[TLI]

A confession: My late husband moved with me to Inglewood in 2004. He was white, Jewish to be exact. But he was an outlier, a guy who grew up in the working-class Valley whose racial politics were radical enough to make moving into a black, thoroughly ungentrified neighborhood not a big deal. It wasn’t an act of rebellion or an attempt to improve or upgrade things with his presence. He made himself part of a black space, serving on Inglewood’s police oversight commission, befriending youngsters (he was a teacher), pitching in to decorate trees on our block at Christmas. For lack of a better term, he integrated.

He integrated while you learned nothing.

Typical.

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[a fool in paradise]

>> to make moving into a black, thoroughly ungentrified neighborhood not a big deal

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentrification

the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces poorer residents

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What’s the word for when change came in the other direction causing deterioration of existing properties, driving down property values?

[Yaelle]

Also note: white people you sleep with are cool. Exceptions.