fred douglas, power concedes nothing without a demand. now, detroit is more extreme than almost any other place in the united states. right? but a feature in my chapter, multiracial coalitions for fair housing, for better allocation of resources, for school funding. and it helps not just to run away from race, but it helps to start with struggling, older suburbs where there are white folks who are experiencing a lot of the same, the stress and challenges that are in the inner city and building coalitions between those folks to get to 55% so you can go to the state legislature and say our communities together should be getting more of our fair share of tax dollars to equalize funding in schools. if that's your issue. or our communities have more than their fair share of low income housing. those communities over there have none of their share, right? but, you know, you have to get your coalition together, right? and it's hard work, but it's doable work. you know, i could cite organizations that are doing that kind of work. >> any of the ot

fred douglas power demand.reme than almost any other place in the united states. but i feature in my chapter ball to racial coalitions for fair housing, for better allocation of resources, for school funding and it helps not just to run away from this but it helps to start with struggling older suburbs where there are white folks who are experiencing a lot of the same distress and challenges that are in the city and building coalitions between those folks to get to 55% so you can go to the state legislature and say our communities together should beat getting more of our fair share of tax dollars to equalize funding in schools if that is your issue or our communities have more than their fair share of low-income housing. those communities over there have none of their share but you know you have to get your coalition together. and it's hard work but it's doable work. i can cite organizations that are doing that kind of thing. >> any of the aral -- other panelists wish to respond? >> to me i'm a law professor. c