe socioeconomic stratification of wealth, privilege vs 'lower classes' since the 19th century.
And that diversity still exists
There's more to Roslindale than Peters Hill.
There's some validity to the point
Roslindale is more Delfinos than Family Dollar, and I am sure that the patrons of the former won't shed a tear if the latter, Tedeschis, Dunkin Donuts, or Subway closed. They'd probably see it as "progress". It's happened in other neighborhoods (just like that one that has a yuppie that posts here a lot but has never registered) and the fear is that it could happen here.
On the other hand, I cannot recall an incident where someone as been assaulted in Roslindale due to their race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or other such qualifier. Even old school Roslindale is pretty tolerant.
That's kind of baloney
That's kind of baloney. Both are widely recognized Rosi businesses, but I bet the ol' FD has ten times or more the number of regular customers - and is more essential to far far more Roslidalers' daily life - than Delfinos. (Of course, having really nice restaurants right in the village is totally sweet too).
This is still very much a part of town filled with a range of working and middle class families, not so much in spite of, but because of its past. People moving here in the last decade or so have been drawn to Rosi because there's all sorts of people, lots of family life, lots of small businesses, and a long history of tolerance.
You miss the point
Yes, Family Dollar does more business, and I have nothing against Delfinos, but I used them as the example of New Roslindale, where disposable income spots like restaurants shine over nuts and bolts operations, where "chains" are bad things. At the end of the day, gentrification should be a greater concern for the neighborhood than theoretical hate crimes. I'm not sure, but I think that was the original poster's point.
Couldn't agree more
Roslindale is still rather divers but not for much longer. There's a huge influx of people from JP and other parts which are looking for larger living areas, a more family friendly neighborhood and better pricing.
It only takes a single visit to the square during the warmer months. Most notably the farmers market.
I might be a white guy, but I'm a white guy raised here as was my father and my childhood friends consist of every flavor of Boston.
It's changing and people are and will continue to be push out until the square resembles JP. At which point, we'lll have to hear the limousine liberals bitch about gentrification while being the sole contributing factor.
Here's to Rozy becoming the next JP, Lower Rox, C-town, Southie, Lower Mills and Chinatown.
We are concerned about economic stratification, very...
... we just don't know why "white (mostly) male working class" voters allegedly aren't interested in affordable housing, affordable health insurance, a fair minimum wage, good public schools, and all of the other issues that are important to the rest of working class voters.
Of course, white male working class voters do care about these issues, but there's been a line of propaganda from the right that conflates these issues with being only of interest to PoC, women, LGBTQ, etc.
I've even heard my conservative relatives talk as if it's unmanly to care about any of this. A lot of them work hard in chicken processing plants in NC & VA & struggle to afford the basics. The Perdue and Smithfield ownership isn't worried about whether or not they can afford a hip replacement or a "new" third-hand car. So these guys are embarrassed to demand the better wages that they deserve, to use Obamacare, to encourage their kids to go to college, because they have been convinced that this a sign of "pussy liberal bullshit." I don't think it's a stretch to say that the corporate heads are delighted Laffer and the other con artists behind trickle-down economics are back in DC with Trump; their workers don't even need to be threatened with union busting because they've been brainwashed into thinking the corporation has their best interests at hear, and challenging that is un-American.
It's a question of emphasis
I am jumping from Roslindale to the US on this, but the Globe had a great article in September on how the Democrats ave been aiming for votes from the college educated types, who tend to be midde class and higher, at the expense of working class voters. Ironically, in the end this was the best analysis of the paper on the impeding Trump victory. Why vote for the party of NAFTA and bathroom rights when you can try and make America great again.
It's sad that people care more about bedroom issues than economic issues, but that's where we are.
Boston Building Resources too
Saw one in Boston Building Resources too.
Put one up at Marathon Sports on Patriot's Day...
Stockholm syndrome?
Enough already
Aren't there other sites you'd feel more comfortable on, like the Daily Stormer?
Adam
Why is this poster still here?
Pshaw
He adds flavor.
Adam's smart enough to know that there is a line, and if 'fish approaches the line, he'll say something, and if he goes over that will be that. It's a line between anything goes and censorship, and I don't envy Adam for having to deal with that line.
There's a line?
Cuz the only thing I've ever seen this person post is bigotry. Unsure why it continues to be condoned.
Then the line keeps moving
I thought that he surely would be removed after threatening to file child abuse documents against parents attending a protest, and recommending that police search their houses.
That's above and beyond his usual hateful bigoted spew.
Saying that he "adds flavor" is like saying that raw sewage from Nut Island added character to the beaches in South Boston before the MWRA was court-ordered into existence.
Sigh
I'm glad you aren't in charge of this site. The opinions would be very, very similar.
If Adam wants to explain himself, he can, but I think he does things well.
Man, someone could really use a visit from three ghosts tomorrow
You've really got a sour, cynical pickle of a soul, don't ya Fishy?
Hey Fishy
If you want to put Christ in Christmas, start by putting Christ in your personal Christianity.
Those "values" you celebrate do not say what you think they do.
Great to see
Great to see! Would be cool if some more business in/around the city did the same.
W pale kreyol?
Love the sign campaign. Disappointed the creators failed to include Kreyol. After English and Spanish, Haitian Creole is the most widely spoken language in Boston. And Roslindale itself is home to a significant Haitian-American community.
Subtext
It's not really about being welcoming, but more about dealing with the rhetoric of the man who will be sworn in as President in a fortnight. Trump attacks Mexicans, so a sign with Spanish. Trump says that Muslim's coming in to the US, so a woman wearing a hijab (note, no burka, since feminists might be offended by that.)
On the other hand, Kreyol would be a nice touch, as would Albanian and probably Arabic.