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Week 2 Homework
Gentrification is neocolonization. aka Howard Homecoming reflections
This weekend at Howard's homecoming I was about how inherently violent gentrification is and how it mirrors colonization almost exactly.
Colonization is about the taking of land, removal of people, and destruction of culture.
And what did you see on Florida Ave?
The same thing you see in every neocolonized place
it's actually what you don't see.
i walked up and down looking for a Black business to support. I even asked the security guards at all white bars and they told me (insert place name). that can not be the only place it eat
I legit graduated a decade ago.
but that's colonization. it is aggresive. the decision that this place is of value, it is mine, and I want it. NOW. by any means necessary.
So while I see a trader joes and a whole foods, i don't see any Black people in them.
when my neos are bragging about these place, i realize there's been a trade off for psychological safety.
Colonization is a lack of safety,
if you are not at home - feeling at home - while you are home. that's because your home has been colonized
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