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Even as more blacks and Hispanics enter the middle-class and migrate to suburbia, liberals fret over their neighborhood preferences. Yet there is a significant body of research detailing how and why ethnic and racial groups often cluster in separate residential areas. Studies have shown that most blacks prefer to live where a majority of the residents are also black. This may horrify HUD officials, but racial and ethnic minorities often prefer to live where they have family ties and social networks.
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