novacane: Would you two knuckleheads come on? I want you all to take a look at that sign up there. S
novacane: Would you two knuckleheads come on? I want you all to take a look at that sign up there. See what it says: “Cash for your home”. Do you know what that is? [A billboard.] [A billboard.] What are you all? Amos and Andy? Are you Stepin and he’s Fetchit? I’m talking about the message. What it stands for. It’s called gentrification. It’s what happens when the property value of a certain area is brought down. You listening? You bring the property value down. They can buy the land at a lower price, then they move all the people out, raise the property value and sell it at a profit. Now, what we need to do is keep everything in our neighborhood, everything - Black. Black owned with black money. Just like the jews, the italians, the mexicans and the koreans do. [Ain’t nobody from outside bringin’ down the property value… It’s these folks shootin’ each other and seelin’ that crack-rockin’ shit…] Well, how you think the crack rock gets into the country? We don’t own any planes. We don’t own no ships. We are not the people who are flyin’ and floatin’ that shit in here. Boyz ‘n the Hood (1991), dir. John Singleton -- source link