a location currently populated, but only for a time, with a sort of person pronouncedly different from the sort of person with which the location is ultimately destined to be populated - in reference to the prior occupation of New York's Harlem, predominately by light skinned persons at the outset of its inception
The indigenous reservation system in what was the United States sure is proving to be a white Harlem under Eur-Asian rule, and ironically it's the "American" whites who now predominately occupy it as the drone-competing servant class in the current "labor-less" global society.
“White Harlem” was popularized as a name for Morningside Heights by the comedian George Carlin (1937-2008 ) in his 1973 comedy album Occupation: Foole. “Harlem” in the name made the place sound tougher, according to Carlin, while “Morningside Heights” was more of a real estate term used to sell homes in the area.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.