News tagged with racial segregation
The waning of American apartheid? Residential segregation declines in U.S. metros
The ideal of equal housing opportunities is closer to becoming a reality in most major U.S. metro areas, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
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Sep 02, 2011 |
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Black History Month's sobering news: MLK dream alive for few, says researcher
In the past 20 years, Martin Luther King's dream of the day when "little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls" through school desegregation has not been realized for ...
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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Study finds foreclosure crisis had significant racial dimensions
Although the rise in subprime lending and the ensuing wave of foreclosures was partly a result of market forces that have been well-documented, the foreclosure crisis was also a highly racialized process, according to a study ...
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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Researchers find link between Latino employment and black urban violence
Louisiana State University sociology Professor Edward Shihadeh and Ph.D. candidate Raymond Barranco have published a study titled "Latino Employment and Black Violence: The Unintended Consequence of U.S. Immigration Policy," ...
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Apr 12, 2010 |
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Street justice
(PhysOrg.com) -- More robberies, muggings and murders take place in low-income neighborhoods where residents lack faith in police, courts and correctional facilities, says criminal justice assistant professor ...
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Mar 29, 2010 |
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Study Examines Racial 'Blind Spots' in Chicago Area Communities
(PhysOrg.com) -- Racial residential segregation in the Chicago area may be perpetuated by a lack of knowledge of communities across racial lines, according to a new study led by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Hispanics appear to face poorer quality nursing home care
Nursing homes serving primarily Hispanic residents provided poorer quality care compared to facilities whose patients were mostly white, according to Brown University research. Details were published recently in the Journal of ...
Apr 10, 2009 |
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