Race and Place: Race Relations in an American City

by Susan Welch , Lee Sigelman , Timothy Bledsoe , Michael Combs

• ISBN13: 9780521796552
• ISBN10: 0521796555
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-24
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A striking but little recognized change in race relations during the past two decades has seen the declining levels of racial segregation in most of America's major metropolitan areas. More American cities are beginning to have black and white residents. An integral component of this decline in residential segregation has been the large-scale movement of blacks to the suburbs. This book focuses on the attitudes and behavior of African Americans and whites. Will whites' attitudes about blacks and blacks' attitudes toward whites change if they are living in integrated neighborhoods rather than apart from one another? Are black suburbanites more likely to share the views of their fellow white suburbanites or of their fellow African Americans in the central city? Will residential integration and new patterns of race in the suburbs break down divisions between blacks and whites in their views of local public services?

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
Preface	xiii
Introduction: Race and Residence	1	(18)
Race Relations in Detroit, 1968-1992	19	(28)
Black-White Social Interaction	47	(24)
Perceptions of Racial Discrimination	71	(23)
Black Racial Solidarity	94	(16)
White Racial Prejudice	110	(14)
Opinions on Urban Issues: The Schools and the Police	124	(32)
Conclusions	156	(15)
Appendix A: The Detroit Surveys	171	(2)
Appendix B: Detroit Survey Items and Measures	173	(8)
References	181	(16)
Author Index	197	(6)
Subject Index	203