The Grove as described in a travel guide
“Coconut Grove is a more variegated mosaic. Historically the focus of Miami’s intellectual, bohemian community it also incorporates the blighted ‘Black Grove,’ an area plagued by high crime rates, drugs and deprivation, where many of the descendants of Bahamian workers have settled.”
That is a description in a travel guide.
An employee at Books & Books happened to see it and pulled the book from the shelves, calling it racist.
Story in Miami Herald.
Your thoughts?
That is a description in a travel guide.
An employee at Books & Books happened to see it and pulled the book from the shelves, calling it racist.
Story in Miami Herald.
Your thoughts?
posted by Tom Falco at 6:30 PM
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About 15/17 years ago when I was in a Brazilian airport I spotted a similar travel guide book titled Coconut Grove. "Racist" hardly, reality isn't racism. I've live on the same street 40 years. Back then people would literally stand firm in the middle of Grand and if you stopped your windows were broken. And if you drove off Grand, North or South stopping @ a stop sign 5/6/or 7 drug dealers would surround your vehicle the 1st block. You couldn't keep a bike, planter or statute outside, leave your trunk open to carry groceries inside, leave change on the center console. They're all in jail, moved on or got smart and I'm talking about the homeless white boys too. For this we can thank the cops!? Racist my ass. Just plain old reality.
Agreed with facing reality comment, racism always was felt in the Grove even from the least likely people and quarters but in the past two three years has become totally unbearable. Not good.
I don't know the year of publication, but it is a fact that in the 80's and 90's that is exactly what the West grove was. At that time, drivers just cruised through the Douglas/Grand intersection, it was a place to cop drugs and the location of riots and many a rescue call as well as shootings for MPD. I would know as I was stationed at City of Miami Station 8 from 1988-1991.
Pulling a historical account from the press does not erase history. Will Mitch pull holocaust literature next? Learn from it to not repeat it.
If I've offended your feelings, I can help you pack.
Well put, well informed B Shiffy.
How enlightening to hear from a former member of one of the most corrupt police departments about the scars of Miami's race riots and a new packing and moving business.
JK,
To clarify, I served for 25 years on the MFD, not the MPD. Station 8 is a fire station on Oak Avenue.
B. Shiffy, again well said. Talk about a knee jerk reaction from in all probability some old Grove hippy type who remembers loose, loose, loser morals on booze, drugs and HIV sexual encounters from some crack house where bust were common and easy sex came from some the end of a needle inject. Presently those days are gone, but not these knee jerk memories of the so call good old days, chill out crud.
Why is it racist? Is there or is there not more crime in the Black area of Cocnut Grove?
No, absolutely, less crime thanks to, in my opinion to law enforcement and my personal observations. Fact is, without proof my yard, property was a conduit from West Grove drug entities, via 32'd avenue into Central Grove and it took a while, years to overcome. No big deal, U like the stuff or U don't and now, more or less, basically it's gone. The bums are gone. Thank you cops, thank you.
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