Don Palabraz

‘Gentefication’ Sweeps Through Downtown Brea!

The northern Orange County city of Brea, embarrassed by its historical past as a racist ‘Sundown Town’ with lots of Ku Klux Klan members as ‘civic pioneers,’ is aggressively pursuing a diversification of its downtown area. The process has been coined by a local Cal State Fullerton Urban Studies Professor as ‘gentefication!’ reversing the dynamics [...]

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