Opportunity Atlas Provides Another Chance to Review Redlining’s Legacy
“The maps also offer another chance to review how those neighborhood-to-neighborhood disparities came to be. As others have noted — including author Richard Rothstein in his book, ‘The Color of Law’ — throughout the 20th century, government policies and actions at the federal, state and local levels all contributed to the systematic investment in exclusively white suburbs, while denying similar levels of investment to black and Latino neighborhoods and households. The resulting disparities of investment available based on race filtered through history into differing outcomes with regard to household income and wealth, as well as disparate access to well-funded schools, parks and other amenities.”