In "Black on the Block," Mary PattilloOCoa "Newsweek "Woman of
the 21st CenturyOCouses the historic rise, alarming fall, and
equally dramatic renewal of ChicagoOCOs North KenwoodOCoOakland
neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in
contemporary urban America.
aaaaaaaaaaa There was a time when North KenwoodOCoOakland was
plagued by gangs, drugs, violence, and the font of poverty from
which they sprang. But in the late 1980s, activists rose up to
tackle the social problems that had plagued the area for decades.
"Black on the Block" tells the remarkable story of how these
residents laid the groundwork for a revitalized and
self-consciously "black" neighborhood that continues to flourish
today. But theirs is not a tale of easy consensus and political
unity, and here Pattillo teases out the divergent class interests
that have come to define black communities like North
KenwoodOCoOakland. She explores the often heated battles between
haves and have-nots, home owners and apartment dwellers, and
newcomers and old-timers as they clash over the social implications
of gentrification. Along the way, Pattillo highlights the
conflicted but crucial role that middle-class blacks play in
transforming such districts as they negotiate between established
centers of white economic and political power and the needs of
their less fortunate black neighbors. aOC A century from now, when
today's sociologists and journalists are dust and their books are
too, those who want to understand what the hell happened to Chicago
will be finding the answer in this one.OCOOCo"Chicago""
Reader"
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OC To see how diversity creates strange and sometimes awkward
bedfellows . . . turn to Mary Pattillo's" Black on the
Block."OCOOCo"Boston"" Globe"
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