After watching the Portalnd episode I felt it missed quite a bit of the complexity of social economics. They are talking about how blacks were not allowed to buy any properties back to the map of 1938.
When Ural Thomas tells Kamal that there was a wing shop that sold 3 wings and a toast. Well "hipsters" that moved in since the 90's do not eat that type of food. So the black community is being pushed out economically and socially because because there is a cultural gap. You cant offer greasy food to people that make vegan kale shakes every morning.
The only way the black community could have stayed in town is if they were able to offer something that the new community would appreciate. Music, art, some sort of form of craft that the new locals would embrace and evolve to love.
If they were talking about shops, and laundry mats and they are all gone. Well you need to keep with the times. I feel its more old vs. new rather than white vs. black. Older people are being pushed by the younger generations because the young crowd is living such a fast pace life, social medial oriented, tech savvy, fashionably wired, Instagram, blogs, bla bla bla. Older folks simply dont have anything to offer.
I feel that calling it gentrification is not all completely true. Tell me what was there in the 80's, where the heart of the city was. What was the hottest club or pub.
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JasnoGorilla
8 years ago
because the young crowd is living such a fast pace life,social medial oriented, tech savvy, fashionably wired, Instagram, blogs, bla bla bla. Older folks simply dont have anything to offer.
^WTF
Im not insulting you at all. Don't take offense but do you know how dumb that sentence sounds?
Since when is having a stupid hairdo and an instagram an asset to the community?
Old people do have things to offer. They probably help build that community with their own two hands. They have tons of culture and history and wisdom.
Jeez Millienials haha.
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yahko_kun
8 years ago
Did you even watch the episode? You clearly have no clue what I'm referring too with my statement. I'm saying that older folks have nothing to offer to hipster tech submerged millennials. Ural that has a band was able to offer millennials something, they like black soul and blues music. (the crowd was mainly white)
You keep saying they have something to offer - so far the show wasnt able to underline that. I'm not sure if that was a poorly done job by the producers or that the so called "community" simply died and could not have stayed vibrant.
You say they have culture, history and wisdom. The episode presents almost no culture except the new hipster one, history is non existent. I have no clue what Portland is between 1940's and 1990's. I know what Detroit was like in those years. Thats culture and history.
You seem to offer no insight on what the old folks have to offer either and you are calling my statement dumb? Thats dumb.
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