pickReally interesting: partly because racism and gentrification are huge issues in Toronto right now. NF about a young White man elected mayor of Yonkers NY who implements a ruling to desegregate the city through creating subsidized housing in mostly opposed White neighbourhoods. It alternates between politics and stories of diverse racialized residents who are affected.
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It had always been understood that public housing must not be too nice, it must not have frills like bay windows or balconies, the kind of things that inspire envy or hostility in the taxpayers who paid for it. Although those in charge of the country‘s public housing would never phrase it this way, the unspoken philosophy is that we as a society look down on people who need help in paying for their rent, and we want their housing to be different.
pickCalling all #BookWorms in #NYC and #NJ to see newly released movie! Are you in? We can agree a date! How cool it would be to watch this movie, grab dinner and then talk about the movie, books and us #LitsyMeetUp #LitsyHappening
