PP&D 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: New Laws

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Planning, Policy, and Design
• Course: PP&D 4
• Professor: Walter Nicholls

Document Summary

Lecture 12 racist cities in post-racial age : changes in law and policies. Steering african americans away from the white b. Effects of discrimination in housing and lending markets. Institutional inertia: weak enforcement of new laws a. i. Final bill: covered only 80% of the property markets, lowered the fine of violations to around and effectively watered down the enforcement capacities of the government a. i. 2. a. If you violated the law and openly discriminated, there was no significant criminal prosecution which reduced the incentive and motive to reduce discriminatory practices a. ii. Political inertia: lack of support from white majority a. ii. 1. a. ii. 2. Many white politicians acted as if this problem didn"t exist. Prominent politicians deprioritize housing discrimination and lending discrimination a. iii. Cognitive inertia: the persistence of individual racism a. iii. 1. We have major inertia which has undermined our ability to address these issues of racism. a. iii. 2. Large parts of the building block consistently have a culture of racism, stereotypes, biases, prejudices. a. iii. 3.