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Throwback Thursday: The Caucasian's Guide to Black Neighborhoods

Or ... how to NOT be a gentrifier.

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Michael Harriot
Jul 10, 2025
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This post originally appeared on NegusWhoRead on Oct. 3, 2016.

As society enters the utopia promised to us in old negro spirituals, the Bill of Rights and Martin Luther King Jr.’s dreams, we are beginning to witness this country morph into a true homogenous melting pot. Don’t get me wrong — we are only a few years away from a truly post-ra…

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