"Gentrification is on the tip of almost every Black person’s tongue"

Gentrification is on the tip of almost every Black person’s tongue

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning Willow Lung-Amam discusses how divestment and unrest have been leveraged to gentrify historically Black neighborhoods in cities like Washington, D.C.

“Gentrification is on the tip of almost every Black person’s tongue,” said Lung-Amam to the New York Times. “People are deeply saddened about the loss of Black institutions, Black politics and a Black place in the city. We can’t get through a Sunday dinner without talking about the city as the city that actually doesn’t exist anymore.” Read the full story at the New York Times website.