The Black Metropolis in the Twenty-first Century: Race, Power, and Politics of PlaceRobert Doyle Bullard This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization. Whether intended or unintended, many government policies (housing, transportation, land use, environmental, economic development, education, etc.) have aided and in some cases subsidized suburban sprawl, job flight, and spatial mismatch; concentrated urban poverty; and heightened racial and economic disparities. |
Contents
The Black Metropolis in the Era of Sprawl | 17 |
Structural Racism and Spatial Jim Crow | 41 |
Residential Apartheid American Style | 67 |
Dilemma of Place and Suburbanization of the Black Middle Class | 87 |
Walling In or Walling Out Gated Communities | 111 |
Spatial Mismatch and Job Sprawl | 127 |
Atlanta A Black Mecca? | 149 |
Black New Orleans Before and After Hurricane Katrina | 173 |
Health Disparities in Black Los Angeles | 199 |
Black Political Power in the New Century | 221 |
Achieving Equitable Development | 243 |
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About the Editor and Contributors | 279 |
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