Talk:Hunters Point, San Francisco, California
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[edit] What about
What about when people dumped toxic chemicals in hunters point and caused radiation and cancer to surrounding neighborhoods? I don't know too much about it but can someone write something about that? Also, Hunters Point is on the National Priorities List to be cleaned up. And how about some statistics about how residents in Hunters Point are twice as likely to die from breast cancer as compared to the rest of the bay area which is already the highest in the city? Or what about the residents' babies are 2.5 times more likely to die?—Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])
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"The neighborhood's population is changing — a traditionally Black-community established the Hunters Point Shipyard and blue-collar factory jobs and the reasonable housing prices has recently seen a decline due to gentrification."
I was confused by this sentence and think it is a run-on. the Black-community established the Shipyard and the jobs...right? Right. So then, new sentence: However, the more reasonable housing prices have recently increased due to gentrification.
Because, although reasonable housing prices are 'declining' (because there are less inexpensive homes for sale) it is more natural to say that the prices themselves are increasing. You wouldn't say 'America's reasonably priced toys have declined due to a surge in popularity amongst yuppies.' No. The price of the toys has increased, not that the reasonably priced ones decreased.
Did I make my talk comment the right way? THanks,
Darren 07:46, 13 August 2007 (UTC) Darren Dieguez
[edit] "Black" vs. "African-American"
I recently reverted the replacement of the term "African American" throughout the article with the term "Black". This edit was made by an anonymous IP user 24.209.46.175, and I felt that it was probably done by someone with malicious intent. Since then, the user has supplied the following argument:
- i wasnt vandalising http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunters_Point%2C_San_Francisco%2C_California I just changed from "African-American" to Black, because not all Blacks come from Africa, and yet there is white Africans... What would you call a person from Jamaica, South India, or Central/South America with Black skin color?
With this in mind, I'm reverting my revert. I've always thought the term african american is ridiculous - I've even heard it applied to Lenny Henry, a british born black man of jamaican descent, which is plainly ridiculous. However, I've usually tried to stick to the consensus opinion, which in this case means I'd have to use the politically -correct (and factually sometimes incorrect) term "African American".
Glad to see that opinions may be changing on this one. -- (James McNally) (talkpage) 13:22, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes its true they are not all from there but most Americans are not from anywhere but this country. African American simply means persons of (Native) African Ancestry who live in America. Since this is a United States article, the United States Census Beareu terms for race/ethnicity are used. Jamica is in north America, Central and South America are America. As for South India? Never heard that one before, but I'm sure you mean India and are confusing it with the term South Asian or East Indian. All "blacks' " ancestry is in africa so they do come from there just as Asians come from Asia and Europeans come from Europe. Also don't be offended, In South Africa related articles the term "Coloured" is used, because in that country the lingo there means a person of mixed african and european ancestry while here its a somtimes insensing term. All people in the United States are hyphen-Americans. Don't take it the wrong way.CholgatalK! 19:16, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Polluted Water
Here is a report about contaminated fish in Bayview waters that is worse than any other place in the Bay Area. Here is the link if anyone thinks its noteworthy of inlcusion.Sick Fishies ahhhh!CholgatalK! 19:17, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
