Advancing Equity in Historic Preservation: OUR COMMITMENT
Wed, Oct 26
|Roosevelt High School
Racism in Real Estate


Time & Location
Oct 26, 2022, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Roosevelt High School, 4029 S 28th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406, USA
About the Event
Racism in Real Estate explores structural racism and the racial wealth gap as it applies to housing. We'll consider the role of the real estate industry in the history of racial housing discrimination and the consequences of this history on housing equity today.
Recognizing that we cannot fix the issues and inequities of the present without understanding the past, this course intends to expose the racist policies and practices that shaped our cities. This class was created with materials from the Mapping Prejudice project and other research by instructor Denise Pike. Class curriculum is centered primarily around the Twin Cities and some of Greater Minnesota.
Mapping Prejudice is a team of geographers, historians, digital humanists, and activists working to illustrate the history of racial discrimination in Hennepin County. They are mapping racially restrictive covenants to show that large swaths of our residential communities were protected for white households, contributing to our current racial wealth gap.
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This particular class is NOT approved for Continuing Education credits.
Photo: Hennepin County Library Digital Collections. Home formerly owned by the Lee Family, who suffered harrassment, violence, and vandalism from white neighbors in the Eugene Field neighborhood in Minneapolis. Learn more about the Lee Family in class and at the Owning Up digital exhibit.
This class is brought to you by the Education program at Rethos: Places Reimagined and Minneapolis Community Education. Rethos is proud to offer a variety of classes to homeowners, students, realtors, and anyone who loves old buildings. The Rethos Education program is funded in part by the Arts & Cultural Legacy Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.
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