John Ebneter Most leading social scientists have determined that housing inequality in the United States, based on racial lines, has led to a host of social and economic disparities that must be addressed to solve our centuries-old segregation problems. The scientists maintain that until we promote and learn to live together, with our shared experiences and differences, our country will habitually be burdened with the tremendous waste of resources and lives required to facilitate, expand and promote an unjust system of oppression. Starting with slavery and the elimination of native people, through the 20th century exclusionary housing practices, with todayâs mass incarceration, the ruling class has devised an ever-damning view of and policies toward those of color to ensure wealth and status are kept in the dominant raceâs hands.