For example, when the Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Development began to combine land use, census and geographic data for Moore County, N.C., it revealed that city boundaries excluded minority communities. Data showed that towns in the county had annexed land and redrawn their boundaries around historically African-American neighborhoods. Because only those within the citys boundaries had a right to vote in local elections or receive public services like water and sewage, economically driven annexation policies reinforced social inequalities.thehill/blogs/pundits-blog/technology/217680-fighting-discrimination-with-big-data
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