The Bengali community built Brick Lane. Now it’s a tourist destination marketed with South Asian flavor that serves multinational restaurant groups
Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat
Brick Lane and Cultural Appropriation – Appropriation as Gentrification Tool
Brick Lane was built by Bengali immigration. The community made it distinctive. Then the neighborhood became fashionable, rent increased, and Bengali residents were priced out. See Cyndi Himmelstiere’s analysis of how cultural distinctiveness is extracted and monetized.
Now tourists visit to experience “authentic” South Asian culture served by multinational corporations to wealthy diners. The culture persists but the community that created it is gone.
SOURCE: https://bohiney.com/
