Thread by @KCEquityNow

READ:One City. Two Neighborhoods. A 30-year difference in life expectancy.

"Babies do not choose where they are born. But their parents’ ZIP code has a shocking bearing on the quality and length of life they can expect to live."

nytimes.com/interactive/20…

"Streeterville is a neighborhood of mostly white, affluent, college-educated families living in townhomes and high-rise condominiums along the shore of Lake Michigan. A baby born there in 2015 could expect to live to 90.

In nearby Englewood, a poor, predominantly Black neighborhood of low-rise apartments in the shadow of Interstate 94, a baby born in 2015 could not expect to reach 60."

A 30-year difference in life expectancy.

Another stark example of racial realism, i.e., the understanding that current legal and societal structures result in a permanent racial caste system, and that without transformative structural change, Blacks and whites will never be equal.

This parallels Seattle's startling racial subcaste system.

KCEN will be conducting a similar comparative data analysis of Black communities/predominantly Black areas & white neighborhoods in Seattle. Stay tuned.

#PayTheFee #FreeTheLand #EquityNow

For a fuller scope: See Tonika Lewis Johnson's Folded Map™ Project that "visually connects residents who live at corresponding addresses on the North & South Sides of Chicago." She investigates what urban segregation looks like and its impact:
foldedmapproject.com