Residential Segregation 6

Question 1

“Assimilation” should not be simply thought of as an indicator of the event to which a group is becoming just like non-Hispanic whites. What is another way to view it?

Answer 1

It is a reduction in group differences, and in fact particular groups can experience a reduction in differences from each other.

Question 2

Increased diversity between 1980 and 2000 leads to decreased segregation for which group?

Answer 2

Blacks - This is consistent with the notion that the presence of other minority groups, and Hispanics in particular, may serve as a “buffer” between whites and blacks. (Iceland 2009)

Question 3

What is the relationship between Hispanics and Asians to segregation in relation to their population growth between 1980 to 2000?

Answer 3

There is an increase in segregation, which affirms the notion that continued high levels of immigration my be increasing segregation of those groups at least in the short run. (Iceland 2009)

Question 4

White segregation from other groups declined over the 1980-2000 period but it declined less in places with the largest increases in _________.

Answer 4

Diversity - this is consistent with white aversion of diverse neighborhoods; also, the inflow of many recent immigrants who tend to display higher levels of segregation–is also serving to, at least in the short run, produce greater white segregation from others in these diverse areas. (Iceland 2009)

Question 5

According to Iceland (2009), Hispanic race groups show particularly low levels of segregation from native-born Hispanics not of their own race. What does this indicate?

Answer 5

It indicates the salience of a pan-Hispanic identity crosses racial boundaries.