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This chapter focuses on the dynamic racial composition of the United States. It begins with a critical reexamination of the underlying theoretical orientation of An American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal, who writes that the African-American problem is due to lack of assimilation or resistance to amalgamation into white American culture. It then discusses the factors that caused the changes in the racial composition of the United States and the important implications for the future. Finally, the chapter examines the limits of racial assimilation.

This chapter highlights the composition of minority children in racially and ethnically isolated schools. It also explores the extent to which school racial composition affects student learning. The chapter employs AN analytic approach and data structure to examine disparities in cognitive development that occurs during the school year from learning during the summer months.

This chapter examines the role of spatial dynamics and neighborhood characteristics on police stop rates by incorporating the experiences of White, Black, and Hispanic motorists. Utilizing census data and information that includes crime reports, officers' demographic and behavioral indicators, and police–citizen contacts from the Miami-Dade Police Department, it assesses macro-level, structural predictors of stops, such as racial composition, disadvantage, and social disorder, to understand the spatial clustering of stops in relation to neighborhood characteristics, and to explore the influence of nearby areas on the potential for police–citizen interactions in Miami-Dade communities. The hypotheses discussed suggest important differences in the influence of disorder relative to race and ethnicity.

This book has explored the structural and cultural dynamics that occur in the aftermath of racial integration by focusing on the case of Parkmont. By following the neighborhood of Parkmont through two distinct phases of change, it has demonstrated the complexities of race effects in the face of neighborhood transition. It has also shown that interracial cooperation and increased agency for both the black pioneers and white stayers are positive outcomes of Parkmont's changing racial composition. The book concludes by summarising its key findings and their implications for maintaining racially integrated neighborhoods and sustaining more viable, stable black communities. It also considers why and how neighborhoods that experience white flight work the way they do in the current era of white population loss in many U.S. cities. Finally, it discusses the reasons why these neighborhoods are vulnerable to black flight.

This introductory chapter discusses the overall level of racial segregation of housing in the United States. Data from the 2010 census indicate that the “average” whites live in a neighborhood that is 75 percent white. On the other hand, the racial composition of the residential neighborhoods where African Americans live is very different. Despite tolerance scores indicating that African Americans prefer to live in racially integrated communities, typical African Americans live in a neighborhood that is only 35 percent white. This study indicates that there are still wide gaps in the housing experiences of African Americans and whites. In relation to this research, the book examines the integration into white neighborhoods of African Americans—the nation's most segregated racial minority group.

This chapter examines the dynamics of the only organization in Minnesota in which both women of color and white women embrace race and class consciousness frames. It also explores political and racial-geographic factors in Minnesota that may contribute to this anomaly among organizations. Organizational structure and racial composition of leadership may influence the use of these types of frames by white women, thus reinforcing not only the shared sense of mission among group members, but also a similar perspective on the interlocking nature of oppression based on race, class, and gender. The chapter argues for a more expansive view of movement success not only as a way to fully capture the diversity of movement activities and goals, but also in recognition of the interconnectedness of issues of social justice that necessitate an intersectional alternative to the racial ideology of colorblindness.

This introductory chapter discusses the overall level of racial segregation of housing in the United States. Data from the 2010 census indicate that the “average” whites live in a neighborhood that is 75 percent white. On the other hand, the racial composition of the residential neighborhoods where African Americans live is very different. Despite tolerance scores indicating that African Americans prefer to live in racially integrated communities, typical African Americans live in a neighborhood that is only 35 percent white. This study indicates that there are still wide gaps in the housing experiences of African Americans and whites. In relation to this research, the book examines the integration into white neighborhoods of African Americans—the nation's most segregated racial minority group.

Demography includes not only fertility, mortality, and immigration, but also the racial and gender composition of the population, living arrangements, marriage, divorce, the timing of the entry and exit from the workforce and age-, gender-, and race-specific health and disability. Economic demography is a vast topic and just a tip of the iceberg is provided by discussing the important connections between the two fields. This book offers deeper analysis of a variety of issues such as the impact of greater wealth on choices about marriage and childbearing and the effects of aging populations on housing prices, Social Security, and Medicare.

This chapter summarizes key findings and presents some final thoughts. This book examines two related propositions. The first is that there has been a shift in power over time that has resulted in something like a Democratic “lock” on the Electoral College. The second is that changes in state demographic characteristics—in particular changes in the racial and ethnic composition of key states—have moved some states from the Republican to the Democratic column. Evidence presented in the preceding five chapters shows that while there is some truth to both propositions, the full story is more complicated. The chapter also considers trends in key population characteristics over the last few election cycles and identifies states in which the trends favor one party over the other. Based on these trends, we can get a sense of the potential for either party to realize gains in relative strength in the future