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It might be an outdated model of segregation? Maybe it explains the origins of segregated suburbs in the 1940s, but doesn't explain its persistence into the 202
by nerdponx 5y ago
It might be an outdated model of segregation? Maybe it explains the origins of segregated suburbs in the 1940s, but doesn't explain its persistence into the 2020s.
- civilized 5y agoI think this is probably right.
- nine_k 5y agoSegregation is not limited to places where people choose to live. Large amounts of (self-)segregation are easy to observe in any mixed social setting, such as social networks (within them, across them), communities of whatever practice, scientific schools, etc.
- nerdponx 5y agoGood point, and in those contexts the model seems to more or less line up with what I personally observe.
- asiachick 5y agoI guess it depends on what you mean by "explain". Any small tendency is enough to cause segregation. Want to live near relatives. Want to live near grocery store that caries your ancestors cuisine's ingredients. etc...
- civilized 5y agoRelatives plus culture seems like more than enough to do it, no matter how egalitarian or "antiracist" the local politics.