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From the Washington Post:
A group of young black professionals in Anacostia has gathered over spinach-strawberry salad and white wine, when the conversation turns, as if often does, to what they call the "G-word": gentrification. "I used to think it was about race - when white people moved into a black neighborhood," said lawyer Charles Wilson, 35, who lost to Marion Barry in the 2008 Ward 8 D.C. Council race. "Then, I looked up the word. It's when a middle-class person moves into a poor neighborhood. And I realized: I am a gentrifier. I couldn't believe it. I don't like that word. It makes so many people uncomfortable."
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By: Robert on 8/01/2011 4:45PM
Why would it be bad for Black people to buy a neighborhood and fix it up and have a nice Black neighborhood? Why do we have to live like Bubba just to prove "We keepin' it real?" With cars on the lawn and broken down houses. If Blacks don't do it, some other ethnic group will. To hell with politics fix up the neighborhood and elevate some lives and don't screw it up afterwards.
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By: Matt on 8/01/2011 7:04PM
@ Robert
I agree Robert. I see this trend going on in many cities like Detroit. Many financially will off college graduate, Black folks are moving to Detroit and buying homes and fixing up whole streets with some help from the city government.
The problem is, many people and the media don't believe we exists.
One of my close friends whom done well in the stock market brought three home on Detroit's east side and renovated all three. He lives in one and rents out the other two, to qualified rent to own tennants. These home are great looking.
I would like to buy some land with other Black folk (50 arces at lease)in Detroit and have some condos and town houses build. Many heads are better than one.
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By: Cindy Beck on 8/01/2011 7:26PM
Robert& Matt
The beautiful men and alumnus of Phi Beta Sigma of Tennessee State University and Fisk University Historical Black Colleges) are doing a joint venture in wore down areas in Nashville.
They are buying land for future home building.
Those sexy greeks of Phi Beta Sigma.
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By: Calvin Crosby on 8/02/2011 1:27AM
You're right !!!!
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By: WILBERT DIGGS SR on 8/04/2011 4:23PM
what was asy is true we need to clean up our
back yard our self if we talk back our hood we don,t need noone to do it for us
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By: trimatty471 on 8/03/2011 8:52PM
@Matt
As far as the media not acknowledging this. That could be a good thing.
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By: Blacq on 8/04/2011 8:25PM
I agree with you Robert. Sometimes changes such as what you've described have a way of "catching on" with other people to exert more pride in their neighborhoods. Not a bad thing at all. Thanks!
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By: Robert on 8/05/2011 2:59PM
Here's the other thing, I work in Regional Affairs and see a lot of people come together to become a group but never a community than can sustain itself. You MUST have an infrastructure plan in place in order to succeed. Many communities don't consider: utility, personnel, finance, and elected officials management training as important tools to keep their community running. Once you buy a block or town you have a community. What is the next step? How do I retain people to support that community? You must work with private and government agencies to retain the integrity of your community's infrastructure.
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By: ed johnson on 8/01/2011 7:23PM
Max. Does your parents know you are such a racist? I think you are a Black person who write that way for a conversation. Go Gentrify your self. lol
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By: blessed on 8/01/2011 7:59PM
Let it be known that in most of these cities African American originated, cultivated and made these now "white environments" what they are. Recent history just confirmed that Central Park was an African American city. Whites did not previously want the area. It was either to small, to cramped, or too ghetto (the same people of the same race, religion etc. ) so whites moved to the suburbs. Now they can not afford the very homes they ran to. White's invented foreclosure, not blacks. They are now taking over like Cowboys and Indians with the DA's office as their soldiers and the police as pit bulls. In my neighborhood they have taken over what was originally Doctor's row an affluent and influential area of Philadelphia's black doctors. Many of the families are generational homeowners. Many have had homes taken or scammed from them and here come the Whites. They have and don't want any connection and they are not respectful. They have been brainwashed to think that we as African Americans have no solid rights to property and thus should bow down to them. And yes I found out that the pit bulls that are taken from the African Americans are sold to them for $1. I have never seen so many White's with pit bulls in my life. What is truly disturbing is when another African American moves in with the fake emotions and mentality of the arrogant, ignorant White's. I for one have generationally multiple properties in my neighborhood, I love my people and when they see my house, my car, and my life style they (White's) don't know what to do so they label me A White Hater. Ridiculous, but if its what keeps them back as I have heard my people say its, blessed. White's did not come here to "blend in" they came to conquer. They have received the blue print of our neighborhoods destruction and we never saw it coming.And we definitely did get invited to the meeting. As I was told by a city official we as a people have always learned how to survive and migrate. This too shall pass.
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