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gentrification

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Video shows ‘Gentrification Karen’ throwing tantrum over 8-year-old Black boy riding his bike next to her

'She bought a coffee. That means she can curse out 8-year-olds who live there.'

On Nov 23, 2020 by Kahron Spearman

Internet Culture IRL
Mush oats gentrification gruel

This tech startup wants you to eat gentrified gruel

These oats stand for something.

On Sep 29, 2020 by Bryan Rolli

Internet Culture
gentrifying george howard university washington dc

#GentrifyingGeorge thinks 152-year-old HBCU should ‘just move’

Sean Grubbs-Robishaw apparently thinks the 152-year-old institution should move.

On Apr 21, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

IRL
joggerjoe in oakland

Video shows jogger dumping homeless man’s encampment into lake

Local residents say this is peak Oakland gentrification.

On Jun 11, 2018 by Tess Cagle

IRL
Ashlee K Thomas in the music video of her song Ghetto.

A white woman wrote a song about moving to the ‘ghetto’—and it’s gone over about as well as you’d think

Residents are not happy about this.

On May 9, 2017 by Samantha Grasso

Internet Culture IRL

#CroissantRat is just post-gentrification #PizzaRat

There goes the neighborhood.

On May 12, 2016 by Nayomi Reghay

Internet Culture

Why Airbnb could be making it even harder to find affordable housing

Is Airbnb at all responsible for the rise in housing and rental prices in cities across the country?

On Jul 27, 2015 by Peter Moskowitz

Internet Culture Via

How the electoral college is allowing America’s class war to spread

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. She just didn't win where it mattered most.

On May 12, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter

Internet Culture Via

GOP congressman now has to deal with adviser’s racist Facebook posts

This is abhorrent.

On Feb 5, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

Mayo store featured on ‘Saturday Night Live’ plans new artisanal product based on the sketch

That throwaway line sounds more delicious upon second thought.

On Jan 21, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

Streaming

Russell Brand threatens to sue the Sun for calling him a hypocrite

Brand claims he's not the story. But he's fast becoming it.

On Dec 3, 2014 by Rob Price

Tech

Russell Brand calls reporter ‘snide’ for asking how much his house cost

We bet the interviewer didn't expect it to go like this.

On Dec 2, 2014 by Rob Price

Tech

Oakland resident evicted so landlord could turn home into an Airbnb

The Bay Area's fight between residents and Airbnb continues.

On Nov 25, 2014 by Rob Price

Tech

San Francisco woman angry that World Series riots are blocking her Uber

No matter what Anchorman says, San Francisco is the really classy place.

On Oct 31, 2014 by Rob Price

Internet Culture

Facebook’s bus drivers claim they’re treated like ‘servants’

"The noblemen are your employees, and the servants are the bus drivers."

On Oct 7, 2014 by Rob Price

Tech

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