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For the first fifty years of the twentieth century, American cities worked well. They were centers of business and commerce, magnets of opportunity open to all ethnic groups. But after World War II, the implementation of three major government programs-the Veterans Administration, the Federal Housing Administration, and the Interstate Highway System-changed our landscape. The programs split cities apart by abetting the flight of whites to suburbs, and put into motion a systematic cycle of disinvestment from cities, a cycle that continues today.
At the center of Inner City Blues are those who have been left behind. The documentary examines the institutional and geographic racism that fueled white flight, resulting in racial isolation, an ever-widening racial gap, and growing chronic poverty in the inner city.
Inner City Blues looks for solutions to sprawl and urban decline from pioneers of the "new urbanism" movement, "smart growth" advocates, and historians. |
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