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And they balk when we point out they’re just the latest in a long history of racist land grabbers
“I’m not a colonizer! I just want to remake this occupied urban core of BIPOC to cater to me w/housing only folk like me can afford, & take homes of/price out/current residents.” /1
“I’m not a colonizer! I just want to remake this occupied urban core of BIPOC to cater to me w/housing only folk like me can afford, & take homes of/price out/current residents.” /1
Colonialism, Trail of Tears, urban renewal & now YIMBYism. Each were/are violent interventions to remake/replace marginalized communities/ppl. The toxic energy #DensityBros exude online is a mere feature of a patriarchal white supremacist org & Manifest Destiny ethos.
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They believe that THEY have a right to an occupied city, & at best remain indifferent to the basic human needs of the much less privileged for housing and community (in the broad sense of the term) and at worst believe they must be violently removed. See the Boudin recall. /3
