Won't You be My Neighbor: Race, Class, and Residence in Los Angeles

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Index Boldface numbers refer to figures and tables. acculturation, 42, 57, 88 accumulated wealth: definition of, 18; future research opportunities, 217n6; and homeownership, 80; and housing expenditures, 71, 74; by racialethnic group, 18, 22. See also assets, financial affirmative action, 121–22 affluence, perceptions by racial-ethnic group, 106–7 affluent immigrants or natives, definition of, 93 African Americans. See blacks age and: homeownership, 81; housing expenditures, 74, 75; neighborhood composition preferences, 144, 157 aggregate-level analyses, 42–43, 45, 202n4 Alba, R., 43, 44, 45, 69, 83, 88, 167, 203n9, 210n15 American Apartheid (Massey and Denton ), 42 American Dream, 82 antidiscrimination laws, 187–88 Asian Indians, 45 Asians: affirmative action, 122; competition with other racial-ethnic groups, 123, 124–25; discrimination against, 116, 211n8; discrimination by, 110; economic inequality, 17; economic status, 106–7; financial assets, 18; homeownership, 65, 66, 76–83, 208n2; housing expenditures, 65, 66, 68, 69–76; housing market discrimination , 60–61, 102, 117–20, 121; ingroup attachment, 99, 100, 156, 165–66, 216n1; median home value, 67; median household income, 67; national origin differences, 45; neighborhood characteristics, 67, 69; neighborhood composition preferences , 132, 136, 151–58, 161, 165–66, 173, 181–86, 196–97; neighborhood integration preferences, 50–51, 126–28; neighborhood outcomes vs. whites, 94–95, 96, 97; neighborhood proximity to minorities, 174–80; neighborhood proximity to whites, 84–89, 170, 182; neighborhood socioeconomic status, 89–93; population , 8, 9, 11, 12–14; poverty rates, 17, 67; public housing experience, 66, 157; racial attitudes, 20, 108, 109–16, 156, 158, 183; rank order of, 130, 164, Asians (cont.) 183; residential segregation patterns , 22–27, 42; social distance, 111–12, 114; socioeconomic status and residential outcomes, 44; stereotypes of, 105, 116; stereotyping by, 104–5, 109, 110–11, 113–14, 189. See also immigrants and immigration assets, financial: data limitations, 83; and homeownership, 81; and neighborhood affluence, 92; and neighborhood proximity to whites, 87; by racial-ethnic group, 18 Atlanta: Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, 52; residential segregation in, 25 attitudes. See racial attitudes audit studies, 59, 61–62, 188, 205–7n18 Bertrand, M., 207n21 Bitterman, B., 45 blackness, 45, 149 blacks: affirmative action, 122; competition with other racial-ethnic groups, 123, 124, 142–43, 164; discrimination against, 102, 116; economic inequality, 17; economic status , 106–7; and education, 82; ethnocentrism of, 53; financial assets, 18; homeownership, 65, 66, 76–83, 208n2; housing expenditures, 65, 66, 68, 69–76; housing market discrimination , 60–62, 117–20, 121; immigrants ’ view of, 56–57; in-group attachment , 99, 100, 143, 165; and Koreans, 19–20, 157–58; L.A. institutions , 6–7; median home value, 67; median household income, 67; middle class, 184; national-origin differences, 45; neighborhood characteristics , 67, 68; neighborhood composition preferences, 135, 140–45, 164–65, 183, 193; neighborhood integration preferences, 48–52, 53, 127; neighborhood outcomes vs. whites, 95; neighborhood proximity to minorities, 174, 175, 177; neighborhood proximity to whites, 84–89, 168–73, 182; neighborhood socioeconomic status, 89–93; population, 8, 9, 10, 12–14; poverty rates, 17, 67; as preferred neighbors, 127–28, 129; public housing experience, 64, 66, 92, 144–45; racial attitudes, 101, 108, 109–16, 140–45, 183; rank order of, 130, 164, 183; residential segregation patterns, 22–27, 42; Rodney King riots , 19–21, 157–58; social distance, 112, 114, 142, 143; socioeconomic status and residential outcomes, 43–44, 46; stereotypes of, 104, 112, 189; stereotyping by, 104–5, 109, 111, 113, 114–15; in suburban areas, 4, 43; urban underclass, 40; Watts riots, 18–19 Blumer, H., 47 Bobo, L., 21, 51, 52, 58, 101, 212n11 Boston, racial discrimination study, 207n21 Boston Fed Study, 207n19 Carr, J., 207n19 census data, 63, 83, 167, 202–3n5, 208n2 census tracks, 10, 200n8 Central Americans, 149, 175. See also Latinos Chai, M., 54 chain migration, 200n9 Charles, C., 204n14 Chicago, study of labor market discrimination , 207n21 Chinese: homeownership, 81, 82–83; housing discrimination, 61, 97, 120, 238 Index 210n17; neighborhood affluence, 45; neighborhood composition preferences , 151–55; socioeconomic status, 115–16. See also Asians “Chocolate City, Vanilla Suburbs” (Farley), 48 citizenship status, and homeownership , 76 class. See social class position Closed Doors, Opportunities Lost (Yinger), 59 common fate identity, 99–101, 156 competition, among racial-ethnic groups: analysis of, 123–25; Asians, 123, 124–25; blacks, 123, 124, 142–43, 164; employment issues, 123, 124; immigrants, 124...