Gentrification In America

Gentrification has always be a controversial subject in which it particularly deals with pushing out the blacks, and moving in the whites. Although many people believe this is how gentrification works, it is actually much more complex. In modern America, gentrification is more of an inconspicuous act in which the lower class is pushed out, rather than just a specific race. Although the majority of the lower class happen to be African Americans and latinos, it is focused upon the removal of the lower class, and rise of the middle and upper class. Gentrification is a constant cycle throughout cities especially in New York, towns such as Williamsburg, have been severely gentrified by middle class and upper class New Yorkers. While gentrification
Gentrification really is a wide-spreading issue that is occurring through out all America, better yet all over the world, but it especially in New York. The New Yorkers that are effected by gentrification are mainly lower-class Americans, and they are not benefiting from gentrification at all because gentrification deals with the rise of the middle and upperclass, and not of the lower-class New Yorkers. The issue with gentrification is that the people who are part of the lower-class tend to be the majority of the New York population, meaning that if gentrification continues it will lead to the complete depletion of the lower-class.  Evidence of gentrification is seen in numerous amounts of sources such as, websites containing statistics, articles, news reports, and blogs. A particular article by Ric Curtis, “Crack, Cocaine and Heroin: Drug Eras in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1960–2000” explains how drugs and crimes have evolved in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, and how the development of the crack markets occurred. Curtis’ research is particularly focused on the 60’s up until the year 2000, the reason for this is because “cocaine and the new crack markets”(58) subsided after the late 90’s because this is when gentrification began in Williamsburg. The gentrification in Williamsburg resulted in lower crime rates, and acts of violence. Because of the gentrification, “the crack business”(59) which was usually ran by Dominicans and Puerto Ricans declined immensely and this is because the majority of New York latinos are lower-class, therefore pushing out crack dealers with the lower-class. As the middle class continued to push out the lower-class, they were also pushing out the majority of the criminals that resided in Williamsburg because most of the deaths and crimes that occurred were caused by Puerto Rican and Dominican drug dealers who have a “long history