By: Ashley Mosse
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Blockbusting Usually characterized as “panic peddling” Real-estate agents and speculators promoted blockbusting to trigger the turnover of property owned by whites to blacks. Building developers encouraged white property owners to sell their real-estate at a loss for fear that racial and ethnic minorities would move into the area depressing the value of their homes.
White Flight All upper and middle class whites moved out of the cities and into the suburbs this movement was known as the white flight. The white flight began after the second world war. African Americans were going to the cities to buy the homes that the upper and middle class moved out of. Racism was big and the blacks were forced out of the suburbs.
Segregation The white flight movement caused segregation since the cities were primarily occupied by blacks and the suburbs became primarily whites. Even though segregation is illegal today due to prejudice and discrimination it still exist in businesses, residential communities, and educational institutions. The beliefs and values of people help to sustain a natural separation of racial and ethnic communities.
Urban Decay With all of the depopulation of the cities it caused unemployment and abandon buildings. It also affected families and caused high levels of crime in the cities. Riots broke out in many major cities especially after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Discrimination and race hatred intensified. y.htm
“I have a dream” Martin Luther King Jr. lead the “civil rights movement” with his “dream” to end racial discrimination and segregation. Today we are closer to reaching his dream. We have a black president, and segregation and racial discrimination is illegal, but prejudice still exist. Dr. Kings dream will only completely come true if we abolish prejudice.
Levittown William Levitt founder of Levittown had already made himself well known from Americas biggest house builder in He found a large green expanse of woods and spinach farms and instantly thought suburbia. He wanted to create not only homes for steelworkers but, homes that he created and that were in his own city. The housing was very much all the same the same yard the same brick on the house and you had to keep up with the yard work. Levittown video
“Levittown” Today The suburbs today are not like the Levittown of the past. They are more diverse. They are highly populated often to the point were they are larger than the urban communities. Immigrants are among the residents. The suburbs of today contain shopping malls, apartment buildings, manufacturing facilities, and office complexes. Today’s “Levittown” is not the ideal utopia of long ago. Today’s economy has caused financial difficulties and joblessness in the current day suburbs.
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