array. this map is from 1937. it is what they call a security map. we can call it a redlining map. okay. it is a series of maps that were produced by the federal government. they did these surveys and neighborhood appraisals to determine where they would actually issue home loans. the green areas are good loans, the red is basically areas that they say are on a decline. everybody black pretty much concentrated in this area. they made a decision about where black people lived. no other ethnic group. he made the fate of the very existence of blackness with devalued the space, therefore, practice should be prohibited from being in this space. that is what you are saying. it is by design. this was intentional. so we can point 28 legacy of systemic inequality. when you see this on a map like this, racism is not just a feeling, it is also in institutional structure.
military hardware that s making a difference in the battlefield in ukraine. finland also acquires a lot of important munitions and fighter jets from the united states. these are two countries that for a long time since the is 1990s e been involved in joint exercises with nato, so they now how to work with them. finland brings with it an 830 mile long border with russia that needs to be policed as soon as possible. and sweden will probably play a bigger role in defending the arctic and also the baltic sea. this is a radical redrawing of northern europe s security map, making the baltic region not just a nato area but also now an eu area as well. it could take between six months and a year for these countries to become fully fledged members of nato, perhaps less. the first nation hours after the sign progress says on tuesday to ratify the membership of the countries was denmark. cnn, london. thank you, nina.
families are trying to get biden s attention. they want a meeting with him. they saw what happened with trevor reed and believe they might have had something to do with the meeting parents had. it s a challenging situation for all people involved. we ll keep brittney griner and her family and those other americans detained in our hearts and minds. a big change is about to take place in the nato alliance. sweden and finland are getting ready to join the group. it also redraws europe s security map along the boarder with russia. the 30 members of nato agreed to sign the protocols of ratification on tuesday. that means the next set of paperwork is done and dusted for sweden and finland to officially become invitees to the block. this doesn t mean that they are fully pledged members yet. but it does mean they can attend the important meetings. they just can t vote at the meetings yet.
toward embrace of allies and putin expressed fear of nato expansion, his invasion of ukraine could alter the security map of europe. president biden: today i m proud to welcome and offer the strong support of the united states for the applications of two great democracy and two close highly capable partners to join the strongest, most powerful defensive alliance in the history of the world. mike: after a long and valient fight, siege of mariupol is slowly coming to an end with russia in control of the battered and scorched, but strategically important city. 1700 ukrainian fighters have surrendered this week, a few fighters remain in the plants, indicated they will continue to
for nato membership. the application is not on the fast track. turkey opposes them from joining, saying they are consider membership of the nordic nation to nato would rearrange the security map of europe and draw nato up to the border of russia. vladamir putin said there will be consequence if that happens. the last hold out in mariupol, azovstal steel plant, sea of azov and land bridge connecting crimea. many are wounded and being taken into custody by russia for pre-trial detention. many with the azov brigade, president putin said those are