Left Behind in Rosedale: Race Relations and the Collapse of Community Institutions

by Scott L. Cummings

Left Behind in Rosedale is a stunning analysis of community and neighborhood decline. Through creative application of ethnographic analysis, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, Scott Cummings' unique book breathes human life into one of the most serious problems facing the nation's cities: the ghettoization of urban neighborhoods. Tra

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics, Sociology, Race, Banned Books

239 pages, Hardcover

First published January 29, 1998

About the author

Scott L. Cummings is Robert Henigson Professor of Legal Ethics at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.

Reviews

[Owen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Race is real. This book is a very good study on the effects of demographic change, and it's parallels can be seen across many neighborhoods, cities, and even countries. Especially in today's day and age, it's themes of poverty, racial violence, and the "good natured" advocates of this change are applicable. The book, especially in the first half, is a good descriptor of what comes from "good natured" policies, and how they destroy historic and generational communities. What comes of utopian thinking is dystopian for all those made to bear it.

[K]

Started off promising. Author is a community organizer who worked with black youth in Ft Worth. Opening chapter describes their criminal behavior towards older whites still in the neighborhood. Book purports to address white flight and residential succession.
Abandon after Ch 3 because author treated black crime like a myth despite its being documented right in the book. Author treats black antisocial behavior like something people should tolerate. He seems annoyed older whites have the temerity to be offended by rape and crime.

[Noah Worth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Despite being the supposed BASED account of the great migration and racial integration, despite using the exact same account and history, Cummings comes the libtarded conclusion anyway. Still an excellent read though.

[Vanita Maharaj · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book encapsulates how well-intended urban policy can destroy a community, while also highlighting the plights of the victims—despite this being a taboo topic to acknowledge.

Although it’s a short book, it’s not a quick and easy read. The crimes described in this book against the elderly are extremely disturbing and difficult to digest. As someone who has grown up in a crime-ridden society, I understand the psychological impact crime has on a person’s everyday mental state, so I especially empathized with the sense of hopelessness of those “left behind in Rosedale”.

A book filled with many dark lessons and a must-read for anyone interested in criminology or urban policy planning.

[Leisha Camden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting and quite prophetic