On 1/29/03 10:14 AM, "Jeff Abrahamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An article in this week's Economist discusses a (census) block by
> (census) block study of racial segregation in America. The old
> studies, the often quoted (they say) Taeuber study published in the
> 1960's in particular, measured total blacks and total whites in a city
> and gave ratios. Quoting the article ("Take It Block by Block"):
>
> The new study focuses on black-white integration, not segregation.
> ...
>
> Their conclusion that most of America remains racially
> segregated--almost a third of blacks and more than half of whites
> live in blocks whose inhabitants are at least 90% of their own
> race--is not surprising. But their assessment of black-white
> integration in specific places is startling. Metropolitan areas such
> as St Louis, Birmingham, Philadelphia and Indianapolis, which rank
> near the bottom on the old indices, come out in the top third on a
> block-by-block ranking. Others previously praised as less
> segregated, such as Albuquerque, Honolulu and Orange County, drop to
> near the bottom, partly because they have relatively few blacks.
>
> Note that Hispanics are now more numerous than Blacks in the U.S., but
> that this is very recent, and so likely the reason that the study
> focused on black and white only (for comparison with the 1960's
> study).
Very interesting, Jeff.
Also, Hispanics (of which many are black) were not included for reasons you
have posted.
I should like to see a link to the article if you have one.
Wilma
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