When articles of faith are presented as claims of fact

I saw this headline in Bloomberg, Why Did U.S. Cities Resegregate? by Jake Blumgart.  Naively thinking that this could be interesting, I click through.  

It is an interesting issue.  We are fifty and sixty years out from segregation as it used to occur and, despite innumerable city, county, state, and federal public policy initiatives we still have a lot of segregation.  Now, as then, it is primarily class, income, and cultural segregation even though ideologues are convinced it is straight-up racism.  

It is a matter of theological faith even though all the empirical data points to class, income, and cultural drivers.  

It remains an interesting issue though.  In a nation guaranteed freedom of association and a reasonably free market, it is of course inevitable that people will sort themselves based on the affiliations with which they most associate.  Usually including income, education attainment, class, cultural association, age, familial structure, etc.  

So to what extent should the government intervene to force citizens to arrange their living conditions based on what the government wishes to impose?  It is an interesting question.  Historically, the philosophy behind desegregation has been dramatically inconsistent once it moves past the sensible observation that everyone should be subject to the same laws.  

As it turns out, this article is an interview of an author with a new book out on segregation.  Both the reporter and the author are completely indoctrinated.  I only post about it because it is such a striking example of dissociation from reality.  Probably three quarters of the assertions or claims of fact are simply and obviously wrong.  And this isn't even my field.

And with so many of the claims being factually unfounded, it is hard to take the rest of their arguments seriously.

The only thing the article is worthwhile for is to remind you just how isolated so many people can be.  Ideological religion is a powerful force.