| Divided by both race and class, blacks now
live primarily in the northwest section of town. Upper-middle-class whites
live in the southeast, and lower-middle-class whites move into the southwest
and northeast. Blacks and whites live in separate worlds. Most black men
are manual laborers; half of the black women in Charlotte work as domestics
in white households. The average white person completes 12 years of schooling;
the average black only six grades. High school education for a black child
is not yet widely available in North Carolina. In accordance with state
and local laws, Charlotte has segregated schools, parks, swimming pools,
playgrounds, and cemeteries. No black person has held any significant
position in local government since the 1890's. |
