Why American Ghettos Persist
The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 10, 2016
Tommie Shelby, the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African & African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University, looks at why American ghettos persist, despite decades of public policy designed to “help” poor residents “fix” their neighborhoods. In Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform, he draws on leading social science research and examines the social and political questions raised by ghettos.
