White racial attitudes have shifted from a universal rejection of Black neighbors to acceptance of open housing in principle but not in practice. Declines in racial segregation between 1970 and 1980 were confined to urban areas with relatively few Blacks, and desegregation was accommodated without threatening White preferences for limited…

Examines trends in residential segregation for Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in 60 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) between 1970 and 1980. Black-Anglo segregation remained high in the North, but decreased in some smaller Southern and Western SMSAs. Hispanic segregation was markedly below that of Blacks, but has increased. Asian…

In eight urbanized areas Hispanic groups were highly segregated from Blacks, less from non-Hispanic Whites (an exception being northeastern Puerto Ricans, less segregated from Blacks than from Whites); less concentrated within central cities than Blacks; and with much segregation among themselves (significantly related to socioeconomic and…