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The House We Live In : Race-The Power of an Illusion
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Virginia law once defined a black person as someone with 1/16th African ancestry; in Florida, it was 1/8th African ancestry. If you can cross a state line and literally, legally change race, what d...
Virginia law once defined a black person as someone with 1/16th African ancestry; in Florida, it was 1/8th African ancestry. If you can cross a state line and literally, legally change race, what does race really mean? This program argues that the idea of race was developed and reinforced through politics, economics, and culture. Real estate practices as well as federal regulations kept new neighborhoods segregated after World War II, and it was the white families awarded mortgages whose assets accumulated, creating a legacy of opportunity for their children and grandchildren. With the starting line for the next generation drawn at different points on the field, the racial divide could only grow larger.
Details
- Creator
- California Newsreel (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2012], c2003
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn820959187
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on August 30, 2012.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Part of the series Race: The Power of an Illusion.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Race is Not Biological (1:40) -- America's Racialized Society (1:55) -- Race Invaders (2:16) -- Scientific Racism (2:26) -- "The Melting Pot" (2:20) -- Courts Determine Blackness (2:53) -- White by Law (3:50) -- Bhagat Singh Thind (3:48) -- Japanese Communities Devastated by Rulings (1:53) -- Selective "Social Security" (2:39) -- The House You Live In (2:23) -- Levittown Creates Suburbia (4:13) -- Redlining (3:23) -- Untenable Artificial World (1:45) -- Vertical Ghettos (1:36) -- Blockbusting (2:59) -- White Flight (2:55) -- Housing and Wealth (3:00) -- Comparative Net Wealth (2:02) -- The Colorblind Society (2:03) -- The Wealth Gap Grows (2:17) -- Dedication and Credits: The House We Live In: Race-The Power of an Illusion (1:07)