Monopoly Place Names Are Just As Redlined As Real Life CitiesFebruary 22, 2021 at 8:45 AM 
To wit: Cyril and Ruth Harvey, “who played a key role in popularizing the game, lived on Pennsylvania Avenue (a pricey $320 green property on the board); their friends, the Joneses, lived on Park Place. … The Harveys employed a Black maid named Clara Watson. She lived on Baltic Avenue in a low-income, Black neighborhood, not far from Mediterranean Avenue. On the Monopoly board, those are priced cheapest, at $60.” – The Atlantic Tags: Art, Ideas, Cyril, Pennsylvania Avenue, Joneses, Harveys, Baltic Avenue, Mediterranean Avenue, 02.21.21, Ruth Harvey, Clara Watson 126 people like this. Like Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Artsjournal/~3/zC62Sb4FJyQ/monopoly-place-names-are-just-as-redlined-as-real-life-cities.html Related: February 19, 2021 at 3:29 PM Breakthrough: Scientists Figure Out How To Talk To Dreamers In Their Sleep February 19, 2021 at 12:32 PM Why “Noisy” Brains Are So Attractive (And More Difficult) February 17, 2021 at 5:01 PM AI Researchers Are Increasingly Worried About The Ethical Implications Of Their Work February 17, 2021 at 4:29 PM Can Historians Be Traumatized By What They Study? |