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Gentrification

Laura, Edman, Amber, Brianna

What Happened? by Savanna Carter, Samuel Graves and Llondyn Elliott


De-Gentrifying Portland was a film workshop that provided instruction and resources for predominately AfricanAmerican youth to explore urban development and gentrification through filmmaking. Film made along with Know
Your City.

https://vimeo.com/116190961 (start at 10:34)

Thesis
Through researching and communicating with organizations like Know Your City we will shine light on the
measures being taken today to combat the ethical issues of segregation against people of certain economic class and
a variety of other issues that gentrification brings to communities. Know your city is a movement fighting
gentrification by seeking racial justice, urban justice, human rights, and democracy.

Percent White In Northeast Portland

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwestnews/index.ssf/2011/04/in_portlands_heart_diversity_dwindles.html

Cities that have seen the most


gentrification
Portland, OR - 58.1%
Washington, DC - 51.9%
Minneapolis, MN - 50.6%
Seattle, WA - 50%

Percentage Increase and Decrease of


Population
by Race
Red= Population Decline
Blue=Population Increase
Top Map= African American
Migration
Bottom Map= White Migration

Gentrifying vs Non Gentrifying


Neighborhoods

https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/more-of-boston-gentrified-than-new-yorkcity-in-the-early-aughts

Discussion Questions
In the article Of Means and Ends, Alfred North Whitehead defines means and ends
as The end is what you want, and the means is how you get it. What is an
alternative end and the means to achieve it regarding the suspension of the
gentrification process?

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