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close102 t1_iwvuoqe wrote

Reply to comment by downpat in Oak Bakeshop on east side has opened! (more details in comments) by n0m_chompsky

Referring to Red Ink Community Library as “the socialist bookstore” really undercuts any hint of valid criticism you have in commenting on gentrification.

The poke shop is owned by an Asian woman. The library team has an Indian man on it and has many cross cultural and community events. The bakeshop is partly owned by a Jewish woman.

Is the area being gentrified? Yes. Is it white “progressive” capitalists? Not entirely, and in none of the examples you provided.

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wafflesandgin t1_iww0cv9 wrote

It's a valid description. Red Ink openly markets as a political, socialist leaning space. It's not a library you take your kids to to borrow children's books.

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close102 t1_iwzlzem wrote

It’s an oversimplification used to polarize it as “bad” rather than understanding the context in which the space exists and operates.

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wafflesandgin t1_ix0avkp wrote

I think the only one here viewing the word socialist as "bad" is yourself.

For someone talking about needing to understand context, I think you should do the same.

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downpat t1_iwwdlua wrote

Where in my comment did I refer to any of these new groups as “white”?

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close102 t1_iwzmbxv wrote

“One of the city’s few largely Black neighborhoods getting filled up with “progressive” businesses and entities”

Your intention in this is clear.

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downpat t1_iwzvqug wrote

Typical far-left thought policing; you’re also just wrong. I guess I’ll just rest with the community that’s chosen to downvote you so we don’t hear more of this nonsense.

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