Submitted by n0m_chompsky t3_yy0tli in providence
JoeFortune1 t1_iww1awn wrote
Reply to comment by themaskedewok in Oak Bakeshop on east side has opened! (more details in comments) by n0m_chompsky
Class and race are tied together. This is how gentrification works. Businesses open without racist intentions but there are racial implications. The way our economy works, property values based on your neighbors value etc, when a neighborhood “improves” it becomes unlivable for people who can’t afford it and that tends to be a certain ethnicity being forced to relocate. From what I am told, Benefit street used to be a largely black neighborhood as well
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