inner city troubles are part of the legacy of segregation, our legalized society that institutionalized systemic racism that was supposedly ended by the Civil Rights Act in the social equality movements in the 1960's...but the efforts at establishing equality have not resulted in a truly equal society....
blacks in general were limited to certain specific and less desirable parts of cities all over the US during the segregation
era and there they remained...society didn't loosen its grip on bigotry overnight...whites who harbored racist beliefs didn't go away: many hardened their hearts and erected statues of intimidation in response to civil rights activism...examples included discriminatory housing practices, the refusal to sell property to blacks and other minorities in many all -white areas...law-suits over this racist practice continued into the 1980-90's
blacks continued to be denied access to many public and private places of employment, despite the laws against discrimination...many lawsuits were filed to force agencies like the LAPD and LAFD, previously all-white institutions...change came slowly and in many cases, by court decree...legislation to open up hiring opportunities included the SCOTUS approving affirmative action mandates that forced institutions to mire minorities...
there was no mass embrace of blacks into white society...so they remained where they were during the days of legalized systemic racism...in places with pervasive poverty, substandard schools, lack of work, substandard healthcare...despite many efforts to change these blackholes of poverty and despair, nothing really changed for a large number of black and brown Americans
here are some numbers that illustrate these persistent inequities:
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-systemic-racism-in-charts-graphs-data-2020-6
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