United Shades Of AmericaS1 Ep2 - Is It Cool To Be Hip?

Is It Cool To Be Hip? - Some would say that the story of gentrification is the story of America: one group of people live in one place, and another wealthier group moves in and forces the other group out. Nowadays, one tell-tale sign that gentrification is happening in a city is pretty simple: hipsters move in. Portland, Oregon - aka the mecca of hipsters - has real people being affected by changes that gentrification brings. Kamau Bell travels to Portland to meet the people affected by the rapid changing of their neighbourhoods while also talking to the hipsters who've moved there to ask: is it a coincidence that the place some say is the coolest in the country also happens to be the whitest in America? (S.1 Ep.2) (From the US) (Documentary Series) PG

United Shades Of America was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 16 June 2019, 06:20. This episode was initially placed on Thursday 15 September 2016.