Longtime White Mayor of Baltimore William Schaefer: "He was certain [Kurt] Schmoke ... wanted to make Baltimore an all-black city."

It was something gleaned from C. Fraser Smith's book William Donald Schaefer: A Political Biography. The last white mayor of Baltimore - before the might of collective black voting power in a city rapidly losing its white population (fleeing black crime for the safe suburbs, where nary a black was to be found) made the executive seat a black seat of power - Schaefer had spent almost his entire life in the city, working to make it a better place for every citizen.

Blacks remade the city of Baltimore in their own image...

Not just white, not just black, but every citizen.

He was the proud mayor of Baltimore from 1971 to 1987, until he abdicated the position to become the governor of the state of Maryland. Kurt Schomke would become the first elected black mayor of the city of Baltimore in 1988.

Schaefer was born into a Baltimore that was 80 percent white; by the time he died in 2011, the city was less than 29 percent white.

It's in Smith's biography on the longtime Baltimore public servant, we learn this:

He spent a fair amount of time complaining publicly and privately about the Schmoke administration, sounding cranky and bitter or worse. He was certain Schmoke and [Larry] Gibson wanted to make Baltimore an all-black city. The old integrationist ideal was fading under Schmoke's housing and neighborhood revitalization policies, Schaefer thought, and he resented it. He resented Schmoke personally because he thought his successor had not paid his dues and had not accorded Schaefer the honor of recognizing that the job was a hard one, one that had to be learned. Schmoke was, in a sense, an accident of history, a man whose resume made him the ideal bridge from Schaefer's era to a new one. Schmoke had enormous promise, education, and charm, but he was not in a job he seemed particularly well suited for or one he might have chosen for himself on the basis of his talents or interests. History had chosen him... (p. 367-368)

William Schaefer was certain Schmoke and Gibson wanted to make Baltimore an all-black city... not exactly a fact or theory that got much airtime in David Simon's critically acclaimed documentary about black dysfunction in HBO's The Wire. 

But the consequences of an all-black city (one where the burden of funding the city government and public institutions falls squarely on the dwindling white tax-base) is obvious in stories such as the push by the majority black city council of Baltimore to "Ban the Box" and make it illegal for employers to force predominately black ex-offenders to check on application designating them as ex-cons. ['Ban the Box' bill advances over opposition from businesses: Legislation intended to help ex-cons find work could get final vote this month, Baltimore Sun, 4-7-14]:

Supporters of a proposed law to help more ex-convicts land jobs in Baltimore scored a victory Monday when they fended off efforts by the business community to block the measure indefinitely.

The protracted debate over the so-called "Ban the Box" legislation — which would remove the box ex-offenders must check on job applications — underscores a sharp divide among city leaders over how to help those with criminal records become gainfully employed.

The issue has had resonance in Baltimore, with its sizable population of residents with a criminal record and relatively high unemployment.

Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young said city leaders have spent enough time talking about the problem, and need to take action. Young said he is especially concerned about the hardships faced by African-American men with criminal records.

"I am tired of people who look like me continuing to be discriminated against," said Young, who is black. "They paid their dues by serving their time. When is enough enough?

"I see it every day. I get the calls to my office every day. I get stopped on the street every day by people who want a second chance."

The measure would forbid an employer from searching a job candidate's criminal history until after a conditional job offer has been extended. The legislation would expand upon a similar restriction that prevents city agencies from running background checks on candidates for some government jobs.

How dare laws and regulations force ex-cons to note on applications for employment that they once broke the law? Don't they know Baltimore is destined to be an all-black city, where even black ex-cons are free from being subjected to the white man's law?

What could clearly illustrate Baltimore becoming all-black city, where anarchy - instead of law - reigns then the story of black teenage bikers who terrorize the street, with police helpless to do anything about it? [Baltimore Bikes: 12 O'Clock Boys is a better preface to a longer story than a stand-alone film, Tuscon Weekly, 1-30-2014]:

In inner-city Baltimore, it's a tradition and rite of passage for African-American men to ride dirt bikes through the streets. It's illegal, and that's at least part of the point. The police are forbidden from pursuing the riders because, when there are dozens of bikes going every which direction, it's simply too dangerous. So the cops have to track the dirt bikes with helicopters, catching only a few, and the attention hooks kids such as Pug.

The documentary 12 O'Clock Boys traces the culture but not much of the history, focusing more heavily on Pug and his family. We meet him at age 13, in 2010. Within a year or so, he's got gold grillz, a few arm tattoos, and finally his own bike. Says one of the veteran riders, "The thing about Pug, he's a real cool dude. Little dude; I think he's gonna grow up to be something."

The question, as a viewer, is whether Pug will grow up at all. A former Baltimore P.D. officer and independent security contractor says street racing kills about 15 people a year, a high number when fewer than 100 people participate. Most of the fatalities are riders, but some are bystanders. And the more the cops try to take it away, the more the community grows.

 Anarchy - a retreat from law and order that once marked the civilization white people created and maintained, and in their absence (and black people's watch) lost - is the hallmark of majority black Baltimore.

Black individuals collective footprint on the city of Baltimore is to trample - to the roots - the civilization whites had planted in the city.

The dangerous conditions black people create in any zip code, neighborhood, or community they claim the demographic majority of Baltimore makes the city incredibly unsafe for either walking or bike riding. Mike Bowman, a white 32-year-old, was attacked by more than 10 black kids while he was biking through the city recently. Thankfully, he had a camera on his helmet, which capture the vicious, unprovoked assault. Most peculiar to the situation, they didn't even steal anything from Bowman.

They just assaulted the white guy on the bike. [Police Investigate After Bicyclist Attacked By Group Of Teens, CBS Baltimore, 4-14-14]

Perhaps the experience Bowman had while biking while white through majority black Baltimore is why so few people dare bike to work in the Charmless City? [Can Cities Change the Face of Biking?: There's a growing trend of teaching young people (especially those from demographic groups that historically haven’t embraced biking) how to repair and ride bikes., Governing Magazine, 3-24-14]:

Of the few workers in Baltimore who commute by bike, a disproportionate share -- about 87 percent -- are white, according to aggregated five-year estimates by the Census. More than three-quarters have a bachelor's degree or higher. In contrast, the overall population of city workers is 39 percent white and about one-third have a bachelor's degree. Commuting to work by bike, "while not massively popular among any subset of Baltimore's population, is even less-so among low-income and black citizens," [Chris] Merriam said. "To be blunt, it is seen as a white, middle- and upper-class thing."

  Mr. Merriam, who serves as the executive director of Bikemore, can be forgiven for his faux pas.

It's civilization that is a white, middle and upper-class thing. It's even a white lower-class thing as well.

But as we can see with majority black Baltimore in 2014, the civilization whites created and eventually abandoned (entirely due to the black crime and property devaluation that came with it) is dead. In its place, something else has grown on the same grounds and land where a young William Schaefer grew up.

Baltimore was once a great city.

When it was majority white.

Baltimore is now a failed city.

When it is majority black.