Famous Black Sociologist, William Julius Wilson, discussed "ghettos" in his classic, "When Work...

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"When Work Disappears"

The Disappearance of Jobs
A. Decline of Manufacturing: Good jobs, with good wages,
...... These
jobs also offered job mobility within the industry, thereby
fostering stability.
B. With the decline of manufacturing, growth of the service
economy, which pays less, offers less security, and sometimes requires more skills, or at least, another skill
set. .....C. The internationalization ..... Flight of factories to countries where there is cheap and often non-unionized labor.
C. In short, industrial restructuring has taken its toll on Americans, especially American males. (The losers in this.....


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What other Factors have contributed to the creation of ghettos?

1. Federal Government Policy : Government withheld mortgage capital, thereby making it difficult for urban residents to
purchase their homes. FHA redlined black neighborhoods, by not underwriting mortgage loans – seen as “high risks.”
.2. Growth of suburbs, with different revenue streams.
3. Lack of government efforts to combat racial discrimination in housing markets helped lead to the construction of massive public housing projects were heavily minority and poor.
4. Crisis of Public Education funding. Poor neighborhoods tend to have poor and under-resourced schools.

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/political-science/17-523-ethnicity-and-race-in-world-politics-fall-2005/lecture-notes/o_l09.pdf


most sociologists define a "ghetto" as a place where people are both trapped in poverty and trapped by discrimination

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