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1 Persistence of Segregation in the United States: A Century of Inequality John R. Logan Brown University

2 New York City Before 1900

3 The Early Phase of the Great Migration

4 1920 Black Neighborhoods in New York

5 Segregation in NYC, 1900-1990 Blacks

6 Italians: Getting By in New York

7 1920 Italian Neighborhoods in New York

8 Black and Italian Segregation in NYC

9 The Jewish Lower East Side

10 1920 Russian Neighborhoods in New York

11 Black, Italian, and Russian Segregation in NYC

12 Animation

13 US NEIGHBORHOODS TODAY

14 Under $40,000 Over $75,000

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17 PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 2000

18 Disparities in the performance of schools that children attend, 2004-2005 test data

19 50% 80 % Exposure to Poverty: White 4 th Graders 2010

20 50% 80 % Test Scores and Poverty: White 4 th Graders 2010

21 Comparing schools attended by white/black 4 th graders, 2010: poverty and test scores.

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24 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

25 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

26 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

27 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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29 Persistence of old processes and patterns … and some signs of a change. More information: www.s4.brown.edu/us2010

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