I like to respond “I’m not lactose-intolerant, but when I drink milk I fart like crazy.”

To your first sentence, yes it was a poorly worded statement, it should have been “Lamenting the racism”.

I always feel uncomfortable when someone uses the word complaining when talking about racism. Yes people need to know their rights, but knowing your rights doesn’t mean you will get a fair shake.

The best part is, the same white people moving into those bklyn buildings paying the 2000 dollar rent are most likely Lilly white yuppie jez commenters who know that they are helping displace POC tenants, but at the end of the day they don’t really give a fuck.

I only know another group as attached and stupidly proud of their geographic location as newyorkers are...Texans. Probably neither will appreciate my comparison but it’s still true.

So money drives gentrification (of course) and racism is the lubrication that makes it easier for guys like Ephraim to execute. I think that’s the argument here, and it’s correct.

I know everyone is complaining about the racism (which is really fucking awful) but what he describes about collecting rent is likely legally indefensible.

I thought the white people were moving to LA. Make up your minds, white people!

I agree. He seems to like to use the supposed prejudices of others to justify the fact that he’s a racist dick.

They want to know if black people are going to be living there. So sometimes we have ten apartments and everything is white, and then all of the sudden one tenant comes in with one black roommate, and they don’t like it.

“clean”

Not all Jewish people are nice people.

In Hawaii, we’re facing something a little similar, in a place called Kaka’ako. In NYC and Oakland’s case, it’s all about moving into places that are currently home to minorities, while in Hawaii, it’s moving in, and building things that weren’t there before and building on top of native burial sites. They are trying…

Protip: If you preface a statement with any variation of “I’m not racist but” then you’re being racist. Especially if you do it multiple times in the course of a conversation. That makes you racist and an asshole.

trolls are out in full force, damn.

There’s an old saying that the Southern man doesn’t care how close the black man gets as long as he doesn’t get too big, while the Northern man doesn’t care how big the black man gets as long as he doesn’t get too close. So black mayor, WGAF, black tenants in the building, WE’RE FUCKING MOVING NOW EDITH.

“We’re not paying that much money to have black people live in the building.” If it’s white tenants only, it’s clean. I know it’s a little bit racist...

“I know it’s a little bit racist but it’s not.”

Bless FERPA. I am a college prof and I am AMAZED that parents actually contact me to find out how their kid is doing in my class. I just politely email back that they should probably talk to their kid, and then I email the student, who is inevitably horrified that mom_of_jamie68 (a) yahoo sent me an email.