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It is not racism preventing Gary from thriving. It is apathy, political thievery, and race obsession.
Gary, Indiana, just wrapped up week two with no power, and the left-wing narrative on the extended blackout is (unsurprisingly), “It’s racism!” As someone who lived in Gary for a decade, I can tell you it is anything but that.
Gary made me a conservative. In 1999, I married a man from Gary and moved to his home on the west side. That marked the beginning of a 10-year journey in one of the most dangerous cities in America. I was a default Democrat at the time, like most black Americans. Still, as a Christian woman, I dove into community service right away, helping launch and direct an afterschool program.
There I saw how all the laws and policies I had supported my entire adult life worked up close. I quickly discovered they don’t. I was treated to an endless stream of haughty, entitled bureaucrats who openly despised anyone trying to improve the city on their own. In a city that is almost all black and run exclusively by black people, you’d think I would have found many allies and people excited for progress. It was the exact opposite. Gary was a mess then, and it’s still a mess.
The cries of racism have been the loudest these past few days. Memphis is also experiencing a mass power outage, and Malcolm X impersonator Justin Pearson is using Gary’s current crisis to make a connection to the Memphis blackout:
The post is quite the self-own. Pearson skates near the edges of the truth here, but per usual glides right by the obvious conclusion: Majority-black cities are governed terribly.
Gary is not experiencing storm racism. Gary is experiencing complete incompetence, and the storm laid it bare. There are a few reasons Gary remains in a position of suffering.
First, people literally shot at the power company. NIPSCO (Northwest Indiana’s energy provider) has reported that multiple bullets struck their vehicle as employees tried to navigate the streets of the city and make repairs.
Second, people are abandoning their homes in search of air conditioning, gas, and electricity, leaving property vulnerable to thieves and home invaders. My senior citizen uncle refuses to leave his home for fear there will be nothing to come back to. He and his wife feel they must choose between suffering and theft.
Third, police presence is limited after years of mismanagement, Black Lives Matter’s “defund the police” nonsense, and escalating violence that drives away recruits. Emergency response in that city is a toss-up. I once called to report a break-in at my neighbor’s house and was told to call back if anyone was hurt. The police department never sent a patrol, and my neighbor returned to a ransacked home. Now, imagine the response when literally everyone in the city is in a state of emergency.
Fourth, Gary’s infrastructure is apocalyptic. In fact, films often choose Gary to shoot dystopian scenes. The city is riddled with abandoned buildings, overgrown lots, potholes, and damaged sidewalks. Power crews must first clear all the overgrown trees and branches that are tangled in the lines before they can rebuild. Emergency crews that manage to survive the shooting still face the challenge of navigating a city in complete disrepair.
Fifth, the city’s leadership has been hopelessly lazy and corrupt for as long as I can remember, and people older than I say the same. The new mayor has garnered some good reviews from skeptical residents, but he has clearly not been leading the city, only stemming the bleeding. Good leaders prepare for the future while governing the present. In Gary, no leaders prepare for future trouble because the status quo is simply to blame any trouble on Republican presidents and white people. --->READ MORE HEREGary Indiana Not Having Power is An Amazing Story of Diversity:
gary indiana not having power is an amazing story of diversity
— retard mode ✞ (@retardmode) August 23, 2026
>entire city council is black
>every electric company executive is black
>black residents can’t stop shooting at vehicles working to restore power
and they all blame racism for going without power for so long https://t.co/asCK1PVJe8 pic.twitter.com/aamnv3WLTa
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