Black Chicagoans Didn't Destroy Their Neighborhoods White Politicians Did Robert Taylor Homes wasn't a failure—it was designed to fail. Built for 11,000 people, CHA crammed 27,000 in. No grocery stores, no jobs, no investment. CHA deliberately concentrated poverty, put all the poorest Black families in one place, then stopped maintaining buildings. Elevators broken for months, plumbing failed, no heat in winter. CHA let it decay on purpose. Then white politicians blamed Black people for conditio

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