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Title: Race, Place, and Citizenship: The Influence of Segregation on Latino Educational Attainment
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2022
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DOI: 10.24926/25730037.639
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Abstract: As the population of the United States has diversified over the last fifty years, the nation’s key sectors of housing, education, and labor have absorbed this diversity with varying degrees of receptivity. In 2019, Latinos continued their status as the nation’s largest minority group, comprising nearly twenty percent of the population (18.5%), outnumbering the African American/Black population by more than five percentage points (13.4%) as well as the Asian population by more than twelve percentage points (5.9%). Latino-origin individuals are now part of the nation’s local schools, markets, and neighborhoods, yet, despite the growing presence of the Latino population, these institutions remain remarkably segregated, at least by race and income. Segregation results in differential exposure to neighborhood conditions that could lead to increased opportunity for educational attainment and increased wages, among other social and health factors. The negative outcomes associated with this lack of exposure have been recognized for Black Americans and are now increasingly present for Latinos. These measures are particularly relevant by metropolitan area.
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Authors: Flores, Stella M; Lyons, Suzanne M; Carroll, Tim; Zapata, Delina
Periodical (Full): Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Pages: 1-30
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
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