10/31 response

Two of the readings for October 31 discussed the U.S. census and some of its issues. The New York Times article “For Many Latinos, Racial Identity is More Culture than Color” addresses the shortcomings of the Census in identifying Latinos or people with Latino heritage. The article mentions that the…

Reading Confession of a Black Gentrifier truly opened my eyes to all the possible ways that I am both a victim and perpetrator of gentrification. It also allowed me to take a view into a young millennials present life in Washington D.C. as he bravely accounts his role in the changing neighborhoods he resides in.

Reflections on 10/17 readings

A common thread in the readings is the homogenization of cities by upper middle class people and real estate developers. The article on Mexico City focuses on the concept of the “right to the city”, the idea that all of the inhabitants of a given city have collective control…

9 Oct 2016

The articles about gentrification in San Francisco and L.A. bring up a lot of the same issues that we have discussed in class about gentrification in New York — former residents being priced or forced out, racial tension, and economic and cultural diversity in neighborhoods. In San Francisco, skyrocketing…

October 10th Reading Response

In “A changing Mission- The Story” it gives a lot of factual evidence through graphs and figures to paint a clear picture of how nearly everything has changed in the San Francisco neighborhood. The pushing change brought with it a lot of drama and unhappy residents. What I…

October 10th

Response to “A Changing Mission- The Story” & “Is Gentrification Ruining Los Angeles or Saving It? Pick a Side”

The article “A Changing Mission- The Story” gives readers insight on the historical Latinx community and how it became the city’s Latinx stronghold, and how…

October 31st

Response to “The Beginning of the End of the Census?”, “For Many Latinos, Racial Identity is More Culture than Color”, & “Confessions of a Black Gentrifier”

In the article ‘The Beginning of the End of the Census” the way the Census Bureau polls collects their data is explained. How each…

October 17th

Response to “How Hipsters Ruined Paris”, “Gentrification in Johannesburg Isn’t good for everyone”, “Heart of darkness: Nostalgic Tokyo disappearing amid construction boom”, & “Do We Have a Right to the City?”

Reading Response 10/31

The readings for this week made me mull over some still unanswered questions of my own. I didn’t know how to respond or speak on For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color because I feel it’s not my place to do so. In Confessions of a Black Gentrifier, the content…

Gentrification: Class Discussion

Is Gentrification really a race thing?

In class this past week we talked a lot about gentrification and its involvement with race. We discussed how predominately black communities or communities that had mostly residents that were minorities…