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Something I found out with other SF residents is that we end up avoiding ever bringing these events up.

We know it's an issue, but it feels like there's pressure to pretend it doesn't exist, because it's uncouth or pointless to talk about, and there's risk of being accused of being callous towards those less privileged who might need the resources they're appropriating. "Don't worry, they have insurance".

This mix of toxic optimism, desire to appear socially considerate, and a sense of "this is just how SF is, you knew this when you moved here from X, if you don't like this, you can always take your gentrifier bus back to wherever you came from" makes it difficult to even talk about.

[_v7gu]

I feel there is something racist about calling people being against these robberies "gentrifiers".

[maximus-decimus]

Gentrifying is rich people moving in and poor people moving out. It's only racist if you think poor people and black people are one and the same.