The invisible correlation between the rise of gentrification and the growth of racial inequalities in poor neighborhoods.

This article posted on the Scholars Strategy Network in August 2014 was written by Jackelyn Hwang, an assistant professor of sociology at Stanford. The article tries to create a correlation between the gentrification of American cities and the racial inequality still present in gentrified neighborhoods. Gentrification of a neighborhood is defined as the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper or middle income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses, by dictionary.com. With…