Part 1: 4 Agreements of Courage Conversation Norms Stay Engaged Expect to Exper

Part 1:
4 Agreements of Courage Conversation Norms
Stay Engaged
Expect to Experience Discomfort
Speak Your Truth
Expect and Accept a Lack of Closure
Directions
Should be at least 3-4 sentences per question.
Discussion Board Questions
Of the solutions explored in this week’s texts and course media, which do you find most compelling to effectively address the effects of residential segregation? What impact might this solution have on reducing opportunity gaps?
After exploring course texts and media, take time to consider how you have been impacted by the concepts discussed. How do you think your K-12 schools or the neighborhood(s) you and/or your family lived in have been affected by the residential segregation? For example:
If you are in Philadelphia or a surrounding suburb, search for the redlined map for your neighborhood here: University of Richmond Map (https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=5/39.1/-94.58). What did you learn about your neighborhood’s history? How can you connect what you learned to this module’s themes?
As a college student, how do gentrification and the rising cost of living in Philadelphia impact you?
If you live in Philadelphia but not on campus, to what extent have you observed gentrification or demographic changes around the city or in your neighborhood? What have you noticed and what do you wonder?
Part 2:
Should be at least 3-4 sentences per question.
Read: Fulwood, S. (2016). The United States’ History of Segregated Housing Continues to Limit Affordable Housing (https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/reports/2016/12/15/294374/the-united-states-history-of-segregated-housing-continues-to-limit-affordable-housing/). Center for American Progress
Read: North, A. (2021). How school funding can help repair the legacy of segregation (https://www.vox.com/22266219/biden-eduation-school-funding-segregation-antiracist-policy). Vox.
Read: 7 Key Questions in the U.S. Slavery Reparations Debate (https://people.howstuffworks.com/slavery-reparations.htm). How Things Work.
Reflection Journal Questions
Fulwood conveys two policy proposals to address the effects of residential segregation. In your own words, explain these solutions and how they might address the modern-day effects of residential segregation. To what extent might they minimize opportunity gaps between high- and low-poverty schools?
What are ‘reparations’? Summarize the cases for and against reparations as grounded in this week’s texts. To what extent do you see this as an effective solution to address modern-day effects of residential segregation and opportunity gaps between high- and low-poverty schools?
“7 Key Questions”, the author notes that there is an international and national precedent for reparations when governments enact or support strategies that are harmful to a particular group. In the 1990’s, for example, Japanese-Americans sent during World War II to internment camps were granted reparations and an apology by the government. While some cities like Evanston, Illinois (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-suburb-become-first-city-give-black-residents-reparations-vote-n1260296), and Asheville, North Carolina (https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-racial-injustice-business-race-and-ethnicity-d9190175bb260ba2882954fd731fbe92) have granted reparations to their Black residents impacted by redlining policies, the government has neglected to acknowledge their role in residential segregation. Taken together with your knowledge acquired from course media and texts, to what extent do you think the U.S. government should be held accountable for supporting redlining and other exclusionary policies (if at all)?
In previous modules, we have explored how school funding policies reinforce resource inequalities along the lines of social class and race. Summarize North’s argument about amending school funding. To what extent do you think this is a compelling solution to address the modern-day effects of residential segregation and opportunity gaps between high- and low-poverty schools?
Part 3:
Directions
Watch the mini-lecture and videos below, taking notes to remember key information about residential segregation, what it is, its impact on society, and kids in schools.
After watching content in sequential order, respond to the reflection questions below to synthesize your learning.
Step 1- Watch: Residential Segregation: A VoiceThread Lecture (https://temple.voicethread.com/myvoice/thread/18536875).
Step 2- Watch: Segregated by Design: A Mini-Documentary (https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/). Based on his 2017 book, “Color of Law”, Richard Rothstein explains the history of government involvement in creating and reinforcing residential segregation. A research associate at Economic Policy Institute, Rothstein is considered by many as the foremost expert on this topic. To learn more about him, click here (https://belonging.berkeley.edu/richard-rothstein).
Step 3- Watch: Urban Displacement Project’s analysis on the Legacy of Redlining (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRiOCEaFr0U). Although they contextualize their analysis on San Francisco, the implications are relevant to many other big cities like Philadelphia.
Reflection Questions
Drawing on your understanding from the lecture, describe/define residential segregation and its elements in your own words. Include key terms and information for someone who has never heard the phrase.
What roles did U.S. Government agencies, banks, and individuals (e.g., realtors) play in establishing the practice of ‘redlining’?
The Constitution’s 14th Amendment guarantees all citizens, “equal protection of the laws.” Do you think that the FHA and HOLC policies violated the 14th Amendment? Why or why not? In your response, give examples.
What are some of the modern-day effects of residential segregation in the 21st century? Specifically, how does residential segregation effect society and schools today?
What is gentrification? How does the legacy of residential segregation lend itself to understand the gentrification happening in North Philadelphia (particularly around the Temple University campus)? For this, it may help to examine the redlining map located below. Areas D12 and D14 represent the East and West sides of Broad Street in North Philadelphia where Temple University Main Campus now stands.