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August 8, 2006
Villiage Voice: Letter to the Editor
Boomerang effect
Re Cindy Carr's "Life in the Footprint" [August 2–8]: I find it fascinating that no one gave a damn about Fort Greene and all the changes until a bunch of white people decided they were being treated badly. Basically, they don't want to happen to them what they did to the neighborhood in the first place. It really shows where the media and society stand when groups like Develop Don't Destroy, the anti-Ikea people, and the Gowanus Project are all run by white people and no one brings that up. They are the defenders, the great white hope—with the exception of vote-whore councilwoman Letitia James you see no black faces. Boo hoo, white people; change happens long before you show up. Fort Greene is a beautiful and vibrant neighborhood. I have lived here for seven years and seen many changes, both good and bad. Change happens; you can't stall progress.
Amy Patrick
Brooklyn
NoLandGrab: That's pretty extreme schadenfreude.
Posted by lumi at August 8, 2006 5:25 PM