"'Community experts' were in charge of deciding such things. They were not members of the community & their expertise was in banking." Today in #ZineCataloging a quote abt gentrification that wks for academic bds of trustees Gentrification Explored Through the Documentary "My Brooklyn" by BiiggMacc
Here's the author/artist www.instagram.com/p/DJpIcEXuqA...
The author of the quotation is Charles Barron (not the zine creator)
"Change is always difficult. I think small businesses learn to adapt. While we're completely sympathetic to the fact that people go through difficult times* that's simply not [...blah blah condescending bs]." - city official to a small business owner whose rent increased from $15k to $40k/month
