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Aren't as homogenous. there's teachers who live next to garbage men, who live next door to people who work at mcdonald's, because that is the way redlining worked for most of the history of this country. so first of all, that's a lie. i mean, i don't know what else to call it. and the other thing is, right, when we attack these problems, right -- and if you even mention the lack of role models before you get to the 54 other things that precede that, that are more important than lack of role models -- we talk about school funding. we know that poor white -- poor white children get $1,500 on ave...

Engage or allow anyone to engage in comparing struggles. i think that is just misdirected. >> how so? >> so we're going to now say that my pain is worse than your pain? we had 400 years of slavery in this country. we had years of lynching, which involved black men in particular being dragged from their homes and hung on a tree, often castrated. we've had the years of jim crow and institutional racism that included redlining and systemic racism that lingers today. and then, you know, we also have our lgbtq brothers and sisters who still, under the law, do not have full equality. these are all i...

Two bedroom, one bath that i grew up in. garage converted to be a bedroom for my brothers. so i've got a plan the 3.2 million houses units in america, those are housing units for working families, for the working poor poor, for seniors with disabilities. for people who are coming back from being incarcerated. it's about tenants' rights, but there is one more piece. housing is how we build wealth in america. the federal government has subsidized the purchasing of housing for decades for white people, and has said for black people you're cut out of the deal. that was known as red lining. when i ...

3.2 million houses units in america, those are housing units for working families, for the working poor poor, for seniors with disabilities, its about tenant rights but there's one more piece. housing is how we build wealth in america. the federal government has subsidized the purchasing of housing for decades for white people, and has said for black people you're cut out of the deal. that was known as red lining. when i built a housing plan it's not only a housing plan about building new units. it's a housing plan about addressing what is wrong about government sponsored discrimination, how w...

Average scores and reduce bias and counter stereotypes among others. and this scheme is basically modern day red lining. a brief reminder, red lining began with the national housing act of 1934 where in maps with literal red lines were deployed where black families were able to live and where whites were able to keep black family in his s certain area, they were also able to control the tax base and keep black children in underfunded schools. fast forward to today. clearly this is still going on. local baton rouge leaders are condemning the move to create a new city and say that it could sow f...