Whiteness, contact, gentrification, and critical diversity
A new racial ideology of gentrifying whites
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12912819 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kyle Dunn (0009-0006-7288-3940, Wayne State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-9020 • E-ISSN: 1751-9020 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/soc4.13129 |
| OpenAlex | W4385548968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
Research shows that increased contact between different races under the right conditions can increase interracial tolerance. Research also shows that more white individuals are moving back to city centers through the process of gentrification. This research shows that gentrification is a process ripe with conflict which has implications on interracial contact. New development in neighborhoods not only prices out longtime residents who are often of color but is also geared toward newer middle‐class patrons who are often white. Literature on whites living in diverse or gentrifying neighborhoods illustrates habits and behaviors that result in the avoidance of people of color. Literature also illustrates that's these whites are likely to be more politically progressive and claim to value the racially diverse nature of their neighborhoods. Critical diversity research sheds some light on this paradox, but this is a small but growing field. More research needs to be done to better understand the habitus, the racial ideologies, and the relationships white individuals who live in diverse or gentrifying neighborhoods, have with people of color. Doing so would not only examine how gentrification is structuring interracial contact, but also provide a closer look at a new dominant racial ideology for whites in this context. Critical diversity ideology, while similar to color blind racism, in that it still reproduces racial inequality, is a distinct racial ideology that is potentially paramount in the contexts of racially diverse neighborhoods. Detroit makes an ideal location for this research due to its history of racial segregation and current influx of white individuals living in close proximity to their Black counterparts
Context (archaeology · Cultural capital · Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Gentrification · Geography · Habitus · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Race (biology · Racism · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation · Anthropology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
The declining significance of race
When Work Disappears
The White Possessive
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Contact and the ecology of racial division
Racial Situations
Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities
Habits of Whiteness
The Contact Hypothesis Revisited
New Retail Capital and Neighborhood Change
Whose Best Friend? Dogs and Racial Boundary Maintenance in a Multiracial Neighborhood
Reconstructing Bronzeville
Beyond Gentrification
The Symbolic Racism 2000 Scale
A Theory of Ethnic Antagonism
The Fine Art of Gentrification
Rethinking Racism
Introduction
The White-Centering Logic of Diversity Ideology
They Want the Spanish but They Don't Want the Mexicans
Reproducing and Reworking Colorblind Racial Ideology
Discursive Fault Lines
The New Principle-policy Gap
The Social Construction of Whiteness
When Whites Flock Together
The Linguistics of Color Blind Racism
New Approaches to Understanding Racial Prejudice and Discrimination
Explicating Divided Approaches to Gentrification and Growing Income Inequality
The Culture of White Space, the Racialized Production of Meaning, and the Jamband Scene
Making Contact? Black-White Social Interaction in an Urban Setting
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |