Study: Segregation in U.S. on decline, but disparities persist

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Segregation of African-Americans in cities and towns across the United States has dropped to its lowest level in more than a century, according to a recent study.

The Manhattan Institute report, released two days before the start of Black History month, points to federal housing policies, changes in public perception and demographic shifts since the 1960s that have helped integrate the nation.

Still, the study adds, America's social and income disparities continue.

"We thought about racial inequality and thought that neighborhoods had something to do with it," said economist Jacob Vigdor of Duke University, who co-wrote the study with Edward Glaeser of Harvard University at the New York-based conservative think tank.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/31/us/segregation-decline-study/index.html

the most-recommended comment: "There is mo such thing as income inequality, ask Romney."

[Warpy]

1. One thing I promised myself when I was a precocious brat in the early 60s

was that I'd consider any neighborhood that was too good for black and brown people too good for me, that I'd always live in mixed areas. It's a promise I've kept and I think my life has been far richer for it.

What I see still going on is social bullshit that has to be utterly infuriating to black and brown folks, like seeing all the white folks at a deli counter get waited on first. I know that's a big deal because whenever I point out that someone has been there longer than I have, I get looked at like my space helmet is on backwards.