Philly: 'Temple Town' Is The New Jim Crow
By Chad Dion Lassiter, Oct. 27, 2014, Philly.com
Google Maps a few weeks ago identified much of North Philadelphia as "Temple Town."
Temple University's encroachments upon North Philadelphia should no longer be shocking for it is real. While Temple University has officially denied any connection to this renaming, it appears clear that Temple University and developers are carving out a white enclave that in effect is no longer North Philadelphia. Most black folks will be unwelcomed.
What Temple wants is a white enclave of racial and class privilege. This makes Temple University and its developer friend not just gentrifiers, but guilty of resegregating Philadelphia on the model of South African apartheid.
This is a "New Jim Crow."
This form of Jim Crow is about urban space and land. It's about replacing black folks with upper-middle-class whites. It's about disrupting black communities and institutions. It's about disrespect. It's a return to the horrible past of blatant white supremacy.
In this respect, Temple is as bad as any white Southern oppressor from back in the day. The name of the game is a few crumbs off the table for some, but old-style white supremacy for the majority.
Read the full story: www.philly.com
Google Maps a few weeks ago identified much of North Philadelphia as "Temple Town."
Temple University's encroachments upon North Philadelphia should no longer be shocking for it is real. While Temple University has officially denied any connection to this renaming, it appears clear that Temple University and developers are carving out a white enclave that in effect is no longer North Philadelphia. Most black folks will be unwelcomed.
What Temple wants is a white enclave of racial and class privilege. This makes Temple University and its developer friend not just gentrifiers, but guilty of resegregating Philadelphia on the model of South African apartheid.
This is a "New Jim Crow."
This form of Jim Crow is about urban space and land. It's about replacing black folks with upper-middle-class whites. It's about disrupting black communities and institutions. It's about disrespect. It's a return to the horrible past of blatant white supremacy.
In this respect, Temple is as bad as any white Southern oppressor from back in the day. The name of the game is a few crumbs off the table for some, but old-style white supremacy for the majority.
Read the full story: www.philly.com
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