Ghettoization - Stratification Sociology - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology

Download Ghettoization - Stratification Sociology - Lecture Slides and more Slides Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! Ghettoization: 1900-1940 • Cities were not segregated before 1900 – Most Blacks lived in rural areas • Industrialization and urbanization – Growing population of workers in new housing – Blacks much more concentrated • Black migration to northern cities – Labor competition fueled race riots (e.g., 1919) – Legal restrictions followed residential pattern docsity.com Suburbanization: 1940-1970 • Ghettos grew – Whites moved to suburbs – Blacks moved from South/rural to cities • Federal support for homeownership – ‘Redlining’ Black neighborhoods • FHA loans based on rating system – Support for new development, and highways • 1960s: Race riots • 1968: Fair Housing Act (too late) docsity.com Average percent poor in schools, 2000 30 65 66 42 White Black Latino Asian Source: Logan (2002), mumford.albany.edu docsity.com Black/White residential segregation 220 major metro areas 73% 68% 65% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% NATIONAL Northeast Midwest South West 1980 1990 2000 Source: Iceland et al. (2002) U.S. Census Bureau. docsity.com Average neighborhood income: Black households as % of White households 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% NATIONAL Newark Atlanta Louisville Riverside 1990 2000 Source: Logan (2002), mumford.albany.edu docsity.com Black/White segregation of public elementary school children 63% 65% 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% NATIONAL Detroit DC New York San Diego 1989 1999 Source: Logan (2002), mumford.albany.edu docsity.com Black/White segregation of public elementary school children 0% 25% 50% 75% Tampa/St. Pete Charlotte Greensboro NC Cleveland Seattle 1989 1999 Source: Logan (2002), mumford.albany.edu docsity.com