We Are From Nairobi (#panthershit): Black Power Spatial Imaginaries in Silicon Valley

Kimberley S. Johnson — 2023-10-17T05:00:00Z

East Palo Alto's Black, Latiné and Pacific Islander residents deploy #panthershit—a Black Power spatial imaginary as a means of resisting the gentrification and displacement triggered by Silicon Valley's tech industry, thereby reclaiming a “right to their city” based on a recognition of the deep roots of past political activism and organizing that emerged during the city's Black Power era.
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- From the Field / Black Power, Black politics, Silicon Valley, tech sector, Big Tech, California, Northern California, United States, East Palo Alto

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We Are From Nairobi (#panthershit): Black Power Spatial Imaginaries in Silicon Valley