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Confronting the Legacy of “Separate but Equal”: Can the History of Race, Real Estate, and Discrimination Engage and Inform Contemporary Policy?

Jason Reece
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2021, 7 (1) 110-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2021.7.1.07
Jason Reece
aAssistant professor of city and regional planning at the Knowlton School, Ohio State University, United States
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    HOLC (Redlining Map) of Cleveland 1940 and High-Cost Loans in 2008

    Source: Created by author from 1940 HOLC map and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Stabilization Program data (adapted from analysis in Reece et al. 2015).

    Note: Areas in light gray were unrated in 1940. The optimal way to view figures 1–5 is in color. We refer readers of the print edition of this article to https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/7/1/110 to view the color versions.

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    HOLC (Redlining Map) of Cleveland 1940 and Current Location of Toxic Waste Release Sites

    Source: Created by author from 1940 HOLC map and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Waste Release Inventory data (adapted from analysis in Reece et al. 2015).

    Note: Areas in light gray were unrated in 1940.

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    HOLC (Redlining Map) of Cleveland 1940 and Current Infant Mortality Rates

    Source: Created by author from 1940 HOLC map and 2010 Infant Mortality data from the Ohio Department of Health (adapted from analysis in Reece et al. 2015).

    Note: Areas in light gray were unrated in 1940.

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    HOLC (Redlining Map) of Cleveland 1940 and 2012 Child Lead Poisoning

    Source: Created by author from 1940 HOLC map and 2012 lead test results from Cuyahoga County Board of Health (adapted from analysis in Reece et al. 2015).

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    HOLC (Redlining Map) of Cleveland 1940 and 2008–2010 Life Expectancy

    Source: Created by author from 1940 HOLC map and Cuyahoga County Board of Public Health 2008/2010 life expectancy data (adapted from analysis in Reece et al. 2015).

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    • SEGREGATION AND LAND USE: THE LEGACY OF PLESSY IN SEGREGATING URBAN SPACE
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