The best-selling look at how American cities can promote racial
equity, end redlining, and reverse the damaging health- and
wealth-related effects of segregation. Winner of the IPPY Book
Award Current Events II by the Independent Publisher The world
gasped in April 2015 as Baltimore erupted and Black Lives Matter
activists, incensed by Freddie Gray's brutal death in police
custody, shut down highways and marched on city streets. In The
Black Butterfly-a reference to the fact that Baltimore's
majority-Black population spreads out like a butterfly's wings on
both sides of the coveted strip of real estate running down the
center of the city-Lawrence T. Brown reveals that ongoing
historical trauma caused by a combination of policies, practices,
systems, and budgets is at the root of uprisings and crises in
hypersegregated cities around the country. Putting Baltimore under
a microscope, Brown looks closely at the causes of segregation,
many of which exist in current legislation and regulatory policy
despite the common belief that overtly racist policies are a thing
of the past. Drawing on social science research, policy analysis,
and archival materials, Brown reveals the long history of racial
segregation's impact on health, from toxic pollution to police
brutality. Beginning with an analysis of the current political
moment, Brown delves into how Baltimore's history influenced
actions in sister cities such as St. Louis and Cleveland, as well
as Baltimore's adoption of increasingly oppressive techniques from
cities such as Chicago. But there is reason to hope. Throughout the
book, Brown offers a clear five-step plan for activists,
nonprofits, and public officials to achieve racial equity. Not
content to simply describe and decry urban problems, Brown offers
up a wide range of innovative solutions to help heal and restore
redlined Black neighborhoods, including municipal reparations.
Persuasively arguing that, since urban apartheid was intentionally
erected, it can be intentionally dismantled, The Black Butterfly
demonstrates that America cannot reflect that Black lives matter
until we see how Black neighborhoods matter.
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