Hyper Segregation

Hyper-segregation consists when segregation permeates a race or ethnic group in a multidimensional fashion. This concept exists outside of simply segregation, taking it to a further level, by degrading multiple facets of a populations existence rather than just one area. The term hyper-segregation came about as a way for Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton to conceptualize a ghetto that was especially segregated. Some of the ways in which this term has been exhibited involve deeply rooted structural inequality that has solidified the cycles to which people are born into, and often eventually die into. One of the instances in which hyper-segregation is especially prevalent is in the affluent top percent, as well as in the excessively poor. Neighborhoods are rarely filled with mixed-income, which often leads to a …show more content…
Often propelling one group into a “higher class” status than another group and spurring cyclical inequality. Many of the individuals within a higher class status, attribute their success to their “abilities” when in face, the case usually is that they were automatically born into wealth. One of the impactful concepts to consider when thinking about social inequality is the notion of segregation. Two manners of segregation are de facto and de jure segregation. De facto segregation is based on customs or social norms, often involving a preference to live with “ones own kind.” Whereas, de jure segregation comes about through discriminatory laws in a society; one example of this is Jim Crow laws in which African Americans were weighed down with excessive laws governing their behavior. However, this discrimination can still be seen today as well; this can be seen in the discriminatory process of “stop and frisk” as well as the prison systems, in which hispanic and black men make up an overwhelming majority despite being a population