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The @oandbinstitute ranked 101 Bay Area cities by their level of segregation related to the Bay Area as a whole; there is a separate list for segregation w/in cities. Some patterns emerged... /1
Most of the Top 10 cities are small & white (Ross, Belvedere, Sausalito, San Anselmo, Fairfax, Mill Valley, Portola Valley + Woodside). East Palo Alto, at No. 1, is an obvious exception. But this makes sense, b/c EPA exists due to redlining and racial exclusion. /2
Cupertino rounds out No. 10 w/ a population that is predominantly Asian (64%). Shows that segregation comes in many forms.
The authors also found: "The most segregated white and/or Asian cities tend to be those with a higher-than-average percentage of single-family-only zoning"
The authors also found: "The most segregated white and/or Asian cities tend to be those with a higher-than-average percentage of single-family-only zoning"
How does single-family-zoning lead to racial segregation?
That's something @solomonout & I dug into in the #SOLDOUTpod. Check out the episode here: https://www.kqed.org/news/11840548/the-racist-history-of-single-family-home-zoning
That's something @solomonout & I dug into in the #SOLDOUTpod. Check out the episode here: https://www.kqed.org/news/11840548/the-racist-history-of-single-family-home-zoning
We interviewed @SMenendian in that episode. He was one of the main authors of the @oandbinstitute study. It's an excellent, in-depth, 5-part series.
Check it out here: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/segregationinthebay
Check it out here: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/segregationinthebay
