Join us for a discussion of Not in my Neighborhood by Antero Pietilla. 

Reading the book is not required to participate. You can prepare by reading this review and watching this video series (part one, part two, part three).

"Baltimore is the setting for (and typifies) one of the most penetrating examinations of bigotry and residential segregation ever published in the United States. Former Baltimore Sun reporter Antero Pietila shows how continued discrimination practices toward African Americans and Jews have shaped the cities in which we now live. This all-American tale is told through the prism of Baltimore, from its early suburbanization in the 1880s to the consequences of "white flight" after World War II, and into the first decade of the twenty-first century. The events are real, and so are the heroes and villains." 

During our discussion, we will explore how city ordinance, restrictive housing covenants, redlining, blockbusting and predatory lending were all used to create Baltimore's extreme segregation.

And, we will examine the interesting and multi-dimensional role of Baltimore's Jewish community in the narrative.