[news] The New American Apartheid (Part IV)

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The New American Apartheid Part IV by Randall Shelden and William B. Brown; 
http://www.sheldensays.com/; June 22, 2004   The Impact on Black Families 
and Communities Although precise data are hard to come by, we can easily infer 
from the discussion in the first three parts of this series that recent 
developments have had a negative impact on black communities in general and 
families in particular.  The inner-cities of America have been the most 
negatively affected by these changes.  The movement of capital out of the 
inner cities ("capital flight") corresponded to the phenomenon of "white 
flight" and the exodus of many middle class minorities, the decline of the tax 
base for these areas and the increasing concentration of the poor were left 
behind.  There has also been a corresponding decline in federal funding 
for social programs, particularly those targeting the urban underclass.   
This largely occurred during the 1980s with the dawn of a "privatization" 
movement, a system aiming to replace federal assistance with private sector 
methods of solving urban problems.  Among the specific types of programs 
that suffered included aid to disadvantaged school districts, housing 
assistance, financial aid to the poor, legal assistance to the poor and social 
services in urban areas in general.

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