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[https://academyhealth.org/blog/2024-08/legacy-sundown-towns-persistent-force-structural-inequities-health by Leia Belt, M.A., Ph.D. 29/8/24 Academy Health] | [https://academyhealth.org/blog/2024-08/legacy-sundown-towns-persistent-force-structural-inequities-health by Leia Belt, M.A., Ph.D. 29/8/24 Academy Health] | ||
The legacy of sundown towns—any organized jurisdictions that employed violence to enforce exclusionary and segregation policies against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)—is not merely a concealed relic of a racist past but a persistent force perpetuating structural inequities that contribute to ongoing health disparities. Because they are often seen as shameful and concealed from American history, sundown towns—most prevalent in the Midwest and the West—are frequently excluded from discussions of places with a legacy of structural violence and segregation. Incorporating measures of sundown town histories into health services research (HSR) will enable research, policy and interventions to identify the enduring upstream root causes of health inequities, even in rural and data restricted areas. | The legacy of sundown towns—any organized jurisdictions that employed violence to enforce exclusionary and segregation policies against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)—is not merely a concealed relic of a racist past but a persistent force perpetuating structural inequities that contribute to ongoing health disparities. Because they are often seen as shameful and concealed from American history, sundown towns—most prevalent in the Midwest and the West—are frequently excluded from discussions of places with a legacy of structural violence and segregation. Incorporating measures of sundown town histories into health services research (HSR) will enable research, policy and interventions to identify the enduring upstream root causes of health inequities, even in rural and data restricted areas. | ||
=====Sundown Towns and Racial Exclusion: The Southern White Diaspora and the "Great Retreat"===== | |||
[https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pandp.20221104 by AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION] | |||
This paper studies the rise of sundown towns—places where Blacks and other minorities were excluded after dark—outside the South after 1890. We provide a new dataset on the timing of sundown town establishment using full count census records. Using a shift-share instrumental variables approach, we show that the presence of Southern Whites is causally related to the appearance of sundown towns, with lynchings and the establishment of KKK chapters as plausible mechanisms for racial exclusion. | |||
