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Persistence of Segregation in the United States: A Century of Inequality John R. Logan Brown University
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New York City Before 1900
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The Early Phase of the Great Migration
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1920 Black Neighborhoods in New York
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Segregation in NYC, 1900-1990 Blacks
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Italians: Getting By in New York
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1920 Italian Neighborhoods in New York
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Black and Italian Segregation in NYC
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The Jewish Lower East Side
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1920 Russian Neighborhoods in New York
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Black, Italian, and Russian Segregation in NYC
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Animation
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US NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY
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Under $40,000 Over $75,000
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PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 2000
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Disparities in the performance of schools that children attend, 2004-2005 test data
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50% 80 % Exposure to Poverty: White 4 th Graders 2010
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50% 80 % Test Scores and Poverty: White 4 th Graders 2010
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Comparing schools attended by white/black 4 th graders, 2010: poverty and test scores.
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Median neighborhood income, Chicago 1990, for comparable white and black residents More affluent neighborhoods in the suburbs, but racial disparity in both locations Homeowners, college grads, $60-$75,000 income
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Crime is lower in the suburbs, but higher for blacks in either location Violent crime in Cleveland, 1990, for comparable white and black residents Homeowners, college grads, over $75,000 income
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Invasion and succession model of racial change Initial white exodus and black entry Black population growth, reaching a tipping point Racial succession: majority black Predictors of change – the downward slide: Low income Old housing Aging population Rental housing Population flux
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Post-1980: Paths to and from diversity All-white White/Asian White/Hispanic White/Hispanic/ and Asian White/Hispanic/ Asian/Black Minority Combinations: Black Hispanic Asian
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Persistence of old processes and patterns … and some signs of a change. More information: www.s4.brown.edu/us2010
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