Suburbia in Black & White - 01 Mar 08 - Pt. 2

A look at the lives of African Americans in US suburbs touches on social integration, economic opportunity and jazz music.

This story of race and real estate chronicles the migration of Blacks from the cities to the suburbs since the Civil Rights revolution of the 1960s.

The neighboring towns of East Orange - almost entirely African American - and South Orange - balanced among several ethnic groups - New Jersey, offer several interesting comparisons and contrasts, especially in today's era of the sub-prime lending crisis.

The mostly African Amercian East Orange has very high rates of foreclosures, many of them the product of predatory lending practices.

The well integrated South Orange remains a model of harmony among races, and greater opportunities for building wealth.

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[realsamwise]

This is easy to answer. Suburbs win by default. Cities are NOT an answer because there are too many people, too much crime, too much noise. Small towns and the country is perfect but there are no jobs. Move jobs out of the city and to the small towns would make suburbs no longer attractive.

[J5MARLON]

Its called the American Dream, Hippy. Grow up and sell out.

[bendertl31]

GREED SUCKS!

[bendymind]

It's not 'all good.' All of the upper classes are riding on the backs of the lower class. Time to recognize the truth about your new place in the hierarchy.

[IWantDemocracyNow]

It might be beyond the scope of this interview, but i think the point needs to be raised, why is "the goal" of so many americans to live in a huge-ass house in suburbia? it's not good for the environment, and it's a classist system that only benifits the wealthy. Maybe we should talk about another way.

Oh, and PS, surburb or not, we are all living on land we stole from the Native Americans.

[jklasdfjdfksl]

mass-suffering is not an acceptable price to pay for the petty play-time of fattened elites. there can be no equality when private power is allowed to oppress freely.

[jklasdfjdfksl]

capitalist market culture dictates that people should only be able to survive as long as they can compete with money. quality of living standards is determined by capital power, which concentrates influence via money power into the hands of a small group of economic elites who own the vast majority of US wealth. these elites then blame the victims they are crushing for not overcoming the overwhelming odds they have stacked against them.

[jklasdfjdfksl]

good job taking on issues that are hidden and considered taboo in the self-righteous western media. anything that does not conform as acceptable factual information is criticized as biased by people who are scared of democracy that can exist outside of a hollow name.

[pakiman47]

it is criminal to lose your home because you got sick in a country like America.

[gjanie]

Great news!! keep them coming!