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u.s. news Dialuna 14 Maart 2022

Census: Black population grows in suburbs, shrinks in cities

(AP) — A longtime area hoods that are starved for in- termined to hang on.
staple with its wagon vestment is often more of a
wheel décor and “Roy necessity than a choice, and For others, though, the sub-
Rogers ribeye,” The Ranch those who do settle into new urbs offer a fresh choice.
Steak House is fighting suburban lives often find ra-
to reopen as one of the cial inequities there, too. Cousins-Cain and her hus-
last sit-down restaurants band surprised themselves
in the once-flourishing From 1990 to 2000, 13 of the in choosing Lansing, which
Black Chicago neighbor- United States’ biggest cities wasn’t always friendly to
hood of Roseland. lost Black residents. By 2020, Black people.
it was 23. According to the
About 13 miles (21 kilo- census, roughly 54% of Black Settled by Dutch and Ger-
meters) away near Indiana, residents within the 100 big- man immigrants, the city has
Christopher Cain and wife gest American metro areas seen a roughly 50% increase
Deja Cousins-Cain sought a were suburbanites in 2020, in its Black residents, who
new market for their wine bar up from 43% two decades now represent almost half
that promises “Good Vibes ago, according to Bill Frey of the population. Lansing re-
Only,” settling on the suburb the Brookings Institution. cently elected its first Black or we can take a walk around es, including a candy shop,
of Lansing, where growth has trustee. the block as a family without are shuttered. The vacancies
included a steady increase in While New York, Los Ange- looking over my shoulder?” extend down a once-thriving
Black residents. les and Philadelphia all lost The trends are nuanced. Part business corridor that Pres-
Black residents from 2010 of the explanation is that Crystal Fenn left in 2015 for ervation Chicago has deemed
The two enclaves of roughly to 2020, the change was es- Black residents are continu- law school in suburban At- among Chicago’s “most en-
30,000 people reflect how pecially notable in Chicago, ing to move to Southern cit- lanta, where she’s now an at- dangered places.”
Black migration patterns in which gained population but ies in a reversal of the Great torney.
the 21st century are chang- lost 85,000 Black people, the Migration, a movement that Kisha Pleasant, 41, bought
ing the makeup of metro- highest number after Detroit, began in the 1910s and re- Once a Dutch enclave, Rose- her first home in Roseland,
politan areas nationwide. For according to the 2020 census. sulted in millions leaving land was annexed into Chi- but violence and dwindling
decades, Black residents have Those numbers could vary the South for northern cit- cago in 1892. Within decades, amenities pushed her out.
been leaving some of the na- slightly, as the Census Bu- ies to escape discrimination. there was an influx of Black
tion’s largest cities while sub- reau reported last week that But more recently, some of families. Activists say Lansing has had
urbs have seen an increase 3.3% of the Black popula- the starkest changes are hap- its fair share of issues involv-
in their Black populations. tion was undercounted in pening within metro areas as Marc Pullins, 56, recalls four ing race. In 2017, a Black
Those two trends have now the 2020 census, a rate higher suburbs of major cities see nearby grocery stores and has teenager was held down and
spread to even more areas of than in 2010. Black population growth. fond memories of Kohn El- threatened by a white off-
the country, according to the ementary School. duty police officer, a con-
2020 U.S. census. The official count found that Black residents, who repre- frontation that led the city
a section of Roseland mea- sented roughly 40% of Chi- Kohn is located within the to enter a memorandum of
The patterns echo the “white suring less than 1 square mile cago’s population in 1980, section of Roseland that lost understanding with activists
flight” that upended urban lost 1,600 Black residents. now make up less than 30%. more than 1,600 Black resi- and the U.S. Department of
landscapes in the 20th centu- Now, the area near where Their presence increased, dents. The school sits vacant, Justice.
ry. Like those who left cities former President Barack meanwhile, in dozens of a green “For Sale” sign out
before them, Black residents Obama was a community or- Chicago suburbs from 2010 front. It is among the roughly Pastor David Bigsby of In
often move because of wor- ganizer — located about 20 to 2020. 55 schools targeted by former The Upper Room Ministries
ries about crime and a desire minutes south of downtown Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the recently held a community
for reputable schools, afford- — doesn’t even have a gro- The deciding factor for him, nation’s largest mass school call about disproportionate
able housing and amenities. cery store. That makes Judy he said, was, “Where can I closure. traffic stops, noting a major
But there are key differences: Ware, who bought the Ranch live where my kids can go thoroughfare largely divides
Leaving Black city neighbor- restaurant in 2018, more de- outside and ride their bikes, Nearby homes and business- Black and white residents.

US ends asylum restrictions for children traveling alone

(AP) — Unaccompanied child health authorities. expulsion of unaccompanied nonciti- and gave the administration a week
migrants trying to enter the Unit- zen children is not warranted to pro- to appeal. Instead, the CDC lifted the
ed States will no longer be denied The Centers for Disease Control tect the public health.” order — but only for unaccompanied
a chance to seek asylum under and Prevention, in announcing the children.
new guidance announced by U.S. change late Friday night, said “that The change was announced shortly
before a court order was to take ef- The Associated Press left a phone
fect that would have allowed the message with the office of Texas At-
Biden administration to expel unac- torney General Ken Paxton and also
companied children seeking asylum sent an email. There was no immedi-
under Title 42 authority, which was ate response.
introduced in March 2020 to prevent
spread of COVID-19. The order re- Migrants have been expelled more
mains in place for adults and families than 1.6 million times under Title 42,
traveling with children. named for a 1944 public health law.
Biden has kept the order in place but
Testing and other preventive mea- exempted unaccompanied children
sures allow children traveling alone during his first days in office.
to be released to sponsors in the
United States, the CDC said. Spon- Prominent Democrats and advocacy
sors are typically family or other close groups have been pressing to end Ti-
relatives. tle 42 for all migrants. “It is not a hu-
mane or effective solution to securing
A federal judge ruled in a lawsuit by our border,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin,
the state of Texas that the CDC failed an Illinois Democrat, tweeted on Fri-
to explain why children traveling day.
alone were exempted from Title 42,