Gentrification is a replacement process. So it is where diversity is replaced by homogeneity, and this, I believe, undermines urbanity and changes the way we think because we have much less access to a wide variety of points of view. We are diminished by it. So literally, the range of our mind’s reach is much more limited because of gentrification.
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Sarah Schulman, author of The Gentrification of the Mind. From the interview “An American Witness
Part 1: Gentrification, Trauma, & Sex” from 12th Street
This entire interview (linked) is such a powerful and informative read. And the book is highly suggested.
