Segregation Data Based on Racist Premise, Critics Say. Bruce Murphy.
by Murphy, Bruce; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 22Human Relations. Publisher: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): African American neighborhoods | Cities and towns -- Ratings | Demographic surveys | Milwaukee (Wis.) | Neighborhood | Race -- Statistics | Race relations | SegregationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Most researchers who measure segregation begin with the premise that it's bad to have many African-Americans in a neighborhood." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article explains the common use of the dissimilarity, or segregation, index method of measuring racial integration in cities and how this approach is racially biased and misleading, often showing western cities with few blacks as the most integrated.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Segregation Data Based on Racist Premise, Critics Say, Jan. 14, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Most researchers who measure segregation begin with the premise that it's bad to have many African-Americans in a neighborhood." (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL) This article explains the common use of the dissimilarity, or segregation, index method of measuring racial integration in cities and how this approach is racially biased and misleading, often showing western cities with few blacks as the most integrated.
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