Gentrification Essay

(Plutzer, Wiefek 2006; Charles, Stephens 2013). With income inequality in many states expanding these issues are becoming progressively more pronounced and lead to policies that contribute to even more economic hindrances, like policies that lead to gentrification or the process of renewal and rebuilding real estate in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses (Galbraith,…

The Black Panthers Party Rise and Local Influence It was the 1960’s in America and racial segregation was unbearable. Black people were being terrorize, brutalize and murder by the police in their communities. There were high depression levels of unemployment in the Black community, people of color lived in poverty where 40% of men that lived in the ghetto were paid less than 60 dollars per week. Making it impossible to support their families or bring up their children in dignity. Health care…

Over the years, racism has been a prominent problem in society. Injustice and prejudice are products of the racism against minorities. American film director, Spike Lee, displays the racism that was as prevalent in the 1980’s, as it is now, in his award-winning 1989 film Do the Right Thing. The film takes place in a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. It follows the life of a pizza delivery man who works for Italian owners of Sal’s Pizzeria. Lee successfully captures the tension and racism…

law abiding citizen in society. Even after Tennelle became a detective he lived in South Central. He aimed to be a role model and do good for the community (Leovy 2015: 304). He was an underdog in South Central and there was little hope for gentrification. Skaggs was also an underdog in South Central. His drive to help people was hard to come by, but much needed. Jessica Midkiff quickly created a relationship with Skaggs. She looked to him for help and guidance. She was helping him with…

The first tier of target segment for “Couleurs du Monde” focuses on the 18-29 age range, with an income of $30, 000-$50,000 living in and outside of the Williamsburg area. The second tier are individuals between 30-44 age range with an income in the range of $40,000-$80,000, living in and outside of Williamsburg and in the surrounding boroughs. The final tier is 45 and over with an income in the range of $55,000-$90,000 in the surrounding boroughs of New York. Williamsburg is located in the…

unheard and unforeseen by the common citizen. The documentary titled The Hill depicts the story of a New Haven neighborhood, the Upper Hill, struggling to save their homes as the city of New Haven targets the neighborhood as a site for a gentrification project. The Hill shows how the Upper Hill residents challenge the city of New Haven, as they discover the true intentions of the city’s land-use…

Local Flavour. Exploring the changing face of Panmure’s Town Centre. As oversized malls alter our shopping habits and immigration and the housing boom change our suburbs, what 's going on in our town centres? At ten am the suburb that nearly became New Zealand’s capital is blearily rubbing the sleep from its eyes, shuffling from slippers to shoes and getting ready for a day of business. Panmure’s shabby shopping stretch contains a mish-mash of unlikely bedfellows; a seemingly awkward ménage à…

Although located on the highest hill in the city of Medallion, Ohio, one neighborhood is nicknamed the Bottom. This is because the Bottom is more a people than a place. As an African American community in the early 1900’s, the residents are at the bottom of a social hierarchy meant to predetermine their worth in the world. They are subject to discrimination from white Valley community outside and oppressive social expectations inside. Through her novel Sula, Toni Morrison explores the…

People are born into a world of cirumstances they cannot control but their responses to those circumstances are what shape who they are. Set between the ends of WW1 and WWII in the United States, Sula, by Toni Morrison examines the fate of a community called the Bottom through the intertwined lives of its residents. Aware of the few opportunities available to the minorities and females due to discrimination, social expecations, and exploitation of the time, Morrison challanges the idea of…

inequality (i.e. income, housing, jobs, prenatal care, etc.). Thus so, the aforementioned risk factor of childhood exposure to lead or mercury and similar environmental risk factors, are a direct result of poor housing facilities, redlining, and gentrification--systemic…