Spike Lee goes in about Gentrification in Brooklyn

[Poitier]

So by the mid 21st century the idea of being born into a certain economic class and dying in that same class with no chance of improving yourself will become a reality?

It was already a reality but that was due out of ignorance where this is due out of innovation hence "neo-feudalism"

Point is, Black folk don't have much time left to get their shyt straight in America. We better learn how to own stuff and use our wealth for political clout.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

they'll change the "system" then.....

 

[Commander in Chiefin]

Where does Spike Lee live?

I can promise you that dude wasnt living in any of these hoods he's talking about once he got some paper.

He lives in a 32mm mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Here's a good article of him being a hypocrite.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gentrification-spike-lee-article-1.1703113

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

alot of people are complaining but aren't seein it for what it really is. Back in the 70s, 80s and 90s, our neighborhoods went to shyt and you couldn't give away the property, it would have been a great opportunity for some black capitalistic minds to come in a sweep up everything and bank. But we didn't, we were in total disarray and the train flew right by us.

I remember in 06' I spoke with a white dude at a community meeting in Harlem, and he told me about how you couldn't give away a lot o the brownstones in the area back in the 80s. So what did he do? He claimed a few for next to nothing, paid the back taxes in a government program, held on to them and now (at that time) he was telling me that they were worth 1.2 mill or something like that. Same shyt is about to happen in Detroit.

Yup. I know this Iranian cat that bought a brownstone in Harlem in the mid\late 90s for about 200k.....His friend said he was crazy..But he sold that joint about 3 years ago for 1.5....He walking around Bham with the face...........

 

[Rekkapryde]

He lives in a 32mm mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Here's a good article of him being a hypocrite.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gentrification-spike-lee-article-1.1703113

not even shocking. so he wants to get mad at cacs coming in scooping up the property, but he's part of the people selling it to them? That's why I said I understand both sides.

 

[jilla82]

He lives in a 32mm mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Here's a good article of him being a hypocrite.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gentrification-spike-lee-article-1.1703113

/endthread

dude basically profited from the gentrification...and now wants to complain about it because it makes him look good to his black base.

 

[head shots101]

Hey it's your money

The property I've seen costs $200, I'll look into the back taxes and a program to pay it off if I'm qualified.

My wife and I spent more than 5x that in AC 2 weeks ago for a weekend, and I waste money all the time...so I don't see the risk.

Got a link to some of those Detroit properties?

 

[filial_piety]

Got a link to some of those Detroit properties?

Yeah...the one I was using before was on http://www.detroithomes4less.com/

 

[-DMP-]

Lets buy up Detroit yall.

-DMP-

 

[unit321]

Well, I can't argue against Spike Lee.
I got folks in Park Slope, the gentrified section. It's mega-expensive. Cheaper than Manhattan if you look at it from that point of view. It's like, they want the urban environment, but without the ghetto aspects, and without the high cost of Manhattan, and without the long distance commute of Northern Jersey, Westchester County or Long Island. That's NYC gentrification in a nutshell.

 

[unit321]

Got a link to some of those Detroit properties?

Go to any real estate website. Try www.zillow.com
You can view MLS listings of homes in Detroit.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Yeah...the one I was using before was on http://www.detroithomes4less.com/

I smell comeup shuffle.... word to @PS4

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Nope. With automation, the game is about to be changed.

AND THIS is how nikkas derail threads

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

If I live to see the day where rich blacks displace poor blacks through gentrification, and acquire all the perks that come with it, then I can't be mad at this

its already happening.

Go to Houston, DC, and ATL....even Charlotte a little.

Entire neighborhoods of no nonsense blacks and minorities getting TO it.

 

[Poitier]

AND THIS is how nikkas derail threads

I kind of thought this post ended the original topic in OP

He lives in a 32mm mansion on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Here's a good article of him being a hypocrite.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/gentrification-spike-lee-article-1.1703113