I saw an article in the Washington Post a few weeks ago titled " Pr. George's: Growing, and growing more segregated ." It is the latest example of journalists and others struggling with how to understand and interpret segregation. Prince George's County, MD is known for having an African American majority and large black middle class. What makes it interesting is that it's black population is growing not because of white flight (although that has some impact). The much larger factor is the influx of middle class African Americans outside the beltway, and lower-income African Americans in many inner-beltway communities. A few years ago, my doctoral dissertation explored why African Americans who have choices would move to majority black neighborhoods in Prince Georges and not choose to move elsewhere (for example, more integrated neighborhoods in Montgomery). To do this, I interviewed 50 middle-class African Americans in a wide range of neighborhood
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