Racial Apartheid in a Small North Carolina Town

Johnson, James H., Jr.; Parnell, Allan M.; Joyner, Ann Moss; Christman, Carolyn J.; & Marsh, Ben. (2004). Racial Apartheid in a Small North Carolina Town. Review of Black Political Economy, 31(4), 89-107.

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Johnson, James H., Jr.
Parnell, Allan M.
Joyner, Ann Moss
Christman, Carolyn J.
Marsh, Ben

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2004

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Review of Black Political Economy

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31

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4

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89-107

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GIS-based spatial analysis and mapping techniques are used to document several pernicious forms of racial discrimination, which are sapping the lifeblood from African American communities in a small town in central North Carolina. The discrimination builds upon a historical pattern of racial residential segregation unique to small southern towns and involves the intentional manipulation of zoning and land-use regulations by local White elites. Resembling the apartheid-like conditions that have contributed to the growth of an underclass in U.S. cities, African Americans in this small town are denied political involvement in economic development decision-making and access to critical infrastructure resources like sewer services, while their neighborhoods are targeted simultaneously for locally unwanted land-uses such as highway construction. These discriminatory actions expose African Americans to major public health risks and are a heretofore unrecognized contributor to black land loss. Additional research is needed to document the prevalence and geographical extent of these types of discriminatory practices in small towns throughout the U.S.

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Population Movement, Diversity, Inequality

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Johnson, James H., Jr.; Parnell, Allan M.; Joyner, Ann Moss; Christman, Carolyn J.; & Marsh, Ben. (2004). Racial Apartheid in a Small North Carolina Town. Review of Black Political Economy, 31(4), 89-107.