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Suburbs in America are a byproduct of racism. They were invented when sharecroppers (freed African-American slaves and their children who then became indentured
by kyllo 12y ago
Suburbs in America are a byproduct of racism. They were invented when sharecroppers (freed African-American slaves and their children who then became indentured servants/laborers) from the south migrated en masse to the cities of the north and started moving into urban neighborhoods, and the white people fled to the outskirts rather than let black people live among them.
- DanBC 12y agoAnd white people were given favourable mortgage rates for these new properties, while black people were denied loans.
- throwaway30492 12y agoSource?
- kyllo 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight