'African Town' Plan Draws Protests

Members of Detroit's Latino, Asian and Arab communities demanded a public apology from the City Council, denouncing an economic development plan that would exclusively benefit black business owners by creating a black business district to be known as African Town and creating a loan fund only for blacks.

The city council action was covered in this article, and was based on a recently-released report: "The report, titled 'PowerNomics Economic Development Plan for Detroit's Under-Served Majority Population,' says immigration has hurt blacks because Mexicans, Asians and Arabs take jobs, resources and other opportunities from blacks."