Brookings: Topics - Ethnicity

Getting Current: Recent Demographic Trends in Metropolitan America

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Changing demographics—where people live, educational attainment, aging of boomers, diversity in population growth, poverty rates—raises key policy and program issues for the new government in Washington. In view of that, the Metropolitan Policy Program has compiled and detailed important trends that are shaping the nation’s engines of economic growth and opportunity.

Letter From London: One Market, Many Peoples

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In the United Kingdom, backlash against workers from other countries in the European Union is growing. Jeremy Shapiro discusses how measures to limit foreign labor may threaten the future of the European common market.

Prince William County Case Study: Immigrants, Politics, and Local Response in Suburban Washington

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The failure of federal immigration reform in 2007 has reverberated in some fast-growing local areas, including in Virginia’s Prince William County—where community leaders and residents successfully organized to pressure county government to crack down on illegal immigration. Following these trends for a year, Audrey Singer, Jill Wilson and Brooke DeRenzis have completed a case study of the local, regional, and ultimately, national factors that led Prince William County to adopt new policies toward unauthorized immigrants.

Recent Immigration to Philadelphia: Regional Change in a Re-Emerging Gateway

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Immigration to metropolitan Philadelphia has been rising recently after several stagnant decades. This paper examines recent trends in immigration to the region with attention to the varied immigrant groups, the opportunities they bring, and the challenges for policymakers, service providers, and communities across the area. The report argues for the development of a Regional Council on Immigration to best address the needs of the area’s newcomers.

Muslims in Europe: A Short Introduction

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Recently featured by the Council of Foreign Relations as a "Must Read" on the topic of integrating Islam into European society, this paper by Justin Vaïsse presents the basic facts and issues concerning Muslims in Europe, from a political and sociological perspective, and offers elements of comparison with the United States.

The Future of Kirkuk: The Referendum and Its Potential Impact on Displacement

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Often described as the next "powder keg" in Iraq, the issue of Kirkuk's status has gripped the nation, its neighbors, and the international community. This referendum is significant because it is linked both to Iraq's past and the future of the "new" Iraq. As Brookings expert Elizabeth Ferris and Kimberly Stoltz argue, failing to reconcile the competing interests and property claims in, not only Kirkuk but also other disputed territories, could lead to further destruction and chaos in Iraq.

Shared Sovereignty, Jerusalem and the War of Ideas

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A central issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been finding a solution for Jerusalem. Hady Amr argues that American leadership on "shared" sovereignty for the city can help bring peace, but that the U.S. must remain committed to making it happen.

The Impact of Immigration on States and Localities

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Audrey Singer explained the impact of immigration on local communities, including how foreign-born settlement patterns have shifted during the past 15 years, the local role in integrating these newcomers, and, finally, a proposed federal response.

Immigrant Gateways: Faces of the Next Cities

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Changing demographics, including languages spoken and English proficiency, have implications for how to best incorporate and serve local populations. In this keynote address before the Urban Libraries Council, Audrey Singer discusses the implications

Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In their presentation at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Jill H. Wilson and Audrey Singer examine the patterns and implications of refugee resettlement in U.S. metropolitan areas.

Twenty-first Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Audrey Singer presented an overview of the forthcoming book, Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America.

A Pathway to the Middle Class: Migration and Demographic Change in Prince George's County

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A dynamic county in a rapidly changing region, Prince George's County has experienced significant demographic transformation during the last 15 years. This paper examines how migration has contributed to the changing demographic landscape of Prince George's County.

Diversity Goals Help Kids in School -- and Later in Life

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Opinion by Hugh B. Price, The Press-Enterprise (2/16/07)

America's New Demographics: Regions, Metros, Cities, Suburbs and Exurbs

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation, William H. Frey discusses how demographic mega-trends are shaping the ""demographic personalities"" of the nation's regions, metropolitan areas, central cities, suburbs and exurbs in fundamental ways.

America's Regional Demographics in the '00s Decade

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In the first decade of the 21st Century, it is becoming clear that America’s demography will become far more multifaceted than we have known in the past. Two of the main demographic engines, propelling these changes, are discussed in this report.

The Changing Shape of the City

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation at Rail-Volution, a conference dedicated to building livable communities, Robert Puentes discusses the latest demographic trends that are affecting the health and vitality of cities and first suburbs.

Seattle: Still Yearning To Be Free

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Audrey Singer and David Jackson outline refugee origination and destination trends since the early 1980s with focus on the Puget Sound region of Washington State.

Black Americans Reduce the Racial IQ Gap: Evidence from Standardization Samples

Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Article by William T. Dickens and James R. Flynn, Psychological Science (October 2006)

Kids in the City: Indicators of Child Well-Being in Large Cities from the 2004 American Community Survey

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This report analyses the data from the Census Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey on the 50-largest cities in the U.S.

Racial Division and Concentrated Poverty in U.S. Cities

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation, Bruce Katz provides an overview of current patterns of racial and ethnic separation in the United States, using the Chicago, Washington DC, and New Orleans metros as case studies.

Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

This report reveals that in the first years of this decade, Hispanic, Asian, and black populations have continued to migrate to, and expand their presence in, new destinations.

Mind the Gap: Reducing Disparities to Improve Regional Competitiveness in the Twin Cities

Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

In this presentation to a business forum in the Twin Cities, Amy Liu presented the findings from the report "Mind the Gap: Disparities and Competitiveness in the Twin Cities." This report showcases how the Twin Cities region is blessed with a number of assets. Yet, underneath these broad regional successes are stark social and economic disparities. Amy Liu highlights how reducing these disparities matters to the economic and fiscal future of the region. The Twin Cities has an opportunity now to address these disparities so it can remain an economically, high-quality region.

African Renaissance: Towards a New Sudan

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Sudan is a nation whose identity has been divisively distorted but which is now striving to rediscover itself, albeit in a tragically violent way. The silver lining, Francis Deng argues, is that a more constructive search for an identity framework around which Sudanese could unite may be within reach.

Mind the Gap: Disparities and Competitiveness in the Twin Cities

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Though a strong economic performer in recent years, the Twin Cities region faces underlying disparities of race, class, and place that threaten to undermine that strength just as its pool of highly-educated baby boomers approaches retirement.

America's Emerging Demography

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Using newly released 2004 population statistics and projections to 2010 and 2030, Bill. Frey presents a roadmap for understanding emerging changes in demographically distinct regions of the country.

Job Sprawl and the Spatial Mismatch between Blacks and Jobs

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT

New research by Michael Stoll strongly suggests that job sprawl - low-density, geographically spread-out patterns of employment growth - exacerbates the racial employment divide in America.

The Democrats Must Woo a New Demographic

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The result of the US presidential election suggests it is the Bush Republican party that is building a bridge between America's past and future.

Older White Vote Still Powerhouse in White House Contest

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Despite the massive changes in American society, demographer William Frey argues in the Orlando Sentinel that the next president will be elected by the demographic staple of Americafs pastolder whites.

Red and Blue States Not Black-and-White: Sharp Demarcations on Electoral Map Don't Match Reality

Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Bay Area mixing foretells future more than Red-Blue clich�.

Federal Policy for Immigrant Children: Room for Common Ground?

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Future of Children Brief by Ron Haskins, Mark Greenberg, and Shawn Fremstad (Summer 2004)

""Red-Blue America"" Is Not Black and White

Fri, 14 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Notions of a politically segregated nation obscure the increasing intermixture of people in metropolitan America.

The New Great Migration: Black Americans' Return to the South, 1965-2000

Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The years 1995-2000 completed the long-term reversal of black Americans' historic out-migration from the South, reports a new survey of census data by William Frey.

Living Together: A New Look at Racial and Ethnic Integration in Metropolitan Neighborhoods

Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This release from the Living Cities Census Series reveals that a striking new level of racial and ethnic mixing occurred in the nation's major metropolitan areas during the 1990s.

The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways

Sun, 01 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT

This report by Audrey Singer describes how unparalleled immigration in the 1980s and 1990s transformed many older immigrant gateways and created new ones across the nation.

African Immigrants in Metropolitan Washington: A Demographic Overview

Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This presentation by Jill Wilson, given at the African Immigrants and Refugees Foundation conference, describes the size, origin, and distribution of the foreign-born population from Africa living in the United States, with a particular focus on the

Metropolitan Magnets for International and Domestic Migrants

Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT

A new analysis of migration trends from Census 2000 by William Frey contrasts the metropolitan destinations for immigrants in the late 1990s to those for domestic migrants.

Changing Faces: Immigrants and Diversity in the Twenty-First Century

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT

In this chapter of a new Brookings book, Audrey Singer and James Lindsay discuss the rapid growth of America's Latino and Asian communities due to immigration and how the national narrative on diversity will no longer be only about whites and blacks.

Redefining Urban and Suburban America : Evidence from Census 2000

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This book explores the current population trends and their complexities, along with their implications for the policies and politics shaping metropolitan America.

Redefining Urban and Suburban America : Evidence from Census 2000

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT

This book explores the current population trends and their complexities, along with their implications for the policies and politics shaping metropolitan America.

Beyond Sushiology: Does Diversity Work?

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Peter Skerry (Winter 2002)

Affirmative Action: Don't Mend It or End It - Bend It

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Peter H. Schuck (Winter 2002)

Modest Progress: The Narrowing Spatial Mismatch Between Blacks and Jobs in the 1990s

Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data reveals that blacks' physical isolation from jobs improved slightly in the 1990s, though it remains significant.

Conference on Internal Displacement and Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The situation in Iraq, like most other humanitarian emergencies, has produced, and continues to produce, both internally displaced persons and refugees. Both groups, argues Roberta Cohen, need and will continue to need protection until there is a resolution of their plight.

Latino Growth in Metropolitan America: Changing Patterns, New Locations

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Latino Growth in Metropolitan America: Changing Patterns, New Locations

Demographic Change in Medium-Sized Cities: Evidence from the 2000 Census

Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This survey looks at 2000 Census data for 100 medium-sized U.S. cities and reveals that they experienced demographic changes similar to their big city peers

Left Behind in the Labor Market: Recent Employment Trends Among Young Black Men

Mon, 01 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This study finds that in contrast to their female counterparts, a significantly smaller proportion of young black men with no more than a high school education are working today than 20 years ago.

Melting Pot Suburbs: A Census 2000 Study of Suburban Diversity

Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Melting Pot Suburbs: A Census 2000 Study of Suburban Diversity

City Growth and the 2000 Census: Which Places Grew, and Why

Tue, 01 May 2001 00:00:00 GMT

An analysis of national city population growth during the 1990s

Dealing with Neighborhood Change: A Primer on Gentrification and Policy Choices

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

This paper serves as a primer on how to view the complex issue of gentrification. It reviews the findings, analyses and frameworks developed during the gentrification wave of the '70s and '80s.

Racial Change in the Nation's Largest Cities: Evidence from the 2000 Census

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Racial Segregation in the 2000 Census: Promising News

The World in a Zip Code: Greater Washington, D.C. as a New Region of Immigration

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

""The World in a Zip Code,"" finds that the Greater Washington region has become one of the top immigrant destinations in the country.

Racial Segregation in the 2000 Census: Promising News

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT

Racial Segregation in the 2000 Census: Promising News

Affirmative Action as an International Human Rights Dialogue: Considered Opinion

Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Winter 2000)

Ending Welfare as We Know It

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Weaver provides a definitive political history of the 1996 welfare reform lesgislation. He addresses three sets of questions about the politics of welfare reform: the dismal history of comprehensive AFDC reform initiatives; the dramatic changes in th

Counting on the Census? : Race, Group Identity, and the Evasion of Politics

Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:00:00 GMT

In Counting on the Census? Peter Skerry confirms the persistence of minority undercounts and insists that racial and ethnic data are critical to the administration of policies affecting minorities.

Facing Up to Racial Disparity: Daunting Realities Hinder the Drive For Equality

Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr. (Spring 2000)

A New Civil Rights Agenda: A New Leadership Is Making a Difference

Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Brookings Review article by Joyce Ladner (Spring 2000)

Minority Groups in the Economics Profession

Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT

Paper by Susan M. Collins (Spring 2000)

Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2000

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT

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Edited by Diane Ravitch, one of the nation's foremost education authorities, B

The African-American Predicament

Fri, 08 Oct 1999 00:00:00 GMT

This book examines the vexing reality of racial conditions in America today: improved overall, but far more complicated than they used to seem, and in important respects continually depressing.

Race in America: New Approaches to Bridging the Divide

Fri, 07 May 1999 09:00:00 GMT
Event Information:
May 07, 1999 at 9:00 AM

Urban Problems and Community Development

Tue, 02 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT

This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The book addresses the history of urban development startegies, the politics of resource allocation, business

Whatever Happened to Integration?

Thu, 12 Nov 1998 09:30:00 GMT
Event Information:
November 12, 1998, 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Africa's Internal Refugees

Thu, 01 Oct 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Article on the Internal Displacement throughout Africa.

Affirmative Action Under Fire

Mon, 04 May 1998 10:00:00 GMT
Event Information:
May 04, 1998, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

An American Tragedy: The legacy of slavery lingers in our cities' ghettos

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Glenn C. Loury (Spring 1998)

Black America: Progress and Prospects In Brief

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by James Johnson (Spring 1998)

Black Progress: How far we've come, and how far we have to go

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom (Spring 1998)

Black America: The Road to Racial Uplift

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr. (Spring 1998)

Affirmative Action: Opening up workplace networks to Afro-Americans

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Orlando Patterson (Spring 1998)

The Two Nations of Black America: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Spring 1998)

American Racial and Ethnic Politics in the 21st Century: A cautious look ahead

Sun, 01 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Jennifer L. Hochschild (Spring 1998)

Empty Streets: How building networks can put more black retailers in city neighborhoods

Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by James E. Rauch (Winter 1997)

Welcome Neighbors? New evidence on the possibility of stable racial integration

Mon, 01 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Ingrid Gould Ellen (Winter 1997)

Racial and Ethnic Preference

Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT
Policy Brief #9, by Thomas J. Kane and William T. Dickens (November 1996)

Many American Dilemmas: The statistical politics of counting by race and ethnicity

Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 GMT
rookings Review, Summer 1996