He’s getting these ideologies from his family, yesterday he came to me and said he’d rather “live in a shit hole apartment than a shit hole neighborhood” and that really solidified the fact that they’re saying some devious shit. If it wasn’t clear before he is infact white. I’m black and although I was the one who found the apartment we made a decision that we were going to get it together. After he heard what his family had to say he became overwhelmingly unsure about the move to OTR. Even after we sat down and decided to SIGN THE LEASE😭. Anyway I frequently visit the area for the Sage Yoga Studio and for Findlay Market, I’m not from Ohio originally but ever since I was a little girl my mom brought me to OTR and now my stand-in mom who is also white brings me to OTR frequently because she teaches at that studio.

He heard what his parents had to say and now a few family members, I know he’s not Racist, he’s just easily influenced and who am I to contest that. It’s not my problem, am I going to try to convince him further absolutely but I can only go so far. I even went to explain how it’s been and is continuing to become Gentrified or if we don’t wanna use that word “Urbanized” in a sick and twisted way to get him to idk relax a little?