Robin Buller

‘Our dreams were shattered’: the Black Californians forced from the city they built In the 60s, the white city of Hayward removed residents of Russell City. Now a $1m reparations fund has been approved – and important histories are coming to light

The displacement of communities of color is a throughline in California history. A recent exhibition puts those stories (past and present) on full display.

For @us.theguardian.com, I wrote about those stories, asking who gets to live where — and why.

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From my partner who works in West #Berkeley: Before the #Tsunami warning was lifted, he and his colleagues were evacuated to the top of a parking garage with several dozen preschool kiddos (who, from the sounds of it, totally kept their cool).