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Kind of Blue

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9. 2/3rds think it's wrong

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 05:02 PM

Oct 2015

yet the survey does not reflect reality. It's easy to say I'm colorblind when we know that the likelihood of facing the decision is remote. I'm reminded of the Texas teen pool party broken up by the police who sat on a 14 year old girl's back. One of of the black girls was repeatedly slapped by a neighbor who, it turned out, works(worked? because she was put on leave) at BofA as a mortgage loan officer, thru a contractor, I think. "Go back to Section 8 housing," was reported as coming from the adults. It's just insidious.

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Historian Says Don't 'Sanitize' How Our Government Created Ghettos [View all] Kind of Blue Oct 2015 OP

"we have ghettos because federal, state and local governments purposefully created" them Number23 Oct 2015 #1

I think it would depend on how you word it gollygee Oct 2015 #5

I'm a little confused and need help here. Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #6

Well gollygee Oct 2015 #7

I believe you are trying to illustrate this BumRushDaShow Nov 2015 #18

Even if the "reason" for declining house prices is racism?? Number23 Oct 2015 #8

That was my question, too. Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #10

I don't think most gollygee Oct 2015 #13

2/3rds think it's wrong Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #9

Wow JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #2

Yes, a constant down thru Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #11

Read through it twice kindof JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #3

"Can a black family with a home Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #14

I was sort of being JustAnotherGen Oct 2015 #15

white line, black line, green line MisterP Oct 2015 #4

"not everything was necessarily redlined, especially in the 70s" Kind of Blue Oct 2015 #12

the danger is that the segregation was able to continue after redlining and covenants MisterP Oct 2015 #16

Great read. blackspade Nov 2015 #17