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The Land That They Forgot: Testimonies of a Community’s Lived Experience within Hypersegregation

Sellassie, Amaha
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4884-8855
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504781371095937

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2017, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Sociology.
In 1903 W.E.B Du Bois identified that the greatest challenge of the 21 century would be the problem of the color line. Over 100 years later this color line continues to be structured as the opportunity line, creating areas of concentrated disadvantage for predominantly Black communities and concentrated advantage for majority White communities. Hypersegregation, and the ensuing disparity have been extensively documented quantitatively, but little is known about the day to day lived experience from the perspective of those living in isolation. It is only from hearing the voices at the margins that the inner workings of the structure of hypersegregation can be known. To lift up the voice of the Black residents living in hypersegregation three focus groups were conducted in Dayton, Ohio. Four central themes emerged: lack of opportunity for the youth, struggles living in a food deserts, the dangers of excessive access to alcohol, and the living environment is designed for them to fail. Taken altogether, research participants concluded that their environment was intentionally designed highlighting the apparatus of hypersegregation as structural violence.
Jennifer Malat, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Earl Wright II, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
36 p.
Sociology
opportunity; hypersegregation; black sociology; structural violence; disparity; qualitative research

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  • Sellassie, A. (2017). The Land That They Forgot: Testimonies of a Community’s Lived Experience within Hypersegregation [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504781371095937

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sellassie, Amaha. The Land That They Forgot: Testimonies of a Community’s Lived Experience within Hypersegregation. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504781371095937.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sellassie, Amaha. "The Land That They Forgot: Testimonies of a Community’s Lived Experience within Hypersegregation." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1504781371095937

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