Our Local History of Housing Segregation: The Color of Law, Menlo Park Edition Resources
View the recording from our January 15, 2021 workshop or updated slide presentation from 2022.
- Go deeper:
- Check out Kate Bradshaw’s Uneven Ground series in The Almanac for more local history.
- Read The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, watch a 17-minute animated video summary of the book, or listen to Rothstein’s October 3, 2019 presentation hosted by One San Mateo.
- Read Alex Shafran’s The Road to Resegregation: Northern California and the Failure of Politics for a Bay Area-wide analysis.
- Learn more about the history of race:
- Listen to Scene On Radio’s Seeing White podcast series.
- Listen to the New York Times‘ 1619 podcast series or read the 1619 interactive magazine.
- Read Debby Irving’s Waking up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race.
- Take Action:
- Host a Color of Law: Menlo Park Edition workshop for your group (email us for more info).
- Sign the “More Homes Downtown” petition to show support for additional, and more affordable, homes near transportation and shopping.
- Watch for Menlo Together events to learn more about the Housing Element process and get engaged.
