Remembering the Crown Heights Riots, Two Decades Later
The Daily News has a series of stories examining where Crown Heights stands 20 years after riots shook the neighborhood. One article concludes that the neighborhood’s Jewish and black residents have forged an “uneasy peace,” with a local rabbi opining that Crown Heights is no longer two separate communities but “one community made up of…
The Daily News has a series of stories examining where Crown Heights stands 20 years after riots shook the neighborhood. One article concludes that the neighborhood’s Jewish and black residents have forged an “uneasy peace,” with a local rabbi opining that Crown Heights is no longer two separate communities but “one community made up of different backgrounds.” Not everyone agrees: “They don’t speak to us,” said Carol Morton, 67, a black woman who sells art in the area. “I don’t see no change. … They stick together. They don’t care about us.” Meanwhile, another article paints Crown Heights as a “mixed race mecca”; according to the latest Census figures, it’s got the second-highest concentration of people who identify as both black and white, after Harlem. How do you think the neighborhood has changed since 1991?
Brooklyn Neighborhood’s Racial Divisions Slowly Healing [NY Daily News]
Crown Heights is Now a Mixed Racial Haven [NY Daily News]
Where Are They Now: Victims of the Crown Heights Violence [NY Daily News]
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I dont know if its a matter of “moving on”, for all practical purposes people have moved on – and the city is a far different place than it was during the failed Dinkins Administration.
But it is still interesting to reflect on the world that existed 20 years ago. 20 years is both a very long time and really short – and it is amazing how much has changed in this period of time and yet, how much is still the same.
It’s between the *Hassidic* community and the black community, right? I’m a Jewish yuppie gentrifier guy. I say hi to everyone. Black people say hi back. Hassidic Jews treat me like I don’t exist.
In response to Amzihill’s call for everyone to “move on”