Changing Times in the City

Gentrification and Marginalized People of Color

Over the last few years, three crises seem to have gained prominence within conversations among African-American activists, ministers, intellectuals, and lay people: mass incarceration, the education crisis, and gentrification.

Max Hunter writes, in my humble estimation, gentrification is the most important issue facing marginalized people of color in many cities across the nation. For those involved in urban missions or working with urban populations, gentrification is going to change how their work is done and how resources to do that work should be allocated.

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