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by tptacek 1493 days ago
Just so we're all clear, the racism of prohibitions on intergenerational housing --- which is what BLM is talking about when they talk about the "nuclear family" or whatever it is they said to spook the normies --- is racism, not disproportionate impact. Single family zoning was designed to keep specific ethnicities out of "white" neighborhoods. It's not an accident.
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Do you think that there is a large gap between prejudice and disproportionate effect? I'm just curious how this break down for you.
I don't know, I'm just saying these policies were motivated directly, maybe exclusively by racial animus.
> I'm just saying these policies were motivated directly, maybe exclusively by racial animus

We have similar motivations to thank for our cabaret laws in New York, which literally fined restaurants without the proper licences if their patrons danced.