Fiscal Fragility in Black Middle-Class Suburbia and Consequences for K-12 Schools and Other Public Services
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| Title: | Fiscal Fragility in Black Middle-Class Suburbia and Consequences for K-12 Schools and Other Public Services |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Angela Simms |
| Source: | RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. 2023 9(2):204-225. |
| Availability: | Russell Sage Foundation. 112 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10065. Tel: 212-750-6000; e-mail: journal@rsage.org; Web site: www.rsfjournal.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Information Analyses |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Middle Class, Suburbs, Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Majority Attitudes, Minority Groups, African Americans, Blacks, Racism, Data Analysis, Population Trends, Educational Finance, Racial Factors, Social Systems, School Resegregation, Barriers, Population Distribution |
| Geographic Terms: | Maryland, District of Columbia |
| ISSN: | 2377-8253 2377-8261 |
| 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. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1444426 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2377-8253 2377-8261 |
