Segregation in Post-Civil Rights America

Keywords

Segregation, African Americans, Latinos, Discrimination, Land Use Zoning

Abstract

In this paper we adjudicate between competing claims of persisting segregation and rapid integration by analyzing trends in residential dissimilarity and spatial isolation for African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians living in 287 consistently defined metropolitan areas from 1970 to 2010. On average, Black segregation and isolation have fallen steadily but still remain very high in many areas, particularly those areas historically characterized by hypersegregation. In contrast, Hispanic segregation has increased slightly but Hispanic isolation has risen substantially owing to rapid population growth. Asian segregation has changed little and remains moderate, and although Asian isolation has increased it remains at low levels compared with other groups. Whites remain quite isolated from all three minority groups in metropolitan America, despite rising diversity and some shifts toward integration from the minority viewpoint.

Original Publication Citation

Rugh, Jacob S. andDouglas S. Massey. 2014. “Segregation in Post-Civil Rights America: Stalled Integration or End of the Segregated Century?” Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 11(4):205-232. doi: S1742058X13000180

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2013-10-31

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/5663

Publisher

Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Sociology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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