美国居住区种族隔离现状、特点和形成机制研究——兼对近期美国种族隔离政策的评析

An Analysis on Racial Separation in America’s Neighborhoods and the Roots of Segregation

民权运动以后,美国少数族裔在政治地位、社会经济状况等方面有了很大改善,赤裸裸的种族歧视不多见了,但是种族歧视依旧是美国社会的痼疾,深刻影响着的少数族裔的生活。本文通过探讨当前居住隔离的特点和现状,指出少数族裔尤其是黑人并没有因为《公平住房法》的通过,而得到得体宜居且负担得起的住房,依旧生活在种族隔离的社区,结论是政府种族隔离政策加重了居住区隔离。

Over the civil rights movement, the U.S. has made considerable changes in racial attitudes. But implicit discriminations still persist today. This paper explores the new patterns of race-based segregation in America’s neighborhoods since beginning of this century, and also focuses on the government ’s role shaping the residential segregation. We address that while segregation levels between blacks and whites have certainly declined, they remain quite high. Further, This study shows that the neighborhood environments of minorities continue to be highly unequal to those enjoyed by whites, and the government actions continue to determine today’s racial segregation patterns though it is over 50 years that the housing bias was outlawed by the Fair Housing Act of 1968.