Eliza Shapiro, The New York Times
Published: 03 Jun 2021 01:52 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Jun 2021 01:52 PM BdST Theresa DiCristi, custodial engineer, in a corridor at Public School 276 in lower Manhattan on May 6, 2021. Last year, one million students and their teachers emptied out of New York City’s school buildings as the pandemic took hold of the city. DiCristi is one of the staff members who stayed. (Elianel Clinton/The New York Times)
When the nation’s largest school system shuttered last spring, the 1 million students that had flooded its classrooms were abruptly sent home. Tens of thousands of teachers had just a few days to collect their papers and prepare for online classes before schools were mostly emptied. But in the absence of children and educators, there was a vast and often unseen force of essential school staff that never left New York City’s 1,800 school buildings.
White Progressives are Hypocrites on Gentrification | Opinion On 6/3/21 at 8:00 AM EDT
I once heard someone, who happens to be quite progressive and white, say the following, nearly verbatim: I live in Harlem. I feel awful about living in Harlem because I do not want to contribute to gentrification. In light of this, I am going to move to Bushwick.
My response to this mainly out of politeness was a silent nod. Deep down, I was furrowing my brow. I found their proposition to be peculiar and paradoxical.
I find the general progressive agenda concerning gentrification to be equally peculiar and paradoxical in a similar vein. Progressives are known to be against gentrification. They re very vocal about their opposition to it. And to their credit, gentrification is worthy of being criticized. It drives out residents from their hometowns. Very often, this displacement is permanent and disproportionally affects minority groups. Yet, progressives are one of gentrificat
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