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This is one of my favorite points to make in my presentations. Health disparities data were weaponized against Black people in Baltimore.
The Baltimore City Health Department used this data to justify racial segregation & forced displacement under the mayoralty of James Preston. https://twitter.com/GesUmbc/status/1313878342534299648
The Baltimore City Health Department used this data to justify racial segregation & forced displacement under the mayoralty of James Preston. https://twitter.com/GesUmbc/status/1313878342534299648
As evidence, here are 2 articles from the treacherous @BaltimoreSun. They show how Mayor James Preston commissioned the Baltimore City Health Department to use health disparities data to help justify the protection of White public health & the institution of Baltimore Apartheid.
Oh yeah, shout out to @ACLU_MD & @BSamuels72 for this article right here.
It was evidence they used when litigating the Thompson vs. HUD court case showing that the entire Baltimore region and suburban counties funneled their lower income Black people into Baltimore City.
It was evidence they used when litigating the Thompson vs. HUD court case showing that the entire Baltimore region and suburban counties funneled their lower income Black people into Baltimore City.
