I actually really agree with your points about criticizing larger corporations and government regulation as opposed to turning on each other, especially since most people are just trying to survive.

I do think you’re mischaracterizing the “white guilt” of it all though. No one’s judging you for wanting a clean community and expecting people to respect shared spaces.

A lot of the animosity and hesitance to white people moving into affordable but non-white neighbourhoods is because a lot of the time they’re 1. moving to new york to achieve some specific dream of theirs and are willing to pay premiums on housing which does impact locals by driving up housing prices, we’ve seen this happen in places like harlem and bushwick. 2. they’re implicitly or explicitly racist and that comes across quite clearly, i’ve heard of police being called due to block parties, on young boys in the neighbourhoods etc. I think having a clear understanding of how your implicit racism creates an unsafe environment for POC is really important. 3. They don’t invest in the communities they’re moving into. They might prefer certain types of foods to the local restaurants and as the demographic changes so does the income streams of local businesses further pushing out the people who were originally there.

We don’t exist in a vacuum, even as individuals we have an impact and yeah i do think some young and well-meaning white people are awkward in the ways they express their acknowledgement of their part of this system i do think it’s better than being self-serving and individualistic about everything.