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Adam Friedman

January 27, 2015 at 1:10 pm

Captures the gentrification and race/class/culture clash tearing through San Francisco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422327029&x-yt-cl=84838260&v=awPVY1DcupE

With an unforgettable synopsis by YouTube user "Apple Picker":

One day Connor was driving his car past a park and rec and saw a bunch of ppl playing soccer in the park. He thought, "hmmmm maybe me and my bro's can play soccer there." He drove to his new condo a few blocks away and parked his car in the massive garage. Upstairs he went on his mac computer and googled that he could rent out that same field for only $27 and he could use an app to do it. "Perfect!" he thought. So he rented the field from 7-8pm the following week. The next week when he got to the field, he was shocked to see his bro Josh was in a heated argument with some brown kids. They claimed that Connor and his friends didn't have the right to play because they were playing first, were in the middle of the game, and that Connor and his friends should know better because these have been the community rules for decades. Suddenly Connor realized that the whole situation is awkward and disastrously weird because he didn't realize that he was never really part of the established community since he never took the time to know anyone. If he had actually been part of the community, he would know that children usually play pick up soccer games on the field he used his app to rent out, and that this was crucial for them b/c they didn't have many other places to go. Connor finally surrenders, but plans on making a complaint to the city and petition that the city makes sure the reservation times are honored by sending in reinforcements instead of sucking it up, playing with the kids, and getting to know the established community that he is actually a newcomer to. It would just be to awkward and disastrously weird if he actually got to know the natives. Fuck the community.

Mission Playground is Not For Sale

UPDATE: After public uproar, SF Rec & Park removed the policy that allowed this encounter to happen. The City - without posting the availability of the park ...

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