Displacing An Already Displaced People!
the eviction of Uptown Tent City (2017) Walking down Wilson, my street I call home Walking through Uptown, my ‘hood I call home My home, where change is tearing apart it’s very fabric My home, sadly displacing an already displaced people Buildings rising up before my eyes The streets becoming more silent Building up and casting out The streets becoming less diverse oh...the ongoing curse of gentrification Beauty is in the eye of the beholder The marginalized are sacrificed to appease vanity Deceiving words promote a brighter future The poor languish in the name of progress Oh...the bitter deafening cries of “holier-than-thou” Exclusive block clubs use their power to exclude Segregating officials use their criminalizing prowess to further segregate Predatory developers use their wealth to pounce on their prey Discriminatory committees use the system to discriminate Why do tent cities live rent-free in the minds of the wealthy? Why does a transient hotel full o