john: sometimes i think that no matter what good things you do, liberals will still tell you you re wrong. for decades they complained that neighborhoods are segregated because rich white people don t want to live in racially-mixed neighborhoods. and sometimes they had a point. but now times have changed. some rich white people want to move into poorer non-white neighborhoods because they like the idea of diversity. or cheaper real estate. so are the liberals finally happy? no now they complain about gentrification. one put these stickers on businesses andtrified parts of austin texas suggesting gentrification is racist. when parts of new york began to gentrify in the 80s liberals protested, and riots broke out. the new york post called it a night of rage, a battle between yuppies and hippies.
yuppies and hippies. the battle continues today in many parts of america. protesters came with several signs expressing how they feel. some say gentrification is violent stop tax breaks for wealthy developers! john: we should, but gentrification is violent? lots of people say that. u.s. congressman hakim jeff race calls gentrification a cancer. congressman you re from brooklyn where there s a lot of gentrification. that s a cancer? if you think about what a cancer does, it ravages a neighborhood neighborhood, consumes it and moves on to the next neighborhood, and i refer to socioeconomic gentrification which relates to dramatically increasing housing prices thereby pushing out working families, middle class folks, senior citizens poor folks, artists, young college students starting out. john: the census data found no evidence of displacement of