It’s OK to thrift, but higher-income shoppers should be mindful of how their purchases impact low-income communities, says Jadyn Lee SC ’24.
Tag: Gentrification
OPINION: Gentrification hurts the most for those least able to fight it
Gentrification tears apart communities and hurts families, and when people are unable to fight it, it hurts the most.
OPINION: Stop resisting industrial gentrification and rebuild cities instead
Industrial gentrification in the Inland Empire is inevitable. A solution to the its housing crisis is to reform laws and rebuild cities along the coast.
Wuss poppin’: The appropriation of casual streetwear is a serious flex
In this week’s pop culture column, Nadya Siringo Ringo SC ’21 critiques the cultural appropriation inherent in popular streetwear and minimalist clothing. She writes, “Expensive streetwear heavily draws from the styles and cultures of low-income communities, making versions that are inaccessible to them despite their heavy influence.”