Comments by "D. R. Stewart" (@drstewart) on "Mexico City Gentrification" video.

  1. Move in and patronize: "You're gentrifying us!" Divest and isolate: "You're erasing us!" Appreciate and consume: "You're fetishizing and appropriating us!" Tour and engage: "You're treating us like your playground!" Your contributions add diversity and a wider cultural experience, mine somehow invalidate and oppress you. You seeking better economic conditions is humanitarian and noble, me doing the same is an invasion. Graffiti denouncing me with slurs based on my ethnicity is seen as a sign of the times, but the same denouncing you is seen as a terrible social ill that we must address. Until the blatant double standard is acknowledged, don't expect this to be taken seriously.
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  2. So they're keeping people in ghettos based on identity? Yeah that couldn't end badly.
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