Ethnic cleansing is formally defined as the attempt to get rid of (through deportation, displacement or even mass killing), members of an unwanted ethnic group in order to establish an ethnically homogenous geographic area. When reflecting on this socially accepted understanding of ethnic cleansing it’s interesting to reflect on the fact that gentrification, or rather urban renewal, has the ability to function as a tool that homogenizes urban areas through the active displacement of residents of
Ethnic cleansing is formally defined as the attempt to get rid of (through deportation, displacement or even mass killing), members of an unwanted ethnic group in order to establish an ethnically homogenous geographic area. When reflecting on this socially accepted understanding of ethnic cleansing it’s interesting to reflect on the fact that gentrification, or rather urban renewal, has the ability to function as a tool that homogenizes urban areas through the active displacement of residents of