I've always seen this video on Youtube but never actually watched it.
This is a discussion with sociologist Mary Pattillo who wrote Black Picket Fences, one of the definitive studies of the black middle class.
One of the points that she makes is that the data doesn't suggest that the black working class is displaced during times of middle class transition of a black neighborhood to the extent that we think. And one of the reasons is that current residence may see the upward trend of a neighborhood and will do everything to stay put.
She says the issue is more of 'replacement' than 'displacement'. That when working class residents do decide to leave, that the next person to move in is typically someone that has a higher income.
Discussion starts at 37:41.
Mary Pattillo lives in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago and has done careful research on the movement of the neighborhood and surrounding communities.
There has been lots of discussion around the working class being pushed out of these neighborhoods especially in light of projects such as the Obama Library and the expansion of the University of Chicago.
Mary argues that the data suggest that working families tend to stay in these neighborhoods longer than working class families who stay in disinvested neighborhoods.
This is a discussion with sociologist Mary Pattillo who wrote Black Picket Fences, one of the definitive studies of the black middle class.
One of the points that she makes is that the data doesn't suggest that the black working class is displaced during times of middle class transition of a black neighborhood to the extent that we think. And one of the reasons is that current residence may see the upward trend of a neighborhood and will do everything to stay put.
She says the issue is more of 'replacement' than 'displacement'. That when working class residents do decide to leave, that the next person to move in is typically someone that has a higher income.
Discussion starts at 37:41.
Mary Pattillo lives in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago and has done careful research on the movement of the neighborhood and surrounding communities.
There has been lots of discussion around the working class being pushed out of these neighborhoods especially in light of projects such as the Obama Library and the expansion of the University of Chicago.
Mary argues that the data suggest that working families tend to stay in these neighborhoods longer than working class families who stay in disinvested neighborhoods.
