Residential Segregation 24

Question 1

In 2010, what percent of tracts had zero black residents?

Answer 1

.5 percent (Glaeser & Vigdor 2012)

Question 2

What has been the dominant demographic change in the ghetto since 1970?

Answer 2

Depopulation and not ethnic or racial change has been the dominant demographic change in the ghetto since 1970. (Glaeser & Vigdor 2012)

Question 3

What percent of the populated census tracts in the country have at least one resident who claims Hispanic ethnicity?

Answer 3

99.8 percent (Glaeser & Vigdor 2012)

Question 4

Define redlining.

Answer 4

Redlining is when a mortgage with a given set of applicant, property, and loan characteristics is more likely to be turned down in a minoirty than a white neighborhood. (Yinger 1995)

Question 5

What is blockbusting?

Answer 5

Blockbusting - The use of comments about racial or ethnic change to encourage panic selling, and discrimination in real estate advertising. (Yinger 1995)