Lack of affordable housing and homelessness, limited public transportation, and poorly funded public schools in communities of color are not arbitrary, but rather a result of design. The racist roots of community planning and urban planning have, undoubtedly, contributed to poorer quality of life and health outcomes for communities of color. Beyond planning, oppressive legal mechanisms were also used. In fact, between 1910 and 1997, Black communities lost about 90% of their farmland, contributing to America’s largest wealth gap.

Resources in this section explore the concept of ‘Regionalism’; that is, the sharing of skills, policies, amenities, tax burdens, and resources across municipal boundaries, so communities can function as cohesive entities instead of perpetuating racial disparities. The Right To The City Alliance (RTTC) is one example, cited below, that emerged as a call to halt the displacement of low-income people, people of col [...]