response to angelica's experience at the play on gentrification

I found your response to this play to be very interesting. The experience that you shared really made me think a lot about gentrification in a new light. So often I feel like I am surrounded by people who see the gentrification process as a positive thing, when in reality it has a downside. Recently people have been talking a lot about how Harlem has become much safer of the years and "cleaned up." While I do believe that it is important to create a safe community it should also be important to keep the culture and identity.
I'm glad that this play took the opportunity to expose the other side of gentrification. Hopefully as teachers we can advocate for our students community along with them if they face this situation.