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Racial Segregation in U.S. Neighborhoods

Despite the intentions of the nation's fair housing laws, neighborhoods in the United States continue to segregate by race.

April 15, 2021 - Brookings

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109 Counties Became 'Majority Nonwhite' Since 2000

The United States is still mostly populated by white people, but there are plenty of places where that is no longer true.

September 5, 2019 - Pew Research Center

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White People Don't Recognize Black Middle Class Neighborhoods

According to a series of studies, white people have a blindness for seeing the black middle class in neighborhoods—even if they don't display other forms of racial animus.

November 20, 2018 - Slate

Chicago, Illinois

Plans for Empty Lot Raise Gentrification Fears in Chicago's Pilsen

Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood is getting more expensive and more white, and some in the neighborhood say the plan for a new apartment complex will further that trend.

June 22, 2017 - DNA Info

Demographic Flip-Flop in Washington D.C. and Suburbs

Washington D.C. has for many years had a high population of African Americans. But now, they're moving out to the suburbs and white people are moving in.

February 19, 2011 - NPR

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