My NYC Black Folk......Gentrification

[Retired Account]

That's def the case if we counting Spanish Harlem along with Central Harlem. But I'd still like to check the numbers. Don't sleep on the amount of Africans in the area.

Due to Harlem's history, I lump the africans in with white people

 

[mson]

Due to Harlem's history, I lump the africans in with white people

I do the opposite.

 

[AB Ziggy]

Due to Harlem's history, I lump the africans in with white people

Africans usually keep to themselves in Harlem apart from AAs or white people.

 

[Retired Account]

I do the opposite.

Harlem is significant because of African American history. When it comes to Harlem its AA or non AA.

Africans usually keep to themselves in Harlem apart from AAs or white people.

That's why they're a threat to Harlem's culture

 

[mson]

Harlem is significant because of African American history. When it comes to Harlem its AA or non AA.


That's why they're a threat to Harlem's culture

Their kids will end up just like us.

 

[Francis White]

Developers of large Bed-Stuy complex opt for luxury condos over religious housing

This shyt right here is in development right now. I get pissed everytime I see this building.. Like how do you put this in between two projects housing complexes? Luxury condos? Smh.. they couldn't make this an affordable housing complex? We have to get invaded by more whites. shyt is crazy..

We don't own. We will be invaded everywhere.

 

[BigMan]

If you got money you can always move to jamaica ny... it's not bk but there's still alot of black people here, caribeans too... and most of us own these houses...

arent a lot of Indians and Guyanese moving to Jamaica?

 

[AB Ziggy]

Their kids will end up just like us.

Not quite. I've been around them kids and while they're more Americanized, they still care to play soccer rather than play basketball. Plus many of them are religious with their own specialized mosques and churches catered to each country all over Harlem and BX.

Ghanaians for example are spread all over the BX with no central street or concentrated area(except maybe Highbridge) , but they have a very solid network where everyone knows everyone without integrating with AAs or Puerto Ricans.

 

[ORDER_66]

arent a lot of Indians and Guyanese moving to Jamaica?

Depends... There's jamaica and there's south jamaica... Hillside is usually where they go to anyways... but i have noticed alot of them moving into the south

 

[88m3]

It doesn't have to be larger. Increase the percentage of affordable apartments

I have a feeling that doesn't make it tenable in its current form to private development.

That's the root of the issue.

Maybe the city could come up with a new ML system but lately that has seen a lot of blowback.


Side note: I don't qualify for anything or my family members some of who work for he city/state,

 

[BigMan]

Not quite. I've been around them kids and while they're more Americanized, they still care to play soccer rather than play basketball. Plus many of them are religious with their own specialized mosques and churches catered to each country all over Harlem and BX.

Ghanaians for example are spread all over the BX with no central street or concentrated area(except maybe Highbridge) , but they have a very solid network where everyone knows everyone without integrating with AAs or Puerto Ricans.

Is that a bad thing tho

 

[Retired Account]

Is that a bad thing tho

When it comes to places like Harlem, they're a threat to the culture

 

[BigMan]

When it comes to places like Harlem, they're a threat to the culture

Africans are a threat to Harlem's culture

 

[AB Ziggy]

Is that a bad thing tho

Considering that Africans don't really interact with AAs heavy outside of the workfield here. Yes it's pretty bad from an AA perspective.

Even today, I rarely see any couples mixing the two communities. It's that difference in culture.


I notice in the DMV it's a lot different when i was visiting my cousins a few years ago. The Africans over there are much more integrated than the ones here.

 

[BigMan]

Considering that Africans don't really interact with AAs heavy outside of the workfield here. Yes it's pretty bad from an AA perspective.

Even today, I rarely see any couples mixing the two communities. It's that difference in culture.


I notice in the DMV it's a lot different when i was visiting my cousins a few years ago. The Africans over there are much more integrated than the ones here.

Maybe because they are more recent immigrants than the ones in DC/MD?