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People dislike gentrification in part because it displaces established communities. People don't gain or lose the right to sympathy because they are a majority
by meri_dian 9y ago
People dislike gentrification in part because it displaces established communities. People don't gain or lose the right to sympathy because they are a majority or minority group. They are human beings regardless.
- krapp 9y agoTheir culture isn't changing. They're still American, they're still white, they're still Christian, probably. The only change is their relative status amongst an already heterogeneous population, and the assumption that their point of view represents the "default" (and therefore most correct) American identity.