User Clip: History of housing segregation and effects
Rothstein discusses the ways in which housing was segregated in the 20th century and its impact on the wealth gap
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Rothstein discusses the ways in which housing was segregated in the 20th century and its impact on the wealth gap
Richard Rothstein and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing the history of housing segregation and the role of the federal government.
Richard Rothstein and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing the history of public housing and the destruction of integrated communities.
Why we grew up in all White and all Black Towns
Richard Rothstein and Ta-Nehisi Coates dialogue about ways to educate the public and pursue remedies to overcome continued housing segregation in America.
Ta-Nehisi Coates comments on how gaining voting rights has been characterized as symbolic/pretty but is, of course, crucial for expressing power, in this case for changing de jure housing…
"But government created it. So we have a responsibility." "The first step has to be understanding this history."
Daily work challenging the myths until opportunity occures, like 1860s country stop slavery to stop civil war & 1960s country stops black codes to fight cold war unified
Richard Rothstein recounts an episode in the history of residential segregation involving George Romney, Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon.
Richard Rothstein summarizes federal housing policy practices that resulted in the creation of segregated neighborhoods all over the U.S. This set of policies is responsible for racial…
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Potential solution
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