Capitalism only helps those with capital

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Black people tried! A couple times to build a black community it they were very successful. Then white people people would get envious and blow it up.
Or bulldoze the middle of it for a freeway, which is what happened to MLK’s neighborhood (a.k.a. “the richest Negro street in the world”) here in Atlanta.
Auburn Avenue - New Georgia Encyclopedia

Extending less than two miles eastward from Peachtree Street, Auburn Avenue was the commercial, cultural, and spiritual center of African American life in Atlanta prior to the civil rights movement. “Sweet Auburn” boasted a concentration of Black-owned businesses, entertainment venues, and churches that was unrivaled elsewhere in the South. Its bustling retail trade and wealthy […]

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I brought up Sweet Auburn because it was a particularly rich Black neighborhood and therefore an example supporting the point about what happened after “white people would get envious,” specifically.

If we’re just talking about historical Black neighborhoods that were razed for public works projects, I could cite plenty more examples just in Atlanta alone (Lightning, Butttermilk Bottom, etc.) 'cause pushing out poor Black people like that happened all the time (and in fact still does, albeit somewhat less blatantly).