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aWell organized, tightly written and full of interesting and
provocative information. The authors produced a very good piece of
scholarship that is theoretically grounded and attentive to detail,
especially concerning methodological issues including the potential
limitations of their study.a
--Victoria Basolo, University of California, Irvine
aThis well written book makes a major contribution to urban
sociology and race/ethnic studies.a--"Choice"
a[W]ill be fascinating for policy makers and scholars concerned
with housing patterns and racial discrimination.a
--"Jewish Book World"
"An excellent and timely volume, very well written, clearly
organized, and cogently argued."
--Douglas S. Massey, author of "Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican
Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration"
"The Housing Divide brilliantly transforms the Big Apple into a
crystal ball for glimpsing the racial and ethnic future of 21st
century America. The core finding--that, just as in the past,
racial discrimination keeps Americans with African ancestry from
taking advantage of opportunities used by the newest immigrants and
their children to get ahead--portends a troubling future in which
American society may cleave between blacks and non-blacks. This
book is a wake-up call to America to finally address racial
discrimination in housing."
--Richard Alba, co-author of "Remaking the American Mainstream:
Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration"
"The Housing Divide takes a hard look at housing and
neighborhood quality in the nation's largest and most diverse city.
It exposes longstanding features that are found in most American
cities, including the potential for upward mobility by some
immigrant newcomers, the traps that others fall into, and the
continuing reality of racial discrimination that limits progress
for too many New Yorkers."
&3151;John R. Logan, editor of "The New Chinese City:
Globalization and Market Reform"
The Housing Divide examines the generational patterns in New
York City's housing market and neighborhoods along the lines of
race and ethnicity. The book provides an in-depth analysis of many
immigrant groups in New York, especially providing an understanding
of the opportunities and discriminatory practices at work from one
generation to the next. Through a careful read of such factors as
home ownership, housing quality, and neighborhood rates of crime,
welfare enrollment, teenage pregnancy, and educational achievement,
Emily Rosenbaum and Samantha Friedman provide a detailed portrait
of neighborhood life and socio-economic status for the immigrants
of New York.
The book paints an important, if disturbing, picture. The
authors argue that not only are Blacks--regardless of
generation--disadvantaged relative to members of other
racial/ethnic groups in their ability to obtain housing in
high-quality neighborhoods, but that housing and neighborhood
conditions actually decline over generations. Rosenbaum and
Friedman's findings suggest that the future of racial inequality in
this country will increasingly isolate Blacks from all other
groups. In other words, the "color line" may be shifting from a
line separating Blacks from Whites to one separating Blacks from
all non-Blacks.
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