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23 CUNY L. Rev. 139 (2020)
Dismantling the Pillars of White Supremacy: Obstacles in Eliminating Disparities and Achieving Racial Justice

handle is hein.journals/nyclr23 and id is 147 raw text is: DISMANTLING THE PILLARS OF WHITE SUPREMACY: OBSTACLES IN ELIMINATING DISPARITIES AND ACHIEVING RACIAL JUSTICE Kevin E. Jasont INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 140 I. A TALE OF TWO AMERICAS STILL PERSISTS TODAY BETWEEN PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WHITES ....................................... 142 II. THE FOUR PILLARS OF WHITE SUPREMACY: A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK AND ILLUSTRATION THROUGH HOUSING POLICIES........................................................................... 148 A. Recognizing the Four Pillars of White Supremacy..... 148 B. The Four Pillars at Work in Government-Led and Government-Sanctioned Housing Policies................ 152 1. How Early Housing Policies Utilized Both Race- Motivated Impairments and Race-Motivated Benefits to Create Wealth in White Communities ....................................................... 153 2. How Colorblind Impairments and Colorblind Benefits Continued to Widen the Housing Gap Between Whites and Blacks................................ 157 III. PROPOSALS FOR AND OBSTACLES TO DISMANTLING THE PILLARS OF WHITE SUPREMACY ....................................... 159 A. Remedying Racial Injustice Pillar by Pillar: A Practical and Philosophical Endeavor ..................................... 160 B. Litigation Efforts and the Obstacles to Undoing Racial Injustice ..................................................................... 163 T Kevin E. Jason is Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. However, all opinions (and any errors) belong solely to the author. The author thanks Julisa Perez and the other student activists and youth leaders with IntegrateNYC and Teens Take Charge for sharing their stories and showing tremendous courage and leadership throughout this chapter of New York City's segregation crisis. The author also thanks Phil Desgranges, Nicole Triplett, Rashida Richardson, Toni Smith-Thompson, and Kerrel Murray for their insights and for serving as thought partners on the difficult questions regarding racial justice in history and in the future. The author thanks Shyenne Medina, Mira de Jong, and the rest of the staff of the CUNY Law Review for their meticulous work, thoughtful contributions, and limitless patience. Finally, the author thanks his endlessly supportive wife, Megan Byrne, for her feedback, opinions, brilliance, and patience during this writing process and each en- deavor the author has pursued over the years. 139

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