“I remember me and my cousin Avery, who passed away a couple of years ago. When we was kids, we used to go to Ralph J. Bunche and I remember one time, it was early in the morning. Now we both had razor scooters and we were like, okay, how bout we’re like, tomorrow we’re […]
“What I don’t like about what I currently see happening in Oakland is this push of gentrification that is sort of sucking the life, the culture, the arts, the history out of neighborhoods. That shit hurts because it’s something you love changing or being erased, not growing. If it was growth, I’d be all about […]
“I think we could easily have a Major Motion Picture lot out at the port of Oakland or in West Oakland, in the hangars there. I think we could easily do it at the former Naval Hospital out at golf links. I think we could easily do it. Studios are changing. I think we could […]
“We don’t bring this up a lot, you could say anywhere outside of the world. Oakland is a suburb of San Francisco. San Francisco is the bigger city, population wise, notoriety wise. But having that sense of our own identity, usually any other suburbs is always gonna associate with the bigger city. We’ve always had […]
“Truthfully, I want people to know that Oakland’s always been dope. You moving over here and going into a food truck or a pop up or art crawl, you’re not making our city cooler than what it was.Your just adding to it. Oaklands been cool, it’s been a dope spot. It’s been safe. It’s had […]
“It’s just one of the best places to be from. We’re just so carefree. Our vibe is like nothing else. I’m just super proud to be from this place because it has really made me who I am today. I have learned the game from Oakland, my ways, and it has helped me survive in […]
“You know how it goes. San Francisco sneezes Oakland catches the cold. So anything that happens in San Francisco is going to be amplified in Oakland. So you’re seeing even greater poverty out here in a place that had already had low income people, people working class people. You’re also seeing greater wealth out here. […]
“I don’t like that there’s this kind of eraser of the culture now that people want to come live here. And it’s weird. It doesn’t make sense to me. They want to come here for the culture, but when they come here, they want to change the culture.” What is your name and age? […]
“I hope we maintain this, I hope there continues to be love for folks born and raised in Oakland and I hope there still continues to be open space for the working class, for the immigrants. Cause I feel like in so many ways, that’s what makes Oakland Beautiful it’s our culture. And I would […]
“I always felt like Oakland was a black city. I felt like it was a black city. I felt like it was about black people about black resistance, about like black creativity, you know? And so, so yeah. So for me, being an Oakland native, I feel like it’s about that. It’s about preserving that […]
“Respect us. Don’t act like we came here, because I was born and raised here, so I feel I like have privileges to be here long as I pay my taxes, pay my insurance, pay my rent. I’m good to be here.” Your name and age. Annette Miller. 52. What neighborhood of Oakland are […]
“You literally could leave your door opened at that time because your neighbors was your neighbors. If you hear somebody opening the door, it’s your neighbor coming in to just come kick it with you like we normally do.” What’s your name and age? Charles Johnson. People call me Chuck, I’m 44 years old. What […]
“I think what makes Oakland special is the resilience that is just ingrained in the streets of it. In the same way they tried to do with Detroit when there was a huge amount of black folks that were becoming like an economic power and all those other things. It’s was like: ‘We’ll just shut […]
“So at some point people realized that Oakland is lit. They told a friend, who told a friend who told a friend who told her friend and yeah, now it’s fucking weird as fuck.” Your name and age. I would just say DAGHE, people that know me know my real name, but I’m 34. […]
“You can’t be from Oakland. You can only be a part of it.” What is your full name and age? Leon. David Sykes the Second also known as DNas Aka David Nasty. I’m 33, I will be 34 in about 13 days. What neighborhood of Oakland are you from or would you say you associate with […]
“I don’t want anybody to listen to this interview and take it as the gospel. I think that the best thing would be for people to listen to this interview as well as the others, and that kickstarts them to start researching more about the stuff that’s being talked about. Let’s start a fire. That […]
‘Some people will say, “Yeah, you know, I’m from Oakland or whatever.” But you know they’re full of shit and they just really ain’t, they don’t really know what it’s all about. It’s a tough town, but it’s a good town. It’s a place where you got to stay on your toes and watch your […]
“You have a right to be yourself and that is a very Oakland trait and you’re going to find all manner of people who are willing to fight for your right to be who you are. I think that Oakland is the best of the American experiment. It is the best of the American experiment […]
“It’s always been about embracing difference, uniqueness, putting a little, of our own thing on it, coming up with unique words to describe something. That’s Oakland…” Your full name and age. My name is Wren Michelle Robb and I’m 31 years old. What neighborhood of Oakland are you from or would you say you grew […]
“It’s small but it’s mighty like I said, it’s the people and the culture and the vibe of the Revolutionary ness that is in Oakland. It’s just innate. It’s something in the that makes people very active activists in some way, shape or form. “ What is your full name and age? My name […]
“I would hope, as I said before, that all of that pride that people feel in Oakland and all of the new people that are moving to this area, that they really start to put pressure on the political figures to make positive changes with a lot of the problems that I mentioned. So that […]
“I know that my grandfather, when my father, the oldest of, I think five total was born, they were still living in West Oakland on the rail yard. So for the first year of his life, my father lived in this little shack on the southern Pacific railroad yard. My grandfather was just saving up […]
