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Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis

  • Written by Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from MinneapolisMinneapolis, a city still split along racial lines.Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The legacy of structural racism in Minneapolis was laid bare to the world at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, the location where George Floyd’s neck was pinned to the ground by a police officer’s knee. But it is...

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