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From the Heights Presents: The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America
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Guest Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Brown, PhD, Scholar, Author, and Director of “The Black Butterfly Project,” and Former Associate Professor at Morgan State University
Moderator: Dr. Nadine M. Finigan-Carr, PhD, has dual faculty appointments in the Schools of Social Work and Medicine and is Deputy Director of the Ruth Young Center for Maryland at the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
We hope that you joined us on Monday, March 15, 2021 from 3-4:30 pm [Eastern Time] for the second Promise Heights free From the Heights Winter/Spring 2021 live webinar.
The world gasped in April 2015 as Baltimore erupted and Black Lives Matter activists, incensed by Freddie Gray's brutal death in police custody, shut down highways and marched on city streets. In The Black Butterfly—a reference to the fact that Baltimore's majority-Black population spreads out on both sides of the coveted strip of real estate running down the center of the city like a butterfly's wings—Dr. Lawrence T. Brown reveals that ongoing historical trauma caused by a combination of policies, practices, systems, and budgets is at the root of uprisings and crises in hyper-segregated cities around the country.
Putting Baltimore under a microscope, Brown looks closely at the causes of segregation, many of which exist in current legislation and regulatory policy despite the common belief that overtly racist policies are a thing of the past. Drawing on social science research, policy analysis, and archival materials, Brown reveals the long history of racial segregation's impact on health, from toxic pollution to police brutality.
Beginning with an analysis of the current political moment, Brown delves into how Baltimore's history influenced actions in sister cities like St. Louis and Cleveland, as well as its adoption of increasingly oppressive techniques from cities like Chicago.
But there is reason to hope. Throughout the book, Brown offers a clear five-step plan for activists, nonprofits, and public officials to achieve racial equity. Not content to simply describe and decry urban problems, Brown offers up a wide range of innovative solutions to help heal and restore redlined Black neighborhoods, including municipal reparations. Persuasively arguing that, since urban apartheid was intentionally erected, it can be intentionally dismantled, The Black Butterfly demonstrates that America cannot reflect that Black lives matter until we see how Black neighborhoods matter.
Buy this book today from Charm City Books--and request an autographed copy when you pay!
