Segregation Rebranded: All-White Settlements vs. Fair Housing

About this episode

This episode investigates the rise of all-white settlements in the U.S. as a modern rebranding of segregation.

This episode of Justice Above All investigates one way in which segregation has been rebranded in the twenty-first century: all-white, or “whites-only,” settlements. In recent years, there has been an alarming rise in these settlements across the United States. Attempts to build all-white settlements represent a modern rebranding of segregationist housing practices like restrictive covenants. All-white settlements are morally corrosive to a multi-racial democracy and undermine the principles ...

People in this episode

Host: The Legal Defense Fund

Topics covered

• segregation
• housing
• racial issues
• democracy
• settlements

Keywords

• segregation
• whites-only settlements
• fair housing
• restrictive covenants
• multi-racial democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Legal Defense Fund

Places: United States

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