Racial segregation is alive and well -- and gripping America's cities
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The combustible, decades-long debate over a wealthy majority white suburb in Atlanta shines a light on a broader racial reality in the US. As Sheryll Cashin, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, explains it, the consequences of residential caste are vast.
Buckhead wants to cut out of the Black Mecca.
According to a September analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, about 54% of the residents surveyed "strongly or somewhat support" seceding from Georgia's capital, ostensibly spurred by fears of recent spikes in crime across the city.
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