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I think that people underestimate the generational effects of the FHA loans being locked to suburbanized white neighborhoods. The rise of the automobile combin

I think that people underestimate the generational effects of the FHA loans being locked to suburbanized white neighborhoods. The rise of the automobile combined with the post-war FHA loan restrictions allowed one group of people to 'invest' in their homes and land, while excluding (mostly) another group. Check out https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history-of-how-the-u-s-government-segregated-america https://www.npr.org/2017/05/03/526655831/a-forgotten-history... for an overview of 'The Color of Law' mentioned above.

epistasis 6y ago
Thanks for linking this summary! This is by far the most controversial comment I've ever made here, it keeps on fluctuating in score. I hope it prompts some people to examine the history, but unfortunately I did not provide any scholarship to back up my views, which are heterodox in the general population but I think commonly held by those who investigate the boring subject of zoning. Some other sources of how systemic racism in government has been used to further single-use suburban planning: Segregation by Design by Jessica Trounstine https://urbanaffairsreview.com/2019/06/24/segregation-by-design/ https://urbanaffairsreview.com/2019/06/24/segregation-by-des... Neighborhood Defenders by Einstein, Glick, and Palmer https://www.politicsofhousing.com/neighborhood_defenders/ https://www.politicsofhousing.com/neighborhood_defenders/ A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow in South Florida by NDB Connolly https://history.jhu.edu/2014/02/19/a-world-more-concrete-real-estate-and-the-remaking-of-jim-crow-south-florida/ https://history.jhu.edu/2014/02/19/a-world-more-concrete-rea... Every talk I've seen by NBD Connolly is outstanding but this is the first I saw and the one that really motivated me to find more sources on this topic: https://youtu.be/DjmUWfMEhfE https://youtu.be/DjmUWfMEhfE
- m_mueller 6y ago
  Thank you for this. As an outsider it made me realize how much there is behind the claim of the echoes of racism still being felt today in the US. What a terrible disservice these people did to the future... I share your view that we're seeing a large scale decline of the American empire btw. - Covid response lays this out quite clearly. It will remain to be seen whether it drags down Europe as well.

epistasis 6y ago

Thanks for linking this summary! This is by far the most controversial comment I've ever made here, it keeps on fluctuating in score. I hope it prompts some people to examine the history, but unfortunately I did not provide any scholarship to back up my views, which are heterodox in the general population but I think commonly held by those who investigate the boring subject of zoning. Some other sources of how systemic racism in government has been used to further single-use suburban planning: Segregation by Design by Jessica Trounstine https://urbanaffairsreview.com/2019/06/24/segregation-by-design/ https://urbanaffairsreview.com/2019/06/24/segregation-by-des... Neighborhood Defenders by Einstein, Glick, and Palmer https://www.politicsofhousing.com/neighborhood_defenders/ https://www.politicsofhousing.com/neighborhood_defenders/ A World More Concrete: Real Estate and the Remaking of Jim Crow in South Florida by NDB Connolly https://history.jhu.edu/2014/02/19/a-world-more-concrete-real-estate-and-the-remaking-of-jim-crow-south-florida/ https://history.jhu.edu/2014/02/19/a-world-more-concrete-rea... Every talk I've seen by NBD Connolly is outstanding but this is the first I saw and the one that really motivated me to find more sources on this topic: https://youtu.be/DjmUWfMEhfE https://youtu.be/DjmUWfMEhfE

m_mueller 6y ago
Thank you for this. As an outsider it made me realize how much there is behind the claim of the echoes of racism still being felt today in the US. What a terrible disservice these people did to the future... I share your view that we're seeing a large scale decline of the American empire btw. - Covid response lays this out quite clearly. It will remain to be seen whether it drags down Europe as well.