Racial segregation today
After discussing the history of racist housing policies, we will use Social Explorer to map racial residential segregation today.
- Visit the resource
- Click “Explore” under United States
- Click “Change Data” in the top left
- Choose “Race” -> “Black or African American Alone”
- Zoom in on a city of your choosing. What do you see about segregation?
- You may have to the geography level from “by County” to “by Tract”
Optional further reading
Faber, J. W. 2020. We built this: Consequences of New Deal era intervention in America’s racial geography. American Sociological Review, 85(5), 739-775.
Oliver, M., & Shapiro, T. (2013). Black wealth / white wealth: A new perspective on racial inequality. Routledge.
Massey, D. S., & Denton, N. A. (1993). American apartheid: Segregation and the making of the underclass. Harvard University Press.