Geography of Race in the United States

Map of race and ethnicity in 2010 in Houston Texas.

Geography of Race in the United States

The Intersection of race and geography in the United States of America.

Introduction

This Wikibook explores the spatial distribution of racial groups in the United States, their historical and contemporary causes, and the consequences for racial inequality. Location is important for accessing many goods and services: decent housing, employment opportunities, voting power, education, low-cost public services, a clean environment, connections to influential people. Managing the spatial distribution of racial groups has been a key tool for controlling who gets access to these goods and services. This website focuses on the role of government and law in determining the spacial distribution of racial groups, although some attention is also paid to private sector actions. The interactive maps and other information contained in this book reveal several dimensions of this process.

Table of Contents

• Racial segregation in the US
• Causes of housing segregation
• Economic consequences of segregation
• Race, voting rights and segregation
• Racial segregation in education

Acknowledgements

The main authors of this book are Elizabeth Anderson and Jeffrey Jones. The Wikibook is based on their original work of 2002 and is reproduced here under its CC-BY-SA 4.0 licence. Modifications by the Wikibooks community are not necessarily endorsed by the original authors.

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