SOC 134 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Alaska Natives, White Flight, G1 Phase
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Much more segregation today then at end of civil wa r. 1890 blac ks lived in 1% b lack ne ighborhoods, now 70% (tend to live in sa me area). *maps showing clusters of people minority groups tend to cluster together in cities. Majority of people live in ne ighborhoods with the highest levels of themselves. Property c ove nants : hold on houses for certain types of people-designed to uphold desirable. Re dlining: refuse to offer ho me loans to anyone in non white neighborhoods -anyone can pay in. Realtors/de velopers: h igh levels of d iscrimination, at least half showed it. Measures the amount of segregation between 2 groups in a city. Proble m is cannot measure more than 2 groups . Are other options but is the one most commonly used. Measures the proportions by breaking it down into neighborhoods. Ranges fro m 0 to 1, with higher nu mbers representing higher amount of segregation.
