minute has been done to desegregate neighborhoods because we judge it is the result of private prejudice instead of explicit government policy. That is a mythResidential segregation exacerbates many national problems. In education,a black-white achievement gap persists largely because the poorest pupils are concentrated in racially homogenous schools where instruction is overwhelmed by children’s out-of-school challenges; these schools are segregated because their neighborhoods are segregated.
Growing inequality partly reflects a racial wealth gap. Middle-class white Americans are more likely to live in neighborhoods with rising domestic values (and thus, family equity) while their middle-class black counterparts are more likely to rent, and live in neighborhoods with stagnant values. Related: My elite,segregated education changed me – but not in the way you'd judge Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com