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May 6, 2006
Blacks blast Bruce
Brooklyn Papers covers last week's Atlantic Yards forum at First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn Heights:
The Rev. Dennis Dillon of the Brooklyn Christian Center in Fort Greene joined Law in his opposition to Atlantic Yards — but Dillon focused on the type of permanent jobs Ratner says will be created at the arena.And he was more circumspect in his rhetoric.
“The black community is not all about some low-paying jobs that will force us to live elsewhere anyway,” said Dillon, who evoked the civil rights movement as a model for black opposition to Atlantic Yards.
“We believe, like Martin Luther King did, that justice must roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream,” he said.
Posted by amy at May 6, 2006 1:04 PM