Sundown towns and racially segregated suburbs have a larger effect on today's society than most people think. The racial restrictions placed upon certain groups, especially the African Americans, had an influence on the conditions that we live in today.
In New York City, 48.7% of the population is African American or Black, even though they only make up 12.3% of the United States as a whole.
White Americans make up 20.8% of New York's population, while they compose 75.1% of the entire United States.
New York City (Click Picture for Source)
As one can see, there is a higher concentration of African American's in the cities, and more White Americans populate the cities and rural areas. This fact also leads to other areas of imbalance, such as crime rates and gang violence statistics.
In larger cities, the gang violence rates (as of 2004-2006) are second highest in African American's, coming in at 38.4%.
Comparatively, white gang violence has the lowest rates of any specific racial group, falling in at 8.4%
In 2002, Black Americans accounted for 27% of all arrests. (This is also due to racial profiling tendencies and discrimination)
Sundown towns and racially segregated suburbs have a larger effect on today's society than most people think. The racial restrictions placed upon certain groups, especially the African Americans, had an influence on the conditions that we live in today.
As one can see, there is a higher concentration of African American's in the cities, and more White Americans populate the cities and rural areas. This fact also leads to other areas of imbalance, such as crime rates and gang violence statistics.