Residential segregation is central to reproducing social inequality

Evidence

In sum, the combination of a rising rate of poverty and a high level of racial or ethnic segregation inevitably yields a geographic concentration of poverty that markedly lowers the odds of socioeconomic success for individual minority members. This finding implies that residential segregation is a key factor within broader processes of racial and ethnic stratification, and centrally implicated in the reproduction and maintenance of social inequality. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2433

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the structural-racism framing common across the rest of this Companion volume. — connects to: Housing asset ownership now structures class and inequality more than occupation does. — Paul Langley, Assets and Assetization in…, 39; Segregation yields real psychological safety benefits that complicate any push to integrate — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 104; Housing discrimination, not just law, produced northern school segregation — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1182 (+3 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2433