Thread by @societyforepi

Speaking of history... Redlining in the U.S. and the racial residential segregation that persists today represents one of the most visible manifestations of #StructuralRacism and has been the focus of my work for the past few years...
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For a great resource, check out: segregatedbydesign.com, a 17-minute documentary that shows how segregation has been created through racist policies, racist practices, and racist violence...
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The systematic disinvestment that racial residential segregation creates has widespread implications and is fundamental to our understanding of racial health inequities...
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And, while the investigation of racial residential segregation is not new per se, literature on "neighborhood effects" is too often void of this history which leads to erroneous conclusions and half-baked solutions that fall short...
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Segregation is just one of the many interlocking systems of racism that has been created. If we as a society can create these systems, then we can dismantle them. Daunting, I know, but 50 years ago we landed on the moon. Because we dared to do so.
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So what are we waiting for???
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