Call it the sign of times. Years ago, neighborhoods across the United States were changed by the influx of immigrants. Now, the cultural war still rages on ... and the horde that's doing the invading are ... a bit unusual.
Here's what happened when a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, is being gentrified by hipsters:
In the above video, Miesko Kalita, an immigrant from Poland describes how his neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, once inhabited by Polish and Latino immigrants, was overtaken by "people who consider themselves artists." Cut to skinny kids with scarves and asymmetrical bangs.
Some, like Kalita, attribute these hip migrations to re-zoning laws which have made it more expensive to live in parts of Brooklyn.
Kalita says there have been lots of "artistic happenings" and "strange haircuts" since these newcomers arrived. Once undocumented himself, Kalita concludes that, "They're definitely not illegal immigrants."
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Comments (4)
These neighbourhoods will move somewhere else. Get over it. Change isn't good, and it isn't bad, but it is inevitable.
Do they add xenophobia to the water supply or something?
At least if he forgets the words, who's gonna know?
Also, it's spelled duct tape.
...But what a waste of talent.... - With such capabilities, this guy could be an ultimate multilinguist if there ever was one instead of squandering his abilities on rapping in a fake language...
'I will warn you that if you just don’t like the tone, beats, sound of ethnic music you really wont like hip hop in general, however that would make you a typical bigot.'
Are you serious? So if I don't like classical music does that make me bigoted against white Europeans? What a stupid statement.
I don't think I could eat the amount I want to barf.
We also need a future international language. One which is easy to learn, as well !
And that's not English ! Esperanto ? Let's move forward :)
At least Bill Shatner speaks Esperanto. Please confirm at http//www.lernu.net