Posted on 04/10/2011 7:26:31 PM PDT by DBCJR
Well, more than fifty years since Brown v. Board, it seems America’s cities are still stuck on the “separate” part of the phrase.
As the results of the Census continue to roll out, the picture of the make up of America’s cities is being evaluated and as the numbers show, progress is slow and hard earned.
In their new report, “The Persistence of Segregation in the Metropolis,” Brown University professor John Logan and Florida State University professor Brian Stults looked at the trend in housing across the U.S. Using the 2010 Census, the pair found that despite increased racial and ethnic diversity, efforts to integrate American cities has slowed and in some places come to a dead halt.
The Most Segregated Cities in America
Detroit, Michigan Milwaukee, Wisconsin New York, New York Newark, New Jersey Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Miami, Florida Cleveland, Ohio St. Louis, Missouri Nassau-Suffolk, New York Logan expressed his disappointment with the results telling USA Today:
“This is a surprising result. At worst, it was expected that there would be continued slow progress.”
While advocates of fair housing have worked since the Civil Rights era to secure the passage of legislation to prevent discrimination, the census numbers suggest there is a gap between the laws on the book and actual implementation.
Despite the grim news, there are some bright spots in the numbers on housing. In the last decade, Kansas City, which saw a 7.4 percent decrease in residential segregation.
African-American--South Central area of Los Angeles
Chinese--cities of Alhambra and Monterey Park
Hispanics--the East Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County and the city of Santa Fe Springs especially
Japanese--the city of Torrance
Korean--the Koreatown section of Los Angeles
Vietnamese--the cities of Westminster and Garden Grove
What do they expect, most if not all of the cities people move from and not to.
If they want a mixed population in these areas, they have to clean them up and cut the taxes so people will move in.
Notice the article says the laws aren’t being enforced. If they get their way people will be told where the MUST live.
Liberals talk the Diversity talk, but they can't seem to walk the Diversity walk.
Miami? the government gave the city away to whatever crawled in here and Paid them as well.
Democrat party havens.
The blacks are hopeless, voting 95% for the very people who crush them.
Bump!
Check out these cities and look at their crime statistics.
After that - puke.
The only people living in Deetroit anymore are those who are too poor or too drug-addled to leave.
It’s going the other way in Washington DC. Now that we have a (half) black POTUS, blacks are leaving the city as fast as they can. They’re mostly moving out Pennsylvania Ave to PG County, Maryland. Formerly ghetto DC ‘hoods are becoming quickly gentrified. DC, effective this year if census trends are holding up, is 50/50 white/black. Major turnaround.
Similarly, as I understand it, in SF. As the yuppies move in, and the neighborhoods become gentrified, it’s too expensive for working or lower class (white or black) to stay in their cities.
Miami, but it isn’t really a southern city, hasn’t been for decades.
The mayor is the much maligned Frank Jackson, but he has run a a taught ship financially. Regardless the Metro is highly segregated I am surprised it isn't in the top 5. Both white and black in this area are absolute bigots.
Oy vey!
You left out:
Whitey: La Mirada
According to the 2000 Census, La Mirada is 1/3 Hispanic.
My point in posting is that “Southern” states have historically been states rights states since the framing of the Constitution. Northeastern states have typically been federalist states.
The fight to preserve states rights has always been reframed by revisionists to be a racism issue. We are taught in our public schools that the Civil War was fought to free the slaves. Actually, abolitionist were in a small minority in the Republican party of that day. It was not until the third year of the war when Lincoln was losing that he announced the Emancipation Proclamation. The war was fought because of states rights issues.
The Lyndon Johnson years used racism and segregation to exert Federal control over states during the 60’s. I’m not defending racism or segregation, especially that which is reflected in our public policy. It is wrong. What I am pointing out is those wanting centralized government use moralistic reasons to encroach upon our freedoms, and often do so dishonestly. This example happens to be that the South, the greatest concentration of states rights states, is the bastion of segregation. It is not.
Que?
Florida isn’t part of the “traditional” South.
I've always said that if the cultural engineers had their way, they would pass laws on who you can invite to a party.
They must be segregating Hispanics from Latinos.
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