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[–] FactuallyUnscrupulou@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wish they would learn from their past instead of trying to repeat the company town model. The local Rochester newspaper just did a couple articles about racial tensions arising from Kodak's discriminatory practices and the redlining that happened in the surrounding Maplewood neighborhood. Even when it was a good city it only applied to white folks.

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It looks like they’ve repeated it once again with the U or R now filling in where Kodak left off.

[–] FactuallyUnscrupulou@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago

They love local billionaire Tom Golisano too, he's the only person capable of creating wealth apparently. Being a company town allows them to maintain their bigoted ways. Yeah the majority of population in Rochester is black or Hispanic, but you'd never guess that if you met the staff working at U of R and Paychex.