outsource to detroit: it’s like brazil
I caught a recent news brief from the Detroit News reporting from the Mackinac Policy Conference put on by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce and was surprised by the headline. “Outsource to Detroit” That’s a bit different than Chrysler’s “Imported from Detroit” tagline. I’ve been following this idea and imagery of Detroit. I’ve written … Read more
young, white, and in detroit: gentrification implications
http://current.com/e/88996181/en_US Video from: Feministing – Detroit, Gentrification and Good-ass Political Hip-hop “First-stage gentrifiers” are economically- and socially-marginal “trend setters”. Sociologically, these people are young and have low incomes while possessing the cultural capital (education and a job), characteristic of the suburban bourgeois. They often reside in communal (room-mate) households, and are more tolerant of the … Read more
