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Clarkeprops t1_j9ivf9s wrote

Does anyone take offense that this is a negative term against white people that doesn’t really apply in many places? In toronto, many white people are being pushed out by rising house prices due to foreign ownership. Over 50% of the city wasn’t born here and rising. Is that still gentrification?

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Mparker15 t1_j9l419l wrote

Yes the negative effects of gentrification are a class issue that are often also a racial issue because of how closely linked class and race have been historically. They aren't mutually exclusive

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Clarkeprops t1_j9liefx wrote

I was under the expression that the etymology of Gentrification had something to do with gentile, but it seems like it comes from Gentry, which is just a (historically white) social class. A bunch of Chinese nationals buying up a condo block is still technically gentrification.

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