"Segregated By Design" examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy.

Prejudice can be birthed from a lack of understanding the historically accurate details of the past. Without being aware of the unconstitutional residential policies the United States government enacted during the middle of the twentieth century, one might have a negative view today of neighborhoods where African Americans live or even of African Americans themselves.

We can compensate for this unlawful segregation through a national political consensus that leads to legislation. And this will only happen if the majority of Americans understand how we got here. Like Jay-Z said in a New York Times interview, "you can't have a solution until you start dealing with the problem: What you reveal, you heal".

Credits:

Directed by:
Mark Lopez

Written by:
Mark Lopez & Richard Rothstein

Narrated by:
Richard Rothstein

Designed & Animated by:
Mark Lopez

Music, Sound Design & Mix by:
YouTooCanWoo

YouTooCanWoo post-production team:

Lead composer:
David Perlick-Molinari

Composers: Zach Abramson, Chris Connors, Devin Johnson, Austin Mendenhall, Deidre Muro, Derek Muro, Robert Perlick-Molinari, Jake St. John

Sound design by:
Austin Mendenhall and David Perlick-Molinari

Mix by:
David Perlick-Molinari

Production management by:
Lea Wülferth