unit 2 sociology Residential space

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American residential space is… Racially segregated today than in the years following the Civil War

Majority white neighborhoods

At the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of Black people in northern cities lived in

majority black

By the end of the 20th century, most Black people lived in neighborhoods that were

Forbidden

People of color were… By law and custom from living anywhere else in cities besides their own enclaves

The great migration

Massive movement of black Americans from rural south to urban north

Racism encountered in the north

Urban neighborhoods became overcrowded and rundown

Neighborhoods were filled with crime disease, and poverty

Black people were exploited as cheap and expendable labor force

Black people were isolated from the surrounding white population

Ghetto

A part of a city that is almost exclusively inhabited by members of one racial/ethnic group to which virtually all members of that group are restricted. This was done through advance marginality.

Escaped

During the civil rights movement, some middle class, people of color… The ghetto

White flight

Large scale movement of right residence out of urban neighborhoods as in increasing number of racial minorities, move into those areas, particularly in the United States during the mid 20th century

Civil rights act of 1968

Prohibited discrimination in the sale rental and financing houses based on race, religion, gender, and more

Index of dissimilarity

A measure of segregation between 2 groups with zero indicating total integration and 100 indicating total segregation

Decline

Black white residential segregation has been on the… Since 1970 till 2000

The new great migration

Large number of Black people move to the south from the Midwest and northeast due to the decrease in industrialization in the north, job growth and lower cost of living in the south and more

Concentrated

Poverty is… Which leads to underfunded schools, crime violence, limited employment opportunities, unlimited access to good services

Racially integrated neighborhood

According to survey research referenced by farley and Squires, which type of neighborhood do African-Americans preferred to live in

White majority neighborhood

According to survey researched referenced by Farley and Squires, which type of neighborhood do white Americans prefer to live in