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Gentrifcation, Displacement and New Urbanism:The Next Racial
Project*
by Olivia Hetzler, Veronica E. Medina, and David Overfelt University of
Missouri-Columbia
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&e 'ne$ social movements' of te ()*+s and ()+s made calls for racial
euality in te !ublic s!ere and tese movements %ained a number of
concessions from te federal %overnment tat e!anded te ri%ts of
minorities in te United /tates 0Omi and 1inant ())23. Ho$ever, 4ust as soon
as tese movements %ained le%al ri%ts for minorities tere $as an immediate
bac5las from conservative 6merica. &is conservative bac5las, be%innin% in
te early ()7+s, rearticulated te meanin%s of racism and turned $ites into
te victims of racism. 8n tis ne$ era of racism, colorblindness, an ideolo%y
de9ned by its o!!osition to '!referential treatment' and its lac5 of racial
consideration 0Omi and 1inant ())23, became te metod for removin% racefrom future !olicy discussions. :y recodin% formerly racist terminolo%y into
less o;ensive and seemin%ly race-neutral lan%ua%e, tose on te ri%t revived
old racist ideolo%ies in ne$ forms. in%? and re!roduc>in%? structures of domination based on essentialist
cate%ories of race 0Omi and 1inant ())2, !. 7(3.' &is racial !ro4ect started
out as a !ro4ect to develo! broader ri%ts for minorities in te ()*+s and ()+s
and ended u! as a conservative colorblind bac5las tat started in te ()7+s
and continues today.
&e %eneral failure of liberal !ro%rams tat ad been develo!ed to !romote
%reater racial euality created tis conservative rearticulation tat led directly
to an attac5 on te state. &is is si%ni9cant because, as Omi and 1inant
0())23 ar%ue, '&e state from its very ince!tion as been concerned $it te
!olitics of race. @or most of U./. istory, te stateAs main ob4ective in its racial
!olicy $as re!ression and eclusion 0!. B(3.' &rou% tis attac5, tose on te
ri%t !romoted lo$er levels of state intervention in all as!ects of life. &e
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continuous rearticulation of racial euality, cou!led $it a continuous !us for
lo$er levels of state intervention, ali%ns nearly !erfectly $it eil /mitAs
$aves of %entri9cation. one of tese !rocesses as a clear cut be%innin% and
end, but instead te $aves serve to orient te reader in time and demonstrate
te evolution of te modern racist !ro4ect a!!lied to urban develo!ment.
6ccordin% to /mit 0())3, $ave one $as s!oradic and develo!ed in te
()*+s trou% te ()7+s. &is $ave consisted of central city revitalization
driven by state investment and %rounded in a utilitarian ar%ument tat an
im!roved center city $as best for everyone in te city, ma4ority %rou! and
racial minorities ali5e. 8n tis $ave te state, $it so muc ca!ital invested in
central city im!rovement, ad a lar%e sta5e in a !ositive outcomes in bot
economic and racial euality.
8nterestin%ly, tis 9rst $ave of %entri9cation a!!ens nearly simultaneously
$it te be%innin% of te Civil
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1ave tree emer%ed in te ())+s and continues to te !resent day. 8n tis
$ave, %entri9cation becomes a !art of 'e$ Urbanism' 0/mit ++3, a
develo!ment strate%y tat uses colorblind neoliberal free mar5et ideolo%ies to
4ustify its !olicies. &is sift se!arates cities and individuals from te state by
eliminatin% state subsidies for ousin% and urban develo!ment. e$ Urbanism
as t$o immediate conseuences 9rst, it forces U./. cities into an era of %lobalcity-to-city com!etition for ca!ital--te creation of te '1orld-City'
0Villanueva et al. +++3 -- and, second, it forces individuals to fend for
temselves in a 'free mar5et.' 8n tis e$ Urban contet, te city must sell
itself to te i%est bidder and develo!ment is no lon%er focused around
industry. &e city no lon%er directly en%a%es in !ysical %entri9cation, but
instead !ro!oses colorblind neoliberal develo!ment !olicies and zonin%
ordinances tat encoura%e free mar5et %entri9cation, ma5in% cities an o!en
%lobal mar5et for develo!ers and develo!ment. &is creates $at is 5no$n as
'!ro!erty-led' economic develo!ment 01olf-o$ers ++*3. 8n tis current
%eneral !olicy trend, all res!onsibilities for ineualities are sifted to te
mar5et and individuals, allo$in% !olicy ma5ers to deem!asize issues of race
$ile tey continue $it te im!licitly racist 0and still e!licitly classist3 e$
Urbanism#ne$ %entri9cation !ro4ect.
&is tird $ave of %entri9cation claims to reduce s!ra$l by brin%in% !eo!le
bac5 into te center city. Ho$ever, te reality of te situation is tat tird-
$ave %entri9cation !roduces cities tat are colonized by $ite !eo!le trou%
'mied-use zonin%,' a develo!ment trend in $ic te colonizers tar%et
nei%boroods tat ave been !reviously occu!ied by economically
disadvanta%ed !eo!le of color. Mied-use zonin% is a sli%t im!rovement from
te !ast $aves of %entri9cation !olicy tat sim!ly removed all lo$er class!eo!le from a nei%borood. Mied-use zonin% su!!osedly enforces buildin%
restrictions tat reuire te construction of multi-family d$ellin%s alon%side te
more traditional, and more e!ensive, sin%le-family units tat %entri9cation as
tended to !roduce in te !ast. 1it mied-use zonin%, a;ordable ousin% is
subsidized by te state for a!!roimately ten to t$enty years 0Columbia Daily
Tribune,October (, ++*3 after $ic te !ro!erties become available 'on te
mar5et.' /ince te !eriod for $ic subsidies are %uaranteed varies, tis
creates an environment in $ic te ne%ative and racist conseuences of
%entri9cation are s!read out over time.
1ile te !olicy strate%y as im!roved, te tar%ets of %entri9cation, lo$er-class nei%boroods !o!ulated $it minorities, remain te same today as tey
ave in te !ast. &e tar%etin% of tese races and !laces is due to te fact tat
tese areas ave urban ualities 0e.%. istorical arcitecture3 tat are desirable
to middle- and u!!er-class consumers and develo!ers o$ever, tese areas
lac5 i% aestetic uality and terefore are in need of 'revitalization and
ealin% 0/mit ())3.' 8t is, in a sense, a ty!e of social en%ineerin%, a racist
!ro4ect tat carries out %lobal urban a!arteid under te name of colorblind
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neoliberal develo!ment. &is im!licit caracter allo$s for te !ersistence of
!ro!erty-led economic develo!ment in te name of te free-mar5et and eual
o!!ortunity. Considered critically, tis $ave re!resents te attem!ted
%eo%ra!ical etermination of !articular tar%et %rou!s, includin% immi%rants
and mar%inalized minority urban d$ellers tat are considered dis!osable and
not tied to te community.
6 United ations re!ort 0++*3 as recently stated tat neoliberal
develo!ment !olicy creates a situation of modern urban a!arteid, es!ecially
in te face of increasin% Iross Domestic roduct. &is e$ Urbanism focuses
its ener%ies on 'te best and i%est use 0/mit ++3' and is cou!led $it te
trend of mied-use zonin% and !ro!erty-led economic develo!ment 01olf-
o$ers ++*3. 6ltou% tere is su!!osed to be enforcement of rules tat
reuire lo$ income multi-family d$ellin%s to be in te %entrifyin% areas, 'te
best and i%est use' noneteless becomes loft a!artments, small businesses,
and service 4obs in !lace of even te li%test industry tat formerly em!loyed
te lo$ income and minority !o!ulations. /ome ar%ue tat te de!arture ofindustry and te subseuent entry of service sector em!loyment from urban
centers is a natural trend 0@reeman and :raconi ++23.
On te oter and 1olf-o$ers 0++*3 ar%ues, at least in e$ Jor5 City, tat
tis trend is encoura%ed trou% neoliberal 0and $e su%%est, colorblind3
develo!ment !olicies tat create a situation called '!ro!erty-led' economic
develo!ment in $ic !ro!erty o$ners are made te most !o$erful actors.
&ere is no reason to e!ect tis trend to be any di;erent else$ere as lon% as
neoliberal colorblindness rules te !olicy arena. 8n tis !rocess develo!ers are
encoura%ed, trou% colorblind neoliberal zonin% and ta ordinances, to create
a nei%borood full of 'te best and i%est uses.' 1en tis trend be%ins,
landlords $ill brea5 zonin% la$s $it te 0correct3 assum!tion tat tey $ill %et
s!ecial ece!tion !ermits from te !lannin% and zonin% committee.
e$ Urbanist !olicies ave %enerated more !ositive economic outcomes for
cities tan !ast %entri9cation !olicies ave ever been able to accom!lis by
focusin% on tis 'best and i%est use.' Ho$ever, te conseuences of tis
!olicy on te resident 0and freuently minority3 !o!ulations ave barely
received attention, des!ite te citiesA recei!t of re!orts from residents of
%entrifyin% communities $o $is to outline teir o$n visions for te
develo!ment of te nei%boroods in $ic tey reside. Em!loyin% tismetod im!lies tat te conseuences for locals are factored into te
develo!ment !rocess.
Unfortunately, as detailed by Davila 0++K3 and 1olf-o$ers 0++*3, tis is
better caracterized as a trend of !ayin% li! service to te local community.
1ile ta5in% develo!ment advisin% re!orts from te community is a ste!
for$ard in te urban develo!ment !rocess, it is far from a 9nal and all-
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encom!assin% democratic develo!ment solution. &e bi%%est issue tus far is
tat te city as sim!ly used tese re!orts in order to 4ustify a!!lyin%
colorblind neoliberal develo!ment !olicies to a community and o;erin%
develo!ment contracts to !articularly $ealty !o$erful land o$ners and
business!eo!le. 8n tese cases, te city !lanners seem to be Li!!in% te
develo!ment !rocess around. &ey $or5 bac5$ards from te o!inion tatcolorblind neoliberal %ro$t !olicies are te e!itome of develo!ment strate%ies
to te information comin% from te community re!ort" it is a tautolo%ical
ar%ument. 8t does not matter $at te re!ort itself says or $at te
community believes is best. &e end result is for te city to ta5e control, &E
everyone $at is best, and ma5e !rescri!tions based on te o!inions of te
!lanners and develo!ers $itout ever fully 4ustifyin% te !olicy or considerin%
te destructive conseuences for !eo!le tat already live in te soon-to-be
%entrifyin% nei%borood.
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ousin% $ill be !rovided, it is as not been o;ered on a one-to-one basis
0Columbia Daily Tribune, October (, ++*3. Most areas are subsidized for (* to
+ years 0(+ years in e$ Jor53 and ten sold o; to develo!ers, !ossibly
resultin% in furter dis!lacement of te !oor, but at a slo$er rate.
8n 6tlanta, Ieor%ia, $ites are te drivin% force beind %entri9cation. 1itin
ten years, bet$een ())+ and +++, te $ite !o!ulation of tree
!redominately blac5 nei%boroods doubled in a reverse trend from $at $as
seen bet$een te ()+s and ()7+s. &e !o!ulation rose from (N $ite to
(2N $ite in te ir5$ood area. 8n ()+ te $ite !o!ulation $as )7N by
()7+ te area $as )7N blac5 01illiams and 6delman ++K3. &e median sales
!rice of omes as risen 7*N in te !ast (+ years, resultin% in una;ordable
taes for te residents.
1at is a!!enin% in Harlem, e$ Jor5, di;ers in several $ays from
inte%ration of te more familiar blac5-to-$ite form as demonstrated by te
6tlanta case. @or eam!le, $en blac5s moved into $ite nei%boroods, tere$ere, in most cases, fe$ income or class di;erences bet$een te t$o %rou!s.
:ut $en middle- or u!!er-middle-class !eo!le move into lo$er-income,
minority communities, $at ta5es !lace is as muc class -- as racial --
inte%ration. 1ereas $ites may ave feared tat te arrival of blac5
nei%bors $ould !rovo5e $ite Li%t into suburbs and de!ress !ro!erty values,
:lac5 residents of %entrifyin% nei%boroods in Harlem fear risin% !ro!erty
values $ill force tem out. 8f tey do not believe tey are under te ris5 of
actual dis!lacement, tey may $orry about a loss of !olitical control and te
erosion of customs, rituals and institutions -- $at Moniue &aylor calls 'a $ay
of livin% in blac5 communities 0/cott ++(3.'
&e nei%borood of 1est &o$n, located in Cica%o, as also e!erienced a
sift in com!osition over te !ast decade. &e area $as !rimarily $ite before
a !eriod of $ite Li%t be%innin% in te ()+s, $en it $as transformed from a
!rimarily $ite area to a !redominately atino area, incor!oratin% oter racial
%rou!s as $ell. 6s 4obs ave recently sifted to $ite collar and service sector
4obs, $ites are no$ returnin% to 1est &o$n and te areaAs $ite !o!ulation
as increased from 7.2N in ())+ to K).K)N in +++. Coincidin% $it tis sift
is a decrease in te atino !o!ulation from *).+N in ())+ to 2.B*N in +++.
Durin% tis !eriod te avera%e 1est &o$n !ro!erty !rice as escalated BKN
and te median !rice as doubled. &e escalatin% !ro!erty !rices a;ect!ro!erty o$ners $o are see5in% to remain in te area and results in a forced
dislocation if te !ro!erty taes become una;ordable. @or eam!le, bet$een
())* and ()) !ro!erty taes rose ((7N in te 1est &o$n nei%borood
0atalie Voorees Center ++(3.
6 similar trend as ta5en !lace in 6nn 6rbor, Mici%an. 6nn 6rbor as
e!erienced si%ni9cant can%es in its landsca!e over te !ast fe$ decades,
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siftin% from a !redominately manufacturin% economy to a 5no$led%e
economy. Dol%on 0()))3 describes tis sift as 'a celebration of te ne$
bour%eoisie' $itin te city. Develo!ment is ta5in% !lace $itin te city,
o$ever it is seen as i%ly selective as to $o $ill receive te bene9ts of tis
ne$ ty!e of !lace. 6s ne$ 4obs tar%eted to$ards te ne$ bour%eoisie ave
been establised $itin te city, te city as ad an inLu of ne$ residents.&e inLu a!!ears to coincide $it a can%e in te demo%ra!ics of te city
trou% te dis!lacement of te :lac5 $or5in% class. @or over a century te
ort-Central area of 6nn 6rbor ad been com!rised of mainly 6frican
6mericans. &ese areas ave been tar%eted by ne$comers and develo!ers for
residence !articularly for tis reason.
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and beaviors 0!. )3.' 6 trend $as establised in cities $it te lar%est sare
of aQuent central city buyers coosin% %entri9ed nei%boroods in $ic te
cities $it te i%est !ercenta%e of tese !ersons $ere also cities deemed te
'meanest cities' in terms of 'uality of life' ordinance develo!ment and
enforcement 01yly and Hammel ++K3.
'ee!inA 8t Clean'
Homelessness and 6estetics in
te e$ Urbanism
&e actions related to %entri9cation ave been directly related to
dis!lacement and, at times, results in omelessness. 6reas tat are freuently
tar%eted in redevelo!ment are also areas com!rised mainly of minorities and
lo$er income residents $o are often $itout te 9nancial means to a;ord
increasin% rents and secure ne$ ousin% if forced out of teir omes. &e
treatment of lo$ income residents in %entri9ed areas is analo%ous to te
treatment of already omeless !o!ulations.
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rater one of s!atial etermination. &e main concern of indi;erent !olicies
to$ard omelessness is to render te dis!laced invisible, $itout re%ard for
teir $ell-bein% and survival. olicies tar%etin% te survival beaviors of te
omeless ave been enacted nation$ide. :eaviors freuently cited are
slee!in%, urinatin% or defecatin%, and batin% in !ublic s!aces 0Mitcell ++K3.
8t is im!ortant to note tat te omeless ave no alternative !lace to !erformtese activities. &ese !olicies are related to citiesA attem!ts to create a
sanitized s!ace $it te %oal of attractin% ne$ develo!ment and tourists $o
are sielded from te realities of omelessness and !overty.
Ientri9cation !ro4ects reLect an euivalent desire to$ards aestetics,
creatin% te loo5 of an economically stable and aestetically !leasin%
community reuires riddin% te s!ace of !overty stric5en areas and !ersons.
6s $it omeless !olicies, redevelo!ment !ro4ects ave reLected a similar lac5
of !lannin%. &e interest is neiter in maintainin% nor assistin% tese
!o!ulations, but in te etermination of tese !o!ulations trou% un4ust
redevelo!ment, dis!lacement, and lac5 of re!lacement ousin%.
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develo!ment in :oston, $e ar%ue tat it is %eneralizable to all %entrifyin%
cities.
&is e$ Urbanist !olicy as created a 'revancist city' in $ic te retoric
surroundin% develo!ment focuses on ealin% te %eo%ra!ical area tat as
fallen into disre!ute and disre!air due to te lac5 of attention from and te
criminal tendencies of its racialized and lo$er class inabitants 0/mit ())3.
&rou%out te istory of %entri9cation, te local media, in con4unction $it
!lannin% and develo!ment advocates and oScials, create a '%eo%ra!y of
eclusion 0/ibley ())*3' and a cancerous s!ace trou% te use of a retoric
tat demonizes te residents and o$ tey ave used teir s!atial area 0often
a nei%borood or !ublic s!aces $itin a nei%borood3. &rou% tis dual
!rocess, te !eo!le $itin a nei%borood become caracterized as
undeservin% lazy minorities $o ave already been %iven too muc !ublic
assistance 0Omi and 1inant ())23 and te s!ace tey inabit becomes
caracterized as misused and abused 0/mit ())3.
8n order for tis 'abused' s!ace to be able to o;er a !ositive contribution to
te city, te s!ace must be 'saved' by middle class altruists 0read" %entri9ers3
$o $ill 'eal' te s!ace by im!rovin% its a!!earance and increasin% rents. 8n
e$ Jor5 City, for instance, contem!orary mied-use develo!ment !lannin%
committees ave o!ened u! te !olicy develo!ment !rocess a little by %ivin%
tese 'undeservin%' !eo!le a small voice in te resident re!orts about teir
desires for community develo!ment 01olf-o$ers ++*3. 6s $e ave seen,
even $en te !lannin% boards do ta5e tese develo!ment re!orts from local
communities, tey do not ta5e tem seriously and it becomes a sim!le act of
!ayin% li! service to te community 01olf-o$ers ++*3. &e city oScials $ill
unfailin%ly do $at tey feel is best. /ince neoliberal develo!ment !olicies are,
in e;ect, colorblind, te o!inions and concerns of minority residents are
disre%arded resultin% in !olicy advanta%es for $ealty develo!ers and citizens
$o, by teir 'ealin%' ands and self ri%teous altruism, $iten %entrifyin%
nei%boroods.
'ose 8t, &en Move 8t'
or Dis!lacement
8n te !ast %entri9cation consisted of i%er income $ite residents re!lacin%
lo$er income 6frican 6mericans in te city center. &is trend is no lon%er
clearly blac5 and $ite and no$ includes a variety of etnicities as %entri9ers.
&e adverse e;ects of %entri9cation, suc as dis!lacement, still fall eavily on
te soulders of minorities as in te !ast.
Conseuences of %entri9cation are te involuntary or voluntary dis!lacement
of renters, omeo$ners and local businesses, increased real estate values,
increased ta revenue, deconcentration of !overty, can%in% cultural fabric of
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te community, can%in% leadersi! and !o$er structure of community, and
an increased value !ut on te nei%borood by outsiders 0&e :roo5in%s
8nstitution ++(3. Dis!lacement occurs in varyin% forms.
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!enomenon, but a !art of a lar%er !rocess tat cannot be se!arated from
sifts in !olicy and economics 06ldric ()7*3.
&ere are t$o distinct forms of dis!lacement. Direct forms of dis!lacement
are !ro!erty clearance and convertin% ousin% to ne$ use indirect forms occur
$en land !rices rise and rents are bid-u! to a level una;ordable to te
nei%boroodAs !rior residents. 6ltou% in te tird $ave of %entri9cation
redevelo!ment is ty!ically left to !rivate develo!ers and reLects lo$
%overnment involvement, te states ave assisted in tese !olicies by
su!!ortin% redevelo!ment trou% eminent domain la$s. Eminent domain, te
%overnmental !o$er to a!!ro!riate !rivate !ro!erty for !ublic use, as been
used recently to ta5e !rivate omes and businesses and re!lace tem $it
more !ro9table develo!ments, eem!lifyin% 'te best and i%est use'
!rinci!le noted by /mit 0())3. 6 central uestion in tese !ractices is" $at
is considered !ublic use tat $ould entail te condemnation of tese areas and
$o is de9nin% tisR Courts ave cited a %ro$in% ta base for te community
as te !ublic use needed in order to seize tese !ro!erties 0Mansnerus ++(3.6reas are condemned trou% te claim of bli%t and ten transferred to
!rivate redevelo!ers.
&ere ave been %ro$in% contestations to tese !ractices of usin% eminent
domain to seize !rivate !ro!erty. a$ !rofessor Marci 6. Hamilton 9led a
!etition on bealf of tenant o$ners of an oSce com!le $o lost teir buildin%
after it $as condemned as bli%ted. 6fter it $as condemned, te buildin% and
lot $ere sceduled for demolition so tat a ne$ site for te e$ Jor5 &imes
could be built. Hamilton claimed tat 'te !ur!ose of transferrin% !rivate
!ro!erty to anoter, more !o$erful and AconnectedA !rivate o$ner' $as not te
ori%inal intent of eminent domain la$ 0Dunla! ++K3. 8n res!onse, Em!ire
/tate Develo!ment dismissed te federal claim as !re!osterous. 'o case as
ever eld tat a !retetual bli%t 9ndin% is suScient to satisfy te
constitutional !ublic use reuirement,' e$ Jor5 /tate le%al oScials said in
teir brief, !re!ared by Carter, edyard T Milburn 0Dunla! ++K3.
&is case eem!li9es te lac5 of !o$er tat residents and small business
o$ners ave in resistin% te !o$er of redevelo!ment by me%a-develo!ers in
teir areas. 6ltou% cases ave been on te rise, tere as been little success
by residents in retainin% teir !rivate !ro!erty.
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ca!acity to !ursue teir frustrations. 6s stated before, te losers in
%entri9cation are often minorities and te economically disadvanta%ed.
8nvestments needed to attract ne$ residents and businesses to boost te
nei%borood often result in te dis!lacement of residents trou% forced
relocation. One-to-one re!lacement is a federal %uideline left to state and local
ousin% autorities $o often fail to a!!ly restrictions on !rivate develo!ment.
6;ordable ousin% and ome o$nersi! !ro%rams and relocation assistance
are often used as miti%atin% tools for !otential dis!lacement by !rivate
develo!ers. Urban rene$al of te !ast led to direct dis!lacement but te
!rivate develo!ment of te !resent tird $ave %entri9cation results in indirect
dis!lacement of residents by conversion and increase in rents. &e dis!laced
de!end on te ousin% mar5et to 9nd ne$ ousin%, altou% some
omeo$ners voluntarily sell or move from te area. 8n order to determine
$eter 'true' dis!lacement is occurrin%, it must be determined $eter
continued occu!ancy is 9nancially !ossible. Ientri9cation, in tis li%t, creates
a vicious cycle" omelessness and !overty are im!ortant social issues tata;ect te value and function of communities but te destruction and
%entri9cation of lo$ income and minority communities contributes to
omelessness and !overty $ile simultaneously im!rovin% te aestetic and
9nancial ualities of tese areas 0oebel ())3.
6s neoliberal ideolo%ies come to dominate our !olitical arenas,
colorblindness, too, comes to dominate te $ay $e !erceive economic and
social outcomes. 8t is im!ortant to note tat colorblindness sets te bac5dro!
for redevelo!ment discussions-- no one tal5s about te r-$ord, at least not
e!licitly. e$ Urbanism does not esca!e tis critiue. 8t is evident from our
discussion tat race must ta5e a central !lace in te discussion on
dis!lacement tat results from neoliberal redevelo!ment !rocesses. &e
dis!laced are dis!ro!ortionately lo$ income racial and etnic urban minorities.
Class is not te sole variable race matters.
@ootnote
6utorsA ote" 1e ave cosen to list our names al!abetically rater tan
utilizin% te !ositions of 9rst, second, and tird autorsi! to reLect te
collaborative nature of tis !a!er and te uniue contributions eac of us ma5e
to its develo!ment. 1e $ould li5e to tan5 Dr. David . :runsma and te
students of /ociolo%y B+B7, Iraduate /eminar on Critical
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6%uirre, 6dalberto, r. and onatan :roo5s. ++(. 'City
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Mur!y, Dean E. ++*. 'Cut-
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1olf-o$ers, aura. ++*. 'U!-Wonin% e$ Jor5 CityAs Mied-Use
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1yly, Elvin . and Daniel . Hammel. ())). '8slands of Decay in /eas of