GAINEVILLE, Fla., May 6 (UPI) -- A survey of the United States shows that housing segregation persists 50 years after Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
The findings show that neighborhood patters are blunting attempts to integrate schools, the University of Florida reported.
The study, conducted by faculty members at the Universities of Florida and Michigan and the State University of New York at Albany, used Census information from 1980, 1990 and 2000.
"There is no reason to think we're going to see increasing integration in schools unless we see integration where people live," said Brian Stults, a sociology professor with the University of Florida. "Unfortunately, we're still seeing very high levels of black-white segregation."
The study showed segregation declined in most of the nation's metropolitan areas declined an average of 13 percent between 1980 and 1990, but the decline tapered off in the 1990s, Stults said.
