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sourmash MAR 21, 05:27 PM
Go to your safe.place. Do not pass Go. Go directly to your safe place.
rinselberg MAR 21, 08:07 PM
I am here to "woke" you up!

"Monopoly's standard [game] board originally based all its cheapest properties in black neighborhoods--inspired by racial segregation in 1930's Atlantic City"
February 22, 2021; The Daily Mail.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk...ity-author-says.html

So they're talking about the property names on the original Monopoly game board, like Vernon Avenue and Baltic Avenue.

That links to an article in The Atlantic. I subscribe to The Atlantic (online) but anyone who goes there--maybe it's given to them as a "freebie."

"The Prices on Your Monopoly Board Hold a Dark Secret"

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The property values of the popular game reflect a legacy of racism and inequality.

Mary Pilon for The Atlantic; February 21, 2021.
https://www.theatlantic.com...t=link&ICID=ref_fark

Some 1930's Atlantic City (NJ) history here, interesting maybe, for those who like that kind of thing.

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Hudini MAR 22, 07:50 AM
Oh I love the Atlantic. They always tell the truth. Except when they don't.

Remember the Atlantic's claim that Trump called dead soldiers 'Losers' and 'Suckers'?

https://www.theatlantic.com...-and-suckers/615997/

Well people who were there said it didn't happen.

https://www.foxnews.com/pol...veterans-sources-say

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rinselberg MAR 22, 08:28 AM
I think the column in The Atlantic on the derivation of the Monopoly game board from Atlantic City neighborhoods and street names of the 1930's is carefully researched. It's "chock" full of details. It's very granular.

I don't see it as provocative in terms of the current racial and other demographic equities across the U.S.

I just think it's an interesting kind of history. "Micro" history. Urban lore. It's like a cross between Google Maps and the Internet Digital Archive or "Wayback" Machine.

I only scrolled through the article in a casual way, in lieu of reading it carefully from end to end.

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sourmash MAR 22, 08:38 AM
It means very little. It's not unique. People self segregate and there doesn't have to be anything wrong with segregation.

In CA one school district is nearly crippled because of competing racial groups complaining about everything from different perspectives.