Throughline Presents: School Colors

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Throughline Presents: School Colors

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Jul 7, 2022

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School District 28 is located in one of the most racially and ethnically diverse places in the U.S.: Queens, N.Y. But the neighborhood served by this school district has two sides – a Northside and a Southside. To put it simply, the Southside is Black and the farther north you go, the fewer Black people you see. But it wasn't always like this.

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Jul 7, 2022

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