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Blacks and Other Racial Minorities: The Significance of Color in Inequality
Joe T. Darden, Michigan State University
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ABSTRACT: The major thesis of this paper is that the lower socioeconomic status of
Blacks compared to Asians, Hispanics, and Native Americans is due primarily
to greater racial' discrimination against Blacks in housing. A critical
result of this housing discrimination is reduced employment opportunities.
Discrimination by Whites against the four racial/ethnic minority groups
occurs along a continuum. Asians experience the least housing
discrimination and as a consequence have greater employment opportunities.
The level of discrimination increases from Asian to Hispanic[1] to Native
American to Black.
The effect of such discrimination in housing is manifest in the varying
degrees of minority group residential segregation and suburbanization. The
differential patterns of residential segregation and suburbanization are
related to the educational and employment opportunities available. These
differential opportunities result in differential levels of income,
education, and occupation.
SUGGESTED CITATION:
Joe T. Darden,
"Blacks and Other Racial Minorities: The Significance of Color in Inequality"
(June 1, 1988).
Institute for Social Science Research.
Volume IV. 1988-89 - Conference on Comparative Ethnicity: The Conference Papers, June 1988.
Paper 3.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/issr/volume4/3
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