Assignment

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…

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…

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.

This Week’s Readings

In all the readings this week, I’m seeing an overarching theme: gentrification is screwing with the way the locals knew the city. In the Johannesburg reading, instead of having a nice conversation between a family, each person has to now yell over the loud music that blasts from the bar…

reading response 10/17

Addressing gentrification on a global scale definitely brought to my mind a parallel of colonialism, especially in the cases discussed in the South Africa. This dichotomy of the “slums” and developing cities as discussed by Kenichi Serino’s article is very telling of an aged story, one of…

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?”

While reading the NY times article How Hipsters Ruin Paris I couldn’t help but think how true and ridiculous this was. I was reading an article that foretold the city of Paris in its…

Reading Response 10/31

The readings for this class brought up a lot of interesting points about race relations and who’s the city for and accessible for, but I specifically want to focus on the “Confessions of a Black Gentrifier”. It made a lot of interesting points about being overlooked and under the radar…

Reading Response 10/17

The readings for this class finally gave us a taste of how gentrification is affecting cities all over the world, giving us a broader look at how it’s all perceived in a different context. I think it was interesting to read about how gentrification is similar and different in all…

Reading Response 10/10

The readings for today hit very close to home. My neighborhood growing up in San Francisco bordered the Mission. It was the place where I spent most of my free time, from getting food, to shopping or photographing street art. It’s so disheartening to read the statistics about the decrease…