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Atlanta 1996: A Case Study
A similar occurrence in Atlanta 1996, racialization of blight, urban renewal, and residential segregation were in tandem again in to accomplish the displacement of Blacks despite them now making up 92% of Atlanta’s public housing (Taylor 246). This was due to Centennial Olympic Games that resulted housing for athletes that came from the bulldozing of the now integrated apartment complexes with 1,195 units of low income units being replaced with 800 luxury units again, only a few, 78 tenants returned (Taylor 246).
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