Justice
What the Latest Report on Racial Inequality Doesn't Tell Us
New numbers from the Urban Institute require some context.
The Urban Institute just released rankings of the U.S.’s 100 largest metro areas by black-white and Latino-white inequality. Using Census data, they gave scores for five factors: residential segregation, neighborhood affluence (for the average black, Latino, and non-Hispanic white), public school quality (for the average black, Latino, and non-Hispanic white student), employment (among working-age adults) and homeownership.
Each of these factors was weighted equally, and each metro area was given a letter grade of A through F, as well as a numerical rank. Let’s take a look at the rankings for black-white equity and you tell me if you notice the pattern I do. The 10 best metros for black-white equity are: