The Atlantic and ThinkProgress Cite Prof. Orfield's Work on Segregation and Profiling

Professor Myron Orfield has been interviewed by multiple media outlets, including The Atlantic magazine and ThinkProgress.org, about his work on segregation and racial profiling. Orfield contends that segregation is an important factor that explains existing problems between police and the community. “Almost all of the places you are seeing problems between the police and the community are very segregated," In The Atlantic he said, "Almost all of the places you are seeing problems between the police and the community are very segregated. You are not seeing these problems as often in more integrated places.” He went on to say that, Philando Castile’s shooting “illustrates the racism and tension that has accompanied the Twin Cities becoming very racially segregated over the past two decades.” ThinkProgress.org cites Orfield's 2015 study, "Why Are The Twin Cities So Segregated?" as showing that when affordable housing in the Twin Cities suburbs dried up in the '90's, it was the beginning of a return to segregation in one of the least segregated areas of the country.