Terror Cimbricus: Section 8 and Civil Segregation

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

Public Administration

Mentor Information

Jonathan White

Department

Frederik Meijer Honors College

Location

Henry Hall Atrium 84

Start Date

10-4-2013 3:00 PM

End Date

10-4-2013 4:00 PM

Keywords

Social Science

Abstract

Terror cimbricus was the Latin phrase ancient Romans used to describe the mass panic and state of emergency which followed the approach of the Cimbri tribe in 113 BC. The Cimbrian migration was met with desperate and self-defeating measures by the Roman Republic in order to combat it. While this paper does not treat the particular history of the Cimbrian threat, it does find race relations in America as a terror cimbricus of sorts. From white flight to white return, American cities are battlegrounds of insolvent and myopic public policy attempting to subvert democracy. Further, urban sprawl and segregation are not spontaneous, as is often assumed, and a close examination of recent national policy will prove that both are structural responses.

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Terror Cimbricus: Section 8 and Civil Segregation

Henry Hall Atrium 84

Terror cimbricus was the Latin phrase ancient Romans used to describe the mass panic and state of emergency which followed the approach of the Cimbri tribe in 113 BC. The Cimbrian migration was met with desperate and self-defeating measures by the Roman Republic in order to combat it. While this paper does not treat the particular history of the Cimbrian threat, it does find race relations in America as a terror cimbricus of sorts. From white flight to white return, American cities are battlegrounds of insolvent and myopic public policy attempting to subvert democracy. Further, urban sprawl and segregation are not spontaneous, as is often assumed, and a close examination of recent national policy will prove that both are structural responses.