GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Crowd Control, Racial Profiling, Traffic Barrier
8 Feb 2018
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Lecture 5 - housing and the crisis of. If ta strike: (cid:449)orst (cid:272)ase the (cid:272)ourse (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)ish lol. I(cid:374)tro: parkdale re(cid:374)t strikes (cid:449)orked a fe(cid:449) years ago, a(cid:374)d there"s a (cid:374)e(cid:449) o(cid:374)e (cid:374)o(cid:449) agai(cid:374)st nuspor. Investments (cid:862) lu(cid:373)lord (cid:373)illio(cid:374)aire(cid:863) = the la(cid:374)dlords (cid:894)of slu(cid:373)s aka ti(cid:374)y housi(cid:374)g(cid:895) are (cid:373)illio(cid:374)aires. Sharp distinction between those who rely on housing for living vs. those who view housing as a commodity/ method for wealth accumulation. Conflict comes often and easily between these two groups e. g. landlords are profit driven and see no obligation to provide for homeless. Lapd (cid:373)o(cid:374)itori(cid:374)g musli(cid:373) areas or nypd (cid:449)/ stop a(cid:374)d frisk o(cid:374) (cid:271)la(cid:272)k people | this is(cid:374)"t limited to the u. s. , blacks in canada get stopped more too. Crowd control is getting serious as physical spaces are becoming more securitised. E. g. crash barrier concrete blocks built into the ground to protect pedestrian areas from vehicle attacks.
