![]() The focus has intensified since 2008, given that Michelle Obama grew up in a black Chicago neighborhood and Barack Obama launched his political career in a segregated political environment. Unfortunately, those neighborhoods tend to serve as mainly impenetrable enclaves unfriendly to outsiders. Chicago has always been a city of neighborhoods (black, white ethnic Irish, white ethnic Polish, Chinese, etc.), which sounds charming. In this deep-dive examination of segregation's many negative impacts (in neighborhoods, schools, retail businesses, crime, and politics), the author combines third-person journalism and intensely personal first-person sharing. “The legacy of segregation and its ongoing policies keep Chicago divided,” she writes. ![]() ![]() Moore (co-author: The Almighty Black P Stone Nation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of an American Gang, 2011, etc.) is a radio reporter in her beloved yet racially divided city of Chicago. A journalist who grew up comfortably in a black South Side Chicago neighborhood examines how racial segregation harms everybody. ![]()
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