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Attitudes on Residential Integration
Although racial segregation was supposedly “outlawed in America, one look into urban America displays another picture. Racial segregation is alive and well everywhere we turn, but it may be most prevalent in the area of residential segregation. There are three hypothesis, which we will examine, that try to take a deeper look into the nature of attitudes toward residential integration. ...
Racial residential segregation refers to the living patterns of differing race and ethnic groups and the tendencies that they have to live among their own specific race or ethnic group or among a group that is predominately of a differing race or ethnic group. ...
To first examine racial residential segregation we will look at the perceived economic status difference hypothesis. ... Clark argues that social class characteristics affect racial residential integration. ... ” In view of this hypothesis we find that the if a specific race or ethnic group is perceived as generally being from a lower socio-economic class, there is more opposition to having residential contact with another group. ... The mere in-group preference of racial residential segregation asserts that, while looking for housing, sometimes a preferred racial or ethnic neighborhoods affect housing decisions. ... This hypothesis believes that racial residential segregation results from the desire of all groups to live among people with
the same race or ethnicity (a group defined on the basis of nationality, religion, race etc.
Approximate Word count = 1023
Approximate Pages = 4.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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