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re: Trader Joe's too snazzy for one Portland neighborhood
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:23 pm to 805tiger
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:23 pm to 805tiger
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Once the heart of Portland’s African-African community, Northeast Portland is now actually only one-fourth black,
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I wouldn't call that a black neighborhood....
Considering that 6% of the entire city is black, that neighborhood is relatively a black neighborhood.
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Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:24 pm to Easy
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Hispanics aren't too much different
hispanics only bitch when we force them to speak english
speaking english = gentrification = racism
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:25 pm to 805tiger
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because it feared that the new retail complex would eventually push up rental prices in the area and drive out the local black community.
this is already happening. Slowly but surely.
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Portland has a black community....
yep, a small one and most are in NE.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:25 pm to Peazey
quote:6% and affecting major business decisions.
According to reports, blacks represent only about 6 percent of the city’s total population, numbering some 41,000 people.
quote:God forbid someone try to give you jobs in your neighborhood.
Also, according to PortlandPulse.org, unemployment among the city’s black population has generally run twice as high as rates for whites and Asians.
This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:26 pm to Peazey
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Considering that 6% of the entire city is black,
Tell me more...
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:27 pm to Winkface
There's the problem. Maybe they'd have to go to work. Ain't nobody got time fa dat.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:29 pm to Zantrix
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Tell me more...
Considering a move to the Northwest?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:31 pm to The Sad Banana
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The Portland African American Leadership Forum sent the city a letter saying it would "remain opposed to any development in N/NE Portland that does not primarily benefit the Black community."
It said the grocery-store development would "increase the desirability of the neighborhood," for "non-oppressed populations."
WTF This post was edited on 2/7/14 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:36 pm to Palmetto08
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The Portland African American Leadership Forum objected to the proposed development partly because it feared that the new retail complex would eventually push up rental prices in the area and drive out the local black community.
They dont know what they are missing. Trader Joe's is a darn good store.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:38 pm to Palmetto08
In Los Angeles USC is expanding their campus and building student housing and lots of public shops. The local population complained that it would cause rents to increase. The LA council agreed so they made USC pay millions to help keep the neighborhood affordable (ie poor).
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:38 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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No, they just opened a fancy new Whole Foods in our ghetto.
And I'm very happy about it. But we've got more ghettos that need to be gentrified.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:38 pm to Easy
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Gentrification is racism
This is why the word racism has lost much of it's meaning.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:39 pm to Easy
its like the reverse american dream
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:40 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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This is why the word racism has lost much of it's meaning.
Everything is racist these days, didn't you get that memo?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:42 pm to RogerTheShrubber
If a neighborhood changes from poor (of any race) to middle class black, nobody would think to call that gentrification. Why do you think that is?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:44 pm to Easy
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If a neighborhood changes from poor (of any race) to middle class black, nobody would think to call that gentrification. Why do you think that is?
No, I don't think I agree with this. Hell, are there any examples of this anyway?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:46 pm to Easy
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If a neighborhood changes from poor (of any race) to middle class black, nobody would think to call that gentrification. Why do you think that is?
I'd call it nitpicking to justify some political point.
If white folks leave the urban area, it's racism (White flight)
If they move back in, it's racism.
I'd call putting business in a neighborhood a good thing no matter what term you use to call it. I've never heard economic development called "racism" before.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:46 pm to Easy
The majority of people who are middle class aren't black?
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:46 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Hell, are there any examples of this anyway?
No. Everyone knows gentrification starts with the artists and the gays. Then the hipsters/yuppies follow suit.
Posted on 2/7/14 at 3:49 pm to Palmetto08
Dear God
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