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Fiscal Fragility in Black Middle-Class Suburbia and Consequences for K–12 Schools and Other Public Services.
Fiscal Fragility in Black Middle-Class Suburbia and Consequences for K–12 Schools and Other Public Services.
- Source :
- RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences; Feb2023, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p204-225, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- In the United States, most local jurisdictions are challenged as they seek to maintain fiscal strength. But majority-Black jurisdictions are uniquely burdened due to legacy and contemporary racist and racialized policies and racial capitalism. Leaders in majority-Black locales make harsher budget trade-offs than those in majority-White jurisdictions as they seek to invest in public schools and other public services. I use ethnographic and publicly available data to examine how Prince George’s County, Maryland, a majority-Black and middle-class suburban jurisdiction in the Washington, D.C., region, navigates its financial constraints relative to neighboring counties with smaller Black populations. I conclude that Black jurisdictions’ fiscal limitations stem from White jurisdictions’ not bearing their proportionate share of responsibility for moderate-income and economically distressed households and fallout from uneven regional development, resulting in Black jurisdictions subsidizing White locales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23778253
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162332122
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2023.9.2.09