Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing crisis
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing crisis
Article failed to cover whether there was any diversity among the recipients of the homes. Given the time frame this happened in, I suspect this mostly if not entirely benefited white people. A big part of our country not having programs like this is rooted in fear that non whites might benefit. Good ole racism… convincing poor whites to vote against their own interests.
ah yes, the famous "New Deal" where white people got some things and non-whites did not.
in this way, The New Deal was remarkably similar to The Old Deal.
yeah the Federal Housing Administration actively discriminated against black people and other minorities. the new deal brought white flight suburbs and redlining.
https://retroreport.org/video/whites-only-suburbs-how-the-new-deal-shut-out-black-homebuyers/
I mean the secretary of labour seemed to be more sympathetic to Black Americans. It doesnt seem that it was specifically excluding non-white workers.
"Among his special assistants was George Edmund Haynes, 1918 to 1921, who was the first African American to earn a doctorate from Columbia University."
"The administration was working to encourage African-American support for the war effort, both among men who served and those who were working in war industries."
"In December 1916, Wilson addressed a conference on social insurance in which he discussed State developments in that field, such as the provision of mothers' pensions and workmen's compensation, and also spoke of the possibility of the United States introducing old-age pensions and universal health insurance.The Department of Labor had earlier in Wilson's term expressed favor towards an invitation to attend an International Conference on Social Insurance."
Thanks for highlighting that part… clearly I skimmed more than I read.
Its not in the article.
