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Story time with Malcolm

Revisado: 01-14-24

True to form, Gladwell fills this book full of fascinating stories. The performance of this audiobook was better than the book itself. Sets the new standard for audiobooks should function.

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Between Emancipation and Civil Rights

Revisado: 12-29-23

It was over 100 years prior to the Civil Rights Era that Emancipation occurred the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were passed. Gates makes it clear what was going on in that century - the whys and hows racism continued to get woven into the fabric of American society - our laws, our economy, commercial images, private discourse, and "science." A necessary read if you want to understand why - other than a vague reference to the Jim Crow south - the Civil Rights Movement was needed and why equality still evades us.

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The Past is Prologue

Revisado: 12-27-23

This book does what few do - refuses to make bold conclusions based on limited evidence. No blueprints or definitive answers here. Just a rich conversation of varied and dynamic movements that shaped the nature of American culture.

In charting 125 years of American history where we have gone from an “I” society to a “We” society and then back to “I”, the authors examine how in economics, politics, culture, and society we have abandoned a more communitarian impulse for hyper individualism. But getting to WE again means not just looking ahead but looking back to how we’ve turned that curve before.

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Racism - interpersonal and systemic - has profound health impacts

Revisado: 12-23-23

This work explores how racism impacts people at a molecular level - increasing disease and shortening lives. Outlawing segregation and discrimination did not heal us. We have much work to do to ensure everyone has access to a healthy and free life. Read and learn more about what can be done

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Profound. Thorough. Compelling. Salient.

Revisado: 09-19-23

This story is a microcosm of the reason why our cities are still defined by such drastic spatial inequities. Greenwood, and other historically Black neighborhoods, weren’t just the victims of one tragic event but generations of harm and disinvestment. We need this story.

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A compelling case to abolish zoning

Revisado: 08-06-23

The author argues that the 100 yr old experiment with zoning has not only created vast inequities and perpetuated racial and classist segregation, but it has failed to fulfill the promises it makes. This book makes a strong case that our cities will be more profitable, productive, livable, and equitable if we abolish - not just reform - zoning.

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Powerful. Thoroughly researched. Necessary.

Revisado: 07-30-23

Taylor makes undeniable that historic and President residential segregation as well as vast inequality is not the result of personal choice but the concentrated efforts of federal and local government along with the banking and real estate industries to extract and exploit Black life, property, and neighborhoods. The rule: profit and/or power over people.

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Should be required reading

Revisado: 07-02-23

Salient. Researched. Accessible. Transformative. Necessary. The author proves that we are not in a zero sum game where one group’s advancement harms another. This is about “solidarity dividends” - being better together. We must reckon honestly and collectively about our racial hierarchy and collectively and courageously build a future where we belong to one another.

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