Suggests that the process of saving the cities must not be a process of driving out the poor to house the middle class, but a process of helping the poor to become middle income. The ultimate future of our cities and of our nation may depend upon the success of that effort. (Author)

The text of a speech which the author delivered at the Black Consciousness Conference, University of Detroit, May 5, 1972. (JM)

Focus of this article is on the city as a fulcrum of black power, both potential and actual; white economic control of the city; the lures of the suburbs for blacks; and, the costs of the city's renewal to black people. Several strategies for black survival in the city are recommended. (Author/JM)

"Do the Right Thing" leaves the viewer with contradictory and confused messages that suggest that the film has no clear view of racial relations in a city. The film is examined as an ideological statement. It deconstructs contemporary African-American ideologies but does not replace them with new visions. (SLD)

Offers an overview of historical connections between race and residential planning in the United States, beginning with planning strategies between the World Wars. This review gives insight into how enforcement of the Federal Fair Housing Act (Title VIII) can promote a more racially and economically integrated society. (SLD)

The number of poor people has increased. The migration of whites and working class blacks from the inner city has led to a growing concentration of black urban poverty. The class transformation of the inner city has led to its social isolation. (BJV)

The gap between black and white median age, employment, and imprisonment is increasing. Up until the present period, structural, demographic, and cultural factors combined to sustain both hope and illusion for blacks who have so long been at the base of the American social and economic system. That combination is rapidly unravelling. (BJV)

Explores implications of defining the primary problems of African Americans as those faced by males, questioning whether this approach places African-American men and women in conflict. Considers how social problems are constructed. Image formation and manipulation of social issues may contribute to the perception of African-American women as…

The word "underclass" has become popular, but it is nebulously defined. The focus of discussions on the underclass is not on economics but behavior. The poor are scapegoats for drug problems and the crime rate. The concept of "underclass" ignores the conflict between the dynamic of tokenism and the reality of capitalism. (BJV)