Join two wayward radio hosts on A Way With Words, the call-in radio show about writing, speaking, slang, old sayings, and more.

Login   •   Register  

Wednesday, February 21, 2001

Harlem 2001: The new people better understand what we’re like

"She has mixed feelings about the 'prospectors,' the whites walking through her neighborhood, looking property over as if it were theirs for the taking. She watches them taking 'before' pictures of buildings. By now she knows there will be an after."

New York Times. Famed center of the American Black world, Harlem is undergoing another change: it is becoming multi-ethnic, wealthier and more complicated. "For the old-timers, who have spent decades nostalgically remembering what Harlem was, it is a realization that Harlem finally is changingŃbut not changing back. Something new is being born."'

Name:

Email:

Location:

URL:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

This is the personal weblog of Grant Barrett, editor of the Double-Tongued Dictionary, a collection of words from the fringes of English. More about this site...

Recent Catchwords