This story mirrors and extends another story from the Atlantic, by Ta-Nehisi Coates[1], about racist housing policy in Chicago. Here, evidence that Chicago&#x27;s redlining policy was the norm throughout much of the US, and further, consideration of how --- in some places --- it contaminated urban planning. Syracuse, then, is a city that was (choosing words carefully) destroyed by racism.<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-case-for-reparations&#x2F;361631&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2014&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-case...</a>