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Title:Race Relations and Racism in a Racially Diverse Inner City Neighbourhood: A Case Study of Hillbrow, Johannesburg
Author:Morris, Alan
Year:1999
Periodical:Journal of Southern African Studies
Volume:25
Issue:4
Period:December
Pages:667-694
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:race relations
racism
neighbourhoods
Urbanization and Migration
Ethnic and Race Relations
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/2637646
Abstract:Hillbrow, an inner city suburb in Johannesburg, South Africa, was one of the first neighbourhoods to become racially diverse, in spite of the Group Areas Act of 1950. By 1993, when the data for this study were collected, under 20 percent of its population was white. This article examines the impact of Hillbrow's racial diversity on race relations and interracial interaction in the neighbourhood in the early 1990s. Based on a household survey and in-depth interviews with apartment dwellers, it explores the range and limits of interracial friendships and socializing. The study found that racial propinquity had a mixed impact. Almost all respondents felt that racial barriers had declined and overt acts of racism were minimal but, in a face-to-face interview situation, many, especially white residents, voiced racist sentiments. Another significant finding was that racial clustering was a dominant trend. The neighbourhood was certainly racially diverse but not significantly integrated. Notes, ref., sum.
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