A 1976 Detroit area study indicates that (1) Blacks can afford suburban housing and both Blacks and Whites are knowledgeable about the housing market; (2) Blacks show a preference for mixed neighborhoods; (3) Whites are reluctant to remain in neighborhoods where Blacks are moving in and will not buy homes in integrated areas. (Author/WI)

Concludes that current levels of racial residential segregation must be attributed to past actions and attitudes. If governmental policies could cut through the web of discrimination which keeps blacks out of white neighborhoods and could mitigate those racial fears which keep whites out of black neighborhoods, then racial residential segregation…

Examines the receptiveness of whites to school and neighborhood integration and explores the economic potential for residential integration. The receptiveness of whites to having black neighbors or having their children attend schools with blacks has increased. The attitudinal receptivity and economic potential exist for extensive residential…

Available data suggest that the receptiveness and economic potential now exist for a high degree of residential integration which can lead to a form of school integration that would be neighborhood based. (EH)

Traces the development of black-white residential segregation in U.S. cities, and applies the views of Gunnar Myrdal, expressed in the 1940s, to housing trends in the 1980s. While such segregation has decreased, blacks remain more segregated than two other large minority groups (i.e., Hispanics and Asians). Forces influencing residential…