Majority-black cities in the U.S. are the focus of a new study
?I believe in black cities, because I believe in me? With cities across North America bidding to host Amazon?s second headquarters, one of the dominant narratives across applications is the idea that Amazon should ?take a second look? at certain cities. The applications implore the company to go beyond outdated ideas of what a certain city represents, and instead look at the municipality?and its people?with fresh eyes.
Writer, educator, and researcher Andre Perry believes there?s another type of city that deserves a fresh look: the black-majority cities of the U.S., from the thousands of small towns spread throughout the Southeast to the handful of larger cities in the Midwest, such as Detroit and Gary, Indiana, that Perry says have unrealized potential. He hopes to attract attention with his new research project on the topic. ?I don?t want this project to be about ?Let?s fix black cities,?? says Perry, a David M. Rubenstein fellow at the Brookings Institute?s Metropolitan Policy Program. ?That?s what we often do to black people. These places are worthy of investment and risk-taking.?
During the era of Black Lives Matter, Perry believes it?s also important to acknowledge that black cities matter, too. African Americans? lives have been negatively influenced by redlining, harmful zoning, and disproportionate exposure to pollution. So if place matters?especially in regards to schooling, housing, and healthcare?local control and the continued existence of these municipal...
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