Education

February 19, 2021

Roots, Race, and Place

This report outlines the previous overtly and covertly racist housing and land use policies that shaped the Bay Area into what we see today. Researchers tie practices like redlining to the prevelance of subprime mortgages and foreclosures in communities of color that translated to the inequities and segregation of the Bay Area.
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)
February 19, 2021

A Dream Deferred

The story of how racist zoning and housing policy shaped Philadelphia (Run time 28:10)
February 19, 2021

The African American Policy Forum (YouTube Channel)

Includes regular series such as “Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that COVID Lays Bare”
February 19, 2021

Not Suitable for Work

A basic training in implicit racial bias, microaggression, and other components of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Presented by Catharsis. (Run time 51:12)
February 19, 2021

Findings from Focus Groups and a Dial Survey on Housing in the United States

Presentations of the findings for a series of focus groups and dial surveys on housing messages in the United States. Messages around housing justice were tested on different groups divided into the “base,” persuadables, and opposition. Presented by Community Change, PolicyLink, & Lake Research Partners. (Run time 1:28:47)
February 19, 2021

Housing Narrative Webinar: What’s Race Got To Do with It?

One of a series of webinars in partnership between Race Forward, PolicyLink, and Comunity Change to share research on housing narratives and understanding how race interplays with narrative shift. Presented by Community Change & PolicyLink. (1:31:15)
February 19, 2021

Seize The Housing Narrative

A webinar series to share out the Bay Area Seize the Housing Narrative Playbook as well as the research that came behind it. This was created in partnership between Dr. Tiffany Manuel, EMC Research, NPH, and M+R in order to develop new strategies for shifting the narrative on housing in the Bay Area, with an explicit racial focus. Presented by Dr. Tiffany Manuel, EMC Research, & M+R. (3-part series)
February 19, 2021

Policy Remedies to Racial Residential Segregation

A presentation of UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belong Institute’s research regarding racial residential segregation in the Bay Area and policy implications for addressing these challenges. Presented by UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute. (Run time 54:57)