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by vbtemp
1608 days ago
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I read this with the same pleasure one would read a well-written short story. The author's English teacher would have given him an A. However, no one should confuse this with actually being some kind of analysis. This piece is entertainment to be enjoyed by white folks in Alexandria cozy on their couch with their cafe-au-lait. Source: Decades-long resident of DC who walks and bikes those routes every month. |
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Or the Asian and Indian folks who increasingly make up NoVA’s “front row” communities. Source: growing up in Alexandria and living there for a decade.
There are elements of truth to the author’s racial generalizations, but one defining aspect of NoVA and DC is how different groups and races intermix (my middle school was more than 50% black and Hispanic, my high school more than 50% Asian). This aspect is entirely absent from the author’s just-so analysis.