"Now they call Fox Point the Lower East Side, and I told them this is not the Lower East Side this is Fox Point. I've been born and raised in Fox Point, ya know? They call it the lower east side!"
I found this quote to be very telling of the lives of the Cape Verdians in Rhode Island. It is said to think that the residents there could overtake the lives that they knew and loved. They turned Fox Point into something completely different than what it was, and forced most of the Cape Verdians to go to different parts of the city. It seems as though Americans have always done similar things throughout history, starting from the very beginning when we would kick out the Native Americans who were already here when we arrived. This seems to be a problem throughout the world, that just because people aren't wealthy they don't deserve to be treated like normal human beings.
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