Exploration of how marginalized communities have historically been placed on the east side of cities, leading to issues like redlining and the need for intentional, inclusive design to tackle economic and social disparities.
What do communities on the social, economic and environmental margins have in common? For one thing, they tend to be on the east sides of cities. In this short talk about a surprising insight, anthropologist and venture capitalist Stephen DeBerry explains how both environmental and man-made factors have led to disparity by design in cities from East Palo Alto, California to East Jerusalem and beyond — and suggests some elegant solutions to fix it.