Posts tagged Race
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Here’s how real estate professionals in 1948 perpetuated segregation in DC
It wasn’t that long ago that DC’s Real Estate Board told agents not to sell homes in white areas to black people. A 1948 report called Segregation in Washington put the discrimination into plain language. Keep reading…
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“Problematic” statue featuring Abraham Lincoln may be removed from park in Northeast
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced in June that she will introduce legislation to remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park in Northeast because it “fails to note in any way how enslaved African Americans pushed for their own emancipation.” Keep reading…
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Events: Let’s talk about race in DC
A discussion about race in DC. Several talks about the current state and future of transporation, and more in this week’s urbanist events. Keep reading…
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Homes in black neighborhoods are vastly undervalued, costing black homeowners billions
In the DC Metro area, the average cost of a home in a majority-black neighborhood is $48,490 less expensive than a comparable home in a neighborhood with few to no black residents, according to a recent report from the Brookings Institute. Keep reading…
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How can GGWash make a difference in the future?
As part of a strategic planning effort, I asked staff, board members, and people in our editorial and advocacy committees why they were part of GGWash and our best achievements both over the last year or two and for our entire 12½-year history. Now, let’s look forward, to what people would like to see the organization accomplish in the future. Keep reading…
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How segregation in DC shifts from day to night
Many people continue to live in much more racially-segregated areas than where they work. Keep reading…
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Commercial real estate has a whiteness problem
In the commercial real estate industry, like many other industries, Black people are under-represented. What steps can leaders and individuals take to make a change? Keep reading…
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When the protests end, fixing cities will not begin or end with buildings
While most of the protests over the last few weeks have been peaceful and nonviolent, there has been some vandalism and looting. To understand everything that’s happening, however, we have to look at the historical context of violence against Black Americans and their communities. Keep reading…
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Homes in black communities are vastly undervalued, costing black homeowners billions
In the DC Metro area, the average cost of a home in a majority-black neighborhood is $48,490 less expensive than a comparable home in a neighborhood with few to no black residents, according to a report from the Brookings Institute. Keep reading…
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Where DC once banned black people from living
One of many pieces of America’s shameful racial past was when racial covenants forbade people in certain areas from selling their houses to an African-American family. DC had these in several neighborhoods, particularly Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights, Petworth, Park View, and Bloomingdale. Keep reading…