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Understanding Urban Poverty in America by Gianluca Rossi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes how political, economic, and cultural forces have impacted concentrated poverty among poor black Americans. It discusses how federal housing policies in the mid-20th century, such as redlining, restricted mortgage lending in black neighborhoods and contributed to urban decay. It also describes how federal transportation policies, such as building highways through cities, further isolated poor black neighborhoods and facilitated white flight to the suburbs. The document argues that t
- Author
- Gianluca Rossi
- Language
- EN