Ghetto Problems

• Ghetto Residents

  • Faced many problems
  • Housing was invariably poor
  • White prejudice made it difficult for black Americans to move elsewhere
  • Many were too poor to consider moving
• Education in the ghettos


  • Poor-quality
  • Made it hard to break out of the poverty cycle
  • In the early 1960s, 32% of black students graduated from high school compared to 56% of whites
• Black people constituted 11% of Americans but 46% of the unemployed
• Reasons for high black unemployment

  • Poor education
  • Decreased number of jobs for unskilled workers due to increased automation
  • In Chicago, 50-70% black youth unemployment
• The vast majority of policemen in the ghettos were white and racist