Schindler Summary

Architectural exclusion is attempting to  separate certain groups of communities by using the built environment and or architecture to create barriers between different communities. It is mainly used to keep those individuals who are not wanted isolated from the rest of the communities that don’t want them there. Some examples of built architecture used to isolate the communities are low hanging bridges that were designed to keep public buses ,that poor individuals used to get around0, from entering the communities that were more wealthy. They found more ways to restrict access to places like neighborhoods, shopping areas, and beaches from the black community by cutting of roads and not expanding public transits like MARTA  to those white communities. Yet even though the white communities voiced how the strongly opposed the idea of allowing access to the black and poor communities the courts, who are supposed enforce the antidiscrimination laws, turned a blind eye to it. Why is it that architecture can regulate communities in such strong ways to the extent of people not being able to get certain jobs, or spend time and money in areas they would like. Even things such as not having sidewalks keeps people in the streets thus fueling the viewpoints and discriminatory ideas of these communities.  Thus leading to a continuous cycle of the same behavior and basic knowledge throughout generations that endure the same unchanging restrictions placed on their community.

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