Between the 1970s and the 2000s, disparities between black and white children living in subsidized housing disappeared. Well, mostly.
With respect to neighborhood quality—a key determinant of economic mobility and longevity—things haven’t changed much. Black children are still relegated to separate and unequal areas: They’re nine times more likely than their white counterparts to live in segregated, low-opportunity neighborhoods, a new study by Sandra J. Newman and Scott Holupka at Johns Hopkins University, finds.
