Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation

Adelman, Robert M.

doi:10.1111/j.1535-6841.2004.00066.x

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“…Prior research has explored this issue primarily by examining levels of residential segregation of minorities from Anglos within income and education categories (e.g., Adelman 2004;Fischer 2003;Iceland, Sharpe, and Steinmetz 2005;Iceland and Wilkes 2006;Massey and Fischer 1999;St. John and Clymer 2000).…”

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Inter-neighborhood Migration and Spatial Assimilation in a Multi-ethnic World: Comparing Latinos, Blacks and Anglos

2008

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Longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics are used to examine patterns and determinants of migration into neighborhoods of varying racial and ethnic composition. Consistent with spatial assimilation theory, higher income and education facilitate moving into neighborhoods containing proportionally more non-Hispanic whites and, among Latinos, the native-born move to "more Anglo" neighborhoods than immigrants. Consistent with place stratification theory, blacks move to neighborhoods with significantly fewer Anglos than do comparable Latinos, and the effect of income on migration into more Anglo neighborhoods is stronger for most minority groups than for Anglos. Latinos differ only slightly from Anglos in their migration into neighborhoods with large black populations, and blacks do not differ from Anglos in the migration into neighborhoods with large Latino populations.Justified by the pernicious consequences of residing in predominantly minority or otherwise disadvantaged urban communities, the patterns and determinants of residential segregation among U.S. racial and ethnic groups has been a venerable topic of social science investigation. Countless studies have examined the degree to which minority groups are residentially segregated from the dominant white majority (e.g., Farley and Frey 1994;Frey and Farley 1996;Iceland 2004;Wilkes and Iceland 2004;Logan, Stults, and Farley 2004). Studies in this tradition paint a vivid portrait of American residential apartheid (Massey and Denton 1993). However, because the most common analytical approaches to examining determinants of racial and ethnic segregation are cross-sectional, strong inferences regarding the individual-level causes of segregation remain elusive. At their core, theories of residential segregation and spatial assimilation imply processes of inter-neighborhood migration, as individuals of a given race or ethnicity move-or fail to move-between neighborhoods of varying racial and ethnic composition. Yet, few studies explicitly examine the patterns of inter-neighborhood migration that sustain or attenuate levels of racial and ethnic segregation.Direct all correspondence to Scott J. South, Department of Sociology, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222.. This study goes beyond prior work on the patterns and determinants of racial and ethnic residential segregation in three main ways. First, rather than relying on cross-sectional data, we use nationally-representative, longitudinal survey data to examine the actual patterns of inter-neighborhood migration that preserve or diminish residential segregation. Given the possibility that neighborhood racial and ethnic composition influences some of the characteristics of individuals and households that predict segregation-the "neighborhood effects" issue (Sampson et al. 2002)-longitudinal studies enhance confidence in our ability to identify the causal forces underlying segregation. NIH Public AccessSecond, we systematically compare the inter-neighborhood migration patterns of the nat...

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Inter-neighborhood Migration and Spatial Assimilation in a Multi-ethnic World: Comparing Latinos, Blacks and Anglos

2008

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“…Studies have also shown that, in general, minorities and lower-income people live closer to noxious land uses than do white and higher-income people. These social ills include proximity to waste dumps, superfund sites, incinerators, air pollution, traffic (Bullard, 2000;Crowder & Downey, 2010;Wing et al, 2000), food deserts (Wrigley et al, 2003;Zenk et al, 2005), fast-food chains (Boone-Heinonen et al, 2011;Kwate, 2008), social disorganization, crime, police surveillance and incarceration (Goffman, 2014;Sampson, 2012), and deteriorating and abandoned buildings (Adelman, 2004).…”

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Are There Relationships Among Racial Segregation, Economic Isolation, and Proximity to Green Space?

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2015

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Prior research has investigated differences in exposure to green space between racial and economic groups across the United States. Results have generally shown that people of color and lower-income groups tend to live in neighborhoods with less green space than their more-advantaged counterparts. Our research extends existing studies by measuring the association between racial and economic differences in exposure to green space and racial or economic segregation across neighborhoods within cities. Findings show that cities with lower levels of racial segregation exhibit smaller racial disparities in exposure to green space. By contrast, in cities with greater racial segregation, white people tend to live in neighborhoods with more green space than do people of color. This difference is more pronounced between white and Hispanic people. Finally, there is a strong association between segregation among different income groups and differences in exposure to green space between lower-and higher-income people. Consistent with much of the literature on racial and economic segregation-and studies of environment (in)justice-we find that lower-income people and members of minority groups live in neighborhoods with much less vegetation than their wealthier, white counterparts and these differences are exacerbated in racially and economically segregated cities.

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“…No obstante, las cuestiones ecológicas no siguen teniendo gran importancia a la hora de explicar la segregación residencial, aunque persisten los elementos económicos, en los que se ha añadido en los últimos años, principalmente los ingresos de las personas (Adelman, 2004;Arjona, 2006; Comisión Económica para Amé-rica Latina y el Caribe, 2007;Hattery & Smith, 2005) y sus posibilidades de gasto o inversión en vivienda (Agostini, 2010;Therstrom & Therstrom, 1997;Zubrinsky & Bobo, 1996). De esta manera, los grupos con mayores rentas ocuparán lugares privilegiados, mientras que los de menor renta ocuparán los lugares menos deseados (Arjona y Checa, 2008;Echazarra, 2010;Sabatini, Cáceres y Cerda, 2000).…”

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Segregación residencial de los Latinoamericanos residentes en Garrucha (Almería)

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2017

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Resumen: Este artículo se propone dos objetivos. En primer lugar, medir la segregación residencial de los inmigrantes latinoamericanos de Colombia y Ecuador, en el área urbana de Garrucha (Almería), utilizando, para ello, los índices de disimilitud e interacción. Y, en segundo lugar, se trata de determinar las principales causas de su distribución espacial por el municipio, a partir de los resultados obtenidos en la administración de una encuesta. Los datos muestran por un lado, que estos colectivos presentan unos niveles de segregación relativamente reducidos y, por otro, que los aspectos económicos se erigen como el mejor predictor de la segregación. Abstract: This paper sets our two objectives. Firstly, to measure the degree of residential segregation of the immigrants from the Latin American countries of Colombia and Ecuador within the urban area of Garrucha, Almeria by means of the rate of dissimilarity and interaction. Secondly, it intends to determine the main reasons for the distribution throughout the municipality, from the results of a survey. The data demonstrates relatively low levels of segregation in these groups and also that the principal causes of segregation arise from economical factors.

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Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation

Cited by 141 publications

References 51 publications

Inter-neighborhood Migration and Spatial Assimilation in a Multi-ethnic World: Comparing Latinos, Blacks and Anglos

Inter-neighborhood Migration and Spatial Assimilation in a Multi-ethnic World: Comparing Latinos, Blacks and Anglos

Are There Relationships Among Racial Segregation, Economic Isolation, and Proximity to Green Space?

Segregación residencial de los Latinoamericanos residentes en Garrucha (Almería)

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