Most major metropolitan areas have become more racially segregated, study shows

[sarisataka]

Most major metropolitan areas have become more racially segregated, study shows

Some of the nation's largest metropolitan regions have become increasingly segregated in the last 30 years, underscoring racial inequalities that have led to poorer life outcomes in Black and brown neighborhoods, according to a study released Monday by the University of California Berkeley's Othering & Belonging Institute.

The study found that 81% of regions with more than 200,000 residents were more segregated in 2019 than they were in 1990, despite fair housing laws and policies created to promote integration.

Some of the most segregated areas included Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit in the Midwest and New York, Northern New Jersey and Philadelphia in the mid-Atlantic.
Conversely, large metropolitan regions that saw the biggest decrease in segregation included Savannah, Georgia, San Antonio and Miami.

According to the study, segregated communities of color have lower incomes, higher unemployment, lower home values and are less educated than segregated White communities. However, the report indicates that Blacks and Hispanics who grew up in segregated White communities were able to earn significantly higher incomes than those in communities in color.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/21/us/housing-segregation-cities-berkeley-study/index.html

We are moving in the wrong direction

[Elessar Zappa]

1. Interesting

that the cities that are more integrated are located in the South. At least that’s some progress.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Dick Gregory's observation comes to mind.

"In the South, they don't mind how close I get, as long as I don't get too big. In the North, they don't mind how big I get, as long as I don't get too close."