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[quote=Anonymous]In a column in today's Post, Courtland Milloy bemoans the rising rents and other economic changes in the 14th St area, while acknowledging that for decades the area was pretty barren after the destruction of the '68 riots, not to mention the former drug dealing and prostitution.  At the end, he writes,

"But who you are more likely to see along this gilded avenue, clustered at many of the sidewalk cafes, are groups of young white people. A new gourmet magazine might cast the scene as a feast on 14th Street. But for those who have been priced out of the neighborhood, it might look more like white folks just gobbling up the last pieces of a Chocolate City."

Certainly the economic impact of gentrification and the need for more affordable housing are worthy concerns.  But if a modern-day major newspaper columnist had written a "there goes the neighborhood" racial lament over black or brown people moving into a once-white area, he would be shamed and shunned (and likely would lose his column).  This is not the first time.  Why is Milloy still at the Post?

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