Yet few industries are as regulated as real estate. Obtaining a real estate license in Missouri and in other states requires extensive study, testing, and recertification. Regulations cover detailed aspects of real estate practice, including not only who can show a home or how escrow funds should be handled, but the personal behavior of real estate agents in their private lives.
It seems like this is an excuse - we all have choices to make.
real estate agents openly steered black home buyers away from white neighborhoods,
Probably a harsh question but it seems that the real estate agents were like puppets - no mind of their own. Seems like they were only motivated for money and higher status.
Some other cities, mostly in the South, ignored the court’s ruling and continued to enforce racial zoning ordinances,
Should there be any consequences for states or cities that do this?
the government’s response has been to examine Ferguson as an isolated embarrassment, not a reflection of the nation in which it is embedded.
Again we are seeing how this “perception” is stemming from the gov.
Federal Housing Administration would not insure mortgages for African Americans in Kirkwood, and no bank would issue them.
Just a question to the federal housing administration, why? Not right at all. smh.
They expected that their children would get better educations in Ferguson than in Wellston because Ferguson could afford to hire more skilled teachers, have a higher teacher-pupil ratio, and have extra resources to invest in specialists and academic enrichment programs.
This is in part because property tax fund schools. So the better the housing area the better the school.
new policies might instead promote an integrated community.
This is exactly what we need - new policies
Government policies turned black neighborhoods into overcrowded slums and white families came to associate African Americans with slum characteristics. White homeowners then fled when African Americans moved nearby, fearing their new neighbors would bring slum conditions with them.
From this we can see that the communication from the government is sending out a message to the white fellows that the black fellows bring slum characteristics. This way of thinking hurts the US and then white fellow start acting different towards the black fellow. The messages that come from the gov. first and foremost needs to change.
federal, state, and local governments to create racially segregated metropolises.
where it all starts from, so if we want change now maybe we need to start there. More lobbying and civil participation on those levels.
preserve
I think the word choice “preserve” is interesting. By google definition “ maintain (something) in its original or existing state.” This perception that having black households in a “white suburban area” as not normal. Not good.
racially segregated neighborhoods with high poverty and unemployment, poor student achievement in overwhelmingly black schools, oppressive policing, abandoned homes, and community powerlessness.
Something we still see today - nothings changed
2014
I just wanna note the date that this occurred, it’s been 9 years since so when I start analyzing the text I will consider this.