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Redlining was Part of the System of Segregated, Whites-Only Communities

Apr 22, 2018

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Most narratives about HOLC/FHA redlining focus on the redlined areas. The narrative goes something like this: redlined communities were created, and Black people were forced to live there. While that’s generally accurate, it ignores all the other groups that suffered from the HOLC grading of communities. This post excerpts some of the Los Angeles County…

There Are No Urban Design Courses on Race and Justice, So We Made Our Own Syllabus

Apr 22, 2018

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Black students at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design say there are no design courses that consider race and justice. Here’s an outline for one. Source: There Are No Urban Design Courses on Race and Justice, So We Made Our Own Syllabus

The Return of Public Housing

Apr 16, 2018

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Bookmarking to read later; Statement in Opposition to Sb 827 – Luxury Development for the Rich, Displacement and Dispossession for the Poor

Letter to Garcetti about Shipping Container Homes

Mar 18, 2018

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Mr. Mayor: Thank you for finally doing something to help house the homeless people around the Plaza. It’s gone out of control, with rents rising, and whatnot. People don’t think it’s a big deal to live out of a tent or their car, anymore. That’s where we’re at, as a city and country, and I…

Racism: NatGeo, Housing, Crossword

Mar 14, 2018

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nemu98 asked on reddit: Why is the anglosphere so focused on race? 2025-09-16 The British Empire implemented racism in colonizing Ireland, and then applied it everywhere, to create a hierarchy of ethnic groups or races, with their white people at the top. If caste was available, they used caste. (Gershon, Britain’s Blueprint for Colonialism: Made…

Re: Oakland’s Homeless Americans Die Uncounted As Mayor Protects Illegal Immigrants

Mar 13, 2018

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Source: Oakland’s Homeless Americans Die Uncounted As Mayor Protects Illegal Immigrants I found that article on an aggreagtor, and replied to it, rather than the original. So I posted the response here, figuring it wouldn’t get approved. I then found the original, and looked at the comment section. Zerohedge commenters are a bunch of libertarians…

On the Precipice of Another Great Depression

Mar 6, 2018

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As we stand on the precipice of the cliff overlooking another Great Depression, we need to consider that the Depression wasn’t only rough on the working class. It was also a period of extreme racism, not only by people to each other, but by the government against communities of color. As the government started to…

USCIS New Anti-Immigrant Mission Statement

Feb 22, 2018

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Another brick in the fascist wall that Trump is building. The mission statement of the USCIS has change to become an anti-immigration agency. Source: U.S. agency’s new mission statement: America no longer a ‘nation of immigrants’

The Current Effort to Deny Citizenship to Undocumented Immigrants or Spouses Has a Precedent

Feb 20, 2018

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https://twitter.com/tsengputterman/status/966103266491846660 This Conor F. is part of *the* *press*. He writes for The Atlantic, which is a liberal magazine/website. He should know better, or someone there should be schooling him. He doesn’t know that Asian people were denied a path to citizenship from 1868 to 1952 century. Eighty-four. 84 years of (at least some) immigrants…

Good Summary on Bastard Urbanism

Feb 20, 2018

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This feels like a good snapshot of why so many organizations are uniting against SB 827, the upzoning law that gives away a lot of value to landowners and developers, without capturing that value, and without protecting tenants. via The Most Dangerous Myth I’m also looking into the history of property ownership by people of…