Open AccessWhitest 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/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.