Mapping Racial Capital

Gentrification, Race and Value in Three Chicago Neighborhoods

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ID6404777
AuthorsJesse Mumm (Latin American and Latino Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA), Carolina Sternberg (0000-0002-4760-6339, Latin American and Latino Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume59
Issue3
Pages793-831
Publication date2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Affairs Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/10780874221082614
OpenAlexW4226026972
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited34

We interrogate the interrelations of race and gentrification in three Chicago neighborhoods of historical significance to Black, Mexican, and Puerto Rican residents. Our previous work indicates that historical legacies of structural racism mean that gentrification works differently in each area, although the extant literature has not directly addressed how race fuels local valuation regimes. For each neighborhood we provide GIS mapping of 30 years of property parcel data and Census block data on race, compared with a parcel level visual scan of material conditions in the built environment. Changes in value at the block level reveal value assigned to whiteness irrespective of material improvement and run counter to standard explanations of gentrification but closely align with a model of racial capitalism. We bridge the gap between qualitative and quantitative research by mapping the everyday life of racial change that is felt and known by residents of color in Chicago

Capitalism · Census · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Gentrification · Geography · Political science · Race (biology · Racism · Sociology · Valuation (finance · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Place Attachment and Urban Studies · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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