Redlining
Episode 3
When the white residents of Eight Mile Road in Detroit were told they were too close to a Black neighborhood to qualify for a positive FHA rating, they built this six foot wall... Once the wall went up, mortgages on the white properties were approved.
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Segregated Housing and the Racial Wealth Gap
by Larry Adelman
This explainer shows how government-mandated policies of segregated housing led to the creation of the extreme racial wealth gaps experienced across the US today.
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A Long History of Racial Preferences: For Whites
by Larry Adelman
Executive producer of the Race series Larry Adelman provides a historical overview of how institutions and public policies have benefited whites at the expense of other groups to explain the extreme wealth gap between white and Black people.
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Racial Preferences for Whites: The Houses That Racism Built
by Larry Adelman
Executive Producer Larry Adelman of the Race Series compares two families - one white, one black - to show how the playing field has been tilted to give whites an advantage over other groups.
Q&A
If race isn't real, what about its effects?
episode 3
Q&A
What policies might integrate the suburbs and remedy some of the inequities that stem from residential segregation?
episode 3
Q&A
Slavery is long over, how does race affect us today?
episode 2
Q&A
What can individuals do to stop institutional racism?
episode 3
