FRANCESCA: WELCOME BACK. AS WE CONTINUE TO SHIP OUR
FUTURE, THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND SYSTEMIC RACIAL
INEQUALITIES CONTINUE IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WE GET A LOOK AT THE RACIAL
WEALTH GAP IN ATLANTA AND THOSE
WORKING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP.
>> ATLANTA IS NOT WAKANDA
WORKING TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. >> ATLANTA IS NOT WAKANDA.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IT,
WE HAVE ALL HEARD IT BUT IT IS
NOT,.
NOT,.
NOT,. THAT ME BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU,
IT IS ARGUABLY THE CULTURAL
CAPITAL OF THE ENTIRE NATION.
THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION FOR
FILM, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC.
KNOWN FOR BLACK HISTORY, BLACK
ACCIDENTS, KNOWN AS THE BLACK
MECCA, WITH SO MANY INCREDIBLE
COME-UP STORIES LIKE TYLER
PERRY.
PERRY.
PERRY. WHO WOULD NOT BE INSPIRED.
>> I WILL BE DOWN IN ATLANTA
BUILDING MY OWN!
>> WHETHER IT IS THE HEARTBEAT
OF THE CULTURE, UNFORTUNATELY AT
THE SAME TIME, IT IS RANKED AS
THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION FOR
INCOME INEQUALITY.
INCOME INEQUALITY. THERE IS THE ROMANTICIZED
VERSION OF AMANDA, AND THEN
THERE IS DUST OF ATLANTA, AND
THEN THERE IS THE REAL ATLANTA.
BOTH A REALITY.
, BUT BOTH, WHEN COMBINED, TELL
THE STORY OF THE CITY.
THE NUMBER ONE CITY FOR THE
HOUSE AND THE HAVE-NOTS.
>> I WOULD NEVER CALL ATLANTA
WAKANDA.
WAKANDA.
WAKANDA. WE HAVE A SPECIAL CITY HERE, BUT
WE CAN ENGAGE THOSE WHO STRUGGLE
THE MOST.
THE MOST.
THE MOST. >> WAS THE CENSUS SAYS BLACK
PEOPLE ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE
POPULATION IN ATLANTA, THE
WEALTH GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND
WHITE ATLANTANS'S
WHITE ATLANTANS'S DRAMATIC.
DRAMATIC.
DRAMATIC. 28,000 FOR A BLACK FAMILY IS A
MEDIUM INCOME, COMPARED TO
83,005 WHITE FAMILY.
>> IF A PERSON IS BORN INTO
POVERTY IN ATLANTA, THERE IS A
40% CHANCE THEY STAY IN POVERTY
FOR THE LIFETIME.
>> TO COMPARE THE RACIAL
DIVIDES, 2.5 PERCENT OF WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. ATLANTA LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY
LINE, COMPARED TO 29% OF BLACK
HOUSEHOLDS.
HOUSEHOLDS. THE AVERAGE BLACK BUSINESS IS
VALUED AT 58,000, WHILE THE
AVERAGE VALUE OF A WHITE
BUSINESS IS MORE THAN 600,000.
BUT THE IMBALANCE DOES NOT STOP
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. ATLANTA'S TOP 5% OF EARNERS ARE
BRINGING IN MORE THAN 300,000 OF
AS A YEAR, WHILE THE BOTTOM 20%
LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE,
MAKING LESS THAN $17,000 A YEAR.
WHO IS IN THE BOTTOM 20%?
YOU WILL FIND MOST OF THEM IN
THE HEART OF ATLANTA'S SOUTHSIDE
AND WESTSIDE, WHERE HISTORIC
BLACK AMENITIES ARE TRYING TO
HOLD ON TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
AS PROPERTY VALUES GO UP AND
GENTRIFICATION BRINGS IN NEW
NEIGHBORS.
NEIGHBORS. >> I WAS THINKING WE WOULD BE
HERE FOREVER.
HERE FOREVER. LOOKS LIKE IT IS GETTING CLOSE.
WE ARE BEING ROBBED WITHOUT A
GUN.
GUN.
GUN. >>
GUN. >> IN THE WESTSIDE, 53% OF THE
HOMES ARE VACANT, AND ALMOST
HALF OF THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE
LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
>> ATLANTA IS THE WORST CITY IN
THE COUNTRY WHEN IT COMES TO
INCOME INEQUALITY.
INCOME INEQUALITY. THE WEST CITY WHEN IT COMES TO
ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
ECONOMIC MOBILITY. THE HARSH REALITY IS IN THE
CITIES OF ATLANTA, THERE ARE NO
POOR MAJORITY WHITE
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE ARE NO ASIAN GHETTOS IN
THE CITY OF ATLANTA.
ALMOST 100% OF THOSE DEPLORABLE
STATISTICS ARE BLACK PEOPLE IN A
BLACK CITY.
BLACK CITY. >> YES, ATLANTA CONTINUES TO
HOLD ON TO ITS TITLE AS THE
BLACK MECCA.
BLACK MECCA. FIRST TIME THAT ASSOCIATION
HAPPENED WAS IN 1971 IN EVERY
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE.
MAGAZINE. >> THE ATLANTA OF " BLACK
EXCELLENCE" DOES NOT TRICKLE TO
ALL THE BLACK FOLKS.
THE REAL CULPRIT IS AMERICAN
AGREED.
AGREED.
AGREED. >> ATLANTA, THE CITY TOO BUSY TO
HATE, A PHRASE COINED DURING
SEGREGATION, SHOWS THE CITY'S
STRUGGLE.
STRUGGLE.
STRUGGLE. HISTORIANS SAY THE HIGHWAYS
INTENTIONALLY WENT THROUGH BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE GOING TO
GET BULLDOZED, AND ALSO CREATED
A BORDER BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK
NEIGHBORHOODS.
NEIGHBORHOODS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE NORTH AND SOUTH
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA.
ATLANTA. >> THAT WAS DONE BY DESIGN.
IF YOU GO INTO RECORDS, YOU CAN
SEE HOW THE DELIBERATION TOOK
PLACE AND WHERE WE SHOULD PUT
THE INTERSTATE.
THE INTERSTATE. THE CITY IS SEGREGATED.
>> THAT SEGREGATION ALONG SOCIAL
ECONOMIC LIFE IS STILL VISIBLE
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT THE
ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BANKHEAD
AND BUCKHEAD'S AXIS, OPPORTUNITY
AND EXPOSURE.
AND EXPOSURE. >> THE TWO VERSIONS OF ATLANTA
BOTH TELL THE STORY OF THE CITY.
ONE DOES NOT GET TOLD AS OFTEN
AS THE OTHER.
>> LET'S GO ON THE RECORD, THAT
AS FAR AS A BLACK CITY, WE HAVE
THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO GET IT
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. >>
RIGHT. >> WE HAVE ADOPTED THE
REPUTATION OF BEING THE BLACK
MECCA, SO WE KNOW THERE IS AN
APPETITE TO HAVE THAT REALITY.
>> IF ATLANTA WANTS TO CONTINUE
LIVING UP TO ITS TITLE AS THE
BLACK MECCA, THEN BLACK ATLANTA
NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE ECONOMIC
ENGINE THAT