If you were to ask an average white American today if they believe segregation between white folks and black folks still exists, the answer would most likely be no. Why would they have a reason to believe the opposite if federal fair-housing laws have been on the books since 1968? But why is it that “in a network of 100 friends, a white person, on average, has one black friend”? (Kristof 2) In the article Redlining Revisited: Mortgage Lending Patterns in Sacramento 1930–2004, Jesus Hernandez explains that, “Despite decades of government reform, the American housing credit system continues to mirror long-standing patterns of racial segregation and inequality” (Hernandez 1). In his book, Wise also cites the race-based differential treatment
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When the goal of these exclusionary practices is to prevent people of color from moving into white communities, black and Hispanic people frequently get clustered into undesirable, densely inhabited urban neighborhoods– also known as ghettos (Gottdiener & Hutchinson 224). It is important to note that because the real estate market is not a private enterprise, as it often involves cooperative government action, present-day housing discrimination “reflects decisions based on the social, political and cultural dimensions of our society” (Hernandez 3). The spatial separation perpetuated by institutionalized racism not only oppresses people of color by decreasing their access to better-off neighborhoods, but also provides white folks with yet another screen of distorted understanding. Because whites are shielded from interaction with people of color within their own communities, they increasingly learn about black folks only from mass media. Consequently, bias media reports have easily manipulated our opinions and attitudes toward colored people, only widen the division between races and exacerbating …show more content…
Ultimately, students of color continue to face setbacks from the disadvantages of high-poverty schools and communities, while white students continue to benefit from a legacy of discrimination that largely insulates them from high-poverty schools (Jordan
When the goal of these exclusionary practices is to prevent people of color from moving into white communities, black and Hispanic people frequently get clustered into undesirable, densely inhabited urban neighborhoods– also known as ghettos (Gottdiener & Hutchinson 224). It is important to note that because the real estate market is not a private enterprise, as it often involves cooperative government action, present-day housing discrimination “reflects decisions based on the social, political and cultural dimensions of our society” (Hernandez 3). The spatial separation perpetuated by institutionalized racism not only oppresses people of color by decreasing their access to better-off neighborhoods, but also provides white folks with yet another screen of distorted understanding. Because whites are shielded from interaction with people of color within their own communities, they increasingly learn about black folks only from mass media. Consequently, bias media reports have easily manipulated our opinions and attitudes toward colored people, only widen the division between races and exacerbating …show more content…
Ultimately, students of color continue to face setbacks from the disadvantages of high-poverty schools and communities, while white students continue to benefit from a legacy of discrimination that largely insulates them from high-poverty schools (Jordan