Date
Systemic Racism in Marin County Film Screening and Q&A with Paul Austin
Join us for a screening of the ABC documentary Our America: Lowballed, inspired by the investigative work of Bay Area reporter Julian Glover, followed by a talk with Paul Austin.
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
12:40 pm — 1:30 pm
COMmunity Hour
Academic Center, Room 255
Kentfield Campus
Pizza lunch will be provided.
The film exposes how homeowners Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin got a lower appraisal value on their Marin City home than expected. Suspecting racism, they "white-washed" their house-removing evidence that an African American family lived there and staging the house to look like a white family owned it. They had the house re-appraised, and its value increased by almost half a million dollars. The film offers a local case of systemic racism tied directly to the themes of intergenerational wealth, redlining, and housing discrimination covered in The 1619 Proiect.
Questions? Contact Colleen Mihal, [email protected]
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Sponsored by Umoja Equity Institute (UEI)
Location
AC 255, Kentfield Campus
Presenter
Umoja Equity Institute (UEI)
Contact
Colleen Mihal, [email protected]
Fee
Free