Bad Bunny’s new music video hybrid “El Apagón – Aquí Vive Gente” brings gentrification in Puerto Rico to light writes film columnist Giana Geradino CM `24.
Tag: Gentrification
Xiao Jiang PO ’22 is still learning her ABC’s — Anthropology, building communities and Chinatown — with upcoming Watson Fellowship
Thanks to the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, Xiao Jiang PO ’22 will spend next year traveling to explore her passion for Chinatowns.
OPINION: The Claremont Colleges — and 5C students — must support the fight for affordable housing in Claremont
The Claremont Colleges need to own up to their role in perpetuating housing unaffordability in Claremont, writes Gwen Tucker SC ’25.
Film files: You don’t get to hate ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ unless you love it
Though its exploration of gentrification can be shallow, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is a heartfealt meditation on the meaning of a home, argues film columnist Hannah Eliot SC ’24.
Reader’s Digest: Cooking with Pot and Pans
The explosion of cannabis on the food scene shouldn’t distract us from racial disparities in weed’s legalization, argues food columnist Sadie Matz SC ’24.
OPINION: Careless thrifting encourages the gentrification of low-income communities
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.
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.”