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“Community members and activists rallied in front of Bed-Stuy’s iconic Slave Theater on Friday”.
This article makes it sound like the entire community is against the demolition while the fact is that everyone except the Hardy’s family want to see the Slave Theater demolished. The article should really state that 3 community members rallied….and two of these 3 are the Hardy father and son. These two are unhappy with this deal because they are not benefiting from it. I guarantee you if the developer settles with them for some cash, then they’ll have no problem with the demolition of the building. These two don’t care about the heritage, about bed stuy etc…all they care about is money. Show them a little money and they’ll walk away and might even join the crew in demolishing the building.
The Rev. Johnny Howard, a longtime Bed-Stuy resident, said “For them to take it away from us, they’re stripping away our heritage, our culture, the richness that adds to our community that a lot of the younger generation don’t even know about”.
Rev. Howard, nobody took away the Slave Theater from you or your community. The African American rev. that rightfully inherited the building a while back sold it to a developer a couple of years ago. That developer then sold it to the current owner. So no one took anything away from you or your community; your community members are selling these buildings and making a lot of money along the way. You should get your facts straight before you start inciting people with your baseless comments.
The courts did not take away the properties but rather gave them to the next of kin, Rev. Samuel Boykin, who sold the property to the developer. Obviously Mr. Hardy and his son did not like the court’s decision because they wanted to control the property and sell it themselves. Luckily, in America we have courts that make decisions; we don’t just rely on bullies like Mr. Hardy and his buddies to rally few people and turn this issue into something about race, community, heritage etc…
The deal was legal; the community wants to move forward with the demolition of this place; the community would hope the developer build something that would help in the revival of the area.