Not in My Neighborhood, Antero Pietila
Not in My Neighborhood, Antero Pietila
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Not in My Neighborhood
How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City

Author: Antero Pietila

Narrator: Timothy Andrés Pabon

Unabridged: 9 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/10/2020

Synopsis

Baltimore is the setting for (and typifies) one of the most penetrating examinations of bigotry and residential segregation ever published in the United States. Antero Pietila shows how continued discrimination practices toward African Americans and Jews have shaped the cities in which we now live. Eugenics, racial thinking, and white supremacist attitudes influenced even the federal government's actions toward housing in the twentieth century, dooming American cities to ghettoization. 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. Mr. Pietila's engrossing story is an eye-opening journey into city blocks and neighborhoods, shady practices, and ruthless promoters.

About Antero Pietila

Antero Pietila spent thirty-five years as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun, most of it covering the city's neighborhoods, politics, and government. A native of Finland, he became a student of racial change during his first visit to the United States in 1964. He lives in Baltimore.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

I moved to Baltimore 13 years ago, and have always been fascinated by the neighborhood complexities. I settled in East Baltimore (which Pietila grossly labelled a "slum") and marveled how the smallest houses I had ever seen were now the most popular neighborhoods to be in (easy to renovate, close to......more

Goodreads review by James

After I visited Baltimore last month, this book soared to the top of my queue. I had to know more about why the streets and highways were like barriers and standards of living varied so drastically between places such a short distance from each other. In this meticulously researched yet readable and......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This book had a lot of info. A lot. And most of it was good information that I would have liked to retain, but the book was just so dense with so many people, that I had a hard time absorbing any of the details. It also needed more maps and maybe more pictures. I also was not a fan of Pietila's writ......more

Goodreads review by Ethan

An engaging and fascinating look at how racism and anti-semitism shaped the landscapes of Baltimore. As a native to the Baltimore region it was a valuable way to explore how the communities around me were shaped and ‘maintained’ through discrimination. Credit to the author for a more nuanced approac......more

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