TY - JOUR
T1 - From black to white
T2 - Reverse racial change in neighborhoods of large american cities, 1970-1980
AU - Lee, Barrett A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper, which was presented in draft form at the 1985 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, has benefited from the comments of the editors of JAPA and three anonymous referees. Support for the research was provided by a summer fellowship from the Vanderbilt University Research Council and by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 R23 HD 19537).
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Recent trends and evidence hint that the racial composition of a growing number of urban neighborhoods in the United States either is stable or is shifting toward a lower percentage of black residents. This note focuses on the latter, ”reverse” (black to- white) pattern of racial change for the period 1970-1980. Using a sample of 3,303 census tracts in 58 large cities, I examine (1) the number of neighborhoods that experienced declines in the proportional representation of blacks, (2) the conditions under which such declines occurred, and (3) the combinations of race-specific population gains and losses that produced the declines. The results of my analysis, though tentative, suggest that white-to-black change is not as inevitable or as frequent as conventional wisdom would hold. The results also underscore the uncertainty involved in determining whether particular racial patterns reflect the success or failure of policy strategies for individual neighborhoods and households.
AB - Recent trends and evidence hint that the racial composition of a growing number of urban neighborhoods in the United States either is stable or is shifting toward a lower percentage of black residents. This note focuses on the latter, ”reverse” (black to- white) pattern of racial change for the period 1970-1980. Using a sample of 3,303 census tracts in 58 large cities, I examine (1) the number of neighborhoods that experienced declines in the proportional representation of blacks, (2) the conditions under which such declines occurred, and (3) the combinations of race-specific population gains and losses that produced the declines. The results of my analysis, though tentative, suggest that white-to-black change is not as inevitable or as frequent as conventional wisdom would hold. The results also underscore the uncertainty involved in determining whether particular racial patterns reflect the success or failure of policy strategies for individual neighborhoods and households.
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U2 - 10.1080/01944368608976440
DO - 10.1080/01944368608976440
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0022834018
SN - 0194-4363
VL - 52
SP - 338
EP - 345
JO - Journal of the American Planning Association
JF - Journal of the American Planning Association
IS - 3
ER -