Monday, September 22, 2008
East Austin- not going down w/o a struggle
Hey guys! Sorry for not posting til now. First of all, good job Ashwini and Kelly on your research and ideas! I think gentrification, the Latino and other minorities community, and new local businesses are all good things to include in our project. Maybe our theme could be how East Austin is changing or what East Austin is doing to fight back against its decay. Well, maybe not 'fight' exactly, but what their response is to the change. It could be positive, if we want it to be, but it doesn't have to. It could be very open ended, and we could say we don't know what is going to happen to this area or the people in it, but this is what they are doing in response. What do you guys think?
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So it seems like our bigger concept could be the change that's happening on the eastside, and our sub- categories could address minority populations (specifically hispanic perhaps since that seems to be a hot topic?), small business, and resistance and/or acceptance of change? what do you guys think of that?
My research in the Chronicle archive indicates that a lot of black residents are being displaced by gentrification. So it's not just Hispanics.
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