HeyJaredDefying Gentrification, Crafting Liberation
One of the handful of urbanist media platforms run by a Black person, and probably the only one with a queer, disabled, feminist currently based in Baltimore who also dabbles in fiber arts and singing. I'm Kristen, nice to meet you.
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A Different World for This Platform (opens the original)
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Yes, Baltimore is gentrifying (opens the original)
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Baltimore is gentrifying. It, too, does a good job of hiding said gentrification because it values things like art and public space and Black aesthetic spaces.But it’s still sitting out here with a D grade. A 75, but still just below a C.One way Baltimore is unique is that it has world-renowned healthcare, but healthcare that hasn’t always been culturally competent or equally available. I feel that has changed dramatically, having dealt with multiple hospital systems in town myself, but there ar
Yes, there are ways that DC defies gentrification (opens the original)
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Welcome back to my series where I grade the cities I’ve lived in on whether they are defying gentrification. We are tackling one of the poster children of American gentrification, Washington, DC, with my new rubric. You can listen above or read more below.How Do I See Gentrification Affecting DC?So much has been written about how gentrification has affected DC. I want to honor all of that writing and scholarship, and continue to sharpen my own writings and analysis about such topics, like this a
How well does Greensboro, North Carolina, Defy Gentrification? (opens the original)
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Welcome back to my series where I grade the cities I’ve lived in on whether they are defying gentrification. This week, my beloved hometown, Greensboro, North Carolina, is the first to get a deep dive. Before we get into said dive, I want to note that this will be one of the most biased of my reviews, because of my relationship with said city. I did my best to give the town the number grade of 67, and stop there. But I was just on the ground, speaking on how we can do better in our city with foo
Introducing my Defying Gentrification City Report Card (opens the original)
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No city (or metro region) is defying gentrification. All of them are failing at it.I feel that in my bones and soul when I step out of my creative studio and into a world where the train might be cancelled after I made the 15-20 minute walk to the station, and I can only get to McDonald’s on foot within 5 minutes.A world where my younger cousins in school may not be valued because they’re Black, but maybe they have a good doctor, an amazing community recreation center, and someone to make their
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