ABSTRACT
Residential segregation is one of a host of expected outcomes of a racially social system that was in place from a long time. Looking at the level of residential segregation in the US and persistent racial inequalities, one might argue that the US is in the midst of a serious crisis. This chapter contends that the phenomenon people describe as death by residential segregation is no crisis. Using the white racial frame, it explains the persistence of residential segregation amidst growing ethnic diversity in the US The chapter also demonstrates why current efforts to narrow racial gaps in wealth, education, and the criminal justice system have failed. It also addresses the limited impact of the Civil Rights Movement in the areas of housing, education, and racial profiling, followed by an analysis of sociologist Joe Feagin's white racial frame and intersectionality as a backdrop for understanding the foundation and enduring nature of death by residential segregation.
