Posts tagged Race
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Kingman Park’s historic district is poised for approval, despite continued division and debate
Last week, DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) again discussed making Kingman Park a historic district, after the unusual decision to delay it earlier this year. It seems clear that the district will soon be approved, but the ensuing debate revealed some troubling aspects of DC’s current historic designation processes. Keep reading…
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It’s difficult to become a homeowner with limited English proficiency
Most Americans’ biggest source of wealth is their home, but unfortunately homeownership rates are not standard across demographic categories. Thanks to the Urban Institute, we now know that limited Limited English Proficiency (or LEP) depresses homeownership, even when race, income, and other variables are accounted for. The question is why. Keep reading…
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Events: Save the date for our April 26 happy hour!
Join GGWash for our happy hour at Dew Drop Inn, experience photos and sounds of DC from the 80s, tell Prince George's officials to legalize accessory apartments, learn how racially-restrictive deed covenants kept Bloomingdale off-limits to African Americans, and much more in events this week! Keep reading…
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Are bad boundaries spurring inequality in Montgomery schools?
Montgomery County public schools have been growing at an incredible rate and show no sign of abating. Instead of adjusting boundaries to allow a more equal distribution of students, the county is building additions in its over-capacity and less-wealthy schools. Keep reading…
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DC remembers the 1968 riots 50 years ago today
Today, Washington, DC remembers the 50th anniversary of the 1968 civil uprising, which took place between April 4 and 8. Downtown DC, Logan Circle, Capitol Hill, Shaw, and Columbia Heights were at the center of the civic uprisings sparked by anger over Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and longstanding discrimination, becoming an indelible part of the city's history. Keep reading…
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A new short documentary highlights the dire consequences of DC’s maternal care desert
The result of hospital closures in DC is a maternal care desert for women who live east of the Anacostia, who now have to trek half an hour by car or more (and further by transit) to access a maternity ward and prenatal care. A new seven-minute documentary from The Atlantic highlights the deadly, discriminatory consequences of these closures. Keep reading…
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Richard Rothstein lays out the reality of government-mandated segregation in “Color of Law”
The government's explicit role in building and enforcing segregation has been largely obscured, and it has done comparatively little to rectify the harm it's caused to African-American communities — harm which deeply resonates into the present day. Keep reading…
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2017’s greatest hits: How segregation shaped DC’s northernmost ward
DC's largest ward replaced historic black enclaves with whites-only neighborhoods, then segregated back following white flight. Today developers benefit from the artificially depressed housing prices in Ward 4. Keep reading…
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These nine charts explain wealth inequality in America (and what to do about it)
These charts illustrate that the racial wealth gap is growing and only continues to with age–and there's a lot more we can do to address the problem. Keep reading…
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Three things you need to know to get land-use woke
America’s history of land use is fundamentally racist, exclusionary, and exploitative. If we’re going to have productive conversations about where to go, we need to understand what got us here. Keep reading…