Samera Shim

[altDCSD @altDCSD]

Those refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance will hereby have $5 deducted from their lunch account balance (per incident, up to $500).

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSrp I believe the rich should help the poor, as having immense amounts of money while people are living in the streets, with dreams but lacking the money to accomplish them is unjust. Even if every rich person put in a small percentage of their money, change could happen.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSDebate Trump changed the topic constantly & he brought ISIS up when there was no relation to it. When sexual assault was brought up, he brought up ISIS. On top of that, he used statistics, yes, but it was false information that can be disproved by a quick google search.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSDebate I think the people of Swansea were nicer and kinder, and treated you with respect as long as you did the same for them. It was a community and it was unique to see and explore. I don’t think it’s right to destroy their community and i enjoyed the time i spent there.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent #ConGent Residents’ homes are less than what they originally paid for them due to the current market value. They won’t be able to move into a better home, and their community will be split up and relocated to different areas into a worse place.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent These people took the land of and killed the Native Americans and wildlife who were living there and used a god to justify doing so.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent #SorT He has a suit under his robe, like he was going to go out.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent #SorT There’s food being cooked on the stove in the background.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent I am 100% against the I-70 corridor. You can’t live life for your own personal gain, and wiping out an entire community and culture for a faster commute to work is a selfish reason. Minorities do not deserve treatment like this from others anymore.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent I think after this video my thoughts on gentrification were amplified. It’s taking away an existing culture after that culture has existed there for so long. It’s unjust to the people and they have nowhere to go. It seems Kai felt like his home and the area was taken.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent 1) The article brought up 80% of the residents want to stay where they live, and don’t want the development to happen. 2) 61% make less than $25,000 a year, which is less than half the amount needed to afford average rent in Denver. These people have nowhere to go.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent #RSSGentRead What does community look like? “The choir sings upbeat songs, and almost everyone claps and praises Jesus.(THUG, Thomas, 127)” “There are more people out here than in the church, holding posters with Khalil’s face and signs that say Justice for Khalil.(133)”

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

@RSSShaun I think it goes back to slavery, and how people of color were poor and not in power. White people continued to have the money after that point, and then when they decided to flee the city, the took their money and left the people of color with nothing except the money they had.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent #ConGent This article highlighted more of what I think, and had valid points such as economic eviction & more. Don’t push people out for staying in their homes based on what the future residents want. I think race is a long term factor in gentrification as well.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent #Progent Is it really preservation of local history if you’re removing the locals who lived in those homes? Upcycling and living in an already existing home means taking someone’s ”already existing home” from them. I don’t agree. Removing people from their roots is wrong

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent Five Points had a lot of office buildings, coffee shops, and nicer homes. There was construction in this area, but building not destruction. Meanwhile, Swansea had a lot of industrial buildings (cat food factory), construction, and lower income businesses.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent At Five Points the homes were a mix of fairly broken down and very upper class, and in Swansea, the homes were very broken down and there were no upper class homes.

[Samera Shim @shimsamera]

#RSSGent a cat food factory was built right next to the shops and homes indoor swansea