I'm white,my family has owned a business in SE for 50 years, and know damn well what goes on in them streets.Most people know what the media says.Most shit that happens in them streets never is going to make the news therefore people believe the fucking area has become OK. NOT TRUE.That shit is all political, the government wants to repaint the SE, build high rises and have people pay premium cash to live in the "DownTown" atmosphere. Well they got a ballpark, rebuilt Lincoln(shoulda been rebuilt a fucking 100 years ago but they didn't give a shit back then),gotta new fire station,and some new housing is being built, but just watch those big dollar yuppies WILL get ganked on by the SAME people that never left the SE by having Zero Street Sense.What I'm saying is Don't make a judgement by what ya see on the news or by what ya see in the GasLamp at the Clubs, veer off 3 blocks from the most popular shit and take a look.