How low can it go? Declining black-white segregation in a multiethnic context.
We extend research on whites' neighborhood contact with blacks, population composition, and prospects for desegregation by developing a new measure of the floor of racial residential segregation under conditions of low black-white contact. The measure incorporates the way in which multiethnic contexts further constrain levels of black-white segregation. The results show that black-white desegregation is likely when the black population is small, but is unlikely otherwise. Yet, when multiple ethnic groups are sufficiently large, a moderate level of black-white segregation is necessary for whites to maintain low neighborhood contact with blacks, even when the proportion of African Americans is small.
Krivo
L J
LJ
Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA. krivo.1@osu.edu
Kaufman
R L
RL
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D011157:Population Dynamics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends*; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*