The article titled, “Root Shock: The Consequences of African American Dispossession”, penned by Mindy Thompson Fullilove, delves deep into the phenomenon of urban renewal. Now, the author goes on to elucidate how urban renewal was a process among many that went on to contribute to the de-urbanization of the cities of the United States. This happened during the last half of the 20th century (Fullilove 73). The writing highlights the fact that urban renewal was a very vital federal policy that went on to impact the lives of innumerable people of the United States. Hundreds of cities and thousands of communities were affected by this federal policy.…
“Gentrification is a trend in urban neighborhoods, which results in increased property values and the displacing of lower-income families and small businesses.” I don’t think gentrification should spread through communities. Both author’s Jeremiah Moss and Ray Oldenburg show good examples why gentrification will hurt communities and not help them. I don’t gentrification is the right thing to do right now for communities because it wouldn’t help all people in the situation. In “ New Yorkers Need to Take Back Their City” by Jeremiah Moss he explains why gentrification wouldn’t help the communities.…
The topic of the discussion/ lecture was about gentrification in Pilsen, a lower West Side community area on the West Side of Chicago. In the discussion I learned that gentrification is the process of renovating a district or community so that it conforms to middle class state. It was commented how property values have increased, rents have increased, and the number of low income Latino families has decreased. Pilsen is losing Hispanics, particularly Hispanic families because rents are so high. People, specifically caucasion, are buying properties in the Pilsen area and remodeling them.…
Modernizations and upgrades of property leads to profit, and profits lead to the “American Dream.” One may be forced to sacrifice their dream in order to make a stepping stone for another’s dream. Rina Swentzell and Rory Caroll were witnesses to gentrification, yet at different emotions. Swentzell reflects on the sadness of the gentrification of her Native American tribal land, whereas, Rory, a journalist, who’s reporting the anger of the Boyle Heights residents fighting the current neighborhood gentrification.…
However, cities in America are still racially segregated today; the white still hold a bias against the minorities of being second-class citizens, and the real estate industry has a historical preference of white homeowners. If the process of racial desegregation is a road, the minorities are driving so slowly hoping to achieve the goal one day while worrying if their family members, who are the majority of the United States, will welcome them, and if real estate businessmen will limit them to a segregated housing market because of the businessmen’s goal of maximizing profit. In this paper, I would focus on experiences of African Americans and argue that housing policies did not effectively promote housing integration because the white segregate…
Have you internalized white supremacy? Internalized White Supremacy according to Linda Holtzman and Leon Sharpe, who wrote: “Theories and Constructs of Race” has explained what it means: “is the assumption of white superiority in intelligence, in achievement, and in the centrality in the U.S. culture by individuals who are often unaware of its powerful existence (600-601).” An example of white supremacy is Segregated public facilities were one of many tools of white supremacy, which systematically denied constitutionally guaranteed rights to African Americans during the twentieth century. Many people are uncomfortable using the term white supremacy except when discussing extreme forms of physical violence (such as lynching), cross burning, or other activities associated with the Ku Klux Klan and similar "hate" groups. In fact, white supremacy refers to an entire system designed to maintain white economic, legal, political, and social privilege.…
Another theory that connects with gentrification and social issues amongst homeless people is the social conflict theory. The social conflict theory was invented by Karl Marx. Marx explanation for this theory was the following “the causes and consequences of class conflict between the owners of the means of production and the capitalists and the working class and the poor” (Social Conflict Theory, 2016, pg. 1). This basically means Marx’s (2016) focused was on the different resources amounts withheld between lower social classes and higher social classes. This theory connection for gentrification is illustrated amongst the lower class residents who are forced to move somewhere else due to their low economic status.…
Jacklin Jones Urban Society Book Report Fall ‘15 Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City History is always changing and repeating itself. According to the Housing Act of 1954, it changed urban “redevelopment” into urban “renewal” and “conservation”. Therefore, this had shifted the focus to areas that is threatened by diseases and enlarged the constructions of the federal government to support beyond residential (Pattillo, 310).…
A number of interviews were set in motion by Historical Research Limited (1994) after the distillery shut down. People interviewed consisted of supervisors, plant managers and regular maintainence staff that used to work there. The interviews led to interesting results. Worker sentiments to the job loss largely reflected the sentiments often observed from the gentrification : buying of properties by upper tier/class families that in turn increases property value and pushes the lower class away from such property.…
The safety and education system should be the same in all neighborhoods such as African American, low, middle, and high class. The Economist goes on by saying when raising the prices on property, it “also generates more property-tax revenue, helping to improve local service.” This makes it affordable to build “subsidized housing for the poor” (2). Understanding the points that The Economist is making but, there is not documents that show that more subsidized houses are being made to support the lower class community. Lastly, if these house are being built up but not taken care of then who is to say that gentrification will not happen to these “new” areas as…
Public Housing in the United States has by many been considered to be a major failure. It has generally failed to provide its residents with a safe environment to live, and outside of the buildings often plagued with violence, segregation, lack of upward mobility, the failure to maintain the buildings for its residents, and unemployment have led to failure in the public housing system. While changes are being made to improve public housing and root out problems such as racism, and corruption within the housing authority, overwhelmingly the history of what was supposed to be a revolutionary way of living for urban poor, has been a failure. Due to the decline of the city at the time public housing arose, racism, and the failure of the federal…
Gentrification could be looked at as an controversial issue in society. It could be problematic in certain communities as well. This could have a negative and positive effect in some cities. There are two articles that will have their own opinion on the topic. One of the articles I agree with which is, “gentrification doesn’t trickle down” by David Dadden.…
In Milwaukee’s predominately black inner-city neighbourhoods one in 14 renters are evicted every year. Being kicked out of a house into the streets is a very common occurrence for those living in poverty. Eviction is a problem that many are facing in today’s economy that rarely gets evaluated. Matthew Desmond analyzes the problems surrounding eviction in his piece “Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty”. There are many shocking statistics throughout the piece that provide clear examples of the issues with housing in America.…
The pressure builds up as wealthier people start moving in replacing those who left or will leave. Furthermore, when housing and renting prices rise, those who are unable to afford it will be forced to plan an alternative way to save their homes. In Saki Knafo’s article, “Is Gentrification a Human Rights Violation?,” he expresses his concern, “what happens to those people who can’t afford to stay in these “revitalized” neighborhoods? ,” (Knafo 12). Often, these low-income residents who can’t manage to pay will either struggle to compensate for the payments until they face eviction or eventually be forced to move out instantly.…
Gentrification is usually blamed for the displacement of lower class residents occurs. As Neil Smith states in his book The New Urban Frontier, “infects working class communities, displaces poor households, and converts whole neighborhoods into bourgeois enclaves.” Neil Smith was a geographer who had similar perspectives to Karl Marx. He believes with the addition of new and wealthy classes, the old classes will be forced out to create more neighborhood of the wealthy classes. Lower-income residents become more isolated from their neighborhood.…