Since the early 1900s, DC had one of the largest percentages of African American residents, but a recent wave of gentrification has pushed out many people who’s families have lived in DC neighborhoods for generations. How can someone stay in DC if they can’t afford housing? In her new book, Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC’s Racial Wealth Gap, sociologist Tanya Golash-Boza follows a three generation path to gentrification and he policies that shaped this trajectory. Tanya joins A Public Affair host Jade Iseri-Ramos to talk about a history of slum clearance, redlining, White flight, disinvestment, mass incarceration, displacement, and gentrification. 

Tanya Maria Golash-Boza is the Executive Director of the University of California Washington Center and a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. She is the author of five books that engage with issues such as racism, immigration policy, human rights, and race in Latin America. 

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