The Origins of the Urban Crisis, Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit is written my Thomas J. Surge. This book contains information on the events leading up to the 1967 riot in Detroit and therefore causing it. The question you may ask is, what is the result of the 1967 Detroit riot? The author states that the de-industrialization and ‘white flight’ were the result of the 1967 Detroit riot. Due to the constant backlash of these two circumstances it caused the black community to begin to be irritated with the city.
Part one of the novel begins with introduction of the industrialization of Detroit and the segregation between whites and blacks in the workforce and housing. The author, Thomas J. Surge talks about how the source of segregation, which was housing and employment, was not addressed or yet dealt with. Due to the new population of blacks to the Detroit area there was a shortage of housing. Although there were many plans set in place to solve for this problem, many fell through. This caused for inhumane living conditions. Blacks had to resort to living in stables, garages, attics, cellars, and storefronts. Those who had the money to pay for a home either paid a large amount monthly, where declined loans from the bank (due to banks being owned by whites), or had there home removed due to highway construction. The main problem though, was due to the prejudice that white’s had against blacks. The whites did everything and anything in their power to not allowing blacks to entire into their neighborhood. The government attempted to create Public Housing for the black population, but once the white population got ahold of this information they began to protest and put pressure on the government to dismiss the idea. In the end the white population got their way and little to no houses were built. Part two of the novel deals with the trouble and complications that came with finding a job. Not only was it a struggle for blacks to find a home, but also a job. Employers were bias to those of black orientation and did not see them as acceptable employees, even if …show more content…
Once the open housing movement was taking place it did allow blacks to find housing easier, but they still were meet with an increase in prices and relators tricking them into believing certain neighborhoods were black friendly. Whites were not too happy about the increase of blacks into their neighborhood and started to create neighborhood associations. They started to target and harass not only blacks that moved into their area and crossing the invisible racial boundary, but also the relators who sold to them. Neighborhoods would use several tactics such as arsenal, breaking windows, flooding basements, ruining floors and walls, and protesting in large groups outside of their house. The majority of the harassment was from white females, mostly mothers and wives. Most black families moved out due to this harassment. Those white families that did not want to be apart of the harassment left the neighborhood and moved to the suburbs on the outside of the city. This is known as the ‘white flight’. The suburbs were more exclusive and allowed for whites to not be worried about their neighborhood being joined by
Part one of the novel begins with introduction of the industrialization of Detroit and the segregation between whites and blacks in the workforce and housing. The author, Thomas J. Surge talks about how the source of segregation, which was housing and employment, was not addressed or yet dealt with. Due to the new population of blacks to the Detroit area there was a shortage of housing. Although there were many plans set in place to solve for this problem, many fell through. This caused for inhumane living conditions. Blacks had to resort to living in stables, garages, attics, cellars, and storefronts. Those who had the money to pay for a home either paid a large amount monthly, where declined loans from the bank (due to banks being owned by whites), or had there home removed due to highway construction. The main problem though, was due to the prejudice that white’s had against blacks. The whites did everything and anything in their power to not allowing blacks to entire into their neighborhood. The government attempted to create Public Housing for the black population, but once the white population got ahold of this information they began to protest and put pressure on the government to dismiss the idea. In the end the white population got their way and little to no houses were built. Part two of the novel deals with the trouble and complications that came with finding a job. Not only was it a struggle for blacks to find a home, but also a job. Employers were bias to those of black orientation and did not see them as acceptable employees, even if …show more content…
Once the open housing movement was taking place it did allow blacks to find housing easier, but they still were meet with an increase in prices and relators tricking them into believing certain neighborhoods were black friendly. Whites were not too happy about the increase of blacks into their neighborhood and started to create neighborhood associations. They started to target and harass not only blacks that moved into their area and crossing the invisible racial boundary, but also the relators who sold to them. Neighborhoods would use several tactics such as arsenal, breaking windows, flooding basements, ruining floors and walls, and protesting in large groups outside of their house. The majority of the harassment was from white females, mostly mothers and wives. Most black families moved out due to this harassment. Those white families that did not want to be apart of the harassment left the neighborhood and moved to the suburbs on the outside of the city. This is known as the ‘white flight’. The suburbs were more exclusive and allowed for whites to not be worried about their neighborhood being joined by