Unvarnished
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Unvarnished
This digital history project reveals a comprehensive history of housing discrimination and segregation across the US' North and West. Complicating the notion that most racist policies existed only in the Jim Crow south, Unvarnished includes a national narrative on how racist policies and practices created a segregated nation, along with six "local spotlight" stories for Appleton, WI; West Hartford, CT; Brea, CA; Naperville, IL; Oak Park, IL; and Columbus, OH.
It is dense and full of information. I learned such a great deal, almost all unpleasant, about the way our nation came to be and how our community demographics have been defined; and it was not an accident of fate. I hope this will make its way into lots of communities and spawn partner projects that explore more local conditions of housing segregation, discrimination, and exclusive planning.
This digital history project reveals a comprehensive history of housing discrimination and segregation across the US' North and West. Complicating the notion that most racist policies existed only in the Jim Crow south, Unvarnished includes a national narrative on how racist policies and practices created a segregated nation, along with six "local spotlight" stories for Appleton, WI; West Hartford, CT; Brea, CA; Naperville, IL; Oak Park, IL; and Columbus, OH.
It is dense and full of information. I learned such a great deal, almost all unpleasant, about the way our nation came to be and how our community demographics have been defined; and it was not an accident of fate. I hope this will make its way into lots of communities and spawn partner projects that explore more local conditions of housing segregation, discrimination, and exclusive planning.
Role: I was on the project team as an editor and content developer.
This project was posted to MetaFilter by aniola on August 21, 2022: Unvarnished
This is an extraordinary resource - such breadth, and such depth.
I have only read a small fraction (it's SO BIG) but I am most impressed by all of it - the storytelling, the layout, the clear explanations, the well-sourced historical documents.
Thank you so much for sharing this here. This is so valuable, and so very well done.
posted by kristi at 12:15 PM on June 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
I have only read a small fraction (it's SO BIG) but I am most impressed by all of it - the storytelling, the layout, the clear explanations, the well-sourced historical documents.
Thank you so much for sharing this here. This is so valuable, and so very well done.
posted by kristi at 12:15 PM on June 1, 2022 [1 favorite]
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