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MEDIA REPORTS ON SEGREGATION AND HOMEOWNERSHIP
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"People
of color are increasingly making the dream of suburban home ownership
a reality, but 2000 US Census figures also show many communities are
growing increasingly segregated" Mapping the Quiet Divide,
Boston Globe, March 9,
2003 Author: Kimberly Atkins |
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"The level
of homeownership for all groups is lower in the city of Albany than
in the county, but the rate is still twice as high for whites as it
is for blacks. Almost 46 percent of non-Hispanic white city residents
own their homes, while about 22 percent of African Americans do. "This
suggests that the racial disparity in homeownership is much greater
than it is for the nation,'' said John Logan, distinguished professor
of sociology at the University at Albany, who helped the Times Union
interpret the census data. " The
Times Union, April 10, 2002. Author: JACQUELYN SWEARINGEN. |
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"...in 2000,
the average Hispanic household that owned a home in San Diego County
lived in a neighborhood that was 30 percent Latino, while Hispanic
renters typically resided in neighborhoods where 36 percent of the
households were Hispanic. That's based on an analysis of census data
prepared for The San Diego Union-Tribune by sociology professor John
Logan of the State University of New York at Albany. " The
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 7, 2002. Authors: Lori Weisberg
and Leonel Sanchez. |
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