More Than Just Race Being Black In The Inner City Chapter 1 Summary
More Than Just Race: Being Black In The Inner City
William Julius Wilson
Chapter One Synopsis
In this Chapter, the author introduces his backstory and the way people react around him despite the fact that he is a Harvard professor. Many of the residents in his building get nervous because he is black when he rides the elevator with them. However, despite the fact that he is discriminated against when he is out of his suits, he states that he cannot blame them for being nervous around him. Due to the criminal and violent history that African Americans have today, as well as the media portrayal of African Americans, many people get a pre conceived racist notion of how all black males are. Wilson thoroughly explains that because of the changing society, racial inequality has continued. “In the last several decades, almost all of the improvements in …show more content…
In a study collected about poor families, it was found that in the U.S. poor families tended to be ran by black woman and 31% of all poor households were ran by young black women. Wilson found this fact to be astonishing because of the fact that African Americans account for only 12% of the United States population. Wilson’s study of family life in Chicago revealed that marriage has declined at a much faster rate among young, unemployed black fathers than it has for young employed black fathers. However, findings from research did not find a string correlation between employment and rates of marriage. In the case of marriages among black cultural influences trump structural ones. Studies also revealed that responses between employment and marriage among poor women, despite race remain similar. Just like in all previous chapters, the segregation of inner city blacks, as well as the issues of joblessness and lack of opportunity, continue to play a great role in all aspects of African Americans
William Julius Wilson
Chapter One Synopsis
In this Chapter, the author introduces his backstory and the way people react around him despite the fact that he is a Harvard professor. Many of the residents in his building get nervous because he is black when he rides the elevator with them. However, despite the fact that he is discriminated against when he is out of his suits, he states that he cannot blame them for being nervous around him. Due to the criminal and violent history that African Americans have today, as well as the media portrayal of African Americans, many people get a pre conceived racist notion of how all black males are. Wilson thoroughly explains that because of the changing society, racial inequality has continued. “In the last several decades, almost all of the improvements in …show more content…
In a study collected about poor families, it was found that in the U.S. poor families tended to be ran by black woman and 31% of all poor households were ran by young black women. Wilson found this fact to be astonishing because of the fact that African Americans account for only 12% of the United States population. Wilson’s study of family life in Chicago revealed that marriage has declined at a much faster rate among young, unemployed black fathers than it has for young employed black fathers. However, findings from research did not find a string correlation between employment and rates of marriage. In the case of marriages among black cultural influences trump structural ones. Studies also revealed that responses between employment and marriage among poor women, despite race remain similar. Just like in all previous chapters, the segregation of inner city blacks, as well as the issues of joblessness and lack of opportunity, continue to play a great role in all aspects of African Americans