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Originally posted by auakl
Neicy,
Please take a look at the following table that appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on May 9, 2001 of America’s most segregated cities generated from the 2000 census: http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/may01/SEG09G2.asp
Notice that the three most segregated cities according to this study (rankings will certainly vary by study) are Detroit, Milwaukee and New York City. The first Southern city comes in at #10, Miami. Surprised? I sure was, and yes, medium sized Southern cities were included in the rankings. What does that prove? To you, probably nothing. But I see it as an indication that racism, prejudice and stereotyping knows no geographic boundaries, thanks for giving us a demonstration from the wonderful city of Chicago, one of my favorite cities for sports and museums...and number 6 on the above list.
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Dang, I SWORE that I was going to stay out of this convo, so one post and I'm out....
Auak, please know that segregation deals largely with class and economics, not necassarily race. Chicago and other large cities are definitely segregated, but it's more by the haves and the have nots than by race. So, you may have blacks on one side of town and whites on another, but that's due to where each group can afford to live (which is a whole other topic all together). The difference is that if one of those black families moved into one of the "white" neighborhoods, I doubt they'd have to fear finding a cross burning on their front lawn.