Wrestling with Fort Greene's Transformation
In a first-person piece in The Times this weekend, artist Nelson George laments how Fort Greene has changed since he and his black artist contemporaries put down roots in the leafy brownstone neighborhood more than two decades ago. We’re interested to hear how the essay struck readers. What we thought was missing from the article…
In a first-person piece in The Times this weekend, artist Nelson George laments how Fort Greene has changed since he and his black artist contemporaries put down roots in the leafy brownstone neighborhood more than two decades ago. We’re interested to hear how the essay struck readers. What we thought was missing from the article was an acknowledgment of the current generation of black artists and intellectuals in the neighborhood and how they feel about the composition of the neighborhood. A mention of a place like Madiba where the diversity of the area is on full display, for example, would have added some valuable context for his discussions of the clientele at the Brooklyn Moon. Then again, this wasn’t meant to have been anything more than one man’s coming to terms with the changes around him. Thoughts?
Fort Greene: Strangers on His Street [NY Times]
Photo by niznoz
oh jeez people i was only kidding..
*rob*
You wouldn’t believe what goes through my mind if I pass a good looking black/asian/latin guy. Sorry, getting too far off topic.
Well, if that is the case, then I say: keep the stares coming, ladies!!
Sorry to digress, Mr.B.
Rob, bxgrl’s comment isn’t even in the same room with homophobic. Come on.
This has taken an interesting turn.
That said, if I’m walking up behind a woman I usually make a cough sound or something before I get too close so as to not scare the hell out of them if they aren’t aware someone’s behind them.
benson- how many times have women on this site lusted after you? It’s a subtle lust.
“IF anything, my gorgeous gay friends are more scared of straight women staring at them with lust in their eyes, than the other way around!”
Damn, why don’t I get those stares???? I’m straight.
Uh . . . Pitbull, what was homophobic about “we women need all the straight men we can get”? It’s no secret we girls need our men to be physically attracted to us for the whole sex/love thing to go down (no pun intended). IF anything, my gorgeous gay friends are more scared of straight women staring at them with lust in their eyes, than the other way around!
rob- Homophobia (from Greek homós: one and the same; phóbos: fear, phobia) is an irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality, homosexuals,[1][2][3] or individuals perceived as homosexual.
I told you last week- don’t start in with me.