The Government Engineered Segregation In 1933, the Federal Housing Administration didn't just allow segregation—they systematically engineered it. Using color-coded maps, the FHA outlined Black neighborhoods in red, making them ineligible for mortgages and investment—a practice called redlining. Simultaneously, the government built massive high-rise public housing projects like Pruitt-Igoe, Cabrini-Green, and Robert Taylor Homes in already segregated communities, then deliberately underfunded th