Over the past few decades, racial residential segregation has had a major influence on many American cities. Many American cites experienced white individuals moving away from the inner city to the suburb, this is also known as “white flight. This particular movement has played a major role in shaping the American city today. The purpose of this study is to address the effects of white flight, mainly focusing on its influence on income and crime. There has been a great deal of research that addressed many major effects of white flight, but only a few studies have addressed its influences on income and crime. Although its influences on income and crime are important, so are the other effects of white flight. White flight is not only associated
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When white individuals decided to move out of the inner city, they didn’t realize how much it would affect the cities and the individuals who were left to live there. White flight caused many racial problems for African Americans, such as racial segregation among neighborhoods, businesses and even among schools. With there being separation in homes, churches, jobs, and in almost everything, it causes African Americans to be isolated from the world. It can also cause African Americans to miss out on the good opportunities that everyone in the world deserves (Haynes, 1913). White flight also created different attitudes between the two races such as jealousy or suspicion, and it even caused aggression (Haynes, 1913). Not only will this study focus on the effects of white flight, but it will also build on to previous literature, and test whether it had a major influence on income and …show more content…
According to Haynes (1913), African American residents lived where their purses allowed them to live. Segregation from the rural area to the cities was caused by strong forces at work within the African American community (Haynes, 1913).
Residential Segregation
Residential segregation is and can be one of the main factors as to why blacks have low-income levels (Cloutier, 1982). This is because most of the jobs that were available to nonwhite workers, were underpaid, had little value, and most employees were not as serious about having a job as they should have been (Brodkin, 2014). Not only were the jobs underpaid, or undervalued, but they were also based upon race and gender (Brodkin, 2014). By creating these areas, and different housing programs it produces racially unequal access to certain jobs and certain living areas (Brodkin, 2014).
Housing Programs (Pruitt –
When white individuals decided to move out of the inner city, they didn’t realize how much it would affect the cities and the individuals who were left to live there. White flight caused many racial problems for African Americans, such as racial segregation among neighborhoods, businesses and even among schools. With there being separation in homes, churches, jobs, and in almost everything, it causes African Americans to be isolated from the world. It can also cause African Americans to miss out on the good opportunities that everyone in the world deserves (Haynes, 1913). White flight also created different attitudes between the two races such as jealousy or suspicion, and it even caused aggression (Haynes, 1913). Not only will this study focus on the effects of white flight, but it will also build on to previous literature, and test whether it had a major influence on income and …show more content…
According to Haynes (1913), African American residents lived where their purses allowed them to live. Segregation from the rural area to the cities was caused by strong forces at work within the African American community (Haynes, 1913).
Residential Segregation
Residential segregation is and can be one of the main factors as to why blacks have low-income levels (Cloutier, 1982). This is because most of the jobs that were available to nonwhite workers, were underpaid, had little value, and most employees were not as serious about having a job as they should have been (Brodkin, 2014). Not only were the jobs underpaid, or undervalued, but they were also based upon race and gender (Brodkin, 2014). By creating these areas, and different housing programs it produces racially unequal access to certain jobs and certain living areas (Brodkin, 2014).
Housing Programs (Pruitt –