Quotes tagged ‘Gentrification’

(4 total)

“Listen here, you gent, Columbus motherfucker. If you don't stay the fuck away... I don't know why I told you about this neighborhood because y'all take everything! Can we have anything?! Leave!”

— Prentice Penny, Issa Dee, Issa Rae, imdb.com

“Rashad: This is our change to make a difference, and it starts now. Ghost: And opportunity to rebuilt this community, the community I grew up in? Come on, I couldn't be more excited. I'm ready to get both these hands dirty. Rashad: That's what I want to hear! Listen, if we don't get rid of these dru…”

— Monica Mitchell, James 'Ghost' St. Patrick, Omari Hardwick, imdb.com

“Because you're a bunch of yuppies. It's your go-go corporate takeover lifestyles that are driving out these Mom and Pop stores and destroying the fabric of this neighborhood.”

— Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Tom Gammill and Max Pross, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“There is a gentrification that is happening to cities, and there is a gentrification that is happening to the emotions too, with a similarly homogenizing, whitening, deadening effect. Amidst the glossiness of late capitalism, we are fed the notion that all difficult feelings -- depression, anxiety,…”

— Olivia Laing, amazon.com