After reading this article, I feel disgusted at how my community is portrayed. I have lived in Brighton Beach for about ten years. I'm in college right now, yet I have decided to stay here and not move away because I like this neighborhood.
I find it hypocritical that people like Pat Singer celebrate the diversity of the neighborhood when it suits their interests, and call it segregation to put another point across. As a politically-minded person who has worked on more than one campaign, I can safely say this woman does not know the first thing about her community, I don't care how long she's been doing her job. It's not "these people," it's "my neighbors," try that for a change! I could tell you where you could stick your gimmicks and publicity stunts, this isn't a circus.
It's quite easy to portray recent immigrants as uneducated and backward, it's done by every elitist politician dating back to New York in the 19th century. These aren't the poor and hungry masses Ms. Singer, we don't need your god damn buses or your stupid neighborhood meetings. We've successfully built a Russian enclave without anyone else's help, and we don't need any handouts from you.
Ms. Singer's comment below doesn't refute any of the vile quotes used in the article. I'd like to thank the unscrupulous writer of this article, though she has a long way to go before she could be considered a credible journalist by my standards, she at least exposed another politician that secretly looks down at her community.
After reading this article, I feel disgusted at how my community is portrayed. I have lived in Brighton Beach for about ten years. I'm in college right now, yet I have decided to stay here and not move away because I like this neighborhood.
I find it hypocritical that people like Pat Singer celebrate the diversity of the neighborhood when it suits their interests, and call it segregation to put another point across. As a politically-minded person who has worked on more than one campaign, I can safely say this woman does not know the first thing about her community, I don't care how long she's been doing her job. It's not "these people," it's "my neighbors," try that for a change! I could tell you where you could stick your gimmicks and publicity stunts, this isn't a circus.
It's quite easy to portray recent immigrants as uneducated and backward, it's done by every elitist politician dating back to New York in the 19th century. These aren't the poor and hungry masses Ms. Singer, we don't need your god damn buses or your stupid neighborhood meetings. We've successfully built a Russian enclave without anyone else's help, and we don't need any handouts from you.
Ms. Singer's comment below doesn't refute any of the vile quotes used in the article. I'd like to thank the unscrupulous writer of this article, though she has a long way to go before she could be considered a credible journalist by my standards, she at least exposed another politician that secretly looks down at her community.