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"I was born in Jamaica but I have been here too long already."
"It's good for my restaurant. White people love my food. They come in to try new things you know? They like to have real Jamaican food. They come in eat their food and tell all of their friends on that app Yelp. I have seen this area change a lot but I’m the only one who hasn't."

"They have been asking me to sell my place for more than 20 years and every time I say no man. I made good money, I have my house, I have my family. Why would I leave that for more money huh?"

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"I'm originally from South America but came to the U.S. from Mexico in the 80's because of all the opportunities"
"I own houses and would rent out a 1 bedroom in Boyle Heights for 600 and it is now 1400, 3 rooms used to be 1000 now they run for 3000 each. The changes are good for me and my businesses but bad for the community; people are being moved out of their houses and moved further east. I had an open house that I was going to have for a week and within an hour more than 200 outsiders showed up and I had a buyer in the first hour. It's bad in my eyes because the white people with money who want to be closer to downtown have the money to get the 2 bedroom for 2000 but the people who have lived in this area their whole lives can't, so they are forced to leave their communities. It is really sad to see so many people leave all because they don't have as much money."
*translated from Spanish

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Marlen and Guillermo Villanueva (not pictured)

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Marlen and Guillermo Villanueva (not pictured)

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"The white people are okay.

They're called hipsters, the kids of hippies with money. They gave them money so that they could buy property and kick people out. They buy property and double rent so that people can't buy stuff. They are good with their money, they come into my store and only buy 3 items of clothing, they aren't like us latinos that buy a bunch of stuff. Here in Highland Park there aren't a lot of Latino people anymore, they've kicked them all out and raised the rent."

"They offered me 4 million for my house and I told them “Hell no you can get it when I'm dead, I'm sure my family wouldn't give it up either though.”
*translated from Spanish

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"I was born and raised in South Los Angeles"
"I run a conservatory for inner city youth to explore the arts and to thrive outside of situations they may be in at school or home."

"Well why don't we start with how it's affected the black community. Where are we?

Where have we all moved to if the rent has gone up?"

"Last week my friend came to town and usually when you get to a new city you look for your people. We were walking in Downtown in the Fashion District when he asked me “Where are all the black people?” I started explaining how high prices have driven them out east and that they were in Pomona, San Dimas, or Pasadena. As soon as I told him where we were we turned the corner and were in shock. It packed. Tent after tent packed and we saw nothing but black people. Its giving me chills right now just to think about it. Here we were doing God knows what, without jobs, not taking care of each other, and just overall doing nothing to better ourselves. It just hurt me, down to the core of my heart. Why are we not taking care of each other? The rent is going up and our brothers and sisters need help.