Changing London: Selling out

From The Economist:

Brixton, once the heart of black Britain, is now a black shopping destination

Sep 1st 2012 |From the print edition

Hurry up, dear. I need to get back to Croydon

A GOOD deal has changed in Brixton, a south London district, since Eta Rodney bought her Victorian terraced house in 1980. Then many of her neighbours were, like her, Jamaican. West Indians had settled in Brixton since 1948, when some arrived on the Empire Windrush. Today many of Mrs Rodney’s black neighbours are selling up and moving out of the area, making way for predominantly white newcomers. Britain’s historic black centre is being transformed—but in an odd way.

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