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Adam BoundsAdam BoundsAssignment 9/12/04 Ronald Bayor, "The Second Ghetto, Then and Now" In this reading Ronald Bayor is talking about urban renewal. He talks about how the ghetto of today is in the same shape as the ghetto of the 50's and 60's. The only difference now is that the divide in urban renewal is class and not neccessarily race. His main focus is Atlanta. He first talked about how in the 50's they just concentrated all the blacks and moved them out and away from the business district to make it look better. Next he goes on how now they continue to move low income project housing out and put in new middle class housing. It is here that the former tenants are told they will get first priority in the new housing but they cannot afford it. He says even with black politicians in charge of Atlanta they cannot commit political suicide by not giving the elite business class a large portion of government money and using it to improve the business sections instead of life for the poor. This is how the second ghetto today is no different than the one in the 50's. Links to this Page
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