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<text id=89TT2367>
<title>
Sep. 11, 1989: Tale Of Two Cities
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Sep. 11, 1989 The Lonely War:Drugs
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 28
Tale of Two Cities
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<p> For a lesson in how to deal with racial tensions, consider
the difference between Boston and New York City. During the
1970s, when court-ordered busing for school integration enraged
working-class whites, Boston had more than its share of
neighborhoods that were off limits to blacks. Now, though a
black visitor to Southie might still feel uneasy, there is
little chance of violence.
</p>
<p> The passage of time has helped cool tempers, but most of
the credit belongs to Mayor Raymond Flynn. Born in Southie,
where he still lives, Flynn fought busing as a state legislator.
But as mayor, after being nudged by threatened court action,
Flynn has since 1988 arranged for eleven black families to move
into two previously all-white public housing projects in
Southie. He has also reinvigorated an eleven-member police
community-disorders unit. It keeps close tabs on potential
outbreaks and alerts Flynn as soon as it smells trouble.
</p>
<p> New York City's mayor has taken a less constructive
approach. Last week, when marchers in Brooklyn protested the
murder of Yusuf Hawkins, Edward Koch touched off a new round of
anger by criticizing their action as counterproductive. As he
has all too many times in his eleven-year reign as mayor, Koch
seemed to be inflaming racial tensions rather than damping them.
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