#ThingsGentrifiersDo Is The Hashtag We’ve Been Waiting For!
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Anyone who has lived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn since prior to the late 90s has seen the predominately African-American and Jewish neighborhood evolve to a land full of hipsters from God knows where. What once was a neighborhood of family owned businesses and mom and pop shops has been overtaken by new developments and dozens of coffee shops (GOD WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER ONE) and the building of the first Starbucks which was the obvious sign that the neighborhood was “under construction”.
Today on Twitter, after a young lady was in conversation with a friend on her distaste of her new residence in Washington Heights and OurBKSocial’s Founding Editor, Ayanna Prescod had a midnight rant on how Crown Heights, Brooklyn has changed drastically, #ThingsGentrifiersDo quickly became a trending hashtag on Twitter. The responses were everything “Original Brooklyn” has been waiting to share!
Here are a few of our favorites:
#ThingsGentrifersDo Rezone the neighborhood.. Like when did Crown Heights become South Park Slope….??!!
— OurBKSocial (@OurBKSocial) January 5, 2015
#ThingsGentrifiersDo complain abt the neighborhood like they were literally pushed into these hoods like WE were DECADES AGO — Umaara E. (@UmaaraIynaas) January 5, 2015
#ThingsGentrifiersDo Fail to support local businesses and complain about the neighborhood’s loss of “charm”
— Morgen (@MorgenBromell) January 5, 2015
Pretend that they are making an area better solely with their presence #ThingsGentrifiersDo — black power barbie (@fatalitiess) January 5, 2015
#ThingsGentrifiersDo Reduce the “crime stats” of an area on @Trulia since they’re diluting the Black population. You not low @Trulia.
— Jacky Alcine (@jackyalcine) January 5, 2015
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Report on the “Evolution” of Brooklyn and not get any quotes from people who’ve Been Here! #ThingsGentrifiersDo — OurBKSocial (@OurBKSocial) January 5, 2015
Open up coffee shops and bars in the neighborhoods and don’t hire any of the locals/natives. #ThingsGentrifiersDo
— Umaara E. (@UmaaraIynaas) January 5, 2015
join community boards #ThingsGentrifiersDo — Imani Henry (@imanihenry) January 5, 2015
#ThingsGentrifiersDo come to a neighborhood “for the culture.” Call the police on the culture.
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) January 5, 2015
And finally, the one that spoke to our soul:
Fuck you and your rezoning. Crown Heights = Crown Heights = Crown Fucking Heights. — Jacky Alcine (@jackyalcine) January 5, 2015
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