Talk:J. Barry Mahool

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accurate quotation? "Blacks should be quarantined in isolated slums..."

Is this an accurate quotation?

“Blacks should be quarantined in isolated slums in order to reduce the incidence of civil disturbance, to prevent the spread of communicable disease into the nearby White neighborhoods, and to protect property values among the White majority” *

— *J. Barry Mahool, 1910 Mayor of Baltimore, while explaining a municipal segregation law.

https://stanfordreview.org/baltimores-legacy-of-racial-discrimination/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fxm87 (talk • contribs) 19:17, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is no evidence that this is a direct quote from the Mayor. The in question stated that the Mayor subscribed to this point of view and places it in quotes. However it is unclear from where the statement comes.

It seems to be a misattribution derived from "Apartheid Baltimore Style" by Garrett Power in the Maryland Law Review https://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2498&context=mlr Power was summarizing the perspective of many progressive at the time. It's possible that it was attributed to Mahool directly because he is quoted in the preceding paragraph. Sauzer (talk) 19:53, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]