I hope to be able to meet you in regard to segregation by substituting for invidious segregation on race lines, a very strict system of sanitary, social and building regulations which will in fact ensure that the only Indians who will live in the white quarters will be those who are really suited by their mode of living for residence amid a European community.
Winston Churchill explains the purpose of zoning laws in Kenya, May 1921 (via xhxhxhx)
It’s important to realize urban planning and so on aren’t inherently neutral.