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This study analyzes patterns of resegregation in 345 public school systems in five southern states. We find that the phenomenon known as "second-generation discrimination" is more complex and multidimensional than has been assumed. We conclude that while racial disparities exist in many aspects of public education in the South, generalizations about the resegregative impact of second-generation discrimination are exaggerated.

THIS STUDY ANALYZES PATTERNS OF RESEGREGATION IN 345 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN FIVE SOUTHERN STATES. THE AUTHORS FIND THAT THE PHENOMENON KNOWN AS "SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION" IS MORE COMPLEX AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL THAN HAS BEEN ASSUMED. THEY CONCLUDE THAT WHILE RACIAL DISPARITIES EXIST IN MANY ASPECTS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH, GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE RESEGREGATIVE IMPACT OF SECOND-GENERATION DISCRIMINATION ARE EXAGGERATED.

As public schools become desegregated, do local districts increase or decrease their financial outlays for public education? Using previously unavailable data from a 1980 census-mapping project, analysis of 345 school districts in 5 southern states indicates a pattern of general stability in public finance during the 1970s. Contrary to much conventional wisdom, changes in school district finance are found to be largely independent of trends in school desegregation. 2 Tables, 20 References. HA

Fiscal aspects of school desegregation of the 1970s.

There is widespread agreement that the South has changed dramatically since the end of World War II. Social, demographic, economic, and political changes have altered significantly the region long considered the nation's most distinctive. There is less agreement, however, about the extent to which the forces of nationalization have eroded the major elements of Southern distinctiveness. Although this volume does not purport to settle the debate on Southern political change, it does present a variety of recent evidence that helps put this important debate into perspe