A Case Study of Ghettoization and Segregation: West Fresno's Black and Chicano Community During the 1970s

agricultural Anglo average barrios Blacks and Chicanos Bullard California census central Chacon Chinatown Chinese city's Community construction Council Districts County Darden December declined desegregate Development Department distribution Economy Edison High School Elementary employment enclaves especially established ethnic example existed families family income Figure force Fresno Bee Fresno Community ghetto ghettoization groups growth High School Historical Hoover housing important improve increase IRSC Irwin Junior High School labor market lack largely live located low income lower major mean Mexican middle minority Moore neighborhoods noted oral interview pattern poor population poverty problems proposed racial racial segregation redevelopment remain represents Research residential segregation residents respect rest resulted Roosevelt district School District scores Second secondary labor market segregation served settlement shopping centers side's similar social socio-economic Source Spanish suggests Table University West Fresno west side workers