building a multiracial society (questions)

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1. Sometimes people observe racial segregation and assume it is because of comfort and choice on the part of people of color, as opposed to any further barriers being erected by whites today.

What evidence can you point to from this week’s module in housing and relationships that counters this “purely individual choice” argument?  Give at least three data points, use your own words, and think like a sociologist.

Apply appropriate paragraph breaks and punctuation in your response as well as source citations

2. After the late 1960s, (a) interracial marriage was no longer illegal in the US, nor was (b) housing discrimination, or (c) school segregation.

Please identify two specific improvements that occurred in any of those three areas from approximately 1970 to 2000, as well as two specific examples that attest to the persistence of racial segregation in any of the three areas.

Apply appropriate paragraph breaks and punctuation in your response as well as source citations.

3.  Social science evidence does show us that some types of cross-racial contacts in neighborhoods and relationships are increasing, even as other types of segregation persist.

Is it occurring between some particular ethnic groups more than others, in some generations more than others, in some areas of the country more than others?

Cite at least three data points to identify where the “stubborn spots” are in terms of progress on building a multiracial society here (in terms of housing and relationships specifically).

Apply appropriate paragraph breaks and punctuation in your response as well as source citations.