Hey, there! Log in / Register

Classism in Jamaica Plain

Say it ain't so! On Left Center Left, Chris says the case of Fasika, an Ethiopian restaurant that doubled as a Dominican nightclub on South Huntington before it shut down following complaints from nearby Pondside residents, is a classic example:

... The subtext of this push isn't hard to find: residents a) resent the lowerer class of Fasika's clientele and b) want their neighborhood to be more suburban, less city-like. They want to push out perfectly law-abiding minority Bostonians from their slice of JP for a modest uptick in their property values. ...

Neighborhoods: 
Topics: 


Ad:


Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution. Thanks!

Comments

Isn't the author the one who deemed this restaurant/club's clientele as "lowerer (sic) class"? What gives him that right?

He might want to look inward regarding classism.

up
Voting closed 0