Neoliberalism

The Bronx is a huge multicultural borough in my city and it is where I am from. The Bronx is mainly known for its middle class and predominantly filled with people of color. I have seen some type of Neoliberalism in my borough over the last few years of my life and in reality it is mainly small businesses in the community. Rent recently has been increased which are pushing many people of color out side of the community and leaving room for newer upper class people to come in. The small businesses in the community are often let alone and all my life up until now I am seeing that they are all being gentrified with bigger corporations. In my area there used to be a lot of pawn shops and small convince stores but I have been seeing recently more and more stores like “Macys” and “Best Buy” or newer fast foods like “Peachwave” which is a soft served ice cream place compared to the minority “Mr softee” seen everywhere else. This could be due to modernization but the new businesses are predominantly upperclass and which my area is mainly middle class citizens. The businesses are often left for rent or even empty for a couple of months but then later on they are replaced with a newer and more known companies. I can compare this to Dickinson’s argument about graffiti and how it is bad for the society when in reality there isn’t any rational reason or problem it is causing to society. The same with all these organizations that are coming into the society that aren’t causing harm but yet modernizing the area into something new. Is it really bad? or is it something that is normal into future upcoming changes for the borough.