REI Resources

February 19, 2021

Racial Segregation in the Bay Area Part 5: Remedies, Solutions, and Targets

Outlines various policies and strategies to break up racial residential segregation across the Bay Area, broken down by the following categories: 1. Curtailing Restrictive Land Use Policies & Regulations 2. Rent Control for Integrated or Integrating Communities 3. Mobility Strategies 4. Fair Share & Inclusionary Zoning 5. Affordable Housing & Other Integrative Subsidies
February 19, 2021

Race: The Power of an Illusion, “The House We Live In”

Part of a larger series deconstructing our idea of race, this chapter focuses on how racist housing policy led to de facto and de jure segregation and the racial wealth gap we see today. (Run time 29:18)
February 19, 2021

Redlined, A Legacy of Housing Discrimination

Explaining the racist federal housing policies (e.g. redlining and racial covenants) that systematically created America’s racial wealth gap (Run time 15:08)
February 19, 2021

Segregated by Design

An overview of housing policies that created racial segregation we see in cities today. Narrated by Richard Rothstein, author of The Color of Law (Run time 17:42)