Comments on: Medicine for Melancholy http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/ Thugs, Feminist and Boom Bap Mon, 21 May 2012 02:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Aunt Jackie http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/comment-page-1/#comment-10707 Aunt Jackie Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:57:00 +0000 http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/#comment-10707 Well if you look at the fact that in the late 40s and 50s most of the black folks migrating to California were doing so to escape back breaking manual labor, a good Government job meant a desk, some air in the summer and heat in the winter. A whole lot better than sharecropping! Well if you look at the fact that in the late 40s and 50s most of the black folks migrating to California were doing so to escape back breaking manual labor, a good Government job meant a desk, some air in the summer and heat in the winter. A whole lot better than sharecropping!

]]> By: Model Minority http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/comment-page-1/#comment-10705 Model Minority Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:04:00 +0000 http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/#comment-10705 Black Folks love a good government job hunh?<br/><br/>Lols. Black Folks love a good government job hunh?

Lols.

]]> By: Aunt Jackie http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/comment-page-1/#comment-10704 Aunt Jackie Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/#comment-10704 My brother turned me on to this a while back. My city of birth has changed so very much. It was filled with black enclaves and neighborhoods of hard working black folks, who migrated away from the city little by little into the burbs and away from city life. <br/><br/>Black folks are still in the city, all over The Point, 3rd Street, still a few left in Filmore, but they aren't trying to be the poster children for gentrification either. <br/><br/>I love the City, but it's a strange bird these days and I don't know if the way that industry is headed black folks will be returning. Long gone are the days or Long Shoremen and good Government jobs that attracted black folks to Richmond and SF in the 50s... My brother turned me on to this a while back. My city of birth has changed so very much. It was filled with black enclaves and neighborhoods of hard working black folks, who migrated away from the city little by little into the burbs and away from city life.

Black folks are still in the city, all over The Point, 3rd Street, still a few left in Filmore, but they aren’t trying to be the poster children for gentrification either.

I love the City, but it’s a strange bird these days and I don’t know if the way that industry is headed black folks will be returning. Long gone are the days or Long Shoremen and good Government jobs that attracted black folks to Richmond and SF in the 50s…

]]> By: Model Minority http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/comment-page-1/#comment-10703 Model Minority Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:37:00 +0000 http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/#comment-10703 Ahnka,<br/><br/>Thank you for stopping by and for sharing.<br/><br/>"The city is beautiful. You shouldn't have to be upper middle class to be a part of that." That's how I feel about Brooklyn, a little more, every day.<br/>=======<br/>Don't eeevvvvven get me started.<br/><br/>Notice, he didn't say MIDDLE CLASS, he said UPPER middle....<br/><br/>That's how you feel about Brooklyn, thats how I feel about being Black. In addition to relaunching Model Minority, I am working on a site about gentrification.<br/><br/>Stay tuned... Ahnka,

Thank you for stopping by and for sharing.

“The city is beautiful. You shouldn’t have to be upper middle class to be a part of that.” That’s how I feel about Brooklyn, a little more, every day.
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Don’t eeevvvvven get me started.

Notice, he didn’t say MIDDLE CLASS, he said UPPER middle….

That’s how you feel about Brooklyn, thats how I feel about being Black. In addition to relaunching Model Minority, I am working on a site about gentrification.

Stay tuned…

]]> By: ahnka http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/comment-page-1/#comment-10702 ahnka Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://newmodelminority.com/2009/02/28/medicine-for-melancholy/#comment-10702 It's a shame I flaked and missed the NY screening.<br/>But the trailer still holds my attention. Guess I'll have to wait for the DVD.<br/><br/>I remember when I visited a friend in San Francisco. I walked all over San Francisco and was pleasantly surprised to never be the only Black girl no matter where I went. Of course, that was outside of the stores and apartment buildings. $ means everything everywhere don't it? <br/><br/>"The city is beautiful. You shouldn't have to be upper middle class to be a part of that." That's how I feel about Brooklyn, a little more, every day. It’s a shame I flaked and missed the NY screening.
But the trailer still holds my attention. Guess I’ll have to wait for the DVD.

I remember when I visited a friend in San Francisco. I walked all over San Francisco and was pleasantly surprised to never be the only Black girl no matter where I went. Of course, that was outside of the stores and apartment buildings. $ means everything everywhere don’t it?

“The city is beautiful. You shouldn’t have to be upper middle class to be a part of that.” That’s how I feel about Brooklyn, a little more, every day.

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