Designing for Democracy in the United States

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This article discusses the role of slavery, racial segregation, and discriminatory government land distribution programs in structuring current patterns of inequality and group prejudice in the United States.

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J. Phillip Thompson, III
Thompson, III, J. P. (2015). Designing for Democracy in the United States. Materia Arquitectura, (12), 98–101. https://doi.org/10.56255/ma.v0i12.85

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