Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and Basketball (Live at Mason)
Feb 2, 2016
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Modern Segregation Explained
- Racial segregation persists today as de facto segregation through housing patterns where people self-segregate.
- Laws support freedom to live anywhere, but neighborhood racial compositions remain largely unchanged since segregation laws.
Deregulate Housing for Integration
- Deregulating high-density residential construction in cities could promote mixing and reduce new segregation.
- Such measures only work if enforced consistently beyond mere lip service to ideals.
Education's Role in Segregation
- Failure of public education greatly contributes to persistent segregation and poverty.
- Private schools attract wealthy families, leaving poorer public schools under-resourced and failing many minority students.