Category: Chicago
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“In Chicago, homicide rates correspond with segregation”
Whether exacerbated by gangs or guns, though, Chicago’s killings are happening on familiar turf: Its poor, extremely segregated neighborhoods on the South and West Sides. And many say that is Chicago’s real violence issue. “Where do gangs come from? They tend to take root in the very same neighborhoods that drive these other problems,” said…
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Segregation, Poverty, and White Amnesia
Racial segregation devastates Black communities. Who’s responsible?
David W. Swanson 