Who Has the Right to a House?

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The possibility of home ownership is one of the elements of the “American Dream” and an almost inalienable right among its citizens. This dream, however, has often been unattainable for a large number of people in the United States: until the late 1970s, Black Americans could be legally prevented from buying a home. Professor of African American Studies Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor has studied in depth the mechanisms that, over decades, have fomented the segregation of millions of people of color in her country through discriminatory laws and practices. Looking at the fight for the right to housing as an example of the inequalities in American society, in this session Taylor highlights the dynamics that still perpetuate the exclusion of millions of people in this country due to the color of their skin.

Event will be held in English with simultaneous translation from English to Catalan.

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