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    Redlining: The Blueprints of Modern Inequality

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    Trace the direct line from 1930s housing maps to the modern wealth gap and mass incarceration. Explore how systemic exclusion evolved from physical red lines into the invisible borders of the New Jim Crow.

    Redlining: The Blueprints of Modern Inequality

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    The red lines weren't just about houses—they were about the very structure of opportunity. It’s a form of de jure segregation—segregation by law and public policy—disguised as a market decision.

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    Points clés

    1

    Red Lines and The New Jim Crow

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    0:15
    0:33
    0:46
    1:03
    2

    From Concrete Signs to Invisible Borders

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    2:58
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    3

    The Human Capital of a Zip Code

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    4

    The Myth of the Moderate Segregationist

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    5

    Standardized Testing as a Colorblind Weapon

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    The Trap of Intent and the Honest Belief

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    The New Gilded Age and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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    8

    Practical Playbook: Reversing the Red Lines

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    Closing Reflection: The Story We Tell

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