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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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Nail Salons in Oakland
By Guest Contributor Momo Chang, originally published at the Hyphen Magazine Blog Recently learned that the city of Oakland is trying to make it a lot harder for people to open nail salons and...
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“How to Make It in America:” Betting on the Decline of New York
By Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, originally published at Televisual Dude comedies have become a staple of the American media diet, though they probably always have been in some form or...
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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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The Dying Manhattan Coffee Shop (and the Case of Philadelphia)
By Guest Contributor Aymar Jean Christian, originally published at Televisual Taking a break from film/TV/web series today to talk about an issue dear to my heart: the urban coffee shop. Specifically,...
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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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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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The Effects of Gentrification on Food Availability
By Guest Contributor Erika Nicole Kendall, cross-posted from A Black Girl’s Guide to Weight Loss It’s hard to navigate New York City with someone who lived his whole life there, without them mentioning...
View ArticleGentrification and City Planning
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...
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Reflections On “The Rise Of Asian Americans,” Or, Don’t Believe Hype
By Guest Contributor Esther Wang, cross-posted from her Facebook page Courtesy: multiculturalfamilia.com Thirty years ago in June of 1982, a Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was murdered in...
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PSY’s “Gangnam Style” And “Gangnam Oppa” In “Architecture 101″ (1)
By Guest Contributor Jea Kim (aka Onsemiro), cross-posted from My Dear Korea What the Heck Is Gangnam Style? PSY finally set the world on fire with a song, Gangnam Seutail (강남스타일, “Gangnam Style”),...
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Racialicious Crush Of The Week, Facing Race Edition: Yvonne Yen Liu
By Andrea Plaid Yvonne Yen Liu. Photo: courtesy of the interviewee. Like I mentioned at the Facing Race roundtable yesterday, the “No Justice, No Peas” panel left a deep impression on me because it...
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Meanwhile, On TumblR: Bed-Stuy, Tupac, And Azealia Banks
By Andrea Plaid Usually, this review spotlights an item or two that the R’s Tumblizens have been checking out/liked/reblogged during the week. This week, though? Let’s just say that folks were feeling...
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The Anarchy of Gentrification & Art Resistance
By Guest Contributor Rama Musa, cross-posted from Global Griot The city of Houston is buzzing with conversations about the social role of art in neighborhood revitalization. On Dec. 3, 2013, the...
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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