I totally agree with batkid. As a black person who has contributed directly to the gentrification of west oakland I'd like to say that gentrification is an issue that can not be reduced to race, social status, industry, etc. I would encourage people to think critically about how their actions affect the communities they live in, but not to get caught up in liberal guilt land unless you plan on taking some kind of direct action.

On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Craig Rouskey <craigrouskey@gmail.com> wrote:

Huh? I thought the new location was unoccupied?

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On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:59 AM, The Batkid <batkid@gmx.com> wrote:

I don't understand the strange self flagellating threads about gentrifying people out of Oakland while searching for a space.
It's not productive and I truly do not understand what the end goal is here.  We're not going to solve racism in the bay area
with the mailing list.

It's ok to displace the Chinese, but not blacks?  WTF?
 

Incentives applicable at this location:

• The City of Oakland is offering business license and sales tax abatement as incentives
• The State of California's manufacturing equipment sale and use tax exemptions
• The State of California's California Competes income tax credit
• The State of California's New Employment Credit
• No African Americans would be displaced, only Chinese

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