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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by tzs on Saturday April 16, 2016 @03:43PM (#11511952)
> I'm not sure citation is needed to prove the origin and consequences of segregation

And I didn't ask for one. I want one on the origin of school districts. As you noted, neighborhoods were segregated. As a consequence of that, everything local was de facto segregated, but that doesn't mean you can infer that everything local has a racist origin.

For instance, since neighborhoods were segregated a neighborhood's sewers were generally only available to one race. Do you conclude that public sanitation has racist origins?

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Re:In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build by infosample on Saturday April 16, 2016 @07:05PM (#11512711)
The sewer system and fire department were vastly inferior in the segregated neighborhood of Five Points in Denver, CO. Source: http://www.nolegacylost.com

I'm surprised segregated/poorer neighborhoods having worse services is up for debate.

Segregation had racist origins. Segregation was by race. But I concede, not everything local has a racist origin, obviously.

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