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Root Shock - How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About It (Hardcover, Second Edition)
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Root Shock - How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, And What We Can Do About It (Hardcover, Second Edition)
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Root Shock examines 3 different U.S. cities to unmask the crippling
results of decades-old disinvestment in communities of color and
the urban renewal practices that ultimately destroyed these
neighborhoods for the advantage of developers and the elite. Like a
sequel to the prescient warnings of urbanist Jane Jacobs, Dr. Mindy
Thompson Fullilove reveals the disturbing effects of decades of
insensitive urban renewal projects on communities of color. For
those whose homes and neighborhoods were bulldozed, the urban
modernization projects that swept America starting in 1949 were
nothing short of an assault. Vibrant city blocks - places rich in
culture - were torn apart by freeways and other invasive
development, devastating the lives of poor residents. Fullilove
passionately describes the profound traumatic stress- the "root
shock"that results when a neighborhood is demolished. She estimates
that federal and state urban renewal programs, spearheaded by
business and real estate interests, destroyed 1,600 African
American districts in cities across the United States. But urban
renewal didn't just disrupt black communities: it ruined their
economic health and social cohesion, stripping displaced residents
of their sense of place as well. It also left big gashes in the
centers of cities that are only now slowly being repaired. Focusing
on the Hill District of Pittsburgh, the Central Ward in Newark, and
the small Virginia city of Roanoke, Dr. Fullilove argues powerfully
against policies of displacement. Understanding the damage caused
by root shock is crucial to coping with its human toll and helping
cities become whole. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, is a research
psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute and professor
of clinical psychiatry and public health at Columbia University.
She is the author of five books, including Urban Alchemy.
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