Brooklyn: Are You Coming Along or Being Left Behind?
You don’t get anymore Brooklyn then yours truly. Outside of college, it’s the only place I’ve ever lived and that rings true for countless others around the borough. For many, the rate of our loved boroughs growth has been a hard pill to swallow with so many mixed feelings.
As I have often acknowledged like other Brooklynites, I love so many aspects of what our borough has grown to however; it has not been without a cost to so many. I get into the gentrification conversation all too often and now I open the question to you, Brooklyn: Are You Coming Along or Being Left Behind?
I recently was at one of my service activities and got into a discussion with a fellow volunteer which I normally try to avoid. This was a white women who wasn’t a native New Yorker but has lived here close to all of her life. She’s and advent volunteer and participates in many philanthropic causes that benefit the “underserved”. We got into the “being priced-out” conversation and her position was “they need to just move”. Let’s just say, that conversation derailed.
Just about everyday Brooklyn is in the headlines, here are two of this weeks most compelling: Spread Love, It’s The BrooKlyn Kisha Way!
Brooklyn Rents Rise While Manhattan Gets Cheaper
$23,500 a year Private School delayed in its attempt to open in Redhook
C’mon Brooklyn and “Do The Right Thing”
Spread Love:
York Whitaker (@YorkWhitaker)
Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 3:48 pm
“They need to just MOVE?” Nah uh?!?!?! What happened next???? You can’t just leave us hanging like that!!!! LOL
Lakisha
Friday, December 13, 2013 at 11:37 am
Lol York, I thanked her for all that she does for the underserved however; explained it’s that very same them and us elitist attitude that is at the center of the problem. I asked her, even with all of her privilege, would she just up and move away from her family and connections and if so what types of things would she consider before doing so? SMH, she of course was beet red in the face and over apologetic and didn’t mean it like that.