Sentences with phrase «white suburbs because»

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).

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Generally accused of being materialistic by intellectual friends and foes alike, these blue - and white - collar workers were in fact trying to amass goods, get promoted, buy two cars and move to the suburbs because these are the things that society tells them they must do in order to win a sense of personal dignity and worth.

Because Muktoyuk grew up in a predominately white suburb in Portland, Oregon, these experiences gave him a much needed connection to his culture.

Children from black families in white suburbs are also set up for further success because they learn cultural characteristics of the white upper and middle classes, which are typically favored in American society.

Worried about falling home values because of their new neighbor, the rest of the white families in the inner city neighborhood would often sell their own houses at a loss and flee to the suburbs.

While the abhorrent signs are long gone, many towns and suburbs remain mostly white because the mentality of segregation persists.