UNDERSTAND HOW %
IN SOME CASES,
RACISM IS %
LITERALLY IN THE
FINE PRINT. %
>> THE %
NEIGHBORHOODS %
WHERE WE GROW %
UP, CAN
DETERMINE THE %
TRAJECTORY OF %
OUR LIVES.
AND IT’S NOT BY %
ACCIDENT.
AMERICA WAS %
BUILT THIS WAY.
AND JESUS %
HERNANDEZ HAS
MASKED THOSE %
INEQUALITIES, %
BLOCK BY BLOCK. %
>> I WAS ABLE TO %
MEASURE EVERY IN %
THIS CITY.
WHERE ARE YOUR %
DROPOUTS FROM %
HIGH SCHOOL? %
WHERE ARE THE
PEOPLE WHO GET %
THE FLU? %
WHERE ARE THE %
PEOPLE WHO USE %
MORE WATER THAN %
OTHERS? %
>> HIS WORK HAS
SHOWN THAT ALL %
OF IT CONNECTS %
BACK TO ONE %
FACTOR, OVER AND %
OVER AGAIN.
AND THAT FACTOR %
IS RACE.
>> YOU HAVE
THESE RACIAL %
PATTERNS THAT %
REPRESENT A %
GEOGRAPHY, OF %
WHERE WE SHIFT %
OUR PEOPLE IN, %
OVER A PERIOD OF %
A HUNDRED YEARS %
OVER THE CITY. %
AND WE CAN
PRETTY MUCH DO %
THIS IN EVERY %
CITY OF THE
UNITED STATES. %
>> WHY? %
ABOUT A CENTURY
AGO, LEGAL %
LANGUAGE WAS %
OFTEN WRITTEN %
INTO THE DEEDS %
OF HOUSES, %
PROHIBITING %
SELLING THEM TO %
PEOPLE WHO %
WEREN’T WHITE. %
THEY WERE CALLED
RACE COUPLES. %
AND THEY BUILT
THEM INTO THE %
NEIGHBORHOODS. %
>> WHITE HOUSES %
STILL MAKE UP %
MANY CITIES. %
>> LAND PARK, TO %
BE EXACT OF THE
ONE OF THE %
CITY’S OLDEST %
AND WEALTHIEST %
NEIGHBORHOODS. %
>> WHICH IS ONE %
OF THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS WHERE
RACE COV NANTS
WERE USED IN SAN %
FRANCISCO. %
THIS IS WHERE %
YOU SEE THIS %
NEIGHBORHOOD %
DIVIDE START TO %
HAPPEN.
>> BENEFIT OF %
CENTURY.
AND PREV RENTIAL %
TREATMENT.
BUSINESSES %
CHOOSE TO %
RELOCATE HERE. %
IT HAS BIKE %
LANES.
BUS SERVICE.
ANYTHING THAT A
CITY DWELLER %
WOULD WANT. %
>> LET’S COMPARE %
THREE %
NEIGHBORHOODS %
JUST A MILE %
APART.
THIS IS LANCE %
PARK.
THIS IS SOUTH %
CITY FARMS.
77.3% OF PEOPLE %
LIVING IN LAND %
PARK OF WHITE. %
IN SOUTH CITY
FARMS. %
8% ARE WHITE. %
52% LATINO, AND %
9% BLACK. %
40% OF PEOPLE IN
LAND PARK HAVE
AT LEAST A FOUR-%
YEAR DEGREE. %
IN FACT, 28%
HAVE A MASTERS %
DEGREE OR %
HIGHER.
ONLY 2.3%
GRADUATED FROM %
COLLEGE. %
IN LAND PARK, %
71% OF PEOPLE %
OWN THEIR HOME. %
IN SOUTH CITY %
FARMS, ONLY 25% %
DO. %
A PERSON LIVING
IN LAND PARK IS %
LIKELY TO LIVE %
10 YEARS LONGER
THAN SOMEONE
LIVING IN SOUTH
CITY FARMS. %
AND WHILE %
AVERAGE %
HOUSEHOLD INCOME %
IN LAND PARK IS %
OVER $132,000 A
YEAR, IN SOUTH %
CITY FARMS, IT’S %
JUST $28,000.
>> TELL ME ABOUT %
THIS %
NEIGHBORHOOD IN %
CONTRAST TO THE %
OTHER ONE WE
SAW. %
>> WHAT YOU SEE
HERE IS THAT %
RACE AND POVERTY
AND EVERY OTHER %
ASSOCIATED WITH %
THAT. %
>> YOU MAY THINK %
TO YOURSELF. %
SURE. %
GOOD AND BAD %
NEIGHBORHOODS. %
SO WHAT? %
WELL, AGAIN, %
IT’S NOT %
COINCIDENCE. %
IF YOU LOOK AT
THE RAISED %
COVENANT
NEIGHBORHOODS %
ACROSS %
SACRAMENTO OR
ANY CITY, THE %
PATTERN IS
SHOCKING. %
IN THESE %
NEIGHBORHOODS %
EVER SACRAMENTO, %
EDUCATION, %
HOMEOWNERSHIP %
AND HEALTH ARE %
ALL DIFFERENT IN %
THESE %
NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE? %
THESE WERE
EXCLUSIVE TO
WHITES UNDER
RACE COVENANTS %
FROM AT LEAST %
1913 TO 1948,
WHEN THE COV %
NANTS BECAME %
ILLEGAL.
WHEN BANKS USED
THIS TO %
DOWNGRADE HOME %
VALUES UNTIL %
1978. %
THAT MEANS ALL
THAT TIME, WHITE %
NEIGHBORHOODS %
ACCUMULATED
WEALTH, %
POLITICAL CLOUT,
PUBLIC %
INVESTMENT, %
WHILE OTHER %
NEIGHBORHOODS, %
WHICH ALSO PAID %
THEIR SHARE OF %
TAXES RECEIVED %
LITTLE TO NO %
INVESTMENT. %
THEY EVEN LOST %
MONEY. %
>> OTHER SYSTEMS
DEEPEN SAID THE %
DIVIDE. %
THE FEDERAL
HOUSING %
ADMINISTRATION,
WHICH WAS %
CREATED TO MAKE
HOMELOANS %
AFFORDABLE AFTER %
THE GREAT %
DEPRESSION, %
REFUSED TO BACK %
THEM IN AFRICAN
AMERICAN %
NEIGHBORHOODS. %
A POLICY CALLED %
RED-LINING. %
AND WHILE THE GI
BILL HELPED %
WHITE AMERICANS
GET LOW-INTEREST
MORTGAGES, IT %
SHUT OUT AFRICAN %
AMERICANS. %
>> NOW YOU SEE %
THESE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO LEAVE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD %
FOR BETTER %
RESOURCES RATHER %
THAN STAY HERE. %
AND WHEN THEY
LEAVE THE %
NEIGHBORHOOD, %
THEY ACTUALLY %
TAKE THEIR
CHECKBOOK WITH %
THEM. %
WHEN THEY GO BUY %
IN ANOTHER %
NEIGHBORHOOD, %
WHEN THEY GET %
HEALTHCARE IN %
ANOTHER %
NEIGHBORHOOD, GO %
TO SCHOOL IN %
ANOTHER %
NEIGHBORHOOD. %
>> BECAUSE NAY
DON’T HAVE ANY %
OF THOSE HERE. %
>> CORRECT. %
>> THEY CAN’T
WALK TO A SCHOOL %
OR GROCERY STORE
OR HOSPITAL. %
>> EXACTLY. %
>> IT TAKES %
SUPER HUMAN %
EFFORTS TO
PROVIDE WHAT THE %
CITY NEEDS. %
THE CITY CLOSED
THIS ELEMENTARY %
SCHOOL IN 2013. %
IT’S NOW HOME TO %
A NONPROFIT %
CALLED %
LAFAMILLIA. %
RUN BY RACHEL %
RIOS. %
>> WHEN YOU LOOK %
AT WHAT HEALTHY %
COMMUNITIES LOOK %
LIKE, YOU LOOK %
AT THE SUPPORT %
SERVICES THAT
FAMILIES CAN GO %
TO. %
LIBRARIES, %
PUBLIC %
TRANSPORTATION, %
PARKS, BEAUTIFUL %
TREES. %
AND WHEN YOU %
LOOK AT OUR %
COMMUNITY, YOU
DON’T SEE THAT. %
URE DON’T SEE AN %
INVESTMENT. %
YOU SEE
NONPROFITS, %
TRYING TO FILL %
IN THE GAPS AS %
BEST WE CAN. %
>> SO YOU %
PROVIDE THE ONLY %
PLAY FIELD IN %
THIS WHOLE %
NEIGHBORHOOD? %
>> YEAH. %
THERE IS NOT A %
PARK HERE. %
THIS IS IT. %
>> RACISM IS NOT
JUST ABOUT OUR %
INDIVIDUAL
ATTITUDES. %
IT’S BUILT INTO %
OUR SYSTEM.
>> IT’S NOT AS
BLATANT AS, I’M %
GOING TO OPPRESS %
THIS COMMUNITY.
IT’S MORE %
SUBTLE. %
AND THAT’S THE %
PROBLEM. %
WE SEEM TO
ACCEPT IT SINCE %
IT’S MORE %
SUBTLE. %
HOW IS IT THAT %
THIS COMMUNITY %
DOESN’T DESERVE
TO HAVE A BUS %
STOP? %
HOW IS IT THAT
THIS CITY %
DOESN’T DESERVE
A PARK? %
THAT’S WHERE THE %
SYSTEMIC RACISM
COMES INTO %
PLACE. %
>> HOW DO WE
CHANGE NEARLY A %
CENTURY OF
INEQUALITY? %
THIS IS NOT A %
PROBLEM THE %
PEOPLE CAN
CHANGE ON THEIR %
OWN, HERNANDEZ
SAYS. %
>> YOU HAVE TO
DIRECTLY %
INTERVENE IN THE %
MECHANISMS THAT %
CREATE THIS %
INEQUALITY. %
>> YOU HAVE TO
PUT YOUR THUMB %
ON THE NAIL. %
>> YOU HAVE TO %
STOP THAT %
BICYCLE FROM %
MOVING. %
AND IF YOU DON’T %
DO THAT.