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of Fair Housing
7 October 2008
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More than a century ago, W.E.B. DuBois (1903)
recognized the importance of neighborhoods—the
“physical proximity of home and dwelling-places,
the way in which neighborhoods group
themselves, and [their] contiguity”—as primary
locations for social interaction, lamenting that the
“color line” separating black and white
neighborhoods caused each to see the worst in the
other (1990, p. 120-21).
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Current Trends in Residential Segregation
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Neighborhood Racial Composition Preferences in
the Broader Context of Racial Attitudes and
Intergroup Relations
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Figure 4.4. Multi-Ethnic Neighborhood
Figure 1. Multi-Ethnic Experiment
Neighborhood Experiment Showcard
Showcard
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Table 4.5. Summary Statistics, Neighborhood Racial Composition Preferences by
Respondent and Target-Group Race
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From Attitudes to Preferences
How do various racial attitudes impact preferences
for residential integration?
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From Attitudes to Preferences
How do various racial How do immirgation-
attitudes impact preferences related characteristics
for residential integration? impact preferences?
Classism National Origin
Ethnocentrism Length of time in the US
Prejudice: 5 yrs or less in the US
Racial Stereotyping 6-10 years in the US
Social Distance Over 10 years in the US
Minority Perception of Native-born
Whites as Perpetrators Interactions between time
of Discrimination in the US and:
Perceived Racial Group National Origin
Threat English Proficiency
Various Racial
Attitudes
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Summary of Findings:
From Attitudes to Preferences
Neighborhood racial composition preferences are
primarily a function of racial prejudice; this is true for
ALL groups, but the association is strongest among
whites
Classism and ethnocentrism are, at best, marginally
influential (with the exception of Asians)
Perceptions of whites as “tending to discriminate”
negatively impact nonwhites’ preferences for white
neighbors
Immigration complicates—for Latinos, patterns suggest
internalization process; for Asians, racial context
important (all immigrants more resistant than NB to co-
residence with blacks and Latinos; however, Koreans
(native- and foreign-born) are two or three times more
resistant than other groups
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Where Do We Go From Here?
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Race matters over and above objective
differences in social class characteristics
Strategies that get communities working
together toward common goals
Aggressive public relations campaigns (e.g.,
value added by diversity, desirable
neighborhood amenities)
Affirmative marketing
Active, dilligent enforcement of
antidiscrimination laws—greatest
improvements in whites’ attitudes occurred
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