The Optics of Gentrification in Candyman

Remnants of Cabrini Green Housing Projects: Chicago, Illinois

*CW/TW: Blood, Gore, Visual/Written description(s) of violent acts against Black bodies*

“He’s the monster that’s a part of this neighborhood.” If one has no empathy and time for excavating the history of the United States and you’d like to scapegoat the byproduct of racism named Candyman then…sure, but no the real monster here is gentrification. Okay sweetlings, let’s have a dialogue about…