And don’t forget, way less crime and a huge boost to the tax base.
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To be honest, before this article I never gave any thought to the idea “gentrification” being taken as a negative thing. I’m shocked people think it’s outright offensive. Still not sure it’s inherently racist or classist. Maybe it is. Maybe it’s a trigger word for some people? Or maybe we live in a society where it’s…
“This city, and particularly this neighborhood, was made cool by the artists. Before that, this wasn’t a place that people could hang out, and certainly not a place where a coffee shop chain would move in,” Johnson added.
“Don’t make bad jokes about gentrification, in general.”
Like making bad jokes about genocide or slavery? How bad is a bad joke about gentrification? Can non-whites joke about it? What are the rules?
“This city, and particularly this neighborhood, was made cool by the artists. Before that, this wasn’t a place that people could hang out, and certainly not a place where a coffee shop chain would move in,” Johnson added.
I lived Harlem, there about 4 Starbucks and 1 Whole Foods, so chill my brother.
What else would you call it if not a bad joke? Should we upgrade their sign to terrorism? genocide? Should the owners be jailed? Tortured? Beaten? Of course not. It’s a bad joke and I understand why people are angry but street protests? Broken windows and vandalism? Over a sign? Yeah, I would say that’s some…
To be honest there are no better solutions. I can think of other options but they are all as bad
Hell yeah! Let’s shut it down! That way maybe a gas station will move in where you have to talk to the clerk behind bullet proof glass and can’t enter after dark. Or maybe a Dollar General will set up shop there for a year or so until it ultimately closes down due to being robbed on a near monthly basis.
Next up: (peacefully) downvoting all gentrifying businesses/real estate developers/condos regardless of whether they make a bad joke about it. Come to Austin, we’ve hundreds to choose from.
Bad joke. But I also think the coffee shop is being scapegoated and is the target of people’s anger over gentrification in general.
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Oof, that douchebag, as if colleges and universities don’t already have shitty relationships with the towns they are in, why not fan the flames a bit and prove that the people at the school are elitist assholes.
why didn’t this man win?
Reminds me of the hotep Oberlin had to get rid of. Who would have though going on anti-Semitic rants at a private college would get you in trouble? It’s as if some people have to broadcast to the entire planet what fucking morons they are.
I voted for Sanders in the Primaries, but Clinton in the General.
If you want breaking news from Africa the Guardian is usually pretty good, even the US version.
I agree, I’m not buying it. Seems like a witch hunt. As a woman I’ve dealt with a lot of shit but dam every little thing is sexual harassment. If you’ve been harassed then ok but dam no body died. Only in this case all others need review. Anything having to do with children, I say death.
Dumb Ham always had a degree Oberlin Idiocy. Her shellacking didn’t surprise me one bit. She’s always rubbed me the wrong way with her overly shouty LookAtMeImALiberal schtick.