A new gentrification crisis

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🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Today on Post Reports: Tracy Jan on how the pandemic is exacerbating the effects of gentrification in cities like Los Angeles. From Linah Mohammad and Hira Qureshi, how the Hulu series “Ramy” tackles taboos, and why it’s gotten criticism from the Muslim community. And Brittany Renee Mayes explains why Black-owned bookstores are seeing a boom in orders of anti-racist literature.

Ethnic enclaves are struggling to fight gentrification during the pandemic.

The Hulu show “Ramy” tackles taboos. But it’s also gotten criticism from the Muslim community.

Demand for anti-racist literature is up. Black bookstore owners are hoping it will last.

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0:34.8	It's Friday, August 7.
0:38.9	Today, how the pandemic could accelerate gentrification,
0:42.4	the problem with the lack of representation on TV,
0:45.2	and the rise of anti-racist reading.
0:51.5	So we know that the current virus pandemic has really hit
0:54.5	black and brown communities the hardest.
0:56.5	They're both the most likely to contract one of Iris and die from it.
1:00.4	And so the next natural question is to look at the economic impacts.
1:07.2	How are African-American, Asian-American, and Latinos
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