NY times article 5/02/18 on Durham NC
In a Revived Durham, Black Residents Ask: Is There Still Room for Us?
Upscale developments downtown have drawn a demographic that is largely wealthy and white, making some others feel unwelcome.
DURHAM, N.C. — “Downtown just ain’t black enough for me,” Paul Scott wrote in The Durham Herald-Sun a couple of months ago. A minister and local newspaper columnist, Mr. Scott was echoing a sentiment voiced by many of the city’s longtime African-American residents: The city center does not feel welcoming to them anymore.
“My concern is that when you go downtown on any given evening or on a weekend, you don’t see a whole lot of black faces there,” Mr. Scott said later in an interview.
