Simplymap
Since this last two weeks the lectures were focused on race and class differences i chose the variable form my simplymap to be the percentage of black population in Los Angeles Metropolitan region to try to find any noticeable segregation of black Americans.
The light pink are would be the most segregated aria and the darker the less segregated it is. In the "Continuing Causes of Segregation" by Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton , it was stressed that even after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing act of 1968 prejudice and discrimination against blacks continued to this day. It is said that some "real estate agents continue to practice surreptitious but widespread discrimination." Based on this map you cant make any assumptions as to why there are less black people living in the light pink area. One of the reasons may be because they don't want to live there, not because of racial discrimination or the fact that they lack the financials means to live there. Burbank and Glendale are portrayed in red and I know that there is little or no discrimination at all toward blacks. I think that because L.A. is so diverse in cultures and races that the discrimination and prejudice towards black Americans is low only because there are other minorities to discriminate against. In the South region of America the discrimination level is still high because there aren't many newcomers/immigrants that will bring new cultures with them. Not much has changed since the early 1900's in terms of population in the South.
There is a strong link between levels of prejudice and discrimination and the degree of segregation and spatial isolation that blacks experience. Since L.A. is not a city that has a high discrimination level the segregation is also not high or that easily notable.
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