Queen Latifah​​ supports gentrification with new housing development
most worshipped celebrities ego’s are high in the castles of their mind. This illusion is evident even when there’s good intention behind their actions. Could this have caused queen Latifah to naively support gentrification?
On the other hand, oftentimes those who help from afar lose touch of the needs and culture of the people. It is this very reason why mixed-income communities will never work in the first place.
Queens typically have a much better rep throughout history than kings. Kings were seen as heartless, aggressive and materialistic. Queens were portrayed as more empathetic and more concerned for the average person’s wellbeing.
Today women are denouncing old white men in Congress who have a long history of false promises to those who need it the most.
Women involved in politics feel that they can offer what most white men couldn’t, relatability and real authentic compassion. Affordable housing only benefits luxury tenants generally.
In 2003 Hip Hop icon Queen Latifah co-starred with Steve Martin in the comedy “Bringing down the house”. The film essentially highlights why mixed communities never work yet because the word “affordable” sounds appealing and harmless it gets positive coverage.
In the film, Latifah comes from an urban cultural background while Martin plays the stereotypical divorced white guy from the burbs.
Latifah tries to fit in and becomes accepted by the Martins family, Latifah even manages to pretend to be a maid when Martin’s mother arrives. The
Latifah’s upbringing and her status in hip hop inspired her to demand respect for black women. Latifah should understand that culture clash is the main reason why mixed-income communities don’t work. The research is out there to back it up.
The article of NJ.com states:
queen Latifah, a co-president of BlueSugar Corporation, is working with GonSosa Development .which is anchored outside of the city’s downtown, spanning the West and South wards.The project includes 20 three-family town homes and a three-story mixed-used building with an additional 16 units.
Plans for the building include a fitness center and 1,900 square feet of commercial space that will be rented to nonprofits.
The 60 units in the townhouses will be market rate; the 16 units in the building will be affordable.