Chapter 3 Resource Guide
The Color of Law: A forgotten history of how our government segregated America
“White rage methodically destroyed these cities for their dark residents in the form of Jim Crow, school desegregation, urban development or gentrification (which is code for removing and displacing dark bodies), the War on drugs, mass incarceration, police brutality, school rezoning and closings, redlining (from 1934 to 1968 the Federal Housing Administration denied dark people home loans), globalization of the US manufacturing industry, vanishing public sector jobs, and the educational survival complex.” p. 58
Hope required when growing roses in concrete
“Research has shown that the stress of poverty and adversity alters brain functions. It is called “toxic stress.” Children who experience prolonged adversities- poverty, chronic neglect, the US government separating children from their parents violence, physical or emotional abuse-suffer great impact on their ability to learn.”p. 66
