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Sarah Gardner 1 February 2012 Segregation Curtailed in U.S. Cities, Study Finds Segregaton Improving? Summary: The rates of segregation in U.S neighborhoods is improving. This article is not saying that the issue of segregation in the U.S. is even closed to being close, but that we are making improvments. There are more Asians and Hispanics mixed in then Blacks. All white neighborhoods are almost completely gone but gehttos, a neighborhood were all black people live, while they aren’t seen as much today are still around. The average white person lives in a neighborhood that is 78 percent white and 7 percent black. The average black person lives in a neighborhood that is 45 percent black and 36 percent white. The Sun Belt where there has been the most integration due to immigrants congregating there and lower mortgages. 424 out of the nation’s 72,531 census tracts recorded that there were no black people living in their neighborhoods which is an extreme improvement from just 40 years ago. Relevance: Segregation is not a new thing for the U.S. it started hundreds of years ago. It started when black people were brought over from Africa and forced to be slaves for white people (Stonaker). In 1866 they started looking into these laws and by 1868 most of the laws making blacks slaves were repealed (Stonaker). Things looked to be changing but then the “separate but equal” laws came into play, such as the Jim Crow laws (Racial). The Jim Crow Laws were laws that segregated things like public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks (Jim Crow). These laws were in use from 1876 to 1965 (Jim Crow). The Ku Klux Klan was a black hate group that is still around today even though its numbers have dropped greatly. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King were great black leaders that helped try to end segregation (Racial). While segregation is still seen in our world today it’s definitely not as big of a problem as it was back then. Evaluation: America has come so far when it comes to segregation and I think that shows our willingness to change and except new people. America is one of the only countries that is said to be a “melting pot”. By a melting pot I mean all the cultures and all the different people coming together show what being an American is all about. In America we have people of all different cultures and races living side by side. Being an American is about loving your neighbors and treating everyone equal and I think we have come a long way in just 100 years. I think the way people come together in a time of need no matter what race everyone is, is very exceptional.


 * Questions: **


 * 1) One day will we see all black ghettos disappear?
 * 2) Will there ever be no segregation?
 * 3) Will other countries follow in America’s footsteps?
 * 4) How many people in the world are actually in favor of segregation?
 * 5) Will the Ku Klux Klan ever fall apart completely?
 * 6) What forms of segregation are still happening today?
 * 7) How many people have died because of violent acts due to segregation?
 * 8) What are some recent court cases on segregation?


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"Jim Crow laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." //Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia//. N.p., 27 Jan. 2012. Web. 2 Feb. 2012. .

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">"Racial segregation in the United States." //Wikipedia//. Wikipedia, 28 Jan. 2012. Web. 2 Jan. 2012. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the_United_States>.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Stonaker, Brielle Stonaker, and Arica Shepard. "Segregation." //Kaw Valley Online | USD 321//. N.p., 5 Apr. 2011. Web. 2 Feb. 2012. <http://www.kawvalley.k12.ks.us/brown_v_board/segregation.htm>.