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Is racist housing policy the real villain in "Candyman"?

by Kai Ryssdal and Richard Cunningham

Oct 21, 2021

Brentin Mock of Bloomberg CityLab says Candyman represents what bad, racist housing policy created and what gentrification tries to erase.

A crew demolishes part of Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project in 2011. The site, which now hosts luxury apartments and high-end shops, is the setting for the horror film "Candyman."

Scott Olson via Getty Images

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