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I got quoted by Gothamist<\/em> in a piece Emma Whiteford wrote about that awful new bar, Summerhill. I still can\u2019t believe this is all happening. I do believe it, because, of course racism exists. I just mean that I\u2019m always going to be shocked by it, if not surprised. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m watching all the Black people get shoved out of this neighborhood and I hate it. And it\u2019s somehow worse when the person doing the shoving acts like selling cocktails in \u2018brown paper 40 bags\u2019 and describes places where shelf brackets once existed as drywall as \u2018bullet holes\u2019 absolutely blows my mind. This place isn\u2019t going to make it, because, who\u2019s going to go and spend money here from the neighborhood? Everything about it is awful, from the menu to the drinks and the vibes are just wrong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s year 1 of Trump\u2019s presidency and the racism has gone from a 6 to 11 in the space of months. Or maybe from 11 to 20, on a scale of 1 to 10, depending on who you ask. It\u2019s casual, and off-putting, and so many of the people spewing it act like that narcissist type who pretends they\u2019ve never made a mistake, and so you\u2019re the problem for caring about what they say, even though they\u2019re saying it to get you to pay attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m paying attention. So many people turned out to speak up, and speak out, and it feels like this is a sign of what\u2019s to come. I wonder, truly, how much worse it\u2019s going to get.  Check out what I said to Emma Whitford of Gothamist<\/em> in her article Furious Crown Heights Residents Protest ‘Bullet Hole’ Bar: ‘People Of Color Are Not Props’<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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edit 2017.08.17 – picked up by Chris Crowley of Grubstreet People Are Still Protesting the Bullet-Hole Bar in Crown Heights<\/a>
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edit 2017.08.21 – follow-up article by Emma Whitford Furious Crown Heights Residents Confront ‘Bullet Hole’ Bar Owner: ‘Our Only Demand Is For Her To Close’<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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