Sentences with phrase «wealthy white neighborhoods»

Besides the racial composition, wealthy black neighborhoods function are essentially the same as wealthy white neighborhoods; there are spacious lawns, neighborhood associations, and «block» parties that are held in the lavish cul - de-sacs (Lacy, 2007).

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

He recited a litany of statistics comparing crime rates in minority neighborhoods like Brownsville, Brooklyn, to wealthier, whiter areas, like Murray Hill, Manhattan.

Dr. Brookfield and her colleagues studied Florida women with invasive cervical cancer and found that white or Hispanic women lived longer than African - Americans (who tended to be diagnosed later than other women), as did those with health insurance or who lived in wealthier neighborhoods.

This process is wrought with undertones of race and class, particularly as it could limit access to some of the district's best schools — most of which are located in the wealthy, majority - white neighborhoods of the Upper Northwest quadrant.

In Washington, D.C., for instance, private schools proliferate in the white, wealthier areas of the city and majority - black charter schools are situated in the black, poorer neighborhoods (see figures 1 and 2).

The schools are primarily located in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods, and while they have many of the freedoms granted charters in how the schools are run, they adhere to all district collective bargaining agreements and also receive their budgets directly from the district.

U.S. News & World Report looks at the trend of white, wealthy neighborhoods seceding from their school districts to form new districts.

In most places, the whiter the neighborhood, the better the school system; and the better the school system, the higher the prices of homes, making it impossible for those who aren't wealthy to escape substandard schools.

Consequently, when users slide the rating bar up, toward higher scores, they often eliminate all but the wealthiest, and therefore whitest, neighborhoods and towns.

Although these families live in wealthy black neighborhoods themselves, the school districts as a whole are usually not as wealthy compared to white suburbs because they have a closer proximity to poorer black areas (Lacy, 2007).

But too often, low - income neighborhoods and communities of color get picked as sites for polluting factories, while wealthier, predominantly white communities are left alone.

If you are thinking that the price difference is because white neighborhoods in big cities tend to be wealthier than black neighborhoods in big cities, think again.

So basically, it means that wealthier people (usually white) have taken interest in a run - down neighborhood (typically where minorities live), so they move in and begin fixing up houses and other properties.