Buying into Black

There Goes the Neighborhood by WNYC Studios and KCRW

Nov 6, 201900:21:49Society & Culture

Valencia Gunder used to dismiss her grandfather’s warnings: “They’re gonna steal our communities because it don't flood.” She thought, Who would want this place? But Valencia’s grandfather knew something she didn’t: Peop...

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