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Does Spatial Assimilation Work for Black Immigrants in the US?

Urban Planning Department, Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, 400 Avery Hall, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA, lf182{at}columbia.edu

This paper uses the following theoretical perspectives to explain the segregation patterns of foreign Blacks in the US: the spatial assimilation model, which posits that immigrants will achieve greater residential proximity to native Whites as they acculturate and become upwardly mobile; the primacy of race model that sees race as trumping all other characteristics in determining spatial relations with Whites and Blacks; and, the ethnic identity model that suggests foreign Blacks' image as a 'model minority' will allow them to differentiate themselves from native Blacks and achieve a relative degree of integration with Whites. The results of this study are most consistent with the primacy of race model. Regardless of their degree of acculturation, Black immigrants were highly segregated from Whites but only modestly so from native Blacks.

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