Perhaps according to the standards outlined in Nikole Hannah-Jones’s New York Times article, I went to a racially intensely segregated high school – the student makeup of which is less than 10% white. I’ve seen the problems that it has… Continue Reading →
Even though I also attended private school (with religious Jews) until I got to college, I believe my experience with blackness is different than many of my peers. From before I was born until I graduated eighth grade we employed… Continue Reading →
Today, it is extremely apparent that segregation has played an important part in the determination of which schools parents choose to send their children to. The separation of races does tie back to the history of America and that path… Continue Reading →
In “Are Private Schools Immoral?” by Dianna Douglas, featuring a conversation between Jeffrey Goldberg and Nikole Hannah-Jones, I feel as if most of the discussion is regarding public schools. Jones mentions how public schools have a tendency to stockpile the… Continue Reading →
Growing up in New York City, I can proudly say that I attended public school from kindergarten through high school, and I think that many people in the city fail to realize the value of free education. We have the… Continue Reading →
Perhaps the part that resonated with me the most out of the two articles was a statement by Nikole Hannah Jones: “White communities want neighborhood schools if their neighborhood school is white. If their neighborhood is black, they want choice.”… Continue Reading →
Gentrification remains a pervasive issue that plagues many neighbourhoods throughout the city. As the New York Times article highlighted, it displaces minorities and low-income residents out of the neighbourhoods they grew up in. In the New York Times article, Carolyn… Continue Reading →
After living in my home in Tottenville for as long as I can remember, I cannot possibly imagine being priced out of where I grew up. My whole life is tied to that neighborhood; my grammar school is there, the… Continue Reading →
Gentrification doesn’t happen overnight; it builds and builds on top of itself until it is so apparent, it hurts. It is a gradual process, but at the same time, gentrification is taking over and spreading at accelerated rates. New stores… Continue Reading →
After reading the two texts for today’s class, I was able to gain a new perspective on gentrification – that it can be viewed as positive by those who had originally grown up in that neighborhood. A simple monetary example… Continue Reading →
Gentrification is well known for be a force disruptive to both poor and black communities through its abrupt displacement of people, uprooting od communities, and destruction of culture. I believe that as New Yorkers we are all but too familiar… Continue Reading →
Anytime I see the word gentrification and Whole Foods together, I instantly think of the comedy show “South Park”, in which the writers included a whole season based on the the titular setting South park becoming gentrified due to the… Continue Reading →
Neighborhoods have had their own styles and flairs for as long as the city had been build for. However, in the upcoming years, especially in the city of New York, we have been seeing more and more gentrification take place…. Continue Reading →
Both readings this week talked about the long-standing mixed sentiments towards Gentrification. When analyzing Gentrifying neighborhoods, I do agree that it is complex to evaluate if it is a blessing or curse. Perhaps it is neither good nor bad. Gentrification… Continue Reading →
Overall, the debates I’ve heard regarding gentrification, including some discussions from my second Macaulay Seminar course, painted it in a very bad light; it was a whitewashing takeover of poor communities of color, of their neighborhoods and culture, and which… Continue Reading →
I never realized that gentrification can be viewed positively by the original residents of a gentrified neighborhood. Although they’re afraid of being displaced many of them are property owners and beneficiaries of rent stabilization, so gentrification has mostly positive effects… Continue Reading →
I remember taking a trip back into my childhood neighborhood of Seward Park, right outside of Chinatown. My elementary school had been there and I spent a lot of time at the library there. When I was younger, I had… Continue Reading →
There is no doubt a negative connotation to gentrification, as it is one way outsiders are infiltrating the homes of poorer residents in various neighborhoods and changing it to fit their tastes. Even if the intentions are good, too many… Continue Reading →
For Chinese immigrants, the idea of homeownership is engrained in their versions of American Dream. My parents, when we first immigrated, knew that our uncle’s house is located in an area that housing prices are on the rise. They couldn’t… Continue Reading →
This past weekend I had an interesting conversation with my friend, Natasha, who is a biracial Jew originally from Maryland and currently living in Crown Heights. She mentioned that the neighborhood is a blend of Caribbean Americans and Chabad Jews… Continue Reading →
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