Witnessing the Emplacement of Whiteness: Gentrification through the Perspective of Latine and African Americans

In gentrifying places, people of color are often portrayed as displaced and evicted with little agency. However, while some people of color may be forced to leave their gentrifying neighborhood, others may choose to stay. Sociologist Miguel Montalva Barba will explore how people of color make sense of their gentrifying neighborhood. He will conduct interviews with African American and Latine residents of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, as well as analyze archival data and data from the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Corporation for his study.