Most Segregated Cities in America

[H D]

These are obviously going to be in the South, right?

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Probably will be wherever there are big, older cities that have large ghetto areas but also affluent sections. I am just guessing.



TJR

 

[H D]

Way to sugar coat the racist northeast.:cheeky:

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Hugh,



Was that last comment for me? Are you trying to bait me there?



Are you implying that the racisim is worse in the northeast than in parts of the south? I don't want to start a pi$$ing contest, just interested in what the point is you are trying to make.



I don't see segregation as racist, per se. I just read the article, and the cities profiled, for the most part, seem to have segregation based on socio-economic factors, which is what I expected.



The fact that there seems to be socio-economic factors that seggregate whites, hispanics and blacks (for example) is not inherently racist, IMHO. There may be other factors that contribute to this dynamic that aren't overtly racist. I firmly believe that welfare and entitlement programs have contributed.



TJR

 

[Tom Schindler]

Much of this "segregation" is simply one thing.



People like to live with their "own kind". White people truly want white neighbors. This is not because they don't like black people, (insert any race you choose) but white people feel more comfortable with white people.



I know this is going to get some $4!t stirred, which is not my intent, but as a white person growing up in a black neighborhood, I prefer to live with neighbors of my same race. It is not that I dislike people of different races, that is the way I am.



I am sure many people feel this way, provided you are honest with yourself.





Tom

 

[Bud Williams]

Birds of a feather...

 

[Thomas Rogers]

I don't mind living next to black people, or hispanics. I don't want to live next to (insert racist names for the those two minority groups), though. 'Nuff said, and there are those that know EXACTLY what I am talking about.



I don't judge people by their skin, but by their actions, when I refer to those labels.



TJR

 

[Richard L]

I think now it is more of an economic issue than a racial issue. I think people want to live where people are on the same economic level as them. I will also add that there are people who prey on people who live in the Ghettos because they can fit in and hide easier.



I grew up in the Cleveland, Ohio area and I do know back then that the city was split in half where the blacks lived on the east side, and the whites lived on the west side or souther suburbs. That was a product of racial segrigation at that time.



While most larger cities still have Ghettos, blacks who can afford to move out of the Ghetto will often do so, and they will often move into mixed neighborhoods where their neighbors are in the same economic class as they are. Of course I don't think a single black person wants to live in an all white neighborhood any more than a white person would want to live in an all black neighborhood.



My new neighborhood is very mixed. My neighbor across the street is white and there is a hispanic family living on one side of him and a black family living on the other side. My next door neighbors are white.



I was actually quite suprised on Holloween when trick or treaters came an ran me out of candy in just 15 minutes. The parents were walking their kids down the street and there were many blacks, and hispanics who obviously live in the neighborhood.



Also, we have a community mailbox for about 50 homes on the corner of my property so I see everyone picking up their mail and it is a very racially eclectic group of people who live in this neighborhood.



Racism still exists, Ghettos still exist, and some people will prefer to live with "Their People", but I think economics is the key to eliminating racism. And education is the foundation for getting a good job and building a strong economic future for most individuals.



...Rich

 

[H D]

Just a "cheeky" comment TJR, hence the emoticon.



I agree with everything that has been posted so far.



I do think that the northeast and midwest are more racially segregated IN GENERAL than the south, though. Just my own observation (backed by this research) of living in the black belt and having family in the northeast. Up around the western PA and northern Ohio, you'll find more Amish than blacks in my observation. I spent some time around Syracuse last summer and nary a black person to be found. Again, just my observation (backed by this research).



I think it probably has something to do with forced integration in the south that never happened in the north. I've had two friends, both from different times in my life, but both from Buffalo. They said they felt more comfortable and included in society as a black person in Atlanta than Buffalo. (Speaking of Buffalo, my God that is a nasty smelling city). I think Atlanta goes through extra effort to attract upper-middle class and wealthy black citizens and has done so very effectively. Read any Atlanta lifestyle magazine and you'll notice what I'm saying.



And may I add a note about the hangups that my generation does not have with race that exist in the previous generations, in both races.

 

[Johnny O]

I spent some time around Syracuse last summer and nary a black person to be found. Again, just my observation (backed by this research).

They're not stupid. Syracuse is friggin' cold and gets 20 feet of snow every year.

 

[H D]

I was actually in Skaneateles. I was even aware of it being suspiciously "white."

 

[gary s]

racism is everywhere.

grew up in ny metro area. it was there. lived in charlotte,nc, there as well. still new to the sunshine state, probably there to.

people are people.....depeche mode

 

[EddieS'04]

I live in a 50yr old nieghborhood. So it is mixed race. Not a problem for me, except. Some of the hispanics front yards look like fred sanfords. Not all though. Just takes a couple to make the hood look bad. I enjoy the aspect of the multiculture.



I do have a funny story about the shop at work. 2 whites(me and Jr) and 2 blacks(Herman and Robert). Only robert was so racist, we think he hated black people...LOL. Herman couldnt stand being around him any more the 2 of us whites. They fought all the time over Robert, being wrong and turning differences into something racial that wasnt.



Robert had the other 3 of us not knowing what to do or say most of the time. He would go off into one of his racial tirades. The 3 of us with out Robert were buddies on and off the job. Robert did his best trying to destroy that freindship. He didnt succeed, thankfully. Even,we both retired now. Herman and I are best of freinds. I have more respect for him, than some whites I worked with.:supercool:

 

[Robert Caffyn]

I'M NOT A RACIST, I HATE EVERYBODY EQUALLY!!! :fire::fire: