Talk:Coleman Young

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[edit] DET

Wouldn't it also be notable to mention that the airport is named after him? Coleman A. Young Municipalcipal Airport (DET).

I removed this from the article: By the late 1980s, Detroit would be called "our first third world city." It had the poverty, the politics of liberation from colonial rule, and dictatorial leader. People spoke of 1973 as Detroit's year of independence. It seems rather POV, and I grew up in Detroit in the 1960s and 1970s and never heard the anything about Detroit's year of independence, although I image that someone used it somewhere at some point. -- BCorr|Брайен 03:43, May 26, 2004 (UTC)

Along the lines of the above, I just removed the following:
However you spin Young's legacy the facts speak for themselves, Detriot sufferend economic and politcal decay during his tenure. Although the allegations against him for any wrong doing were never proven, all one has to do is visit Detriot today to see the results of his guided leadership.
It's simply not NPOV. Yeechang Lee 22:11, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

I am wondering about the source of the labor cost data, and what year it is from. The above text identifies the period of the mid 1970s, but there is no specific dating.Ionesco 17:21, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] labor costs

The information came from a book late 1970's book called "Can Cities Survive?" dinopup


Who's writing these snippets on Detroit's mayors? He/she's blaming the very unions that created our standard of living for the demise of Detroit, the riots and Mayor Young's difficulty running the city. That's as idiotic as blaming the Avian Flu on Osama bin Laden.

[edit] Coleman Young quotes

I think that the quotes (which have been added, deleted, added again) are unhelpful and biased. Without them, the article already makes it clear that Mayor Young believed that vulgar expletives were appropriate in public discourse. Whoever felt it necessary to quote Mayor Young can either balance the existing quotes with some displaying intelligence and compassion, of which Mayor Young had plenty, or I'll gladly delete them again.

[edit] Civil Rights Activist?

Wouldn't it also be helpful to add the fact that Coleman Young was an open racist whose comments about whites may have contributed to the "White Flight" phenomenon? Also, isn't it worth mentioning that his disbanding of the STRESS police and his advocacy for convicted felons in the police force (ostensibly to increase the number of blacks on the force) may also have contributed to the increases in crime rates and police corruption?

Usually you get a better response to these sorts of questions if you are a registered user. Discussing contraversial stuff with annon posters is rarely satisfying - anywhere. Carptrash 19:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I honestly didn't believe that I was writing anything controversial. He often slandered whites in his speeches and in interviews - even going so far as to tell them to leave the city. Also, he did support the disbandment of the STRESS unit and he did advocate for easing the felony restriction on police hires. I can understand why some individuals would find these actions objectionable, but I cannot see why they would find the statement of them controversial. Hibbity Jibbity 22:08, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


Yes, Coleman A. Young was a racist. He is the reason why the Detroit economy is still struggling, why come back to the city when you were not welcomed before by a man who ran the city??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.42.150.55 (talk) 05:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Still Struggling? You mean dead, don't you? Prior to his tenure as mayor, Detroit was a thriving beautiful city, now look at it. The results of his administration stand alone. Yes, he was an open rascist and his encouragement toward his own race led to the open crime and highest unemployment in the nation. Bugguyak (talk) 16:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 12th street riots

Would a mention of the "12th street riots" in Detroit of July 1967 be appropriate here? I believe they helped prepare the ground for his eventual election.

Here's the wiki link;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Street_Riot

- Meltingpot

Meltingpot 20:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Mayor Young was a state senator during the '67 Insurrection. It would have only indirectly touched on his responsibilities. It of course would more properly be referenced in an article about Detroit, or one about the then Mayor, Jerome Cavanagh although if any sourced material about Young's reactions at the time might be proper to the article. Edivorce (talk) 02:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)