Essay On Racial Segregation
Do you think that this countries neighborhoods were built by racial segregation? The Racial segregation of cities and suburbs have defined this nation since after World War 2. The main topics in this paper are why the segregation happened, the long-term impact on African Americans, and how Urban Renewal is connected to the rise of racial segregation.
The Racial segregation starts after the end of WW2. There was a demand for houses for troops who are coming home from the war. Major housing developments happened and the suburbia’s were created. Many of the African Americans fighting in the war wanted to buy homes in these new suburbs. The only problem was there was a research that said one or more diverse families moved into the neighborhood it would lower retail prices. This forced the non-Caucasian families to move to more red on the redlining maps. The red on these maps showed the neighborhoods with low retail prices (a lot of minorities lived here). The green neighborhood showed the housing with …show more content…
One effect because of the segregation was the lack of high paying jobs in the area. Another is not having a good education. There was the issue on restrictive covenant to. According to dictionary.com restrictive covenant is “a covenant with a clause that restricts the action of any party to it, especially an area deemed to be a property owners not to sell to members of particular minority groups”. There has been causes of restrictive covenant laws in Seattle. A town called Levittown is the best example of restrictive covenant. The owners of the housing in Levittown Abraham (father), William (son), and Alfred (son) Levit. They would not sell any housing to Africans or other minorities. This suburb was 70,000 whites with no blacks according to http://ushistoryscene.com on para 10. The NAACP sued this town. A Pennsylvanian court said the government agencies weren’t supposed to prevent housing discrimination (para
The Racial segregation starts after the end of WW2. There was a demand for houses for troops who are coming home from the war. Major housing developments happened and the suburbia’s were created. Many of the African Americans fighting in the war wanted to buy homes in these new suburbs. The only problem was there was a research that said one or more diverse families moved into the neighborhood it would lower retail prices. This forced the non-Caucasian families to move to more red on the redlining maps. The red on these maps showed the neighborhoods with low retail prices (a lot of minorities lived here). The green neighborhood showed the housing with …show more content…
One effect because of the segregation was the lack of high paying jobs in the area. Another is not having a good education. There was the issue on restrictive covenant to. According to dictionary.com restrictive covenant is “a covenant with a clause that restricts the action of any party to it, especially an area deemed to be a property owners not to sell to members of particular minority groups”. There has been causes of restrictive covenant laws in Seattle. A town called Levittown is the best example of restrictive covenant. The owners of the housing in Levittown Abraham (father), William (son), and Alfred (son) Levit. They would not sell any housing to Africans or other minorities. This suburb was 70,000 whites with no blacks according to http://ushistoryscene.com on para 10. The NAACP sued this town. A Pennsylvanian court said the government agencies weren’t supposed to prevent housing discrimination (para