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Stories that trace how structural racism was built — and what Groundwater thinking reveals.
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Compounded Advantage in Real Estate: A Tale of Two Neighborhoods in Greensboro
Yodit Kifle · May 28, 2019
How decades of policy turned two Greensboro neighborhoods into a study in compounded advantage — and disadvantage.
Read article → HistoryDr. James Sistrunk and the Legacy of Black Wall Street in Broward County
Yodit Kifle · May 28, 2019
The story of Dr. James Sistrunk and a thriving Black business district — and what happened to the wealth it built.
Read article → PolicyThe New Deal and Racial Exclusion: A Lasting Divide in Infrastructure Opportunities
Yodit Kifle · May 28, 2019
How New Deal programs built the American middle class — while writing racial exclusion into the foundation.
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