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	<title>Comments on: On the Harlem Watch: City Planning Passes 125th Street Rezoning Plan</title>
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		<title>By: The Gay Recluse</title>
		<link>http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/03/11/on-the-harlem-watch-city-planning-passes-125th-street-rezoning-plan/#comment-1716</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the comment, RSG. I agree that the system is racist, sexist and homophobic to a degree almost never acknowledged by the MSM, but I don&#039;t think the answer is to prop up individual businesses on an ad-hoc basis, or use them as a symbol to fight gentrification. (But I&#039;m definitely in favor of grants and loans to encourage business development...) I think gentrification in Harlem and elsewhere is more about class than race, which in some ways is a good thing, and in some ways is not (to the extent that the gulf between upper and lower classes is widening everywhere in very destructive, debilitating ways).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the comment, RSG. I agree that the system is racist, sexist and homophobic to a degree almost never acknowledged by the MSM, but I don&#8217;t think the answer is to prop up individual businesses on an ad-hoc basis, or use them as a symbol to fight gentrification. (But I&#8217;m definitely in favor of grants and loans to encourage business development&#8230;) I think gentrification in Harlem and elsewhere is more about class than race, which in some ways is a good thing, and in some ways is not (to the extent that the gulf between upper and lower classes is widening everywhere in very destructive, debilitating ways).</p>
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		<title>By: Runaway Slave Genius</title>
		<link>http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/03/11/on-the-harlem-watch-city-planning-passes-125th-street-rezoning-plan/#comment-1715</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not record sales diminish is not the only part of the problem (although I agree, partially, with the Tower Records comparisson).

However, if the system weren&#039;t so blatantly racist, and were Blacks and Browns not so poor and/or disunited (due to educational, economic, religious, financial, political, military/law enforcement, medical pressures) then the Record Shack owner would not be in this predicament.

And you&#039;re probably all aware that the only people that will suffer from the Tower situation are the low paid workers. The owners and investors will simply find another CASH COW, or put their money in safe CDs or real estate until they find another Imperialist Capitalist slave of an investment. The Record Shack owners income will, however, probably go down hill from here because Black celebrities and politicians probably won&#039;t help him get back on his feet. They&#039;ll just USE HIM to get their own message in the media, and to FOOL BLACKS into thinking that they&#039;re fighting for them!   It&#039;s the same old BAIT AND SWITCH and sadly Black people keep falling for the same ole&#039; same ole!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whether or not record sales diminish is not the only part of the problem (although I agree, partially, with the Tower Records comparisson).</p>
<p>However, if the system weren&#8217;t so blatantly racist, and were Blacks and Browns not so poor and/or disunited (due to educational, economic, religious, financial, political, military/law enforcement, medical pressures) then the Record Shack owner would not be in this predicament.</p>
<p>And you&#8217;re probably all aware that the only people that will suffer from the Tower situation are the low paid workers. The owners and investors will simply find another CASH COW, or put their money in safe CDs or real estate until they find another Imperialist Capitalist slave of an investment. The Record Shack owners income will, however, probably go down hill from here because Black celebrities and politicians probably won&#8217;t help him get back on his feet. They&#8217;ll just USE HIM to get their own message in the media, and to FOOL BLACKS into thinking that they&#8217;re fighting for them!   It&#8217;s the same old BAIT AND SWITCH and sadly Black people keep falling for the same ole&#8217; same ole!</p>
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		<title>By: AMK</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AMK]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this post because it says what is left unsaid by &quot;traditional&quot; news sources.  Good work.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love this post because it says what is left unsaid by &#8220;traditional&#8221; news sources.  Good work.</p>
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