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Maybe it's just the Chicagoan in me but when I hear "The wrong kind of people were going to move into the neighborhood but we put a stop to that!" I do not think "Sweet! Let us eat traditional food and play traditional music to celebrate this victory for justice."



Yes, I've noticed there's a distinct racist element to the anti-gentrification movement.

Hell, look at how the article treats ethnic segregation as something that should be celebrated. Disgusting.


Yes minority cultures have no place in America. Cheesecake Factory and McDonalds is our Melting Pot


There's a chain restaurant called The Melting Pot, so I'd say that's our melting pot.


They serve a delicious false dichotomy pie at the cheesecake factory.


I bet you think you can solve racism by being racist. Am I right? You can tell me. I'm very accepting.


I doubt any of the hipsters moving into the Mission would patronize a Cheesecake Factory or a McDonalds.


I agree, and imagine your downvoters are praising themselves for identifying some fallacy in your sarcasm.

Enforcing a uniform profitable culture where all real estate is available for developers' whims is not a "neutral" act.


I believe the traditional term for this kind of behavior is redlining.




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