On this episode of Defying Gentrification, I spend my homeroom time clarifying that gentrification is not a remedy for urban renewal, it’s the continuation of urban renewal, land theft and seizure, forced assimilation, and redlining.

And on my street corner this week, I urge Black women to answer the call for liberation, especially when we are given positions of power, and to do our best to not let it kill us, and honor the memories of those that we have lost to the system despite being in its power structure.

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Here are some of the things I referenced on the episode:

The Assembly   article on Yolanda Hill shuttering her organization helping childcare facilities to receive federal funds so her husband could look more Republican as he runs to be the first Black governor of North Carolina.

Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s full remarks at Spelman College

ABC News report on the legacy and the tragedy of Dr. Antoinette Bonnie Candia-Bailey

My tweet on the depression that comes from reading bad news for a living, even when you have supportive people helping you do so.

The full article from the Inclusive Historian’s Handbook on urban renewal

History of the Warnersville neighborhood

The Amendment Podcast episode on Representation for the Cherokee Nation in the US Congress

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