Racial inequality in New York City since 1965

In the past, the study of racial inequality in New York City has usually had a narrow focus, examining particular social problems affecting ethnic-racial groups. In contrast, this book provides a comprehensive overview of racial inequality in the city's economy, housing, and education sectors o...

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Other Authors: Bowser, Benjamin P.,, Devadutt, Chelli, 1944-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Physical Description: xlvi, 406 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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Table of Contents:
  • Economy : inequality in New York City [NYC] : the intersection of race and class / James A. Parrot
  • Housing : the paradox of inclusion and segregation in the nation's melting pot / Ingrid Gould Ellen, Jessica Yager, and Maxwell Austensen
  • Education : NYC school segregation then and now : plus c̦a change / Norman Fruchter and Christina Mokhtar
  • Education addendum : improving school culture to reduce educational disparities for black and latino young men / Adriana Villavicencio, Shifra Goldenberg, and Sarah Klevan
  • Government : do mayors matter? race, justice and the men in City Hall, 1965-2017 / Jarrett Murphy
  • African Americans : African Americans and racialized inequality in NYC / Benjamin P. Bowser
  • Latino Americans : the evolving Latino population in NYC / Hector R. Cordero-Guzman
  • West Indian Americans : select socio-economic characteristics of West Indian immigration in NYC / Calvin Holder and Aubrey W. Bonnett
  • Asian Americans : immigration, diversity, and disparity / Howard Shih
  • Ethnic conflict : how much exists in NYC? / Benjamin P. Bowser, John Flateau, Hector Cordero-Guzman, Howard Shih, Calvin Holder and Aubrey W. Bonnett
  • Policing : stop and frisk : continuity of racial control and reconstructed blackness / Natalie P. Byfield
  • Policing addendum : race-based discrimination in expert witness testimony / George W. Woods and Stephen Greenspan
  • Public health : public policy, HIV/AIDS and destruction of community in NYC / Robert Fullilove
  • Public health addendum : inequalities in health and access to health services in NYC : change and continuity / Michael K. Gusmano and Victor G. Rodwin
  • Human development index : the five New Yorks : understanding inequality by place and race in NYC / Kristen Lewis and Sarah Burd-Sharps
  • Public housing : public housing : New York's third city / Victor Bach
  • Political participation : Black New Yorkers : 50 years of closing the political inequality gap, 1965-2016 / John Flateau
  • Social capital : social capital, gentrification, and inequality in NYC / James Rodriguez, Robert Hawkins, and Andrew Wilkes.