Select a California city and analyze its history of de jure segregationist policies. More information is included in materials.
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Select a California city and analyze its history of de jure segregationist policies. Reference The Color of Law in your paper to define these policies and link the city’s tactics to concurrent national/state policies on segregation (i.e., did the city pass its policies immediately after the release of new manuals from national real estate trade groups, new guidance from the Federal Housing Administration, visits or meetings in this city conducted by national figures on segregationist housing policies, etc.). Analyze when, where, and how the city implemented policies including restrictive covenants, redlining, blockbusting, and public housing. Objectively evaluate the resulting effects on the city’s black neighborhoods over the subsequent yearns and decades; in other words, what happened to economic development, crime, education, etc.? Analyze the status of those neighborhoods today and evaluate how contemporary issues like blight, gentrification, crime, educational segregation, income levels, transportation equity, health and environmental justice (e.g., food deserts and obesity levels), and access to jobs can be traced back to the city/county’s implementation of de jure segregation.