https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii Gentrification. It is pushing out culture and sparking inequality. Question one: Have you seen gentrification in your local areas? What have you noticed change? Question two: How can we bring attention of this topic to fully understand the effect it has? en-us 2022-04-03 21:55:24 UTC 2022-04-25 01:34:04 UTC hello@padlet.com grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127687722 This a book about twin sisters living in an urban suburb in Portland and their area is facing the struggles and challenges of gentrification. The start their senior year of high school as they are seeing their town change drastically and they as individuals change too, their opinions differ from one another. When their best friend who lives in the house across the street is forced out of her home in order for it to be renovated and sold to a new, white family that moves in shortly after, the lines of friendship and sisterhood begin to blur. Along the changes in the neighborhood, there is a new principal that has started at the high school in the area and with this change comes a major increase in racial tensions. ]]> 2022-04-04 00:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127687722 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127701911 When reading this article, the importance is the health effects that are related to gentrification. It states that vulnerable populations face an increased risk for some diseases, shorter life expectancy, and birth-related complications. People in gentrified communities also have limited access to many resources including transportation choices, quality schools, healthy food choices, and affordable housing. This article looks at our topic in a unique light because it focuses on more than just the physical changes that gentrification causes. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127701911 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127702437 This book is about a modern-day story of family, loss, and renewal. The young girl, Penelope, once lived with her family in Brooklyn but since then became separated since her move to Pittsburgh and her mother’s move to the Dominican Republic. When moving back to Brooklyn to be closer to her father, Penelope notices that gentrification has reshaped her old neighborhood. Familiar places have been destroyed, and she notices an influx of wealthy, white strangers living in the community. She is starting her new life dealing with her changing community and then has to handle her mother coming back into her life even though she left. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127702437 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127704784 This article gives a unique perspective by showing a study that was conducted on children in gentrified neighborhoods and children that remained in low-poverty. It shows increased risk for anxiety and depression for the children living in gentrified neighborhoods. This is important part of a changing community because seeing the impact on the children directly relates to how the growing community is being impacted.

]]> 2022-04-04 01:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127704784 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127706289 This article talks about how gentrification is affecting minorities compared to white families. The article relates well with gentrification because it can provide insight into the racial injustice that gentrification can often cause. It talks about how we can combat inequality and gentrification in the future.

]]> 2022-04-04 01:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127706289 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127711896 This 16 minute short film took place in Over the Rhine in Cincinnati, Ohio.  This short film talked about different racial issues that are going on in that area. It also talked about how the residences have changed their opinion and actions on gentrification throughout the years. This short film talked about Reginald Stroud, who was affected by gentrification and what he has done to bring attention to the issue. 

]]> 2022-04-04 01:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127711896 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127713458 It mentions how Nipsey was helping advocate against gentrification in his home community and how it was pushing black residents out. Other artists like Jay-Z, Wale, Cardi B, and NoName are bringing awareness to this topic. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127713458 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127734655 This article talks about how the artwork and murals from the community and the culture it showed is being taken away. Companies are moving in and taking the meaning of communities out. Erasing history. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:35:29 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127734655 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127749211 This urban planning scholar talks about the costs of gentrification and the misconceptions of it. The low income communities are being capitalized by high income customers and flipping the communities to where the original low income families. She talks about economic inequality along with black/brown people inequality. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:47:01 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127749211 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127751684 Liz Ogbu is an architect who is talking about why do people have to be pushed out of their communities and asking for developers and policymakers to make a commitment to adding to their communities instead of stripping it away from the individuals who lived there. ]]> 2022-04-04 01:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127751684 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127770863 Frank talks about gentrification in his area. He tells his friends to be warned as to whats going to happen. He gives his stereotype but also facts as to what gentrification does. This episode gives a good idea of what the low income citizens go through. ]]> 2022-04-04 02:03:53 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127770863 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127774367 This is gentrification in my local area. It talks about the crime, drug dealing, and overall changes in the community. ]]> 2022-04-04 02:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127774367 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127779447 A girl named Sydney was born and raised in Brooklyn but her neighborhood is changing around her. FOR SALE signs are popping up and her neighbors that have built this community are disappearing. She learns about her new neighbor Theo and they learn about the history of their area. ]]> 2022-04-04 02:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127779447 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127863686 Lacino Hamilton is telling his story from being sentenced to prison to the gentrification of his hometown. He did not have family to rely on and he had to create his own hussle with the resources around him, drug trade. "Insurmountable barriers to education, housing, recreation and social services for working-class and poor people, prison’s majority clientele". Where do those people go? criminal background? poor hard working families? Minority races? I think this is important because those lower class families are forced into areas of high drug/ prostitution, homelessness, high crime areas. ]]> 2022-04-04 03:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127863686 grantsj https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127884207 Matthew Desmond talks about the issue of poverty in America and eviction. He captures the stories of personal lives of a couple of families struggling during the Great Recession. This does not directly correlate to gentrification but it connects to the lives of low-income/ poverty families and can give an insight of what they go through when their surrounding areas are raising the price of living. ]]> 2022-04-04 03:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/grantsj/jvhh18lbymutuwii/wish/2127884207