Sentences with phrase «more white neighborhoods»

Both measures of segregation indicate that children are more racially segregated between neighborhoods than adults, with white children living in slightly more white neighborhoods than white adults.

Not exact matches

Because of the distribution of crime by race — why that's the case isn't at issue here — there will be more policemen with guns in predominantly black neighborhoods than white ones.

The congregation is more white, because the neighborhoods in the parish are predominately white and my church is easiest one to get to.

This move, long desired by the Puerto Rican - born CM Mark - Viverito, reflects the transition of Manhattan Valley from being part of south Harlem into part of the Upper West Side: the neighborhood since 2000 has become substantially more white and Asian, and quite substantially less black and Latino.

Residents of those neighborhoods want fewer shelters around them and more to be built in whiter, wealthier places too.

Cops arrest more people for marijuana offenses in predominantly black and Latino neighborhoods than in mostly white areas where residents complain about the drug at similar rates.

According to a recent report by City Council member Brad Lander, 81.6 percent of white or black New Yorkers would need to move to a new neighborhood to create a more equal racial distribution in the city.

Whiter and more affluent neighborhoods like Riverdale, the Upper East Side, Forest Hills and eastern Queens also favored centrist rivals like Ms. Quinn in the Democratic primary.

Telvock found the program is beset with slipshod methods and puts more effort into testing predominantly white enclaves with few lead poisoning than in the inner - city neighborhoods where the problem is concentrated.

But longtime residents expressed anger that only now that more white people have moved to the neighborhood is it considered more livable.

And the Times found that even when the number of marijuana complaints in majority - white neighborhoods and majority - minority neighborhoods is the same, black and Hispanic individuals were arrested up to 10 times more than white individuals.

Even after controlling for driver age and gender; officer race; the crime rate and business density of the neighborhood; whether the stop resulted in a search, warning, citation, or arrest; and the severity of the offense (if there was one), more respectful language was used with white drivers than with black drivers, they report today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Both Latino and white children in Miami in 2010 lived in neighborhoods where, on average, more than 60 percent of the children were Latino.

White mothers are more vulnerable to acquiring sexually transmitted disease during pregnancy when living in racially segregated neighborhoods.

That's changed because more families (mostly white, virtually all of them affluent and well - educated) are living in west - of - the - park neighborhoods like Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase.

More than one - third are middle - class white students who would otherwise be attending their suburban neighborhood public school.

The reaction of the principal in a gentrifying neighborhood's school to the arrival of more - demanding parents largely determined whether the white, upper - middle - class families stayed at the school in spite of the yelling and other incidents, or left.

I'd never heard the term, but suddenly we envisioned McCarver as a school of excellence — good enough to pull in white students from the more affluent neighborhoods.

In other words, compared with districts that still practice zip code assignment of students to schools, are districts with public school choice systems more or less likely to have schools that over represent black students and under represent white students (or vice-versa) relative to the surrounding neighborhoods?

Teachers of color also can serve as powerful role models for minority students, who are more likely to live in poor neighborhoods than white students and less likely to know other adults who are college graduates.

A large number of black middle - class families also reside in low - income neighborhoods, and as a result, their children are more likely to attend low - income schools compared to white, middle - class families.46

In Boston, 241 out of 255 precincts (95 %) voted No on 2; the 14 precincts that voted yes were largely more affluent, white neighborhoods.

My family had chosen our neighborhood because of the academic record of its public schools and, as a result, I attended schools that were 92 percent or more white and only about 2 percent black.

Not only are black and Hispanic children more likely to grow up in poor families, but middle - class black and Hispanic children are also much more likely than poor white children to live in neighborhoods and attend schools with high concentrations of poor students.

While it's evident that white teachers are also capable of nurturing students, teachers who are ethnically similar to their students are more likely to live in the same neighborhoods and share common experiences.

Research has shown that minority students attending inner - city campuses are more likely to be held back a grade than their white peers at more affluent neighborhood schools.

It is starting to mirror the opt - out movement, which was mostly driven by well - off white parents concluding that the «poor kids» tests meant to spark more accountability in poor neighborhoods did little for their kids.

History and recent events show many white people are adamant in their quest to live in a segregated society; those with means and choice, tend to move to more segregated neighborhoods, send their kids to segregated schools.

When more affluent, white people feel they can purchase homes without committing to send their children to the neighborhood school, they are more likely to be willing to move in to struggling communities, taking advantage of lower housing prices.

Yet another study seems to indicate that white and Asian middle - class families benefit more than minority and lower - class families from open enrollment programs where students can choose to go to public schools outside of their neighborhoods.

In urban areas, low - income white students are more likely to be integrated into middle - class neighborhoods and are less likely to attend school predominantly with other disadvantaged students.

Meanwhile, the expansion of school choice in DC encouraged more white and middle - class families to send their children to public schools, and provided an escape route to some poor children who would otherwise have attended failing neighborhood schools.

Properties are available in the exclusive suburb of Clifton, which is famous for its white sandy beach and in the more laidback neighborhood of Bakoven.

Throughout the neighborhood, galleries can be found tucked into small storefronts, up narrow staircases, and more recently in newly - built white box spaces.

According to the latest research, safe drivers in a black neighborhood will pay much more for auto insurance than a safe driver in a white neighborhood will.

More than 37,000 people live in this Otero County neighborhood, whose famous local landmark is a pristine desert called the White Sands of Alamogordo.

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According to a study published in 2016 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, blacks «are significantly more likely than other Americans to live in high - poverty neighborhoods — neighborhoods characterized by poor schools and limited access to healthcare, jobs, and beneficial social networks,» even as the poverty gap between black and white neighborhoods continues to close.

A 2016 piece by The New York Times found that in many of the country's biggest metros, black households earning more than $ 100,000 or more were still more likely to live in poorer neighborhoods than white households bringing in less than $ 25,000.

Some feel this is a blue collar neighborhood, some call it a mix of white collar workers and more skilled blue collar workers.

In the last five years, the amount of income spent on rent has grown more in minority communities than in white ones, as well — by three percentage points in white neighborhoods, four percentage points in black neighborhoods and seven percentage points in Hispanic neighborhoods.

Researchers found that white households were significantly more likely to leave areas with high foreclosure rates, while black and Latino families entered these neighborhoods out of necessity or to seek newly affordable housing options.

I've noticed in some new homes in my neighborhood (we like to peek before people move in) that the trim is more beige than white.