Race Orfield (2009) points out, in the beginning of his article, that after fifty-five years from the historical Brown decision, segregation in school remains a big problem for the African-American and Latino populations, quite often to a higher degree than before. As he continues, this trend is particularly worrisome in suburban locations and in ghetto locations in the cities as well.

This paper, however, argues that this is more a consequence of economic and social factors rather than a racial issue, as in the past. The documentary Detropia provides useful arguments towards this thesis. The first thing to consider is that communities tend to be static rather than dynamic. This is a statement that is true not only for Africa-American and Latino communities, but also for Chinese or even European communities. It is much simpler for people to remain within the same community, benefiting from its protection (from an economic and social...

One of these consequences is, in fact, also the fact that Detroit has become a racially charged city, as communities battle over the small existing economic opportunities.
Parisi (2011) brings into the debate additional interesting arguments. Two of these are worth pointing out. The first is that America is a post-racial society, but that this tendency is actually a slow process that will take a long period of time to fully accomplish, if that will happen at all. The second is that Parisi's study…