Recent Streetsblog CALIFORNIA posts about Race

Murals commemorating Black struggles along Crenshaw Blvd. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Twitter Chat on #Untokening of Mobility Advocacy Explores Costs of Tokenization

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 4, 2017 | No Comments

"But whatever you do," the head of the history department told me, "do not use words like 'multicultural.' Parents will call to ask what on earth we're teaching their kids."

Redlining had its deepest impacts in areas of South L.A., Central L.A., and the Eastside. The book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein, details how redlining was just one of many ways in which policy was used to enforce segregation. Source: HOLC

America Walks “Walking Toward Justice” Webinar: The Color of Law & Residential Segregation

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 29, 2017 | No Comments

The important and timely book, The Color of Law, addresses the myth that segregation in our metropolitan areas evolved naturally and therefore cannot be remedied through policy. No: segregation is the product of explicit federal, state, and local policy designed to both insulate whites and give them a leg up in the process.