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A Case for Hipsters (of color)?
by Racialicious special correspondent Wendi Muse Lives in rapidly gentrifying neighborhood: check Occasionally shops at Urban Outfitters, thrift stores, or grandma’s house: check Tends to party in...
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Activist Resolutions
by Racialicious special correspondent Latoya Peterson What do you hope to accomplish in 2008? What do you want to do? What do you want to study? What actions do you want to take? We are not yet half...
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Page Skimming – Articles of Interest from the End of 2007/Early 2008
by Racialicious Special Correspondent Latoya Peterson Colorlines Magazine November/December 2007 Issue www.colorlines.com This entire issue of Colorlines is worth a full, thorough read, but here are a...
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The Trials of Lola
by Guest Contributor G.D., originally published at PostBourgie Ever since Lola* — one of those eateries that attracts impeccably dressed, upwardly mobile young Negroes — moved from Chelsea to SoHo,...
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Another Perspective on Gentrification
by Guest Contributor Joanna Eng There is something extremely disheartening about walking into a bar called “La Negrita” to find it full of white people, and white people only. I already cringe when...
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Gentrification has Nothing to Do with White Hipsters
by Guest Contributor M. Dot, originally published at Model Minority Last year, it took me roughly six weeks to earn $5,800. This is significant because during the late eighties and early nineties my...
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More Notes on Gentrification
by Latoya Peterson I came across an interesting piece on Boing Boing where the author is trying to reconcile his gentrified reality. In “Your Money or Your Life: A Lesson on the Front Stoop,” Douglas...
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Thoughtless and Racist
By Guest Contributor quadmoniker, originally published at PostBourgie I’m going to be vague on location here to avoid giving away too much, but I had a friend who just had to interview a group of...
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The Gentrification Shuffle, Redux: Rebranding Anacostia
by Latoya Peterson “Gentrification is coming,” says Morgan, “and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.” What’s the difference between East of the River and River East? According to a March 3rd...
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Why Do I Hate Steve Zahn’s Davis in ‘Treme’?
by Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, originally published at Televisual HBO’s Treme is growing into an intricate and well-written show! While it lacks the political pizazz of The Wire, it makes...
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Welcome to East Willy B! [Culturelicious]
By Sexual Correspondent Andrea (AJ) Plaid Sometimes there’s love in laughter. And the cast and crew bringing the new web series East Willy B have a lot of love for the real-life neighborhood of...
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On The Rapid Gentrification of DC
The New York Times recently published another take on gentrification in DC, focusing on the U and H street corridors: [R]ace and class issues often overlap, and as the city’s demographics shift — the...
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Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak in front of an international group of city planners on gentrification in DC and surrounding areas. Many thanks to Frank Justice for the invite – this is an...
View ArticleMore Than a New Starbucks: On Gentrification and Domestic Violence
We’ve had many conversations about gentrification on Racialicious, mostly focusing on the race and class drivers. However, there are a multitude of ways to think about the impacts of gentrification...
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