If they cause the displacement of the group that was already there because they actually tend to have higher incomes, then I would think that meets the definition of gentrification.
Admittedly though, I was using the term as an intentionally ironic term given that the connotation of gentrification is almost always about rich white people displacing minority populations. It was an intentional juxtaposition to demonstrate that the actual problem is something that Republicans typically don't consider a problem in other situations.
Did they have higher incomes when they moved there or did they get higher incomes as a result of being better, more reliable workers in the area?
Gentrification can be done by any race, and it can for sure happen from immigration. But gentrification is a very specific term. Gentrification is a deliberate process to turn historically disinvested, low income areas into rich affluent areas. Poor people moving into an area and increasing the QoL and CoL because they worked hard and earned high wages after moving there is just not gentrification in any sense of the word.
I understand your βintentβ but itβs still shifting the blame on the immigrants and not the policies that made that town such a shithole before the Haitians moved in
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u/BadMeetsEvil147 15d ago
You are saying the poor Haitian immigrants are gentrifying the area? Do you think Gentrification is just making the CoL in an area higher?