ICYMI 2014: Soccer Field Standoff Highlights Gentrification Tension

*One of my favorite  2014 stories. There are many layers to this story/short video: gentrification, assumptions, privilege. The filed was OK for the Latino kids, until it was upgraded. Tech industry workers felt they had a right to use the field. VL

By Shereen Meraji, Code Switch

This year, video of an argument over who got to play on a soccer field in San Francisco went viral, sparked a community protest and highlighted tensions about gentrification in a changing neighborhood.

It happened in mid-August when a pickup soccer game between mostly Latino teens in San Francisco’s Mission District came to a premature end because the field had been rented out by adult tech workers. One of the pickup players recorded a video of the argument.

Click HERE to read the full story.

[Screenshot courtesy of Code Switch]

 

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