Arguments Against Gentrification

Martin Luther King, the social activist who played a key role in the American civil right movement said “Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot communicate because they are separated.” Humans tend too separate from each other by their skin color, economy level, and educational level as well. We humans create walls in order to divide the lower class from the middle and high class. Those walls can be ten feet tall or sometimes those walls are just a creation that we make in our minds. Whites, Asian, Latinos, and Blacks are being segregated from each other causing an unwanted imbalance between their social life, and also educational system. Back on the 1920’s the city of South Gate and plenty more cities use to be only habited by whites. Technically gentrification is creating segregation and because of that, racial profiling comes along. …show more content…
One of them is gentrification. Gentrification is when wealthier people arrive in an urban district, causing an increase in rents and properties as well. Gentrification is forcing gang members to move out of their neighborhood and making them move to lower class communities. As the article “With gentrification, Echo Park gang members move outside their turf.” By Marisa Gerber. This article is stating how gentrification affected the gangs of Echo Park. Gerber pointed out “So many gang members have been priced out of the neighborhood” (Gerber, 1). Increasing the price of the houses force plenty of gang members to move out. This force the gang to lose power on their community by making most of the member move out to cities that are far away from their original community. The city of Echo Park was free of problems base on a Sergeant of the Police Department. Unfortunately, this brought with it racial