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Can you name these cities?

LA, like most American cities, is highly segregated:

The RED dots show white people,
BLUE is black,
ORANGE is Hispanic, GREEN is Asian,
and YELLOW is other.

From Business Insider "21 Maps Of Highly Segregated Cities In America"
Rebecca Baird-Remba and Gus Lubin Apr. 25, 2013:

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — White people cling to the coast around Santa Monica and Brentwood, and the north side of the city beginning with the Hollywood Hills.

L.A.'s black-white dissimilarity score is 65.0, according to a study of 2010 Census data by professors John Logan and Brian Stults of Brown and Florida State University. A score above 60 on the dissimilarity index is considered very high segregation.

The red dots show white people, blue is black, orange is Hispanic, green is Asian, and yellow is other, according to maps of 2010 Census data by Eric Fischer.

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 "The House We Live In" asks, If race is not biology, what is it? This episode uncovers how race resides not in nature but in politics, economics and culture. It reveals how our social institutions "make" race by disproportionately channeling resources, power, status and wealth to white people. These scenes are excerpted from California Newsreel’s acclaimed three-part documentary series, Race-The Power of an Illusion. To learn more and watch the entire series.

30 Minutes:
RACE – THE POWER OF AN ILLUSION: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Created from California Newsreel on Vimeo.

Analysis | Redlining was banned 50 years ago. It’s still hurting minorities today.