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Commercial Gentefication as Occupational Activism: How Business Owners Work to Preserve Latinx Barrios in Southern California

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Work and Occupations

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Abstract

Work and Occupations, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 117-148, February 2026.
This article examines how small business owners in gentrifying working-class Mexican-majoritybarrios(neighborhoods) in Southern California engage in occupational activism, using their businesses as platforms to benefit others outside of their workplace. ...