A family member accused me of endangering my children. According to this person, without a religious framework in which to raise my little desafortunados, I risk, (gasp!) damning them to eternal hell or – worse yet – subjecting the “good” people in the world to my ruthless heathens. There is no way to raise ethical,… [Continue Reading]
What does It mean to gentrify some place?
09/19/2011 By 4 Comments
I live in a gentrified neighborhood. At least that’s what I found out recently, when I spoke to a longtime area resident who informed me that “the damn hipsters came in and ruined everything.” He didn’t consider me an invader, even though I moved into the neighborhood just two years ago. I presume my Latino… [Continue Reading]