Diversity, Racial Threat and Metropolitan Housing Segregation

Previous studies have shown that as the percent black or percent Hispanic grows, that groups residential segregation from whites tends to increase as well. Typically, these findings are explained in terms of white discriminatory reaction to the perceived threat associated with minority population gr...

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Published in:	Social forces 2009-09, Vol.88 (1), p.373-394
Main Authors:	DeFina, Robert, Hannon, Lance
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	20th century African Americans Analysis Census Figures Cultural Pluralism Cultures and civilizations Discrimination in housing Ethnic diversity Ethnic Groups Ethnic pluralism Ethnic Relations Ethnic relations. Racism Ethnicity Figure ground Ghettos Hispanic Americans Hispanics History Housing Housing discrimination Immigration & Neighborhood Processes Influence Massey, Douglas S Metropolitan Areas Minority & ethnic groups Minority Groups Multiculturalism Multiculturalism & pluralism Neighborhoods Perception Population Growth Prediction Race discrimination Race relations Racial diversity Racial Segregation Regression (Statistics) Residential Patterns Residential Segregation Segregation Social aspects Social problems Sociology Threat U.S.A United States Untied Sates White people Whites
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Summary:	Previous studies have shown that as the percent black or percent Hispanic grows, that groups residential segregation from whites tends to increase as well. Typically, these findings are explained in terms of white discriminatory reaction to the perceived threat associated with minority population growth. The present analysis examines whether these racial threat effects depend on the extent of racial and ethnic diversity in an area. This possibility is tested by estimating otherwise standard models of black-white and Hispanic-white segregation using metropolitan area data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. censuses. Results from robust regression analyses strongly support the prediction for each of the white-minority pairs: the racial threat effect is significantly diminished in areas with greater multi-ethnic diversity.
ISSN:	0037-7732 1534-7605