Still unsafe at any speech

Douglas Massey, the Princeton professor who co-wrote American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass, told a University of Toronto audience last night he figures Toronto is headed for a similar fate after looking at census data. "Now is the time to act," Massey offered via today’s Toronto Star, "to make sure that conditions we observe in a place like Detroit or Newark don’t happen in Toronto and other Canadian cities."  While the report notes U of T professor Eric Fong claiming this hellish handbasket is currently being woven in segregated "pockets", Massey – a pro-globalization liberal – has spoken out on how others in his field have been overcome by moralism and ideology that’s helped to keep sociology stuck in the ’60s. Dropping by tonight for a gripe is rumpled Ralph Nader (pictured), who’s at the Ryerson Theatre (43 Gerrard St. E.) speaking on "Innovative Solutions for our Survival: Connecting Climate Change with Social Justice" at 8 p.m., preceded by a more exclusive reception where the topic will be "Democratic Reforms are Key to Solving Every Problem in Society" – $185 cocktail parties in Hart House’s Debates Room maybe not so much.