City Life, Part Thirteen: The Invisible Segregationist

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I take the CTA Red Line south to work several times a week. When the train pulls up to my stop, the announcer says, “This is Roosevelt!”; which, in Chicago terminology, means:

“Last stop for white people! All white people off the train!”

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