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CHICAGO - A Starbucks coffee shop in the heart of Little Village is too much to stomach for some neighbors. Community activists launched a boycott against the store. They said it threatens the Mexican identity of the neighborhood.
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CHICAGO (CBS) — It's opening day for a new business in Little Village, but not everyone is happy about it, but the "ni una gota" campaign, which means "not one drop," is encouraging locals not to patronize this new Starbucks opening in Little Village.
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To many, incoming large corporations like Starbucks signify the fast and inevitable gentrification of the predominantly Mexican immigrant neighborhood.
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The Starbucks opened its doors last week in the Discount Mall Plaza, the same mall where longtime vendors lost their court fight to stop their evictions last year. Protestors fear the arrival of Starbucks will displace businesses that have been there for decades and spur gentrification., while undermining Little Village’s identity.
Little Village activists protest grand opening of neighborhood Starbucks
Some neighbors in Little Village are going to rally today against the opening of a Starbucks in the neighborhood.
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