That's racist! update.

[Dill]

(01-09-2018, 12:22 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Problems these authors address will prevail as long as folks dismiss them by claiming it is "racist" to discuss anything involving race. Once we start focusing on the issues involving race, then we can advance. 

If by "focusing on the issues involving race" you mean undertake the kind of social-science based research which helps us understand how race continues to affect the economy and politics in the US, then I agree.

And I agree that people should read the source of claims about farmers markets and gentrification to discern the authors' intent, method and evidence before offering counter examples based upon "the farmers market where I live" or dismissing the work from the get go because someone said "race."  Do the authors claim to describe all farmers/community markets or are they talking about developing trends in certain places?  Does the evidence offered support their hypothesis?

Getting the authors claims and evidence straight from the get go would spare the thread the usual red herrings based upon misreading or refusal to read.