Race The Power Of Illusion Summary

The video "Race the power of illusion: the house we live in" goes into great detail of how the existing wealth gap between blacks and whites all started. From start of 20th century when immigrants where coming from Europe they usually took the poorest paying jobs were African Americans were already working because at the time they were considered an inferior race, meaning they didn't have the same high paying jobs and they couldn’t afford living in nicer areas. Hispanics and African Americans alike were seen as nothing but laborers but they were also feared because they were seen as stupid lazy criminals. To scientist at the time a persons race told what the were meant to be, biology was destiny. Many white Americans even considered it a racial invasion.

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Except it didn’t protect farmworkers or domestics most included non whites. Unions also locked down blacks and Latinos into more low paying jobs or just didn't take them at all. When soldiers came home many didn’t have places to live. That was in 1947 when Levittown was built, however the people living in places like it where still mostly white. Black soldiers who fought for our country in usually segregated ranks weren't able to live in places like Levittown. The owners of many developments didn’t want to sell to black or non white families. The presence of non white families can undermine real state values as written by the federal housing administration. The more non whites there were in certain areas the more they were considered hazardous those areas were redlined and more suburban white areas had mortgages approved. African Americans were left in low income areas and left with again even less opportunities for better lives. An urban renewal act was suppose to help but many homes were destroyed by the renewal and not replaced leaving many people