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Summary Of Detroit By Thomas Sugrue

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In the Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit by Thomas Sugrue he talks about, how the poorly planned city lead to massive poverty and inequality amongst the people in Detroit. Mr.Sugrue shows us how Detroit desperately depended on the automotive company Chrysler. Mr.Sugrue in a way shows is how Detroit parallels the south of America with its dependency on slaver and once slaver ended or in this case Chrysler left Detroit, there was no longer a sustainable economy. Mr. Sugrue explains how housing had become a major problem for “organized political activity in the 1940s, where Detroiters, black and white, fought a battle that would define Detroit politics for decades to follow" (55). Mr. Sugrue essentially shows

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