You know who has no power in Watts? The black people who've been displaced by Latinos, forced to move to places like the Inland Empire.
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So, can we start there? Can we consider the specific nature of black displacement by latinos in South Central?
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I know it's a difficult conversation. I know our own latino families and our own selves are difficult to critique. I get that.
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I also get that this isn't gentrification: that what's happened and is happening in South Central is displacement, not gentrification.
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But this is South Central. It was black because housing covenants bound it that way. And black people made it what it is.
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If you talk to black folks who've been forced to migrate out of South Central, they don't much care if it's displacement or gentrification.
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So if we're gonna talk about disempowerment in South Central, let's talk about how latinos have disempowered black people, ok?
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@PalmTreesnGz CC last few tweets for everything we always talk about....
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@aurabogado this convo is insightful to us outside of Cali and America for that instanceThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado talking with a friend who lived through the watts riots and life in imperial gardens, all of this convo is so on point.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado I think it's a continuation of "blame black people that non-black Latino people aren't getting any attention in the media"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado Well, it's Tuesday.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado so the displacement is largely a function of capitalism's race to this bottom, though anti-black racism surely is involvedThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado the displacement is probably due to Latin@ immigrants depressing wages, are easier to exploit because of immigration statusThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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