You aren't right about the beach North of the Casino. It wasn't
a "segregated beach" for blacks in the 1970's. It was
thier "preferred" beach by then. Much like the gays had their own
preferred spot in Belmar.
Many years ago, just post the Bradely age, there was a segregated
beach. No way Jordan was old enough to have seen it.
Later in the 1940's, 1950's, etc., Blacks may have been "buffaloed"
onto first Avenue. By the 1970's? No way. I was there. I worked on
the beach for 2 seasons in the 70's. There was Blacks on every beach
by then. By that time 1st Avenue was where they gathered socially.
Do you really think that post-1964 Civil Rights Act that there was
government segregation of Asbury's Beach? Rediculous! Jordan knows
there wasn't. He was exaggerating again.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, traderdube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> BlueBishop gave 10 reasons to move the current police director out
of
> his 100 grand/year gig, one of which was something about needing
to be
> 80 years old to have witnessed segregated beaches.
> In the 70's the beach just north of the casino was called black
beach
> and that was where the black folk went to the beach. This has
exactly
> nothing to do with the police director and is
> only an observation that has been confirmed with plain talk
between
> myself and my black friends who used to go to Black Beach.
>
> I imagine the following statement might get an objection or an
argument
> but anyone who denies that segregation and corruption have run
rampant
> in Asbury Park throughout the 20th century and into the 21st are
flat
> out wrong. To what extent that segregation and corruption either
> contributed to the amazing success of Asbury Park for so long, or
> contributed to the woeful decline is a ripe debate.
> Perhaps adding a wild card to the corruption could fuel the debate
and
> get it hotter, the roots of that corruption could just be the mob,
with
> Mr. Konvitz being the tip of an iceberg that is extremely large
and
> overpowering.
>
> As for the police director, two facts I know to be true. One is
the
> complete lack of faith by the police department in the director, I
have
> spoken with numerous cops, all who have grown to hate their jobs
the
> past few years, and two, the street thugs that are the source of
most of
> Asbury's violent crimes could care less about the police director,
let
> alone the police. They are far more concerned with the State
Police Task
> Force, The "Jump Out Boys" then they are with the AP Police. The
need
> for an aggressive leader on Asbury's police force has to be the
number
> one most important thing for the future of Asbury Park. Until ALL
the
> streets, not just those East of Grand, not just those East of
Main, are
> cleaned up and safe for children to play on, for the citizens to
walk
> on, Asbury will remain it's derelict self with a zillion flag
waving
> homes and another zillion gorgeous condos, all dressed up but no
place
> to go, unless you go to Belmar or Long Branch or some other town
that
> understands that crime and business don't mix.
>
> I tip my hat to Reidy for having the guts and gumption to take on
the
> police director, it's a battle he will have a tough time winning.
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