J.T. The L.A. Storyteller, Author at Knock LA

Author J.T. The L.A. Storyteller

Analysis

It’s Now Time to Ask if Gentrification is a Fourth Wave of Jim Crow Policy

Black and immigrant communities in Los Angeles have been denied justice for decades. Gentrification may be the last straw.

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December 16, 2020

Analysis

464 Evictions Since 2000: How Ellis Act Displacements are Priming East Hollywood for a Latinx and Asian Removal Project

Landlords push working-class tenants out of their homes with little promise of affordable housing

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November 12, 2020

A black and white photo of Buildings burning during the 1965 Watts Rebellion.

Analysis

On This Day: Watts Spiraled Into Flames at the Hands of the LAPD as Mayor Yorty Blamed “Communists” for Sowing Black Resentment

55 years ago, Black residents of Watts rose up against institutionalized violence.

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August 14, 2020