SOC 290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Exclusion, Class Discrimination, Spatial Analysis
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Reveals way in which residents of africville pay taxes yet do not receive ben- efits from city of halifax ie. paved roads, sewage. There is a little frequented part of the city [of halifax], overlooking bedford. Basin, which presents an unusual problem for any community to face. In what may be described as an encampment, or shack town, there live some seventy negro fami- lies . The citizens of africville live a life apart. On a sunny, summer day, the small children roam at will in a spacious area and swim in what amounts to their private lagoon. In terms of the physical condition of build- ings and sanitation, the story is deplorable. Shallow wells and cesspools, in close proximity, are scattered about the slopes between the shacks. There are no accurate records of conditions in africville. There are only two things that can be said. The families will have to be rehoused in the near future.
