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[quote=Anonymous]As a white person, I didn't want to live in an overwhelmingly middle and upper income white neighborhood so race and class were an issue.  Any time I live in a neighborhood like that, I find myself slowly becoming more fearful of poor and working class people and of African-Americans.  When I live in a more mixed neighborhood, it's easier to see people for who they are, not their demographic category.  I wanted my kid to grow up in a neighborhood like that, not in a small wealthy white town like I did.

However, the dynamic you describe is pretty typical and it's one reason that African American families have not been able to build up the same amount of wealth as white families. People don't realize that US government policies which rewarded white suburban flight and penalized inner city black neighborhoods have done a lot to shape residential segregation today.  That is enhanced by white fears of living in a neighborhood with too many blacks.  A good resource on this is American Apartheid by Massey and Denton -- although I'm sure you can find something more recent.  It's a bit dated.[/quote]

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