Whitest City in America:A Smaller Black Community’s Experience of Gentrification, Displacement, and Aging in Place | Zendy

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Whitest City in America:A Smaller Black Community’s Experience of Gentrification, Displacement, and Aging in Place

Author(s) -

Raina Croff,

Monique Hedmann,

Lisa L. Barnes

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnab041

Subject(s) - gentrification , relocation , population , sociology , metropolitan area , residence , geography , gender studies , demography , economic growth , archaeology , computer science , economics , programming language

The influx of people with higher socioeconomic status into large Black communities is well documented; less is known regarding smaller, aging Black communities. Older Black adults in Portland, Oregon, among America's fastest gentrifying cities with the smallest metropolitan Black population, discussed barriers to healthy aging. Perspectives centered on the experience of gentrification, displacement, and its impact on social microsystems, place security, and aging in place.

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