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(6pp) Two developments after 1900 laid the
foundations for the black urban ghetto: the
industrialization of American and collapse of
southern agriculture, followed by black worker
migration from farms to cities. Fears by white
citizens, greed and mismanagement by the federal
government kept them in place.
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BBblkght.doc THE GHETTO PHENOMENON - U.S. STYLE
Written by for the Paperstore, Inc., June
2000 Introduction ghetto - a term that properly refers to any neighborhood that is virtually entirely of one racial or ethnic group. Ghettos may be poor, middle-class,
or mixed income-the term refers only to race, not class. Tales of our childhood usually began, long ago, and
far far away, things were different; the history of the black ghetto phenomenon in the United States follows a similar format. Before 1900 blacks in northern cities, were not
residentially segregated from whites, leading African American citizens often enjoyed relationships of considerable trust, respect and friendship with whites of similar social standing. After slavery, blacks in the south
were dominated by a sharecropping system managed by white land owners laced with violence and terror.
Two developments after 1900 laid the foundations for the black urban ghetto: the industrialization of American and collapse of southern agriculture, followed by black worker migration from farms to cities.
Industrialization initially was manned by European immigration, however as production and sales increased in the United States, immigration was less predictable depending on the fluctuations in European market
economics. In other words, depending on the stability of Europe, migrant workers might move within the continent, and not seek employment in the US. Periodic labor shortages forced
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