For example, there is evidence to suggest that federal housing funds, such as FHA and others, were denied of economically challenged African-Americans because the areas where they were seeking to purchase housing were made all but worthless when available properties, abandoned by the afore mentioned "white flight," depressed real estate prices to the point where financing was difficult, being seen by lenders as risky at best (Solnit, 2007). Therefore, what is seen, despite efforts to reverse the tailspin, was a rapid decline of the urban areas like Detroit, with plentiful jobs and housing giving way to poverty, homelessness and crime-enter the urban crisis. Political Consequences of the Urban Crisis

Politically, cities like Detroit did not take the urban crisis in stride; rather, it ignited positive and negative activism within cities across the northern U.S.. For Detroit, urban crisis led to a mobilization of African-American politicians, many of whom were elected to pivotal leadership positions and worked to effect positive change in the city. Conversely, there were more militant movements afoot, who chose to try to make a difference through violence, coercion, and less than honorable means (Sugrue, 2006). On the federal level, the war on poverty resulted in countless millions of dollars being pumped into Detroit and elsewhere to battle the urban crisis, and some of the most sweeping civil right legislation in the history of the nation was passed in the 1960s to try...

Admittedly, the issue of widespread discrimination made the problems in the cities all the worse, and it is a sad chapter in American history, which does in fact repeat itself even today. However, the disagreement of the researcher comes in regarding the "responsibility" of the federal government to make everything better. True, the government has a responsibility for the well-being of the people, but a level of responsibility on the part of the individual must exist as well.
Conclusion

What we have seen in this research is that even in the midst of prosperity, inequality exists even today. Therefore, in conclusion, the best lesson perhaps from this research is that the ability for everyone of all races to live together harmoniously and to mutual benefit must be pursued forever, lest the urban crisis become a global one.

References

Solnit, Rebecca (July, 2007). Detroit Arcadia: Exploring the Post-American Landscape. Harper's Magazine.

Sugrue, Thomas (1996). The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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